History Matters/Back to the Future Has Announced Leah Barsanti as the Winner of This Year's Judith Barlow Prize
Not-for-profit History Matters/Back to the Future has announced its winner for this year's Judith Barlow Prize. The Annual Judith Barlow Prize is awarded to a student playwright for an exceptional one-act play inspired by the work of an historic female playwright. The student winner of the prize receives a $2,500 award and a reading of their work in New York City, with a $500 award to the professor of the course in which the inspiring play was taught.
Applications Are Now Open For This Year's Judith Barlow Prize
Not-for-profit History Matters/Back to the Future is accepting applications for this year's Judith Barlow Prize now through December 31st. The Annual Judith Barlow Prize is awarded to a student playwright for an exceptional one-act play inspired by the work of an historic female playwright. Annually, the first place student winner of the prize receives a $2,500 award and a reading of their work in New York City, with a $500 award to the participating professor.
Photo Flash: Secret Rose Theatre Presents The World Premiere of NANCY F***ING REAGAN
A gay high school teacher, who is about to turn 50, needs to be cajoled by his friends to embrace the future and let go of a past he struggles with - sometimes comically – especially the Reagans' troubling AIDS legacy. The world premiere dramedy Nancy F***ing Reagan opens on July 12 at the Secret Rose Theatre in North Hollywood, where performances will continue through August 4, is being presented by Judith Taranto, written by Daniel Hurewitz and directed by Larry Margo.
World Premiere Of NANCY F***ING REAGAN Opens Next Month At Secret Rose Theatre
A gay high school teacher, who is about to turn 50, needs to be cajoled by his friends to embrace the future and let go of a past he struggles with - sometimes comically - especially the Reagans' troubling AIDS legacy. The world premiere dramedy Nancy F***ing Reagan opens on July 12 at the Secret Rose Theatre in North Hollywood, where performances will continue through August 4, is being presented by Judith Taranto, written by Daniel Hurewitz and directed by Larry Margo.
Música E Historia En La Gala De Saxofón Ofrecieron Alumnos Del INBAL En El Castillo De Chapultepec
Música e historia se conjuntaron tras las paredes de un mismo recinto, pues el Castillo de Chapultepec recibió a los alumnos de la Escuela de Iniciación Artística (EIA) núm. 1 del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, para ofrecer una Gala de Saxofón, la primera de tres. Las próximas dos se realizarán en los museos Nacional de Arte, a las 12:00, y Mural Diego Rivera, a las 18:00, el 18 y 19 de junio, respectivamente.
Winner Announced Of Judith Barlow Prize From National Not-For-Profit History Matters/Back To The Future
Not-for-profit History Matters/Back to the Future has announced its winner for this year's Judith Barlow Prize. The Annual Judith Barlow Prize is awarded to a student playwright for an exceptional one-act play inspired by the work of an historic female playwright. Annually, the first place student winner of the prize receives a $2,500 award and a reading of their work in New York City, with a $500 award to the participating professor. The second place student winner receives a $1,000 award.
Applications Now Open For This Year's Judith Barlow Prize
Not-for-profit History Matters/Back to the Future is accepting applications for this year's Judith Barlow Prize now through December 31st. The Annual Judith Barlow Prize is awarded to a student playwright for an exceptional one-act play inspired by the work of an historic female playwright. Annually, the first place student winner of the prize receives a $2,500 award and a reading of their work in New York City, with a $500 award to the participating professor. The second place student winner receives a $1,000 award.
Heritage Arts Present VAULT 2014
Building on the huge success of the 2012 Festival, Heritage Arts present VAULT 2014: a wide-ranging programme of performance, live music, discussions and one-off late night events. Waterloo's Leake Street tunnels will again be transformed into a must-visit destination for creative and curious Londoners; a place for debate, drinking, dancing and more.
Robert Galinsky to Release New Tweet Book COFFEE CRAZY, 11/20
Robert Galinsky's Coffee Crazy, published by THiNK Aha! Books, will be released November 10th and will be available in print, on Amazon in all digital formats, and also on the THiNK Aha! iPhone app. The book is the first 'Tweet' book about coffee and contains 140 passages each 140 characters or less and also features excerpts from 'Coffee The Musical', the 'Seven Ground Rules of the Coffee Break' and '10 'Aha!' Coffee Moments for Confident Communication'. There will be an opening reception for the book on Tuesday December 3rd, 6:30-8:30pm, at King + Company PR on 5th Avenue, with live readings by surprise guests who have passages in the book! Ongoing, Galinsky will feature live Coffee Crazy performance parties and appearances at coffee shops, corporate events, festivals and invites audiences to share their coffee Aha! Moments at each venue.
Patrick Drury, Florence Hall & More Set for Rose Theatre Kingston and English Touring Theatre GHOSTS
Rose Theatre Kingston and English Touring Theatre will co-produce a new translation of Henrik Ibsen's classic, Ghosts this autumn. Stephen Unwin, outgoing Artistic Director of the Rose Theatre, will direct his own translation which will premiere at the Rose on the 19 September before touring nationwide to Salisbury, Oxford, Guildford, York, Watford, Malvern and Brighton. Unwin has a long standing connection with Ibsen's work, and this will be the 7th Ibsen play he has directed. This will be the second play translation that Unwin has written, following his highly acclaimed translation of The Lady from the Sea in 2012 at the Rose Theatre.
John Waters Comes to the Harris Theater in Chicago, 5/21
Director, writer, actor, and originator of the Hairspray dynasty John Waters returns to the Harris Theater on May 21 to perform his critically acclaimed one-man show, This Filthy World. Updated and expanded from the original film version by the same name, the man affectionately known as "The Pope of Trash" presents this hilarious evening focusing on his early negative influences, fascination with true crime, exploitation films, fashion lunacy, extremes of the art world, Catholicism, sexual deviancy, and his love of reading. This is Waters' second visit to the Harris after his sold-out show in 2010.
Hartford Stage Announces New Board Members
Hartford Stage, under the leadership of Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing Director Michael Stotts, announced six new and two returning members have been elected to the Tony Award-winning theatre's Board of Directors. Joining the Board for an initial two year term are Lois Anderson of Avon, Sonya D. Dockett of Avon, Judith E. Meyers of North Haven, Eric D. Ort of Farmington, Charlie Ortiz of Hartford, Esther A. Pryor of West Hartford, Judith E. Thompson of West Hartford, and John H. P. Wheat of Bloomfield.
BROADWAY BEARS Sets Record $198,300 in Sales
The 15th and grand finale edition of THE BROADWAY BEARS, the annual auction of handmade, one-of-a-kind, theatrically costumed teddy bears, raised a record-setting $198,300 on Sunday, benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
MASKS Closes at J.E.T. Studios 1/20
MASKS is a buddy dramedy about two men growing up in the juvenile justice system, struggling to make it to manhood, battling with their past to shed their masks as they deal with crucial life issues that young people face.