Sharon Playhouse Announces New Socially Distanced Patio Cabaret Dinner Series
by A.A. Cristi - September 21, 2020 For most theatre lovers across the nation, the prospect of seeing live entertainment in the near future seemed uncertain. ...
The Palm Beach Institute for the Entertainment Arts Presents Avery Sommers in Concert Next Month
by Stephi Wild - September 15, 2022 The Palm Beach Institute for the Entertainment Arts invites you to get up close and personal with south Florida born and raised Avery Sommers. For two nights only – October 28th and October 29th at 7:00 pm – the star of some of Broadway's most popular shows will entertain lucky audiences with some o...
Avery Sommers To Debut At Feinstein's/54 Below In March
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 11, 2020 Avery Sommers will make her debut at Feinstein's/54 Below in New York City on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 9:30 PM with her acclaimed show, For Sentimental Reasons. One of the most versatile performers, who can sing anything from blues and gospel to musical theater and standards, Avery brings to the ...
Rev. Mary Ushers In The Next Roaring 20s With GRANNY'S BLUE-MERS
by A.A. Cristi - January 16, 2020 It's the Roaring 20s Again and Granny is back and Grander than ever! Rev. Mary returns with her All-Man Band in Granny's Blue-Mers: Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll ... before 1950!...
The Bessies to Present Town Hall and 2020 Virtual Event
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 20, 2020 The Bessies announced today that it will present a virtual event this year to honor the 2019-20 nominees. The 36th annual Bessies ceremony, to be held on Monday, December 14, will be a place for the dance and performance community to come together in solidarity, support, and celebration during these...
Sharon Playhouse Announces New Socially Distanced Patio Cabaret Dinner Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 21, 2020 The Sharon Playhouse, in it's continued mission to offer live entertainment throughout the Covid 19 summer will inaugurate a new Socially Distanced Patio Cabaret Dinner Series featuring concerts by the finest Broadway has to offer. Broadway comes to Sharon!...
VIDEO: Meet The Women Of BLUES IN THE NIGHT At Porchlight Music Theatre
by Alan Henry - February 23, 2022 Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre latest mainstage production the “Best Musical” Tony Award-nominated Blues in the Night, conceived by Sheldon Epps, with the music of Bessie Smith, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Gordon Jenkins, Alberta Hunter and others, is now playing through March ...
Black Theatre Troupe Postpones SISTAS! THE MUSICAL
by A.A. Cristi - March 19, 2020 For the safety and well-being of the community, Black Theatre Troupe has rescheduled its March/April performances of SISTAS! THE MUSICAL to May 15-31. Tickets purchased for the original dates will be valid for the May performances....
The Bessies to Present Town Hall and 2020 Virtual Event
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 20, 2020 The Bessies announced today that it will present a virtual event this year to honor the 2019-20 nominees. The 36th annual Bessies ceremony, to be held on Monday, December 14, will be a place for the dance and performance community to come together in solidarity, support, and celebration during these...
Nominees For The 2021 Bessie Awards Announced
by Stephi Wild - August 12, 2021 Award categories include Outstanding Production, Outstanding Performer, Outstanding Revival, Outstanding Music Composition or Sound Design, Outstanding Visual Design, and Outstanding Breakout Choreographer/...
The Annenberg Center And NextMove Dance Present The Philadelphia Debut Of Ephrat Asherie
by Stephi Wild - January 22, 2020 Ephrat Asherie, a a?oebona fide b-girla?? (The Boston Globe), brings her street and social dance company to Philadelphia for the first time, presented by the Annenberg Center and NextMove Dance, to perform Odeon, a high-octane, full-length work set to the music of composer Ernesto Nazareth, played l...
Photo Flash: Inside The 2019 Bessie Awards!
by A.A. Cristi - October 15, 2019 Over 800 artists and supporters of the New York dance community had gathered to celebrate the nominees, winners, and The Bessies' 35th anniversary gala event on Monday, October 14. Obie and Bessie Award-winning performance artist Justin Vivian Bond hosted this year's ceremony, which was held at NYU'...
