City Lit Names Brian Pastor Executive Artistic Director
City Lit Board President Daniel Robinson announced that Brian Pastor (they/them), City Lit’s current Resident Director and for nine years its Managing Director, will succeed City Lit’s Producer and Artistic Director Terry McCabe, who will retire on June 30, 2024, following the conclusion of City Lit’s recently announced 43rd season.
Initial Casting Announced For The World Premiere of GLORY RIDE
GLORY RIDE, a new musical with Book, Music & Lyrics by Victoria Buchholz & Todd Buchholz, directed by Kelly Devine (Olivier Award-winning choreographer of 'Come From Away'), reveals the secret wartime heroics of Gino Bartali, one of the most beloved athletes of all time.
A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR to Have World Premiere in Hollywood
Willard Manus’ adaptation of A Journal of the Plague Year, by Daniel (“Robinson Caruso”) Defoe, will be performed by Write Act Rep from Nov. 13th - Dec. 19th, 2021 at the Brickhouse Theatre in North Hollywood. Produced by Write Act’s artistic director John Lant and by Anne Mesa, the play is directed by Daniel E. Keough.
Broadway Bares: Twerk From Home Raises $349,434 So Far For BC/EFA
The show, directed by Tony Award winner and Bares creator Jerry Mitchell and co-directed by Laya Barak and Nick Kenkel, featured 14 original numbers that opened the doors for 170 dancers to uncover fantasies and discover confidence in the wake of being stuck at home for so long.
Danse Macabre Productions Presents HOST
Written by Sam Essame (The Door, The Space) and directed by Lisa Millar (The Darklings, VAULT Festival), Danse Macabre Productions bring you Host, a new horror performed live on Zoom about loneliness, redemption and the fear of getting too close.
City Lit's TWO DAYS IN COURT Announces Full Cast
City Lit Theater Artistic Director Terry McCabe today announced his 17-person cast for the company's 2018-2019 season closer - a double-bill of one-acts, dubbed TWO DAYS IN COURT, offering first a fantastic and then a silly and satiric look at the legal system. McCabe will direct the bill, which will open with THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER - the play by Stephen Vincent Benet based on his 1936 short story.
Broadway Dance Lab's Spring 2018 Cycle Launches Today
Broadway Dance Lab (BDL), a non-profit choreography incubator supporting new works of dance-driven theatre, has announced that former New York City Ballet principal dancer, and Tony Award nominee, Robert Fairchild, will join Loni Landon and Ray Mercer as guest choreographers for the company's Spring 2018 Cycle. The Lab is set to begin on Feb. 26, and will culminate with a Gala performance on April 2 at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.
Broadway & Ballet Stars to Perform at Second Annual HERO AWARDS
The HIV Experience Resources Organization (HERO) has announced that on October 26th 2015 at 8pm it will present, in partnership with Broadway Cares, Equity Fights AIDS, and in association with Stage48, the second annual "BROADWAY AND BALLET, HERO AWARDS," at Stage 48, 605 West 48th Street in Manhattan. The event will benefit HERO, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that helps newly diagnosed and people living with HIV/AIDS. www.hivhero.org