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Jacques d'Amboise's National Dance Institute Shares The Power of Movement with Millions
by Christina Pandolfi - May 25, 2017

It's May 8, 2017 and I'm sitting in the National Dance Institute Center for Learning & the Arts' quaint auditorium in Upper Manhattan, waiting for the students to take the stage. As part of the celebrated Art Nest series, this evening's mixed medium program centers on the loneliest woman in mytholog...


Ailey Celebrates Black History Month Across The United States
by Molly Tracy - February 02, 2017

As Black History Month launches, Ailey continues to inspire, enlighten and educate all people with national tours by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ailey II, classes for aspiring dancers and the general public, and the launch of a new Arts In Education residency program for elementary school...


New Show THE LOCKETEER Come to Trap Door Photo New Show THE LOCKETEER Come to Trap Door
by Julie Musbach - December 26, 2017

The Locketeer is an adaptation of Elias Canetti's play from 1956, The Numbered wherein a nameless future state claims its power by imposing life spans on its citizens. This competition for status causes social paranoia and a tragicomic refusal of facts. The adaptation will be devised with the ensemb...


Northfield Bank Funds Two Playwriting Residences
by Molly Tracy - March 15, 2017

Premiere Stages, the professional theatre company in residence at Kean University, recently completed two playwriting residencies in the Rahway School District, graciously funded by The Northfield Bank Foundation....


CLYBOURNE PARK Coming to Centaur Theatre This April
by BWW News Desk - March 24, 2017

Centaur Theatre presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Clybourne Park, written by American playwright, Bruce Norris, from April 4 to 30, 2017....


Garfield, Chicken Little, Acrobats and More Set for King Center's 2017-18 Theatre for Photo Garfield, Chicken Little, Acrobats and More Set for King Center's 2017-18 Theatre for Youth Season
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2017

The Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts Theatre for Youth Program has announced its 23rd season of excellent performing arts and educational theatre opportunities for children on the Space Coast....


The Music Center Announces New Arts Integration Symposium Photo The Music Center Announces New Arts Integration Symposium
by A.A. Cristi - April 23, 2018

The Music Center today announced its first Arts Integration Symposium for K-12 educators to be held at The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion from July 18-20, 2018.  This new program features a first-ever collaboration with both The Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts whe...


Trap Door Theatre presents THE LOCKETEER Photo Trap Door Theatre presents THE LOCKETEER
by A.A. Cristi - January 10, 2018

THE TRAP DOOR THEATRE is proud to present The Locketeer Adapted from The Numbered by Elias Canetti, Adapted and Directed by Catherine Sullivan...


The Music Center Announces New Arts Integration Symposium Photo The Music Center Announces New Arts Integration Symposium
by A.A. Cristi - April 23, 2018

The Music Center today announced its first Arts Integration Symposium for K-12 educators to be held at The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion from July 18-20, 2018.  This new program features a first-ever collaboration with both The Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts whe...


Garfield, Chicken Little, Acrobats and More Set for King Center's 2017-18 Theatre for Photo Garfield, Chicken Little, Acrobats and More Set for King Center's 2017-18 Theatre for Youth Season
by BWW News Desk - August 31, 2017

The Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts Theatre for Youth Program has announced its 23rd season of excellent performing arts and educational theatre opportunities for children on the Space Coast....


BWW Review: Norbert Leo Butz Stars in Hamish Linklater's Ambitious Drama THE WHIRLIGIG
by Michael Dale - May 28, 2017

"In a whirligig of grief" is how one character describes the emotional state of another in Hamish Linklater's ambitious new play, THE WHIRLIGIG, receiving a fine premiere mounting by The New Group's artistic director, Scott Elliott....


An Evening with Fran Lebowitz Re-Scheduled at Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House
by A.A. Cristi - May 09, 2017

The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center announced today that the Fran Lebowitz show has been rescheduled. Previously scheduled for two shows on March 31 and April 1, the show was canceled due to a malfunction of the fire suppression system in the Wyly Theatre. Author, journalist and social observe...


Koffler Adds Second Show For 'Fran Lebowitz: In Conversation', 4/21 Photo Koffler Adds Second Show For 'Fran Lebowitz: In Conversation', 4/21
by A.A. Cristi - January 18, 2018

The Koffler Centre of the Arts announced today that due to overwhelming demand, a second show has been added on Saturday April 21 at 6 PM for Fran Lebowitz: In Conversation, an intimate chat with the author, raconteur, cultural satirist and American cultural icon. The event on Sunday April 22 at 4...


