Mary Thomas

BalletCollective Unveils 2023 Season

BalletCollective's 2023 season explores the role of chance in life and art. Two world premieres inspired by a tabletop game and pigmentless flowers. Founded by Troy Schumacher, BalletCollective partners with artists to create forward-thinking ballet works.

Interview: Theatre Life with Andrew Veyette

Today’s subject Andrew Veyette is currently living his theatre life as the longest running dancer with New York City Ballet. The company begins a two-program week-long engagement at Kennedy Center this evening that continues through June 11th in the Opera House.

Play Me Again Pianos Unveils Public Piano at the Chastain Arts Center

Play Me Again Pianos, a nonprofit aspiring to make metro Atlanta more musical through 88 public piano installations, will cut the ribbon on its newest donated piano Saturday, Nov. 12, at 11:00 a.m. at the Chastain Arts Center on the Gallery Porch.

Royal Opera House Thanks NHS Workers With Special Performance Of LA BOHEME

This special performance was the first of four events the Royal Opera House has planned over the course of the next year to say thank you to the dedicated and heroic staff of the NHS after one of the most challenging times in recent history as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.  

BalletCollective and the Wethersfield Estate Announce THE NUTCRACKER AT WETHERSFIELD

With every major Nutcracker production in America cancelled due to the pandemic, BalletCollective and the Wethersfield Estate have announced The Nutcracker at Wethersfield, choreographed and directed by Troy Schumacher, this holiday season, December 4 - 23, at the glorious Wethersfield Estate in Amenia, NY (a two hour drive north of Times Square).

BWW Dance: Strange Programming Makes a Daffy Afternoon at City Ballet

Strange programming makes for a daffy afternoon at City Ballet with a curation of pieces that do not go together. 

Vineyard Arts Project Announces 2019 Summer Season

Vineyard Arts Project (VAP) is pleased to announce its 2019 summer season with six summer residencies culminating in public performances in dance and theater. Welcoming back returning residents Cirio Collective, The Public Theater, and The Ashley Bouder Project, VAP is excited to present BalletCollective, Emily Kikta and Peter Walker, and Gemma Bond for their first residencies.

BWW Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET Relies on Strengths at Kennedy Center

The new artistic director and co-director of the New York City Ballet looked a little nervous Tuesday as they awkwardly welcomed the Kennedy Center audience to their annual week-long residency.

THE ADVENTURES OF NATE THE GREAT Comes to Theatre Arlington

Main Street welcomes the area's brightest up-and-coming young actors in the first all-youth production of Theatre Arlington's 46th season, The Adventures of Nate the Great. These beloved children's books by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat were first introduced in 1972, and are brought to life in this stage adaptation by Pamela Sterling. Nate, a child's version of Sam Spade, and his faithful dog, Sludge, and his assistant Kate combine forces to solve their neighborhood's biggest mysteries. Although Nate is the first person his friends call when something goes missing or awry, he is never too busy to leave a note for his mother or wear his galoshes when it's raining.

Daniel Roebuck Of LOST And Award-Winning Producer Sam Borowski Join Forces For IN THIS MOMENT

Award-Winning Producer/Director Sam Borowski will be teaming up with Daniel Roebuck of LOST and Matlock fame for a sixth time for the short film, In This Moment. Roebuck, who is also known for his roles in River's Edge, The Fugitive and US Marshalls, among many others, recently wrote, directed and starred in the independent film, Getting Grace, which was released theatrically by Hannover House and is coming to DVD/BLU-RAY from SONY Home Entertainment. He filmed it in the Lehigh Valley, where Borowski, set In This Moment.

Seattle Rep Announces Casting For FAMILIAR By Danai Gurira

Seattle Repertory Theatre today announced complete casting for its production of Familiar by playwright and actor Danai Gurira, directed by Taibi Magar. A co-production with the Guthrie Theater, Familiar is set in the suburbs of Minneapolis and takes a fresh look at tradition, immigration, and assimilation as a Zimbabwean American family gathers together at their home before the rehearsal dinner for their elder daughter's wedding.

Metropolitan Ballet Academy & Company Alumni Advance at New York City Ballet and More

Six alumni of Metropolitan Ballet Academy & Company in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania are advancing in dance companies and conservatories across America, including New York City Ballet (NYCB), Pacific Northwest Ballet, Philadanco, Cincinnati Ballet, and Colorado Ballet.

BWW Review: Let CATHOLIC SCHOOL GIRLS School You!

CATHOLIC SCHOOL GIRLS by Casey Kurtti, the current offering at 2nd Story Theatre in Warren, follows MASS APPEAL and continues the theater's exploration of the Catholic Church in the second half of the late, lamented Twentieth Century. While MASS APPEAL concentrated on the masculine side of the Church (priests and would-be priests), CATHOLIC SCHOOL GIRLS focuses on the distaff side by following the school lives of four grammar school girls and the nuns who teach them at St. George's School in Yonkers. Four actresses play the girls and each takes a turn playing a different nun. Unlike a show like NUNSENSE, which is played for laughs, Kurtti's play explores both the lighter and darker sides of the girls experience; sometimes it's funny, and sometimes it hurts. You don't have to be Catholic, but it helps.

B.B. Kings Blues Club Announces Upcoming Shows and Events

B.B. King Blues Club & Grill is located at 237 West 42nd Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues) New York, NY 10036