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5th Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition Chicago Finals Set for Goodman Theatre, 3/10
by Tyler Peterson - March 06, 2014

The August Wilson Monologue Competition, sponsored by The League of Chicago Theatres, Goodman Theatre, and the University of Illinois at Chicago, and organized in Chicago by Derrick Sanders, will hold the Chicago Finals on Monday, March 10, 2014 at 6:00pm at the Goodman Theatre, 170 North Dearborn S...


Macha Monkey Productions to Host Season Kick-Off Party, 9/21
by Tyler Peterson - August 27, 2013

Join Macha Monkey on September 21st at Seattle Repertory Theatre to celebrate their upcoming season, see excerpts from two, world premiere productions, drink lots of wine, and join them in a paddle raise to keep Macha Monkey strong for the next 12 years....


The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Kicks Off its Music For Youth Series, 10/14
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2014

On Tuesday, Oct. 14, 3,118 first-grade students from the Buffalo Public Schools will converge on Kleinhans Music Hall in the kickoff to the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra's Music For Youth series, presented by First Niagara Bank, with additional support from National Fuel....


Susan Hammond Releases HOPE
by Christina Mancuso - September 02, 2014

San Diego...


Pushcart Players to Perform RED RIDING HOOD AND OTHER STORIES Throughout Ocean County
by Tyler Peterson - March 02, 2015

Pushcart Players, New Jersey's award-winning touring theater for young audiences presents free performances of 'Red Riding Hood and Other Stories' during March throughout Ocean County Libraries in Little Egg Harbor, Manchester, Woodbury and Point Pleasant, NJ....


Northfield Bank Foundation to Fund Premiere Stage Playwriting Residencies in Rahway
by Tyler Peterson - January 28, 2014

Premiere Stages, the professional theatre company in residence at Kean University, has announced two new playwriting residencies in Rahway. Funding from the Northfield Bank Foundation has enabled Premiere Stages to return to Rahway 7th and 8th Grade Academy for an eight week in-school playwriting re...


DRIVING MISS DAISY Begins Tonight at Ford's Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2014

The Ford's Theatre Society 2014-2015 season begins with Nancy Robinette and Craig Wallace in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Driving Miss Daisy,' directed by Jennifer L. Nelson, tonight, September 26 through October 26, 2014, at Ford's Theatre (511 Tenth Street NW, Washington, D.C.). The cast also ...


Coach Jack Travers's Book TEAM PLAYER Addresses Racism in High Schools
by Christina Mancuso - August 25, 2014

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Alma Jones Launches Kickstarter for Books of Paranormal Fiction and Poetry
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2014

McKenzie, TN -- Via the crowd funding source, Kickstarter, Alma Jones, a retired teacher and new poetess/ author, has written a book of paranormal short stories that this reporter thinks will make headlines one day. This book, 'A Suspenseful Supernatural Event', is definitely one to watch....


August Wilson Monologue Competition Finals Set for the Goodman on March 10
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2015

Twenty Chicago high school students will perform in the August Wilson Monologue Competition Finals on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 6:00 pm at the Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St. for a chance to represent Chicago in the National Competition in New York City. Esteemed judges for the Chicago finals ...


ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER? Returning to Fox
by Tyler Peterson - November 06, 2014

FOX is bringing back the popular and critically praised quiz show ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER? for another season on FOX. Executive-produced by Mark Burnett, the show features comedian Jeff Foxworthy, who returns as host....


National Portrait Gallery Presents LEARNING TO LOOK, SUMMER TEACHER INSTITUTE, 7/7-9, 7/28-30
by BWW News Desk - April 01, 2014

Integrating portraiture into the classroom provides exciting opportunities to connect students with history, biography, visual art, and many other subjects....


THE WEB to Play Bakehouse Theatre, Oct 17-Nov 2
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2013

Travis is headstrong and confident, with the world at his feet. Fred is shy, isolated and dealing with the death of his father. When Travis takes Fred under his wing to help him with a social studies assignment, it triggers an intriguing chain of events that ends in a vicious attack. As the police i...


New Poetry Collection POETRY & SOCIAL STUDIES FOR ALL is Released
by Christina Mancuso - March 11, 2015

AMITYVILLE, N.Y....


Oakland Youth Orchestra Opens Season with Tchaikovsky, Wagner & More Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2013

Oakland Youth Orchestra will open its 50th anniversary season this weekend, November 2 and 3 with a concert featuring two young soloists who are the winners of the Youth Orchestra's annual Concerto Competition, Artistic Director and Conductor Michael Morgan has announced....


Fox Cities PAC Releases 2012-2013 Season Report
by Molly Tracy - November 19, 2013

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center is happy to announce the release of the 2012-13 Annual Report to the Community, which highlights the defining moments of the season and the community impact of the arts and cultural education organization....


August Wilson Monologue Competition Set for Calderwood Pavilion, 2/1
by Tyler Peterson - January 16, 2014

Huntington Theatre Company presents the Boston competition of Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company August Wilson Monologue Competition (AWMC), celebrating the writing of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright. Over 500 high school students from eleven Boston Public Schools will com...


The Canton Symphony Orchestra Presents a KINDER CONCERT for Kids Today
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2014

Adults, this one isn't for you. The Canton Symphony Orchestra (CSO) kindly asks you to let the kids enjoy this one. A concert, that is....


Met Opera Guild Receives NEA Grant
by Tyler Peterson - April 24, 2014

The Metropolitan Opera Guild's School Programs department is one of just four arts organizations selected to receive a maximum Art Works grant of $100,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts, in the Arts Education discipline. Awarded to support public engagement with art that meets the highest ...


The Canton Symphony Orchestra Presents a KINDER CONCERT for Kids, 4/9
by BWW News Desk - March 18, 2014

Adults, this one isn't for you. The Canton Symphony Orchestra (CSO) kindly asks you to let the kids enjoy this one. A concert, that is....


BWW Reviews: Imagining the Cities of Tomorrow in MoMA's UNEVEN GROWTH
by Patrick Kennedy - February 09, 2015

A new Museum of Modern Art exhibition proposes ground-level solutions to the challenges faced by six fast-growing cities....


HISTORY Launches New Brand Extension PLANET H
by Caryn Robbins - August 07, 2014

HISTORY® today announced the launch of Planet H, a new brand extension created for kids ages 7-11 to explore historical topics and eras through play....


Lea Thompson to Star in UP Television Premiere MY MOTHER'S FUTURE HUSBAND
by Caryn Robbins - August 23, 2013

Production began this week in Vancouver on UP's Television Premiere My Mother's Future Husband,starring Lea Thompson (Back to the Future, 'Caroline in the City') and Matreya Fedor ('Cedar Cove,' 'Mr. Young')....


BWW Reviews: Theatre Works Explores Why WE LIVE HERE
by Joseph Baker - January 05, 2015

I like the title of Harold Ellis Clark's WE LIVE HERE, winner of the NewWorks@TheWorks playwriting competition hosted by Playhouse on the Square and now playing at Theatre Works. If you emphasize the word WE, it offers two different interpretations: (1) It could refer to the racist white characters ...


A PARENT'S GUIDE TO A PEACEFUL HOME is Released
by Christina Mancuso - February 20, 2014

In Patricia Braxton's new book “A Parent's Guide to a Peaceful Home: Transformation Begins at Home' (published by Trafford Publishing), she helps guide readers in managing their home in a peaceful, loving way in order to ensure success for their children at home and at school....






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