Theatre, Dance & More on Tap for JACK's Winter/Spring 2016 Season
Clinton Hill cultural hub and OBIE award-winner JACK launches its winter/spring 2016 season with an a cappella opera set in Zimbabwe by composer Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa, a weekend of curated works by Modesto "Flako" Jimenez, the premiere of the dirty and bracing play Tom & Eliza, by Celine Song, the English-language premiere of Argentinian playwright Rafael Spregelburd's SPAM, The Geneva Project by Jennifer Harrison Newman, Antonio Ramos' Thirsty Mind, love and starvation sitting in a lonely tree and an exploration in minimalist/pop art performance by the No Face Performance Group. JACK also engineers the return of Walter Dundervill's ARENA (which had two sold-out runs at JACK in 2014 and 2015).
AFRICA MY BEAUTIFUL Begins Tonight at The Playroom Theater
Producer Eric Krebs asks, 'What happens when 2 extraordinary singer/performers from Africa come together for an exploration of music and story telling?' AFRICA MY BEAUTIFUL - an evening of story and song, with South African born Olivier and Obie Award-winner Thuli Dumakude, and Tanyaradzwa Tawenga 'a suburban kid from Zimbabwe,' - will play a limited 15-performance engagement at The Playroom Theater (151 West 46th Street - just east of Broadway). Performances are set to begin tonight, August 31st at 7pm and continue through September 30th.
AFRICA MY BEAUTIFUL Begins 8/31 at The Playroom Theater
Producer Eric Krebs asks, "What happens when 2 extraordinary singer/performers from Africa come together for an exploration of music and story telling?" Africa My Beautiful - an evening of story and song, with South African born Olivier and Obie Award-winnerThuli Dumakude, and Tanyaradzwa Tawenga "a suburban kid from Zimbabwe," - will play a limited 15-performance engagement at The Playroom Theater (151 West 46th Street - just east of Broadway.) Performances are set to begin on Monday, August 31st at 7pm and continue through September 30th.
Soho Rep and PlayCo Extend GENERATIONS Through 11/23
In response to popular demand and critical acclaim, Soho Rep. and The Play Company, in association with John Adrian Selzer, announce a second extension of the U.S. premiere of debbie tucker green's generations to November 23. The production, which opened on October 12, was declared a New York Times Critics' Pick by Charles Isherwood who called it 'a singular theatrical experience,' noting 'that the play reverberates in your mind and heart long afterward, like the taste of a great meal that you savor for days.' In her Time Out New York Critic's Pick review, Helen Shaw called it 'a devastating aria,' while Hilton Als in The New Yorker called it 'a miniature spectacle' that 'is filled with so much warmth and thought that the feeling it imparts lasts for a long time after you've left the theatre.'
Soho Rep and PlayCo Extend GENERATIONS
In response to popular demand, Soho Rep. and The Play Company, in association with John Adrian Selzer, extend the U.S. premiere of debbie tucker green's generations to November 9. The production, which opens on October 12, reunites the playwright with director Leah C. Gardiner, who worked together on the OBIE Award-winning 2011 production of born bad. generations features a 13-person choir led by music director Bongi Duma (The Lion King). The cast includes Shyko Amos (An Octoroon), Mamoudou Athie, Khail Toi Bryant (The Lion King), Ntombikhona Dlamini (Sarafina!), Thuli Dumakude (The Lion King, Poppie Nongena), Jonathan Peck (The Lion in Winter) and Michael Rogers (born bad, Breakfast With Mugabe).
Soho Rep & PlayCo Present GENERATIONS, Now thru 10/26
Soho Rep. and The Play Company, in association with John Adrian Selzer, announce casting and the creative team for the U.S. premiere of debbie tucker green's generations. The production, today, September 30-October 26, reunites the playwright with director Leah C. Gardiner, who worked together on the OBIE Award-winning 2011 production of born bad. generations features a 12-person community chorus led by music director Bongi Duma (The Lion King). The cast includes Shyko Amos (An Octoroon), Mamoudou Athie, Khail Toi Bryant (The Lion King), Ntombikhona Dlamini (Sarafina!), Thuli Dumakude (The Lion King, Poppie Nongena), Jonathan Peck (The Lion in Winter) and Michael Rogers (born bad, Breakfast With Mugabe).
Soho Rep & PlayCo to Present GENERATIONS, 9/30-10/26
Soho Rep. and The Play Company, in association with John Adrian Selzer, announce casting and the creative team for the U.S. premiere of debbie tucker green's generations. The production, September 30-October 26, reunites the playwright with director Leah C. Gardiner, who worked together on the OBIE Award-winning 2011 production of born bad. generations features a 12-person community chorus led by music director Bongi Duma (The Lion King). The cast includes Shyko Amos (An Octoroon), Mamoudou Athie, Khail Toi Bryant (The Lion King), Ntombikhona Dlamini (Sarafina!), Thuli Dumakude (The Lion King, Poppie Nongena), Jonathan Peck (The Lion in Winter) and Michael Rogers (born bad, Breakfast With Mugabe).
I SING FOR FREEDOM Returns to Jackie Onassis Theatre on 1/26
By popular demand, THOKOZA, a group of six South African and African women, all "of a certain age," will return Off-Broadway in I SING FOR FREEDOM, Sundays at5:00pm at the Jackie Onassis Theatre beginning January 26th, 2014. I SING FOR FREEDOM played an extended run at Baruch Performing Arts Center from June to December of 2013.
Photo Flash: Harry Belafonte Visits THOKOZA at Baruch Performing Arts Center
In the middle of the performance of THOKOZA: I Sing For Freedom on Monday night, August 19, at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, the audience recognized Harry Belafonte as the cast reprised his famous calypso songs and gave him a spontaneous show stopping standing ovation. He eventually stood and acknowledged the applause with a broad smile and a grand wave. Scroll down for a photo of him with the cast!
MUSIC: MY FREEDOM Plays Off-Broadway at The Tank, Now thru 3/3
MUSIC: MY FREEDOM will play a limited off-Broadway run at The Tank, tonight, Feb. 8- March 3, 2013. Six women from South Africa and the United States will sing, unamplified and A cappella, the music that makes them feel free and joyous in the intimate 62 seat Playroom Theater.