Jillian Walker's THE WHITNEY ALBUM Comes to Soho Rep This Month
by Stephi Wild - May 15, 2023
Soho Rep presents the world premiere of multidisciplinary theater-maker, musician, and composer Jillian Walker's The Whitney Album. Walker's ritual performance flows between incantation, love lecture, scene, and song as it considers the labor of performance itself and honors the legacy of Whitney Houston and so many other Black women beloved, and consumed, for their art.
Jillian Walker's THE WHITNEY ALBUM Premieres at Soho Rep in May
by Stephi Wild - Apr 12, 2023
Soho Rep presents the world premiere of multidisciplinary theater-maker and “imaginary historian” Jillian Walker's The Whitney Album, a meditation on the artist's relationship to Whitney Houston's work and personal life, and perceptions of both in the American imagination. The production concludes a 2022-23 Soho Rep season consisting entirely of works commissioned by the organization
Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXEGESIS at Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 26, 2022
On Tuesday, October 25, cast and creatives gathered for the first rehearsal of the Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 production of YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXEGESIS. The new play by Julia May Jonas, directed by Annie Tippe, begins performances Saturday, November 19 ahead of a Monday, December 5 opening at the Claire Tow Theater. See photos here!
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Announces Its 2020-2021 Season plus Introducing Woolly on Demand and The Golden Ticket
by Elliot Lanes - Jul 29, 2020
With transparency and cautious optimism as guiding pillars, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is pleased to announce its 2020-2021 season. Season 41 features the return of a postponed production, new partnerships, a digital season, and an exciting evolution of Woollya??s subscription plan. Anticipated to take place between Fall 2020 and Summer 2021, Woollya??s timeline is designed to be flexible given the rolling nature of the re-opening process. Woolly will announce dates for shows on an ongoing basis, when the theatre is certain it can move forward responsibly, and ensure the health and safety of staff, artists, and audiences. For more information about Woollya??s plans to reopen, click here.
Michael Urie Will Reprise BUYER & CELLAR Role for Livestream Benefit
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 13, 2020
Obie, Lortel, and Drama Desk Award- winner Michael Urie (Grand Horizons, Torch Song) will reprise his role in a livestreamed one-night-only performance of Buyer & Cellar to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund. The site-specific performance will broadcast live from the living room of his apartment on Sunday, April 19 at 8pm. Watch live on Youtube!
MRS. MURRAY'S MENAGERIE Extends to May 11
by Julie Musbach - Apr 16, 2019
Due to popular demand and critical acclaim, Ars Nova extends the world premiere of Mrs. Murray's Menagerie to May 11. Directed by Lila Neugebauer, Mrs. Murray's Menagerie opened on kicks-off Ars Nova at Greenwich House and marks The Mad Ones' first production since their critically acclaimed play Miles For Mary. The production, created by The Mad Ones and Phillip James Brannon, Brad Heberlee, Carmen M. Herlihy and January LaVoy, opened on April 8.