1) TONY AWARD® WINNER
JEFFERSON MAYS
REPRISES HIS ACCLAIMED PERFORMANCE
IN CHARLES DICKENS’ BELOVED HOLIDAY CLASSIC
A CHRISTMAS CAROL”
TO BENEFIT George Street Playhouse
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
BETTE DAVIS AIN’T FOR SISSIES
Now thru December 17, 2020 on Stellar
3) Best of BAMkids Film Festival 2020
returns with a world of animated short films
November 28—December 6
Best of BAMkids Film Festival 2020
Video on Demand
Nov 28—Dec 6
Tickets: Pay-what-you-can starting at $5
Ages: 3-6
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) announces Best of BAMkids Film Festival 2020 starting November 28. Featuring films curated by Northwest Film Forum, Best of BAMkids Film Festival offers a selection of colorful animated films from around the world. Enjoyable from the comfort of home, this year’s program will be video-on-demand and includes 12 shorts from China, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, and Taiwan. Shorts are available (VOD) for 48-hours after viewing.
Best of BAMkids Film Festival 2020
- Maestro, Directed by Illogic (2019), France
- A Chick’s Adventure, Directed by Christoph Brehme and Loïc Bruyère (2018), Italy/France
- Elephant, Directed by Julia Ocker (2018), Germany
- Pickle Plum Parade, Directed by Eri Sasaki (2019), Japan
- Pen&Magic, Directed by Ayako Kishi (2019), Japan
- Kippkopp in the Snow, Directed by Szilvia Fabók and Tama Mikori (2019), Hungary
- Koyaa: Elusive Paper, Directed by Kolja Saksida (2019), Switzerland
- Snail the Painter, Directed by Manuela Vladić-Maštruko (2018), Croatia
- Little Thinks, Directed by StepC. (2019), China
- Little Grey Wolfy - Summer Party, Directed by Natalia Malykhina (2019), Norway
- The Rainbow Giant, Directed by Guo Jun-ming (2018), Taiwan
- Sam’s Dream, Directed by Nolwenn Roberts (2018), France
All ticket sales go to support BAM Education, helping to ensure the future of BAM's adventurous programming for families and students. Visit BAM.org for more details.
4) BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION
AND COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL ANNOUNCE
COURSE FOCUSED ON BRIDGING ARTISTRY AND NATIONAL CALL TO RETHINK POLICING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
The Theater of Change: Reimagining Justice Through Abolition
Winter 2021 – Spring 2021
Artist Applications Now Open
The Broadway Advocacy Coalition (BAC) and Columbia Law School will continue their multi-year partnership with the announcement of the first full semester course offering entitled The Theater for Change: Reimagining Justice Through Abolition.
Applications are now open to participants from any artistic discipline interested in learning how to use their own skills and expertise for social change. The course will run from January 21, 2021 through April 8, 2021. Participants will be compensated for participation in this course.
The course blends artistry, law, policy, and community engagement to produce powerful artistic projects with the potential to change the broken criminal justice system and imagine new ways forward. Amidst resounding calls to abolish the current state of the country’s criminal legal system, notably prisons and the police, the arts provides a critical space to imagine alternatives and promote those ideas as achievable realities. The semester will focus on issues of abolition, reimagining justice and strengthening communities. It will be informed by the expertise of community leaders with extensive experience both fighting and feeling the effects of these systems.
Artists will join forces with law students and community advocates to create performance pieces that envision a path to abolition and strategize how and where these performances can occur to achieve sustainable impact. The course will also build artistic capacity to merge high quality, high impact, rigorous artistry with community narratives, policy analysis and effective policy advocacy. The goals of this course are not only to facilitate an exchange of ideas across disciplines, but to form lasting partnerships that can continue to generate game-changing work into the future.
To apply, please visit https://www.
Applications will be processed beginning December 6, 2020 and participants will be selected and informed by late December 2020.
An informational session will be held on Tuesday, November 24th from 6:30-7:30pm EST. Participation is encouraged but not required for artists interested in the course. RSVP for the informational session via this form.
Website: http://BPN.fm/gathertogether and https://
6) BROADWAY’S PODCAST
THE FABULOUS INVALID
LAUNCHES SEASON THREE
WITH
VANESSA WILLIAMS
NEW EPISODES RELEASED BI-WEEKLY
Broadway’s podcast, The Fabulous Invalid, launches Season Three today with eleven-time Grammy Award nominated recording artist and Tony Award nominated star of stage and screen, Vanessa Williams.
Conversation topics include the work of Black Theatre United, Vanessa’s 1994 Broadway debut in Kiss of the Spiderwoman, her West End debut in City of Angels, the current shut down, her reflections on the work of Stephen Sondheim, and what she hopes to see when live performance returns.
