Interview: Gregg T. Daniel On Taking the Reins Of A Revamped TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES 1992
by Gil Kaan - Feb 22, 2023
The west coast premiere of playwright Anna Deavere Smith’s expanded solo show Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 opens March 15, 2023, at the Mark Taper Forum (with previews beginning March 8th). Gregg T. Daniel directs the cast of Hugo Armstrong, Lovensky Jean-Baptiste, Lisa Reneé Pitts, Jeanne Sakata and Sabina Zúñiga Varela performing the 30-40 characters of the play that Anna originally performed all on her own. Gregg was most gracious to carve out time from rehearsals to answer a few of my queries.
Roundabout Announces Extension for THE WANDERERS
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 25, 2023
Roundabout Theatre Company just announced a one-week extension of the New York premiere of The Wanderers by Anna Ziegler, directed by Barry Edelstein, now through Sunday, April 2.
Review: STARMANIA a LA SEINE MUSICALE - PARIGI
by Ettore Farrattini - Nov 19, 2022
STARMANIA a LA SEINE MUSICALE - PARIGI
TORNA UN NUOVO SPETTACOLARE ALLESTIMENTO DELLA PIU FAMOSA OPERA ROCK FRANCESE IN SCENA FINO AL 29 GENNAIO E POI IN TOUR IN TUTTA LA FRANCIA, BELGIO E SVIZZERA.
San Francisco Opera Medals Awarded To Catherine Cook, Philip Skinner, and Dale Travis
by Stephi Wild - Nov 1, 2022
An onstage award presentation immediately following the October 30 matinee performance of Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites honored three cherished artists whose careers with San Francisco Opera each span over three decades. Mezzo-soprano Catherine Cook, who was Mother Jeanne in the afternoon's performance, and bass-baritone Dale Travis, who portrayed Marquis de la Force, were joined onstage by bass-baritone Philip Skinner to each receive the San Francisco Opera Medal.
OPERA America Welcomes Six New Members to Its Board of Directors
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 11, 2022
OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, has welcomed a new class of six board members that includes creators, administrators, artist managers, and opera company trustees. They join the Board of Directors under the ongoing leadership of Chair Carol F. Henry, esteemed philanthropist and founding trustee of Los Angeles Opera.
Kym Douglas And Joshua Kapelman to Be Awarded City Of Hope's Spirit Of Life Award
by A.A. Cristi - May 19, 2022
The East End Chapter/Jeanne Kaye League of New York City announced today that they will honor lifestyle expert, author and actress Kym Douglas and Hilldun Corporation's Executive Vice President and Managing Director Joshua Kapelman with City of Hope's Spirit of Life Award at their upcoming cocktail celebration on June 13, 2022.
Art House Productions Names Six New Board Members
by Marissa Tomeo - Apr 11, 2022
Art House Productions, Jersey City’s home for the performing and visual arts for the past 20 years, has announced the appointment of six new members to its Board of Trustees, Margo Chaly, Bree Falato, Sunil K. Garg, Ibn Sharif Shakoor, and Lewis Spears. The new board members will provide additional leadership as Art House Productions moves into its permanent home at The Hendrix (180 Morgan St) in Jersey City, NJ in Fall 2022. The development is in partnership with SILVERMAN, The Albanese Group, and Liberty Harbor.
BAM to Present New Restorations of The Films Of Nina Menkes, March 4—10
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 7, 2022
Nina Menkes returns to BAM following the acclaimed 2019 run of Queen of Diamonds (1990). A singular voice in American filmmaking for over forty years, Menkes and her confrontational films still feel ahead of their time. Her work sits in direct rebuke to the Hollywood power structure, elevating themes of female subjectivity and isolation, alienated labor, misogynist violence, and the landscape of the American West.
Broadway Actors in THE GILDED AGE & How You Know Them
by Michael Major - Jan 30, 2022
Meet all of the Broadway actors in THE GILDED AGE! The new series features appearances by Audra McDonald, Denée Benton, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Kelli O'Hara, Carrie Coon, Claybourne Elder, Donna Murphy, Katie Finneran, Debra Monk, Taylor Richardson, Douglas Sills, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Patrick Page, Michael Cerveris, and more.
Queer|Art|Film Summer 2021 Season Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 15, 2021
Queer|Art, New York City's home for the creative and professional development of LGBTQ+ artists, has announced the upcoming summer season of Queer|Art|Film, returning for another digital season now through August 16th.
The Drama League Announces Formation of Directors Council Featuring Daniel Banks, Melia Bensussen and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 12, 2020
The Drama League has announced the formation of its first Directors Council, featuring nationally-renowned directors Daniel Banks, Melia Bensussen, Christopher Burris, Jillian Carucci, Jennifer Chang, Desdemona Chiang, R.J. Cutler, Estefanía Fadul, Raz Golden, Brian Eugenio Herrera, Adam Immerwahr, Gwynn MacDonald, Tony Phelan and more.
Elia Suleiman, Asian-American Filmmaking, LA HAINE, FilmAfrica, And More Announced At BAM
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 3, 2020
Elia Suleiman, Asian-American Filmmaking, LA HAINE, FilmAfrica, And More Announced At BAM, April-May 2020
Paul Jacobs to Undertake Recital Series of French Organ Music at Three Important NYC Venues
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 5, 2019
Grammy Award-winning American organist Paul Jacobs-deemed 'a grand New York institution' by James R. Oestreich of The New York Times (February 18, 2018)- will launch the fall season by highlighting the organ on the New York concert scene, performing in a three-recital series for solo organ in September 2019. Although months in the planning, these French programs assumed new meaning the night of April 15 to 16, 2019, when the Grand Organ of Notre-Dame Cathedral survived the devastating inferno in Paris.
Dorothy Lyman Brings GLADSTONE HOLLOW To Schoolhouse Theater
by A.A. Cristi - May 16, 2019
Two-time Emmy Award-winner Dorothy Lyman, renowned for her acting and directing on All My Children, Mama's Family, and The Nanny, and in films like Blow and The Departed, will bring her powerful play, Gladstone Hollow, to Westchester County's Schoolhouse Theater from June 13-30.