THE GOSPEL QUEEN Celebrates The African American Experience At Jubilee 5/22-6/21
by BWW News Desk
- May 22, 2009
Jubilee Theatre continues its celebration of the African-American experience with its 2008-2009 season and a new musical conceived by Jubilee Artistic Director Ed Smith. The Gospel Queen, featuring Sheran Goodspeed Keyton, focuses on the life of one of gospel music's greatest sensations, Mahalia Jackson.
THE GOSPEL QUEEN Celebrates The African American Experience At Jubilee 5/22-6/21
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Apr 24, 2009
Jubilee Theatre continues its celebration of the African-American experience with its 2008-2009 season and a new musical conceived by Jubilee Artistic Director Ed Smith. The Gospel Queen, featuring Sheran Goodspeed Keyton, focuses on the life of one of gospel music's greatest sensations, Mahalia Jackson.
Jubilee Theater Previews THE PIANO LESSON 3/20
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 20, 2009
Jubilee Theatre continues its celebration of African-American culture with its 2008-2009 season and August Wilson's The Piano Lesson. An American icon, August Wilson depicted the human condition like no other playwright of his time. The Piano Lesson, the fourth in a cycle of ten plays chronicling the African-American experience throughout the 20th century, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play in 1990.
National Black Theatre Festival Honors Jubilee Theatre Artistic Director Ed Smith 8/3
by Eddie Varley
- Mar 4, 2009
This year, the prestigious National Black Theatre Festival? will honor Jubilee Theatre Artistic Director Ed Smith with the festival's first annual Lloyd Richards' Director's Award. Smith is receiving this award because of his significant contributions to black theatre and American theatre in general. The festival will be held from August 3 through 8, 2009 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The theme for this year's festival remains the same as the past ten festivals: An International Celebration and Reunion of Spirit. Mr. Smith will be presented with the award at the Opening Night Gala Awards Banquet, which will be held on Monday, August 3.
Jubilee Theater Previews THE PIANO LESSON 3/20
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Feb 27, 2009
Jubilee Theatre continues its celebration of African-American culture with its 2008-2009 season and August Wilson's The Piano Lesson. An American icon, August Wilson depicted the human condition like no other playwright of his time. The Piano Lesson, the fourth in a cycle of ten plays chronicling the African-American experience throughout the 20th century, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play in 1990.
Pittsburgh International Children's Festival Runs 5/13-17
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Feb 13, 2009
The Pittsburgh International Children's Festival, a division of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, will present the 23rd annual festival May 13-17, 2009, in various venues throughout the city's university district of Oakland. The Festival is currently one of only four international theater festivals for children in the United States.
Featured Children's Festival performance sites include Charity Randall Theatre, Studio Theatre, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Synod Hall and Carnegie Lecture Hall. The Festival grounds, free to the public, will complement the featured performances with hands-on cultural and educational activities, roving artists, booths, and exhibitors. The Target Community Stage returns this year as the center of outdoor Festival activities. The stage features a lively mix of professional artists and regional performance groups.
Photo Flash: NYMF's River's End
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 15, 2006
The New York Musical Theater Festival will present River's End, a new musical with book and lyrics by Cheryl Coons and music by Chuck Larkin, from September 21st through October 1st.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: A Score to Savour
by Michael Dale
- Feb 22, 2005
More than 50 years after moderate Broadway success, Encores! gives this bountiful Dorothy Fields/ Arthur Schwartz score a much-needed return to Manhattan
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