Farmington Players Present SUITE SURRENDER
by Stephi Wild - Sep 8, 2022
The Farmington Players are presenting Suite Surrender, a madcap screwball comedy that pays homage to the classic farces of the 1930s and 1940s. There is plenty of fast-paced dialogue, slamming doors, physical comedy, and escalating stakes.
Apollo Theater Announces Charles Phillips as New Chairman of the Board
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 3, 2020
Phillips, who has served on the Apollo’s Board of Directors since 2015 and most recently as its Vice Chairman, marked his new role with a generous $1 million gift to the Apollo Theater’s Emergency Fund, which was created to ensure the iconic non-profit’s continued financial stability amid its closure due to COVID-19.
BWW Review: TEENAGE DICK, Donmar Warehouse
by Anthony Walker-Cook - Dec 13, 2019
It's a case of rather ironic programming that the press night for Mike Lew's Teenage Dick at the Donmar Warehouse was on the 12 December, the day of the General Election in the UK. An adaptation of Shakespeare's Richard III, Lew's new play is a meditation on the nature of power transposed to an American high school. Commissioned by The Apothetae, a theatre company dedicated to plays that discuss disability, and with direction by Michael Longhurst, Lew retells Shakespeare with a needed urgency, providing an arch reminder that the voices of the disabled have often been ignored, terrorised or shouted down from the earliest possibility.
The Frogs to Reissue IT'S ONLY RIGHT AND NATURAL LP
by Kaitlin Milligan - Aug 1, 2019
The Frogs have announced the reissue of their LP It's Only Right And Natural. The news was announced on BrooklynVegan along with the track 'I've Got Drugs (Out of the Mist)'. It is the 30th anniversary of the album's release and is remastered in stereo. The album was one of Kurt Cobain's favorites. It was #14 on Kurt's infamous list of Top 50 albums. All Music also has praised the album saying, “The insane secret of the record is it's perfect”
Las Vegas Philharmonic Presents A CLASSIC HOLIDAY Concert this December
by Rebecca Russo - Nov 2, 2018
The Las Vegas Philharmonic presents A Classic Holiday concert featuring vocalists, Kristen Hertzenberg (Phantom), Travis Cloer (Jersey Boys) and the Las Vegas Master Singers on Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm in Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts.
SundanceTV's Docu-Series COLD BLOODED Premieres Today
by BWW
News Desk - Nov 18, 2017
SundanceTV'S upcoming true crime documentary series COLD BLOODED : The Clutter Family Murders, will premiere as a two-night event this coming weekend today, November 18th & Sunday, November 19th at 9/8c.
SundanceTV's Docu-Series COLD BLOODED Premieres 11/18
by Caryn Robbins - Nov 15, 2017
SundanceTV'S upcoming true crime documentary series COLD BLOODED : The Clutter Family Murders, will premiere as a two-night event this coming weekend on Saturday, November 18th & Sunday, November 19th at 9/8c.
Acclaimed Choreographer Adam Hougland to Bring TEAR to Verb Ballets
by BWW News Desk - Aug 31, 2017
Verb Ballets welcomes internationally acclaimed choreographer Adam Hougland
Verb Ballets welcomes internationally acclaimed choreographer Adam Hougland. Hougland will be setting the full company work Tear, which just premiered at the Kansas City Dance Festival.
Verb Ballets Welcomes New Dancers And Trainees For The 2017-18 Season
by BWW News Desk - Jul 28, 2017
Verb Ballets welcomes new dancers to the company and announces company promotions and the official launch of a Trainee Program. The contemporary ballet company based out of Cleveland, Ohio is currently comprised of nine dancers and three trainees from all over the United States including Puerto Rico as well as Mexico.
Guests Enjoy Music Institute's 87th Anniversary Gala
by A.A. Cristi - May 22, 2017
The Music Institute of Chicago, one of the nation's oldest, largest and most distinguished community music schools, welcomed nearly 300 guests to the 87th Anniversary Gala on Monday, May 15 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago. The event raised $800,000 from a combination of table sponsorships, ticket sales, and outright contributions.
Music Institute of Chicago Hosts Gala to Celebrate Violinist Rachel Barton Pine, 5/15
by Christina Mancuso - Feb 22, 2017
The Music Institute of Chicago hosts its annual gala Monday, May 15 at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, 120 East Delaware Place. The oldest community music school in Illinois and one of the three largest community music schools in the nation, the Music Institute is planning a celebratory evening highlighted by the presentation of the Dushkin Award to acclaimed violinist Rachel Barton Pine.
Verb Ballets Continues the Legacy of Heinz Polls
by BWW News Desk - Jan 17, 2017
Verb Ballets continues the legacy of Heinz Poll, founder of Ohio Ballet, at the Akron Civic Theatre on Friday, February 17, 2017 at 8:00pm. Verb Ballets will showcase new ballets inspired by Poll's choreography with a company premiere by former principal with Ohio Ballet, Andrew Carroll and Verb Ballets' dancer, Michael Hinton.