2) Asase Yaa School of The Arts Post Covid-19 Summer Arts Camp June 29 - August 7
3) Broadway Records to Release Play On, Debut EP From Lauren Turner
4) Broadway Women #KeepSharingtheMic June 15
5) Broadway Workshop Summer Online Intensives
6) iPlay America Game Time Bar and Grill Reopening June 15
7) The Shubert Foundation High School Theatre Festival June 15
8) South Street Seaport Musem Launches New Blog
9) Two River Theater Upcoming Online Events
10) Vangeline Theatre/ New York Butoh Institute Digitally Presents Queer Butoh 2020
11) York Theatre Co. Reunites Cast and Creative Team of "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" June 15
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BROADWAY’S
ALLEGIANCE
EXTENDED ON
WITH EXCLUSIVE PRE-SHOW EVENT
“A TOAST TO ALLEGIANCE”
FEATURING ORIGINAL STARS
LEA SALONGA, GEORGE TAKEI, AND
TELLY LEUNG
Broadway On Demand, the new streaming platform for theater devotees, announced that the online streaming premiere of Broadway’s Allegiance will be extended, due to popular demand, through Tuesday, June 23 on BroadwayOnDemand.com. The production was originally available through June 7 only.
Viewers will be able to watch the full staged musical production for a 48-hour on-demand playback for $8.99 from now until Tuesday, June 23 on BroadwayOnDemand.com.
The streaming will include an exclusive, free, pre-show, “A Toast to Allegiance,” featuring Tony Award winner Lea Salonga, George Takei, Telly Leung and other members of the original Broadway company.
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2) ASASE YAA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
GEARS UP FOR POST COVID-19
14TH ANNUAL
CHILDREN'S SUMMER ARTS CAMP
JUNE 29 - AUGUST 7
Brooklyn-based Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation's School of the Arts has announced that due to the State lifting COVID-19 quarantining and New York City entering Phase One of recovery, they plan to proceed with hosting their 14th Annual Children's Summer Art Camp, June 29 - August 7, 2020. The six-week Camp program services 100% minority and disenfranchised youth 4 - 13 years old from its surrounding communities.
The weekly day camp will be held Monday - Friday at the Mount Lebanon Baptist Church, 228 Decatur Street, Brooklyn, NY daily from 8:00 am - 5:00 PM. Tuition is $1000, and a $50 registration fee is required. Registration officially opened on June 8 and will extend through June 29, 2020.
Activities for this summer's camp will feature dance, dance, theater, drumming and Capoeira Classes (3 days a week) except the last week of camp, when classes will be held every day. Daily activities also include Arts & Crafts projects, games, and educational instruction. They will also continue their annual tradition of celebrating African Flag, Day, July 16th, which is sponsored by Community Teamwork' Project at Goldman Sachs. This year's camp will culminate with a special curated, "Finale Family Day & Picnic," at Prospect Park for all the campers and their families on their final day.
To donate go to: https://www.mightycause.com/
To donate via text: Call 844-844-6844 and use the code: YSEI.
To register for the Asase Yaa Children's Summer Arts Camp click on this link:
For more information about Asase Yaa go to: www.asaseyaaent.org, email info@asaseyaaent.org or contact Rubie l. Williams, (917) 789-0563.
3) BROADWAY RECORDS TO RELEASE DEBUT EP FROM LAUREN TURNER
PLAY ON
TO BE RELEASED DIGITALLY JUNE 19, 2020
Broadway Records recently announced the release of Lauren Turner’s debut EP, Play On. Lauren Turner is a Texas born vocalist that has been seen belting show tunes and harmonizing pop classics for 10 years becoming one of New York City's Cabaret Staples. She has performed at all the legendary cabarets spaces including Don't Tell Mama, The Triad, The Duplex, & Feinstein's 54 Below. This five track EP features some of Lauren’s most memorable songs from Cabaret and her childhood. These are songs that made her into the beltress she is today. A portion of proceeds from the album will go to charities benefiting doctors fighting the pandemic.
Play On will be available digitally everywhere music is sold on Friday, June 19, 2020. The album is produced by Mitchell Walker and features Michael Isaacs on piano, Daniel Muniz on guitar and background vocals by Tara Martinez.
