The Upstarts

Middletown Arts Center to Present The MAC ONE-ACTS Play-Reading Festival This Month

The Middletown Arts Center will present the fifth edition of The MAC ONE-ACTSPlay-Reading Festival. Learn more about the programming and see how to purchase tickets.

Review: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at The Phoenix Theatre Company

The Phoenix Theatre Company's production of THE LEHMAN TRILOGY is a must see ~ a quintessentially American morality tale, directed by Rod Kaats and featuring knockout performances by Josh Clark, Michael Stewart Allen, and Michael Kary. Runs through February 11th.

THE HELLFREAKS Unleash Third Single 'Weeping Willow'

Showing off the band’s versatility and unquestionable talent, their third single, “Weeping Willow”, leans towards modern electronic metal. With a drastic change towards the end - the dark and eerily atmospheric track surprises the listener with extraordinary vocalist Zsuzsa “Shakey Sue“ Radnóti’s impressive core-breaking shouts.

JC Wave Fest At White Eagle Hall to Feature Diverse Mix Of Jersey City Music

Get ready to ride the wave! On August 18th at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) presents JC Wave Fest, a music and performance festival celebrating community, the arts and creativity.

BWW Interview: Playwright Howard Brenton On MAGNIFICENCE

Renowned playwright Howard Brenton's work ranges from The Romans in Britain and Pravda to 55 Days and Drawing the Line. Now, his eerily resonant 1973 play Magnificence - featuring idealistic squatters, police brutality, slippery politicians and radicalisation - is being revived at Finborough Theatre, previewing from 25 October.

Flack Highlights 31st Calgary Folk Festival, 7/22-25

This is the 31st annual Calgary Folk Music Festival held July 22-25, 2010 on Prince's Island, whose dreamlike balance of urban and bucolic, friendly and far-out, superfly and earthy reflects Calgary, Canada's cowboy can-do and progressive DIY aesthetic. It's Annie Oakley meets Ani DiFranco.