David Grossman News

The Festival's theater offerings feature four North American premieres from the U.K., Syria, and Israel, challenging audiences to look backward and forward, while offering perspectives that confront assumptions about human nature.

Nigel Redden, Lincoln Center Festival Director, today announced the lineup for the 2017 Festival, which runs from July 10 to 30.  This summer, in its 22nd season, the Festival continues to accentuate its mission of globalism by inviting to Lincoln Center artists and companies from many parts of the world who are creating audacious, original, and relevant work. Musicians, actors, writers, directors, filmmakers and dancers from a dozen countries and five continents will animate Lincoln Center's campus venues with bold creations-43 performances packed in a span of three weeks.

The Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts (SBCPA) is pleased to announce the return of the Jurkowitz Fellows in the Performing Arts Program for the second year, at The Granada Theatre on March 20 and 21 , 2017.

Syfy today announced that it has renewed critically-acclaimed original series 12 MONKEYS for a fourth and final chapter ahead of its Season 3 premiere.

An epic romance retrieves from oblivion the lost story of the Holocaust of Libyan Jews in 'Benghazi Bergen-Belsen,' a play by Lahav Timor that is inspired by the Brenner Prize-winning 2016 novel of the same name by Yossi Sucary, the first book about Jews in World War II Libya. The play is translated from Hebrew by Inbal Timor and directed by Michal Gamily. La MaMa Theatre will present its world premiere run March 23 to April 9 in its Downstairs Theater, 66 East Fourth Street, Manhattan (East Village).

The Granada Theatre Concert Series presents Vocalosity, the all-new live concert event from the creative mind of artistic producer Deke Sharon (Pitch Perfect, The Sing Off) on Today, November 11, 2016. Vocalosity! takes a cappella to a whole new level with a fast-paced production featuring 10 dynamic voices singing some of today's chart-topping hits in brand-new arrangements too incredible to miss.

The Granada Theatre Concert Series presents Vocalosity, the all-new live concert event from the creative mind of artistic producer Deke Sharon (Pitch Perfect, The Sing Off) on Friday, November 11, 2016. Vocalosity! takes a cappella to a whole new level with a fast-paced production featuring 10 dynamic voices singing some of today's chart-topping hits in brand-new arrangements too incredible to miss.

The Granada Theatre Concert Series presents Vocalosity, the all-new live concert event from the creative mind of artistic producer Deke Sharon (Pitch Perfect, The Sing Off) on Friday, November 11, 2016. Vocalosity! takes a cappella to a whole new level with a fast-paced production featuring 12 dynamic voices singing some of today's chart-topping hits in brand-new arrangements.

 The Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts (SBCPA) is pleased to announce the appointment of David Grossman as Director of Community Engagement. The Director of Community Engagement is one of five directors at the SBCPA, and is responsible for planning and implementation of growth strategies, including cultivation of new funding sources for the Jurkowitz Center for Community Engagement.

CHICAGO, May 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Leadership consultant, speaker and author David Grossman recently won the prestigious President's Choice award from the Beverly Hills International Book Awards for his book, No Cape Needed: The Simplest, Smartest, Fastest Steps to Improve How You Communicate by Leaps and Bounds.

Siri, the electronic personal assistant installed on every iPhone, can be helpful in very many areas, but has heretofore has yet to be recognized for theater criticism.

? The world premiere adaptation of the 2014 Israeli novel, Falling Out of Time, written by esteemed Israeli author David Grossman, plays at Theater J March 17 through April 17, 2016.

CHICAGO, Jan. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Acclaimed consultant, speaker and author David Grossman has been awarded the 2015 Pinnacle Award for best book in business for his latest title, No Cape Needed: The Simplest, Smartest, Fastest Steps to Improve How You Communicate by Leaps and Bounds.

Mosaic Theater Company of DC announces the return of the critically acclaimed VOICES FROM A CHANGING MIDDLE EAST FESTIVAL, an expansive exhibition of some of the finest Israeli, Arab and American artists from across the country and around the world. The five offerings included in the 2015-16 Festival, which runs from today, January 6-May 1, 2016, grapple with issues of peace and conflict in a divided Middle East.

Mosaic Theater Company of DC announces the return of the critically acclaimed VOICES FROM A CHANGING MIDDLE EAST FESTIVAL, an expansive exhibition of some of the finest Israeli, Arab and American artists from across the country and around the world. The five offerings included in the 2015-16 Festival, which runs from January 6-May 1, 2016, grapple with issues of peace and conflict in a divided Middle East.

Thursday evening November 19th was a busy night of art openings in Chelsea despite the torrential downpours that bathed Manhattan, but none more significant than the Suzanne LaFleur Exhibition opening reception at the Hollis Taggart Gallery at 521 West 26th Street. Attended wall-to-wall, canvas-to-canvas by lovers of abstract expressionism at its best, LaFleur's meteoric rise among art critics and collectors alike has established her as one of the preeminent artists of her generation in the genre. Scroll down for photos from the event!

CHICAGO, Sept. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire-iReach/ Highly-acclaimed business author and award-winning leadership communication expert David Grossman, founder and CEO of The Grossman Group, publishes his third book No Cape Needed: The Simplest, Smartest, Fastest Steps to Improve How You Communicate By Leaps and Bounds for leaders at all levels.

The Kennedy Center hosts its 14th annual Page-to-Stage new play festival from Today, September 5 to Monday, September 7, 2015, featuring more than 50 theaters from the D.C. metropolitan area, all with a mission to produce and support new work. The 14th Annual Page-to-Stage event showcases more than 40 new plays by female playwrights and includes nine works that are part of the citywide Women's Voices Theater Festival, which officially begins on September 8.

The Oshman Family JCC presents Aaron Davidman's groundbreaking and critically acclaimed solo show Wrestling Jerusalem. Set in America, Israel, and Palestine, the play follows one man's journey to understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Davidman's performance is a personal story that grapples with the complexities of identity, history, and social justice. Giving voice to over a dozen different characters, the play sheds light on one of the most entrenched conflicts of our time. Wrestling Jerusalem will be presented at 8pm Sunday, September 20, 2015 at the Oshman Family JCC- Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. For tickets ($25-$30) and more information visit http://paloaltojcc.org/Events/wrestling-jerusalem or call (650) 223-8649.