Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo, Wallace Shawn & More to Star in WAITING FOR GODOT Presented by The New Group Off Stage by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021 The New Group Off Stage will launch with Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett, with Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo, Wallace Shawn, Tarik Trotter and Drake Bradshaw. Waiting for Godot will premiere online Thursday, May 6 at 7PM EST. Marsha Mason and More Star in LITTLE GEM: A PERFORMANCE ON SCREEN Presented by Irish Repertory Theatre by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021 Irish Repertory Theatre announced today that their next Performance on Screen digital production is Little Gem. Reprising their roles from Irish Rep’s 2019 production are Brenda Meaney (Indian Ink), Lauren O’Leary (The Awkward Years) and four-time Academy Award nominee & Outer Critic’s Circle Award winner Marsha Mason (The Goodbye Girl). Scott Irgang, Ryan Conway and Carl Pasbjerg to Take Part in 'Reopening Broadway & Beyond: An On Point Panel Discussion' by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021 Industry panelists Scott Irgang, Ryan Conway and Carl Pasbjerg will discuss how to get shows and audiences back into our theaters in New York and nationwide. The discussion will be moderated by Tony Award-winning Commercial Theatrical Producer and EAG Council Member Margot Astrachan. I DO! I DO! Livestreamed Musical To Benefit Five Local Theatres by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021 Inland Valley Repertory Theatre has announced its livestreaming benefit performance of the musical play 'I Do! I Do!' A montage of 50 years of marriage, the play is told in song, story and dance by actors from IVRT, Ophelia's Jump Productions, Center Stage Fontana, 3D Theatricals, and the Chance Theater. SMARTPHONE SHORTS to be Presented at Oberon Theatre Ensemble's Film Festival by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021 LanDan Consulting has announced Oberon Theatre Ensemble's 'Smartphone Shorts' (Brad Fryman, Artistic Director). An evening featuring short films created during Oberon's Smartphone Workshops. The films were shot exclusively on smartphones as the ensemble negotiated its way through the pandemic. CCM Launches Joint Virtual Showcase for Musical Theater and Acting Students by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021 The Musical Theater and Acting departments at The University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, will host an exclusive online senior showcase for their thirty-five graduating seniors on April 12 after canceling their New York showcase for the second consecutive year due to COVID restrictions. Adam Heller, Julia Knitel, Cheryl Stern and More Reunite for A LETTER TO HARVEY MILK Benefit Production by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021 Off-Broadway musical, A LETTER TO HARVEY MILK will be presented as a benefit online beginning April 22 at 7 PM and running through 25, 2021. When Harry fulfills a writing assignment to compose a letter to someone from his past who's dead, he writes not to his late wife Frannie but Harvey Milk, the first openly gay political leader in California. Photo Flash: First Look at SMOKEFALL Streaming at Goodman Theatre by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021 Smokefall is streaming free and on demand, April 12 – 25, 2021 at Goodman Theatre. Insider her womb, her unborn sons contemplate their future, while the world around her is in transformation: her husband is secretly planning to leave her, her father is slipping into senility and her daughter has taken a vow of silence. NEAT, Written and Performed by Charlayne Woodard, is Up Next in MTC's Curtain Call Series by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021 NEAT will be the next offering in MTC’s virtual Curtain Call series. Originally produced at MTC in 1997, NEAT is written and performed by Tony Award nominee Charlayne Woodard and will feature original music by acclaimed Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones. The production will stream on demand from Thursday, April 15 through Sunday, April 25. MISSING THEM, A Memorial to Lives Lost in the Pandemic, to be Presented by Working Theater by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021 Working Theater will present Missing Them- a living public memorial to our neighbors lost to COVID-19. Missing Them is a live theater event that builds on a collaborative journalism project to name every New Yorker lost to COVID-19 and tell a story about them. NEW SONGS NOW IN YOUR LIVING ROOM, Episodes of MTA RADIO PLAYS and More Announced for Rattlestick in April & May by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021 Rattlestick Playwrights Theater has announced online programming for April and May including the return of New Songs Now In Your Living Room, new episodes of MTA Radio Plays, and several public conversations. The activities highlight new and necessary theatrical voices while also deepening connections between audiences and artists. Jimmy Smits, Daphne Rubin-Vega and More to Star in TWO SISTERS AND A PIANO for New Normal Rep by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021 New Normal Rep is continuing with its inaugural season presenting Two Sisters and a Piano, written and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony-nominated playwright Nilo Cruz (Anna in the Tropics). Streaming on demand April 21 - May 23. Review Roundup: JOHN CULLUM: AN ACCIDENTAL STAR; Streaming Now by Nicole Rosky - April 12, 2021 