1st Stage Announces Season Updates and Programming Additionsby BWW News Desk - July 2, 2020Keeping in mind the health and safety of their staff, performers, and patrons, 1st Stage has decided to begin its next season in February of 2021. Join 1st Stage in February, April, and May for three fantastic full-length productions, and in July 2021 for the return of the groundbreaking Logan Festival of Solo Performance. BRIC Launches Educational Programming in Partnership with NYC DOEby BWW News Desk - July 2, 2020 BRIC in partnership with the NYC Department of Education (DOE), has announced a new three-hour weekday broadcast of educational content created by Brooklyn teachers, principals, and educators. Having started on June 22, 2020, the program will air on BRIC's Brooklyn Free Speech HD channel Mondays through Fridays, 9AM to 12PM EST. Madison Opera's OPERA IN THE PARK Goes Onlineby BWW News Desk - July 2, 2020Madison Opera's Opera in the Park isn't in a park this year, but it will be available for people to enjoy for free in their backyards, in their living rooms, in their kayaks, or anywhere else with an internet connection. The digital concert will be released on Saturday, July 25 at 8pm Central, and can be watched on Madison Opera's website. Goodman Theatre Hosts Virtual Premiere of STATEVILLE VOICESby BWW News Desk - July 2, 2020Goodman Theatre has announced Stateville Voices, the virtual premiere of three new short plays-Parameters of Closeness by André Patterson; Ain't Nothing Like Quality Time by Taurean Decatur; and Comic Books and Candy by Antonio McDowell-all directed by former Goodman Michael Maggio Fellow Sydney Chatman. Ramsey Lewis Continues Live Streaming Performances in Julyby BWW News Desk - July 2, 2020GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist and NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis continues his live streaming ticketed solo performances on July 25th. Lewis will provide audiences with an exclusive concert experience streaming on the platform, Stageit. Tin Pan Alley 2 Brings Queer Musical Theatre Writers To Dixon Place's 2020 HOT! Festivalby BWW News Desk - July 2, 2020
Dixon Place will present Tin Pan Alley 2, a free concert series featuring new musical theatre works on Friday, July 10, 2020 at 7:30pm, as a part of its 2020 HOT! Festival programming. The 2020 HOT! Festival edition will be showcasing new works by LGBTQI+ writers Gabriella Balsam, Josh Ben-Ami, and Matthew V. Stolfi, and hosted by Durra Leung and Sam Rosenblatt. The streaming is free. HOFF'S PUBLIC DOMAIN HORRORFEST Returns This Week With CARNIVAL OF SOULSby BWW News Desk - July 2, 2020Your favorite live comedy show and horror movie screening series HOFF'S PUBLIC DOMAIN HORRORFEST is going online every Wednesday at 9:00 PM EST! Join Hoff Matthews (Comedy Central) via Twitch as he livestreams classic public domain horror movies interspersed with host segments and special guests. Listen to Drag Stars Alexis Michelle & Dusty Ray Bottoms On ADD THIS TO YOUR LIST Podcastby BWW News Desk - July 2, 2020Official Pride marches may have been canceled this year due to COVID, but that didn't stop entertainment podcast Add This To Your List from celebrating. Episode 97 of the show welcomes drag queens, activists and real-life friends Alexis Michelle and Dusty Ray Bottoms to talk about Pride 2020, RuPaul's Drag Race, Dragnificent and more. BWW Review: LES BLANCS, National Theatre At Homeby Cindy Marcolina - July 2, 2020Next up in the National Theatre at Home series of broadcasts we find a gem of a play coming straight from their archives, Lorraine Hansberry's staggeringly topical Les Blancs. Originally staged in 2016 by director Yaël Farber, it was posthumously completed by Hansberry's former husband Robert Nemiroff for a Broadway run, and then reworked by dramaturge Drew Lichtenberg, Joi Gresham (director of the Lorraine Hansberry Literary Trust), and Farber herself for the production at the National after consulting Hansberry's journals and notes. VIDEO: Watch ALTAR BOYZ Casts Reunite to Sing a Heavenly 'I Believe'by Nicole Rosky - July 2, 2020Tony Award-winning Broadway Producer, Ken Davenport, announced a virtual reunion with the cast and creatives of Altar Boyz on July 9th at 8pm EDT on The Producer's Perspective Live. Susan Blackwell ([title of show], a?oeSide By Side By Susan Blackwella??, a?oeNow Here Thisa??) is set to host the virtual event. West Coast Players Presents RIGHTFULLY HERSby BWW News Desk - July 2, 2020West Coast Players will present a livestream production of Rightfully Hers: A Tale of the 19th Amendment, written and directed by Susan Demers, on July 17-26. New Perspectives Presents LOVE FROM CLEETHORPESby BWW News Desk - July 2, 2020Before the Covid-19 outbreak, Nottingham-based New Perspectives brought high quality theatre to village halls and arts venues in rural areas: now, they have devised a novel way of reaching isolated rural audiences through a six-part drama written on a series of specially designed postcards.
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