Jennifer Brown News

GOODSPEED MUSICALS announced new plans to enhance accessibility at their venues, including improved seating, assistive listening devices, and increased wheelchair access, ensuring a more inclusive experience for all patrons.

Hold onto your seats for the original amazing race! Join fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful manservant as they race to beat the clock! Learn more about Around the World in 80 Days here!

 Fourteen years since Yasmina Reza’s play won the Tony Award and the Olivier Award for Best Comedy, this comedy of manners without the manners still delivers on all amusing fronts.  When a playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter, diplomatic niceties are observed…initially. 

The New York City Fire Museum (“the Museum”) today opens a new exhibition, Unmasking Our Heroes, which celebrates the valiant efforts of the Emergency Medical Service workforce – the Paramedics, EMTs, and other officers of the New York City Fire Department – during the pandemic.

Santa Monica Playhouse has been a cultural treasure in the seaside community for 61 years. Now, the Playhouse is giving love back with its Sixth Annual Binge Free Festival (BFF), a full month of free performances, workshops, readings, music and poetry in Santa Monica's ONLY fringe festival.

Stars have been announced for the Stonewall Inn Safe Spaces Concert for The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative. The concert event, which will serve as The Stonewall Inn’s official PRIDE kick-off, will benefit The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative’s Safe Spaces Community Partners, which are LGBTQA+ Centers in select areas across the country.

Joanna Syrokomla and Cynthia Amsden, Co-Chairs of the Canadian Alliance of Film & Television Costume Arts & Design (CAFTCAD) Awards are delighted to announce the official list of nominees for the 15 categories. 

Abducted by masked gunmen and buried alive in a truck trailer underground, 26 innocent school children spent 28 hours held hostage in the dark before they made a harrowing escape. This week, as their convicted captor faced a parole board, some of the survivors of that 1976 kidnapping share their emotional, heart-wrenching stories and their journey in 48 HOURS: “Live to Tell: The Chowchilla Kidnapping” to be broadcast Saturday, Oct. 12 (10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Headed to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019, 'Jennifer B' is the new musical created by Tish Tindal AKA The Fabulous TT based on the impelling book series by Angie Langley. The hilarious, heart-warming story follows Jennifer B, a pint sized thirty-something who takes us on a journey of self- discovery and inspirational blunders in this refreshing new show which will be playing on August 13th, 15th and 17th at The Space UK, Edinburgh.

LBTQ Women, an organization committed to championing the accomplishments of lesbian, bi, transgender and queer women worldwide, will hold its first annual LBTQWomen Conference on June 26 in New York City. Hosted by Microsoft, the day-long event will bring together diverse LBTQ women professionals from across industries to share ideas, increase visibility, and celebrate the contributions and successes of the LBTQ community.

The 2019 Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) is celebrating 22 years of film, food, wine, and spirits Wednesday, March 27 to Sunday, March 31, 2019. All films are shown at intimate venues within walking distance of Sonoma's historic plaza. In total, 123 films from around the world, from over 28 countries and 200 filmmakers, will be showcased as all eyes turn to Sonoma for a Festival that consistently attracts the most prominent names in the film industry and has become a marquee destination for film lovers, as well as lovers of world class food and wine!

The Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership Business Improvement District (BID) and Van Alen Institute today unveiled the winner of the fifth annual Flatiron Public Plaza Holiday Design Competition-Happy by Studio Cadena-a temporary installation in the heart of the Flatiron District. Happy will be the centerpiece of the Partnership's seventh annual holiday program and a highly visible landmark in this thriving New York City neighborhood.

The cast and creative team of SUMMER SHORTS celebrated the opening with friends and family at the Brazilian eatery Fogo de Chao Churrascaria on West 53rd Street in Manhattan on Monday, August 6.

The Victory Theatre Center is proud to present the World Premiere of SHOWPONY, a new comedy by Judith Leora and directed by Tom Ormeny.

Award-winning actor Diane Lane has signed on to star in the drama series pilot Y, headlining an ensemble cast also starring Barry Keoghan, Imogen Poots, Lashana Lynch, Juliana Canfield and Marin Ireland, it was announced today by Eric Schrier and Nick Grad, Presidents of Original Programming for FX Networks and FX Productions.

Last night, the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership Business Improvement District kicked off the sixth annual 23 Days of Flatiron Cheer season featuring free performances, fitness sessions, prizes, hot beverage giveaways, and much more. The centerpiece of the festivities, Flatiron Reflection, selected through the fourth-annual Flatiron Plaza Holiday Design Competition in partnership with Van Alen Institute and NYC DOT Art, also was unveiled on the North Public Plaza in the shadow of the famed Flatiron Building.

On Thursday, October 26, the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership Business Improvement District (BID) and Van Alen Institute unveiled the winner of the fourth annual Flatiron Public Plaza Holiday Design Competition Flatiron Reflection by Future Expansion a temporary installation in the heart of the Flatiron District.

On Monday, November 21st, the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership Business Improvement District (BID) and Van Alen Institute unveiled LOT's Flatiron Sky-Line, the winner of the Flatiron Public Plaza Holiday Design Competition, the third annual competition of its kind, which called for proposals from New York City designers for a temporary installation in the heart of the Flatiron District. 

The Company OnStage presents Sleepy Hollow. A World Premiere, Written by L. Robert Westeen. Directed by Renata Smith and Produced by Special Arrangement with the Author. Performances are Saturdays, October 8 through October 29. All performances are at St. John's Presbyterian Church in McPhail Hall.