Bill Morgan

Last Chance to Vote for the BWW Charlotte Awards; Voting Ends 12/31

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

2 Weeks to Vote for the BWW Charlotte Awards; BYE BYE BIRDIE, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Little Theater of Gastonia & More Lead!

There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards; BYE BYE BIRDIE, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Little Theater of Gastonia & More Lead!

It's the final 3 weeks and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 11th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards December 5th Standings; BYE BYE BIRDIE Leads Best Musical!

It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Latest Standings Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards; A CHRISTMAS CAROL Leads Best Play!

Happy Holidays! The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 27th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Latest Standings Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards; BYE BYE BIRDIE Leads Best Musical!

The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 20th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Night Fall 2023 to Proceed Rain or Shine This Weekend

Night Fall 2023 will proceed rain or shine this weekend. Don't miss this exciting event!

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Comes to the Benedum Center

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has announced, as part of the 2022-2023 Pittsburgh Dance Council season, the world-renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will perform at the Benedum Center, (237 7th Street, Cultural District) for one-night only on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, at 8:00 p.m. This event is presented by the Pittsburgh Dance Council and BNY Mellon. 

Autorino Center for the Arts Welcomes Daniel Salazar Jr.'s GUITAR UNDER THE STARS

For the first time, as part of the Autorino Center for the Arts On the Move season at the University of Saint Joseph, Daniel Salazar Jr., an internationally renowned Spanish guitarist, will perform his annual outdoor concert Guitar Under the Stars for all, for free.

IT'S WONDERFUL LIFE Opera Recording Now Available in Digital Formats and CD Pre-Orders

It's Christmas in August. Houston Grand Opera's (HGO) world premiere of composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer's opera It's a Wonderful Life is now available for audio streaming, high resolution download, and CD pre-orders on the PENTATONE website. The CD will be released worldwide on September 1. It's a Wonderful Life is the newest addition to PENTATONE's American Opera Series. 

Blues Star Morganfield to Perform in Leimert Park, 6/17

Big Bill Morganfield, son of legendary blues songwriter and guitarist  Muddy Waters and an award-winning bluesman himself, will be the star performer at The West Coast Muddy Waters Blues Festival on June 17 in a stage built on Vision Parking Lot in Leimert Park.

ON TOKYO'S EDGE Comes to Teatro Paraguas

Teatro Paraguas and Red Mountain Press are proud to present Gordon Ball reading from his book On Tokyo's Edge: Gajin Tales from Postwar Japan May 21, 5pm. This reading is a continuation of our work with Red Mountain Press and the New Mexico literary community.

The Actors' Gang Welcomes Two New Board Members

The Actors' Gang Artistic Director Tim Robbins, Executive Director Simon Hannah, and chair of the Board, Collette Brooks proudly announce the addition of two new members to The Actors' Gang Board of Directors since January 2017. The newly elected board members are Billie C. Greer and Malissa Feruzzi Shriver.

City Lights Publishers to Present Bill Morgan's THE BEATS ABROAD

The Beat Generation is one of the great homegrown countercultures of the United States, but in fact its writers traveled widely and most of them lived abroad for periods of time. Their travels were a vital source of inspiration, and in turn they inspired literary scenes and kindred spirits around the globe.

City Lights Publishers Celebrates 60th Anniversary

In 1955, Lawrence Ferlinghetti was a mostly unknown poet and the co-founder of a popular all-paperback bookshop in San Francisco. His City Lights Bookstore was two years old and going strong when Ferlinghetti decided to launch a publishing imprint, inaugurating the Pocket Poets Series with his own first book of poems, Pictures of the Gone World, published in a letterpress edition of 500 copies. Priced at 75 cents a copy, the book was assembled by hand by Ferlinghetti and some friends at a small printer just down the street from the bookshop.

Smithsonian Tells Real Story Inspiring CBS' The Dovekeepers in SIEGE OF MASADA Tonight

The legend of Masada is the Alamo of the ancient world, the story of more than 900 Jewish rebels who held a nearly impregnable fort against the might of the Roman Empire.

Smithsonian Tells Real Story Inspiring CBS' The Dovekeepers in SIEGE OF MASADA, 3/27

The legend of Masada is the Alamo of the ancient world, the story of more than 900 Jewish rebels who held a nearly impregnable fort against the might of the Roman Empire.

The Washington National Opera Presents FLORENCIA IN THE AMAZON, Now thru 9/28

Washington National Opera (WNO) opens its 2014-2015 season with the company premiere of Daniel Cata?n and Marcela Fuentes-Berain's Florencia in the Amazon, today, September 20-28 in the Kennedy Center Opera House.

The Washington National Opera Presents FLORENCIA IN THE AMAZON, 9/20-28

Washington National Opera (WNO) opens its 2014-2015 season with the company premiere of Daniel Cata?n and Marcela Fuentes-Berain's Florencia in the Amazon, September 20-28 in the Kennedy Center Opera House. This modern romantic drama, the first Spanish-language work WNO has presented in a decade, is inspired by the magical realism of Colombian author Gabriel Garci?a Ma?rquez. WNO Artistic Director Francesca Zambello revisits her world premiere production with members of her original creative team to present a fresh take on this contemporary classic. Conductor Carolyn Kuan leads the WNO Orchestra in her WNO debut.

MOBY-DICK Opera Broadcast on THIRTEEN's Great Performances Today

Composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer's award-winning opera Moby-Dick, will be broadcast on THIRTEEN's Great Performances tonight, November 1, 2013 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings), as part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival.