Broadway Show Reopening Dates Announced So Far:
Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations - Reopens 10/16/21
at the Imperial Theater.
Chicago - Reopens 9/14/21 at the Ambassador Theatre
Diana - Previews start 12/1/21 Opening Night 12/16/21 at the Longacre Theater.
Jagged Little Pill Reopens 10/21/21 at the Broadhurst Theatre.
The Minutes Reopens 5/15/22 at the Cort Theatre
The Music Man Preview start 12/10/21 Opening Night
at the Wintergarden Theater.
The Phantom Opera Reopens 10/22/21 at the Majestic Theater.
Six Previews Restart 9/17/21 a thte Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Live and Virtual Event This Week and More
1) A Dozen Dreams Astounding Immersive Experience
2) A Wonderful Guy Book Out Now
3) Art Park & Company Presents Sonic 5/15 - 9/30
4) Bloomingdale School of Music Summer Classes Registration Now Open
5) Drama New Book by Tony Award-Winning Designer, David Rockwell To Be Released 5/12
6) The Mailbox 5/17
7) MCC Theater Miscast 21 5/16
8) Mercer County Community College Tomato Patch Youth Programs at Kelsey Theatre
9) Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Announces 5/10 - 5/14 Schedule for The Bridge
10) NYCLU Launches Artists Ambassador Program
11) Odd Man Out An At Home Immersive Sensory Box Audio Play
12) Pan Asian Repertory Company Virtual Lab Reading of Play, John Gabriel Borkman 5/14
13) Prince Fellowship Applications Now Open
14) Radial Park at Halletts Point Presents Treasure Island 5/14 & 5/15
15) SAY: The Stuttering Association Virtual 2021 Gala 5/13
16) Second Stage Theater Announces New Season
17) Spotlight on Plays Presents Watch on the Rhine 5/13
18) Theater Resources Unlimited Gatherings Via Zoom 5/14
1) A DOZEN DREAMS wakes up New York with an astounding immersive experience
At the start of the global pandemic, En Garde Arts invited twelve women playwrights to share their pandemic dreams.
Audiences — single or in pod-pairs — wind through a series of twelve rooms built in a labyrinth structure. Through sets, lights, video, and sound, each room brings each individual dream to life, sharing intimate moments that are vital to the human connection that we lost in isolation. Each room and experience is completely unique, with the playwrights’ sharing their dreams through audio and/or video, melding the language of their dreams with a stunning multi-dimensional visual representation.
A Dozen Dreams premieres at the Winter Garden at Brookfield Place (230 Vesey Street, NYC) on Thursday, May 13 for a limited engagement through Sunday, May 30. Presented by Arts Brookfield at Brookfield Place New York, the performance schedule is Wednesday – Saturday from 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (last booking at 7:20 p.m.); Sunday from 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (last booking at 4:20 p.m.), with audiences reserving timed tickets throughout those hours. Tickets will be available beginning April 19 by visiting engardearts.org. *********************************************************************
2) A WONDERFUL GUY: CONVERSATIONS WITH
THE GREAT MEN OF MUSICAL THEATER
EDITED BY EDDIE SHAPIRO
AND PUBLISHED BY OXFORD
IS AVAILABLE TODAY
FOLLOW UP TO WILDLY SUCCESSFUL “NOTHING LIKE A DAME”
INCLUDES IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS WITH
JOEL GREY, JOHN CULLUM, LEN CARIOU,
BEN VEREEN, MICHAEL RUPERT, TERRENCE MANN, HOWARD MCGILLIN,
BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL, MARC KUDISCH, MICHAEL CERVERIS,
NORM LEWIS, WILL CHASE, CHRISTOPHER SIEBER, NORBERT LEO BUTZ,
CHRISTIAN BORLE, RAÚL ESPARZA, GAVIN CREEL,
CHEYENNE JACKSON, AND JONATHAN GROFF
A Wonderful Guy: Conversations with the Great Men of Musical Theater, Eddie Shapiro’s follow up to his wildly popular Nothing Like a Dame, is available today in hardcover and digital formats on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. A Wonderful Guy is published by Oxford Press.