Black Theatre Troupe Presents SISTAS THE MUSICAL
by A.A. Cristi - August 16, 2021 As its opening production of their 50th season, Black Theatre Troupe presents the smash hit, SISTAS THE MUSICAL to the Helen K. Mason Performing Arts Center. SISTAS was originally scheduled to open 18 months ago in March of 2020, but was postponed shortly before opening night due to the pandemic....
Scenic City Shakespeare In The Park Begins With LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST In May
by Stephi Wild - May 11, 2022 Scenic City Shakespeare has announced Greenway Farms in Hixson, TN as the inaugural location for their early summer outdoor Shakespeare series. ...
Works & Process At The Guggenheim Presents Virtual Works & Process: In Process With Ephrat Asherie Dance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 17, 2020 Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, presents a Virtual Works & Process: In Process with Ephrat Asherie Dance on Sunday, April 26, 2020 at 7:30pm. The event is free, but space is limited and RSVP is required; a Zoom link and password will be emailed the day of the performan...
VIDEO: Bridgerton Season 2 Gets Premiere Date; Plot Tease
by Robert Diamond - December 25, 2021 Bridgerton premiered one year ago today – Happy Anniversary, dear readers. To commemorate the occasion, Lady Whistledown has gotten her readers a very special gift: Bridgerton Season 2 shall premiere on March 25th, 2022, only on Netflix. ...
Stage and Screen Actor Michael K. Williams Dies at 54
by Stephi Wild - September 07, 2021 Williams is best known for playing Omar Little on the HBO drama series The Wire and Albert 'Chalky' White on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. He is also known for his role as Jack Gee, husband of Bessie Smith, in the HBO telefilm biopic Bessie....
Photo Flash: First Look at Berkeley Playhouse's MEMPHIS
by Stephi Wild - February 19, 2020 Berkeley Playhouse presents Memphis, February 15 through March 15....
Photos: See Rosalie Craig, Indira Varma, Robert Bathurst & More at THE JOY OF TEXT West End Gala
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 26, 2022 Inspired by an hilarious exchange between her mum and brother that she has kept on her phone for years, film and theatre director Josie Rourke put together a fast, raucous and breathtaking “I can’t believe you typed that” evening in support of the Platform Presents Playwrights Prize....
Kyle Marshall Choreography Will Makes its BAM Debut
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 04, 2019 Acclaimed dancer Kyle Marshall leads his own company, Kyle Marshall Choreography, in its BAM debut as part of Next Wave 2019-the first season by Artistic Director David Binder, in which all artists are making their BAM debuts....
Works & Process At The Guggenheim Presents Virtual Works & Process: In Process With Ephrat Asherie Dance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 17, 2020 Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, presents a Virtual Works & Process: In Process with Ephrat Asherie Dance on Sunday, April 26, 2020 at 7:30pm. The event is free, but space is limited and RSVP is required; a Zoom link and password will be emailed the day of the performan...
BLUES IS A WOMAN is in Concert at Berkeley's Freight & Salvage
by Stephi Wild - September 29, 2022 BLUES IS A WOMAN's inception was first workshopped at the Freight & Salvage in 2016. It made its theatrical debut in San Francisco in 2017, with a month long, sold out run and fantastic reviews. Now following a two year post-pandemic hiatus, show creator Pamela Rose is Re-launching BLUES IS A WOMAN...
Parsons Theatre to Present Two Shows in Honor of Black History Month
by Marissa Tomeo - February 05, 2022 Northglenn Arts Presents, north metro’s professional performance series, celebrates Black History Month with two shows at the Parsons Theatre. This year features the musical storytelling of the History of African American Music Part 2 and the narrative of movement in One People, Many Voices. ...
The Garden Of Unearthly Delights Releases Full 2021 Program
by Stephi Wild - January 13, 2021 Today The Garden of Unearthly Delights announces its full 2021 program after a sneak peak in December of last year. Highlights form the reimagined COVID-safe wonderland include a socially distanced yet fabulously fun drag brunch party, a reclined Hot Dub experience and a comedy gala with a very chee...
MILES APART TOGETHER Comes to the VAULT Festival
by Stephi Wild - January 16, 2020 As an increasing number of women take on top roles in politics, tech, sport and beyond, three of history's most ground-breaking pioneers come together to reflect on how much a?" or how little a?" has changed since they tore apart the rule book. Miles Apart Together sees Bessie Coleman, the first wom... |