Student Blog: Returning to Live Performance
This year I participated in an end-of-the-year final concert for my vocal teacher. The performance took place at the HardRock cafe in Pittsburgh where I sang a few musical theater pieces. Live performance returns once again and so do the on-stage jitters.
POV's MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE Campaign Mobilizes Students, Families, & Educators
American Documentary | POV has launched the national Make All the Difference engagement campaign forAll the Difference, a documentary that spotlights the victories and struggles of young African-American men navigating their way through high school and college. The engagement campaign, featuring events in five cities, is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) as part of American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen, a public media initiative to help keep more students on the path to graduation, college and careers.
BWW Reviews: OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD Extols the Virtues of Theater
It should be no surprise that as a lover of theater, I firmly believe in the transitive power of the performing arts. Any production has the power to elicit some emotional response from the audience, but theater often does more. Studies have shown that participating in the performing arts helps students improve their performance in other academic areas. While the impact of the arts in schools is widely known, the use and impact of theater and the arts in prison systems is somewhat less talked about. Nevertheless, theater has been used by penile systems for centuries as a way to rehabilitate prisoners, and that unorthodox idea is at the core of Our Country's Good, now playing at UT-Austin. The infrequently produced Tony nominated play, written by Timberlake Wertenbaker, is a completely engrossing love letter to the virtues of theater and a thrilling depiction of a peculiar moment in Australian history.
Aurora Comedy Nights to Welcome SHORT BUS HEROES, 8/16-17
Aurora Theatre has been hosting the best local and national comedians since they opened their new location in 2007.Aurora Comedy Nights, hosted by bright young comedienne Katie Causey, welcomes the Short Bus Heroes on Friday and Saturday, August 16-17 at 7:15pm & 9:15pm.
BWW Special: Toronto Critics Take the Stage in You're A Good Man Charlie Brown
Toronto Theatre Critic's take to the stage this Sunday in a special benefit performance of You're A Good Man Charlie Brown, with proceeds going to The Actor's Fund. Featuring Kelly Nestruck, Robert Cushman, Glenn Sumi, Sheila McCarthy and Melody A. Johnston, the show also includes BWW's own Kelly Cameron as one of the Snoopy's. In this special feature, she talks about her hidden desire to be force to be reckoned with on-stage, setting the bar a smidge above terrible, and humbly requests that you throw bones in lieu of tomatoes.
ALL IS WELL Among Winners of 2012 L.A. Film Festival
The Narrative Award recognizes the finest narrative film in competition at the Festival and went to Pocas Pascoal for the North American Premiere of ALL IS WELL, with an Honorable Mention going to Dominga Sotomayor's Thursday Till Sunday.
FANTA ORANGE Opens at Finborough Theatre, 11/1
The world premiere of Sally Woodcock's new play Fanta Orange opens at the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre from Tuesday, 1 November 2011 (Press Night: Thursday, 3 November 2011 at 7.30pm) for a limited four-week season, the opening play in the New Writing at the Finborough Theatre Season, playing November 2011 to January 2012.
FANTA ORANGE Opens at Finborough Theatre, 11/1
The world premiere of Sally Woodcock's new play Fanta Orange opens at the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre from Tuesday, 1 November 2011 (Press Night: Thursday, 3 November 2011 at 7.30pm) for a limited four-week season, the opening play in the New Writing at the Finborough Theatre Season, playing November 2011 to January 2012.