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Schedule Updates Announced for San Francisco Opera's RING FESTIVAL
by A.A. Cristi - March 12, 2021 San Francisco Opera's online Ring Festival continues throughout March with free streaming of Richard Wagner's four-part The Ring of the Nibelung and live ticketed events online. The Ring Festival schedule featuring an array of interviews, panel discussions and lectures with artists and scholars has ... 
Aetna And TheaterWorks Announce New Fellowship Opportunity.
by A.A. Cristi - October 23, 2018 Aetna and TheaterWorks announced today their artistic partnership, BREAKING BARRIERS, a pilot fellowship program providing opportunity for female directors of color in theater. The only one of its kind, the fellowship addresses the lack of parity in artistic leadership positions in the theater, part... 
Mayor Hancock And Denver Arts & Venues Announce Awards For Excellence In Arts & Culture
by A.A. Cristi - December 05, 2019 In the spirit of IMAGINE 2020 -- Denver's cultural plan -- Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock, Denver Arts & Venues and the Denver Commission on Cultural Affairs are pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Mayor's Awards for Excellence in Arts & Culture.... 
Kimmel Cultural Campus Announces 2021/2022 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 27, 2021 Kimmel Cultural Campus has announced the much-anticipated return of in-person performing arts across their venues: the Kimmel Center, the Academy of Music, and the Merriam Theater. On September 18, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., Kimmel Cultural Campus will host a grand reopening event in Commonwealth Pl... 
BWW Interview: Michael Max Kohl of PERHAPS THE WORLD ENDS HERE at Local Classic Repertory
by Adrienne Proctor - September 26, 2020 PERHAPS THE WORLD ENDS HERE is a genre bending sci-fi videogaming indigenous new work from Local Classic Repertory. Michael Max Kohl composed the original score, which blends 90s video game sounds with live theatre and a new streaming platform to create the unique experience of this online show. His... 
Opera Parallele Announces Leadership Appointments
by Stephi Wild - August 12, 2021 Adding to today's exciting administrative news, the company wishes to belatedly announce the decision by Opera Parallèle's Board of Directors in late 2020, to expand company founder, conductor and Artistic Director Nicole Paiement's position to include General Director.... 
Carol Burnett to Receive First-Ever Golden Globe Television Special Achievement Award
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 11, 2018 The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced today that legendary TV icon Carol Burnett will receive the first-ever Golden Globe television special achievement award, aptly named the Carol Burnett Award, honoring the highest level of achievement in the medium. A five-time Golden Globe wi... 
BWW Interview: Amanda McBroom of the New Single SEND IN THE CLOWNS
by Stephen Mosher - March 25, 2021 From one beloved songwriter to another: Happy Birthday. Now, here's a new version of one of your greatest songs!... 
Student Blog: Spring Performance Season Heating Up - Frosty's World #11
by Student Blogger: Laura Frost - March 11, 2021 For a theater and arts lover, there is just too much to do on campus and too little time. Maybe grad school is the answer. That would also guarantee uninterrupted access to French fries at the Student Union!... 
Fine Arts Center Announces 2021–2022 Theatre Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 08, 2021 The Fine Arts Center Theatre Company has announced its line up for the 2021–2022 season. The FAC will produce a season of diverse and exciting plays and musicals, including “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage and the Tony Award-winning musical “La Cage au... 
PHILADANCO! Kicks Off its 50th-Anniversary Celebration with Electrifying Dances at New Jersey Performing Arts Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 08, 2020 New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents PHILADANCO! on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.... 
Julie Kramer's THE BASEMENT ARCHIVES: THE GHOSTS OF WFNX: VOLUME II Opens July 20
by A.A. Cristi - July 10, 2019 Photographer and revered long-time on-air radio personality Julie Kramer will uncover her new rock & roll photography exhibition The Basement Archives: The Ghosts of WFNX: Volume II, taking over Boston Center for Adult Education (BCAE) with over 100 portraits and live-concert images of celebrity mus... 
