Interview: Jordan Kai Burnett Slashing Their Way Through Life & SCISSORHANDS - A MUSICAL TRIBUTE
The smash jukebox tribute Scissorhands - A Musical Tribute returns with an all-new, immersive staging opening December 1, 2023, at The Bourbon Room (with previews starting November 24th). This hilarious parody of the 1990 classic film Edward Scissorhands features their unique take on such pop hits as: What Was I Made For, Dream On, Uninvited, Like a Prayer, I'm Every Woman, Shallow, Shake It Out, and Fast Car. Scissorhands’ playwright Bradley Bredeweg directs the vocally gifted cast of: Jordan Kai Burnett, Emma Hunton, Dionne Gipson, Natalie Masini, Ryan O'Connor, Carly Casey and Alex Ellis; with Carson Higgins, alternating with John Krause. Jordan cut some time out of their busy schedule to answer a few of my queries.
BWW Interview: Actor Patrick Burke Talks About His Love for AVENUE Q
Actor/director Patrick Burke is nominated for a BWW Award for his outstanding direction of Avenue Q at Group Rep this past summer. This interview shows his deep connection to the show and desire to move it forward.
You've been an active member of the Group Rep for years, as an actor and producer. The Group Rep is not known for having musicals on their season schedules. How did Avenue Q get on the 2019 Season Schedule?
BWW Interview: Director Patrick Burke Talks Puppetry in AVENUE Q
Director Patrick Burke trained at?The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Onstage at the Group?Rep:?A Christmas Carol,?Inspecting Carol,?Sherlock's Last Case,?Hotel Paradiso, Awake and Sing,?Boeing Boeing,?Don't Dress For Dinner,?That Lovin' Feelin',?A Nice Family Christmas, Lost In Yonkers,?A Midsummer Night's Dream,?Romeo & Juliet, and Rumors.
When did you get interested in puppets and puppetry?
Five Student Poets Announced in White House Committee's National Student Poets Program
The fifth annual class of the National Student Poets Program (NSPP) the nation's highest honor for youth poets has been announced by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. The students were appointed by First Lady Michelle Obama at a ceremony earlier today in the State Dining Room at the White House. As part of an appointment ceremony, each of the students did a reading of an original poem.
Revisited Classics Stages Free Reading of Anton Chekhov's THREE SISTERS on 3/7
Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, co-adapted by Shawn Rene Graham and John-Martin Green is transposed to America in the early 1900s. Set on a cavalry outpost in rural Texas, this is the tale of a group of cultured, intelligent blacks in turn-of-the-century America observing the kind of entitlement that wealthy whites had always taken for granted, and the price they pay for that entitlement. The reading is on Monday, March 7, 2016 from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM.
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey to Stage HENRY VIII
Next up on its Main Stage, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents the Bard's epic pageant play Henry VIII. Centered around the tug-of-wars between church and state and husband and wife, the play culminates in the birth of England's future Queen Elizabeth I, Shakespeare's great patron and Henry's fierce and very female heir. Performances begin October 15 at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Avenue in Madison. Tickets start at $25 for preview performances and $32 for regular performances. Student rush tickets for all performances are $15, available a half-hour before curtain for with a valid student ID. Performances are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. For tickets, call the Box Office at 973-408-5600 or visit www.ShakespeareNJ.org.
Puppet School Celebrates Seattle Launch with Open House Today
Puppet School is celebrating the launch of their Seattle branch by holding an Open House at their Inscape Arts studio, tonight, January 31st from 6 to 8pm. In keeping with the spirit of Puppet School Seattle's location and Chinese New Year, the theme of the party is '2014: The Year of the Puppet.'
Puppet School to Celebrate Seattle Launch with Open House, 1/31
Puppet School is celebrating the launch of their Seattle branch by holding an Open House at their Inscape Arts studio, January 31st from 6 to 8pm. In keeping with the spirit of Puppet School Seattle's location and Chinese New Year, the theme of the party is "2014: The Year of the Puppet."
Kick Kennedy to Star in ANTIGONE Off-Broadway, Begin. 1/10
Kick Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy has been announced to play the title role in the Blackfriars Repertory Theatre and Storm Theatre's production of Antigone, by Jean Anouilh adapted by Louis Galantiere. The production, under the direction of Peter Dobbins will play an engagement starting January 10, 2014 and running through February 15th, 2014 at The Theatre of the Church of Notre Dame (Morningside Drive between