Annual PlayLabs Festival Runs October 17â€"23 at the Playwrights' Center
The Playwrights' Center's 45th anniversary season kicks off October 17 with PlayLabs, a week-long new play festival featuring Core Writers Christina Ham ('West of Central'), Susan Soon He Stanton ('we, the invisibles') and Ken Urban ('The Remains'). Tickets are free and can be reserved at pwcenter.org/playlabs.
Naked Empire Bouffon Company Presents DO WHAT YOU LOVE & YOU f**kING EARNED IT
DO WHAT YOU LOVE and YOU f**kING EARNED IT. Naked Empire Bouffon Company is pulling out all the stops to celebrate you with the premiere of two plays in two hours. Two searing satires extolling the virtues of hard working Americans like you who make class privilege and economic imperialism feel so damn good. Featuring in-your-face physical comedy, sing-a-long jingles, puppets, outrageous costumes, and an anything-goes relationship with the audience, there will be plenty of dazzle to distract you from the moral of the story.
Naked Empire Bouffon Company Presents DO WHAT YOU LOVE & YOU f**kING EARNED IT
DO WHAT YOU LOVE and YOU f**kING EARNED IT. Naked Empire Bouffon Company is pulling out all the stops to celebrate you with the premiere of two plays in two hours. Two searing satires extolling the virtues of hard working Americans like you who make class privilege and economic imperialism feel so damn good. Featuring in-your-face physical comedy, sing-a-long jingles, puppets, outrageous costumes, and an anything-goes relationship with the audience, there will be plenty of dazzle to distract you from the moral of the story.
Photo Flash: CONFESSIONS OF A MORMON BOY Opens at Zephyr Theatre
Last night Confessions of a Mormon Boy starring Steven Fales opened to a sold out crowd. In the audience were Alison Arngrim (Little House on the Prairie), Dennis Hensley (The Mismatch Game) and Robert Rosen (OutFest/UCLA School of Theatre, Film & Television).
American Experience to Present EDISON Edison
By the time he died in 1931, Thomas Alva Edison was one of the most famous men in the world. The holder of more patents than any other inventor in history, Edison had amassed a fortune and achieved glory as the genius behind such revolutionary inventions as sound recording, motion pictures, and electric light.
Playwrights' Center McKnight Theater Artists to Present Works in Progress, 6/16
The 2013-14 Playwrights' Center McKnight Theater Artist Fellows Sun Mee Chomet, Denise Prosek and Stephen Yoakam, along with their collaborators, will present selections from works in progress on June 16 at 7 p.m. at the Southern Theater. The event is free and open to the public; advance reservations are strongly recommended and can be made at www.pwcenter.org. The Southern Theater is located at 1420 S Washington Avenue in Minneapolis.
First Annual Miami International Children's Film Festival Set for 10/25-27
South Florida's film festival scene is expanding with the launch of the first annual Miami International Children's Film Festival. Presented by the Coral Gables Art Cinema, the event will take place October 25 to 27, 2013 at the cinema, South Florida's leading art house venue, in partnership with the prestigious New York International Children's Film Festival, announced Gables Cinema Director Robert Rosenberg.
ANMT's 15 Minute Musical Series Set for 6/24-25
Once a year, every June, like clockwork, you can hear composers weeping in North Hollywood, and threatening to call attorneys, and then kissing and making up and saying they've just had the most wonderful experience of their lives. Yes, it's time for the annual 15-Minute Musical project at the Academy for New Musical Theatre: June 24th and 25th at the Met Theatre in Hollywood. For the final project of Academy's famous writers' workshop, composers and lyricists and bookwriters are put together on writing teams and are given eight short weeks to write, revise and polish a brand-new musical written for five actors whom they've never met before.
STAGE TUBE: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Alonzo King LINES Ballet Merge Talents
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and San Francisco-based Alonzo King LINES Ballet - currently celebrating their 35th and 30th anniversary seasons, respectively - perform together in four notable American dance venues this spring. These first-time joint presentations include the debut of a New Work by LINES Ballet's founder and director, award-winning choreographer Alonzo King. Watch the video below to learn more about this unprecedented collaboration between dance companies!
Mac et al. Receive Playwrights Center of Minneapolis Fellowships
The Playwrights' Center of Minneapolis named the recipients of the 2010-11 McKnight National Residency and Commission (Taylor Mac), McKnight Advancement Grants (Mat Smart and Deborah Stein), and McKnight Theater Artist Fellowships (Annie Enneking, Masanari Kawahara, and Robert Rosen) on June 7, 2010. The three programs provide nearly $150,000 in grants and artistic support funds and are underwritten by the Minneapolis-based McKnight Foundation.
'The Most Dangerous Man in America' Plays at Marines' Memorial Theatre, 3/26
The Marines' Memorial Association and the Commonwealth Club of California are proud to present a special screening of Judith Erhlich and Rick Goldsmith's 2010 Academy Award-Nominated documentary, The Most Dangerous Man in America, at San Francisco's Marines' Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter St., 2nd floor) for one-night only on Friday, March 26 at 6:30 PM
'The Most Dangerous Man in America' Plays at Marines' Memorial Theatre, 3/26
The Marines' Memorial Association and the Commonwealth Club of California are proud to present a special screening of Judith Erhlich and Rick Goldsmith's 2010 Academy Award-Nominated documentary, The Most Dangerous Man in America, at San Francisco's Marines' Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter St., 2nd floor) for one-night only on Friday, March 26 at 6:30 PM
Photo Flash: Williamstown Theatre Festival Honors 2009 Gala
The Williamstown Theatre Festival (Nicholas Martin Artistic Director) honored Emmy Award-winning writer/producer and WTF Board member Tom Fontana at its 2009 Gala. The annual gala took place on Monday, November 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the Prince George Ballroom in New York City.
The Williamstown Theatre Festival Honors Tom Fontana, Gala Held 11/16
The Williamstown Theatre Festival (Nicholas Martin Artistic Director) will honor Emmy Award-winning writer/producer and WTF Board member Tom Fontana at its 2009 Gala. The annual gala will take place on Monday, November 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the Prince George Ballroom in New York City.
The Williamstown Theatre Festival Honors Tom Fontana, Gala Held 11/16
The Williamstown Theatre Festival (Nicholas Martin Artistic Director) will honor Emmy Award-winning writer/producer and WTF Board member Tom Fontana at its 2009 Gala. The annual gala will take place on Monday, November 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the Prince George Ballroom in New York City.
King's Lines Ballet Brings 'Dust & Light' To NYC At The Joyce Theatre 5/5-5/10
Alonzo King's LINES Ballet is performing a special New York City engagement this week May 5 - 10, 2009 at The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue (at 19th Street). The acclaimed company is returning to The Joyce with New York premieres from the gifted choreographer: 'Dust And Light' had its world premiere in San Francisco two weeks ago. It has music by Arcangelo Corelli and Francis Poulenc, costume design by Robert Rosenwasser and lighting design by Axel Morgenthaler. 'Rasa', an exhilarating and transformative work set to tabla music composed and arranged by Zakir Hussain, with costume & stage design by Robert Rosenwasser and lighting and design by Alain Lortie is also being performed.
Academy Of Motion Picture Museum Shows Fellini's 8 1/2 4/17
In conjunction with its exhibition 'Fellini's Book of Dreams,' the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a special screening of Federico Fellini's '8½,' on Friday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Robert Rosen, dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, will host the evening.
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STAGE TUBE: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Alonzo King LINES Ballet Merge Talents
by Stage Tube - Jan 15, 2013