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Jacques d'Amboise's National Dance Institute Shares The Power of Movement with Millions
by Christina Pandolfi - May 25, 2017

It's May 8, 2017 and I'm sitting in the National Dance Institute Center for Learning & the Arts' quaint auditorium in Upper Manhattan, waiting for the students to take the stage. As part of the celebrated Art Nest series, this evening's mixed medium program centers on the loneliest woman in mytholog...


Ailey Celebrates Black History Month Across The United States
by Molly Tracy - February 02, 2017

As Black History Month launches, Ailey continues to inspire, enlighten and educate all people with national tours by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ailey II, classes for aspiring dancers and the general public, and the launch of a new Arts In Education residency program for elementary school...


SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE Begins Rehearsals At MainStreet Theatre Company Photo SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE Begins Rehearsals At MainStreet Theatre Company
by A.A. Cristi - September 13, 2018

Rancho Cucamonga, California - Do you remember how a bill becomes a law? Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Rediscover these classic tunes in MainStreet Theatre Company's production of Schoolhouse Rock Live! opening October 6th and running through October 27th. MainStreet Theatre Company's ...


New Show THE LOCKETEER Come to Trap Door Photo New Show THE LOCKETEER Come to Trap Door
by Julie Musbach - December 26, 2017

The Locketeer is an adaptation of Elias Canetti's play from 1956, The Numbered wherein a nameless future state claims its power by imposing life spans on its citizens. This competition for status causes social paranoia and a tragicomic refusal of facts. The adaptation will be devised with the ensemb...


BWW Review: CAREFULLY TAUGHT at Looking For Lilith Photo BWW Review: CAREFULLY TAUGHT at Looking For Lilith
by Keith Waits - November 06, 2017

The words 'carefully taught', drawn from a song in Rogers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, promise artistic green vegetables, an edifying moral lesson about the origins of racial prejudice in American society. Cheryl L. Davis's play contains exactly such a lesson, but it is wrapped in an equally edify...


Northfield Bank Funds Two Playwriting Residences
by Molly Tracy - March 15, 2017

Premiere Stages, the professional theatre company in residence at Kean University, recently completed two playwriting residencies in the Rahway School District, graciously funded by The Northfield Bank Foundation....


The Huntington Announces Winners Of 2018 Boston August Wilson Monologue Competition Photo The Huntington Announces Winners Of 2018 Boston August Wilson Monologue Competition
by A.A. Cristi - January 30, 2018

Bishop Edwards of Snowden International School at Copley took first place on Monday, January 29, 2018 with his performance as Troy from Fences at the Boston Regional Finals of the August Wilson Monologue Competition, held for the eighth year by the Education Department of the Huntington Theatre Comp...


CLYBOURNE PARK Coming to Centaur Theatre This April
by BWW News Desk - March 24, 2017

Centaur Theatre presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Clybourne Park, written by American playwright, Bruce Norris, from April 4 to 30, 2017....


Garfield, Chicken Little, Acrobats and More Set for King Center's 2017-18 Theatre for Photo Garfield, Chicken Little, Acrobats and More Set for King Center's 2017-18 Theatre for Youth Season
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2017

The Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts Theatre for Youth Program has announced its 23rd season of excellent performing arts and educational theatre opportunities for children on the Space Coast....


Ailey Celebrates Black History Month Across The United States
by Molly Tracy - February 02, 2017

As Black History Month launches, Ailey continues to inspire, enlighten and educate all people with national tours by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ailey II, classes for aspiring dancers and the general public, and the launch of a new Arts In Education residency program for elementary school...


The Music Center Announces New Arts Integration Symposium Photo The Music Center Announces New Arts Integration Symposium
by A.A. Cristi - April 23, 2018

The Music Center today announced its first Arts Integration Symposium for K-12 educators to be held at The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion from July 18-20, 2018.  This new program features a first-ever collaboration with both The Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts whe...


Harris Center Benny Goodman Tribute Sold Out; School Matinee Available Photo Harris Center Benny Goodman Tribute Sold Out; School Matinee Available
by A.A. Cristi - January 11, 2018

The date was January 16, 1938 at Carnegie Hall the hallowed venue for respectable classical music. There, Benny Goodman's band played swing music for the first time, with one of the earliest racially-integrated jazz groups. It was an important day in the history of American music, one wor...


Trap Door Theatre presents THE LOCKETEER Photo Trap Door Theatre presents THE LOCKETEER
by A.A. Cristi - January 10, 2018

THE TRAP DOOR THEATRE is proud to present The Locketeer Adapted from The Numbered by Elias Canetti, Adapted and Directed by Catherine Sullivan...


