Jim Thompson

Gridthiya Gaweewong Receives Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence
by Stephi Wild - Dec 17, 2024

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College has announced Gridthiya Gaweewong as the recipient of its 2025 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence.

First Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Vermont Awards
by BWW Awards - Dec 2, 2024

Check out the first stats for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Vermont 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!

Queensland Museum Hosts SECRETS Exhibition
by Stephi Wild - Nov 21, 2024

Queensland Museum is lifting the veil on some of its more unusual objects in its new exhibition Secrets: Objects of Intrigue opening next month. Learn more here!

Lost Nation Theater Presents Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 28, 2024

Lost Nation Theater’s season finale production of Shakespeare’s magical final play, The Tempest performs Thursdays through Sundays, October 10th – 27th  at Montpelier City Hall. 

JURASSIC WORLD BY BRICKMAN Exhibition Extends
by Stephi Wild - Jul 8, 2024

Due to popular demand the Jurassic World by Brickman® exhibition has been extended by two weeks with doors now closing on this prehistoric journey on Sunday 28 July 2024.

CIM Opera Theater Considers Impact Of War With Tom Cipullo's GLORY DENIED
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 18, 2023

CIM Opera Theater explores the impact of war in Tom Cipullo’s 'Glory Denied'. Discover how this powerful production delves into the human experience during times of conflict.

Lost Nation Theater to Present THE ADDAMS FAMILY Beginning This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 8, 2023

Lost Nation Theater – central Vermont's resident professional theater will present THE ADDAMS FAMILY, the musical by Andrew Lippa, based on the comic strip, TV series, and movies. The show runs Wednesdays- Sundays, July 20–August 6 at LNT's wheelchair-accessible home within Montpelier City Hall Arts Center.

Michael Mayes Returns To Texas For Wagner Debut In Dallas
by Stephi Wild - Jan 17, 2023

Baritone Michael Mayes, a native Texan, returns to Dallas for his first venture into Richard Wagner and The Ring Cycle, debuting the role of Alberich in a new production of Das Rheingold. Born and reared in Cut'n'Shoot, Mayes graduated with a degree in Vocal Performance from the University of North Texas.

DINOSAURS OF PATAGONIA Exhibit is Coming to Queensland Museum in 2023
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 6, 2022

Some of the world’s largest dinosaurs to have ever walked the earth will be stampeding their way into Queensland Museum in 2023. Dinosaurs of Patagonia will kick off the museum’s year of the dinosaur when it opens on Friday 17 March 2023, featuring 13 dinosaur species and incredible fossils from South America. 

Opera At Florham Presents 40th Anniversary Concert And Dinner
by Stephi Wild - Sep 9, 2022

Opera at Florham celebrates 40 years of continuous music with tributes to founders Charles Del Rosso, Violetta DuPont, and Steve DeMaio. Enjoy a sit-down dinner and a performance by Soprano Alexandra Razskazoff, Mezzo-Soprano Shanley Horvitz, Tenor Frederick Schlick, Baritone Matthew Ciuffitelli, and acclaimed accompanist Mary Pinto. Matthew and Frederick are fan favorites at Opera at Florham, and Alexandra and Shanley are winners of recent Opera at Florham vocal competitions.

CURIOCITY BRISBANE Opens Today
by Stephi Wild - Jun 24, 2022

Today marks the first of 17 colourful days of Curiocity Brisbane featuring outdoor artworks, interactive installations, conversations and workshops by world-class artists for visitors to explore during Brisbane's winter holidays.

CURIOCITY BRISBANE Returns To Ignite Imagination In 2022
by Stephi Wild - May 9, 2022

Ignite your curiosity this winter as Brisbane transforms into an urban oasis of science and art when Curiocity Brisbane returns from 24 June to 10 July 2022.

Queensland Museum to Host DISNEY: THE MAGIC OF ANIMATION
by Marissa Tomeo - Feb 5, 2022

Disney magic is coming to the Queensland Museum this summer with Disney: The Magic of Animation set to open in June 2022. Every great animated movie starts with an artists’ brushstroke, and the team at Walt Disney Animation Research Library is bringing an amazing selection of artwork from their extensive catalogue in this enchanting exhibition that takes you behind the scenes of your favourite animated films.

The Atlanta Opera Releases GLORY DENIED Audio Recording & Short Film in November
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 10, 2021

Reflecting its deep commitment and connection to the veteran community, The Atlanta Opera will honor veterans in November with the release of two works centered on Tom Cipullo's Glory Denied, a distinctly American saga about the nation's longest-held prisoner of war, who returns from the jungles of Southeast Asia to a suburban home he barely recognizes.

Berkshire Opera Festival Returns to the Stage With an Expanded Summer 2021 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 17, 2020

After Summer 2020's pandemic cancellations and virtual programs, Berkshire Opera Festival looks ahead with cautious optimism to its grand return to the stage in Summer 2021. In addition to its signature Mainstage performance, free concert, and impressive casts of rising stars and luminaries, the season is notable for an exciting expansion of its offerings.

Times Square Arts Announces The Return Of MIDNIGHT MOMENT
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 21, 2020

Times Square Arts is excited to announce the return of Midnight Moment, the world's largest, longest-running digital art exhibition, synchronized on electronic billboards throughout Times Square nightly from 11:57pm to midnight. Beginning this September through November, Times Square's screens will light up with site-specific video works by artists Kambui Olujimi, Optical Animal, and Zina Saro-Wiwa.

Michael Mayes Will Lead Atlanta Opera's GLORY DENIED
by Stephi Wild - Mar 1, 2020

Michael Mayes will star in the Atlanta Opera's production of Tom Cipullo's 'Glory Denied.'

BWW Review: GLORY DENIED at Urban Arias
by Mary Lincer - Jan 17, 2020

Jim Thompson, an Army Ranger and POW of the Viet Namese for 9 years, deserves to have his story widely known. In 2001, Tom Philpott published an oral biography of Thompson; later that year, the next undeclared war was triggered. Glory Denied, a 90 minute opera based on Philpott's book, definitely contributes to raising Thompson's profile. Urban Arias has mounted a strong production of the 2007 one-act work in English through January 19 in the Keegan Theatre's space on Church Street.

BWW Review: A GRIM AND POWERFUL 'GLORY DENIED' at Union Avenue Opera
by Steve Callahan - Aug 19, 2019

A soldier gone to a far off war, absent for years. His wife in anguish, not knowing whether she's a widow. It's a story far older than The Odyssey.

Union Avenue Opera Celebrates 25th Festival Season
by Julie Musbach - May 22, 2019

Over 21 artists will make their Union Avenue Opera (UAO) debut this summer as the company celebrates its 25th Anniversary Season. The seven-week summer season will open Friday, July 5 with Bernstein's hilarious, philosophical, and fast-paced take on Voltaire's 1759 biting satire of the same name, Candide and will feature the return of Christine Brewer to the UAO stage. The season continues through August 24th with performances of Puccini's operatic blockbuster La boheme, a tribute to UAO's tradition of presenting operas in original languages, and the St. Louis premiere of Tom Cipullo's Glory Denied, the true saga of Vietnam veteran Colonel Jim Thompson, the longest-held American POW in US history.