American Alliance for Theatre & Education to Host 2019 Conference in New York City
by Julie Musbach - June 26, 2019 Between August 1st - August 5th, the American Alliance for Theatre & Education will be hosting their 32ndAnnual National Conference in the artistically vibrant New York City! The theme of this year's conference is 'Activate AATE: Exploring Theatre Educators' Role and Responsibility.'...
Laura Penn, SDC Executive Director Contract Renewed Through 2024
by A.A. Cristi - December 11, 2018 President Pam MacKinnon and the Executive Board of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SDC) are pleased to announce that Executive Director Laura Penn's contract has been renewed through 2024. ...
Traverse Theatre Receives Funding For UK/Japan Season Of Culture 2019-2020
by Stephi Wild - March 15, 2019 The Traverse Theatre is excited to reveal that it has been successful in a bid for UK/Japan Season of Culture 2019-2020 funding, a major bilateral season that will run from September 2019-September 2020. It will allow us to support two Scottish-based playwrights in travelling to Japan on research tr...
BWW Review: TELEGRAMS FROM THE NOSE at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - November 16, 2020 A bold and irreverent composition of styles, formats and topics of reflection....
Marion Cotillard, Matt Berry Join THE INVENTOR
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 11, 2020 Variety reports that Marion Cotillard and Matt Berry have joined the cast of stop motion animated film 'The Inventor.' ...
Photo Flash: Tony Award-Winning Musical FUN HOME Opening This Week at Omaha Community Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - August 14, 2018 Fun Home-winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize-will be showing at the Omaha Community Playhouse in the Howard Drew Theatre from Aug. 17 through Sept. 16....
BWW Review: BRIGHT. YOUNG. THINGS & HEAVY WEATHER, Nick Hern Books
by Cindy Marcolina - July 30, 2020 Two new pieces of youth drama are available in the Nick Hern Books catalogue, in their Platform series in collaboration with Tonic Theatre: Georgia Christou's Bright. Young. Things. and Lizzie Nunnery's Heavy Weather. Uncommonly for the publisher, the two plays haven't yet received a full production...
2018 Naperville's Ribfest - Music, Food, And Amazing Blue Marble Cocktails
by Marina Kennedy - July 04, 2018 Blue Marble Cocktails, maker of all-natural, ultra-premium, ready-to-drink, pre-mixed cocktails, will be featured in the VIP section at the 2018 Naperville's Ribfest, hosted by the Exchange Club of Naperville. Each year, this 4th of July spectacle brings together tens of thousands of visitors, i...
The Musical Theatre Senior Showcase at University of Michigan Has Been Canceled
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 17, 2020 In accordance with the University's measures, the Musical Theatre Senior Showcase on May 3 in Ann Arbor is canceled....
Sarah Frankcom Steps Down As Artistic Director Of The Royal Exchange Theatre
by Stephi Wild - February 28, 2019 It has been announced today that Sarah Frankcom is stepping down as Artistic Director of the Royal Exchange Theatre to take up a new post as Director of the prestigious drama school LAMDA. Sarah originally joined the Exchange as Literary Manager in 1998. In 2008 she was made Joint Artistic Director ...
Kathy Bates, Eva Green, & Ed Skrein Set to Star in Upcoming Sci-Fi Thriller A PATRIOT
by Macon Prickett - April 27, 2018 According to Variety, Eva Green, Kathy Bates, and Ed Skrein have been cast in the science-fiction thriller “A Patriot.”...
WEST SIDE STORY Will Return to The Royal Exchange Theatre in 2020
by Stephi Wild - April 18, 2019 The Royal Exchange Theatre has announced that their current smash-hit WEST SIDE STORY will return to the stage in 2020 due to unprecedented popular demand. Recognised as one of the world's most iconic musicals, tickets for Sarah Frankcom's reimagining of this Broadway classic, with new choreography ...
NJ Rep Cancels Performances Due to COVID-19
by Stephi Wild - March 15, 2020 NJ Rep has cancelled performances due to COVID-19....
