The Tank Presents EMILY D - STAR-CROSSED EMPLOYEE By Melissa Maney
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 28, 2025
The Tank is presenting Melissa Maney's new play, Emily D - Star-Crossed Employee, as a part of their 'The Tank Presents' series. This marks Maney's second collaboration with The Tank after Emily D was selected for The Tank's 2023 'LimeFest'.
PIERROT UNMASKED Comes to Guarneri Hall
by Stephi Wild - Dec 4, 2024
The nonprofit Guarneri Hall will present Pierrot Unmasked, a concert series exploring the poetic and theatrical context of Arnold Schoenberg’s seminal melodrama, Pierrot lunaire.
The New School's College of Performing Arts Will Host MACE Concert
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 31, 2024
For its first performance of the season, MACE gives the world premiere of Short Story No. 1 – a new work by Mannes student Ryan Brideau, alongside Treibstoff by Carola Bauckholt, Of Being is a Bird by Augusta Read Thomas, Enclosed Position by Matthew Ricketts, Shadowgraph 5 (for sextet) by George Lewis, and Dérive by Pierre Boulez.
RUNNING FOR THE WHITE HOUSE Streaming On Demand Through November 1
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 23, 2024
This election season, two solo theater artists are coming together to create 'Running for the White House: Two Women, One Hundred Years Apart.' The program is available to stream on demand through November 1 and features two solo plays.
New Shows With Brian Glowacki, Crystal Ship, and More Come to the Spire Center
by Stephi Wild - Oct 14, 2024
The Spire Center for Performing Arts in Plymouth, Massachusetts announced four new shows. Massachusetts comedian Brian Glowacki will perform on January 10, tribute band to The Doors Crystal Ship will play on January 18, and the funk and soul instrumental band O'Neal Armstrong will perform on January 23. On January 25, Massachusetts rock band Vapors of Morphine will play.
Interview: Writer/Director Melanie MacQueen on ALL THESE WOMEN
by Shari Barrett - Oct 3, 2024
On October 19, Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills is presenting a reading of All These Women, written and directed by Melanie MacQueen. Centering on the newly elected president Woodrow Wilson, the story delves into how the Women’s Suffrage Parade pushed him to finally agree to Voting Rights for All. I decided to speak with Melanie about how the play came into being, her plans to present it as a reading, and how she plans to keep presenting it in the future.
Interview: Anya Turner & Robert Grusecki's New Album SECRET LOVERS Honors Trailblazers
by Rebecca Kaplan - Sep 15, 2024
Singer-songwriters Anya Turner and Robert Grusecki are back at it again with new album SECRET LOVERS releasing 9/16. The ASCAP Foundation and Bistro Award-winning off-Broadway composer/lyricist and performer duo wrote songs inspired by their own life experience and artists, musicians and writers who followed their own gut.
New Book Explores Inspiration Behind Taylor Swift's Song Lyrics
by Josh Sharpe - Aug 27, 2024
This November, Quirk Books will release a new book dedicated to analyzing the lyrics of Taylor Swift's songs through a literary lens. English professor Rachel Feder has teamed up with musical theater performer Tiffany Tatreau on the book, which unpacks the literature that inspired Swift’s song lyrics across her entire catalog.