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BWW Reviews: Valerie Hart's RISING & FALLING premieres for Rhubarb Theater
by Jeffrey Ellis - Aug 16, 2011
Directed by Trish Crist in a confidently acted and well-paced production from Rhubarb Theater Company at Nashville's Darkhorse Theater, Rising & Falling offers a fictionalized account of a controversy that swirled among members of the public and throughout the tony New York City art world about an artist's attempt to come to terms with the tragedy of 9/11 through the creation of a work of art depicting a woman falling from one of the WTC towers. In Hart's script, the artist is a resident of Nashville who, like so many of us, was privy to the horrors of 9/11 through television coverage of the events as they unfolded on-screen. (more...)
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Ten Years After: Remembering Circle Players' ASSASSINS and 9/11
by Jeffrey Ellis - Aug 08, 2011
In the days that followed the 9/11 attacks, Circle leaders and members of the Assassins production team were forced to consider closing the show (included in Sondheim's musical is the character of Samuel Byck, an unsuccessful presidential assassin who talks vividly about flying an airplane into the White House to kill President Richard Nixon in 1968. As Circle leaders discussed whether to shutter the show for a weekend, or to cancel the remaining three weeks of the show's run, the show's cast members debated whether or not they could justify to themselves, their friends and their families their own decision to continue with the show in the days just after the deadliest attack ever on American soil. (more...)
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BWW Interviews: RISING & FALLING: Where were you on 9/11?
by Jeffrey Ellis - Aug 05, 2011
Do you remember where you were on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 - the day terror was brought home to us and our world was change irrevocably? Throughout our lives we all experience those events that will remain etched forever in our minds, the ones that will always be in our personal memory banks. As final rehearsals get under way in advance of opening night, members of the cast and crew of Rising & Falling reached into their own memory banks to let us know where they were on that fateful morning, which gives perspective to the play they're working on together to bring to life for a Nashville audience. (more...)
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BWW Interviews: Playwright Valerie Hart on 9/11-Themed RISING & FALLING
by Jeffrey Ellis - Aug 04, 2011
As the cast and crew of Rhubarb Theater Company approach final preparations for the production before unveiling Hart's play to the public for the first time, the playwright found the time to answer our questions and to tell us what Rising & Falling is about, how it reflects who she is as a woman and a writer and to talk about the juxtaposition of a great tragedy against a furor in the arts community. (more...)
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Photo Coverage: First Night: The Preview Party at The Listening Room Cafe
by Jeffrey Ellis - Jul 12, 2011
Danny Proctor, Helen Shute-Pettaway, Layne Sasser, Pam Atha, Dan Brewer and Gary Hoff were introduced Monday night as the six members of the 2011 Class of First Night Honorees during the First Night Preview Party, hosted by founder and executive producer Jeffrey Ellis at The Listening Room Cafe in downtown Nashville. (more...)
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Local Playwrights Showcased During TEN MINUTE PLAYHOUSE Tonight
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 10, 2011
The Ten Minute plays will be presented as staged readings performed and directed by volunteers from the Nashville theater community. Audiences in attendance will not only get to see exciting new plays, but will also be able to give the playwrights feedback following the readings. (more...)
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Local Playwrights Showcased During TEN MINUTE PLAYHOUSE, 5/10
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 03, 2011
The Ten Minute plays will be presented as staged readings performed and directed by volunteers from the Nashville theater community. Audiences in attendance will not only get to see exciting new plays, but will also be able to give the playwrights feedback following the readings. (more...)
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Jefferson Performing Arts Society Hosts 15th Annual Pasta & Puccini Gala, 10/29
by BWW
News Desk - Oct 29, 2010
Jefferson Performing Arts Society's (JPAS) 15th Annual Pasta & Puccini Gala will be held on Friday, October 29, 2010 at InterContinental New Orleans, 444 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. Doors will open at 6:30PM. Gala patrons will enjoy an evening of world class entertainment, delicious food donated by a wide array of local restaurants and caterers and exciting auctions to the music of the great Giacomo Puccini. Proceeds from this annual fundraiser will benefit the Jefferson Performing Arts Society's annual theatrical productions and arts outreach programming that annually enrich and serve over 20,000 arts patrons and reach over 10,000 youth throughout five parishes in Southern Louisiana. (more...)
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Jefferson Performing Arts Society Hosts 15th Annual Pasta & Puccini Gala, 10/29
by Leslie Fazin - Sep 27, 2010
Jefferson Performing Arts Society's (JPAS) 15th Annual Pasta & Puccini Gala will be held on Friday, October 29, 2010 at InterContinental New Orleans, 444 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. Doors will open at 6:30PM. Gala patrons will enjoy an evening of world class entertainment, delicious food donated by a wide array of local restaurants and caterers and exciting auctions to the music of the great Giacomo Puccini. Proceeds from this annual fundraiser will benefit the Jefferson Performing Arts Society's annual theatrical productions and arts outreach programming that annually enrich and serve over 20,000 arts patrons and reach over 10,000 youth throughout five parishes in Southern Louisiana. (more...)
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JPAS 14th Annual Pasta & Puccini Gala Held 10/16
by BWW News Desk - Oct 16, 2009
Jefferson Performing Arts Society's (JPAS) 14th Annual Pasta & Puccini Gala will be held Friday October 16, 2009 at InterContinental New Orleans, 444 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. Doors will open at 7PM. (more...)
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JPAS 14th Annual Pasta & Puccini Gala Held 10/16
by BWW News Desk - Oct 01, 2009
Jefferson Performing Arts Society's (JPAS) 14th Annual Pasta & Puccini Gala will be held Friday October 16, 2009 at InterContinental New Orleans, 444 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. Doors will open at 7PM. (more...)
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