Choreographer Kyle Abraham to Receive 2012 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award, 6/16June 1, 2012Jacob's Pillow announces today that Executive and Artistic Director Ella Baff will present the sixth annual Jacob's Pillow Dance Award to Kyle Abraham, an acclaimed contemporary dancer, choreographer, and Artistic Director of Abraham.In.Motion. The Jacob's Pillow Dance Award honors outstanding, visionary dance artists and carries a prize of $25,000, one of the largest cash awards in the dance industry, to be used by the choreographer to enhance their artistry in any way they choose. The Award will be presented in person and celebrated at the Jacob's Pillow Season Opening Gala on Saturday, June 16.
David Hyde Pierce to Receive Lifetime Leadership Award at Forget-Me-Not Gala, 6/4June 1, 2012David Hyde Pierce, James Keach, Jane Seymour, Victor Garber, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jonathan Groff, Michael Tucker, Jill Eikenberry, John Glover, Zachary Quinto, and John Hickey are among the stars joining members of New York City's philanthropic, business, health care and Alzheimer's communities who will join forces at the annual "Forget-Me-Not" Gala, An Evening to End Alzheimer's hosted by the Alzheimer's Association, New York City Chapter on Monday, June 4, 2012 at The Pierre.
FOR THE RECORD: BOOGIE NIGHTS to Begin 6/7 at RockwellJune 1, 2012Beginning on June 7, the space at 1714 N Vermont Ave will no longer operate under three distinct names but instead the entire venue will be referred to as Rockwell: Table & Stage and include a bi-level outdoor dining space as well as a newly remodeled live music performance space.
Peccadillo Theater Company to Present THE STRAW Reading, 6/4June 1, 2012The award-winning Peccadillo Theater Company will present a staged reading of one of Eugene O'Neill's most autobiographical plays, The Straw on Monday, June 4th at 7 pm at Theatre at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street, between Ninth & Tenth Avenues). The presentation will be directed by Peccadillo's OBIE and Lortel Award-winning artistic director, Dan Wackerman. The cast will feature Richard Poe, Ellen Adair, Lee Aaron Rosen, Jeffrey C. Hawkins, Susan Jeffries, Eric Hoffmann, and Jacqueline Baum.
Kiss Kiss Cabaret to Present HOT CHA CHA, 7/6-8/24June 1, 2012'The Kiss Kiss Cabaret' invites patrons to 'step right up' and experience an all new summer show entitled 'Hot Cha Cha' featuring a pre-performance carnival atmosphere and intermission midway games, July 6 through August 24.
Keltie Colleen's ROCKETTES, ROCKSTARS AND ROCKBOTTOM Now AvailableJune 1, 2012As a former Dance Spirit magazine cover girl, after 6 seasons of kicking with The Radio City Rockettes, Keltie Colleen wrote ROCKETTES, ROCKSTARS AND ROCKBOTTOM, giving readers an inside look to the struggles and issues that all performers deal with in their careers and relationships.
The Armonk Players Present Neil Simon's FOOLS, 6/1-9June 1, 2012FOOLS has an eager young teacher, a beautiful - but dimwitted - girl, several kooky villagers, and an ancient curse. This comic fable takes the audience to Kulyenchikov, a Ukrainian town plagued by a scorned lover's curse. Leon, the unknowing hero, answers an ad requesting a teacher, only to discover that the entire town is under a 200-year-old curse of chronic stupidity. He learns that he has exactly 24 hours to break the curse or else he will become a fool himself. Faced with this dilemma, a hysterical tale of stupidity, love, and human nature unfolds in quintessential Simon style.
Music Box Theatre to Screen ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS and FRANKENSTEIN in June & JulyJune 1, 2012The Music Box Theatre, Chicago's year round film festival located at 3733 N. Southport Avenue, is proud to present limited engagement screenings of two National Theatre of Great Britain hits this summer: the 2012 multiple Tony Award-nominatedOne Man Two Guvnors, featuring the current Broadway cast that transferred from the National, and Danny Boyle's smash hit stage production of Frankenstein, starring Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch, who alternate in the roles of The Creature and Victor Frankenstein.
Paramount Theatre Announces Upcoming Concerts: Alison Krauss and MoreJune 1, 2012This past February, the Paramount announced to its nearly 13,000 inaugural Broadway series subscribers the four musicals on tap for the theater's second Broadway season: Grease (Sept. 12-Oct. 7, 2012), Annie (Nov. 21-Dec. 30, 2012), The Music Man (Jan. 16-Feb. 3, 2013) and Fiddler on the Roof (Mar. 6-24, 2013).
Wagner's RING CYCLE to Air on PBS in SeptemberJune 1, 2012Robert Lepage's acclaimed new production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, will air on Great Performances at the Met, September 11-14 in primetime each night on PBS stations (check local listings), as a major television event.
Adam Rapp to Direct Actors Theatre's TRUE WESTJune 1, 2012Artistic Director Les Waters and Managing Director Jennifer Bielstein today announced that award-winning playwright and director Adam Rapp will direct Sam Shepard's True West in Actors Theatre's 2012-13 Season.True West will run in the Bingham Theatre aspart of the Brown-Forman Series, November 13-December 9, 2012. Press opening is slated for November 16, 2012.