Review Roundup: Critics Weigh In On Berkeley Rep's PARADISE SQUARE: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL
by Alan Henry - January 15, 2019 Paradise Square: An American Musical at Berkeley Rep opened this week. The world premiere is helmed by acclaimed director Moises Kaufman, with choreography by the legendary Bill T. Jones and a book by Marcus Gardley, Craig Lucas, and Larry Kirwan. Music by Jason Howland and Larry Kirwan, with lyrics...
HAUNTED MANHATTAN— THE FIVE POINTS Walking Tour Through Lower Manhattan Begins October 3
by Stephi Wild - October 02, 2019 Just in time for Halloween, HAUNTED MANHATTANa?" THE FIVE POINTS, a 90 minute walking tour exploring paranormal activity in downtown Manhattan's most notorious neighborhood, begins Thursday, October 3rd and runs through the fall. HAUNTED MANHATTAN offers critically-acclaimed walking tours through in...
VIDEO: Get A First Look At Berkeley Rep's PARADISE SQUARE: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL
by Alan Henry - January 17, 2019 Check out all new video from Paradise Square: An American Musical. The world premiere is helmed by acclaimed director Moises Kaufman, with choreography by the legendary Bill T. Jones and a book by Marcus Gardley, Craig Lucas, and Larry Kirwan. Music by Jason Howland and Larry Kirwan, with lyrics by ...
VIDEO: Oregon Ballet Theatre Creates New Digital Work INTERVAL
by Stephi Wild - July 25, 2020 Oregon Ballet Theatre has created a new digital work, Interval, along with choreographer Nicolo Fonte....
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Celebrates 140th Anniversary With World Tour Beginning With Debuts At Wolf Trap And Ravinia
by A.A. Cristi - July 11, 2019 Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (SSO), Asia's oldest symphony orchestra, celebrates its 140th anniversary with a three-week world tour fresh off the heels of the release of its new album on Deutsche Grammophon, Gateways. Led by Music Director Long Yu, the SSO kicks off its tour by making two debuts in t...
The 16th Annual DC JazzFest Announces Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - August 14, 2020 The DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) has announced the full roster of performers for The 16th Annual DC JazzFest. This year's festival will be streamed live from our Nation's Capital from September 24th through 28th as we take our world-class jazz programming to the global stage for the very first time. ...
Five Points Jazz Festival Announces Virtual Festival This May
by A.A. Cristi - April 29, 2020 Denver Arts & Venues has announced a partnership with Rocky Mountain Public Media (Rocky Mountain PBS, KUVO JAZZ and THE DROP) to present the Five Points Jazz Festival virtually on TV, radio and online in lieu of the annual day-long event in Denver's historic Five Points neighborhood....
Experiments In Opera Announces Podcast Opera, AQUA NET & FUNYUNS
by A.A. Cristi - September 29, 2020 The five new works, each 20-25 minutes long, will be audio-only recordings that were designed specifically to tell compelling stories with sound design, sung-through vocals, and instrumentsa?"but no visual elements. ...
ABC News' '20/20: One Night In Central Park' Airs This Friday
by A.A. Cristi - August 19, 2020 On the evening of April 19, 1989, 28-year-old Trisha Meili was viciously beaten, raped and left to die inside New York City's Central Park. The series of events that followed triggered a media frenzy and forever changed the lives of all involved, including the five African American and Hispanic teen...
Comic Valentine To Musical Theatre Plays At Bridewell Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - February 05, 2020 Sedos' presents The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)....
BWW Review: COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN at Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre
by Christine Swerczek - November 12, 2018 Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre takes us back and forth between 1955 and 1975 to the Five and Dime in McCarthy, Texas. The Disciples of Jimmy Dean are meeting to commemorate his untimely death in a car crash. Instead of contributing any new Jimmy Dean memorabilia to their collection, they uncov...
The Public Theater's Mobile Unit to Tour This Spring With CYMBELINE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 05, 2020 The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) will bring Shakespeare's CYMBELINE, directed by Carl Cofield, on tour for the first time ever to venues across the city in a free four-week tour (April 16-May 15), as part of The Public's commitment to bring...
