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....
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....
LA Opera Announces Online Events for the Week Of October 26
by A.A. Cristi - October 22, 2020 While LA Opera awaits its cue to return to live performances onstage, the company has turned to creating an array of online content through the LA Opera On Now initiative, which will soon expand to include a series of exciting new Digital Shorts commissions as well as a November 14 stream of The Ano...
320 Festival Announces Daily Schedule + Additional Performance From Jimmie Allen
by A.A. Cristi - May 07, 2020 This weekend, the inaugural 320 Festival will be taking place fully online from May 8-10. As the three-day broadcast rapidly approaches, 320 Festival has announced the daily schedule for the event, as well as an additional performance from Jimmie Allen....
National Geographic Gives Season Two Order to THE HOT ZONE
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 11, 2020 National Geographic announced today that 'The Hot Zone,' the network's highest-rated scripted series to date, has been greenlit for a second season, which will focus on the anthrax attacks of 2001....
BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA VIRTUAL TOUR NOV 6-14 at Home Computer Screens
by Maria Nockin - November 06, 2020 Free digital tickets are now available for The Anonymous Lover which premieres online Saturday, November 14, at 5 PM Pacific Time. The Anonymous Lover is a 1780 comic romance by pioneering Black composer Joseph Bologne, known as the Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Conducted by Music Director James Conlo...
The Tampa Bay Times Names Ruth Eckerd Hall A Winner Of The Tampa Bay Top Workplaces 2020 Award
by Stephi Wild - April 06, 2020 Susan Crockett, Ruth Eckerd Hall President & CEO, announced today that Ruth Eckerd Hall has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2020 honor by The Tampa Bay Times for the first time in the history of the performing arts center....
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....
Quincy Symphony Orchestra Will Broadcast Concerts on WGEM in May
by Stephi Wild - May 15, 2020 The Quincy Symphony Orchestra & Chorus has partnered with WGEM-TV to broadcast three concerts in May....
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...
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....
James Conlon Leads LA Opera Virtual Production Of THE ANONYMOUS LOVER
by A.A. Cristi - October 31, 2020 For Music Director James Conlon, LA Opera's West Coast premiere of Joseph Bologne's The Anonymous Lover (L'Amant Anonyme) represents an extension of his personal mission to shed new light on neglected or marginalized corners of the repertoire. He said:...
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...
What Are the Top 10 Shows Being Streamed on BroadwayHD?
by BWW News Desk - April 06, 2020 For the past three weeks, the number one streaming show on BroadwayHD was Kinky Boots. This weekend, Oklahoma took the spot of number one. Here's a Top 10 list of most-streamed shows this past weekend....
Nottingham Playhouse Announces Winner Of Panto Playwright Call Out
by Stephi Wild - June 10, 2020 Nottingham Playhouse today announces Naomi Obeng as the winner of its recent call out for a professional writer to create its 2020 festive family show, Jack and the Beanstalk....
UC Davis and Northwestern University Present [re: CLICK], a Digital Drama About Identity Challenges
by Stephi Wild - December 05, 2020 '[re: CLICK],' an innovative contemporary drama spotlighting five students who struggle with their identity in the digital age, marks a new collaboration between the UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance and the American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern University....
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.'. ...
LA Opera Revives After Hours Recital Series With BLACK LOVE
by A.A. Cristi - February 05, 2021 LA Opera will present the first episode of its newly revived After Hours recital series with a program entitled 'Black Love' on Saturday, February 13, at 5pm (PST). ...
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....
Student Blog: Performing Live Again
by Student Blogger: Sabrina Duke - May 17, 2021 'The fact I had forgotten dressing up was a thing made me realize performing live again may not be like riding a bike. I had not performed live in over a year ago, and I had never performed live with a mask. Needless to say, the nerves hit hard.'...
BWW Review: THE ANONYMOUS LOVER at Home Computer Screens
by Maria Nockin - November 15, 2020 Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was a Black man born in 1745 to a slave and a slaveholder on the island of Guadeloupe. Few know Bologne wrote operas and most of them have been lost. Only L’Amant Anonyme remains in its entirety. You can hear some of the stylistic traits of both Mozar...
This Past Weekend's Most Streamed Shows on BroadwayHD!
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2020 For the past three weeks, the number one streaming show on BroadwayHD was Kinky Boots. This weekend, Oklahoma took the spot of number one. Here's a Top 10 list of most-streamed shows this past weekend....
LA Opera Kicks Off 'On Now' Platform With Stream Of THE ANONYMOUS LOVER
by A.A. Cristi - October 14, 2020 On November 14, 2020, LA Opera will present the company premiere of The Anonymous Lover (L'Amant Anonyme), a 1780 opera by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), who is widely regarded as the first Black classical composer known to history....
BWW Feature: Online Virtual Opera Tour November 14-21 at Home Computer Screens
by Maria Nockin - November 14, 2020 Los Angeles Opera presents The Anonymous Lover (L'Amant Anonyme), an unjustly neglected 1780 chamber opera by Joseph Bologne, known as the Chevalier de Saint-Georges. James Conlon will conduct the orchestra. LAO will stream the performance online on Saturday, November 14, 2020, at 5:00 PM. Tickets a...
LA Opera Postpones Four Fall Productions; Announces New Digital Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 28, 2020 LA Opera announced today that it is postponing four productions that were scheduled for later this year to the fall of 2021 due to concerns for artist and patron safety regarding COVID-19.... |