VIDEO: HAMILTON-inspired Rap Aims To Get Out The Vote
by Stephi Wild - August 15, 2020 A Grammy-winning musician and a constitutional law professor have teamed up to create a get-out-the-vote rap inspired by the musical Hamilton....
Thanksgiving Double Feature Breaks The Mold At Metropolitan Virtual Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - November 24, 2020 The video will be available starting November 28 and will be available to stream through December 2 on the Playhouse webpage, the Metropolitan Playhouse YouTube channel, and the Metropolitan Playhouse Facebook page. ...
Live In-Person Comedy Returns To Philadelphia With Upcoming Crossroads Comedy Theater Performances
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 25, 2021 Crossroads Comedy Theater, home to some of Philadelphia's most recognized comedy shows and programs, has announced the return of live, in-person shows starting in June. The company will present a series of performances at South Philly's Theatre Exile (1340 S. 13th Street), following strict health an...
Boston Camerata: New Album + Tour of Rebellious Early American Music
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 22, 2019 The Boston Camerata, cited as a?oeAmerica's foremost early music ensemblea?? by Le Monde, embarks on a celebration of music from the time of the American Revolution with the release of Free America! Songs of Resistance and Rebellion (1790-1860), a new project recorded by Harmonia Mundi. The album re...
BWW Blog: HAMILTON and the Art of Complexity
by Student Blogger: Sydney Emerson - July 08, 2020 With the release of Hamilton on Disney+ last week, the discourse over the musical's portrayal of the founding fathers has been reignited, a prevailing sentiment being that the show is too problematic to view....
San Diego REP To Film Aaron Posner's JQA Ahead Of Presidential Election
by A.A. Cristi - October 01, 2020 San Diego Repertory Theatre announced today the details of a filmed version of Aaron Posner's play JQA, the second production of the theatre's revised 2020/21 online and onstage season that begins with the release of the feature film of A Weekend with Pablo Picasso, written by and starring Herbert S...
New August To October Season Announced At The Finborough Theatre
by Stephi Wild - July 16, 2019 The Finborough Theatre's Autumn season features three premieres, all discovered by the Finborough Theatre's Artistic Director Neil McPherson - another Finborough rediscovery from a classic British playwright, written in 1970, but never before seen in London, alongside two European premieres from fem...
Haus of Glitter Presents THE HISTORICAL FANTASY OF ESEK HOPKINS, September 9-17
by A.A. Cristi - August 17, 2021 The Haus of Glitter Dance Company presents The Historical Fantasy of Esek Hopkins - an original activist dance opera that reimagines the narrative of Esek Hopkins and rehearses the future for our community, the future of public space, and the future we will leave behind. ...
Forward Theatre Co. to Present Virtual Production of THE NICETIES by Eleanor Burgess
by A.A. Cristi - December 28, 2020 Forward Theatre Co. will present a virtual production of THE NICETIES by Eleanor Burgess, January 22-February 7, 2021. Directed by Jen Uphoff Gray & DiMonte Henning ...
STUDY HALL Comedy Show Comes To Philadelphia FringeArts Festival
by Stephi Wild - August 06, 2020 Study Hall Comedy Inspired by Lectures, one of Philadelphia's longest-running improv comedy shows, combines lectures and laughs in one fantastic hour never seen before and never to be seen again. ...
Broadway Star Sydney James Harcourt To Deliver Interlochen Arts Academy Commencement Address
by A.A. Cristi - May 03, 2021 The Grammy Award-winning Broadway performer and film and television star Sydney James Harcourt will address graduating students at the 2021 Interlochen Arts Academy Commencement. The graduation ceremony will take place at Interlochen's Kresge Auditorium on Saturday, May 29, at 10 a.m., and will be l...
U-M Clements Library Receives NEH Grant To Digitize Popular Revolutionary War Manuscript Collection
by A.A. Cristi - April 15, 2021 The University of Michigan William L. Clements Library has been awarded a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize one of their largest and most utilized collections. ...
THE NICETIES Comes To NHTP's Blackbox Theatre
by Stephi Wild - September 09, 2019 New Hampshire Theatre Project presents The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess, an explosive new play focused on race. The Niceties opens Friday October 11th and runs through October 27th with performances on Friday & Saturday at 8pm, and Sunday at 2pm. More information and tickets, including discounted opp...