Track Listing:
- I Have Nothing
- I’ll Be There
- If It Makes You Happy
- Fire and Rain
- The Heart of the Matter
4) Broadway Workshop Online Summer Intensives
Vocal Intensive - Session 1 & 2
SESSION 1
Ages: 13 - 19
Dates: Monday, July 6, 2020 - Friday, July 10, 2020
Times: 10:00am - 3:00pm ET (Eastern Time)
Zoom Online Intensive
Tuition: $625
SESSION 2
Ages: 13 - 19
Dates: Monday, July 13, 2020 - Friday, July 19, 2020
Times: 10:00am - 3:00pm ET (Eastern Time)
Zoom Online Intensive
Tuition: $625
This five-day online intensive allows students who have a strong interest in musical theatre performance to work in small groups with the highest level of Broadway stars and casting directors.
Broadway Workshop Vocal Intensive Online will engage students to dig deeper into their connection to their vocal audition pieces and build on their acting and dance skills in a small online group workshop setting. This program will allow students to work all three area's of the triple threat experience with a focus on vocal musical theater performance.
For more information or to register, visit broadwayworkshop.com/program/summer-online-vocal-intensive-session-1-2
Junior Excel
Ages: 8 - 14
Dates: Monday, July 20, 2020 - Friday, July 24, 2020
Times: 10:00am - 2:00pm ET (Eastern Time)
Zoom Online Intensive
Tuition: $625
Broadway Workshop's Junior Excel Intensive is a five-day program geared toward students with an extremely strong passion for the performing arts. Junior Excel students will study the three disciplines of musical theatre in small groups, broken down by age.
For more information or to register, visit www.broadwayworkshop.com/program/summer-online-junior-excel
Excel Teen Intensive - Sessions 1 & 2
SESSION 1
Ages: 13 - 19
Dates: Monday, July 27, 2020 - Friday, July 31, 2020
Times: 10:00am - 3:00pm ET (Eastern Time)
Zoom Online Intensive
Tuition: $625
SESSION 2
Ages: 13 - 19
Dates: Monday, August 3, 2020 - Friday, August 7, 2020
Times: 10:00am - 3:00pm ET (Eastern Time)
Zoom Online Intensive
Tuition: $625
Broadway Workshop's Online Excel Teen Intensive is a five-day summer program geared toward our older students (ages 13-19) with a strong passion for the performing arts. While every Excel student will study the three disciplines of musical theatre (acting, singing and dance), this program allows students to choose a major (Acting or Voice).
For more information or to register, visit www.broadwayworkshop.com/program/summer-online-excel-session-1-2.
5) BROADWAY WOMEN
#KEEPSHARINGTHEMIC
MONDAY, JUNE 15
Broadway women will gather on Instagram to #KeepSharingTheMic on Monday, June 15, 2020. Inspired by the #ShareTheMicNow campaign, Broadway Serves co-founder Dionne Figgins invited a group of extraordinary Black Women of Broadway to take over the Instagram accounts of some of Broadway’s most notable White female stars.
Takeovers subject to change and will include Tanya Birl (On The Town, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof) and Laura Benanti (My Fair Lady, Meteor Shower), Sasha Hutchings (Oklahoma, Hamilton) and Morgan James (Motown, Godspell), and Asmeret Ghebremichael (Dreamgirls, The Book of Mormon) and Sutton Foster (“Younger,” Violet), with more ladies to be announced. Women in the Broadway community are invited to participate by facilitating their own takeovers together and using the hashtags #KeepSharingTheMic and #ShareTheMicNow.
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6) THE GREAT RETURN to FUN
iPlay America’s Game Time Bar & Grill Opens Outdoor Seating June 15
iPlay America’s Game Time Bar & Grill Opens Outdoor Seating June 15
The first step of opening up all of iPlay America for friends, families and coworkers to enjoy being together again. Game Time Bar & Grill will be open with outdoor seating starting on Monday, June 15. The restaurant will be open seven days a week, Monday-Thursday from 4PM-12AM, Friday 4PM-2AM, Saturday 1PM-2AM and Sunday 1PM-12AM. Game Time Bar & Grill will feature live music every Friday-Sunday in the outdoor seating area. The live music schedule can be found at GameTimeBarandGrill.com
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7) SPECIAL 2020 ONLINE PREMIERE OF
THE SHUBERT FOUNDATION
HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE FESTIVAL
FOR NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WILL TAKE PLACE ON
MONDAY, JUNE 15
ON SHUBERT.NYC
HOSTED BY
JELANI ALLADIN
WITH APPEARANCES BY
ADAM CHANLER-BERAT, JAMES HARKNESS,
CARLY HUGHES,GEORGE SALAZAR, AND
SHERIE RENE SCOTT
Over 160 talented NYC public school teen artists will make their virtual Broadway debuts in the special 2020 Online Production of The Shubert Foundation High School Theatre Festival for NYC Public Schools on Monday, June 15 at 7:00pm ET, streaming on www.shubert.nyc.