In A Wonderful Guy, Shapiro sits down for intimate, career-encompassing conversations with 19 of Broadway’s most prolific and fascinating leading men. Full of detailed stories and reflections, the talks dig deep into each actor’s career; together, these chapters tell the story of what it means to be a leading man on Broadway over the past 60 years.
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3) Artpark & Company
presents
SONIC TRAILS
A Visionary Season of Free Site Reactive Audio Experiences
featuring The Holladay Brothers, Kronos Quartet,
Rhiannon Giddens and Yo-Yo Ma,
Indigenous artists curated by Michele-Elise Burnett, DJ Spooky
Curated and co-produced by SoZo Creative
May 15 – September 30, 2021
Artpark & Company presents SONIC TRAILS, a visionary season of free site reactive audio experiences presented in a mobile app designed by The Holladay Brothers, curated and co-produced by Sozo Creative from May 15 - September 30, 2021. With a hyper-local and equally global perspective, Sozo Creative and Artpark have brought together some of the most influential BIPOC voices in music – the Holladay Brothers, Kronos Quartet, Rhiannon Giddens and Yo-Yo Ma, Indigenous artists curated by Michele-Elise Burnett, and DJ Spooky – to cultivate aural experiences exploring the unique geological and historic site of the Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park located on Niagara Gorge located just seven miles from the Niagara Falls.
Throughout the summer, audiences will have the opportunity to explore Artpark to the accompaniment of a variety of artistic worlds for free, right in their own pockets – an immersive choose-your-own-adventure. To make reservations or for further information, visit https://www.artpark.net/sonic-trails.
Launching May 15, 2021:
Her Moccasins Talk
Semiah Smith, The Thanksgiving Address Song and Opening Address in Mohawk
Elder Jackie Labonte, The People Address, The Waters Address, The Trees Address, The Birds Address, The Four Winds Address, the Thunder-beings Address, The Sun Address, the Stars Address in Mohawk
Keeya Greene Dury, Mother Earth Address, The Animals Address, The Creator Address in Tuscarora
Makenzie-May Smith, The Fish Address, The Plant World Address in Tuscarora
Jordan Smith, Old Moccasins, Women’s Dance Song, Old Fish Dance, Shake the Bush Dance, Smoke Dance
Gary Parker, Friendship Dance, Rabbit Dance Song, Elm Flute Song, Cedar Flute,Orignial Gratitude Song, Round Dance Song for the Ancestors, Original Song
Strong Water Women, Love Song, Niibi Water Song by Grandmother Josephine, Snake Medicine by Val King, The Eagle Song gifted by Odemin Kwe Singers, Unity Stomp Dance, Cherokee Morning Song, Wensiiryo by Niiki Shawana, The Long Walk Song
Adrian Harjo, Drum and Jingle Song, Honor Song for the Natural World
Josie Lavalle and Cherie Poirier Bernard, Believe Song, Balance Song, Health Healing Song
Quinna Hamby, Tuscarora Water Song, Grandmother Moon Address in Tuscarora
Carin Jean White, Earth Song
Darryl Tomeh Tuscarora, Flute Bridge
Michele-Elise Burnett (spoken Address in English throughout)
Cover The Water is a new site-specific composition by multimedia artists and composers The Holladay Brothers.
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4) Bloomingdale School of Music
Summer Classes Available for All Ages and Levels of Experience
Beginning 7/5
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Bloomingdale School of Music will offer virtual and in-person music classes for the summer season beginning July 5, 2021. Bloomingdale classes aim to educate students and instill discipline, fun and a passion for self-expression through music through high-quality instruction throughout the year. Music has the power to change lives and the curriculum is designed to reflect this philosophy. The School offers classes for a variety of instruments and for every type of student at all skill levels, as well as virtual ensembles. To register and learn more, visit bsmny.org/classes/summer2021.
