Luna Stage and Diversity Youth Theater Announce PartnershipSeptember 14, 2012Luna Stage has announced a partnership with Diversity Youth Theater to offer year round performing arts programming for young artists in the New Jersey and New York area, recognizing the value in their combined arts and educational strengths. The partnership has recently completed a successful summer program, which culminated in a wonderful sold out production where public demand sparked the addition of four additional shows.
Sundance Institute Theatre Lab Returns to Utah For 2013 ProgramSeptember 14, 2012The Sundance Institute Theatre Program is now accepting submissions for the 2013 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab, which will return to the Sundance Resort in Sundance, Utah. Under the supervision of Philip Himberg, Artistic Director, and Producing Director Christopher Hibma, the three-week Lab (July 8-28, 2013) is the centerpiece of the Theatre Program's year-round work and is designed to develop emerging and established artists and to create a place where their original work can be effectively mentored and challenged.
The RRazz Room Welcomes Tim Hockenberry, 9/25September 14, 2012The RRazz Room, San Francisco's premier nightclub, will present a very special concert event with "America's Got Talent" finalist TIM HOCKENBERRY on September 25. Howard Stern declared Hockenberry's "America's Got Talent" semi-final performance the "most moving we've had from a singer in a long time." Tim's remarkable voice might at first remind you of Ray Charles, Joe Cocker or Tom Waits, but you only need to hear a few minutes of him singing 'I Left My Heart In San Francisco' to understand that this is an artist who has the power to make you hear a classic in a new way. Having shared stages with stars such as Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray and Steve Miller, Hockenberry has established himself as one of the most compelling artists in the Bay Area scene today.
Clannad Comes to Columbus, 10/16September 14, 2012In a career spanning four decades, acclaimed Irish group Clannad have made music that entwines the traditional and the modern, the past and the future, with stunningly beautiful results. With their haunting songs, mesmerizing vocals, and captivating sound, the award-winning group has sold more than 10 million records worldwide.
Zachary James, Broadway's 'Lurch,' Will Join THE ADDAMS FAMILY Tour in DallasSeptember 14, 2012Full casting has been announced for the upcoming national tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, which will make its North Texas premiere October 2-21, 2012, presented by Dallas Summer Musicals at the Music Hall at Fair Park.
David Salle Exhibition Opens 9/24 at Gallery MetSeptember 14, 2012David Salle will open Ariel and Other Spirits, an exhibition presented in conjunction with the Met premiere of Thomas Ades's The Tempest, at the Arnold & Marie Schwartz Gallery Met on September 25. Salle has created a suite of paintings and watercolors for the show, which relate to both Ades's opera and the Shakespeare play. Ariel and Other Spirits will be on display in Gallery Met through January 12. The Tempest, conducted by the composer and directed by Robert Lepage, opens October 23.
THE MADNESS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE: A LOVE STORY Returns to First Folio Theatre, Beginning 9/26September 14, 2012First Folio Theatre (Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St. & Rt. 83) presents THE MADNESS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE: A LOVE STORY, an original play by Executive Director David Rice. This critically acclaimed production first premiered in 2006 and sold out the entire run. The riveting tale of life and death, love and heartbreak previews September 26, opens Saturday, September 29 at 8 p.m. and runs through November 4. THE MADNESS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE: A LOVE STORY is directed by Michael Goldberg (Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night's Dream at First Folio) and stars Christian Gray as 'Edgar Allan Poe' (A Moon for the Misbegotten at First Folio Theatre, A Christmas Carol at Drury Lane Theatre, and Richard II at Writers' Theatre).
Celine Dion Debuts 'Unfinished Songs' in Toronto International Film Festival's SONG FOR MARIONSeptember 14, 2012'Unfinished Songs,' a new song from Celine Dion and songwriter Diane Warren, was written and recorded for the upcoming British film Song For Marion. Written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams, Song For Marion will be closing the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Saturday, September 15. The song will be included on Celine's upcoming English-language album, Water And A Flame, to be released this coming November.
Bay Street Presents LEGENDS OF AMERICAN MUSIC, 9/21September 14, 2012Join us as Bay Street presents the all new LEGENDS OF AMERICAN MUSIC, hosted by Joe Lauro, on Friday, September 21 at 8 pm. After the film, MAMALEE ROSE will perform a live set of music. $15 at the door. Some of the proceeds benefit the Sag Harbor Music Festival.
Street Theatre Company's MACABARET Returns 10/4-25September 14, 2012This cabaret-style show will 'make you laugh 'til it hurts with its outrageous look at the morbid and the macabre.' Being performed for the fourth consecutive year at Street Theatre Company, this cult hit joins New York, Minneapolis, Chicago, Los Angeles, Madrid, in producing the show. Join your host, Phil Graves, and his cadaverous cohorts as they perform songs such as "Marriage is Murder," "Grave Mistake," and "Dead End Job" that deal with love gone bad, obsessions, and strange things that go bump in the night.
Claire van der Boom Joins Signature's HEARTLESS Beginning 9/18September 14, 2012Signature Theatre (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) welcomes Claire van der Boom (HBO's "The Pacific" & CBS' "Hawaii Five-0") to the cast of Sam Shepard's HEARTLESS, directed by Daniel Aukin. Claire van der Boom will play the role of 'Sally', replacing Julianne Nicholson whose prior commitments prevent her from performing during the two week extension through Sunday, September 30. HEARTLESS is now playing in The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues). Tickets during the extension weeks are $75 each.
Classic Conversations With Michael Kahn To Host F. Murray Abraham, 10/16September 14, 2012 The Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC) has announced that actor F. Murray Abraham, who will receive The William Shakespeare Award for Classical Acting ("Will Award") at next month's Harman Center for the Arts Annual Gala, will join Artistic Director Michael Kahn for the first installment of the Classic Conversations series to be held at Sidney Harman Hall (610 F St. NW) onTuesday, October 16, 2012, at 7:30 p.m.
Dominique Lévy Announces New Gallery to Open Spring 2013September 14, 2012Dominique Levy, former US director of private sales of 20th century and contemporary art for Christie's and currently a founding partner of L&M Arts, announced today that she will open a new gallery in New York City in spring 2013.