BalletX Premieres Four Short Dance Films This Month
by A.A. Cristi - September 16, 2020 BalletX kicks off its 15th Anniversary Season with a virtual event on September 23 at 7:00pm, featuring the world premiere of four dance films, available only on the company's new virtual subscription series platform BalletX Beyond at www.BalletX.org/Beyond. Equally exciting for BalletX fans, the c... 
CPT's STATION HOPE Kicks Off Tonight With Pop-up Livestream Performances
by A.A. Cristi - June 24, 2020 Cleveland Public Theatre will present CPT's celebrated annual festival virtually on Saturday, June 27, from 5:00-10:00 (ET).... 
Dauphin County Commissioners' to Present Black History Month Program DO YOU KNOW ME?
by A.A. Cristi - January 27, 2021 In celebration of Black History Month, Dauphin County Commissioners Jeff Haste, Mike Pries, and George R. Hartwick III are proud to present “Do You Know Me?”, an original digital performance episode by Sharia Benn, and partnership program of Sankofa African American Theatre Company and Gamut Theatre... 
Theater in Quarantine Premieres Scott R. Sheppard's BLOOD MEAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 22, 2021 Theater in Quarantine, a pandemic performance laboratory from writer, director, and performer Joshua William Gelb and choreographer Katie Rose McLaughlin, will present the world premiere of Blood Meal, a new play written by Obie Award-winner Scott R. Sheppard (Underground Railroad Game, The Appointm...
Cleveland Public Theatre Presents STATION HOPE 2019
by A.A. Cristi - May 02, 2019 Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to announce CPT's sixth annual Station Hope event on Saturday, May 4, from 7:00 - 10:00pm on the grounds of St. John's Episcopal Church, 2600 Church Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Station Hope is a jubilant community event celebrating Cleveland's social justice heri...
Virginia Rep's Children's Theatre Presents HARRIET TUBMAN AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
by A.A. Cristi - January 14, 2020 Virginia Repertory Theatre announces the company of the second production of the 2019/2020 Children's Season, Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, opening Friday, January 24, 2020, at the Children's Theatre at Willow Lawn. Developed at Virginia Rep, this important story will be told onstage ...
BalletX Premieres Four Short Dance Films This Month
by A.A. Cristi - September 16, 2020 BalletX kicks off its 15th Anniversary Season with a virtual event on September 23 at 7:00pm, featuring the world premiere of four dance films, available only on the company's new virtual subscription series platform BalletX Beyond at www.BalletX.org/Beyond. Equally exciting for BalletX fans, the c... 
Celebrate Black History Month In Northglenn With Music And Dance
by A.A. Cristi - February 03, 2020 Northglenn celebrates Black History Month with two shows in February, thanks to partnerships with regional arts organizations.... 
Theatre 40 Presents HOUSE ON THE HILL Opening On March 27
by A.A. Cristi - March 11, 2021 In celebration of Women's History Month, Theatre 40 is presenting a Zoom reading of House on the Hill: Mary Ellen Pleasant's Story. Ms. Pleasant (1814-1904) was the first African American female millionaire, an abolitionist who worked with the Underground Railroad, a champion who sued for the right ... 
Amazon Studios Announces Deal With Plan B Entertainment
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 14, 2020 Amazon Studios announced today that it has signed a new overall deal for television with the Academy and Emmy Award-winning team at Plan B Entertainment. Under the exclusive new agreement, its first ever devoted to television production, Plan B will develop and produce series to premiere on Amazon P... 
Kent Tritle Leads 'OSNY Messiah 2020' Holiday Concert
by Stephi Wild - November 25, 2020 The Oratorio Society of New York's 147th annual performance of Messiah had been slated to take place on Monday, December 21, 2020, at Carnegie Hall. When it became clear that this could not happen, OSNY Music Director Kent Tritle and the organization's leadership came up with a Plan B. ...
BalletX And Works & Progress At The Guggenheim To Premiere 4 Short Dance Films
by A.A. Cristi - June 11, 2020 BalletX announces the premiere of four short dance films by choreographers Hope Boykin, Rena Butler, Caili Quan, and Penny Saunders for Works & Process at the Guggenheim's Virtual Works & Process series this Sunday, June 14 at 7:30pm a?' the series was recently in the news for premiering Jamar Rober...