Bloomingdale School of Music will be offering blended summer learning. The theory, lecture, and ensemble classes will remain virtual, and there will be options for both in-person and virtual private lessons, early childhood classes, as well as in-person week-long summer workshops. Since the onset of the pandemic, The School has successfully conducted virtual classes, having pivoted seamlessly to nearly 90% participation in virtual classes from previously entirely in-person learning.
Bloomingdale School of Music is committed to practices that are focused on protecting employee, student, and community health and safety, ensuring appropriate physical distancing, ensuring proper infection control, and communicating clearly with the public. You can read a preview of BSM's safety guidelines and health protocols for in person learning here. The full version of the BSM COVID-19 Reopening Plan, available this month will cover such considerations such as traffic flow HVAC systems, screening and testing protocols, contact tracing, cleaning protocols, guidelines for in person instruction by department and instrument, as well as use of performance venues, teaching studios, and common areas in detail. 5) DRAMA
THE NEW BOOK
BY TONY AWARD® WINNER
DAVID ROCKWELL
TO BE RELEASED INTERNATIONALLY
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12
PRE-ORDERS NOW BEING ACCEPTED
AT WWW.PHAIDON.COM
Drama, the new book by architect and Tony Award®-winning set designer David Rockwell with Bruce Mau, edited by Sam Lubell, published by Phaidon will be released on Wednesday, May 12. Pre-orders are now being accepted at www.phaidon.com. Images from the book are available here.
Inspired by an early life rooted in the theater, Rockwell has long drawn on aspects of performance to frame and enhance his built work, which ranges from hotels and restaurants, theaters and museums, to set and exhibition design, to workplaces, playgrounds and academic buildings. He aims to create a story within any space he designs, evoking a sense of performance, showmanship and above all – Drama.
Phaidon is delighted to publish Drama, a rigorous exploration of Rockwell Group’s system of ideas and methods in action, found in examples from both architecture and theater, and both inside and outside the firm. Drama explores the principles at the core of Rockwell’s method, devoting chapters to six fundamental concepts: Audience, Ensemble, Worlds, Story, Journey, and Impermanence. Each chapter demonstrates how these principles may be applied not just to theater, but to a wide range of creative disciplines.
Woven through the book are a series of conversations between Rockwell and impressive figures from various creative backgrounds. These talks emphasize the value of cross-disciplinary creativity. Featured interviews include architect Daniel Libeskind, award-winning music producer and composer Quincy Jones, museum director and curator Thelma Golden, playwright and actor Anna Deavere Smith, chef and humanitarian José Andrés, Oscar-winning production designer Adam Stockhausen, president of Jujamcyn Theaters Jordan Roth, and Tony Award-winning designers Peggy Eisenhauer and Natasha Katz.
Drama is Illustrated with more than 300 striking images. Each project and concept includes insightful texts, quotes by Rockwell himself, and photographs and hand-drawn sketches. This approach results in an expressive flow of ideas and visuals that create an intuitive understanding of Rockwell’s unique ethos and design process.
Projects in the book include set designs for productions of Kinky Boots, The Normal Heart, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Moxy East Village; the flagship Nobu Downtown in New York; exhibition design for the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta; and the New York City arts center The Shed designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Lead Architect and Rockwell Group, Collaborating Architect.
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6) When all of the mailboxes in the world disappear overnight,
you are tasked with tracking the truth
in
THE MAILBOX
May 17 - June 6
Tiny Box Theater (NYC) and Ya Chin Chang (Hong Kong) in collaboration with David Lamoureux (NYC) and Post Theatrical (Pittsburgh) present THE MAILBOX, an experience that unfolds through theatrical text, original illustrations, audio and video (with closed captioning), text-based puzzles, and branching story interactives. Buy a ticket any time before May 14 and the experience will begin to unfold from May 17 – June 6.
