Sundance Institute Announces Latest Documentary Fund Grantees
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 21, 2020 Sundance Institute today named the global cohort of 22 independent nonfiction filmmakers and their projects that comprise the latest Grantees of the Institute's Documentary Fund....
Lightyear Acquires A-HA: THE MOVIE & WE WERE ONCE KIDS
by Michael Major - December 21, 2021 Both films are about established, legacy brands – A-ha: The Movie celebrates the 40th anniversary of the irresistible pop song and music video Take on Me, revealing the band’s ability to overcome personal differences. We Were Once Kids delves into the lives of the kids who were featured in the 1995...
Marilyn Maye, Damon J. Gillespie, and More Come to Feinstein's/54 Below This Week
by A.A. Cristi - November 15, 2018 Next week, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551....
The Tribeca TV Festival Features the Season Premieres of TRACEY ULLMAN'S SHOW, RAY DONOVAN, the 20th Season of LAW & ORDER
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 22, 2018 Calling all TV fans, the Tribeca TV Festival is back on the big screen bringing audiences together to discover new series and be the first to see favorite new season premieres. The 2nd Tribeca TV Festival will celebrate unforgettable storytellers who have shaped what 'peak TV' is today and introduce...
Revry to Stream Features in Honor of International Transgender Day of Visibility
by Marissa Tomeo - March 30, 2022 Transgender Day of Visibility is tomorrow, and LGBTQ-first network Revry will be airing and streaming all day content ranging from thought provoking documentaries to films that celebrate love and honor the trans community. Per GLAAD, of the 637 total regular and recurring LGBTQ characters counted on...
THE PROM, THE BOYS IN THE BAND & More Nominated for GLAAD Media Awards
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 28, 2021 The 32nd annual GLAAD Award nominations have been released! The nominees include Broadway film adaptations like 'The Prom,' 'The Boys in the Band,' and 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.' ...
WOODSONGS To Tape Historic 1000th Episode On November 19
by A.A. Cristi - November 04, 2019 For 17 years, 'WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour' has provided a worldwide platform for countless musicians, many of them Americana, bluegrass and country....
Sundance Institute And Skywalker Sound Announce Composers And Directors For 2020 Film Music And Sound Design Lab
by A.A. Cristi - July 27, 2020 Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound today announced the composers and directors selected for the Film Music and Sound Design Lab in collaboration with Skywalker Sound, reimagined and expressed digitally this year on Sundance Co//ab. The Lab provides Fellows with firsthand experience of the collab...
SEMMELWEIS World Premiere Online Stream Launches May 2
by A.A. Cristi - April 27, 2020 An online stream of the world premiere production of SEMMELWEIS, a music-theater work inspired by one of medicine's most tragic heroes, Hungarian doctor Ignác Semmelweis, will launch on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 1PM ET, at www.Doctor-Semmelweis.com, and will be available for one month. ...
VIDEO: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Billy Porter Appear in SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Cold Open
by Stephi Wild - October 13, 2019 Last night's Saturday Night Live cold open saw appearances from Broadway favorites Lin-Manuel Miranda and Billy Porter....
Theater for the New City Hosts the NY Premiere Of COLORSTRUCK By Donald E. Lacy, Jr.
by Julie Musbach - January 25, 2019 From February 28 to March 17, Theater for the New City will present comedian/actor/broadcaster Donald E. Lacy Jr. in the New York debut of his one man show, 'ColorStruck.' The play was born in California's Bay Area and has been presented on college campuses around the country and at the National Bla...
Pacific Symphony Presents DEFIANT REQUIEM: VERDI AT TEREZIN
by A.A. Cristi - February 28, 2019 Praised by The New York Times as 'poignant ... a monument to the courage of one man to foster hope among prisoners with little other solace,' Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terez n will be performed by Pacific Symphony on April 16, 2019 at 8 p.m. at the Ren e and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (600 Town C...
Trans Voices Cabaret Returns to The Duplex
by BWW News Desk - December 29, 2018 New York City's premier TGNC cabaret returns to The Duplex with their final show of 2018 today, December 29th at 9:30pm. The show is directed by Donnie Cianciotto, with Musical Direction by Anessa Marie....
