FOR YEARS TO COME to Play In The HollyShorts Film Festival on August 15th
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 6, 2023
On August 15th 2023, 'For Years to Come' will screen in the HollyShorts Film Festival at the TCL Chinese Theater on Hollywood Blvd. This half-hour independent TV pilot has played in three consecutive LA film festivals this summer, following it's LA premiere at Dances With Films and a sold-out screening at Outfest Los Angeles last month.
Photos: Go Inside (mostly)musicals' SONGS FOR A HAPPY NEW VENUE
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 3, 2023
On Tuesday, January 10th (mostly)musicals kicked off their 9th season with their annual Happy New Year show, featuring Gregory Nabours and a stellar lineup of talent from Broadway and LA. Their 44th edition took the stage in front of a full house at their NEW venue – the Knitting Factory NoHo (Upstairs at the Federal)! Scroll down for photos of the show and celebration!
Photos: In Rehearsal With (mostly)musicals: MOVING OUT
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 22, 2022
Tomorrow night - Tuesday, 11.22.22, don’t miss music director Gregory Nabours and a lineup PACKED with talent as (mostly)musicals bids farewell to Vitello’s, its home for the past 7 years!
Real Life Refugee Joins Cast Of Virtual Benefit Reading 'In Her Words: Refugee Women's Stories on Stage'
by Stephi Wild - Feb 13, 2021
On Saturday, March 6th at 7 pm EST, timed in conjunction with International Women's Day, Neighbors for Refugees, a Larchmont, New York-based nonprofit, will premiere a virtual reading of 'In Her Words: Refugee Women's Stories on Stage.' Playwright Beth Blatt devised the play from interviews conducted with six women from all around the globe. Zachary Moore, an accomplished theatre educator and director, directs.
The York Theatre Company Will Present The NEO Reading Series Presentation Of The New Musical BORDERS
by Stephi Wild - Feb 12, 2020
The York Theatre Company, as part of its acclaimed NEO Reading Series, will present a staged reading of the new musical Borders, with book, music, and lyrics by 2019 NEO writers Janine McGuire and Arri Lawton Simon, based on the film The Bubble by Eytan Fox and Gal Uchovsky, for ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY on Monday, February 24, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. at the York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (619 Lexington Avenue, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue). Admission to the presentation is by invitation only.
Lisa Howard, Colin Hanlon, And Laura Dadap To Star In Reading Of THE BOOK OF HOLDING ON
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 4, 2019
Lisa Howard, Colin Hanlon, and Laura Dadap to Star in Reading of New Musical The Book of Holding On, 2:30 pm, Tuesday June 11th at the Dramatists Guild, Mary Rodgers Room, 1501 Broadway, #701.
Cast Announced For Industry Reading Of SALAAM MEDINA: TALES OF A HALFGHAN
by Stephi Wild - Nov 11, 2018
THML Theatre Company concludes its fall reading series with a presentation of Salaam Medina: Tales of a Halfghan by Rona Siddiqui. Directed by Marshall Pailet and music directed by Heathcliff Saunders, the reading will take place on Monday, November 12th at 2:00pm at Ripley Grier Studios.
Mykal Kilgore, Kenita Miller, Jonathan Raviv, and More to Join Rona Siddiqui at the Kennedy Center
by Julie Musbach - Nov 2, 2018
New York based composer and lyricist, Rona Siddiqui will be joined by Mykal Kilgore (Motown), Kenita Miller (Once on this Island), Samia Mounts (We Live in Cairo workshop), Jonathan Raviv (The Band's Visit), Sherz Aletaha (Disaster!), and Waseem Alzer (We Live in Cairo workshop) at The Kennedy Center in a concert, Rona Siddiqui: Halfghan on a Mission, featuring her original music on November 15 at 6 PM.
NAMT's 2017 Festival of New Musicals Launches Today
by BWW News Desk - Oct 19, 2017
National Alliance for Musical Theatre presents its 29th Annual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS, set for today, October 19, and tomorrow, October 20, 2017 at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues). The Festival kicked off yesterday, October 18, with its celebrated concert, The 46th Minute.
Chilina Kennedy, Jenna Ushkowitz and More to Star in NAMT's 2017 Festival of New Musicals
by BWW News Desk - Oct 10, 2017
National Alliance for Musical Theatre announces additional casting for the 29th Annual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS, which takes place on Thursday, October 19 and Friday, October 20, 2017 at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues). The Festival kicks off on Wednesday, October 18 with its celebrated concert, The 46th Minute.
Nancy Anderson Joins Cast of NYMF's FOURTH MESSENGER
by BWW News Desk - Jun 27, 2017
Fresh off the triumphant run of Sunset Boulevard, NANCY ANDERSON will play the role of world-famous spiritual teacher Mama Sid in New York Musical Festival and 4M Productions' East Coast premiere of THE FOURTH MESSENGER, a contemporary Western re-imagining of the Buddha legend featuring a flawed, female Buddha figure, as part of the New York Musical Festival.
The Civilians to Bring LET ME ASCERTAIN YOU: HATE ACTUALLY to Joe's Pub
by BWW News Desk - Apr 6, 2017
The Civilians bring their final LET ME ASCERTAIN YOU cabaret of the season to Joe's Pub on Monday, April 10th, 2017 at 9:30 p.m. 'Hate Actually' is an interview-based cabaret is curated by Civilians R&D Group members Jessie Dean, Kareem Fahmy and Anthony Weigh.
Photo Flash: First Look at Ted Hearne's Digital-Age Oratorio THE SOURCE at SF Opera Lab
by BWW News Desk - Feb 25, 2017
SF Opera Lab presents composer Ted Hearne's universally acclaimed digital-age oratorio The Source, drawn from the contents of Chelsea Manning's WikiLeaks release and called 'some of the most expressive socially engaged music in recent memory-from any genre' by Pitchfork. Previously performed in New York City and Los Angeles, the six performances of The Source this weekend, February 24-26, and March 1-3, 2017 at the Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater open Season Two of San Francisco Opera's SF Opera Lab programming. Scroll down for a first look at the production!
LA Opera Presents Ted Hearne's THE SOURCE, Today
by BWW
News Desk - Oct 19, 2016
LA Opera's 2016/17 season will continue with the west coast premiere of The Source, opening on October 19. In this penetrating multimedia work, Brooklyn-based composer Ted Hearne, librettist Mark Doten, director Daniel Fish and production designer Jim Findlay dive into the media hysteria responsible for the many faces of Chelsea Manning, the U.S. Army private who infamously leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks.