54 - THE MUSICAL to Bring Sights and Sounds of '70s Disco to Asbury Parkby BWW News Desk - August 1, 2017The wild sights and sounds of the iconic '70s disco Studio 54 will be recreated at the Asbury Hotel on Friday, August 11th when a concert version of a new theater piece '54- the musical' takes the stage. The event is a fundraising preview to help bring the show to Broadway. New Lewis and Clark Musical Gets Encore Performance at the NY Theatre Festivalby BWW News Desk - August 1, 2017The story of Lewis and Clark's expedition to the Pacific Ocean is one that we've all heard a million times, so why bother telling the same old story again? A new musical called Great Frontier: A Poorly Researched Musical About Lewis and Clark has been doing just that at the 2017 New York Theatre Festival's Summerfest. Elisa Monte Dance Takes to the Streets This Augustby BWW News Desk - July 31, 2017Elisa Monte Dance (EMD), an emotionally charged and highly acclaimed dance company that champions individuality, will present three distinctive dance premieres for Citi Summer Streets this August at the Foley Square Rest Stop. NO NAME @ WORD UP Variety Show to Return to Washington Heights This Weekby BWW News Desk - July 31, 2017'No Name' Comedy / Variety will again bring some of NYC's best established and emerging comics, storytellers and writers including Maggie Nuttall (New York Frigid Festival), Harry Terjanian (New York Comedy Festival, NY Underground Festival), Andre Thompson (Beige Phillip Show podcast) and No Name @ Word Up! artist-in-residence Menuhin Hart (NBC's Stand Up for Diversity) to the beautiful Word Up Community Bookshop/Libreria Comunitaria in Washington Heights on Tuesday, August 1st at 7:00pm. Tyler Reese to Make NYC Club Debut This Augustby BWW News Desk - July 31, 2017Tyler Reese recorded his first album in his mid-teens, studied with jazz legend Pat Metheny and has played with everyone from Prince and Ernie Isley to country great Craig Morgan. Now, still riding the accolades and buzz of his 2017 breakthrough album Reminiscence - which debuted at #5 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart - the multi-talented 24 year old guitar virtuoso is set to make his NYC debut as a headliner at the famed Club Bonafide Wednesday, August 9. Applications Close This Friday for BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshopby BWW News Desk - July 31, 2017Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), a global leader in music rights management, has announced that the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop is now accepting applications for its first-year composer and lyricist class through the end of day this Friday, August 4th. To apply, CLICK HERE. TOGETHER: 2017 Returns to Don't Tell Mama for Benefit Performanceby BWW News Desk - July 30, 2017On August 4, Celia Berk, Sally Darling, Meg Flather, Josephine Sanges and Lisa Viggiano reprise TOGETHER: 2017 Cabaret Award- Nominated Vocalists whose first performance in June, benefiting Trinity Place Shelter, was warmly received. Proceeds from their upcoming August show will benefit #TheEmpathyInitiative of The Seeing Place Theatre, a year-long season of seven plays that fight against sexism, ageism, racism, extremism and oppression.
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