Sci-Fi Family Advanture WATCH THE SKY Arrives on DVD and VOD August 21
Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American Rights to the out-of-this-world family adventure WATCH THE SKY. Breaking Glass acquired rights to the film in a deal negotiated between Breaking Glass CEO Rich Wolff, Miriam Elchanan, Senior Vice President of Sales at Fabrication Films, and Raymond Hsu of Watch the Sky LLC.
The Staples of Shakespeare: Gender-Bending from TWELFTH NIGHT to 'VERONA'
TWELFTH NIGHT and RICHARD III, starring the Tony-winning, incomparable Mark Rylance, have adopted a creative leniency with the characters' gender - though Shakespeare's staple to command his characters to don the garb of a member of the opposite sex, for reasons interwoven in love and lust, greed and vengeance, is a common thread running throughout his romantic repertoire.
The Glass Eye & terraNOVA Collective to Present SEXLESS IN THE BOROUGHS
by Colleen O'Connor October 25-November 3
THE GLASS EYE and New York Innovative Theatre Foundation 2013 Caffe Cino Award recipient TERRANOVA COLLECTIVE are pleased to announce a soloNOVA ARTS Production, Colleen O'Connor's SEXLESS IN THE BOROUGHS directed by The Glass Eye Artistic Director Kyle Metzger. SEXLESS IN THE BOROUGHS will play a two week limited engagement at IRT Theater (154 Christopher Street, New York, NY 10014). Performances begin Friday, October 25 and continue through Sunday, November 3, 2013.
Jacob's Pillow Presents Tere O'Connor's Inventive Work Cover Boy, July 17-21
Jacob's Pillow presents Tere O'Connor Dance in Cover Boy, July 17-21 in the Doris Duke Theatre. Created by choreographer and Artistic Director Tere O'Connor in 2011, Cover Boy explores the closeted gay experience and universal feeling of "otherness" in a poignant and thought-provoking way. Gia Kourlas in Time Out New Yorkcomments "Cover Boy looks at beauty, the body, fear, and desire to find the positive in what would otherwise be thought of as a marginalized existence." Siobhan Burke of The New York Times notes "…hopeful and fearful, aggressive and affectionate, communal and solitary. Mr. O'Connor's dancers embody those contradictions with superb audacity and elegance." This performance is presented as part of the Pillow's annual LGBT Weekend OUT, featuring a packed schedule of free and ticketed performances, talks, and special events, including a Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers tour led by Director of Preservation Norton Owen Sunday, July 21 at noon.
David Lindsay-Abaire's GOOD PEOPLE Comes to Trustus Theatre, Now thru 4/6
Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire won the Trustus Playwrights' Festival with his script Show of Hands in 1995. He went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 for Rabbit Hole, which Trustus produced in 2008. Now, Trustus is bringing Linday-Abaire's newest Tony-nominated script Good People to the Thigpen Main Stage under the direction of nationally-acclaimed guest director Jim O'Connor. Good People opens tonight, March 22nd at 8:00pm, and runs through April 6th, 2013.
David Lindsay-Abaire's GOOD PEOPLE Comes to Trustus Theatre, 3/22-4/6
Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire won the Trustus Playwrights' Festival with his script Show of Hands in 1995. He went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 for Rabbit Hole, which Trustus produced in 2008. Now, Trustus is bringing Linday-Abaire's newest Tony-nominated script Good People to the Thigpen Main Stage under the direction of nationally-acclaimed guest director Jim O'Connor. Good People opens on Friday, March 22nd at 8:00pm, and runs through April 6th, 2013.
Nashville Ballet Unveils Expanded 2011-2012 Season offerings
Nashville Ballet today announces its 2011-2012 season line-up, expanding its offerings to include more performances than in previous years, thus showcasing a variety of artistic styles that exemplify the city's diverse dance and musical talents.