VIDEO: The New York Philharmonic Invites You to Practice 30
by Stephi Wild - July 28, 2020 Are you up for the New York Philharmonic’s Practice 30 Challenge? Practice for 30 days straight, and join in on the community online! ...
Five Senses Festival Returns This Summer
by A.A. Cristi - June 18, 2019 The Five Senses Festival, now in its second year, returns to Litchfield County, Connecticut this July and August. The acclaimed festival, created by internationally renowned dance company Pilobolus together with Spring Hill Vineyards, Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia, and a group of strong community sup...
The Best Of Broadway Returns To Grand Rapids For 2021-2022 Season
by Stephi Wild - December 18, 2020 Broadway Grand Rapids announces new performance dates and plans to reopen in September of 2021. The five-show season originally scheduled in the 2020-2021 season will shift to the 2021-2022 season. Broadway Grand Rapids also announces the return of HAMILTON for two weeks in February of 2022....
BWW Review: THE FIVE MOONS OF LORCA at Home Computer Screens
by Maria Nockin - December 13, 2020 The Five Moons of Lorca is a combination ballet and choral work that tells of the life and death of early twentieth century Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca. He called for a return to the origins of European Theatre and he questioned the social mores of contemporary theatrical pract...
Five Points Jazz Festival Put on Pause Due to the Pandemic
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 11, 2021 A combination of health concerns and economic uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic will result in delaying the in-person presentation of the 2021 Five Points Jazz Festival....
Stage Version of THE FIVE HEARTBEATS Aiming for Broadway
by Nicole Rosky - December 12, 2018 According to Deadline, Robert Townsend is aiming to bring a stage version of his 1991 film The Five Heartbeats to Broadway. Townsend will write the play with Keenan Ivory Wayans, who also wrote the screenplay....
VIDEO: Get A First Look At Berkeley Rep's PARADISE SQUARE: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL
by Alan Henry - January 17, 2019 Check out all new video from Paradise Square: An American Musical. The world premiere is helmed by acclaimed director Moises Kaufman, with choreography by the legendary Bill T. Jones and a book by Marcus Gardley, Craig Lucas, and Larry Kirwan. Music by Jason Howland and Larry Kirwan, with lyrics by ...
Five Student Playwrights Honored As Finalists In Playwriting Competition At Delaware Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2019 Delaware Theatre Company announces the five finalist plays and playwrights in the 2018-2019 Delaware Young Playwrights Festival!...
Sara Bareilles and Cast of LITTLE VOICE Release Five Songs From The Series
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 10, 2020 Today, Grammy Award-winner and Tony and Emmy Award-nominated singer, songwriter, actress, and author Sara Bareilles unveils the Little Voice: Season One, Episodes 1-3 (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack)....
Five Points Jazz Festival Announces Virtual Festival This May
by A.A. Cristi - April 29, 2020 Denver Arts & Venues has announced a partnership with Rocky Mountain Public Media (Rocky Mountain PBS, KUVO JAZZ and THE DROP) to present the Five Points Jazz Festival virtually on TV, radio and online in lieu of the annual day-long event in Denver's historic Five Points neighborhood....
Discovery and Science Channel to Premiere New Series DEEP PLANET
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 09, 2018 After three years of intensive efforts from some of the world's leading oceanographers, submarine engineers, and scientists, the Five Deeps Expedition is launching as the first global ocean journey to send a manned submersible vessel farther and deeper than any in history. An expedition of this size...
Japanese Kabuki Performances Streamed Free Online
by Alan Henry - April 28, 2020 A Japanese theater is providing traditional kabuki plays for free on the internet. The plays, which were scheduled to be performed in March, were cancelled due to the virus pandemic....
LA Opera Launches Digital Shorts Series With THE FIVE MOONS OF LORCA
by A.A. Cristi - December 03, 2020 LA Opera has announced that the new Digital Shorts series will launch with The Five Moons of Lorca (Las cinco lunas de Lorca) by composer Gabriela Lena Frank and librettist Nilo Cruz, streaming online from December 11 through 25.... |