Garden of Laughs Comedy Benefit Raises Nearly $1.4 Million
MSG Entertainment (MSGE) and The Garden of Dreams Foundation announced today that its sold-out comedy event, Garden of Laughs, raised nearly $1.4 million to aid the Foundation's efforts to make dreams come true for children in need, making it the most successful fundraiser in Garden of Dreams' history.
Zara Phillips's BENEATH MY FATHER'S SKY Returns to United Solo Tonight
After last year's critically-acclaimed debut, Zara Phillips' inspiring one-woman show, 'Beneath My Father's Sky' has been invited back to the United Solo Festival in New York City beginning tonight, November 1st, 2014. The performance, which takes place during National Adoption Month, follows Zara's path to locate her birth father and reveals the many emotions, longings, disappointments and realities that journey entails. Wonderfully engaging for any audience, the feelings and memories she brings so vividly to life resonate deeply with adoptees and their families.
Zara Phillips's BENEATH MY FATHER'S SKY to Return to United Solo, 11/1
After last year's critically-acclaimed debut, Zara Phillips' inspiring one-woman show, 'Beneath My Father's Sky' has been invited back to the United Solo Festival in New York City beginning November 1st, 2014. The performance, which takes place during National Adoption Month, follows Zara's path to locate her birth father and reveals the many emotions, longings, disappointments and realities that journey entails. Wonderfully engaging for any audience, the feelings and memories she brings so vividly to life resonate deeply with adoptees and their families.
Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels Honored with 2014 Garden of Dreams Hero Award
The Garden of Dreams Foundation announced today that legendary artist and Garden of Dreams Foundation board member, Darryl McDaniels, is the recipient of the 2014 Garden of Dreams Hero Award. Established in 2009, the Hero Award honors one person or organization annually that embodies the spirit of the Garden of Dreams Foundation through an active and ongoing dedication to positively impacting the lives of children facing obstacles, while serving as a driving force and inspiration for others.
Brick Theater Presents THE COMIC BOOK THEATER FESTIVAL ISSUE #2, Now thru 6/29
Comics are sometimes called 'sequential art' - stories that unfold across time over the course of multiple images. This definition also applies to the art of theater - and with so much in common, it makes sense that the two should team up. After a successful first installment in 2011, the Comic Book Theater Festival is coming back to The Brick for 'Issue #2' in June 2014. Get ready for a new crop of shows that explore the intersection of the panel and the stage, the live and the drawn, the ink and the actor.
Brick Theater to Present THE COMIC BOOK THEATER FESTIVAL ISSUE #2, 6/3-29
Comics are sometimes called "sequential art" - stories that unfold across time over the course of multiple images. This definition also applies to the art of theater - and with so much in common, it makes sense that the two should team up. After a successful first installment in 2011, the Comic Book Theater Festival is coming back to The Brick for "Issue #2" in June 2014. Get ready for a new crop of shows that explore the intersection of the panel and the stage, the live and the drawn, the ink and the actor.
Bridget Everett & The Tender Moments and More Set for Joe's Pub this Week
Joe's Pub at The Public (Dec. 9-15), will feature performances from JOSEPH STIGLITZ, THE MEN IN BLAZERS, THE LONG CHRISTMAS DINNER, JARELL PERRY WITH SPECIAL GUEST LOCKSMITH AND HOST KID FURY, MISS TESS & THE TALKBACKS / KRISTIN ANDREASSEN + MICHAELA ANNE, BRIDGET EVERETT & THE TENDER MOMENTS, THE LOSERS LOUNGE 20TH ANNIVERSARY, REVEREND BILLY & THE STOP SHOPPING CHOIR, JOHN ROBERTS, and TAMMY FAYE STARLIGHT IS NICO: UNDERGROUND.
Public Theater to Continue Forum Season with JOSEPH STIGLITZ ON THE RICH AND POOR, 12/9
The Public Theater will continue its Public Forum season with PUBLIC FORUM SOLO: JOSEPH STIGLITZ ON THE RICH AND POOR on Monday, December 9 at 7:00 p.m. at Joe's Pub. This one-night-only event will feature a talk by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on income inequality and what the artistic community can do about it, followed by a conversation featuring Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC, Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, and Public Works Director Lear deBessonet.
Photo Flash: Rockettes and More Join Garden of Dreams to Unveil Children's Hospital Renovations
Yesterday, the Garden of Dreams Foundation and the New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital unveiled the refurbishments in the Children's Diagnostic Radiology Center made possible by a grant from Garden of Dreams. Celebrities including the Rockettes, John Starks, Rod Gilbert, Adam Graves, Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels joined patients and Hospital staff for the ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate and unveil the new corridor. Scroll down for photos!
Celebrity guests Fabrizio Moretti, Nikolai Fraiture and Albert Hammond Jr. of the Strokes, model Damaris Lewis, Run DMC’s Darryl McDaniels and Broadway stars Tony Vincent, Rebecca Faulkenberry and Chester Gregory watch as children from the Garden o