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JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING, HERE WE ARE, & More Receive Artios Awards Nominations
by Josh Sharpe - Nov 1, 2024

Casting Society has announced nominations in the theatre, television, commercials, short film and short-form series for the 2025 Artios Awards. The awards will be presented in multiple locations on February 12, 2025.

Review: IL SEGRETO DI SUSANNA / PAGLIACCI, Opera Holland Park
by Gary Naylor - Jul 18, 2024

Opera Holland Park delivers two short pieces - an ideal introduction to the form's unique capacity to bring emotional weight to any story

STRANGER SINGS! THE PARODY MUSICAL to Debut on BroadwayHD
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 25, 2024

BroadwayHD will debut Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical with an accompanying watch party on Wednesday, July 24, at 7:00 PM.

STRANGER SINGS! Reveals New Global Streaming Dates for Live Capture
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 20, 2023

After enthusiastic demand from the recent streaming premiere of Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical, the hit off-Broadway musical will present new global streaming dates on Stellar Live for fans around the world.

Video: Bonny Doon Release Video For Title-Track Off New Album 'Let There Be Music'
by Michael Major - Jun 14, 2023

Detroit, MI trio Bonny Doon are gearing up to release their new album Let There Be Music this Friday via Anti- Records. Ahead of its release the band has shared a music video for the album’s title track “Let There Be Music,” animated by Nora Rodriguez. Check out upcoming tour dates! Watch the music video now.

STRANGER SINGS! THE PARODY MUSICAL to Present Additional Streaming Date This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 24, 2023

Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical is offering audiences an additional streaming opportunity to visit The Upside Down on May 28th at 7PM BST / 2PM EST.

STRANGER SINGS!, THE PARODY MUSICAL to Present One-Night-Only Streaming Event This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 9, 2023

After completing its 200+ performance Off-Broadway run this weekend, Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical will offer audiences another opportunity to visit The Upside Down with a one-night-only streaming event on May 27.

Bonny Doon Share 'On My Mind'; Final Preview From New Album
by Michael Major - May 8, 2023

Detroit, MI trio Bonny Doon share “On My Mind,” the wistful new single and final preview of their upcoming new album, Let There Be Music, out in June via ANTI- Records. Bonny Doon is hitting the west coast next week and have announced a US summer tour. Tickets are available via the band’s website.

The Players to Host Conversation With Sir Ian McKellen
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 17, 2021

The Players, New York's legendary membership club for arts professionals and patrons, will host an online conversation with Sir Ian McKellen on Sunday afternoon, September 19.

Woodsist Fest Announces 2021 Lineup
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 27, 2021

Arrowood Farms is located at 236 Lower Whitfield Road, Accord NY 12404. Tent and RV camping is available at the Rondout Valley Campground one mile away from the festival site. A carefully curated selection of local Hudson Valley-based food vendors will be on-hand serving all day long.

RED SQUIRREL Opera Company Launches to Champion Unknown and Neglected Works
by Stephi Wild - Mar 3, 2021

The name of the company itself pays homage to its mission - 'endangered, digging up long-buried morsels,' according to Conductor John Andrews.

Jim Dale Recalls Highlights of His Illustrative Career September 13
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 9, 2020

Celebrated performer Jim Dale will join Joel Aalberts of Santa Fe's beautiful Lensic Performing Arts Center and John Andrews of The Shakespeare Guild for a delightful conversation on Sunday, September 13, at 4:00 PM (EST).

John Douglas Thompson Talks Shakespeare With The National Arts Club
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 7, 2020

The National Arts Club presents an online conversation on Shakespeare with award-winning actor John Douglas Thompson on Wednesday, August 12 at 1:00 PM (EST).

Shobana Jeyasingh Launches a Dance Installation On Pandemic - Contagion
by Stephi Wild - Jul 30, 2020

This August Shobana Jeyasingh Dance presents two different versions of the intense and moving Contagion, co-commissioned by 14 a?" 18 NOW to commemorate the centenary of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.

Next-Gen Artists Team Up for Virtual Benefit Concert HARMONIZE AGAINST HUNGER
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Jun 2, 2020

Executive Producers Michael William Nigro and Zach Kessel, alongside Concierge Content, have announced their virtual benefit concert, a?oeHarmonize Against Hunger,a?? to benefit Feeding America and Project Broadway.The concert will air on YouTube on June 26, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. EST. The YouTube channel can be found at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGwJ-4UTlZ-wRPKXmyNxUPw/featured.

Opera Holland Park Reveals Casts For 2020 Season Of Firsts
by Stephi Wild - Oct 17, 2019

Tchaikovsky's perfect tragedy of first love, Eugene Onegin, opens the season, with Anush Hovhannisyan as Tatyana. Critically acclaimed for her role as Violetta in La traviata for Scottish Opera in 2017, and nominated in the 2018 International Opera Awards, she makes her OHP debut. Also appearing at OHP for the first time is the Australian baritone Samuel Dale Johnson as Onegin. British lyric soprano Amanda Roocroft makes her role debut as Madame Larina, having performed the role of Tatyana to great acclaim internationally. Fresh from success at Opera North and the Royal Opera, Nicky Spence returns to OHP as Lensky. Emma Stannard sings the role of Tatyana's sister Olga, with Kathleen Wilkinson as their nurse, Filippyevna.

BWW Interview: Jennifer Graves and Patrick Briggs of ROMEO AND JULIET at Santa Fe Classic Theater
by Zoe Burke - Mar 20, 2019

When a group of actors with a passion for the classics (who already have a plan for a theater) are presented with the opportunity to present outdoor Shakespeare in what is arguably one of the loveliest venues in Santa Fe, they just have to go for it; even if it means putting together a large scale production of one of Shakespeare's most well known and beloved works in fewer than six months.

Investec Opera Holland Park Announces 2019 Season Casts And Dates
by Stephi Wild - Oct 10, 2018

Manon Lescaut, sponsored by Viking Cruises, opens the season with the British lyric soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn in the title role. Named 'Best newcomer in opera' by The Telegraph in 2010 following her operatic debut as Mimi in La boheme at English National Opera, Llewellyn has gone from strength to strength on the international stage. She was last at OHP in 2017, as Magda in La rondine. The Welsh bass-baritone Paul Carey Jones makes his OHP debut as Lescaut. His recent career highlights include his Royal Opera House debut in The Nose and the Scottish premiere of Philip Glass's The Trial with Scottish Opera.

Neu! Reekie! Bring Artists To Hull 2017 For State Of The Nation Festival
by BWW News Desk - Mar 28, 2017

As Britain gets set to begin negotiations to exit the European Union, full details have been announced for Where Are We Now?, a new festival bringing hip hop, music, film, poetry, dancing and more, which promises to be as thought-provoking as it is entertaining.

BWW Interview: Shohreh Aghdashloo Brings Political Power to THE EXPANSE
by E.H. Reiter - Jan 24, 2017

Shohreh Aghdashloo currently can be found in Syfy's television "The Expanse" as a Machiavellian politician who comes from a long line of political family who never once had to win an election. Before the second season premieres on February 1st, here's what Shohreh was able to share about what to expect from this character in the new season.