A Ballerina’s Tale opens in theatre’s and VOD on October 14th. Iconic ballerina Misty Copeland made history when she became the first African-American woman to be named principal dancer of the legendary American Ballet Theater. Get the incredible, behind-the-scenes story of how she overcame a tumultuous upbringing and near career-ending injuries to become one of…
Mia Raye Smith’s solo show, I Am Hope, will have its World Premiere at the United Solo Theatre Festival on September 23rd. The play was developed in Matt Hovermen’s Go-Solo Workshop. A shorter version of the play was produced at Emerging Artists New Work Series in the Fall of 2014. The production is directed by…
Miami-born, Buenos Aires-bred, New York-based Rock & Blues composer Alejandro Meola recently released his new EP, First Impressions, and he’s performing live shows on the east coast this fall in support with his band Robinsones. The first gig is at Piano’s in NYC on Thursday, September 3 – more music and more shows are currently…
On Monday, September 7, MOTHER’S RIGHT—a conceptual installation and performance piece by artist Michelle Hartney—will take place from 12 to 2pm at the Richard J. Daley Center in Chicago, IL. Held in conjunction with Improving Birth’s Labor Day Rally, the piece is part of Hartney’s ongoing Obstetrics in America series—including Our Past and Birth Words—which…
Lightyear Entertainment (www.lightyear.com), the Los Angeles and New York-based entertainment distributor of acclaimed films and music, announces that LITTLE GLORY, an emotionally gripping coming-of-age drama – starring Cameron Bright (The Twilight Saga), Hannah Murray (“Game of Thrones”) and rising star Isabella Blake-Thomas – will be released September 15th on DVD in the U.S. and Canada….
JACK will present the acclaimed performance collective, Sister Sylvester, with their new work, They Are Gone But Here Must I Remain which will preview on Thursday, September 3rd and open on Friday, September 4th at JACK (505 1/2 Waverly Ave in Brooklyn). The company’s New York premiere will run through September 19th. They Are Gone…
85 North Productions in association with The New York International Fringe Festival is thrilled to present Anthony Sneed’s comedic solo show The Buffalo. The Buffalo was originally developed in Matt Hoverman’s Go-Solo Workshop. In January, a workshop production was presented at UNDER St. Marks. Tom Delgado directs. The Buffalo is a comedic memoir of Anthony…
THE BLACK BOOK, a mystery thriller that challenges you to “read between the minds,” will have its Off-Broadway premiere on Saturday, September 5th with an opening slated for Sunday, September 13th at the American Theatre of Actors (314 W 54th St). This new play is written and directed by Phil Blechman. Previews will run September…
BREAD ARTS COLLECTIVE is pleased to announce the return of RISE & FALL, adapted from the Brecht by Ian Storey and BREAD, with original music by Andrew Lynch, directed by Eric Powell Holm and Katie Melby. After a successful premiere last March, RISE & FALL returns to play a limited engagement at People Lounge (163…
A haunting new drama, THE REPORT, will be presented August 15 – 28 in the New York International Fringe Festival. Based on the novel by Jessica Francis Kane, THE REPORT is adapted by Martin Casella, whose The Irish Curse earned the Outstanding Playwriting Award in the 2005 FringeNYC and went on to a highly acclaimed…