VIDEO: MAD WOMEN IN MY ATTIC! to Make US Premiere at United Soloby BWW News Desk - September 22, 2017The haunting, comedic cabaret show, Mad Women in my Attic! comes to the United Solo Festival on Saturday, October 7th at 4:00 pm. The production played to critical acclaim at the Brighton Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2015. Photo Flash: Spiderwoman Celebrates 40th Anniversary at La MaMaby BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017An earth-shaking collection of indigenous-feminist performers, bands and performance art groups gathered at La MaMa on Tuesday for an impassioned celebration of Spiderwoman, the world's longest-running Native American theatre company, and one of America's longest continuously active feminist performance collectives. Scroll down for photos from the event! HSA to Present Free Arts & Ideas Festival, INTERFESTby BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017OBIE Award Winning actor Chris Myers, an HSA alumnus and Artist-in-Residence presents, 'INTERFEST,' a free, three-day arts & ideas festival. This event provides a platform for emerging artists and thinkers to explore the future of culture and community in an energized and transformative environment. Culture Project to Present Kristin Nordeval and Guillermo Gregorioby BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017Culture Project, New York's home for socially conscious theater, announces 'Prologue to Progress,' a two week series of music, performance, and discussion led by over a dozen international artists and thinkers from Sunday, October 1 through Sunday, October 15. Culture Project to Present RUDRA This Fallby BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017Culture Project, New York's home for socially conscious theater, announces 'Prologue to Progress,' a two week series of music, performance, and discussion led by over a dozen international artists and thinkers from Sunday, October 1 through Sunday, October 15. RUDRA is a 4-piece ensemble whose musical direction can best be described as 'acoustic World Fusion on steroids.' Culture Project to Present REBEL VOICES: STORIES, SPEECHES AND SONGS OF RESISTANCEby BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017Culture Project, New York's home for socially conscious theater, announces 'Prologue to Progress,' a two week series of music, performance, and discussion led by over a dozen international artists and thinkers from Sunday, October 1 through Sunday, October 15. One of the events will be Rob Urbinati's REBEL VOICES: Stories, Speeches, and Songs of Resistance. Culture Project to Present I AM ANTIGONEby BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017Prologue to Progress kicks off on Sunday October 1 with I AM ANTIGONE, a contemporary retelling of Sophocles' Antigone, written by poet Saudamini Siegrist and directed by award-winning writer and director Myriam Cyr. Culture Project Announces 'Prologue to Progress' Seriesby BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017Culture Project, New York's home for socially conscious theater, announces 'Prologue to Progress,' a two-week series of music, performance, and discussion led by over a dozen international artists and thinkers from Sunday, October 1 through Sunday, October 15. PRELUDE 2017, Thomas Ostermeier and More Highlight Segal Center's 2017 Fall Seasonby BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, located at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, announces its Fall 2017 season of public programs. The season features free public programs throughout the fall and winter, with contemporary theatre and performing artists from around the world. Photo Flash: First Lady Chirlane McCray Helps Launch MCC Theater Partnership to Bring the Arts to At-Risk Youthby BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017First Lady Chirlane McCray and Gabrielle Fialkoff, Senior Advisor and Director of the Mayor's Office of Strategic Partnerships, announced today a partnership between the Gracie Mansion Conservancy and MCC Theater during its 2017/18 season to increase access to arts and culture to at-risk youth. Gracie Mansion hosted the launch event on Wednesday, September 20th, featuring a performance of selected scenes from the Off-Broadway production of Charm, followed by a youth-focused panel discussion. Scroll down for photos! American Lyric Theater to Introduce THE NEW CREW with Special Salonby BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017American Lyric Theater presents The New Crew, a salon including performances by and discussions with American Lyric Theater's newest Resident Artists in the Composer Librettist Development Program: composers Shuying Li, Andy Teirstein, and Liliya Ugay; librettists Lorene Cary, Julian Crouch, and Lila Palmer; and dramaturg Antigoni Gaitana. Multimedia Event TRADE/ITIONS to Celebrate Sacred African Traditionsby BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017In our current era of systematic racism, gender-based violence, neo-fascism, and religious intolerance, a pioneering New York City based cultural arts organization is hosting Trade/itions, a multimedia event set to interrupt toxic narratives about people of color through the elevation of art, culture, and sacred traditions of the African Diaspora. Hudson Valley Dance Festival Expands Lineup of Companies and Choreographersby BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017Hudson Valley Dance Festival, an enchanting dance experience in beautiful Catskill, NY, has added Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and MOMIX to the list of accomplished companies and choreographers performing at this year's festival on Saturday, October 7, 2017. Metropolitan Opera Guild Kicks Off the New Opera Season with Podcast Seriesby BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017 The Metropolitan Opera Guild, the world's premier arts education organization dedicated to enriching people's lives through opera, launched its third season of podcasts today with F. Paul Driscoll, editor in chief of OPERA NEWS, interviewing William ( Will ) Berger, an American author, radio music host and MET Radio commentator. Department of Fools to Bring THE TOOTH-PULLER to The PITby BWW News Desk - September 20, 2017After a successful revival at the PIT of their Fringe NYC hit, A History of Servitude, the Department of Fools are returning to the PIT with their newest Commedia creation: The Tooth-Puller. A fast-paced farce of masked mayhem, The Tooth-Puller is playing at the Peoples Improv Theater (The PIT) from September 29th through November 5th. Francesca Capetta to Star in New Musical LA DOTTORESSAby BWW News Desk - September 20, 2017Francesca Capetta, who just performed at Carnegie Hall in her sold-out solo show 'Francesca Capetta sings Dean Martin: A Centennial Celebration' with Tony Winner Liliane Montevecchi and cabaret singer Stacy Sullivan, will be starring in the leading role of the new musical about Maria Montessori 'La Dottoressa.'
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