Without the usual rhythm of new shows, topics, and personalities to talk with and about due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Season Three of The Fabulous Invalid takes as its theme “our favorite things”, and will include a collection of episodes in which co-hosts Jamie Du Mont and Rob Russo talk to some of the theatremakers they love and about the shows and legendary figures they admire.
Next up, Jamie and Rob will celebrate the landmark classic musical West Side Story by talking with Belgian director Ivo van Hove and moderating an exclusive conversation between Broadway legend Carol Lawrence and Broadway’s latest sensation, Shereen Pimentel—Broadway’s original and latest Maria.
Additional future episodes will include celebrations of the life and work of iconic Broadway composer/lyricists Jerry Herman and Kander & Ebb, a look at the musical Follies, and additional interviews and topics to be announced.
New episodes, and the complete archive of episodes from Season One and Two, are available on iTunes and Spotify, and everywhere one downloads podcasts.
The Actors Fund, the national human services organization for everyone in performing arts and entertainment, announced today that Grammy nominated songwriter and piano sensation Jim Brickman will be taking the nation by storm this holiday season with Brickman for Broadway Christmas Live. All proceeds from the virtual concert on November 28 at 8 pm ET and the album sales will benefit The Actors Fund. Broadway fans and their families can enjoy this unique virtual concert experience from the comfort of home, while supporting The Actors Fund and their COVID-19 relief efforts. Click here to pre-order Brickman for Broadway Christmas (including the Brickman on Broadway limited edition) albums ($29.99). Click here to for tickets to the Brickman for Broadway Christmas Live November 28 virtual concert (ticket packages start at $20).
The Brickman for Broadway Christmas album features sensational performances from Megan Hilty, Santino Fontana, Kelli O’Hara, Norm Lewis, Adrienne Warren, Shoshana Bean, Max von Essen, Sierra Boggess and Matt Doyle and celebrates the season with soaring vocals, and a merry and bright holiday spirit.
The album is a 2-CD set featuring some of Broadway’s best songs, including “You Will Be Found”, “It’s Quiet Uptown”, “For Good”, “True Love” and 12 more.
Brickman will bring his November 28 live virtual concert experience up close and personal for supporters of The Actors Fund by blending yuletide memories and holiday carols. Scheduled to appear with Jim Brickman are Kelli O'Hara, Matt Doyle, Adrienne Warren, Max von Essen, Shoshana Bean, Norm Lewis, Megan Hilty, Wayne Brady and more. Brickman will warm the hearts of all as sweet sounds of faith and love make spirits bright, bringing family and friends together for anything but a silent night.
The Jim Brickman’s Christmas tradition continues, with a front row experience like never before.
Brickman for Broadway Christmas ticket packages start at $20 for the Live Virtual Concert. Additional packages available include an Interactive Zoom Room and After Show Party with Jim, and a stocking of gifts delivered to your door.
INSIDE THE WILD HEART will appear virtually on the following schedule: November 27th - 29th Friday 7pm (NY) 21h (Brazil) 1am (Europe) Saturday and Sunday 1pm (NY) 15h (Brasil) 7pm (Europe) 7pm (NY) 21h (Brasil) 1am (Europe) December 3rd - 20th Thursday and Friday 7pm (NY) 21hrs (Brazil) 1am (Europe) Saturday and Sunday 1pm (NY) 15h (Brasil) 7pm (Europe) 7pm (NY) 21h (Brasil) 1am (Europe) *December 10th with talkback with the cast Tickets are $20-$50 and are now available online at www.Group.BR.com. Running Time: 2 hours Website: www.group.br.com |
For more information, visit https://www. |
11) FROM THE CREATORS OF THE THEATRICAL
RADIAL PARK
AT HALLETTS POINT PLAY
CUSTOM ENTERTAINMENT SERVICE
RADIAL PARK PRESENTS
FEATURING BROADWAY’S BRIGHTEST TALENTS
FOR HOLIDAY PARTIES, CORPORATE EVENTS,
AND MORE
Stark Production Group Founder and President, Jeremy Shepard, the creator and co-producer of the theatrical drive-in experience Radial Park at Halletts Point Play, and Round Seven Media Founder and President, Marco Shalma, co-producer of Radial Park, today announced a new endeavor, Radial Park Presents.
Radial Park Presents provides custom entertainment services, from concerts to fully staged shows and everything in between, featuring Broadway’s brightest talents, for customers seeking extra-special entertainment at their next event.
For more information, or to make a booking, contact Melissa at Stark Production Group at: Melissa@StarkProductionGroup.
12) ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY
ANNOUNCEMENT: Production Updates, Education Plans and 2021-2022 Season
- Roundabout Theatre Company will resume production in Fall 2021.
- RTC will present on Broadway in Fall 2021:
- Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner’s CAROLINE, OR CHANGE starring Sharon D Clarke, directed by Michael Longhurst, and choreographed by Ann Yee at Studio 54
- Broadway debut of Alice Childress’s TROUBLE IN MIND, directed by Charles Randolph-Wright at the American Airlines Theatre
- RTC will present off-Broadway in Fall 2021:
- Mansa Ra’s (formerly Jiréh Breon Holder) …what the end will be, directed by Margot Bordelon at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
- Dave Harris’s EXCEPTION TO THE RULE, directed by Miranda Haymon
- RTC will present on Broadway in Spring 2022:
- 1776, directed by Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus
- Previously announced productions will proceed at a future date to be determined:
- Noah Haidle’s BIRTHDAY CANDLES starring Debra Messing, directed by Vivienne Benesch
- Anna Ziegler’s THE WANDERERS, directed by Barry Edelstein
- Sanaz Toossi’s ENGLISH, directed by Knud Adams
- “While we are disappointed to put the shows off again, we're busy filling the expanded gap in time by providing arts education for NYC students and teachers, and increasing our efforts to find opportunities for artists through our myriad off-stage programs," noted Roundabout Artistic Director/CEO Todd Haimes. “Once again I’d like to thank all our artists whose work was side-lined in March 2020 for their patience and understanding.”
- Roundabout TheatreLab: Session Two will begin in February 2021.
- This program of interactive workshops is designed to connect audiences interested in exploring the crafts of theatrical writing and directing, directly with five Roundabout artists. All enrollment fees go directly to the artists.
- A sold-out Session One launched in October 2020.
- Education and Community Partnerships at Roundabout:
- During the shutdown, the Education team has built digital learning and engagement programs for thousands of students, teachers, and patrons across all five boroughs of NYC and beyond.
- Teaching artist residencies in NYC schools continue remotely.
- Partnering with the Department of Education to offer remote theater learning opportunities for NYC’s 1,800 public schools.
- Plans are underway for a Spring Digital Festival dedicated as a space for artists with disabilities.
- The current technical theatre fellows in the Theatrical Workforce Development Program have continued to train online and in person to prepare for the industry reopening.
- Roundabout Directors Group: Cohort Two Launched Remotely in Fall 2020
- This group provides career assistance and mentorship to emerging directors.
- All additional production details including dates and casting, will be announced soon.
13) THE ROUSTABOUTS THEATRE CO.
PRESENTS
THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
'ROOSEVELT: CHARGE THE BEAR’
BY MARNI FREEDMAN AND PHIL JOHNSON
STARRING PHIL JOHNSON
FILMED FOR STREAMING ONLINE
AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND THROUGH DECEMBER 13
DIRECTED BY ROSINA REYNOLDS
14) BROADWAY ON DEMAND
NOVEMBER 26 – 29, 2020
Broadway On Demand, the theater-focused streaming platform, is proud to present the first-ever streamed production of Jason Robert Brown’s Drama Desk Award-winning musical, The Last Five Years, recorded live at the Southwark Playhouse, for five performances only this Thanksgiving weekend, Thursday, November 26 – Sunday, November 29 only on Broadway On Demand.
The Last Five Years is an emotionally powerful and intimate show about two New Yorkers who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. The musical’s unconventional structure unfolds as Cathy tells her story in reverse, from the end of their turbulent relationship, whilst Jamie tells his story chronologically from the spark of their initial meeting. The two characters meet only once, at their wedding in the middle of the show. Now, this iconic musical returns in a bold new actor-musician production with the actors on stage at all times and playing the piano to add a new narrative dimension to the story, accompanied by a four-piece band. The cast features Molly Lynch (Cathy) and Oli Higginson (Jamie) with musicians Elaine Ambridge, Ryan Webber, and Andy Crick.
For access to the complete and ever-expanding Broadway on Demand library, subscribe at BroadwayOnDemand.com.
VOYEUR: THE WINDOWS OF
Now through January 10, 2021
VOYEUR is an open air, immersive theatrical experience that guides an intimate eight-person audience through the dreams of iconic artist Toulouse-Lautrec as he recalls his final absinthe-laced years living and working in Montmartre. It is a unique blend of theater, dance, art, walking tour, live music and puppetry. The sidewalks, doorways and windows of Greenwich Village become the setting for VOYEUR as live accompaniment collides with the city’s soundscape, transporting attendees into the bohemian world of 1899 Paris.
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