NC Opera Awarded NEA Grant To Produce Staged Version Of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell's Oratorio SANCTUARY ROAD
by Stephi Wild - July 13, 2020 North Carolina Opera has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to produce a staged version of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell's acclaimed oratorio Sanctuary Road.... 
William Jackson Harper Will Recur On THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 22, 2019 Deadline reports that William Jackson Harper, the beloved Chidi from NBC's 'The Good Place,' will recur on Barry Jenkins' 'The Underground Railroad,' an adaptation of Colson Whitehead's novel.... 
Joel Edgerton Joins Amazon Series UNDERGROUND RAILROAD From Barry Jenkins
by Tori Hartshorn - April 18, 2019 According to Variety, actor Joel Edgerton has joined the cast of Amazon's forthcoming series from Barry Jenkins, titled UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. Set to write and direct is Oscar winner Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), with the series slated to be executive produced by Pastel (Moonlight) and Brad Pitt's Plan... 
Salem For Social Justice Hosts Free Events This Fall
by Kyle Christopher West - September 21, 2020 Salem for Social Justice will be showing 'Harriet' at the Courthouse lawn on October 2nd. On Sunday, October 11th, the group will be holding an Abolitionist Underground Railroad Walk from 1-3PM led by local historian Clifford Oliver starting at the Greenwich Public Library. Both events are free. ... 
VIFF Announces 2020 Speaker Lineup for VIFF Talks
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 17, 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival 2020 (VIFF) is delighted to announce the complete programming lineup for the always popular VIFF Talks series.... 
Naxos Records to Release SANCTUARY ROAD, Oratorio Society of New York's World Premiere Performance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 09, 2020 The 2018 world premiere performance by the Oratorio Society of New York of the Paul Moravec/Mark Campbell work Sanctuary Road is now a Naxos Records release (January 10, 2020). Based on the writings of William Still, a 'conductor' on the Underground Railroad who chronicled 'the death struggles of ...
Lightning Rod Special Adds Extra Performance To THE APPOINTMENT At Next Door At NYTW
by Stephi Wild - April 29, 2019 Due to popular demand, Lightning Rod Special (LRS) creator of the Obie-Award winning Underground Railroad Game, will add one additional performance to the sold-out run of their newest critically-acclaimed work, The Appointment. The additional performance will take place on Sunday, May 4, 2019 at 3pm... 
The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati Will Present HARRIET TUBMAN: STRAIGHT UP OUTTA' THE UNDEGROUND
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 22, 2020 Her story hidden in secrecy no more, The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (TCT) brings HARRIET TUBMAN: STRAIGHT UP OUTTA THE UNDERGROUND performed by TCT On Tour (TCT's touring division) to the Ralph and Patricia Corbett Showtime Stage March 14-15, 2020....
BalletX And Works & Progress At The Guggenheim To Premiere 4 Short Dance Films
by A.A. Cristi - June 11, 2020 BalletX announces the premiere of four short dance films by choreographers Hope Boykin, Rena Butler, Caili Quan, and Penny Saunders for Works & Process at the Guggenheim's Virtual Works & Process series this Sunday, June 14 at 7:30pm a?' the series was recently in the news for premiering Jamar Rober... 
Kent Tritle's Spring 2020 Includes Bach and Brahms Masterworks and a World Premiere
by Stephi Wild - January 24, 2020 Kent Tritle begins the new decade with his first organ recital at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in two years, Bach's St. John Passion with the Cathedral Choir, and both a new edition of Brahms's A German Requiem and the world premiere of A Nation of Others, an oratorio about Ellis Island with...
Staten Island Museum Explore The Underground Railroad
by Stephi Wild - June 07, 2019 Join historian Debbie-Ann Paige at the Staten Island Museum on Saturday, June 8 at 12pm and 2pm at the Staten Island presentation of 5 Boros to Freedom to explore the history of slavery, freedom seekers, and the abolition movement on Staten Island. 5 Boros to Freedom is an extension of the work of U... 
VIDEO: Watch a Teaser for Barry Jenkins' THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
by Sarah Leiber - October 19, 2020 The first trailer for Barry Jenkins' 'The Underground Railroad' is out today! ... 
Ensemble Theatre Commission New Play I SHALL NOT BE MOVED
by A.A. Cristi - February 22, 2021 Audiences far and wide will experience the internal conflicts and joys of a dark-skinned Black woman's fearless battle for equity and equality by streaming a reading of the show's first draft, available on demand April 19-May 2, 2021. ... |
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