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Belmont Academy Woodwind Ensemble and Campbeltown Brass Win National Ensemble Competitions Ran By Scottish Young Musicians

Scottish Young Musicians, Scotland's festival of music competitions, gives young musicians from around the country the chance to compete to win career-enhancing prizes, perform live on a national stage in front of internationally renowned judges, and push their skills like never before.
HOWLROUND FOR INDIA to Celebrate Indian Theater Artists Fighting Covid

Fourteen prominent American writer/directors are part of a worldwide roster of over 100 global theater artists lending their voices July 20, 2021 to 'HowlRound for India,' a 24-hour online marathon of live readings and talks honoring the Indian theater community for its efforts in facing Covid-19. 
La MaMa Presents World Premiere of LOVE STORY, THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS

Yoshiko Chuma returns to La MaMa with Love Story, The School of Hard Knocks, the latest chapter in her ongoing multidisciplinary performance series. The 24-hour livestreamed performance will feature an international cast of more than 50 artists from four decades of collaboration.
FIAF's Crossing The Line Festival Presents BRIDGING: An International Dialogue On Diversity And Inclusion In The Arts

This fall the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) and the Edmond de Rothschild Foundations present the fourth edition of BRIDGING: An International Dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion in the Arts, as part of the 2019 Crossing the Line Festival. This year's iteration spotlights the career and work of Germaine Acogny, known worldwide as the Mother of Contemporary African Dance.
Photo Flash: Lea Salonga, Princess Punzalan, Jose Llana And More Celebrate At AAIFF42 Screening Of YELLOW ROSE

Asian CineVision opened The 42nd Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF42) with the timely immigration drama YELLOW ROSE on Thursday night at Asia Society in New York.
Photo Flash: SOFT POWER Meets THE KING AND I With David Henry Hwang And Bartlett Sher At Asia Society

Award-winning theatre artists David Henry Hwang and Bartlett Sher engaged in a conversation about the current state of American musical theatre, through the lens of Asian and Asian American representation on Broadway at the Asia Society in New York on February 5th.
Photo Flash: N. Riantiarno's TIME BOMB Holds Reading at Inaugural Columbia University School Of The Arts International Play Reading Festival

A reading of Indonesian playwright N. Riantiarno's Time Bomb, was the first of three plays featured in the Inaugural Columbia University School of the Arts International Play Reading Festival, organized by Dean Carol Becker and David Henry Hwang, at the Flexible Performance Space, Lenfest Center for the Arts in New York on June 15, 2018.
BWW Previews: MIDLANDS THEATRE DIGEST in Columbia, SC 3/1 - Theatre South Carolina presents A PIECE OF MY HEART!

It's a busy weekend around the capitol city with an opening at Town, closings at CCT, Chapin, and Trustus, and a limited engagement in the USC Lab!
JUNIE B. JONES Opens At Columbia Children's Theatre

She's back! And this time she may or may not be a criminal! Join Columbia Children's Theatre (CCT)-the Midlands' only professional theatre for families and young audiences-as they present this hilarious adaptation of Barbara Park's Junie B. Jones Is Not A Crook, February 24 - March 4. Show times are Saturdays at 10:30 am, 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm, and Sundays at 3:00. All performances are held at Columbia Children's Theatre's new performance space on the 1st level of Richland Mall, 3400 Forest Drive next to Barnes & Noble. Tickets for the Saturday and Sunday performances are $10.00 for children three years of age through adult. The 7:00 p.m. performances on Saturday evenings will have a special ticket price of $5.00 for everyone. Advance tickets can be purchased securely online at columbiachildrenstheatre.com. For more information contact CCT at 803-691-4548.
Photo Flash: David Henry Hwang and Julie Taymor In Conversation At Asia Society

On November 3rd, Asia Society presented an illuminating conversation with Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang and director Julie Taymor, moderated by Asia Society Director of Global Performing Arts Rachel Cooper.
PS122's COIL 2016 Schedule Announced; Tickets Now on Sale

Performance Space 122's annual performance festival, COIL, returns for its eleventh edition with sixteen individual events, making it the largest COIL to date. The festival demonstrates the constant vitality of live performance in New York City and features work created locally, across the U.S., and around the world. Known for its groundbreaking contemporary performance, this year's COIL festival spans interdisciplinary art, working with new technologies and forms. Through installations, live and virtual practices, PS122 is committed to redefining how, where and when performance is experienced.
Photo Flash: Concern Worldwide Hosts 2014 THANKS FOR GIVING Gala

Concern Worldwide's 2014 Thanks for Giving Gala was held at the Wit Hotel on November that approximately 230 people attended and raised over $75,000. Scroll down for photos!
Dance Lineup Announced for Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2014, Beg. 7/20

From July 20 through August 10, Lincoln Center Out of Doors will offer more than 100 free performances across the Lincoln Center campus. The 44th season of the popular summer festival features premieres and debuts, family programs and a wide range of music and dance events.
Lincoln Center Announces OUT OF DOORS 2014 Summer Festival Lineup; Runs 7/20-8/10

The schedule for this summer's Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival, which runs from July 20 to August 10, was announced today by Bill Bragin, Lincoln Center's Director of Public Programming. Nearly 100 free performances will take place across the plazas of Lincoln Center during three weeks. A special Memorial Concert for Pete and Toshi Seeger on July 20 will be followed by the official opening concert on July 23 with Larry Harlow's Hommy: A Latin Opera, the landmark work's first performance in 40 years. Complete festival details and a chronological listing of events follow.
Lillian Gish Retrospective Closes at MoMA 12/13

MoMA- The Museum of Modern Art presents Lillian Gish November 26-December 13, 2010 at The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters
Lillian Gish Retrospective Opens at MoMA 11/26-12/13

MoMA- The Museum of Modern Art presents Lillian Gish November 26-December 13, 2010 at The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters
Lillian Gish Retrospective Opens at MoMA 11/26-12/13

MoMA- The Museum of Modern Art presents Lillian Gish November 26-December 13, 2010 at The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters
Photo Coverage: NYMF's Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter, the musical thriller based on the classic film, is currently being presented at the New York Musical Theatre Festival through October 1st at the 37 Arts Theatre
Photo Flash: NYMF's Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter, the musical thriller based on the classic film, will be presented at the New York Musical Theatre Festival from September 26th through October 1st at the 37 Arts Theatre

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