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The Theatre School @ North Coast Rep is set to present a modern retelling of one of the oldest tales in the English language. Beowulf (and the Bard) is a fun, frenetic and freewheeling farce that updates the Old English poem about the warrior Beowulf, who must rescue the mead hall from a hideous ogre (and from the ogre’s even more hideous mother). Told through the eyes of the epic’s writer—a character known simply as “the bard”—the comedy’s events unfold much differently than the familiar story passed down through the ages.

On January 27th, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts announced its 2022 awards, with 20 artists recognized in the fields of dance, music & sound art, performance art & theater, poetry, and the visual arts. Among the grantees is Petr Kotik, who receives the 2022 John Cage Award.

The Choral Artists of Sarasota named its apprentice scholarship in honor of Dr. Ann Stephenson-Moe. The announcement was made on Saturday, January 22, at a reception hosted by Gretchen Rimmer. The reception was a fundraiser in support of Choral Artists’ education and outreach programs and the apprentice scholarship. The presentation celebrated Stephenson-Moe for her achievements and featured a performance by the New York-based Gilbert & Sullivan Players.

According to The Business Journal Daily, The Millienial Theatre Comapny added an additional showing of their production of Heathers: The Musical to satisfy demand. The show, which performed at the Hopewell Theatre in Youngstown, Ohio on from January 7th through the 9th, January 14th through the 16th, and concludes the run this weekend from January 21st through the today, January 23rd.

The Latino Filmmakers Network will host events during Sundance’s 2022 Film Festival Village, which is now being livestreamed here. The network has been livestreaming events, workshops, and pitching opportunities from January 21st and will continue to do so until the 26th. This year marks the eighth annual Latino Filmmakers Network event. 

The Segal Center Award for Civic Engagement in the Arts was originally established to recognise individuals who have made an exceptional contribution to civic discourse and have had a real impact on contemporary theatre and performance in New York City. In The Time of Corona, the Segal Center decided to honour global theatre and performance artists who have become agents of change in 2020 and 2021.

The National Tour of The Prom has indefinitely postponed their remaining performances of the show at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland. The musical announced that there are multiple cases of Covid-19 within the company, causing the cancellations. The Prom was set to play eight total performances at the Hippodrome from January 18th through the 23rd. However, five out of the eight shows were unfortunately postponed.

Syracuse Stage has been approved for a $20,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support “The Most Beautiful Home…Maybe,” a timely new immersive performance led by Mark-N-Sparks (Los Angeles based artists and activists ashley sparks and Mark Valdez). Working with national advocacy organizations and arts organizations in three cities as well as with support from major foundations, Mark-N-Sparks hopes to use theater making techniques as a vehicle for influencing policy decisions concerning housing insecurity, a problem impacting millions of Americans. “The Most Beautiful Home…Maybe” will be performed June 15 – 18 at Syracuse Stage.

Act II Playhouse in Ambler, PA announces that Tony Braithwaite and Jennifer Childs are now onstage in a new comedy cabaret, “A Couple of Swells.” Braithwaite and Childs co-wrote and are starring in “A Couple of Swells,” with Musical Direction and piano accompaniment by Owen Robbins.

Comedy Works Entertainment will present ANJELAH JOHNSON-REYES: WHO DO I THINK I AM? TOUR coming to Paramount Theatre in Denver on Saturday, April 16th. Due to popular demand a 2nd show has been added at 9:30pm. Tickets range in price from $39.50 to $59.50 (plus applicable fees).

Congo Square Theatre Company, GRAY, and Theaster Gates’s Rebuild Foundation jointly present the Chicago premiere of What to Send Up When It Goes Down, the critically acclaimed play by award-winning playwright Aleshea B. Harris. The performance will be presented at GRAY Chicago (2044 West Carroll Ave) from March 31 through April 16 and Rebuild Foundation’s Stony Island Arts Bank from April 21 through May 1, 2022.

On Saturday, February 19, Flushing Town Hall audiences can enjoy the music of Sade, Tracy Chapman, Kate Bush, Linda Creed, Angela Bofill, and Brenda Russell—all performed and interpreted by Alicia Olatuja.

Osceola Arts will open the new year with the stage comedy Don’t Dress for Dinner. Beginning Friday, January 21st and running through Sunday, February 6th, the Osceola Arts Main Stage will host this French farce, written by Marc Camoletti and adapted by Robin Hawdon.

Sarasota Orchestra’s February programs include two Masterworks concerts featuring Grammy Award-winning performers and richly orchestrated, dazzlingly popular works from the 19th century through today. The fourth installment of the Great Escapes series brings Valentine’s Day-themed fare, and a Chamber Soirée entitled “Voices of Color” offers an opportunity to explore music by several Black composers.

As a result of rigorous health and safety testing protocols, the Salt Lake City production of HAMILTON at the Eccles Theater has discovered COVID-19 breakthrough cases within the Hamilton Company.

The Human Race Theatre Company Board of Trustees, the Artistic Director Search Committee and Executive Director, Kappy Kilburn, announces the appointment of Emily N. Wells as The Human Race’s next Artistic Director. The Search Committee, comprised of artists, community leaders, Board members and Human Race staff voted unanimously to appoint Wells after a thorough nationwide search that began last summer. 

Inspired by the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, this monologue play delivers a raw and poignant perspective on the social, economic, and political issues that precipitated these traumatic events. Using more than 350 interviews, Smith creates a mosaic of four dozen characters to expose and explore the devastating human impact of these events and offer a stark insight into the complex and pressing social, economic and political issues that set Los Angeles ablaze.  Originally performed as a one person show - this version will have its cast of eight actors inhabiting a diverse spectrum of unique voices.  

BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons returns to the Boston Symphony Orchestra podium in January to lead the world premiere of the BSO co-commission Short Stories from the Vienna Woods by Viennese composer HK Gruber and the U.S. premiere of Augusta Read Thomas' Dance Foldings—and is joined by superstar soloists Hilary Hahn, violin, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, in concertos by Mozart and Liszt, respectively.

Having spent four decades on the New York City jazz scene, pianist Pete Malinverni has crossed paths with countless revered artists and come away with a host of tales to tell. But few moments measure up to the time that Malinverni met the iconic composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein. The seeds planted in that meeting decades ago come to fruition on Malinverni’s stunning new album, On the Town – Pete Malinverni Plays Leonard Bernstein.

On January 21, 2022, pianist Simone Dinnerstein’s latest album Undersong will be released on Orange Mountain Music. Undersong is the third in a trilogy of albums that Dinnerstein recorded at her home in Brooklyn during the pandemic, with her longtime producer Adam Abeshouse.