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Papatango New Writing Festival 2012 Winners Announced

Following the huge success of the Papatango New Writing Festival 2011 in partnership with the Finborough Theatre which saw unprecedented press acclaim for the sell-out production of the winning play, Dawn King's Foxfinder, the partnership between Papatango and one of London's leading new writing venues, the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre, continues...??This year's competition saw 700 entries from all over the world. (more...)

Photo Flash: First Look at GUYS & DOLLS at Mesa Encore Theatre

Mesa Encore Theatre presents Guys and Dolls, a musical fable of Broadway, now through November 18th, at the Mesa Arts Center. Get a first look at the production in the photos below! (more...)

Photo Flash: First Look at GUYS & DOLLS at Mesa Encore Theatre

Mesa Encore Theatre presents Guys and Dolls, a musical fable of Broadway, now through November 18th, at the Mesa Arts Center. Get a first look at the production in the photos below! (more...)

LaMaMA Moves! Festival Features Works by Female Artists, Now thru 5/20

The 2012 La MaMa Moves! festival is taking a different step this year. Fewer companies, longer engagements, all works by female artists. But still chockablock with surprises wrapped in new dances including "Love Story, Palestine," a powerful world premiere by Yoshiko Chuma; "Beauty," a New York premiere by Jane Comfort; "Digital Duets," a cross-continental world premiere made possible through the magic of digital media; the U.S. premiere of Ann Liv Young's "Mermaid Show," plus Chamber Works I and II, which features a series of premieres by Juliette Mapp, Maura Donahue, Yuko Takahashi. Now in its seventh year, the 2012 La MaMa Moves! festival runs today May 9 through May 20. (more...)

The Alias Project Presents Tracey Mathers' SURFACING Tonight, 5/30

The Alias Project presents SURFACING, a new play by Tracey Mathers. This play will take you up close and personal to the illness depression. Who are the people who suffer from this disease and how does it affect those around them? Tracey is one of those people and this is part of her story. For tickets and more information, visit: www.traceymathers.com. (more...)

LaMaMA Moves! Festival to Feature Works by Female Artists, 5/9-20

The 2012 La MaMa Moves! festival is taking a different step this year. Fewer companies, longer engagements, all works by female artists. But still chockablock with surprises wrapped in new dances including "Love Story, Palestine," a powerful world premiere by Yoshiko Chuma; "Beauty," a New York premiere by Jane Comfort; "Digital Duets," a cross-continental world premiere made possible through the magic of digital media; the U.S. premiere of Ann Liv Young's "Mermaid Show," plus Chamber Works I and II, which features a series of premieres by Juliette Mapp, Maura Donahue, Yuko Takahashi. Now in its seventh year, the 2012 La MaMa Moves! festival runs May 9-20. (more...)

The Alias Project Presents Tracey Mathers' SURFACING, May 30

The Alias Project presents SURFACING, a new play by Tracey Mathers. This play will take you up close and personal to the illness depression. Who are the people who suffer from this disease and how does it affect those around them? Tracey is one of those people and this is part of her story. For tickets and more information, visit: www.traceymathers.com. (more...)

American Opera to Present BLESSED ART THOU AMONGST WOMEN, 7/21

On Saturday, July 21 at 2:00pm, and Sunday, July 22 at 7:30pm, American Opera Projects, in association with Opera New Jersey, will premiere Blessed Art Thou Amongst Women (more...)

American Opera Presents BLESSED ART THOU AMONGST WOMEN Tonight, 7/21

Tonight, July 21 at 2:00pm, and Sunday, July 22 at 7:30pm, American Opera Projects, in association with Opera New Jersey, will premiere Blessed Art Thou Amongst Women (more...)

2013 SEASON OF CAMBODIA Festival Announces NYC IN RESIDENCE Visual Arts Program, 4/6-5/31

Organizers of Season of Cambodia, the large-scale, first-of-its-kind multidisciplinary Cambodian arts festival set for Spring 2013 in New York City, today announced details of IN RESIDENCE - the visual arts program of the festival, co-curated by Leeza Ahmady of AhmadyArts and Asian Contemporary Art Week (New York City) and Erin Gleeson of SA SA BASSAC (Phnom Penh). (more...)

