New York Asian Women's Center Renamed 'Womankind' to Expand Missionby BWW News Desk - February 13, 2017January 24 will forever be known as a red-letter day for the New York Asian's Women Center. On that foggy morning, NYAWC reaffirmed their commitment to 'Guiding Women from a World of Hurt to One of Kindness' by changing their name to Womankind. On The Rocks Theatre Company's Sci-Fi Comedy FRED to Premiere at Dixon Placeby BWW News Desk - February 13, 2017Dixon Place's new theatrical commission of On The Rocks Theatre Company's sci-fi comedy with music FRED, will have its world premiere on Friday, March 17th at 7:30 PM. The production is written by On The Rocks co-founders Christopher Ford & Dakota Rose. Ms. Rose helms the production as director. Sneak Peek at Jamie Brickhouse's DANGEROUS WHEN WET, Coming to FRIGID Festivalby BWW News Desk - February 13, 2017Sodomite Jamie Brickhouse (two-time Moth SLAM champion) faces his three most defining relationships-booze, sex, and his Texas tornado of a mother Mama Jean-in this darkly comic tour de force. Ripped from the pages of his critically acclaimed memoir, it sparkles under the direction of Obie Award-winning David Drake, who recently directed the The Jamb. Dangerous When Wet is part of the 11th Annual 2017 FRIGID Festival. TELL ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW Live Game Show Set for NYU Skirballby BWW News Desk - February 10, 2017NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts will present Tell Me Something I Don't Know, a live game show and podcast hosted by Stephen J. Dubner, joined by celebrity panelists, on March 21 and 22 at 7:30 pm at NYU Skirball Center. 2017 TRU Combined Audition Event Slated for Aprilby BWW News Desk - February 10, 2017Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) with generous sponsorshipfrom Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, Actors Connection, BackStage, Reproductions.com, Actors Access and CastingAbout.com presents the 2017 TRU Combined Audition Event - on Saturday, April 8 and Sunday, April 9, 2017 from 10am - 6pm at The DeSotelle Theater, 300 W 43rd St #301, NYC 10036. BWW Blog: Who Made the Guggenheim the Guggenheim?by Barry Kostrinsky - February 13, 2017Who made the Guggenheim the Guggenheim? Why Rockefeller of course. Remember in My Big Fat Greek Wedding the wise words of the wife- yes...the man has the head but the woman controls the neck and which way the head turns. Solomon Guggenheim's wife, a Rockefeller, introduces Hilla Rebay to her husband and fosters the beginning of a relationship that posts Hilla as the art advisor for Peggy's uncle and the first director of the Museum of Non-Objective Art- yes, the original name of the Guggenheim Museum which could have been called Kandinsky's Painting Depot (KPD) given the deep collection of his artworks. NYC Art & Fashion World Gets Spotlight in SHOOT ME NICELY Seriesby TV News Desk - February 10, 2017Elias Plagianos' web series Shoot Me Nicely starring John Behlmann, William Sadler, Linda Hamilton and Tasie Lawrence, is the story of a fashion photographer who loses his elite magazine job, plunging him into a downward spiral of odd jobs and celebrity chasing. Mandy Gonzalez and Alexandra Socha to Perform at Young People's Chorus of New York City's 2017 Galaby BWW News Desk - February 9, 2017The Young People's Chorus of New York City will hold its 2017 fundraising gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center, on Monday, March 6, at 7 p.m. YPC Artistic Director Francisco J. Nuñez and the chorus are excited to welcome special guests: Broadway stars Mandy Gonzalez (Angelica) from Hamilton and Alexandra Socha from Spring Awakening, plus Time for Three, a high-energy, genre-bending string trio that performs music from classical to bluegrass with mashups of everything in between.
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