University of Michigan School Of Education Encourages Classroom Discussion On Violenc Photo University of Michigan School Of Education Encourages Classroom Discussion On Violence Against Women
by A.A. Cristi - November 29, 2017

As the United Nations conducts a 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence Campaign Nov. 25-Dec. 10, the University of Michigan School of Education and an award-winning filmmaker hope to shed light on the global problem of violence against women....


The Music Center Announces New Arts Integration Symposium Photo The Music Center Announces New Arts Integration Symposium
by A.A. Cristi - April 23, 2018

The Music Center today announced its first Arts Integration Symposium for K-12 educators to be held at The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion from July 18-20, 2018.  This new program features a first-ever collaboration with both The Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts whe...


VIDEO: Tony Winner Leslie Odom Jr. Discusses the Importance of Failure on CBS This Mo Photo VIDEO: Tony Winner Leslie Odom Jr. Discusses the Importance of Failure on CBS This Morning
by Macon Prickett - March 27, 2018

Leslie Odom Jr. shot to fame for his Tony and Grammy Award-winning turn as Aaron Burr in the hit Broadway musical 'Hamilton.' In his new book, 'Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning,' he shares personal stories and life lessons to help you follow your dreams. Odom joins ...


Garfield, Chicken Little, Acrobats and More Set for King Center's 2017-18 Theatre for Photo Garfield, Chicken Little, Acrobats and More Set for King Center's 2017-18 Theatre for Youth Season
by BWW News Desk - August 31, 2017

The Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts Theatre for Youth Program has announced its 23rd season of excellent performing arts and educational theatre opportunities for children on the Space Coast....


BWW Review: Norbert Leo Butz Stars in Hamish Linklater's Ambitious Drama THE WHIRLIGIG
by Michael Dale - May 28, 2017

"In a whirligig of grief" is how one character describes the emotional state of another in Hamish Linklater's ambitious new play, THE WHIRLIGIG, receiving a fine premiere mounting by The New Group's artistic director, Scott Elliott....


Ailey Celebrates Black History Month Across The United States
by Molly Tracy - February 02, 2017

As Black History Month launches, Ailey continues to inspire, enlighten and educate all people with national tours by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ailey II, classes for aspiring dancers and the general public, and the launch of a new Arts In Education residency program for elementary school...


An Evening with Fran Lebowitz Re-Scheduled at Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House
by A.A. Cristi - May 09, 2017

The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center announced today that the Fran Lebowitz show has been rescheduled. Previously scheduled for two shows on March 31 and April 1, the show was canceled due to a malfunction of the fire suppression system in the Wyly Theatre. Author, journalist and social observe...


Shakespeare & Company Announces New Board Members Photo Shakespeare & Company Announces New Board Members
by Stephi Wild - January 04, 2018

Shakespeare & Company announced today the addition of six new Board members to the Company's Board of Trustees. The new members joining the Board are Sandra Bourgeois, George Camarda, Phoebe L. Giddon, Beverly Hyman, Maureen O'Hanlon, and Scott Rubinow....


Koffler Adds Second Show For 'Fran Lebowitz: In Conversation', 4/21 Photo Koffler Adds Second Show For 'Fran Lebowitz: In Conversation', 4/21
by A.A. Cristi - January 18, 2018

The Koffler Centre of the Arts announced today that due to overwhelming demand, a second show has been added on Saturday April 21 at 6 PM for Fran Lebowitz: In Conversation, an intimate chat with the author, raconteur, cultural satirist and American cultural icon. The event on Sunday April 22 at 4...


Grammy Museum Announces Lois MacMillan As 2018 Jane Ortner Education Award Recipient Photo Grammy Museum Announces Lois MacMillan As 2018 Jane Ortner Education Award Recipient
by Macon Prickett - May 23, 2018

The GRAMMY Museum® is pleased to announce Lois MacMillan of South Middle School in Grants Pass, Ore., as the recipient of the 2018 Jane Ortner Education Award. The award honors K-12 academic teachers who use music in the classroom as a powerful educational tool. MacMillan will receive an honorarium ...


Lea Ann W. Hall Releases THREADBARE
by Christina Mancuso - February 22, 2017

Lea Ann W. Hall debuts in the literary world with a tale crafted with the influence of the daily happenings in the world today. Packaged as a ball of mystery, readers are encouraged to look for that 'ThreadBare' (published by LifeRich Publishing) clue to unravel the truth on a web of deceit....


Berkeley Rep Presents Fran Lebowitz in Conversation Photo Berkeley Rep Presents Fran Lebowitz in Conversation
by Julie Musbach - January 03, 2018

Berkeley Repertory Theatre is proud to announce a special presentation of Fran Lebowitz in Conversation. In three separate events, the cultural icon will hold court for unique off-the-cuff conversations sharing her insights and experiences on literature, politics & money, and nostalgia (Warhol, New ...






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