Ivan Navarro's MUTE PARADE Exhibition Opens Tonight at Paul Kasmin Gallery
by BWW News Desk - October 26, 2016 This October, Iván Navarro transforms Paul Kasmin Gallery, 293 Tenth Avenue, into a synesthetic environment with his exhibition Mute Parade....
Artists from Across the U.S. and Around the World Tapped for UNDER THE RADAR 2017
by BWW News Desk - October 25, 2016 The Public Theater has announced the exciting international line-up for the 13th annual UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL, running January 4-15, 2017....
ALFREDO JAAR: SHADOWS Runs thru 3/28 at Galerie Lelong
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2015 Galerie Lelong will present Alfredo Jaar's Shadows from February 14 through March 28, 2015....
BWW Reviews: Shopov and Reeves Do the Heavy Lifting in Zeitgeist Stage Company's BENT
by Nancy Grossman - September 30, 2014 Following last season's award-winning production of THE NORMAL HEART, Zeitgeist Stage Company sets the bar high with the compelling drama BENT, featuring outstanding performances from Victor L. Shopov and Brooks Reeves. Directed with distinction by David J. Miller, the play challenges its audience t...
Glagoslav Publications to Release English Translation of THE TALE OF AYPI
by Christina Mancuso - July 05, 2016 Summary: The Tale of Aypi follows the fate of a group of Turkmen fishermen dwelling on the coast of the Caspian Sea. The fear of losing their ancestral home looms over the entire village. This injustice is being made to look like a voluntary initiative on the part of the fishermen themselves, whi...
Film Society of Lincoln Center Announces Cartoonists, Foot Soldiers of Democracy Special Screening
by Caryn Robbins - January 16, 2015 The Film Society of Lincoln Center, in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy NY, Unifrance Films, Distrib Films, and Kinology, will host a special screening and the North American premiere of Stephanie Valloatto's Cartoonists, Foot Soldiers of Democracy...
Vaclav Havel's AUDIENCE and PROTEST to Close This Weekend at Mad Cat
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2017 Mad Cat continues its 17th season with a production of two of Vaclav Havel's sharp political dramas AUDIENCE and PROTEST....
Mad Jenny's LOVE UND GREED Returns to Pangea for One Night! 10/24
by Ashlee Latimer - October 20, 2016 Mad Jenny reprises 'Love und Greed' at Pangea on Monday October 24th at 9:30PM after a successful spring run. Mad Jenny's show is a richly appointed theatrical Weimar vaudeville filled with decadent enjoyment for the ears and eyes, shot with strong doses of fear, ennui and protest perfect for these ...
Karyn Levitt to Release ERIC BENTLEY'S BREECHT-EISLER SONGBOOK Recording in October
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2015 'Eric Bentley's Brecht-Eisler Songbook,' the debut CD from soprano actress Karyn Levitt, will be available from Roven Records on October 30....
Cast Announced for Steppenwolf for Young Adults' 1984
by Tyler Peterson - July 07, 2015 Steppenwolf for Young Adults (SYA) is pleased to announce casting for the first production of its 2015/16 season, George Orwell's 1984, adapted by Andrew White and directed by SYA Artistic and Educational Director Hallie Gordon. Gordon, who directed last season's sold-out production of Animal Farm, ...
Between the Seas Festival to Stage North American Premiere of COULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THE CAMERA?, 5/28-31
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2015 Between the Seas Festival is thrilled to present the North American premiere of Could You Please Look Into the Camera? by Syrian playwright Mohammad Al Attar in an English translation by Lisa Wedeen....
Photo Flash: First Look at Steppenwolf for Young Adults' Production of George Orwell's 1984
by BWW News Desk - October 23, 2015 On the heels of a sold-out production of George Orwell's Animal Farm last season, Steppenwolf for Young Adults (SYA) begins the 2015/16 season with another Orwellian masterpiece, 1984. Adapted by Andrew White and directed by SYA Artistic and Educational Director Hallie Gordon, 1984 receives a multi-...
