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Review: Studio Tenn Collaborates with TPAC for 2022-23 Season Opener of AIDA IN CONCERT at Polk Theatre
by Jeffrey Ellis - Oct 1, 2022

Studio Tenn – the Franklin-based professional theater company – launches its 2022-23 season in collaboration with Tennessee Performing Arts Center for a concert staging of Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida, playing for just two nights at TPAC’s James K. Polk Theatre September 30 and October 1. Under the direction of Studio Tenn artistic director Patrick Cassidy (who shares duties with co-director and choreographer Gerry McIntyre), Aida features a starry cast of actors with Broadway pedigrees (Jackie Burns and Rex Smith), along with some of Music City’s most beloved stage veterans (Bakari Jamal King and Mark Cabus) and featuring the stunning triumph of a young woman who audiences have watched grow up on Nashville stages (Maya Riley) in the title role.

Choir Of Merton College, Oxford Heads Stateside In September For US Tour
by Stephi Wild - Jul 28, 2022

Sacred choral music from both sides of the Atlantic will travel with the Choir of Merton College, Oxford on its first tour since before the Covid pandemic. Merton's choral scholars and their Director of Music Benjamin Nicholas are bound for the United States this autumn to perform at the New York City Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on Park Avenue (15 September 2022).

ZOETIC STAGE Announces Casts & Creative Teams for THE FINSTROM FESTIVAL OF NEW WORK
by Stephi Wild - May 12, 2022

The casts and creative teams have been assembled for Zoetic Stage’s second annual Finstrom Festival of New Work which will be co-presented with and hosted at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, live and in person in the Peacock Foundation Studio. The readings are free and open to the public.

Cantata Singers Concludes 2017-18 Season
by Julie Musbach - Apr 19, 2018

Cantata Singers' concludes its 54th season with two performances on Mother's Day weekend. Featuring sacred music by Part, Victoria, and Harris, the first performance is on Friday, May 11 at 8pm at First Church in Cambridge, and the second is on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 13, at 3pm at Church of the Covenant, Boston.

Theatre Aspen Announces Season Casting For 35th Anniversary Season
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 11, 2018

Theatre Aspen announced casting for the organization's 35th Anniversary Season, which includes Ragtime, Godspell, and Our Town today. This season's productions promise to bring world class theatre dramatically closer by presenting talent from Broadway, national tours, and training programs from across the country.

Cantata Singers to Open 54th Season with Zelenka Premiere, Mozart & Haydn
by BWW News Desk - Nov 3, 2017

Cantata Singers' 54th season opens today, November 3, 2017 at 8pm in New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall with the U.S. premiere of J.D. Zelenka's Missa Divi Xaverii, W.A. Mozart's Misericordias Domini, and F.J. Haydn's Symphony No. 80.

Cathedral of St. John The Divine Presents U.S. Premiere Of David Briggs' Transcription Of Symphony No. 1
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 24, 2017

International concert organist and composer David Briggs will perform his transcription of Elgar's deeply moving First Symphony (1908) on Friday, November 3 at 7:30 p.m., at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street), Manhattan. This concert opens Great Organ: A Recital Series, part of the 2017 2018 season of Great Music in a Great Space.

Cantata Singers to Open 54th Season with Zelenka Premiere, Mozart & Haydn
by BWW News Desk - Sep 29, 2017

Cantata Singers' 54th season opens on Friday, November 3, 2017 at 8pm in New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall with the U.S. premiere of J.D. Zelenka's Missa Divi Xaverii, W.A. Mozart's Misericordias Domini, and F.J. Haydn's Symphony No. 80.

Cantata Singers 2017-18 Season Celebrates Music Director David Hoose
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 8, 2017

Cantata Singers is delighted to announce its 54th season, a season-long celebration honoring Music Director David Hoose's 35th anniversary with the organization.

Ben Affleck & Pixar Filmmakers Honored by Ed Asner at Autfest Film Festival
by Caryn Robbins - Apr 24, 2017

Oscar®-winning actor Ben Affleck, Pixar filmmakers Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera, AutFest founder Matt Asner and several filmmakers were honored yesterday for their filmmaking contributions to autism awareness “from spectrum to screen” at the 1st Annual AutFest International Film Festival (April 22-23) in Orange, California.

AutFest, Celebrating Autism Awareness, Sets Short Film Selections
by Movies News Desk - Mar 30, 2017

AutFest, the first film festival celebrating autism awareness 'from spectrum to screen,' today announced the addition of six short films to its first annual film festival on Saturday, April 22 - Sunday, April 23, 2017 at the AMC Orange 30 in Orange, CA.

Cantata Singers Announce 2017-18 Season
by Julie Musbach - Mar 8, 2017

Cantata Singers is delighted to announce its 54th season, a season-long celebration honoring Music Director David Hoose's 35th anniversary with the organization.

BWW Review: Collaborating UO and Oakfields Students Deliver Promising SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD at #NAF16
by David Fick - Jul 5, 2016

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD delivered an engaging 85 minutes of musical theatre, managing to explore a clear thesis while doing so. Like some of the musicals presented at the Student Arts Festival over the past few years, it raised the bar of what can be accomplished on this platform in this genre.

BROADWAY AT THE W Returns to The Loft Stage at W Hollywood This Month
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 16, 2016

On June 24, musical theater revue show BROADWAY AT THE W triumphantly returns to The Loft stage at W Hollywood. The 2015 debut BROADWAY AT THE W show was a sold-out success with a line of ticket holders stretching down Hollywood Blvd.

Richard J. Hinds to Direct, Choreograph THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW at University of Oklahoma
by Tyler Peterson - Oct 26, 2015

'The Rocky Horror Show is going to blow the roof off the Weitzenhoffer Theatre. Get ready to party the night away!' says Richard J. Hinds, guest director/choreographer. The musical that became a movie sensation and started a four-decade nonstop cultural phenomenon is back where it is meant to be seen - live on stage.

Photo Flash: First Look at HEARTBREAK HOTEL at The Jetty
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 9, 2015

This summer, The Jetty - London's most exciting new riverside arts venue - is transformed into the Heartbreak Hotel, an intricately designed purpose built structure where the audience check-in to an immersive and unique theatre event.

The Jetty's THE HEARTBREAK HOTEL Begins Next Month
by Tyler Peterson - May 14, 2015

This summer, The Jetty - London's most exciting new riverside arts venue - is transformed into the Heartbreak Hotel, an intricately designed purpose built structure where the audience check-in to an immersive and unique theatre event.

THE JUNGLE BOOK Extends at Valley Youth Theatre Through 3/2
by Tyler Peterson - Feb 19, 2014

Due to popular demand, The Jungle Book is being held over at Valley Youth Theatre through March 2. Three more performances have been added - one on Saturday, March 1 at 11 a.m. and two on Sunday, March 2 at 12 and 3 p.m.

Rudyard Kipling's THE JUNGLE BOOK Opens Today at Valley Youth Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Feb 7, 2014

Valley Youth Theatre (VYT) opens The Jungle Book today, February 7 - the midway point in the non-profit theatre's 25th Anniversary season.

Rudyard Kipling's THE JUNGLE BOOK to Open 2/7 at Valley Youth Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Feb 1, 2014

Valley Youth Theatre (VYT) opens The Jungle Book on Friday, February 7 - the midway point in the non-profit theatre's 25th Anniversary season.