Sam Kelley's THE BLUE VEIN SOCIETY Portrays Class and Colorby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013Sam Kelley's The Blue Vein Society and No Hidin' Place takes us back to a time and place in late nineteenth-century America when African Americans struggled to achieve human dignity against oppressive interracial and intraracial barriers that promoted a segregated culture rooted in class and color. These powerful dramas, based on two short stories by African American fiction writer, Charles Chesnutt, examine complicated family and social dynamics that resonate with disturbing power for today's world where both class and color continue to matter. (more...)
ANTE UP is Releasedby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013The reality of this world is one end time prophecy after another. Following the absolute end of the ultimate apocalypse are positive beginnings. This definite destruction is followed by one last chance to end all the ignorance. This is so humanity may move into Tomorrow from Yesterday, Today. This is the reality of Dampe Ghoti's Ante Up: The High-Stakes Games of Life. It is a puzzle of the spirit that echoes into eternity. (more...)
Ron Boehm Publishes New Poetry Collection KALEIDOSCOPE VIEWby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013Author Ron Boehm reflects on a lifetime of rich experiences in his timeless collection of poems, “Kaleidoscope View: Poems About Love and Life” (published by Trafford Publishing). (more...)
Sunwarrior Announces Liquid Vitamin Mineral Rushby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013Sunwarrior, a plant-based supplement Company based in Southern Nevada, is happy to announce that Liquid Vitamin Mineral Rush is now available. This new product combines raw, plant-based vitamins and minerals from organic foods into an easy to take liquid multivitamin. The liquid form, along with the nutrient transporter, fulvic acid, also makes the vitamins and minerals easy to digest, absorb, and put to use in the body. The elderly, children, and anyone in between can still get the nutrients they need even if they dislike pills and tablets. (more...)
Denon's Exercise Freak Wireless, In-Ear Headphones are Announcedby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, and to help you step up your physical activity in the coming weeks, add a boost to your routine with Denon's Exercise Freak wireless headphones. Denon Electronics, a premier manufacturer of high-quality home and personal audio products, designed Exercise Freak headphones with sports and fitness enthusiasts in mind. Exercise Freak in-ear headphones (MSRP: $149) are super-lightweight, wireless headphones that let exercisers listen to their favorite music and answer phone calls without bothersome headphone cables getting in the way of workout activities. (more...)
MustSee Mobile Guide Tells Stories About Art and Travelby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013The new MustSee mobile guide service from Areté Media enables organizations and individuals to tell their location-based stories about anything from art and architecture to history, science and travel with their own custom content without worrying about technology costs. (more...)
Mighty Mack Announces Toulouse-Lautrec and Moulin Rouge Appby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013Mighty Mack announces the release of one of its most recent and relevant apps, featuring stunning works by master artist Toulouse-Lautrec. (more...)
Village of Ossining Presents Sculpture Exhibit Through Octoberby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013On Sunday, May 5, a crowd of several hundred people gathered at the Village of Ossining Municipal Building to celebrate the opening of the Ossining in 3D bicentennial sculpture exhibit with a special meet-the-artist reception. The 25-piece outdoor exhibit, open to the public from May 5, 2013 through October 26, 2013, weaves through the Village's historic buildings and downtown waterfront area. (more...)
2Cents Theatre Group Announces Plans to Benefit HIV/AIDS Organizations With RENTby BWW News Desk - May 21, 20132Cents Theatre Group has announced that its production of Rent, Jonathan Larson's legendary Broadway smash hit that is now celebrating its 20th anniversary, will benefit four different HIV/AIDS research and support organizations during its run. Beginning on May 30, a percentage of each weekend's gross sales will be donated to AIDS Project Los Angeles, AIDS Research Alliance, Being Alive, and Alliance for Housing and Healing. Directed by Kristen Boule, with musical direction by Morgan Fitch, Rent opens on Friday, May 24. (more...)
Inaugural PIVOT MULTI-ARTS FESTIVAL Kicks Off 6/6; Tickets On Sale Nowby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013Pivot Arts launches a new celebration of innovative theater, music and dance in unique and often historic spaces from June 6 - 22, 2013 throughout Chicago's Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods. The inaugural PIVOT MULTI-ARTS FESTIVAL answers the City's call for a reinvigorated Uptown Entertainment District by uniting artists, businesses and local organizations around multidisciplinary "pop-up" performances occurring in a former Vaudeville Theater, an at-one-time Charlie Chaplin film studio and other historic spaces throughout these communities. Tickets are now on sale, with a range of free events and no more than $15 per event. To purchase tickets, and for complete festival information, visit www.pivotarts.org/festival or call 773-609-0782. (more...)
MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT Opens 6/14 at the Athenaeum Theatreby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013Monty Python's Spamalot is a musical comedy 'lovingly ripped off from' the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Like the film, it is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend, but it differs from the film in many ways. The original 2005 Broadway production, directed by Mike Nichols with Eric Idle writing the musical's book and lyrics, won three Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical of the 2004-05 season and received 14 Tony Award nominations. (more...)
11th Annual 5th Avenue Award Nominations Announcedby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013The 5th Avenue Theatre has announced the nominees for its eleventh annual 5th Avenue Awards Honoring High School Musical Theater. A version of the Tony Awards for high school theater programs, The 5th Avenue Awards allow musical theater students from across Washington state to meet, celebrate, and honor the exceptional musical theater productions presented during the 2012/13 school year. These awards are designed to shine the spotlight on high school musical theater programs, offering performing arts students the kind of support and recognition that accomplished high school athletes have received for decades. The 5th Avenue Awards will be held at 7:00 PM, Tuesday, June 11, at The 5th Avenue Theatre. (more...)
American Stage Theatre Company's 'After Hours' Series Continues in Juneby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013American Stage Theatre Company's "After Hours" Series continue with three events, Hawk and Wayne's News of the Weird: LIVE, The Vagina Monologues and Blown by the Wind in June. (more...)
WHITE NOISE Begins 6/29 at Theater for the New Cityby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013'White Noise' is the first play by Washington, DC artist Tom Block (www.tomblock.com). It depicts a philosophical artist who travels to Detroit for an exhibit, where he is hosted by an aging, bickering couple who are wealthy, stingy and tormented. The play painstakingly explores Block's own thought process. Its set is a 25 foot long mural by Block which is based on a 13th century Sufi tract, 'The Conference of the Birds' by Attar, which also represents the psyche of the main character. The play raises questions of mysticism and the application of spirituality in our lives. Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave., NYC, will present the work's New York debut June 27 to July 14. Moema Umann directs. Block is a well-known painter, human right activist and author of two books, 'Shalom/Salaam: A Story of a Mystical Fraternity' and 'A Fatal Addiction: War in the Name of God.' (more...)
A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory Presents DARLING, A NEW MUSICAL, 6/14-29by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Young Conservatory Director Craig Slaight has announced Darling, A New Musical June 14-29, 2013, at The Theater at the Children's Creativity Museum (221 4th Street, San Francisco). Tickets are $20 and available by calling the A.C.T. Box Office at 415.749.2228 or going online to www.act-sf.org/ycshows. (more...)
Spotlight Theatre Company and Firehouse Theatre Company Open SYLVIA, 5/25by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013Spotlight Theatre Company and Firehouse Theatre Company join forces to co-present "Sylvia" opening May 25 and running through June 29, 2013. Performances are Friday/Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 Adult/ $18 for Students/Seniors. Group rates are available. Performances are held at the John Hand Theatre, 7653 E. 1st Place, Denver. (more...)
The Edge Theatre Company Presents ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, 6/7-30by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013The Edge Theatre Company presents 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' described as a witty, touching and enduring example of an individual's battle not to succumb to the forces of a dehumanizing, demoralizing society, in their new home at 1560 Teller Street, Suite 200, Lakewood CO 80214.Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.; Sundays at 6:00 p.m. June 7 - 30. Tickets for all performances are $20 Adult/$16 student & seniors and are available by calling 303-521-8041or online at www.theedgetheater.com. Group rates are available. (more...)
THE BIG BANG Returns to B Street This Summerby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013Original 2005 cast members Greg Alexander, Jason Kuykendall, and Chris Schlagel return in Graham and Feuer's cosmic romp. Reprising their roles as two wannabe producers, Greg and Jason pitch their new idea for a musical recounting the history of the world to prospective investors. Chris accompanies as they introduce us to Adam and Eve, Nefertiti Queen of Egypt, Julius Ceasar, the Virgin Mary, Christopher Columbus, Pocahontas, Napoleon, Jimi Hendrix and many others in this gloriously campy and outrageously funny show. (more...)
Marin Theatre Company Presents Free Reading of SEVEN SPOTS ON THE SUN, 6/3by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013Join Marin Theatre Company for a FREE public reading of MTC's 2012 Sky Cooper New American Play Prize winner Seven Spots on the Sun by Martin Zimmerman. (more...)
TampaWorks Lineup Announcedby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013TampaWorks is an evening of short plays set in Tampa Bay area locations. The first edition took place in June, 2012. It was a production of the Stagewrights playwriting group and its sponsoring organization, Stageworks Theatre. (more...)
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