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Set amid the sexual revolution and the rise of second-wave feminism, American Woman follows Bonnie, an unconventional mother struggling to raise her two daughters after leaving her husband. She and her two best friends, Kathleen and Diana, each will discover their own brand of independence in a world reluctant to give it.

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Concord Theatricals Acquires Licensing Rights for Alice Childress' TROUBLE IN MIND Photo Concord Theatricals Acquires Licensing Rights for Alice Childress' TROUBLE IN MIND
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 16, 2022

Concord Theatricals has announced that it has secured exclusive worldwide English language stage licensing rights to Alice Childress’ Trouble in Mind for its Samuel French imprint....


Christine Stoddard Play MI ABUELA, QUEEN OF NIGHTMARES Now Available For Streaming Photo Christine Stoddard Play MI ABUELA, QUEEN OF NIGHTMARES Now Available For Streaming
by A.A. Cristi - September 22, 2022

A filmed version of Christine Stoddard's award-winning play 'Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares' is now available for streaming on Vimeo On Demand. ...


VIDEO: Watch Highlights from Bartlett Sher-Helmed INTIMATE APPAREL Photo VIDEO: Watch Highlights from Bartlett Sher-Helmed INTIMATE APPAREL
by Nicole Rosky - January 12, 2022

Lincoln Center Theater’s INTIMATE APPAREL, a new opera with music by Ricky Ian Gordon and libretto by Lynn Nottage, based off of her play of the same name, and direction by Bartlett Sher begins previews tomorrow, January 13 ahead of a Monday, January 31 opening at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. The ...


Chelsea Table & Stage Presents Debut Solo Concert From Kayla Davion Photo Chelsea Table & Stage Presents Debut Solo Concert From Kayla Davion
by A.A. Cristi - April 07, 2023

Chelsea Table & Stage welcomes Kayla Davion for her debut solo concert “An Ode to Self.” ...


VIDEO: First Look at COME FALL IN LOVE - THE DDLJ MUSICAL at The Old Globe Photo VIDEO: First Look at COME FALL IN LOVE - THE DDLJ MUSICAL at The Old Globe
by Stephi Wild - September 28, 2022

Come Fall in Love - The DDLJ Musical, directed by Aditya Chopra, with book and lyrics by Nell Benjamin, music by Vishal Dadlani and Sheykhar Ravjiani, and choreography by Rob Ashford, runs through October 16, 2022 at The Old Globe. Get a first look at the production in the all new video here!...


Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute and The Campaign School at Yale University Hosts Photo Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute and The Campaign School at Yale University Hosts SCCI Unbought Unbossed Conversations
by Stephi Wild - March 30, 2022

The Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute (SCCI) in collaboration with The Campaign School at Yale University (TCSYale) is continually honoring the legacy of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm with the SCCI Unbought Unbossed Conversation(sm) series, with the second edition “The Power of Choice -Your One V...


The Huntington Will Present ON GOLD MOUNTAIN Opera In The Chinese Garden Photo The Huntington Will Present ON GOLD MOUNTAIN Opera In The Chinese Garden
by Stephi Wild - February 11, 2022

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens and LA Opera Connects will present an outdoor, site-specific staging of On Gold Mountain, an opera based on author Lisa See's bestselling book about her Chinese American family's immigrant experience in California....


Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson Announces Two New Series in Development at Starz Photo Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson Announces Two New Series in Development at Starz
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 14, 2020

Variety reports that Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson will produce two new series for Starz, under his overall deal. ...


Christine Stoddard's Mi Abuela Queen Of Nightmares Finalist For Fulton Theatre Festiv Photo Christine Stoddard's Mi Abuela Queen Of Nightmares Finalist For Fulton Theatre Festival Of New Works
by Grace Cutler - July 16, 2022

'Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares,' written by Christine Stoddard, is one of the three plays that will be presented in Fulton Theatre Festival of New Works in Lancaster, Pennsylvania....


Luis Guzmán Joins Jacquelyn Quinones-Helmed MILES AWAY Photo Luis Guzmán Joins Jacquelyn Quinones-Helmed MILES AWAY
by Michael Major - January 27, 2022

The film also stars Andre Arroyo (The Spectacular Now), Noel Gugliemi (The Fast and The Furious), Alberto Frezza (Station 19), Norma Maldonado (Jane The Virgin), Henri Esteve (Grownish), Jennifer Bartels (American Woman), Eddie Martinez (The Sinner), Jessica Sarah Flaum (The Tale), Marilyn Camacho (...


Indianapolis Opera Performs MADAME BUTTERFLY Tonight Photo Indianapolis Opera Performs MADAME BUTTERFLY Tonight
by Stephi Wild - May 16, 2021

​The Indianapolis Opera's final night of Madame Butterfly is tonight, May 16....


Jiaoying Summers To Perform At Le Poisson Rouge, February 28 Photo Jiaoying Summers To Perform At Le Poisson Rouge, February 28
by A.A. Cristi - February 24, 2023

From China to Hollywood to everywhere, standup Queen Jiaoying Summers brings her magic and poison to the iconic Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village on Tuesday February 28 for a special night In The Round. ...


Student Blog: The Color Purple, A Great Novel by Alice Walker, Soon to Be a Movie Mus Photo Student Blog: The Color Purple, A Great Novel by Alice Walker, Soon to Be a Movie Musical
by Student Blogger: MC Chocolate - February 10, 2022

I think Alice Walker is a great writer and she has gone down in history for being one of the most impactful voices that has positioned herself in favor of rewriting the identity of black women in the American social framework....


