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Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, and Vincent Namatjira To Headline 2023 Program At AGSA

Mexican modernist Frida Kahlo, Pop Art icon Andy Warhol and renowned Western Aranda painter Vincent Namatjira will star in major exhibitions exclusive to the Art Gallery of South Australia in 2023.

Adelaide Guitar Festival Kicks Off Adelaide Shows This Weekend

Joe Camilleri and The Black Sorrows, supported by blues and roots dynamo Lecia Louise, herald the start of the 2022 Adelaide Guitar Festival's Adelaide performances with a sold-out evening in the Dunstan Playhouse tonight, as the first of thirteen ticketed shows taking place at Adelaide Festival Centre and Her Majesty's Theatre until Sunday 24th July.

The Collective NY Publishes David Thigpen's HURRICANE PARTY

The Collective NY  has announced their first full-length play publication, HURRICANE PARTY by David Thigpen. The title joins their previous publications of The Collective's nationally popular short play anthologies (C:10 Anthology Volumes 1-5).

Adelaide Festival Centre Trust Appoints New Chair And Member

The Adelaide Festival Centre Trust (AFCT) has welcomed the appointment of Jim Hazel as the new Chair of the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust. A professional company director with a long and successful career in banking and finance, Jim Hazel will take over from Michael Abbott AO, QC, who has been Chair for six years. 

Her Majesty's Theatre Raises Curtain On $66 Million Redevelopment

OzAsia Festival New Artistic Director Appointed And 2020 Festival Update

Adelaide Festival Centre will welcome Annette Shun Wah as Artistic Director of the 2021 OzAsia Festival, providing a fresh lens on Australia's leading contemporary arts festival engaging with Asia.

OzAsia Festival Director Steps Down

After directing five successful and critically-acclaimed OzAsia Festivals, Joseph Mitchell is leaving Adelaide Festival Centre to pursue other projects, including directing Summer of the 17th Doll for State Opera SA later in 2020.

Horror Indie Film HELL HOUSE Casts Stefanie Scott, Odessa Adlon, Jess Weixler

'Hell House,' written and directed by Andrew Gori, has found its stars, according to a Deadline exclusive.

Paul McCartney and Emma Stone Take Aim At Bullying in the Short Musical Film 'Who Cares'

"My hope is that if there are kids being bullied-and there are… Maybe by listening to this song and watching this video, they might just think it's not as bad… that it's the kind of thing you can just stand up to and laugh off and get through."-Paul McCartney 

Sundance Film Festival Announces 2019 Film Lineup

The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the showcase of new independent feature films selected across all categories for the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort, from January 24 - February 3, 2019.

HURRICANE PARTY At Cherry Lane Theatre Gets Extended Run

THE COLLECTIVE NY (Ross DeGraw and Sayra Player, Artistic Directors) is pleased to announce the extended run of David Thigpen's Hurricane Party. The production, which opened in early September has been a recent favorite to many New York influencers and will extend its run through October 21st at The Cherry Lane Theatre.

Booker Garrett, Sayra Player, and More Cast in THE HURRICANE PARTY

THE COLLECTIVE NY announces complete casting for the world premiere production of David Thigpen's THE HURRICANE PARTY, directed by Tony Award Nominee Maria Dizzia (In the Next Room). Previews begin on Wednesday, August 29 at the Studio Stage at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Opening night is set for Tuesday, September 11, with a limited engagement through Sunday, October 7, 2018.

The Collective NY Gets Raw for Its Fifth Collective 10 Play Festival

Coming off of four previous sold-out festivals, The Collective NY returns for a 5th year of the wildly popular Collective:10 Play Festival, with 11 world premiere ten-minute plays in two programs. All of the plays presented, plus two additional selections, will be published in a fifth volume of the best-selling The Collective:10 Anthology.

Adelaide Festival Centre Signs Historic Mou with Bekraf

On Thursday 15 December, the Chair of Adelaide Festival Centre Trust, Michael Abbott AO QC and Joshua Puji Mulia Simandjuntak Deputy of Chairman for Marketing at Badan Ekonomi Kreatif Indonesia (BEKRAF) (Indonesia Agency of Creative Economy) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) ensuring continued support for Adelaide Festival Centre and OzAsia Festival for years to come.

The Collective NY's COLLECTIVE:10 ANTHOLOGY Vol. 4 Features 13 New Works

The Collective NY launched VOL.4 of The COLLECTIVE:10 ANTHOLOGY with a reception at the Drama Book Shop in New York City on December 12, 2016.

Adirondack Theatre Festival's 22nd Summer Season to Continue with THE UNCIVIL WAR

Adirondack Theatre Festival's (ATF) 22nd summer season continues with its CABARET SERIES featuring the return of THE UNCIVIL WAR in a special concert performance. This special event will feature an updated script and score, with changes made based on reactions of ATF audiences from last summer's performance, complete with multiple new songs and scenes. Performances will be held at the Charles R. Wood Theater (207 Glen Street in downtown Glens Falls) on the mainstage at 7:30pm. Tickets are $26-$32 and are available at the Wood Theater Box Office, online at ATFestival.org, or by calling (518) 480-4878. Discount season flex passes are available for the full seven show line-up.

Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner, Daniel Reichard & More Set for Feinstein's/54 Below Next Week

Next week, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551.

Broadway at the Cabaret - Top 5 Picks for February 1-8, Featuring Alice Ripley, Emily Skinner, and More!

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! Reunion Concert; Uncivil The Musical In Concert; Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner: Unattached!; Daniel Reichard Celebrates Rodgers and Hammerstein; and 'This Is Cabaret' with Ann Hampton Callaway and Special Guest Marilyn Maye.

Rodney Hicks Joins UNCIVIL Concert Presentation Cast at Feinstein's/54 Below

Rodney Hicks will star as General Robert E. Lee alongside Tony Nominee J. Robert Spencer, Mitchell Jarvis, Wayne Duvall, Michael Abbott Jr., Ian Lowe and Brian Charles Rooney in the upcoming Feinstein's/54 Below concert presentation of the new hit musical, Uncivil, Feb 2nd at 9:30pm.

Feinstein's/54 Below to Present UNCIVIL in Concert, 2/2

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents UNCIVIL In Concert. The original folk rock/Bluegrass-infused musical comedy, previously know as Bayonets of Angst, returns to NYC after an acclaimed sellout run at the 2015 Adirondack Theatre Festival. Originally presented by the New York Musical Theatre Festival under Executive Director & Producer, Dan Markley, UNCIVIL won rave reviews for its 2014 NYMF run and received four Excellence Awards including Best Book, Best Ensemble Performance, and Outstanding Individual Performance for Brian Charles Rooney and J. Robert Spencer.