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Student Group Bands Together to Present Lucy Thurber's KILLERS AND OTHER FAMILY by BWW News Desk - August 1, 2017 Beginning August 14th, Lucy Thurber's Killers and Other Family comes back to New York for four nights in a reimagined production at the Physics Theater in Time Square. Ayad Akhtar's JUNK Gets Preview as Part of Works & Process Series at the Guggenheim This Fall; Lineup Announced! by BWW News Desk - August 1, 2017 Works & Process at the Guggenheim has announced its fall 2017 season and opens the season with a commissioned performance made in and for the museum rotunda. 54 - THE MUSICAL to Bring Sights and Sounds of '70s Disco to Asbury Park by BWW News Desk - August 1, 2017 The wild sights and sounds of the iconic '70s disco Studio 54 will be recreated at the Asbury Hotel on Friday, August 11th when a concert version of a new theater piece '54- the musical' takes the stage. The event is a fundraising preview to help bring the show to Broadway. New Lewis and Clark Musical Gets Encore Performance at the NY Theatre Festival by BWW News Desk - August 1, 2017 The story of Lewis and Clark's expedition to the Pacific Ocean is one that we've all heard a million times, so why bother telling the same old story again? A new musical called Great Frontier: A Poorly Researched Musical About Lewis and Clark has been doing just that at the 2017 New York Theatre Festival's Summerfest. Photo Flash: 'DIETRICH RIDES AGAIN' Comes to MITF This Friday by BWW News Desk - August 1, 2017 JUSTYNA KOSTEK AND OLIVER CONANT: DIETRICH RIDES AGAIN comes to the Midtown International Theatre Festival this Friday. Scroll down for a sneak peek! Joe's Pub to Present The Brass Tacks in a History of Rock 'n' Roll Saxophone by BWW News Desk - August 1, 2017 The Brass Tacks tackle the stories behind the saxophone's influence on rock 'n' roll music. On Sunday, August 20th at 1:00 pm, the high-energy swing/rock band performs their family-friendly rock 'n' roll history show at Joe's Pub. Mary-Anne Wright Pushes the Envelope with IN THE WAKE at FailSafe Festival by BWW News Desk - August 1, 2017 Mary-Anne Wright, founder of the humanitarian initiative UNBOUNDED LIONESS CREATIONS, brings us the evocative new play IN THE WAKE. Rockettes to Stop Traffic on Sixth Avenue with Return of CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST by BWW News Desk - August 1, 2017 The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) announced today the official kick-off to the holiday season with the annual Christmas in August event, celebrating the 2017 edition of the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, presented by Chase. Elisa Monte Dance Takes to the Streets This August by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2017 Elisa Monte Dance (EMD), an emotionally charged and highly acclaimed dance company that champions individuality, will present three distinctive dance premieres for Citi Summer Streets this August at the Foley Square Rest Stop. NO NAME @ WORD UP Variety Show to Return to Washington Heights This Week by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2017 'No Name' Comedy / Variety will again bring some of NYC's best established and emerging comics, storytellers and writers including Maggie Nuttall (New York Frigid Festival), Harry Terjanian (New York Comedy Festival, NY Underground Festival), Andre Thompson (Beige Phillip Show podcast) and No Name @ Word Up! artist-in-residence Menuhin Hart (NBC's Stand Up for Diversity) to the beautiful Word Up Community Bookshop/Libreria Comunitaria in Washington Heights on Tuesday, August 1st at 7:00pm. Boroughs of the Dead Adds 'LOST SOULS' Roosevelt Island Tours in September by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2017 Due to popular demand, Boroughs of the Dead has added two more Island of Lost Souls: A History of Madness and Medicine on Roosevelt Island tours in September 2017. 25th Anniversary of Astor Piazzolla's Death Inspires 'THAT'S NOT TANGO' at Joe's Pub by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2017 A more revealing, soul-searching look into the life of Astor Piazzolla, considered the father of the Nuevo Tango, is at the heart of 'That's Not Tango - AstorPiazzolla, A Life In Music,' the critically-acclaimed show which makes its return Aug. 5 and 6th at New York's Joe's Pub. Samuel Floyd Stars in BEN, VIRGINIA AND ME: THE LIBERACE MUSICAL at NYMF by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2017 The new musical Ben, Virginia and Me: The Liberace Musical will get its NY debut as part of the New York Musical Festival. Olivia Macklin to Lead MARY IN THE CLUB Reading at Judson Memorial by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2017 MARY IN THE CLUB by James Presson will be read at Judson Memorial Church on August 4th at 6pm. It stars Olivia Macklin (FOX's upcoming LA to Vegas, HBO's The Young Pope). Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Children's Play AN ENERGY TALE, Opening This Week at MITF by BroadwayWorld JR - July 31, 2017 'An Energy Tale", a new children's play by Anthony J. Piccione, as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival, premieres on August 4th at 12pm and August 5th and 6th at 11am. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal! Tony Nominee Emily Skeggs Set for THE APPLE BOYS at Dixon Place by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2017 THE APPLE BOYS, a new musical by Ben Bonnema (2017 Jonathan Larson Grant Recipient) and Jonothon Lyons, will be presented on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 7:30pm at Dixon Place. NY Philharmonic and Bravo! Vail Extend Residency Through Summer 2022 by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2017 Bravo! Vail and the New York Philharmonic have announced a five-year extension of the Orchestra's annual summer residency through the summer of 2022. The Philharmonic has been performing at Bravo! Vail since 2003. Tyler Reese to Make NYC Club Debut This August by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2017 Tyler Reese recorded his first album in his mid-teens, studied with jazz legend Pat Metheny and has played with everyone from Prince and Ernie Isley to country great Craig Morgan. Now, still riding the accolades and buzz of his 2017 breakthrough album Reminiscence - which debuted at #5 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart - the multi-talented 24 year old guitar virtuoso is set to make his NYC debut as a headliner at the famed Club Bonafide Wednesday, August 9. Photo Flash: HAMILTON's Daniel J. Watts Brings THE JAM: ONLY CHILD to Webster Hall by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2017 Featuring DJ Duggz (aka Preston Dugger III), this edition of THE JAM explored the life of an only child working to connect with the world. BroadwayWorld has photos from the event below! David Scala's AMONG THE FURIES to Premiere at New York Theatre Festival by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2017 AMONG THE FURIES, written by David Scala, an award-winning filmmaker making his playwriting debut, will have its World Premiere at the New York Theatre Festival. Applications Close This Friday for BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2017 Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), a global leader in music rights management, has announced that the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop is now accepting applications for its first-year composer and lyricist class through the end of day this Friday, August 4th. To apply, CLICK HERE. BWW Interview: KINKY BOOTS' Kevin Smith Kirkwood on Channeling Whitney Houston and the Future of CLASSIC WHITNEY: ALIVE! by Troy Frisby - July 30, 2017 Creating and starring in a solo show in which the late Whitney Houston, an undeniable legend with a complicated legacy, 'comes down from heaven and is reincarnated' in your body is a swing for the fences. But Kevin Smith Kirkwood does just that in CLASSIC WHITNEY: ALIVE!, which mostly sets the darkness of the singer's later years aside to focus on Whitney's 'good times.' TOGETHER: 2017 Returns to Don't Tell Mama for Benefit Performance by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2017 On August 4, Celia Berk, Sally Darling, Meg Flather, Josephine Sanges and Lisa Viggiano reprise TOGETHER: 2017 Cabaret Award- Nominated Vocalists whose first performance in June, benefiting Trinity Place Shelter, was warmly received. Proceeds from their upcoming August show will benefit #TheEmpathyInitiative of The Seeing Place Theatre, a year-long season of seven plays that fight against sexism, ageism, racism, extremism and oppression. New York City Opera to Preview LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST at Bryant Park by BWW News Desk - July 28, 2017 For the third performance in the ongoing Bryant Park Presents New York City Opera series, New York City Opera will present a free preview of its upcoming production of Puccini's La Fanciulla del West on Tuesday, August 22 at 6 p.m. Joe Gulla's FAGGY AT 50 to Hit Joe's Pub This Sunday by BWW News Desk - July 28, 2017 Playwright/actor Joe Gulla's 'FAGGY AT 50' will play Joe's Pub at The Public Theater this Sunday, July 30th. |
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