WEST SIDE STORY Comes to Royal Exchange Theatre
by Stephi Wild - February 27, 2019 Sarah Frankcom, Royal Exchange Artistic Director, creates a brand-new version of Broadway's biggest musical WEST SIDE STORY for the Royal Exchange Theatre's unique in-the-round stage. Celebrated for her reinterpretations of American classics, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, DEATH OF A SALESMAN and her awa...
Michale Graves Continues COURSE OF EMPIRE North American Tour In 2018, Set For Europe In 2019
by Tori Hartshorn - October 03, 2018 Michale Graves, the iconic punk-rocker who once fronted one of the world's most legendary punk rock bands, The Misfits, continues his Course Of Empire tour across North America for the remainder of 2018. Joining Graves for the North American tour is fellow punk rocker Argyle Goolsby, and horror punk...
MCC Theater Announces New Initiative To Support Development Of Musicals
by Julie Musbach - September 18, 2019 MCC Theater announced today a $1 million gift to enhance and support the development and production of new musicals. The Gary Platt Musical Initiative was formed in 2019 by Julie and Marc Platt and their family to honor the memory of their uncle and great-uncle, Gary, whose lifelong love of musical ...
University of Michigan Cancels School of Music, Theatre & Dance Ticketed Events Through April 21
by Stephi Wild - March 14, 2020 On Wednesday, March 11, the University of Michigan instituted preventative COVID-19 measures. One of these measures cancels all large events on campus. This measure is currently in effect from Thursday, March 12 until at least April 21....
The Drama Book Shop, Now Co-Owned by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Will Reopen in March
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 12, 2019 It was announced today that The Drama Book Shop will reopen its doors in March 2020 at its new Times Square home at 266 West 39th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues). The legendary shop's new home will be only one block away from its last location....
Smoke Fairies Release New Single 'Elevator'
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 04, 2019 Smoke Fairies release a new single today entitled 'Elevator.' This is the third single from their forthcoming album Darkness Brings The Wonders Home set for release January 31st, 2020. ...
Melisa Tien's BEST LIFE Begins March 21 at JACK In Brooklyn
by A.A. Cristi - March 04, 2020 JACK presents Best Life by Melisa Tien, a New Dramatist resident playwright. Directed by Kenneth Prestininzi, Best Life is an alarming dark comedy that centers on two women trying to bridge their racial and economic differences....
Theatre Educators To Attend National Theatre & Education Conference In Minneapolis This August
by Julie Musbach - June 11, 2018 The American Alliance for Theatre & Education's 31st annual National Conference: Rise Up! will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 1-5, 2018, exploring what it means to use art and activism to make positive change in our communities....
Royal Exchange Theatre Announces Autumn/Winter 2019 Season
by Stephi Wild - June 04, 2019 Under Sarah Frankcom's Artistic Directorship the Royal Exchange Theatre has been redefined, reimagined and reframed. It has explored classic texts in new and radical ways, celebrated the vitality and significance of new writing, embraced new ways to talk to audiences and engage communities and suppo...
The Drama Book Shop, Now Co-Owned by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Will Reopen in March
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 12, 2019 It was announced today that The Drama Book Shop will reopen its doors in March 2020 at its new Times Square home at 266 West 39th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues). The legendary shop's new home will be only one block away from its last location....
Red Balloon Salon Featuring The Cobalt Saxophone Quartet Comes to National Opera Center
by Stephi Wild - August 03, 2019 Concrete Timbre, Inc. and AWCANYC are teaming up again to bring a great way to spend a Thursday evening in August! The Red Balloon Salon features new compositions for the Cobalt Saxophone Quartet....
VIDEO: Recording of Dallas Children's Theater Lunch & Learn Talkback on Children and Racism Now Available
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 11, 2020 For those who missed the Lunch & Learn Talkback hosted by Dallas Childrena??s Theater and longtime partners Texas Instruments along with Capital One on August 7th, the entire talkback is available as a resource for families... |