Pianist Michael Gallant Will Stream Live Performance Of New Album 'Rock Rewind On A Steinway'
by Stephi Wild - August 18, 2020 New York-based pianist/keyboardist and composer Michael Gallant has confirmed a live streamed performance of his recently released new album Rock Rewind on a Steinway. ...
A.R.T. / Museum of the American Revolution Announce DEBORAH SAMPSON UNVEILED: A VIRTUAL CONVERSATION
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 09, 2021 American Repertory Theater at Harvard University and the Museum of the American Revolution announced today the co-presentation of the next event in A.R.T’s Civically Speaking series, Deborah Sampson Unveiled: A Virtual Conversation, to be held on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 6:30PM ET....
BWW Blog: HAMILTON and the Art of Complexity
by Student Blogger: Sydney Emerson - July 08, 2020 With the release of Hamilton on Disney+ last week, the discourse over the musical's portrayal of the founding fathers has been reignited, a prevailing sentiment being that the show is too problematic to view....
Theatre Rhinoceros Presents GENERAL WASHINGTON, AMERICA'S FOUNDATION FATHER: THE MAN BEHIND THE MYTH
by A.A. Cristi - May 18, 2020 Theatre Rhinoceros presents a FREE presentation: GENERAL WASHINGTON, America's Founding Father: The Man Behind the Myth. A Free Presentation on Facebook Live. Conceived and presented by John Fisher....
LISTEN: Jodi Valentin Premieres New Single 'Hindsight'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 15, 2020 Today, pop singer/songwriter Jodi Valentin premieres her new single “Hindsight”. Listen below....
Teatro Paraguas Presents Live Performance of ALMOST TREASON on Zoom
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 17, 2020 On Friday, August 28, 2020 at 7:00 p.m., Teatro Paraguas will present a live performance of Almost Treason, A Revolutionary Whimsy in Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage by Los Alamos playwright Robert F. Benjamin....
Concert Presentation Of JESUS CHRIST AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION to be Presented at Caveat
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 30, 2021 This historically accurate and not at all satirical musical tells the true* story of the American Revolution: In 1776, Jesus Christ, who is desperate to find the perfect country to give his precious Constitution to, travels back down to Earth to help the Founding Fathers declare independence and win...
Shai Wosner Named 2020–23 Resident Artist of Peoples' Symphony Concerts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 03, 2020 Pianist Shai Wosner commences his three-year term as Resident Artist of Peoples' Symphony Concerts (PSC) on Sunday, November 15 at 2:00 p.m. ET, the opening concert of PSC's virtual 120th anniversary season. ...
Memorial Day Musicals: 10 Broadway Shows That Salute the Troops
by Nicole Rosky - May 25, 2020 As we pause today to remember their sacrifice, BroadwayWorld is looking back on stories of past wars, undying patriotism and true courage, which have been the topics of countless films, television series, and of course... theatre. Below we celebrate our armed forces with songs from musicals that te...
U-M Clements Library Celebrates The Death of General Wolfe Painting by Benjamin West
by Julie Musbach - October 15, 2019 A new exhibition at the University of Michigan William L. Clements Library is highlighting its robust historical sources related to the 1759 siege of Québeca?"a major turning point of the colonial era in which the British wrested control of Canada from France. ...
Shai Wosner Named 2020–23 Resident Artist of Peoples' Symphony Concerts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 03, 2020 Pianist Shai Wosner commences his three-year term as Resident Artist of Peoples' Symphony Concerts (PSC) on Sunday, November 15 at 2:00 p.m. ET, the opening concert of PSC's virtual 120th anniversary season. ...
A.R.T. / Museum of the American Revolution Announce DEBORAH SAMPSON UNVEILED: A VIRTUAL CONVERSATION
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 09, 2021 American Repertory Theater at Harvard University and the Museum of the American Revolution announced today the co-presentation of the next event in A.R.T’s Civically Speaking series, Deborah Sampson Unveiled: A Virtual Conversation, to be held on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 6:30PM ET.... |