Vineyard Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, and Irish Repertory Theatre in association with Jeff Berger present John Cullum: An Accidental Star, which premiered on April 8 and will be available for streaming on demand through April 22. Check out what the critics had to say! BWW Interview: Sara Mearns Talks Premiere of GALLOP APACE Dance Film With Seattle Dance Collective, Plus More! by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 13, 2021 Sara Mearns recently partnered with Seattle Dance Collective on the new dance film Gallop Apace. Starring Mearns, the film interprets Shakespeare's 'Gallop Apace' monologue from Romeo and Juliet through movement, navigating Juliet's emotional transformation from young girl to woman. VIDEO: Works & Process Presents LADIES OF HIP-HOP, Premiering April 11 by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2021 Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has announced three newly commissioned video performances. This intersectional project captures the knowledge, beauty, and power of Black female street dancers Sugi Dakks, Siaara Freeman, Royce Hall and More Featured in NOT A MOMENT, BUT A MOVEMENT Episode 2 by BWW News Desk - April 9, 2021 Directed by Tyrone Davis and Bruce A. Lemon Jr and introduced by Ron Cephas Jones, the second episode, titled “Black Nourishment” features a local musician and the work of spoken word artists and muralists from throughout the United States in a program that premieres on demand beginning April 15 at 5 pm Pacific, and available through June 15, 2021. DATA, Winner of The Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition to be Presented in May by BWW News Desk - April 9, 2021 The Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition will continue to spotlight the best emerging playwrights with a virtual production of this year’s winning play DATA and virtual readings of the four finalist plays. The 17th competition winner, DATA is a fast-paced thriller that looks behind the closed doors of Silicon Valley. Tom Allen, Grace Mouat and More to Take Part in ALTERNATIVE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST by BWW News Desk - April 9, 2021 Following the success of last year’s glitterfest, Olivier Award-winning improvisers The Showstoppers are presenting the ‘Alternative Eurovision Song Contest’ for a second year on Saturday 15 May. Comedian and 'Bake Off’ star Tom Allen will return as commentator. Alley Theatre's MAN. KIND. and FOR STEVE WOZNIAK, ON HIS 67TH BIRTHDAY Are Now Available to View by BWW News Desk - April 9, 2021 The Alley Theatre is presenting a variety of contemporary plays as a part of the Alley’s Spring 2021 Digital Season. Plays now available to view include Man. Kind. by Don X. Nguyen (April 9 – May 9, 2021), and For Steve Wozniak, on His 67th Birthday by Jiehae Park (April 9 – May 9, 2021). Santino Fontana and Jessica Fontana Present FIND YOUR DREAM: THE SONGS OF RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN by BWW News Desk - April 9, 2021 Next month, Principal POPS Conductor Steven Reineke and the Houston Symphony will welcome showstopping Broadway duo Santino and Jessica Fontana to close out the 2020–21 Bank of America POPS Season with a program of beloved songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein, May 28–30. MINE by Shayna Strype to be Presented in Virtual Livestream by Dixon Place by BWW News Desk - April 9, 2021 Dixon Place will present MINE by Shayna Strype as part of its Spring 2021 Production Season of puppetry commissions, performed live for virtual audiences from April 21-24, 2021 at 7:30pm EDT. Video on demand (VOD) streaming will be available from April 26 through May 3, 2021. South Street Seaport Museum Presents 'Beyond Titanic: Travel And Immigration In The Era Of Ocean Liners' by BWW News Desk - April 9, 2021 South Street Seaport Museum will present Beyond Titanic: Travel and Immigration in the Era of Ocean Liners on Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 6pm ET. Join the Seaport Museum and special guests for a digital conversation about the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by immigrants and millionaires prior to, during, and after the 'Era of Titanic.' Organist Paul Jacobs Performs as Featured Soloist In Barber's Toccata Festiva And Poulenc's Organ Concerto by BWW News Desk - April 9, 2021 Harmonia Mundi will be releasing a recording on May 28, 2021 of Samuel Barber's Toccata Festiva (catalog numberHMM902611) featuring GRAMMY award-winning organist Paul Jacobs as soloist with the Lucerne Symphony under conductor James Gaffigan. The performance was recorded live in concert in Lucerne, November 2018. Livestream Production of THE SPIN Presented by Street Corner Arts to Open Next Week by BWW News Desk - April 9, 2021 Street Corner Arts will present a Livestream Production of THE SPIN by Spenser Davis. As we all navigate this pandemic and how to present theatre in a safe way, Street Corner Arts decided to expand their borders and bring in artists from Chicago to collaborate with them virtually to create a new Austin to Chicago artistic connection. Patrick Page, Tonya Pinkins, Tyne Daly, Melissa Errico and More to Take Part in SHAKESPEARE SONNET SLAM by BWW News Desk - April 9, 2021 In honor of Shakespeare’s birthday Gingold Theatrical Group will celebrate with a SHAKESPEARE SONNET SLAM live online on Friday April 23rd at 6PM EDT. Join Gingold Theatrical Group and an all-star company including Tyne Daly, George Dvorsky, Melissa Errico, Alison Fraser, Patrick Page, Maryann Plunkett, Tonya Pinkins, Laila Robins, and more. |
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