Steppenwolf for Young Adults' 2015-16 Season to Include World Premiere of THE COMPASS & 1984
by Tyler Peterson - May 11, 2015 Steppenwolf for Young Adults (SYA) is pleased to launch its 2015/16 season with George Orwell's 1984, adapted by Andrew White, directed by SYA Artistic and Educational Director Hallie Gordon, who directed last season's critically acclaimed production of George Orwell's Animal Farm. White received a ...
Steppenwolf Extends 1984
by Tyler Peterson - October 30, 2015 Due to popular demand, Steppenwolf for Young Adults (SYA) extends the critically acclaimed production of George Orwell's 1984, adapted by Andrew White and directed by SYA Artistic and Educational Director Hallie Gordon. Hailed as "highly recommended…chilling, hard-hitting" (Chicago Sun-Times) and "a...
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of Trustus Theatre's THE VELVET WEAPON
by BWW News Desk - July 18, 2014 Internationally produced playwright Deborah Brevoort premieres her new farce The Velvet Weapon at Trustus Theatre in The Vista. This script is the winner of the Trustus Playwrights' Festival, an annual competition that gives a full production to a new original work. This world premiere production of...
Raj Nellooli Pens KING PAWN
by Christina Mancuso - August 17, 2015 Author Raj Nellooli spent three years in Syria. During that time he developed a deep understanding of the social fabric and people there. The Syrian conflict started dividing the country and its people and he lived through the initial year of the conflict....
New Pussy Riot Doc in the Works
by Tyler Peterson - November 23, 2015 The controversial Russian punk band 'Pussy Riot' has taken a starring role in a new 90-minute documentary film titled 'Looking For Kleptocracy,' in which an unlikely group of filmmakers and journalists are sent on an outlandish mission to uncover a mafia controlled government in a former Soviet bloc...
Photo Flash: Steppenwolf for Young Adults' Production of Orwell's 1984 Begins Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 21, 2015 On the heels of a sold-out production of George Orwell's Animal Farm last season, Steppenwolf for Young Adults (SYA) begins the 2015/16 season with another Orwellian masterpiece, 1984. Adapted by Andrew White and directed by SYA Artistic and Educational Director Hallie Gordon, Orwell's 1984 receives...
WHBPAC Presents FINEST IN WORLD CINEMA SERIES
by Sally Henry Fuller - February 21, 2015 Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center continues its Finest in World Cinema Series this March on most Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays! Screening the best current release art house, foreign, independent and documentary films that run concurrently at the most prominent film houses in New York City, ...
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of Trustus Theatre's THE VELVET WEAPON, Opening Tonight
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2014 Internationally produced playwright Deborah Brevoort premieres her new farce The Velvet Weapon at Trustus Theatre in The Vista. This script is the winner of the Trustus Playwrights' Festival, an annual competition that gives a full production to a new original work. This world premiere production of...
Smithsonian Channel to Premiere THE LOCKERBIE BOMBING, 12/21
by Caryn Robbins - December 13, 2013 On December 21st 1988, Pan American World Airways Flight 103 exploded in the skies above Lockerbie, a small town in Scotland. All 259 people on board the Boeing 747 were killed, as were 11 people on the ground....
BWW Reviews: POL POT Is a Precocious Puzzlebox
by Alan Katz - August 12, 2014 As the strange and sharp-turning story unfolds, it becomes clear that there are eerie similarities between the regime of the genocidal dictator and the living arrangements of these six men. They are a group of urban creatures who have moved out into the country to live a self-sufficient life. They ...
Public Theater's 13th Annual UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL Kicks Off January 4
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2017 The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) begins performances for the 13th annual UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL on Wednesday, January 4....
HBO Debuts Moving Documentary CRIES FROM SYRIA, 3/13
by Caryn Robbins - February 21, 2017 CRIES FROM SYRIA is a searing account of the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the devastating civil war that has defined the country over the past five years....
CHF Debuts New Annual Spring Festival
by Tyler Peterson - February 03, 2016 The Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) announces the launch of the 2016 Spring Festival,Style, with more than 20 programs taking place in and around Chicago April 28-May 1. Exploring how style shapes who we are as individuals and what we value across cultures, CHF is making the bold statement, 'style... |