Herbie Hancock & Gladys Knight Headline 37th Annual The National Grid Jazz Fest
by Michael Major
- June 14, 2023
Produced by Jazz Fest founder Frank Malfitano, the event features forty bands performing on two outdoor stages and in 24 clubs throughout downtown Syracuse, New York. National and internationally touring and recording artists, including Spyro Gyra, Tower of Power, Postmodern Jukebox, Tuba Skinny, Joyce Di Camillo, Nancy Kelly and Marissa Mulder.
Nirvana, Ma Rainey, Nile Rodgers & More to Be Honored By the GRAMMYs
by Michael Major
- January 05, 2023
Bobby McFerrin, Nirvana, Ma Rainey, Nile Rodgers, Slick Rick 'The Ruler,' The Supremes, and Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson of Heart are the 2023 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipients; Henry Diltz, Ellis Marsalis and Jim Stewart are the Trustees Award recipients.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Announces Clayton Shelvin as New Director of Development
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- January 21, 2021
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has announced the appointment of Clayton Shelvin as the company’s new Director of Development. As Director of Development, Shelvin will play a prominent role in ensuring the Tony Award-winning company’s continued success and commitment to furthering its impact within its community as well as nationally.
Cleveland Public Theatre Presents YA MAMA!
by A.A. Cristi
- October 05, 2018
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to present Ya Mama! The production is onstage from October 11 - 27, 2018, in CPT's Gordon Square Theatre.
New Shaw Adaptation Receives American Premiere At Karamu House
by A.A. Cristi
- March 25, 2018
Karamu House, the oldest African American theatre in the country, presents the American premiere of The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search for God from March 22 through April 15, 2018. Performances of this sidesplitting comedy written by celebrated Canadian playwright Lisa Codrington, and based on the short story by George Bernard Shaw will be held in Karamu's intimate Arena Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. Directed by Nina Domingue, the cast is led by India Pierre-Ingram in the title role and includes Kaila Benford, Robert Branch, Samantha Cocco, Michael Head, Mary-Francis R. Miller, Prophet D. Seay, and Karl Toth.
Yale Rep Presents Suzan-Lori Parks's FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS, Parts 1, 2 & 3
by Julie Musbach
- February 19, 2018
Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents Father Comes Home From the Wars, Parts 1, 2 & 3 by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by Liz Diamond, March 16-April 7, at the University Theatre (222 York Street). Opening Night is Thursday, March 22. Father Comes Home From the Wars, Parts 1, 2 & 3 is a co-production with San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater, where it will play April 25-May 20.