Photo Flash: Hot Shots - Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes Laugh It Up for DEAD ACCOUNTS!October 26, 2012Two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes are currently in rehearsals for DEAD ACCOUNTS, the new comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien also starring Judy Greer, Josh Hamilton, and two-time Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell. Check out the new photos for the show below!
Sarasota's 2012 Cine-World Film Festival Lineup AnnouncedOctober 26, 2012The Sarasota Film Society (SFS) has announced the schedule of films for its 23rd Annual Cine-World Film Festival. SFS is continuing its tradition of exhibiting the best in world cinema with a wide range of quality films from all over the globe, including movies from the USA, Israel, Germany, Australia, South Korea, France, the United Kingdom, Chile, Brazil, and more.
BSO SuperPops Will Present the Canadian Tenors on Thanksgiving WeekendOctober 26, 2012The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) SuperPops welcomes The Canadian Tenors, led by conductor Michael Rossi, to the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall on Thanksgiving weekend, with performances on Friday, November 23 and Saturday, November 24 at 8 p.m., and on Sunday, November 25 at 3 p.m. The Tenors, who have sung with such superstars as Sting, Sheryl Crow, Sarah McLachlan, Neil Young and Sir Paul McCartney, will bring their blend of pop and classic songs to Baltimore audiences.
OPERA America Announces National Opera Week 2012 with Aretha Franklin, Honorary ChairwomanOctober 26, 2012Nearly 100 opera companies, schools and organizations across the nation will celebrate the fourth NATIONAL OPERA WEEK from Sunday, October 26 through Sunday, November 4, 2012 by offering free, accessible events to their communities. National Opera Week is coordinated by OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, with support of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
Robert Zemeckis Retrospective Set for Museum of the Moving Image, 10/26-11/4October 29, 2012Academy Award-winning® director Robert Zemeckis has been at the helm of some of the most entertaining, inventive, and critically acclaimed movies of the past three decades, including Romancing the Stone, the Back to the Futuretrilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Forrest Gump, and Cast Away.
Bill Rauch Awarded Zelda Fichlander Award by Stage Directors and Choreographers FoundationOctober 26, 2012Bill Rauch, Artistic Director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is the 2012 recipient of The Zelda Fichandler Award recognizing an outstanding director or choreographer who is transforming the regional arts landscape through imaginative, brave work in theatre. The $5000 award, given by Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, heralds both accomplishment to date and promise for the future, and commends deep commitment to a community.
Pianist Denis Kozhukhin to make his BSO Debut with Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2, 11/15-17October 26, 2012Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and Music Director Marin Alsop have been acclaimed for their performances and recordings of Czech master Antonin Dvo?ak. On November 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and November 17 at 8 p.m. at the Music Center at Strathmore, the BSO will perform Dvo?ak's lyrical Eighth Symphony and Brahms' poetic Piano Concerto No. 2, performed by pianist Denis Kozhukhin in his BSO debut.
Columbus Children’s Theatre Presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!, 11/29-12/23October 26, 2012Columbus Children's Theatre will revive the holiday hit The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!, adapted for the stage by Barbara Robinson from her book, November 29 through December 23, 2012 at the Park Street Theatre, 512 Park Street. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! is an outrageous, memorable, sometimes touching, often hilarious story of how a simple Christmas Pageant can turn into complete mayhem. This production is generously sponsored by Columbus Parent Magazine.
Andrew Call, Kathy Fitzgerald and More Set for BERNICE BOBS HER MULLET ReadingOctober 26, 2012Bernice Bobs Her Mullet: A New Musical Comedy with book, music and lyrics by Joe Major will be performed once again at an exclusive, New York City reading before an invited audience of industry professionals on Friday, November 2nd at 2:00pm. Slated to perform the musical's revamped script and score are Andrew Call (American Idiot, Glory Days), Kathy Fitzgerald (9 to 5, The Producers) and Joe Aaron Reid (Ghost, NBC's "Smash"), as well as Devon Buchanan, KC Comeaux, Natalie Hiatt, Dana Mierlak and Kassie Carroll as the show's title character, Bernice.
The Music Center Kicks Off FLASHFEST, 11/4October 26, 2012The Music Center inaugurates FLASHFEST with an event free to the public at Grand Park on Sunday, November 4 from 1 pm to 5 pm. FLASHFEST is a new pop-up arts happening that explores all art forms in myriad ways with appeal to all ages and interests. Each event will turn on a particular theme, which will be up for a short time and then disappear until the next FLASHFEST. The first event at Grand Park, "High Roads + Railroads," features roots music from Irish and African American traditions.
P.S. JONES AND THE FROZEN CITY Receives NYC DebutOctober 26, 2012TerraNOVA Collective, celebrating their 10th season, has completed casting for the World Premiere of P.S. Jones and The Frozen City, a comic book superhero adventure story written by Robert Askins and directed by José Zayas. P.S. Jones and The Frozen City runs from December 3 - 23, 2012 in a limited engagement at the New Ohio Theatre, located at 154 Christopher Street between Greenwich and Washington Streets in New York City. Previews begin December 3 for a December 10 opening.
A Tribute to Miles Davis Set for 11/8 at the Driehaus MuseumOctober 26, 2012Like the mansion and the collection that is housed in the Driehaus Museum, the Chicago Jazz Orchestra has a long, impressive, and artistic history. The same could be said for Miles Davis, one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time. On Thursday, November 8, join a talented trio of Chicago Jazz Orchestra musicians in paying tribute to Davis in the Driehaus Museum's historic ballroom.
The Vineyard Announces CHECKERS Extension Through 12/2October 26, 2012Vineyard Theatre announced today the extension of the world premiere of CHECKERS, a play by Academy Award nominated writer Douglas McGrath (Bullets Over Broadway), directed by Terry Kinney (Reasons To Be Pretty, After Ashley), through Sunday, December 2.
BETTIE PAGE CLOTHING Inks Lease to Open New Boutique in NYCOctober 26, 2012Tatyana Designs, Inc. (the 'Company') (OTC Pink:TATD), a growing retailer specializing in contemporary designs inspired by the iconic Bettie Page, announced that it has signed a ten year lease for a new flagship New York Citylocation.