Review: This is One 'RIDE' You Don't Want To Miss at The Old Globe
by ErinMarie Reiter - Apr 9, 2024
“Ride” at The Old Globe is an incredibly fun, clever, and wholly entertaining musical about a woman who chased the American Dream around the world from the back of a bicycle. This musical is a delightful fun two-handed, one-act musical that may inspire you to go find adventure yourself. “Ride” is now playing at The Old Globe through April 28th.
Industry Pro Newsletter: New Study Looks to the Preparedness of Arts Orgs to Face Future Challenges
by Alex Freeman - Apr 8, 2024
In a sign of an industry on the rebound, Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles is getting ready to announce a return of programming at the Mark Taper Forum, where production was paused last year while the organization went through a budget crunch. Additionally, following the casting of a Black actress in the role of Juliet, an upcoming West End production of Romeo and Juliet from the Jamie Lloyd Company started dealing with racist backlash online - we’ll show you how the company responded.
SC New Play Festival to Present Works From Gwon, Grays, Cabaret from Boykin, and More
by Blair Ingenthron - Apr 6, 2024
The South Carolina New Play Festival has announced the 3rd annual festival. It will take place over four days, starting on Thursday, August 8, and will feature a wide range of musicals, plays, town halls, an outdoor variety stage, and will culminate in a Cabaret featuring Tony-nominee Phillip Boykin (Hadestown) on August 11.
Interview: Andrew Ousley Is Planning an 'Immersive, Subversive' 1920s Cabaret
by Rebecca Kaplan - Apr 5, 2024
Andrew Ousley is a director, producer, and founder of Death of Classical, a unique performance group offering intimate experiences centered mostly around instrumental music with a modern twist.They will be mounting a special show there from April 17th to 19th as part of Carnegie Hall’s Weimar Festival.
World Premiere of CAPTAIN DARLING Comes to Ursinus College
by Stephi Wild - Apr 1, 2024
What if Peter Pan isn't the hero and Captain Hook isn't the villain? What if the stories handed down to us tell only part of the story? That's the premise behind Captain Darling, a dark, feminist adaptation of J.M. Barrie's classic Peter Pan written by Ursinus College graduate Kate Isabel Foley '23.
24TH HAVANA FILM FESTIVAL Returns To New York This April
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 29, 2024
The 24th Havana Film Festival New York, a project of The American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, features an exceptional program celebrating the diversity of voices and cultural expressions of Cuba and Latin America.
Interview: Ethan Stiefel And Gillian Murphy are Taking American Repertory Ballet to New Heights
by Christina Pandolfi - Mar 28, 2024
Ethan Stiefel and Gillian Murphy are two of the world’s greatest dancers of all time.
A bold statement, yes—but one undeniably supported by their decades spent delighting audiences all over the world. Stiefel, singular for his excellence of classical technique and precision; Murphy, for her poetic resonance and bravura, the duo have each made names for themselves that will be long remembered in the history books.
'PBS: America @ 250' Multiyear Look At Our Nation to Air Next Fall
by Michael Major - Mar 26, 2024
Explore the upcoming PBS multiyear project, PBS: America @ 250, a comprehensive and bold look at the nation's history, culture, and future. The six-part, twelve-hour series, which was written by Burns's long-time collaborator Geoffrey Ward, is about the people who lived through America's founding struggle, their experiences over eight years.