WITNESSES: Buffalo's Holocaust-Era Stories Traveling Gallery Exhibit And Speaker Even Photo WITNESSES: Buffalo's Holocaust-Era Stories Traveling Gallery Exhibit And Speaker Events Announced
by A.A. Cristi - September 18, 2018

The Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo, in collaboration with the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo, presents Witnesses: Buffalo's Holocaust-Era Stories Traveling Gallery Exhibit, on display in the Lippman Lounge, 2nd floor, JCC Benderson Family Building, 2640 North Forest Rd., Amherst, N...


Keep Helen Keller in the Classroom Photo Keep Helen Keller in the Classroom
by Robert Diamond - November 12, 2018

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Berkeley Rep Presents Fran Lebowitz in Conversation Photo Berkeley Rep Presents Fran Lebowitz in Conversation
by Julie Musbach - January 03, 2018

Berkeley Repertory Theatre is proud to announce a special presentation of Fran Lebowitz in Conversation. In three separate events, the cultural icon will hold court for unique off-the-cuff conversations sharing her insights and experiences on literature, politics & money, and nostalgia (Warhol, New ...


10HL Partners with Elizabeth Public Schools Photo 10HL Partners with Elizabeth Public Schools
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2017

10 Hairy Legs will provide the Dance to Learn program to all second grade students at the Jerome Dunn Academy #9 in Elizabeth, NJ....


Harris Center Benny Goodman Tribute Sold Out; School Matinee Available Photo Harris Center Benny Goodman Tribute Sold Out; School Matinee Available
by A.A. Cristi - January 11, 2018

The date was January 16, 1938 at Carnegie Hall the hallowed venue for respectable classical music. There, Benny Goodman's band played swing music for the first time, with one of the earliest racially-integrated jazz groups. It was an important day in the history of American music, one wor...


Jon Batiste To Perform With Grammy Camp Jazz Session Students At Grammy In The School Photo Jon Batiste To Perform With Grammy Camp Jazz Session Students At Grammy In The Schools Live!
by Emily Bruno - December 21, 2017

Attendees include members of GRAMMY Camp Jazz Session along with special guest performer and past GRAMMY Camp Jazz Session participant Jon Batiste; Pamela Alexander, director, community development, Ford Motor Company Fund; and Neil Portnow, President/CEO of the Recording Academy and Board Chair of...


BWW Reviews: Kids' A+ Performance Gives School of Rock a Passing Grade Photo BWW Reviews: Kids' A+ Performance Gives School of Rock a Passing Grade
by Paul Batterson - October 12, 2017

Remember Andrew Lloyd Webber, the composer of such Broadway standards as JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, CATS, EVITA, and PHANTOM OF THE OPERA? You know the King Midas of the West End? The crown prince of Broadway?...


Queensbury Theater and Holocaust Museum Houston to Offer ANNE FRANK: QUESTIONS AND PERSPECTIVES FOR TODAY Talk
by BWW News Desk - April 18, 2017

In preparation of the opening of the Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman, Queensbury Theater in cooperation with Holocaust Museum Houston will offer a special educational presentation on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. at Queensbury Thea...


Education Round Up: Washington, DC Theatre Companies Bring Life to the Past Photo Education Round Up: Washington, DC Theatre Companies Bring Life to the Past
by Julie Musbach - June 08, 2018

Washington, DC is hardly the country's most bustling metropolitan hub, but for a small district carved into the Virginia/Maryland border, the region boasts one of the liveliest and engaging arts scenes....


Lovely Hoffman and Sam Yin to be Honored at SpeakEasy's 2017 Spring Gala
by A.A. Cristi - March 13, 2017

SpeakEasy Stage Company will honor artist and educator Lovely Hoffman and Boston philanthropist Samuel Yin for their sustained and passionate support of the arts at its 2017 Spring Gala, to be held Saturday, April 8, from 6-9PM at the Hyatt Regency, Boston....


Schoolhouse Rock Meets Hip-Hop: Grammy Nominated Rap-Producer Rekindles the Legacy of Photo Schoolhouse Rock Meets Hip-Hop: Grammy Nominated Rap-Producer Rekindles the Legacy of Bob Dorough
by Robert Diamond - May 01, 2018

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Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park Receives Grant from Carolyn Watson Foundation
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2017

Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park (OSP) is pleased to announce it has received a $15,000.00 grant from the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation and its Community Grant program.  The grant will be used to assist in funding the Short Shakespeare touring program, which will allow Oklahoma ...






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