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Handel and Haydn Society Launches CITYSING at Annual Performances of Handel's Messiah

For the 171st consecutive year, the Handel and Haydn Society will present Handel’s glorious Messiah, performing on period instruments like those Handel knew and composed for.
REPRESENTATION AND HOW TO GET IT Comes to The Mount

Great Barrington Public Theater and The Mount, Edith Wharton’s home in Lenox, MA, will bring to stage a cry for universal liberty and the power of the vote that remains as clear in 2023 as it was over a century and a half ago when Julia Ward Howe delivered it to the Boston Radical Club.  
Six Writing Contests Open For Submissions From TWFest And SASFest

The annual writing contests for the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival (TWFest) and Saints + Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival (SASFest) are open to submissions now until October in fiction, poetry, and one-act plays.
Great Barrington Public Theater Names Judy Braha Associate Artistic Director

GBPT Artistic Director Jim Frangione and Executive Director Deann Simmons Halper have announced the appointment of Judy Braha to the newly created position, Associate Artistic Director. In that capacity she will play an integral role choosing and creatively programming future productions and developing new work.
Two Musicals Win Richard Rodgers Awards

The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced the two recipients of the 2023 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater. Both winning musicals will receive funds toward their presentation in staged readings at nonprofit theaters in New York City.
Great Barrington Public Theater Announces 2023 Summer Lineup

Great Barrington Public Theater will present three outstanding new plays on two stages, in performance June to August. Learn more about the lineup here!
REPRESENTATION AND HOW TO GET IT to Play United Solo Theatre Festival This Month

Representation and How to Get It, a new solo show that celebrates women & voting rights will play the United Solo Theatre Festival on Saturday, October 29, 2022 @ 8:30pm at Theatre Row.
REPRESENTATION AND HOW TO GET IT, Inspired by Julia Ward Howe to be Presented at United Solo Theatre Festival

The new one-woman show, Representation and How to Get It, is an urgent story about women, voting rights, and democracy. It will be presented at United Solo Theatre Festival Saturday, October 29, 2022 @ 8:30pm.
Winners of 2022 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater Announced

The winners of the 2022 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater were announced today by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Both musicals received Staged Reading Awards.
PPAC Announces A Free Virtual WONDERS OF THE WURLITZER Concert To Celebrate Independence Day

The Providence Performing Arts Center announced today, on Flag Day, that the theatre will host a FREE virtual Wonders of the Wurlitzer concert with PPAC House Organist Peter Edwin Krasinski on Independence Day.
THE MONSTER, ORATIO FOR LIVING THINGS, and TL;DR: THELMA LOUISE; DYKE REMIX Win Richard Rodgers Awards

The winners of the 2021 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater were announced today by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The winners are: The Monster by Chelsea Marcantel, Michael Mahler, and Alan Schmuckler, Oratorio for Living Things by Heather Christian, and TL;DR: Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix by EllaRose Chary and Brandon James Gwinn.
THE MONSTER, ORATORIO FOR LIVING THINGS and TL;DR Win 2021 Richard Rodgers Awards

The winners of the 2021 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater were announced today by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Each musical received a Studio Production Award.
IN THE GREEN and THE LOOPHOLE Named Winners of Richard Rodgers Award

The winners of the 2020 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater were announced today by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In the Green by Grace McLean AND The Loophole by Jay Adana and Zeniba Now Each musical received a Staged Reading Award.
Handel and Haydn Society Set to Mark 2,500 Performance with Emancipation Proclamation Concert

The Handel and Haydn Society and the Museum of African American History present the Emancipation Proclamation Concert. This special event will also mark the 2,500th performance by the Handel and Haydn Society in its history. Part of Boston's First Night celebration, the concert will take place at the historic Trinity Church in Copley Square Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 1:00 pm with Scott Allen Jarrett conducting. The performance will include narration by poet Regie Gibson of passages from the Emancipation Proclamation. The concert is free and open to the public.
BHANGIN' IT and THE LUCKY ONES Named Winners of Richard Rodgers Award

The winners of the 2019 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater were announced today by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Handel And Haydn Society And Museum Of African American History Present The Seventh Annual Jubilee Day Concert

The Handel and Haydn Society and the Museum of African American History once again present the Jubilee Day concert. A signature event of Boston's First Night celebration, this free concert will take place at the historic Trinity Church in Boston's Copley Square on Monday, December 31, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. No tickets are necessary to attend.
Nancy Rappaport Brings New Show REGENERATION to United Solo Festival

Psychiatrist and Harvard Medical School associate professor Nancy Rappaport brings her new solo-show, Regeneration, to the 8th annual United Solo Festival on Theatre Row. The production is directed by Grace Kiley. After the first three performances sold-out, a fourth performance was added on Sunday, October 15 at 7:30 pm.
The Choral Artists of Sarasota Salute Independence Day with Rousing Songs

The Choral Artists of Sarasota salute Independence Day with rousing songs celebrating America, including perennial favorites "God Bless America," "You're a Grand Old Flag," "This is My Country," "the Battle Hymn of the Republic," "America, the Beautiful" and more.
FAUST 3: THE TURD COMING, OR THE FART OF THE DEAL to Satirize Trump Fiasco Onstage This June

'Faust 3: The Turd Coming, or The Fart of the Deal' by Paul David Young, a political satire of the Trump fiasco performed by an ensemble of four clowns, will have its world premiere June 11 to 26 in The Meeting Room of Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, presented by Skylight Productions.  Augustus Heagerty directs.

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