State Arts Council Grants Nearly $1 Million To NJ Artists & Welcomes New Council Member
by Stephi Wild - February 23, 2022 The New Jersey State Council on the Arts held its first public meeting of 2022 today, where nearly $1 million was awarded to 85 New Jersey artists through the Council's Individual Artist Fellowship program....
Showtime Announces HIP HOP 50
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 19, 2021 HIP HOP 50 programming will begin airing later this year on SHOWTIME, running over the next three years and culminating with the 50th anniversary of the genre in 2023. The announcement was made by Vinnie Malhotra, Executive Vice President, Nonfiction Programming, Showtime Networks Inc....
SOCIETY Theatre Company Announces An Additional $50,000 In Grants
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 19, 2021 New York City-based theater collective SOCIETY announced today the Hawthorne Arts Community Grant will distribute an additional $50,000 to theater artists in the coming months, bringing the total grant amount to $100,000 since September 2020....
Crowded Fire Theater Announces 2021 IGNITE FUND Recipients
by Stephi Wild - December 08, 2021 Crowded Fire Theater (CFT), known as a vital home for new play development and production on the West Coast, announce Kenan Arun, Nathaniel J. Bice, Chibueze Crouch, Mitchell Jakubka, Gabriel Nuñez de Arco, and Grisel (GG) Torres as the fifth cohort of IGNITE FUND awardees. ...
Art Institute Announces Major Barbara Kruger Exhibition
by A.A. Cristi - July 15, 2021 The Art Institute of Chicago has announced Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You., a major solo exhibition devoted to the work of renowned artist Barbara Kruger....
The Alex Theatre Wishing Wall Launches In Downtown Glendale
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 22, 2020 Glendale Arts is inviting the public to participate in building a monument of hope, one wish at a time, by adding their wishes for 2021 to the Alex Theatre Wishing Wall, a brand-new installation mounted on the historic Alex Theatre's gates on Brand Blvd. in Downtown Glendale....
Pressure Players Announce First International Partnership
by Stephi Wild - January 07, 2021 The Pressure Players, a local NYC-based production company based in NYC announced its first international collaboration in the United Kingdom today, partnering with the University of Northampton's Drama Department in an effort to feature rising talent and nurture stories of its growing global audien...
VIDEO: Amandla Stenberg Talks DEAR EVAN HANSEN Movie on TODAY
by Michael Major - September 15, 2021 Amandla Stenberg plays the role of Alana Beck in the new film adaption of Dear Evan Hansen. She discusses how the character is expanded for the film and how she prepared for the role....
Anchorage Symphony Orchestra Will Perform RENEGADES Next Month
by Stephi Wild - October 25, 2021 On Saturday, November 6th, at 7:30 pm, the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra presents “Renegades,” an evening featuring works by Bologne, Stravinsky, and Mozart. Each of these exceptional composers ignored their critics and went about composing works that continue to be performed today....
Cork Arts Theatre Announces Ten New Productions By Cork Artists
by Stephi Wild - February 21, 2022 After the famine comes a feast. Theatre-lovers are in for a real treat in 2022 as Cork Arts Theatre premieres exciting new work by local playwrights, post lockdown....
American Music Theatre Project Breaks Virtual Ground With [re:CLICK] 2.0
by A.A. Cristi - June 18, 2021 American Music Theatre Project's experimental web-based production allows audiences to pick an avatar and the version of the show they want to 'play.'. ...
BWW Interview: Conducting ST. MATTHEW PASSION's Only One of James Conlon's Many Current Commitments
by Gil Kaan - March 02, 2022 LA Opera’s next production St. Matthew Passion will open March 12, 2022, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. LA Opera’s music director James Conlon conducts with choreographer John Neumeier staging Johann Sebastian Bach’s scared masterpiece with members of the Hamburg Ballet. The always busy Maestro f...
SOCIETY Theatre Company Announces An Additional $50,000 In Grants
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 19, 2021 New York City-based theater collective SOCIETY announced today the Hawthorne Arts Community Grant will distribute an additional $50,000 to theater artists in the coming months, bringing the total grant amount to $100,000 since September 2020....
VIDEO: Amandla Stenberg Talks DEAR EVAN HANSEN Movie on TODAY
by Michael Major - September 15, 2021 Amandla Stenberg plays the role of Alana Beck in the new film adaption of Dear Evan Hansen. She discusses how the character is expanded for the film and how she prepared for the role....
VIDEO: Watch a Teaser for HBO's Q: INTO THE STORM
by Sarah Leiber - February 26, 2021 During the three-year global investigation, the series chronicles the evolution of “Q” in real-time with unprecedented access to key players, revealing how the anonymous character known only as “Q” uses conspiracy theories and information warfare....
A Musical Tribute for Veteran's Day to be Hosted by New Musicals Inc
by Gigi Gervais - November 07, 2021 On Veterans’ Day - November 11 - at 7pm, New Musicals Inc is hosting a special online concert to help celebrate the day and pay respect to veterans around the world. The free concert will feature excerpts from the musical webseries, “So Proudly We Hailed” which honors veterans by dramatizing and mus...
Dolores Huerta Will Join Tim Robbins For Post-Performance Talkback For WE LIVE ON
by Stephi Wild - August 04, 2021 Da Silva tells Huerta's story onstage; she is also co-founder of El Cine, a nonprofit dedicated to providing film education for the cost of a movie ticket to marginalized communities, predominantly Latinx....
Trinity Rep Announces Casting For 2021-22 Season
by A.A. Cristi - October 05, 2021 The Tony Award-winning Trinity Repertory Company announces its casting for its 58th season, along with the sale of single-show tickets. ...
BSO's 'Adès Conducts Adès' CD Nominated For Three Grammys
by A.A. Cristi - November 24, 2020 The Boston Symphony Orchestra's latest recording on the Deutsche Grammophon label, Adès Conducts Adès, garnered three Grammy nominations earlier today: for Best Classical Instrumental Solo, Best Classical Compendium, and Best Contemporary Classical Composition....
WEST SIDE STORY, TICK, TICK...BOOM! & More Featured on Oscars Shortlist For 10 Categories
by Michael Major - December 21, 2021 The shortlists for Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Score, Original Song, Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound and Visual Effects have been announced. Candidates include Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jennifer Hudson, Carole King,...
Mabou Mines Announces New Members on the Eve of its 51st Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 04, 2021 Mabou Mines today has announced a group of multidisciplinary artists whose work affirms the company’s 51-year history of collaboration and experimentation. Co-Artistic Directors Karen Kandel, Sharon Ann Fogarty, Mallory Catlett, and Carl Hancock Rux welcome new Associate Artists and members in a new...
VIDEO: Amandla Stenberg Talks Co-Writing a Song For DEAR EVAN HANSEN, and More!
by Stephi Wild - September 19, 2021 Amandla Stenberg appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday night to talk about the upcoming Dear Evan Hansen movie, and more....
Review Roundup: PRIDE & PREJUDICE (*SORT OF) is Now Playing in the West End; What Did the Critics Think?
by Stephi Wild - November 04, 2021 Pride and Prejudice (*Sort Of), Isobel McArthur's unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen's classic love story, is now playing at the Criterion Theatre. It was just announced that the production has extended its booking period to Sunday 17 April 2022....
Dominic Monaghan To Star In Swamp Motel's THE KINDLING HOUR
by Stephi Wild - February 23, 2021 Casting has today been announced for The Kindling Hour, the third and final part in a trilogy of online productions from multi-award winning theatre and experience makers, Swamp Motel....
CloudNone Reveals 'Dizzy Lifted' First Track
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 20, 2021 An overjoyed house affair, ‘Dizzy Lifted’ highlights CloudNone’s production mastery, particularly with repurposing vocal clips. From the main chorus line to the top melody to the bridge’s buildup, CloudNone’s instrumental is saturated with several vocal samples that are each modulated with distinctl... |