Sheffield Hallam University Honors Daniel EvansAugust 30, 2012The award-winning artistic director of Sheffield Theatres, Daniel Evans, will be recognised for his role as a champion of the arts in Sheffield, after being nominated for an honorary doctorate by Sheffield Hallam University.
Savion Glover to Come to the Arsht Center in April 2013August 30, 2012World-famous tap dancer, choreographer and actor Savion Glover is stomping his way to center stage of the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County for his debut performance on Saturday April 6, 2013 at 8 p.m.
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL MIAMI 2013 Set for 3/14-17August 30, 2012FLAMENCO FESTIVAL MIAMI returns for a sixth glorious season of world-class flamenco dance and music with Spain's massively popular BALLET FLAMENCO DE ANDALUCÍA, coming to Miami for the first time, direct from the land where flamenco was born.
Columbus Symphony to Open 2012-13 Season with a One-Night-Only Performance of Beethoven’s Ninth, 10/5August 30, 2012Guest vocalists Dominique Labelle (soprano), Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano), Adam Diegel (tenor), and David Pittsinger (bass-baritone) join the Columbus Symphony, Columbus Symphony Chorus, and Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni for a one-night-only season opening performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, the world renowned Ode to Joy. The evening's program will also include Handel's grand ode for the coronation of England's King George II and a gentle motet by Mozart.
Burton Cummings to Open Macomb Center Season, 10/6August 30, 2012The Macomb Center for the Performing Arts has announced that Burton Cummings, former lead singer/songwriter of The Guess Who, will make a rare Michigan performance, opening the Macomb Center's new season, on Saturday, October 6 at 8 p.m.
JJ Lind Named Executive Director of THE CIVILIANSAugust 30, 2012THE CIVILIANS (Steven Cosson, Artistic Director), the New York-based investigative theater company, announces that JJ Lind has been named as its Executive Director, replacing outgoing Managing Director Marion Young. Ms. Young, who has overseen the organization for 4 years, is departing for Philadelphia where she will serve as Executive Director of Art-Reach starting September 4, 2012.
The Community Theatre of Little Rock Opens 12 ANGRY MEN, 9/21August 30, 2012The Community Theatre of Little Rock will present its Fall Production of '12 Angry Men". Show dates are September 21st, 22nd, 28th, 29th, October 5th, and 6th at 7:30 pm and September 23rd, 30th, and October 7th at 2pm to be held at the PUBLIC Theatre, located at 616 Center Street, next to Horn's Men's Store in downtown Little Rock.
MoMA Celebrates 50 Years of James Bond in OctoberAugust 30, 2012In celebration of the 50 years of the legendary film icon James Bond, and in anticipation of the release of the 23rd James Bond adventure, Skyfall, in U.S. theaters on November 9, The Museum of Modern Art pays tribute with a full retrospective of all 22 Bond films-from Dr. No (1962) to Quantum of Solace (2008)-from October 5 through 31, 2012, in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters. 50 Years of James Bond is organized by Anne Morra, Associate Curator, Department of Film.
Olney Theatre Center to Present OVER THE TAVERN, 9/26-10/21August 30, 2012Olney Theatre Center, the award-winning, year-round arts and entertainment destination, announces the opening of the area premiere of Over the Tavern by Tom Dudzick. Over the Tavern will grace Olney Theatre Center's Mainstage from September 26 to October 21, 2012.
The 2012 Twin Cities Horror Festival Will Run 10/25-11/3August 30, 2012For ten days this fall, seven different groups present an exploration of the genres of horror through a multitude of performance disciplines at the 2012 Twin Cities Horror Festival at the Southern Theater. The festival features local theater, storytelling, dance and music artists presenting their take on the theme of "horror." The festival will present more than 30 performances over two weekends with a costume dance party and late night horror film showing on Halloween night.
First Run Theatre Accepting Script Submissions Until 11/30August 30, 2012First Run Theatre, a professional no-profit theatre company, is now accepting submissions of new full length and one act scripts for its 2012-2013 season until November 30, 2011. The submissions must be unpublished and unproduced scripts by St. Louis regional playwrights.
Japan Society Gallery Presents First Major Retrospective of Hoitsu, Opening 9/29August 30, 2012Triumphs of compositional daring and sumptuousness, the paintings and applied arts of the Rimpa (Rinpa) tradition are defining Japanese contributions to world art. It was with an overview of this classical style that Japan Society Gallery first opened its doors in 1971, and it returned to the same theme a decade later, this time featuring, as a kind of coda, six works by Sakai H?itsu (1761-1828).
El Capitan Theatre Screens SECRET OF THE WINGS, 8/31-9/13August 29, 2012Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre will take its guests on an incredible journey to an amazing new world with its special engagement of the all new Tinker Bell "Disney Fairies" movie "Secret of the Wings" from August 31 through September 13 2012, it was announced today by Lylle Breier, senior vice president of worldwide special events for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Guests will experience a special live appearance by Tinker Bell and Periwinkle - each with magically illuminated wings -- before each showing of this latest Pixie Hollow adventure.
ReGroup Theatre Benefit Wine Tasting Set for 9/5August 29, 2012To raise the final funds needed for their fall productions of Claire and Paul Sifton's 1931- (The Living Theatre, Oct 4-21) and Dawn Powell's Big Night (Shetler Studios, Nov 28th-Dec 3rd), the ReGroup Theatre is receiving a 2.5 hr tutored wine tasting event thrown by the Moore Brother Wine Company on Sept 5th, 2012. The event will be held at the Moore Brothers, 33 E 20th St, NYC from 6-8:30. Tickets are available for $100, but with the code PATRON, tickets are only $75 at www.smarttix.com or by calling (212) 868-4444.
Ford's Theatre Presents FLY, 9/21-10/21August 29, 2012Ford's Theatre presents the Washington premiere of "Fly," by Trey Ellis and Ricardo Khan, directed by Ricardo Khan, September 21 through October 21, 2012. The centerpiece of this year's programming for The Lincoln Legacy Project, "Fly" is based on the experiences of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II.