The Ooley Theatre Presents Season of Suspense Fall Fundraiserby BWW News Desk - December 3, 2020The event will include brief presentations by The Artist’s Collective and Placer Repertory Theater, and a free preview performance of the new work, My Jekyll & Hyde by T. S. Forsyth and Ryan Gerberding, to premiere in 2021. Crescent City Stage Presents MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLYby BWW News Desk - December 3, 2020Crescent City Stagewill continue their Free Virtual Reading Series with 'Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley' by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. With award-winning actors from coast to coast, they hope you will join them for this special benefit performance with all donations going directly to Second Harvest Food Bank. Metropolitan Opera Announces Family Holiday Festivalby BWW News Desk - December 3, 2020The Metropolitan Opera has announced its first online Family Holiday Festival, which will run December 17 through December 21, 2020. In previous years, a Holiday Open House for families has been held at the Met. This year, in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a free, all-virtual festival will be presented across five days. Act II Playhouse Announces Holiday Seasonby BWW News Desk - December 3, 2020Act II Playhouse in Ambler, PA has announced their holiday theatre season. 'We're excited that we are able to continue our 2020/21 season - albeit virtually,' said Tony Braithwaite, Artistic Director. 'We expected that we would not be able to perform live yet, so we're working hard to find ways to bring Playhouse experiences to our patrons.' Ann Hampton Callaway Announces MAKING SPIRITS BRIGHT Holiday Showby BWW News Desk - December 3, 2020Tony nominated and platinum award winning songwriter ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY celebrates the season in her heartwarming holiday show 'Making Spirits Bright!' With her gorgeous voice, down to earth personality and perfect blend of pop and jazz she casts a spell that puts everyone in the spirit of the season. Chautauqua Opera Company Premieres IN OUR SILENCE, A New Song Cycle For Our Timesby BWW News Desk - December 3, 2020'In Our Silence' is a 75-minute song cycle that responds immediately to this moment in the world, exploring the musical ties that connect us all, even as we are isolated from each other. The film of the song cycle will premiere in three parts during live events December 3, 10, & 17 at 8 p.m. EST on Chautauqua Institution's CHQ Assembly platform. Ramsey Lewis Presents RAMSEY LEWIS IN SOUL TOWN Live Stream Concertby BWW News Desk - December 3, 2020GRAMMY Award-winning pianist and NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis presents an exclusive concert experience Saturday December 26 - Ramsey Lewis in Soul Town. Hear Ramsey's version of some of the great Motown and soul hits as well as his own soulful funky classics. Caitríona O'Leary Performs Rare Christmas Songs For UNACCOMPANIED 28by BWW News Desk - December 3, 2020On Saturday December 5th, Heresy Records' recording artist, Caitríona O'Leary, will perform the 28th installment of Unaccompanied her weekly series of micro-concerts live-streamed on Facebook every Saturday at 2:30 PM Dublin time (GMT+1:00). The Beautiful City Project Premieres Holiday Fundraiserby BWW News Desk - December 3, 2020With holiday favorites and original songs and arrangements, the show aims to be a memorable event and is created by The Beautiful City Project, a Chicago-based musical theatre company that exists solely as a fundraising arm for local charities and nonprofits. New Visual Rendition Of Poe's THE RAVEN By Zachary James And Kristin Hevner Now Availableby BWW News Desk - December 3, 2020Broadway, opera, and television star Zachary James has partnered with acclaimed composer Kristin Hevner to release an original rendition of Edgar Allen Poe's THE RAVEN. The visual experience, which fuses song, film, and theatrics, is available online today, Thursday, December 3, 2020. Young People's Theatre's New Online Play Festival Returnsby BWW News Desk - December 3, 2020Young People's Theatre's (YPT) new online play festival, Right Here, Write Now, returns with its latest series of live-streamed readings. Launched in June, the series features contemporary playwrights responding to these extraordinary times. This latest edition includes Icelandic playwright/author Andri Snær Magnason (YPT's Blue Planet); and more. BWW Interview: Anthony Spargo Chats THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE at Greenwich Theatreby Fiona Scott - December 4, 2020Anthony Spargo is an actor and scriptwriter. He is known for his roles in Horrible Histories, writing for the award-winning company Les Enfants Terribles and operating a Dalek in Doctor Who! He’s also a regular in the Greenwich Theatre pantomime cast line-up. Spargo speaks to BroadwayWorld about writing and performing in COVID times. Penn State Centre Stage Virtual Presents CABARET OF MANY COLORSby BWW News Desk - December 2, 2020Penn State Centre Stage Virtual will present a Cabaret of Many Colors directed by Steve H. Broadnax III and music directed by Delores Duran-Cefalu. The cabaret premieres Friday, December 4, 7:30 p.m. The event is free and can be viewed at sites.psu.edu/pscsvirtual beginning on the first date of the performance.
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