U.S.-China Music Forum to Hold Discussion and Performance in October
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 30, 2023
Enjoy an afternoon of engaging discussion and live music as Asia Society and the U.S.-China Music Institute at Bard College present a panel of experts from diverse perspectives to look towards the future of U.S.-China relations in music.
Cypress College Theatre Arts Stages HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
by Marissa Tomeo - Mar 6, 2022
After a 1 year delay due to the pandemic, Cypress College Theatre Arts Department proudly presents HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. Featuring hit songs like, 'Good Morning Star Shine' and 'Aquarius', Hair was the first rock musical on Broadway, and tells the story of the 'tribe', a group of politically active, long-haired hippies during the anti-war, sexual revolution of the 1960s.
Renée Fleming, Al Gore & More to be Featured in COAL + ICE Events
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 2, 2022
Asia Society and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced initial programming for a six-week festival of events paired with the East Coast premiere of COAL + ICE, a documentary photography exhibition that brings together the work of over 50 photographers and video artists from around the world.
Art Institute Of Chicago Announces New John H. Bryan Chair Of Architecture And Design
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 9, 2021
The Art Institute announced today that the museum has appointed architectural historian and curator Irene Sunwoo to be the John H. Bryan Chair and Curator, Architecture and Design. Sunwoo joins the Art Institute from the Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, where she has been Curator of the Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery and Director of Exhibitions since 2016.
Tom Gold Dance To Perform New Work At Cooper Hewitt
by Stephi Wild - Jun 4, 2019
New York City-based Tom Gold Dance will present a new work by Tom Gold Dance Founder and Director Tom Gold, Thursday, July 11 at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Making its first appearance at Cooper Hewitt, the Company is one of several groups included in the 2019 Cocktails at Cooper Hewitt, the annual performance series held in the Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden, one of the largest enclosed museum gardens in New York City.
Tippet Rise Art Center Announces Details of its 4th Concert Season
by Julie Musbach - Feb 20, 2019
Tippet Rise Art Center, today announced full program details for its fourth concert season, to be presented over the course of seven weeks from July 12 to September 7, 2019. The season's artists will perform 23 recitals and chamber music concerts both indoors and out at the scenic art center, which is set on a 12,000-acre working ranch at the foot of Montana's Beartooth Mountains. Under the direction of newly appointed Artistic Advisor Pedja Muzijevic, the season will bring together some of the world's most sought-after musical artists along with rising stars, in programs that span more than four centuries of repertoire.
LYSISTRATA JONES Returns To New York
by Julie Musbach - Feb 26, 2018
Ophelia Theatre Group, a leading player in Astoria's theatre scene, is presenting its spring musical Lysistrata Jones. Spearheaded by a female-driven production team, Lysistrata tells the tale of a determined cheerleader who leads the students around her in a battle of the sexes. With a rocking score written by Lewis Flinn and book by five-time Tony nominee Douglas Carter Beane, the show will be an immersive experience performed on a faux basketball court at the back of the Variety Boys and Girls Club in Queens. In the first production in New York since its Broadway run, Ophelia Theatre is thrilled to be giving a new feminist life to this baller cult classic! We guarantee laughs, romance and basketballs, lots of basketballs!
TV Exclusive: Broadway Sessions Rolls Out the Red Carpet for the Cast of PARAMOUR
by Ben Cameron - Feb 27, 2017
Nothing could be more fitting the day after the Oscar's than celebrating our recent evening with the stars of Cirque Du Soleil's Paramour. Paramour stars Ruby Lewis, Ryan Vona, Bret Shuford, Sheridan Mouawad, Nick Cartell and Katrina Cunningham dazzled like movie land's gilded statue. Add to the starry mix, Elf's Arthur Ross, vocalist Shakiera Sarai and pint-sized diva Isabella Koster, and we may as well have rolled out the red carpet. Enjoy this Oscar worthy performances from the star's of Broadway's Hollywood themed musical/acrobatic hybrid.
Broadway Sessions Welcomes PARAMOUR Stars and More this Thursday
by BWW News Desk - Feb 14, 2017
BROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron (Bway Wicked, Aida and Footloose) and features musical director Joshua Stephen Kartes on piano.