HBO Announces YoungArts MasterClass Season 2 Encores and Premieres
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2013
Season Two of the Emmy-nominated HBO series YoungArts MasterClass, in which renowned artists and masters teach and mentor young artists selected by the National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts), concludes with two nights of back-to-back episodes including encore presentations and premieres. Beginning at 6:30PM ET/PT on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 HBO2 will air encore presentations of Season Two episodes featuring master teachers Patti LuPone,Bobby McFerrin and John Guare. (more...)
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Baryshnikov Arts Center Presents the New York Premiere of Phèdre les oiseaux, 5/21-29
by BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2013
The Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) will present the New York Premiere of Phedre les oiseaux (Phaedra the birds). This new international theater work with text by Frederic Boyer is staged by director Jean-Baptiste Sastre, performed by acclaimed actors Hiam Abbass and Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, and features local community members as the production's chorus. (more...)
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Great Art to Benefit Great Science Raises Over $2 Million for Child Mind Institute
by BWW News Desk - Mar 13, 2013
On February 28, 2013, Stephanie Seymour Brant, Peter Brant, Brooke Garber Neidich, Daniel Neidich and the Child Mind Institute Board of Directors joined together for a once in a lifetime auction of great art to benefit great science. The evening raised more than more than $2 million for the cause, a record dollar amount for any auction the non-profit has held since it's inception in 2010. The one-time event at Sotheby's brought together some of the world's most renowned contemporary artists and collectors to raise funds for the Child Mind Institute's Healthy Brain Network, a landmark effort to chart brain development and find new diagnostic tools and treatments for pediatric mental illness. (more...)
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Photo Flash: Nathan Lane and More Honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at Guild Hall Gala
by BWW News Desk - Mar 08, 2013
Guild Hall, the visual and performing arts center on eastern Long Island, recently honored the recipients of the 28th Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards: John Alexander for Visual Arts; Walter Isaacson for Literary Arts; Nathan Lane for Performing Arts and Mickey Straus, who received the Special Award for Leadership and Philanthropy. Marshall Brickman was the Master of Ceremonies with special guest presenters: Ken Auletta, Alec Baldwin, Jack O'Brien and Lorne Michaels. The awards were presented during a benefit dinner on Monday, March 4 at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. BroadwayWorld has photos from the starry gathering below! (more...)
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VIDEO: Trailer - PATTI LUPONE: A YOUNGARTS MASTERCLASS on HBO
by TV News Desk - Mar 06, 2013
HBO will continue its educational MASTERCLASS series with a spotlight on two-time Tony Award-winning theater legend Patti LuPone, who mentors four young students aspiring to become musical theater performers. The episode will air April 1, 2013. Check out the trailer below! (more...)
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Great Art to Benefit Great Science Raises Over $2 Million for Child Mind Institute
by BWW News Desk - Mar 05, 2013
On February 28, 2013, Stephanie Seymour Brant, Peter Brant, Brooke Garber Neidich, Daniel Neidich and the Child Mind Institute Board of Directors joined together for a once in a lifetime auction of great art to benefit great science. The evening raised more than more than $2 million for the cause, a record dollar amount for any auction the non-profit has held since it's inception in 2010. The one-time event at Sotheby's brought together some of the world's most renowned contemporary artists and collectors to raise funds for the Child Mind Institute's Healthy Brain Network, a landmark effort to chart brain development and find new diagnostic tools and treatments for pediatric mental illness. (more...)
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The Sing For Hope Pianos Set To Return To New York City Summer 2013
by BWW News Desk - Feb 13, 2013
Sing for Hope is proud to announce that The Sing for Hope Pianos will return to New York City this summer for its third year. This year's programis being made possible by the generous support of Chobani, Inc., maker of America's #1 selling yogurt brand, and in collaboration with the City of New York. (more...)
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Rome to Host 'Empire State' Exhibit
by BWW News Desk - Jan 31, 2013
Opening at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, on April 23, 2013, "Empire State" explores the constantly shifting realities and mythologies of New York City as a "New Rome." Filling the Palazzo's exhibition spaces, this ambitious intergenerational survey presents the work of twenty-five renowned and emerging New York City artists - each in depth and with important new work being shown for the first time -- and suggests how they might re-imagine the relationship between their community and the life of the city through a unique grasp on its varied sources of power. With painting, sculpture, photography, video, and installation, the artists in "Empire State" examine their city's enduring relevance to the world at a moment when urban life is being redefined rapidly everywhere. (more...)
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The Ride Gallery Debuts Today to Bring Social Entrepreneurship to the Art World
by BWW News Desk - Jan 28, 2013
The Ride Gallery celebrates the global launch of its pursuit to elevate underground artists working internationally at the intersection of high design, street art, and surf cultures. The Ride Gallery was founded by Sam Anderson, the recent Managing Director of the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia. After staging exhibitions at the SCAD Museum of Art in 2011-2012 with world renowned artists such as Fred Wilson, Bill Viola, and Yinka Shonibare, MBE, Anderson now launches The Ride Gallery to return to his own aesthetic roots in street art and surf culture. (more...)
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FOUR WORKS, FOUR YEARS, EIGHT WEEKS: Julian Schnabel Returns to the East Village
by BWW News Desk - Jan 25, 2013
A larger than life figure, Julian Schnabel personifies - and slyly critiques - what it is to be a successful contemporary artist. He has achieved art world stature and mainstream celebrity through his art, his films, his commentary, and his well-documented lifestyle. Nevertheless, even cognoscenti are often unable to immediately conjure mental images that speak to the full scope and depth of Schnabel's work, with the exception perhaps of his figurative paintings incorporating broken crockery. While this myopia could be attributed in part to the artist's refusal to adhere to a single signature style throughout his four decade-long practice, public recognition of Schabel's numerous contributions to painting also have been obfuscated by his stardom. (more...)
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New York City Ballet Launches Art Series
by BWW News Desk - Jan 08, 2013
During the 2013 winter season, New York City Ballet will launch a new initiative called the New York City Ballet Art Series. The series will feature annual collaborations with contemporary visual artists who will create original works inspired by NYCB that will be exhibited at the Company's home at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. (more...)
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Carl Bernstein, Nathan Englander and More Set for the Public's THOUGHT IS FREE: An Evening of Protest and Solidarity, 12/3
by BWW News Desk - Nov 13, 2012
The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Patrick Willingham, Executive Director), in association with PEN American Center, will present a Public Forum program on Monday, December 3 on behalf of writers and artists who have been imprisoned speaking truth to power. THOUGHT IS FREE: An Evening of Protest and Solidarity will be hosted by Liev Schreiber and feature Carl Bernstein, Nathan Englander, Shirin Neshat, Lou Reed, and Salman Rushdie. Member tickets, priced at $15, and single tickets, priced at $20, are on sale now and can be purchased at (212) 967-7555, www.publictheater.org, or in person at The Public Theater box office at 425 Lafayette Street. (more...)
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Photo Flash: Javier Bardem Honored With Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
by Movies News Desk - Nov 09, 2012
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce honored one of Spain's greatest exports, Javier Bardem with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday, Thursday, November 8, 2012. Below, check out photos from the event in which the actor was joined by co-stars of the latest James Bond film Skyfall! (more...)
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