HBO Selects Finalists For Fourth Annual Asian Pacific American Visionaries Short Film Competition
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 09, 2020 HBO today announced the three finalists of the fourth annual Asian Pacific American Visionaries, a short film competition which showcases cinematic storytellers of Asian and Pacific Islander descent.... 
Gender-Fluid Teen Pointe Dancer is Making History at the Pacific Northwest Ballet
by Stephi Wild - January 05, 2021 A gender-fluid pointe dancer is making history at the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle. 18-year-old Ashton Edwards is an accomplished ballet dancer who moved from Michigan to join Pacific Northwest Ballet's Professional Student Division last year. ... 
Reelz Adds New Stories Celebrating Beloved Stars of Comedy, Music and Movies to September 2020 Lineup
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 25, 2020 REELZ today announced its September 2020 lineup with six new original specials and a returning original series highlighted by new stories celebrating the remarkable lives and enduring legacies of Bernie Mac and Lucille Ball.... 
Amazon Orders Steve Treviño's New MY LIFE IN QUARANTINE Comedy Special
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 25, 2021 Amazon Studios has picked up rising comic Steve Trevino’s fourth comedy special, My Life In Quarantine....
Opera Parallele Announces Leadership Appointments
by Stephi Wild - August 12, 2021 Adding to today's exciting administrative news, the company wishes to belatedly announce the decision by Opera Parallèle's Board of Directors in late 2020, to expand company founder, conductor and Artistic Director Nicole Paiement's position to include General Director.... 
WaterTower Theatre Announces Cast & Creative For GUADALUPE IN THE GUEST ROOM
by A.A. Cristi - January 10, 2019 WaterTower Theatre Associate Artistic Director, Kelsey Leigh Ervi, today announced details for the Regional Premiere of Guadalupe in the Guest Room written by Tony Meneses, and directed by Christie Vela.... 
Acting Natural Comes To Rockwood Music Hall
by A.A. Cristi - January 04, 2019 Tomorrow night at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, rising indie superstars Acting Natural take the stage for one very special night.... 
Cast And Creatives For ACTUALLY Announced At TheaterWorks
by A.A. Cristi - May 07, 2019 TheaterWorks Producing Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero announced today the cast and creative team for the Connecticut Premiere of ACTUALLY. The cast features Ronald Emile as Tom and Arielle Siegel as Amber. TheaterWorks Producing Associate and Aetna Breaking Barriers Fellow Taneisha Duggan will direc... 
Katie Couric, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton And Muriel Fox To Be Honored At The 9th Annual Elly Awards
by Stephi Wild - June 13, 2019 The Women's Forum of New York will present the 9th Annual Elly Awards Luncheon benefiting The Education Fund of the Women's Forum on Monday, June 17th, at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. The awards, named for the Women's Forum founder Elinor Guggenheimer, will honor outstanding women leaders. This... 
Sweetly Affordable Art Expo Breaks Barriers For Marginalized Creators
by A.A. Cristi - August 19, 2021 After an unplanned one-year hiatus, the Wall Candy Art Expo will be taking place on Saturday and Sunday September 11th and 12th 2021 from 11am–5pm both days, outdoors at Wesley Clover Parks.... 
Urban Ink Announces 20th Anniversary Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 24, 2020 Urban Ink was planning it largest season ever to celebrate its 20th Anniversary, but the world has been turned upside down. With stages dark and plans postponed, Urban Ink decided to proceed with the celebration, digitally, and is committed to continue to do what it has always done over its 20 years... 
National Endowment For The Arts Names Terri Lyne Carrington Among 2021 NEA Jazz Masters
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 21, 2020 Three-time Grammy Award-winning jazz musician and composer Terri Lyne Carrington has been named a 2021 NEA Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C. ... 
Mykal Kilgore Releases New Single Ahead of Tour
by Michael Major - September 10, 2021 The song is a story told from a Black Gay man’s perspective about his and many other’s experiences at the barbershop where people gather and gossip about their community and the world. The new single comes along with a new music video.... |
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