VIDEO: Watch Highlights from Bartlett Sher-Helmed INTIMATE APPAREL Photo VIDEO: Watch Highlights from Bartlett Sher-Helmed INTIMATE APPAREL
by Nicole Rosky - January 12, 2022

Lincoln Center Theater’s INTIMATE APPAREL, a new opera with music by Ricky Ian Gordon and libretto by Lynn Nottage, based off of her play of the same name, and direction by Bartlett Sher begins previews tomorrow, January 13 ahead of a Monday, January 31 opening at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. The ...


Tonya Pinkins and Ciara Renée Present RED PILLING OF AMERICA Featuring Conversations Photo Tonya Pinkins and Ciara Renée Present RED PILLING OF AMERICA Featuring Conversations With Broadway Guests
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 31, 2020

Every Thursday at 3pm from September 10th - October 31st, Tony award-winning actress Tonya Pinkins and TV & Broadway star Ciara Renée will come together for exclusive, one-on-one conversations with new guest stars each week when Pinkins' puts a horror-fying lens on the upcoming election with her fil...


McKnight Names Writer Marcie Rendon 2020 Distinguished Artist Photo McKnight Names Writer Marcie Rendon 2020 Distinguished Artist
by Stephi Wild - August 26, 2020

The McKnight Foundation has announced the selection of Marcie Rendon for its 2020 Distinguished Artist Awarda?"a $50,000 award created to honor a Minnesota artist who has made significant contributions to the statea??s cultural life....


Student Blog: The Color Purple, A Great Novel by Alice Walker, Soon to Be a Movie Mus Photo Student Blog: The Color Purple, A Great Novel by Alice Walker, Soon to Be a Movie Musical
by Student Blogger: MC Chocolate - February 10, 2022

I think Alice Walker is a great writer and she has gone down in history for being one of the most impactful voices that has positioned herself in favor of rewriting the identity of black women in the American social framework....


Hannah Cheesman and Aiken Heart Film's SUCCOR Bows at TIFF20 Photo Hannah Cheesman and Aiken Heart Film's SUCCOR Bows at TIFF20
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 25, 2020

Aiken Heart Films (Coral Aiken) and The Long Reach Company (Hannah Cheesman) reveal details on their short film, the dark BFF rom-com Succor, which will have its world premiere at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival....


JOY WOMACK: THE WHITE SWAN Sets Digital & DVD Release Photo JOY WOMACK: THE WHITE SWAN Sets Digital & DVD Release
by Michael Major - December 30, 2021

The documentary follows the first American to graduate from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy’s prestigious main training program, and the first American woman to sign a contract with the Bolshoi Ballet, Joy Womack as she makes history. Joy Womack: The White Swan, a feature-length documentary from filmmake...


VIDEO: Diana Huey Talks Disney & More on the Latest Episode of 32 BAR CUT Photo VIDEO: Diana Huey Talks Disney & More on the Latest Episode of 32 BAR CUT
by Nicole Rosky - June 10, 2021

On this week's episode of 32 Bar Cut: The Show, we are sitting down with a Disney princess, Diana Huey! Diana played Ariel on the Broadway tour of The Little Mermaid and made history as the first Asian-American woman to do so. Diana shares with us what her life has been like since that day, her care...


BLACK PEARL SINGS! Comes to Florida Studio Theatre  Photo BLACK PEARL SINGS! Comes to Florida Studio Theatre 
by Stephi Wild - June 08, 2023

Florida Studio Theatre (FST) will present Black Pearl Sings!, an uplifting, historical drama about an unlikely bond, the preservation of musical heritage, and the human need for hope and healing....


Shonali Burke Named Chief Marketing Officer of Arena Stage Photo Shonali Burke Named Chief Marketing Officer of Arena Stage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 05, 2021

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater Artistic Director Molly Smith and Executive Producer Edgar Dobie have announced the appointment of Shonali Burke as Chief Marketing Officer....


Celebrating Black History Month: Spotlight on Trailblazer Vinnette Carroll Photo Celebrating Black History Month: Spotlight on Trailblazer Vinnette Carroll
by Nicole Rosky - February 23, 2021

Vinnette Carroll was an American playwright, actress, and theatre director best known for being the was the first African-American woman to direct on Broadway, with her 1972 production of the musical Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope. Until Liesl Tommy's 2016 nomination for Eclipsed, Carroll was the onl...


LOVE IN TAIPEI to Premiere on Paramount+ This Summer Photo LOVE IN TAIPEI to Premiere on Paramount+ This Summer
by Michael Major - June 05, 2023

Based on the “New York Times’” best-selling novel “Loveboat, Taipei” by Abigail Hing Wen, in which a young American woman is sent by her parents to a cultural immersion program in Taipei – inspired by an actual program attended by thousands of Chinese and Taiwanese diaspora youth – where she begins ...


MTF Presents HALF THE SKY And WONDERBOY In Association With Joe's Pub! Photo MTF Presents HALF THE SKY And WONDERBOY In Association With Joe's Pub!
by A.A. Cristi - February 21, 2022

For one-night-only, Musical Theatre Factory presents an evening of songs by MTF Makers, Jaime Jarrett and Tidtaya Sinutoke, and MTF artist, Isabella Dawis at Joe's Pub on February 28. Join the party and experience not one but TWO epic new musicals: Half the Sky and Wonderboy....






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