Full Lineup Announced for the New York City Edition of 'Death Becomes Us'
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 20, 2019 BYT Media today announces full programming for the New York City edition of Death Becomes Us - A True Crime Festival. The multi day event is the second edition of the festival, which saw its premiere edition in Washington D.C. in 2018. It is also the first of its kind in New York City, expecting to...
Cent. Stage Co. Shares 2018 SUMMER JAMFEST Overview
by Julie Musbach - April 26, 2018 Centenary Stage Company's annual Summer Jamfest returns to the Lackland Performing Arts Center. This year's Jamfest features Lee Rocker of The Stray Cats on Saturday, July 14 at 8PM; the George Gee Swing Orchestra on Saturday, July 21 at 8PM; Hair running July 27 through August 5 and YESSONGS: THE ...
Marilyn Maye, Damon J. Gillespie, and More Come to Feinstein's/54 Below This Week
by A.A. Cristi - November 15, 2018 Next week, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551....
Pioneer of 'Urban Primitive Pop Art' Billy The Artist Has Passed Away
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 22, 2022 Billy The Artist who bridged the divide between the fine art and commercial design worlds with his acclaimed “Urban Primitive Pop Artist,” died in New York City at the age 57 on Saturday, January 22, 2022....
Varla Jean Merman & Judy Gold Premiere Duo Show in P-Town Alongside Varla's New Solo Show SUPERSPREADER
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 15, 2020 Producer Mark Cortale has announced the opening of two shows for summer-long runs in Provincetown, starting this month. First, drag comedy legend Varla Jean Merman premiered her new comedy show Superspreader on July 9 which will run until September 12 poolside at the Crown & Anchor, featuring Gerald...
IN THE HEIGHTS, HARRY POTTER & More Come to HBO Max This June
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 20, 2021 The Warner Bros. Pictures film fuses Lin-Manuel Miranda’s kinetic music and lyrics with director Jon M. Chu’s lively and authentic eye for storytelling that captures a world very much of its place, but universal in its experience....
The Center For Ballet And The Arts At NYU Launches Artistic Partnership Initiative
by Stephi Wild - June 20, 2018 The Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU (CBA), the first-ever international institute for scholars and artists of ballet and its related arts and sciences, today announces the launch of its Artistic Partnership Initiative (API). API is a joint initiative between The Center and major professional d...
La Jolla Playhouse Launches 2020 POP Tour, Developed In Partnership With National Disability Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - January 31, 2020 La Jolla Playhouse is pleased to launch its 2020 Performance Outreach Program (POP) Tour production: Emily Driver's Great Race through Time and Space, by A.A. Brenner and Gregg Mozgala, directed by National Disability Theatre (NDT) Co-Executive Directors and Playhouse Artists-in-Residence Talleri A....
Ben Vereen to Receive Gold Coast Arts Center's Lifetime Achievement Award
by Julie Musbach - September 30, 2019 Internationally acclaimed superstar Ben Vereen will receive the Gold Coast Arts Center's Lifetime Achievement Award at an opening night reception of the Gold Coast International Film Festival on Monday, November 4, 2019 at 6 p.m. at the Krasnoff Theater at Tilles Center in Brookville, New York accor...
2020 Johnny Mercer Writers Colony At Goodspeed Participants Announced
by A.A. Cristi - January 15, 2020 In what has become an annual ritual, a total of 40 established and emerging composers, lyricists, and librettists will converge on the Goodspeed campus from mid-January through mid-February 2020 to participate in the Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals. The writing teams, r...
Donald E. Lacy, Jr. Stars In COLORSTRUCK At Theater for the New City
by A.A. Cristi - February 05, 2019 Comedian/actor/broadcaster Donald E. Lacy Jr. will perform the New York debut of his one man show, 'ColorStruck,' at Theater for the New City February 28 to March 17, 2019. The play was born in California's Bay Area and has been presented on college campuses around the country and at the National Bl...
Trans Voices Cabaret Returns to The Duplex
by Julie Musbach - December 11, 2018 New York City's premier TGNC cabaret returns to The Duplex with their final show of 2018 on Saturday, December 29th at 9:30pm. The show is directed by Donnie Cianciotto, with Musical Direction by Anessa Marie.... |