Bergen Performing Arts Center presents IDAN RAICHEL: PIANO-SONGS
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 21, 2017
Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents Idan Raichel-Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 8PM. Purchase tickets at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling bergenPAC's Box Office at (201) 227-1030.
UniverSoul Circus to Return to New York City Area This Spring
by BWW News Desk - Mar 20, 2017
Friends and family of all ages, it's time to get charged up for big time fun and the high-flying Big Top adventure of a lifetime as UniverSoul Circus returns to the New York metropolitan area. UniverSoul Circus, America's premier family entertainment attraction, delivers a brand new exciting production for all to enjoy in 2017.
Liesl Tommy to Direct PASS OVER at Steppenwolf
by Rebecca Russo - Feb 24, 2017
Steppenwolf Theatre Company announces acclaimed director Liesl Tommy, who received a Tony nomination for her direction of Eclipsed by Danai Gurira on Broadway, will direct Steppenwolf's world premiere production of Pass Over by Antoinette Nwandu. The cast features ensemble member Jon Michael Hill and Cliff Chamberlain with one remaining role to be announced.
Re-Imagined SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD Comes to Vancouver
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 21, 2017
Songs For A New World is a rare kind of show, neither a musical nor a revue, but a song cycle, exploring immigration, war, motherhood, poverty, and the singular moments that transform our lives.
Hijinx Unity Festival to Migrate North This Summer
by BWW News Desk - Feb 1, 2017
Today Hijinx announces that Unity Festival, its five-day international inclusive arts event, will take place for the first time in Caernarfon, North Wales, from 28 June - 2 July 2017.
Pacific Symphony Presents Verdi's AIDA
by Molly Tracy - Jan 20, 2017
Experience Verdi's impeccable musical genius at its most voluptuous when Pacific Symphony delivers the concert opera, "Aida, " recounting the doomed love triangle of an Egyptian princess, a young Nubian slave girl and the soldier they both love! For three grand nights, the orchestra comes out of the pit and onto the stage for this semi-staged presentation of Verdi's most popular and heartbreaking opera.
Opera & Ballet International Proudly Presents VERDI AIDA
by BWW News Desk - Jan 10, 2017
Aida, the grandest of all Ellen Kent's operas, returns in Spring 2017 to the UK with a stunning new traditional production, boasting an impressive new set built by Set-Up Scenery in the UK, who also build sets for the Royal Opera Covent Garden.
Save a Child's Heart with SYMPHONY OF THE HEART Benefit Concert
by BWW News Desk - Jan 4, 2017
SAVE A CHILD'S HEART (SACH), an international, humanitarian organization dedicated to providing life-saving pediatric heart surgery for indigent children from developing countries around the world, will present a benefit concert featuring a lineup of major international stars in a special evening of music and entertainment, Sunday, January 29th, 2017.
BWW Blog: MOURNING SUN in Uganda
by Wesley Doucette - Jan 6, 2017
Wesley Doucette on the presentation of MOURNING SUN in Uganda as discussed in an interview with performer Adrian Baidoo.
Wayne James Releases New Etiquette Book, MANLY MANNERS
by Christina Mancuso - Dec 8, 2016
ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands, Dec. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Former U.S. Virgin Islands senator and Senate Liaison to the White House Wayne James has just released his highly anticipated etiquette book for men, Manly Manners: Lifestyle & Modern Etiquette for the Young Man of the 21 st Century. Published by the iUniverse division of Penguin-Random House, the provocative, edgy, 840-page bookthe first of a three-volume treatise totaling 2,100 pageshas been in the making for six years. Since January of 2011, the author has lived on three continents and one archipelagoSouth America, North America, Europe, and the Caribbeanresearching for and writing the treatise, which is already being called 'The most comprehensive work on male comportment,' 'Refreshingly inclusive and matter-of-factly cosmopolitan,' and 'A tour de force.'
Photo Flash: La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club Presents CLOVER by Erik Ehn
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 1, 2016
La MaMa presents Clover, a new experimental theater drama about America's history of violence by Erik Ehn, directed by Glory Kadigan with original music by Maya Solovey and original puppet design & puppetry direction by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew. Performances will be staged at the First Floor Theatre at La MaMa, 74a East 4th Street,New York, NY 10003 from December 1-16, 2016.
Circus Spectacular MOTHER AFRICA: MY HOME to Swing Into New Victory Theater for the Holidays
by BWW
News Desk - Dec 2, 2016
This holiday season, experience the joyous spirit of Mother Africa: My Home, an all-new circus spectacular set in Cape Town's largest township, Khayelitsha. Returning with their latest show, the 2014 Drama Desk nominee for Unique Theatrical Experience brings its vibrant mix of modern circus acts with African dance and music to The New Victory Theater from December 2, 2016 to January 1, 2017.
'The Face Of Hunger: Reflections On A Famine In Ethiopia' is Released
by Christina Mancuso - Dec 1, 2016
'The Face Of Hunger: Reflections On A Famine In Ethiopia': a gripping and educational look at the horrors of the Ethiopian famine, and the love and positive situations birthed from it. 'The Face Of Hunger: Reflections On A Famine In Ethiopia' is the creation of published author, Byron Conner, M.D., Army Veteran, medical doctor, father, and missionary.
Erik Ehn's New Experimental Drama CLOVER Begins Tonight at La MaMa
by BWW News Desk - Dec 1, 2016
La MaMa presents Clover, a new experimental theater drama about America's history of violence by Erik Ehn, directed by Glory Kadigan with original music by Maya Solovey and original puppet design & puppetry direction by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew. Performances will be staged at the First Floor Theatre at La MaMa, 74a East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003 from tonight, December 1, through December 16, 2016.
Randy Weston to Release New 2-CD Set 'The African Nubian Suite' 1/20
by Caryn Robbins - Nov 22, 2016
The 2-CD set, 'The African Nubian Suite,' captures a concert presented at New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts by the Institute of African American Affairs on Easter Sunday 2012 and will be released by African Rhythms on January 20, 2017.