Jamil Hijazi Releases Memoir NEVER SETTLED
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 31, 2024
Jamil Hijazi's memoir Never Settled explores his life's journey from Tucson to global travels, delving into spirituality, psychology, and quantum physics, while reflecting on mental health and societal trends.
The National Ballet of Canada Returns to New York City Center for First-time in 15 Years
by Stephi Wild - Mar 21, 2023
Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, announced the casting for the tour to New York City Center. The company will present the US premiere of Crystal Pite’s Angels’ Atlas, the New York premiere of David Dawson’s Anima Animus and Kenneth MacMillan’s Concerto, March 30 – April 1, 2023.
Casting Announced for Winter Mixed Programme at the National Ballet of Canada
by Stephi Wild - Mar 1, 2023
Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the casting for the Canadian premiere of Anima Animus by David Dawson, world premiere of Alleged Dances by Rena Butler and George Balanchine’s Symphony in C, onstage March 3 – 23, 2023 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. #AnimaAnimusNBC #AllegedDancesNBC #SymphonyInCNBC
Sideshow Theatre Company Postpones Juneteenth Pride Gala
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 18, 2022
Sideshow Theatre Company announced that its Juneteenth Pride Gala has been postponed until September. The Gala, originally scheduled for Saturday, June 18, has been postponed due to rising COVID numbers and Sideshow's desire to avoid conflicts with existing Pride and Juneteenth celebrations.
The National Ballet of Canada Tours to New York City Center
by Stephi Wild - Jun 15, 2022
Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the company will tour to New York City Center March 30 – April 1, 2023. The company will present the US premiere of Crystal Pite’s Angels’ Atlas with David Dawson’s Anima Animus and Kenneth MacMillan’s Concerto.
Portland Drummer José Medeles to Share Tribute to John Fahey with 'Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems'
by Marissa Tomeo - May 12, 2022
Led by drummer José Medeles (Breeders, 1939 Ensemble, Revival Drum Shop), Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems is a drummer’s tribute to guitarist and DIY iconoclast John Fahey. Joined for a series of guitar and drum duets with M. Ward, experimental guitarist Marisa Anderson, and Chris Funk (Decemberists, Stephen Malkmus), it’s a genuinely honorific project, featuring not Fahey compositions, but rather a series of improvised rendezvous inspired and informed by his looseness and rhythmic idiosyncrasies.
HURRICANE DIANE Comes to Rec Room Arts in May
by Stephi Wild - Apr 22, 2022
Rec Room Arts will present the Houston premiere of Hurricane Diane, Madeleine George's (Hulu's Only Murders in the Building) Obie Award-winning play that turns the Greek god Dionysus into Diane, a lesbian permaculture gardener whose secret mission is to save the planet from the ravages of climate change. Lily Wolff (Alley Theatre) will direct the production.
IAMEVE Releases New Single 'Oceans Deep'
by Michael Major - Jan 14, 2022
Tiff Randol, the creative force behind IAMEVE wrote “Ocean Deep '' last year during the pandemic when she was preparing a live looping performance for Noise Engineering's Noiseblast series. After acquiring a number of new modules and gear, she began experimenting with and sampling sounds in Ableton.
Sideshow Theatre Company Welcomes Ten New Company Members
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 16, 2021
Sideshow Theatre Company has announced the addition of ten new company members, including Ensemble Members estrellita beatriz, Adelina Feldman-Schultz, Hanna Kime, Tina Muñoz Pandya and Shariba Rivers and Artistic Associates Sam Boeck, Olivia Canaday, Sydney Charles, Micah Figueroa and Mallory Raven-Ellen Backstrom.
Sideshow Theatre Company Welcomes New Ensemble Members and Artistic Associates
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 22, 2021
Sideshow Theatre Company is pleased to welcome eleven new ensemble members and artistic associates. Ensemble members include Wardell Julius Clark, Greg Geffrard, Arti Ishak, Krystal Ortiz, Gabrielle Randle-Bent and Netta Walker. Artistic Associates include Patrick Agada, J. Nicole Brooks, Brynne Frauenhoffer, Jyreika Guest and Sarah Price.
Review Roundup: Richard Nelson's WHAT DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT? Conversations on Zoom
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 30, 2020
Just last night, The Public Theater presented the world premiere of WHAT DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT? Conversations on Zoom, a new play in the Rhinebeck Panorama, written and directed by Tony Award winner Richard Nelson. Commissioned by The Public Theater and written by Nelson from his home in Rhinebeck, New York, during the COVID-19 pandemic, this unique theatrical experience was performed as a benefit for The Public Theater.
Trinity Produces New York Premiere Of Wachner's REV. 23 at Prototype Festival
by Stephi Wild - Dec 31, 2019
This winter, Trinity Church Wall Street co-produces the New York premiere of REV. 23, the latest opera by its own Director of Music Julian Wachner, along with the cutting-edge Prototype Festival and Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Performances take place at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater in Manhattan, on January 17 at 8pm and January 18 at 3pm and 8pm. Composed to an audacious, satirical libretto by Cerise Jacobs, founder of the Boston-based activist opera company White Snake Projects, which commissioned the work, REV. 23 explores an a?oeunpublisheda?? new chapter of the Book of Revelation. Los Angeles-based director James Darrah creates a striking new production for this New York premiere, leading the audience on a fantastical journey through the myths of the collective unconscious. Noted conductor Daniela Candillari leads Trinity's in-house contemporary orchestra, NOVUS NY.
Brian Pastor Named Sideshow Theatre Company's New Executive Director
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 16, 2019
Sideshow Theatre Company has announced the appointment of Brian Pastor as its new Executive Director effective this month. Pastor succeeds Stephanie Weddell, who has served alongside Artistic Director Jonathan L. Green since April 2016.