Jelani Alladin (Frozen, Hercules at the Public Theatre) will host this year’s sixth annual event, which has previously been performed live on a Broadway stage. Guest presenters will include Broadway stars Adam Chanler-Berat (Peter and the Starcatcher), James Harkness (Ain’t Too Proud), Carly Hughes (Beautiful, “American Housewife”), George Salazar (Be More Chill), and Sherie Rene Scott (Whorl Inside A Loop). This high profile and high-energy theatre education experience for students is presented by The Shubert Foundation and the NYC Department of Education Arts Office.
The Festival’s inspired virtual production excerpts reflect the professionalism, the focus and the passions of our NYC public school students from diverse backgrounds and identities who came together with one common goal — to tell stories and build bridges. Under widely challenging circumstances, each student artist found time and space to rehearse and record their individual performance on their devices so audiences everywhere could enjoy their artistry and collaboration.
The Festival is a celebration featuring five outstanding high school student productions from the 2019-2020 school year, which were selected from over 30 productions across the city by a panel of professional theatre artists and theatre educators. Over the course of the festival’s six-year history, school productions from all 5 boroughs have performed at the event. This year, student presentations from the following schools will present excerpted scenes and musical numbers in order as follows:
Brooklyn High School of the Arts (Brooklyn) – FAME
Curtis High School (Staten Island) – LUCKY STIFF
Frank Sinatra School of the Arts (Queens) – HAIRSPRAY
Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts (Manhattan) – AIDA
Talent Unlimited High School (Manhattan) – THE WOLVES
The High School Theatre Festival showcases the ongoing excellent theatre work currently taking place in NYC public high schools, as well as highlighting the positive effects of theatre study on skills for the stage and in life: collaboration, artistry, discipline, focus, literacy, student voice, self-awareness, presence, active listening and empathy. The evening focuses on the impact that a full theatre program can have on students and school communities and enables students to see theatre and the arts as a potential career path
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8) South Street Seaport Museum
Launches New Museum Blog
South Street Seaport Museum recently announced the creation of a Museum-wide blog set to which debuted on Thursday, June 11, 2020. The blog was created to be an extension of the Museum's website, SeaportMuseum.org, the Museum's social media efforts and the recently added #SeaportMuseumAtHome experiences. Expect to find fun and factual posts, from passionate members of the staff, interns, and some guest bloggers; in-depth looks at how the Museum's collection and curatorial team catalog, inventory, and research the artifacts and works of art in their care, including new acquisitions and archival material long forgotten; and more stories tied to the rich maritime history of New York and the South Street Seaport Historic District.
The blog will update with a new entry every Thursday with upcoming posts to including:
Thursday, June 18, a look at the stories and history behind a handful early 19th century Manhattan taverns.
Thursday, June 25, a case study in the importance of continued collection inventory and the "rediscovery" of the Museum's clipper ship cards collection.
Thursday, July 2, a look into the Miller Family Beefsteak Dinner Collection, and the digitization of over 100 letters dated 1880s-1920s about the once popular beefsteak dinners in New York City.
Thursday, July 9, a story of how the precious remains of the two hotels inside Schermerhorn Row's galleries are no longer considered just "ruins," but effective collections areas.
Thursday, July 16, an adventure in researching a unique whale tooth engraving
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9) Two River Theater Upcoming Online Events
COMMUNITY POETRY NIGHT: HOME
MON, JUNE 15 | 7:00 PM | FREE | ZOOM
In partnership with Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey. Continuing Two River’s popular Poetry Night series, with a digital stage! We invite you to join us for the reading of selected poems following the theme of “home,” drawn from a variety of artistic eras and poetic styles.The community reading event led by Literary Manager Taylor Barfield will take place on Zoom. Interested in reading? Click below for more details.
