Friday 5(+1): HPAC's World Premiere Production of Michael Kurek's DEAR MISS BARRETT
We welcome back our regular feature, The Friday 5 (+1), with today’s opportunity to get to know four members of the Dear Miss Barrett cast better before the curtain goes up on the show’s world premiere production. Crystal Kurek, Deron Ryan Martel, Kimberly Rye and Tyler Evick offer their answers to our queries and tell you why they expect to see you in the audience of Dear Miss Barrett over the next two weekends.
Susan Ohrt Named PYO Music Institute 2020 Ovation Award Recipient
It was the 7th Annual PYO Music Institute Ovation Award Presentation and, in this most unusual year where the COVID-19 Pandemic prevented the typical presentation at the Kimmel Center, this year's recipient, Susan Ohrt, was surprised at the front door of her home.
Jeannie Seely Performs At The Fifth Annual Nashville Senior Christmas ShinnDig
Country music royalty and a fifty-one year member of the Grand Ole Opry, Jeannie Seely, took the stage on Friday, December 14 at Lipscomb University's Allen Arena for the Fifth Annual Nashville Senior Christmas ShinnDig for a very special performance of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" and "I'll Be Home For Christmas." Seely also joined Tim Atwood on his performance of "Something About that Name". Performers in addition to Seely and Atwood included Kathie Lee Gifford, Charlie McCoy, Julie Roberts, Matt Bagher, Paul Allen Coon and Sarah Martin.
IFC Unveils Five New Series in Development for Series Contention
IFC today revealed five new 'slightly off' original comedies in development: Almost Asian, a series chronicling the life of a mixed-race millennial in Los Angeles; Annika Erotica, a series following a young Colorado pastor who harbors a secret passion for writing erotic novels under a pen name; Art Thieves, an adventure comedy following three misfit criminals who fancy themselves to be the Robin Hoods of the art world; Beth, a comedy about a happily-agoraphobic man and his uneasy journey back to the outside world; and the satirical and politically provocative sketch comedy The Middle Passage. The projects join the previously announced series in development How to Rig an Election and NGO.
Jack Drag Premieres New Single BLOODY NOSES
Songwriter/producer/composer John Dragonetti will release his first new album under his Jack Drag moniker in 16 years, appropriately entitled 2018, September 14 on Burger Records. A third single from the record, “Bloody Noses”, premiered today via Blackbook prior to its release this Friday, September 7 - share it via Soundcloud.
Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce Reschedules Annual LUMINARY
Vin Nolan, Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce, today announced that in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma the annual LUMINARY is being rescheduled to Friday, October 27. This year's celebration will once again be held in the Grand Ballroom of the beachside Delray Beach Marriott at 10 N. Ocean Blvd.
Arts House Limited Appoints Gaurav Kripalani as Festival Director of Singapore International Festival of Arts 2018-2020
Gaurav Kripalani will be appointed the new Festival Director designate of the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) with effect from 1 May 2017. This will be for a tenure of three festivals from 2018 till 2020. The appointment was announced by the Arts House Limited (AHL), a company of the National Arts Council (NAC) which commissions the annual SIFA. Gaurav will take the helm from outgoing Festival Director Ong Keng Sen, who will see through the 2017 edition which begins in June.