David Roberts News

Netflix announces Chris Nee and Higher Ground Productions' animated preschool series Ada Twist, Scientist, based on the best-selling book series by author Andrea Beaty and illustrator David Roberts.

The GI Film Festival San Diego, a military-themed film festival that solely presents films and events for, by and about military service members and veterans, announces a diverse film lineup for its first-ever virtual showcase happening Oct. 1 and Oct. 2, 2020.

Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment is thrilled to announce the addition of JASON ISAACS (HARRY POTTER series of films, THE OA, THE DEATH OF STALIN, THE PATRIOT, BLACK HAWK DOWN) to the cast of the new sci-fi action filmRAINFALL, the sequel to the highly successful OCCUPATION. 

651 ARTS, Brooklyn's premier institution for the African Diasporic performing arts, today announced  the launch of its inaugural Artist As Resident Initiative with a call for submissions for The Neighborhood Project, a program under the Initiative  focused on emerging creatives. The Artist As Resident Initiative centers around Brooklyn's collective of artists and the diverse neighborhoods throughout the borough they represent and will include The Neighborhood Project, the Micro-Works Project for online content and community-building, and the Artist-As-Resident Feature Presentation Series.

The Outer Critics Circle has announced its plans for honoring the 2019-2020 season of Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.

The Met's Nightly Met Opera Streams, a free series of encore Live in HD presentations, continues tonight with Cosi fan tutte, starring Kelli O'Hara.

Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, has just announced that the 2020 awards have been postponed.

State Theatre New Jersey presents the a cappella group Straight No Chaser on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, 8pm. The performance is part of Straight No Chaser's The Open Bar Tour in support of their latest record, One Shot. Tickets range from $39.50-$59.50.

A cappella sensation Straight No Chaser will bring the Open Bar tour to the McCallum Theatre at 7:00pm, Monday, March 30.Straight No Chaser has had an amazing decade-plusa?"moving from being a college a cappella group to enjoying international success, thanks to a viral video or two along the way.

BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, the longest operating performance venue in lower Manhattan, proudly presents the next event in the 2019-2020 Family Series Season: TheaterWorks USA's Rosie Revere, Engineer and Friends on Saturday, March 14 at 11:00AM. Rosie Revere... is the sixth show in BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center's 2019-2020 Family Theater Season, featuring plays, musicals, puppetry, concerts and dance for all ages.

Glasgow International has announced details of its ninth edition, the second of Director Richard Parry. Comprising 54 exhibitions and 82 events, performances and talks at over 50 spaces across the city and showcasing work by 160 artists; the theme of the 2020 festival is Attention: asking us to consider how, where and in whom our attention is placed at a time of seemingly constant distraction. Scotland's biennial festival of contemporary art further highlights Glasgow as one of the world's most important and exciting centres for visual art.

The cutting-edge, Brooklyn-based cultural arts institution 651ARTS will present a repertory of two works-in-development at the top of the year with  3 RITES: Liberty by DELIRIOUS Dances and its Director- acclaimed multi-media artist Edisa Weeks - and (Re)current Unrest by renowned choreographer Charles O. Anderson and his dance theatre X company from January 8 -January 11 at the Kumble Theater in Brooklyn. Marking the institution's first programs of 2020, both of these uniquely dynamic movement pieces are solo works with Anderson's work to include post-show discussions.

Chart-topping a cappella group Straight No Chaser has added a new stop - Sunday, April 5, at 1 p.m. at downtown Aurora's beautiful Paramount Theatre - on their spring 2020 'The Open Bar Tour.'

Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, announced important dates for its annual honors and the 2019-20 theater award season.

The New Group presents Donja R. Love's one in two, featuring Jamyl Dobson, Leland Fowler and Edward Mawere. Directed by Stevie Walker-Webb, plays through January 12 at The Pershing Square Signature Center.

The Emelin Theatre for the Performing Arts has released their schedule for upcoming January and February events:

Creating exceptional, transformative theatrical experiences that are accessible to young and family audiences in diverse communities throughout North America, TheaterWorksUSA announces their 2019-20 season with productions on Broadway, throughout New York City, and 11 productions touring around the United States and Canada.  

According to The Hollywood Reporter, 'Sons of Anarchy' star Charlie Hunnam will star in 'Shantaram' at Apple. This is his first television role since 2014.

Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) at Miami Dade College (MDC) will present Black Power Naps/Siestas Negras byNavild and Sosa, a multi-sensory, interactive installation designed to provide joyful and relaxing relief from fatiguing systems of inequality.

Red Bull Theater presents Keith Hamilton Cobb's acclaimed play American Moor, making its Off-Broadway premiere at Cherry Lane Theatre. Let's see what the critics had to say.