Apollo Theater & WNYC Announce Line-Up for MLK Celebrationby BWW News Desk - January 11, 2021 As New York City’s performance spaces remain dark, the Apollo Theater and WNYC are bringing a special edition of the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration, presented as part of the Apollo Theater’s Uptown Hall Series, to the national airwaves and digitally via Facebook Live. Forward Theater Presents THE NICETIES by Eleanor Burgessby BWW News Desk - January 11, 2021Forward Theater Company continues their 12th season in digital fashion, presenting The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess. The play will be streaming online beginning Friday, January 22nd through February 7th. Debbie Allen, Phylicia Rashad and More Announced as Special Guests for New Federal Theatre Galaby BWW News Desk - January 11, 2021At New Federal Theatre's 50th Anniversary Gala Sunday January 17, special guests will include Debbie Allen, Trazana Beverly, Mya Carter, Patrice Johnson Cevannes, Debbi Blackwell Cook, D.K. Dyson, Joseph Edwards, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Ted Lange, Pauletta Washington, Kevin Maynor, S. Epatha Merskerson, Phylicia Rashad and more. HERE Announces Winter/Spring 2021 In-Person and Online Programmingby BWW News Desk - January 11, 2021The OBIE-winning HERE has announced programming for its HERE There Everywhere winter and spring 2021 season. The season launches with the ninth annual PROTOTYPE: Opera | Theatre | Now (January 8–16), the premier global festival of opera-theatre and music-theatre which has been completely re-envisioned in light of the COVID-19 crisis. Eisemann Center Presents Jaston Williams in New Virtual Show I SAW THE LIGHTSby BWW News Desk - January 11, 2021Eisemann Center for Performing Arts is presenting the new virtual show I Saw the Lights, featuring Texas favorite Jaston Williams of Greater Tuna fame in a darkly funny solo performance. The show, filmed at the State Theatre in Austin, will premiere online Friday, January 29 at 7 p.m., and it will be available to view for the 48 hours to follow. George Ashiotis, Chisa Hutchinson, and Michael Urie to Join KEEN AFTER HOURSby BWW News Desk - January 11, 2021Today Keen Company announced additional guests for Keen After Hours. George Ashiotis will be featured tonight, Monday January 11th, followed Chisa Hutchinson and Michael Urie, among others, in coming weeks. Keen After Hours is free and open to all. Please note: No show Monday January 18th, Martin Luther King Jr Day. New Global Free Film Series FILMS.DANCE Announces Launchby BWW News Desk - January 11, 2021The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance has teamed up with two of Los Angeles’ foremost cultural organizations—the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts and the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts—to launch Films.Dance, a groundbreaking new global free film series. Flushing Town Hall Welcomes 2021 With New, Virtual Lineup of Global Arts Programsby BWW News Desk - January 11, 2021Winter 2021 offerings include an arts education series for children in five languages, monthly Jazz Jams, an outdoor community art exhibition, programs celebrating the Lunar Year, a three-part Black History Month series featuring Broadway performers, and professional development workshops and Zoom hangs for artists. The Warner Theatre Presents GOOD MORNING by Anne Lucasby BWW News Desk - January 11, 2021The Warner Theatre will present the next production of the 9th Annual International Playwrights Festival - GOOD MORNING by Anne Lucas (MA) - from the Warner’s Nancy Marine Studio Theatre beginning Friday, January 15 at 7:00 pm. WP THEATER Announces Programming for Spring 2021by BWW News Desk - January 11, 2021WP Theater has announced programming details for their Spring 2021 Season, which continues to lift up the work of Women+ theater artists in creative new ways that reflect these complicated times. Shriver Hall Concert Series Announces Spring 2021 Virtual Seasonby BWW News Desk - January 11, 2021Shriver Hall Concert Series today announced its updated spring programming, featuring a five-concert virtual series, each a digital world premiere recording. The season opens with Baroque ensemble Quicksilver on January 31 in a program of virtuosic works from the 17th century. BWW Exclusive: Bringing DISENCHANTED! to Life During the Pandemicby BWW News Desk - January 11, 2021A production of “Guys & Dolls” spurred David Carroll to pursue starting a new theatre group in January of 2020. Musical theatre was a passion he shared with his father, though usually from the audience. In 2019, he joined the Birmingham Village Players in several small roles in “Guys & Dolls” and was inspired by the all the local talent and wanted to provide more opportunities for cast and crew to work and get paid for it. Soon after, Nicely Theatre Group (named for “Guys & Dolls character Nicely-Nicely) was born. The Alliance Theatre's Animated Feature SIT-IN Now Available to Streamby BWW News Desk - January 8, 2021The Alliance Theatre’s first-ever animated feature, SIT-IN, is available for streaming now on Alliance Theatre Anywhere. Written by Atlanta's bestselling author, playwright, and civil rights activist, Pearl Cleage (Blues for An Alabama Sky, Tell Me My Dream) this original animated special for family audiences celebrates the power of youth to change history. Cleveland Public Theatre Presents Pandemonium 2021by BWW News Desk - January 8, 2021Cleveland Public Theatre Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan presents Pandemonium 2021—CPT’s annual benefit and theatrical spectacular—on Saturday, September 18, 2021. Pandemonium transforms the CPT campus into a labyrinth of theatre, dance, visual art, and performance in every corner.
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