New Perspectives and NY Artists Unlimited Announce ISAIAH'S DREAM for 3/17-25March 8, 2012The 20 year old New Perspectives Theatre Company and 30 year old NY Artists Unlimited have joined forces to present ISAIAH'S DREAM: A Parade of Poets on Saturdays & Sundays, March 17 & 18 and March 24 & 25 at 2 p.m. at New Perspectives Theatre, 456 W. 37 St., ground floor. They will be Pay-What-You-Want performances. Following the mid-town premiere, the play goes on a tour of libraries, community centers, and schools throughout the boroughs.
GALACTIC CIGARETTES Sells Out in VirginiaMarch 8, 2012Today, maXam Production Group announced that the performances for GALACTIC CIGARETTES PRESENTS: IT'S YOUR WORLD have been sold out. The musical is scheduled for March 9th and 11th, 2012 at 1st stage in Tyson's Corner, Virginia.
Great Lakes Theater Announces 50th Anniversary STARRY, STARRY NIGHT Gala, 5/5March 8, 2012More than 400 guests are expected on May 5, 2012 for Great Lakes Theater's STARRY, STARRY NIGHT Gala, an exuberant celebration commemorating the classic theater company's 50th anniversary, at the InterContinental Hotel. All proceeds benefit Great Lakes Theater's nationally acclaimed mainstage and educational programming that will impact more than 100,000 adults and students this season.
STAGE TUBE: First Trailer for Red Tape Theatre's XYLOPHONE WESTMarch 8, 2012Check out this trailer for THE XYLOPHONE WEST, a new play by Alex Lubischer, directed by Josh Sobel, which is scheduled to play at the Red Tape Theatre, 621 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago from March 16 - April 4, 2012. The trailer features the videography of Jonah Rubash of Magnanimous Media.
Scandanavian American Theater Company Announce EMPEROR FUKUSHIMA Reading for 3/11March 7, 2012On Sunday, March 11, as part of the Fukushima anniversary initiative Shinsai: Theaters for Japan, Scandinavian American Theater Company and Ping Chong & Company will co-present a reading of a play written in response to the disaster: Swedish playwright Jacob Hirdwall's Emperor Fukushima. The reading will take place at 7:00 P.M. at La MaMa (47 Great Jones Street). Admission requires a $10 donation at the door; the Japan Playwrights Association will disburse proceeds to the Japanese theater community affected by the disaster.
Brave New World Rep Set for Residency at Brooklyn Lyceum 4/1-5/13March 7, 2012Brave New World Repertory Theatre (BNW), has announced its Spring Residency 2012 at the Brooklyn Lyceum. Running from April 1st through May 13th, the Residency will offer a range of theatre-based activities for all ages - plays, classes and readings for Brooklynites and all city residents who love theatre.
Franz Welser-Möst wins Austrian Cross of HonourMarch 7, 2012Generalmusikdirektor Franz Welser-Möst wurde heute, Mittwoch, 7. März 2012, in der Wiener Hofburg von Bundespräsident Dr. Heinz Fischer mit dem Österreichischen Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst I. Klasse ausgezeichnet.
Giant Kehinde Wiley Wallscape in Manhattan to Promote Jewish MuseumMarch 7, 2012The Jewish Museum, in conjunction with the opening of its exhibition, Kehinde Wiley/The World Stage: Israel, is trying something new. Its advertising agency, Our Man In Havana (OMIH), has conceived and is overseeing a hand-painted reproduction of a Kehinde Wiley painting as a giant wallscape on the northeast corner of Houston Street and Mott Street in Manhattan. A video documenting the installation will also be created and released online to generate additional awareness for the exhibition.
Theater Basel to Tour MY FAIR LADY This Summer Inc. Edinburgh International Festival DatesMarch 7, 2012Das Theater Basel ist 2012 mit allen drei Sparten international prasent. „Meine faire Dame - ein Sprachlabor" von Christoph Marthaler wird am Festival Theaterformen Braunschweig (D) am 9. und 10. Juni 2012, dem Napoli Teatro Festival Italia (I) am 19. und 20. Juni 2012, dem Festival d'Avignon (F) am 8., 9., 10. Juli 2012, dem Edinburgh International Festival (GB) am 14., 15., 17., 18., 19. August 2012 sowie dem Theatre de l'Odeon Paris (F) vom 11. bis 16. Dezember 2012 zu sehen sein.