Yale Rep Presents Three New Artists as Part of NO BOUNDARIES Dance Festival October 28, 2008NO BOUNDARIES: A Series of Global Performances, presented by Yale Repertory Theatre and World Performance Project at Yale, kicks off its 2008-09 season with the FESTIVAL OF INTERNATIONAL DANCE AT YALE November 10-15, featuring new work by Israel's Yasmeen Godder, Kenya's Opiyo Okach, and the USA's Yvonne Rainer.
SIMONE Returns to the Blue Note on 11/13October 28, 2008Vocalist Simone returns to the Blue Note for the second time in her career almost twenty-five years after her mother Nina Simone played her only run at the Blue Note in 1984.
IRENA'S VOW to be Recorded for Posterity by NYPL October 28, 2008The Directors Company production of Irena's Vow, the new play by Dan Gordon, starring four-time Tony nominee, and three-time Drama Desk Award-winner Tovah Feldshuh and directed by Michael Parva, will be recorded for posterity by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Hal Brooks to Mentor New School Acting and Directing Students in STAGE DOOROctober 28, 2008New School Drama is partnering with the Drama League to have talented directors in its prestigious fellow program participate in its fall series of workshop productions of classic and contemporary works. It has been announced that famed director Hal Brooks is currently working with acting and directing students to prepare for a production of Stage Door (November 5-8).
THE WRESTLING PATIENT Selected as NEA Play Competition FinalistOctober 28, 2008SpeakEasy Stage Company, Boston Playwrights' Theatre and FortyMagnolias Productions, are pleased to announce that THE WRESTLING PATIENT, the new play based on the Dutch Jewish writer Etty Hillesum that they will jointly produce this spring, has been selected as a finalist in the Outstanding New American Play competition administered by Arena Stage and sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) New Play Development Program (NPDP).
DIRTY DANCING in Chicago Breaks $1M Box Office Mark October 28, 2008Producers Jacobsen Entertainment in association with Lionsgate and Magic Hour Productions announced that Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage has joined the Millionaire's Club with box office receipts totaling $1,095,062 for 8 performances for the week ending October 26, 2008.