Kaufman Music Center Presents Lisa Bielawa's BROADCAST FROM HOME in its Entiretyby BWW News Desk - August 12, 2020On Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 2pm and Friday, August 21, 2020 at 2pm, Kaufman Music Center presents a free, two-part online listening event of the entire cycle of composer Lisa Bielawa's Broadcast from Home, an inspired musical response to the shelter-in-place measure put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. NCo Creations Launches 'Pay What You Wish' Virtual Art Workshopsby BWW News Desk - August 12, 2020Nco Creations EDU aims to connect students with artists from the comfort of their home. NCo Creations EDU, an extension of the performing arts and education nonprofit, NCo Creations, is hosting their first workshops that are a part of their Art Sparks initiative starting this weekend, August 15th & 16th. Skylight Music Theatre Announces FROM SKYLIGHT WITH LOVE: A CONCERT FOR UNITYby BWW News Desk - August 12, 2020Skylight Music Theatre Artistic Director Michael Unger announced today the upcoming concert From Skylight with Love: A Concert for Unity to open the first-annual Milwaukee Black Theatre Festival. The virtual production is free and available for streaming beginning Sunday, August 23 at 7 p.m. (CDT) through September 12, 2020. Tulsa Opera To Open Season With Live Baseball-Themed RIGOLETTOby BWW News Desk - August 12, 2020In its first performance for a live, in-person audience since the coronavirus outbreak, Tulsa Opera will present the company's 2020-21 season opener, Verdi's Rigoletto, outdoors in a semi-staged, baseball-themed production directed by James Robinson at local baseball stadium ONEOK Field on Friday, October 9 at 7:30 p.m. CT. Siren Pack And Retro Factory Present MOVE IT! - A DIGITAL DANCE PARTYby BWW News Desk - August 12, 2020 Join in for an all-out zoom party of spectacular proportions as we celebrate the influence of Black rhythms, movement, and spirit on all of us. Log in with us on Friday, August 21 for MOVE IT!: An Homage to the Spirit of Black Music and Dance. MOVE IT! is produced by SIREN PACK and RETRO FACTORY, theatreC's LGBTQ+ immersive Party Series. New York Philharmonic To Participate in THE 19TH REPRESENTS Virtual Summitby BWW News Desk - August 12, 2020On Thursday, August 13, the New York Philharmonic will participate in The 19th Represents, a virtual summit commemorating the centennial of the ratification of 19th Amendment through a series of conversations with prominent women in politics, civic engagement, journalism, and the arts. Chicago Humanities Festival Returns for Fall 2020by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2020The Fall 2020 Chicago Humanities Festival will host a range of leading voices on the most pressing issues of our time in the first all-digital Fall Festival in the organization's thirty-year history. In service of CHF's 2020 theme of 'Vision,'events this fall will present different visions on topics including racial inequality, democracy, and more. Soho Theatre Revives TYPICAL Starring Richard Blackwood for Filmby BWW News Desk - August 12, 2020Typical, a powerful and urgent exploration about how society stereotypes Black masculinity is the subject of a brand-new film created by award-winning creative movement Nouveau Riche and Soho Theatre, London's leading producer of new theatre, comedy and cabaret. VIDEO: Signature Theatre Releases New Episode of THE SIGNATURE SHOWby BWW News Desk - August 12, 2020Today, Signature Theatre released the second episode of The Signature Show, a biweekly half-hour digital experience featuring performances by acclaimed artists, interviews, celebration of new musical voices and tributes to the past, present and future of Signature Theatre. All episodes will be released on Signature Theatrea??s YouTube Channel. Cyndi Lauper, Phylicia Rashad and More Join MUSICAL MEDITATION AND CELEBRATION OF RADICAL HEALINGby BWW News Desk - August 12, 2020Singer, songwriter, and activist Nona Hendryx in conjunction with Nubian Q.U.E.E.N.X. (Quantum, Unique, Evolving, Essence of Nubian Sistas), have partnered with the international feminist group JASS (Just Associates) to present a 'Musical Meditation and Celebration of Radical Healing' on Friday, August 14, 2020. Patti LuPone, Jason Alexander, Santino Fontana and Michael McKean to Star in Online Reading of JUDGEMENT DAYby BWW News Desk - August 12, 2020An online reading of the new play, Judgment Day, written by Rob Ulin, directed by Matthew Penn, and starring Tony Award winners Jason Alexander, Patti LuPone, Santino Fontana and Grammy Award winner Michael McKean, will benefit Pittsfield, MA's Barrington Stage Company and The Actors Fund, it was announced today.
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