Karen Egan's WARRIOR Comes to Dublin Theatre Festival
Exploring the vulnerability, chaos and humour of what it means to be a patient, Karen Egan's engaging new show Warrior, loosely based on her own experience with breast cancer, will receive its stage world premiere at Smock Alley Theatre, 2-7 October 2023 as part of Dublin Theatre Festival.
Kyle Birch Will Lead A STRANGE LOOP in London as 'Usher'
It has been confirmed that Kyle Birch will take over as Usher in A Strange Loop in London! Also joining the cast as the Usher understudy is Christopher Michael Richardson. The casting was confirmed in a post on the show's social media accounts.
New York Youth Symphony Announces New Music Director
The New York Youth Symphony (NYYS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Jinhong Kim as Music Director of the Orchestra beginning in the 2023/2024 season. The position is currently held by Michael Repper, who completing his tenure at the end of this season after six years. Mr. Kim is joining an illustrious roster of prior NYYS Music Directors, including Leonard Slatkin, David Alan Miller, Samuel Wong, and Miguel-Bedoya.
Photos: First Look at the World Premiere of CAMP ALBION at The Watermill
The world premiere of CAMP ALBION – a new play about environmental activism and the 1996 ‘Battle of Newbury’ - by Danielle Pearson, directed by Georgie Staight, and designed by Isobel Nicolson Camp Albion will play at The Watermill from Wednesday 6 July until Saturday 16 July. Check out photos here!
Keigwin + Company Celebrates Bernstein Featuring The University Symphony Orchestra
To commemorate Leonard Bernstein's 100th birthday this year, Northrop presents KEIGWIN + COMPANY Celebrates Bernstein featuring The University Symphony Orchestra on Sat, Apr 14, at 7:30 pm. KEIGWIN dancers blend Broadway and club styles on stage with a theatrical flair while musicians with the University's Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mark Russell Smith, perform many Bernstein classics.
Northrop Announces 2017-18 Dance Season
Northrop announces its 2017//2018 dance season featuring nine great dance companies, with three ballet presentations, four performances with live music, and vibrant contemporary dance. In addition to two story ballets, there are new Family and seasonal series packages and a family dance special.
Met Box Office to Open Sunday
American Ballet Theatre's 2017 Spring season at the Metropolitan Opera House, May 15-July 8, will feature the New York Premiere of Alexei Ratmansky's Whipped Cream and the Company Premiere of Ratmansky's Souvenir d'un lieu cher. Tickets for ABT's Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House go on sale at the box office on Sunday, March 26 at 12 Noon.
Donald Owen's Paranormal Thriller 'Wilderness of Divine Precedent' to Hit Amazon, 11/28
An unresolved past clashes with an unstable future in Donald Owen's Wilderness of Divine Precedent, a paranormal thriller from Creative Dynamics Multimedia Publishing that goes on sale Nov. 28 at Amazon.com.
The novel follows retired businessman Henry Yamaguchi, the patriarch of a Japanese American family in present-day Granada Hills, California. Yamaguchi is obsessed by the tale of an 18th-century woodland girl described as 'beyond understanding' in a journal written by a British army physician during Edward Braddock's expedition to Fort Duquesne in 1755.
Claiming a 'deity of the forest' intervened repeatedly during that British military campaign in North America, physician Shimazu Masahiro also reveals in his journal that a young aide-de-camp from Virginia named George Washington died when Braddock's army encountered a force of French and Indians near the Monongahela River.
And what begins as a hobby to satisfy Yamaguchi's curiosity instead turns into a life-changing crusade. Yamaguchi's obsession ignites a complex search that ends with a stunning revelation that is terrifying yet strangely familiar.
'This story combines historical fiction from colonial America with present-day elements of the paranormal, and it produces a mystery with several twists,' said Owen, a native of Newport, Ky. 'But this story isn't a rewind to the past, and it has nothing to do with time travel. What actually happened in 1755 during Braddock's expedition to Fort Duquesne only sets up this story. Those events from the past lead to a number of complex situations in the present, and Henry Yamaguchi eventually discovers the circumstances are much more than coincidence.'
Yamaguchi's pursuit of the truth leads to the diary of a colonial scout (Luther Smith) who also encountered the woodland girl during Braddock's expedition. Smith's diary includes an entry confirming George Washington's death in the forest near the Monongahela River. In addition, Yamaguchi discovers a peculiar old book-Kiky?ki-a document written entirely in Japanese by Shimazu Masahiro's wife in the eighteenth century and later given to the scout as a gift.
The translation of Kiky?ki produces an equally disturbing revelation, setting in motion a stirring sequence of events for both Yamaguchi and Dr. Russell Smith-a descendant of the scout and a history professor who is haunted by bizarre nightmares of Indian torture. These discoveries confound Dr. Lisa Okamoto, a professor of Japanese language and history who helps translate Kiky?ki and later finds her life-and beliefs-forever changed by a series of astonishing events linked to the book.
Ellie Byrd Announces New Edition of the FORUM RETREAT PLANNING GUIDE
In celebration of the tenth anniversary of the initial printing of the Forum Retreat Planning Guide, Ellie Byrd and ForumSherpa are pleased to release the updated third edition. Just like its predecessors, this edition is packed with all the same Forum wisdom as before, refreshed with a host of new ideas, and enhanced with a myriad of both new and updated exercises.
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET Coming to King's Theatre Glasgow
Based on one of the most popular and best-loved Christmas films of all time, classic musical MIRACLE ON 34th STREET will play at the King's Theatre Glasgow from Thursday 19 to Saturday 21 November as part of a UK Tour this Christmas. On sale now.