TNC Hosts Thunderbird American Indian Dancers' Dance Concert & Pow Wow

Thunderbird American Indian Dancers will hold their 37th annual Dance Concert and Pow Wow at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue, from January 27 to February 5, 2012. (more...)

TNC Presents Thunderbird American Indian Dancers' 38th Annual Dance Concert and Pow-Wow, Now thru 2/3

It's the 50th anniversary of the founding of Thunderbird American Indian Dancers and Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue, will present the troupe in its 38th annual Dance Concert and Pow Wow from tonight, January 25 to February 3, 2013. (more...)

TNC Hosts Thunderbird American Indian Dancers' Dance Concert & Pow Wow

Thunderbird American Indian Dancers will hold their 37th annual Dance Concert and Pow Wow at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue, from January 27 to February 5, 2012. (more...)

TNC Presents Thunderbird American Indian Dancers' 38th Annual Dance Concert and Pow-Wow, 1/25-2/3

It's the 50th anniversary of the founding of Thunderbird American Indian Dancers and Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue, will present the troupe in its 38th annual Dance Concert and Pow Wow from January 25 to February 3, 2013. (more...)

VIGILS Opens at The Gift Theatre, 2/28

Chicago's The Gift Theatre explores the challenges of loss, love and letting go in the darkly comic one-act play Vigils, written by Noah Haidle (Stand Up Guys, Mr. Marmalade) and directed by Erica Weiss (A Twist of Water). In a gently whimsical take on a heartbreaking scenario, a young widow keeps her deceased fireman husband's soul in a box by her bed, but then has to make a tough choice when the possibility for new love comes into her life. Vigils runs February 28-April 21 at The Gift Theatre, 4802 N. Milwaukee Ave (at Lawrence) in Chicago. (more...)

Johnna Adams, Alice Birch, et al. Named Finalists for 2012 Blackburn Prize

The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced 10 Finalists for its prestigious playwriting award, now celebrating its thirty-fourth year. The ten Finalists for the 2011-2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, chosen from over 100 submitted plays, are: (more...)

TNC Hosts Thunderbird American Indian Dancers' Dance Concert & Pow Wow

Thunderbird American Indian Dancers will hold their 37th annual Dance Concert and Pow Wow at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue, from January 27 to February 5, 2012. (more...)

TNC Presents Thunderbird American Indian Dancers' 38th Annual Dance Concert and Pow-Wow, 1/25-2/3

It's the 50th anniversary of the founding of Thunderbird American Indian Dancers and Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue, will present the troupe in its 38th annual Dance Concert and Pow Wow from January 25 to February 3, 2013. (more...)

2013 SEASON OF CAMBODIA Festival Announces NYC IN RESIDENCE Visual Arts Program, 4/6-5/31

Organizers of Season of Cambodia, the large-scale, first-of-its-kind multidisciplinary Cambodian arts festival set for Spring 2013 in New York City, today announced details of IN RESIDENCE - the visual arts program of the festival, co-curated by Leeza Ahmady of AhmadyArts and Asian Contemporary Art Week (New York City) and Erin Gleeson of SA SA BASSAC (Phnom Penh). (more...)

LaMaMA Moves! Festival to Feature Works by Female Artists, 5/9-20

The 2012 La MaMa Moves! festival is taking a different step this year. Fewer companies, longer engagements, all works by female artists. But still chockablock with surprises wrapped in new dances including "Love Story, Palestine," a powerful world premiere by Yoshiko Chuma; "Beauty," a New York premiere by Jane Comfort; "Digital Duets," a cross-continental world premiere made possible through the magic of digital media; the U.S. premiere of Ann Liv Young's "Mermaid Show," plus Chamber Works I and II, which features a series of premieres by Juliette Mapp, Maura Donahue, Yuko Takahashi. Now in its seventh year, the 2012 La MaMa Moves! festival runs May 9-20. (more...)

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