For more information, visit https://tworivertheater.org/whats-on/community-poetry-night-home
STORY TIME: THE RAINBOW FISH WITH EVAN
WED, JUNE 17 | 11:00 AM | FREE | FACEBOOK
Join Box Office Supervisor Evan Kudish as he shares this classic tale about a beautiful fish who learns to share his most prized possession. The reading of The Rainbow Fish is a salute to our 2017 production brought to life with enchanting puppetry by Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia. Suitable for ages seven and younger.
For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/TwoRiverTheater/posts
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10) Vangeline Theater / New York Butoh Institute
In collaboration with Howl Arts
Presents
Queer Butoh 2020 (DIGITAL)
Featuring Mee Ae, Dustin Maxwell and Scoop Slone
Available online on Vimeo.com/vangeline
June 22-28, 2020
FREE
In celebration of Pride 2020, Vangeline Theater/ New York Butoh Institute is proud to present Queer Butoh 2020 (DIGITAL) in collaboration with Howl Arts.
This year, they are proud to virtually present the works of Mee Ae, Dustin Maxwell, and Scoop Slone
At its origin, the introduction of Butoh in Japan was widely controversial. The first homoerotic Butoh performance, Kinjiki (Forbidden Colors) created by Tatsumi Hijikata in 1958, caused controversy amongst its spectators
11) THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY’S
LIVE WEEKLY STREAMING PANEL SERIES
“SHOW! (AND TELL)”
REUNITES THE CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM OF
THE 2016 MUSICALS IN MUFTI PRODUCTION
DON’T BOTHER ME, I CAN’T COPE
A MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT BY MICKI GRANT
CONCEIVED BY VINNETTE CARROLL
LIVE WEEKLY STREAMING PANEL SERIES
“SHOW! (AND TELL)”
REUNITES THE CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM OF
THE 2016 MUSICALS IN MUFTI PRODUCTION
DON’T BOTHER ME, I CAN’T COPE
A MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT BY MICKI GRANT
CONCEIVED BY VINNETTE CARROLL
LIVE STREAM ONE-NIGHT ONLY!
MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 2020 AT 7:10PM
The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Executive Director), dedicated to the development of new musicals and rediscovery of musical gems from the past, reunites the cast and creative team of the 2016 Musicals in Mufti production of the 1971 hit Broad-way revue Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope, a musical entertainment by Micki Grant, conceived by Vinnette Carroll, for a Virtual Company Reunion as part of the live weekly streaming panel series “Show! (and Tell)” set for Monday evening, June 15, 2020 beginning at 7:10PM.
Please make your reservation online at https://web.ovationtix.com/
Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope is the sixth Virtual Company Reunion in the Live Panel Series “Show! (and Tell)” hosted by York’s Producing Artistic Director James Morgan and theater historian Charles Wright who lead a discussion of The York’s 2016 Musicals in Mufti production. Featured panel guests will include writer/composer Micki Grant, director Leslie R. Dockery, music director William Foster McDaniel, with cast members Jelani Alladin (Frozen, Hercules), Darilyn Castillo (It Ain't Nothin But the Blues), Marva Hicks (Motown, The Musical), Devin Roberts (The Lion King), Raun Ruffin (The Civil War), and Debra Walton (The Pajama Game).
Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope, a musical entertainment with book, music, and lyrics by Micki Grant and conceived by Vinnette Carroll, was directed by Leslie R. Dockery, with music direction by William Foster McDaniel. The 2016 Musicals in Mufti production featured Jelani Alladin, Darilyn Castillo, Doug Eskew, Tina Fabrique, Marva Hicks, Devin L. Roberts, Raun Ruffin, and Debra Walton. With five 1972 Tony Award nominations (including Best Musical) and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical the same year, the show also won Micki Grant a Grammy Award for best score—the first female to be so honored. Ms. Grant was also one of the stars of the show, which came to Broadway after successful runs in Washington DC, Detroit, and Philadelphia. The show ran for over two years on Broadway. A dynamic mixture of gospel, jazz, funk, soul, calypso, and soft rock, the show illuminates the African-American experience with vibrant song and dance. Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope was de-scribed as “a cultural pulse-taking of the challenges facing the black community in America” and is the first Broadway musical written entirely by a woman and the first Broadway production to be directed by a female African-American
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And that's the scoop. Tune in tomorrow for another Talking Topic.
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