Cast Announced for New Brooklyn Theater's Site-Specific THE DEATH OF BESSIE SMITH, 1/9-19
New Brooklyn Theater has announced casting today for its site-specific production of Edward Albee's The Death of Bessie Smith at Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn. This rare revival will run for eight performances between January 9 and 19, 2014. Each performance will be followed by talkbacks or panel discussions with leaders in the arts, government, labor, and health. These discussions are intended to raise critical questions about health access, race, class, and the arts in New York.
VALLEY OF SHADOWS AND DREAMS, MASHA'ALLAH AND OTHER STORIES Win California Book Awards
Two Heyday books have garnered California Book Awards from the Commonwealth Club. Ken Light and Melanie Light earned the Gold Medal for Contribution to Publishing for their photographic and literary exploration of California's Central Valley, Valley of Shadows and Dreams. Heyday's James D. Houston Award winner Mariah K. Young earned a Silver Medal for First Fiction for her debut collection set in East Oakland, Masha'allah and Other Stories.
Olivier Nominee Kevyn Morrow Leads COLOR BLIND Reading at NYMF, 7/23 & 25
Under the direction of Robert Bartley, the creator/director/choreographer of the annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit BROADWAY BACKWARDS, COLOR BLIND debuts as part of the Developmental Reading Series of The New York Musical Theatre Festival, today, July 23 at 12 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. and Wednesday, July 25 at 7:30 p.m. at 45th Street Theatre.
Olivier Nominee Kevyn Morrow Leads COLOR BLIND Reading at NYMF, 7/23 & 25
Under the direction of Robert Bartley, the creator/director/choreographer of the annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit BROADWAY BACKWARDS, COLOR BLIND debuts as part of the Developmental Reading Series of The New York Musical Theatre Festival, Monday, July 23 at 12 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. and Wednesday, July 25 at 7:30 p.m. at 45th Street Theatre.
NYMF Announces Readings and Partner Events
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced their full slate of partner events and readings for their ninth annual festival. This year's Festival will begin July 9th and continue through July 29th.