THE MAILBOX invites you to join the Worldwide Wildlife Investigative Firm (WWIF) on your first case: When all of the mailboxes in the world disappear overnight, you are tasked with tracking the truth. But never fear, WWIF’s Lynx, Hound, Chameleon, and Raccoon are on hand to help aid you in your investigation. If you go digging, swimming, and climbing, you may uncover more than one mystery at work...
Tickets and information for THE MAILBOX are available at www.posttheatrical.org. Tickets are on sale now through May 14. Mailings are postmarked on May 17, the experience continues through June 6, with website access through June 30. *****************************************************************
7) MCC Theater's Miscast 2021 Virtual Gala
MISCAST21 is streaming on SUN, MAY 16 at 8PM ET/5PM PT.
Tune in starting at 7:30PM ET/4:30PM PT for a special PRE-SHOW and re-live some MEMORABLE MOMENTS from past Miscast galas.
Get ready to see your FAVORITE STARS PERFORM including: |
Tony Award® winner ANNALEIGH ASHFORD ("B Positive," Kinky Boots)
Tony Award® winner GAVIN CREEL (Hello, Dolly!, Hair)
Tony Award® winner RENÉE ELISE GOLDSBERRY (Hamilton, "Altered Carbon")
CHEYENNE JACKSON ("American Horror Story," Xanadu)
Tony Award® winner LACHANZE (Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, The Color Purple)
Tony Award® winner KELLI O'HARA (The King and I, South Pacific)
KELLY MARIE TRAN (Raya and the Last Dragon, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) |
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MELISSA BARRERA (In the Heights, Vida)
Tony Award® nominee ROBIN DE JESÚS (tick, tick... Boom!, The Boys in the Band)
LESLIE GRACE (In the Heights)
JAI'LEN JOSEY (SpongeBob SquarePants, The Secret Life of Bees)
Tony Award® winner IDINA MENZEL (Frozen, Wicked)
Tony Award® and Emmy Award® winner BILLY PORTER ("Pose," Kinky Boots)
Tony Award® nominee AARON TVEIT (Moulin Rouge: The Musical, Next to Normal) |
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Tony Award® and Golden Globe Award® nominee PATRICK WILSON (The Full Monty, "Fargo") |
With SPECIAL APPEARANCES from: |
MCKINLEY BELCHER III NICK BLAEMIRE SANDRA CALDWELL JUAN CASTANO TRIP CULLMAN HUGH DANCY HALLEY FEIFFER DOMINIQUE FISHBACK JENNIFER GARNER PAIGE GILBERT LUCAS HEDGES EVAN JONIGKEIT ALEX LACAMOIRE DONJA R. LOVE ZOSIA MAMET LAURIE METCALF LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA ANA NOGUEIRA and MARISA TOMEI |
For more information or to donate now, visit mcctheater.org/tix/miscast21
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8) Summer 2021 Tomato Patch
In-Person Programs
are open for registration!
Mercer County Community College, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton RoadWest Windsor, NJ 08550, is thrilled to announce open registration for in-person summer Tomato Patch programs for 2021!!!
With safety of students, their families, and staff the number one priority, Tomato Patch 2021 will look a little different than it has in years past. The restructuring includes some reimagined class offerings, as well as welcomes new instructors for all-new summer fun!
Tomato Patch Seniors from 2020 (students who are currently in 12th grade, or set to graduate in this year)are ecnouraged to register, if possible, to give them the opportunity to have a final in-person experience in light of being virtual last summer! Please email projects@mccc.edu for more information.
Please reach out to projects@mccc.edu if you have any questions. (And please keep in mind that our staff is still working fully remotely.)
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9) NAI-NI CHEN DANCE COMPANY
Announces
The Bridge
Virtual Dance Institute
of boundary-breaking dance experiences
Free One-Hour Company Class on Zoom
Open to All Dancers at an Intermediate to Advanced Level
May 10-14, 2021
In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company has established a new dance institute through Zoom, The Bridge. The Institute’s aim is to bring together dancers, choreographers and directors around the world to experience the master teachers of color whose practices are embedded in the community and are focused on advancing the art of dance that transform the personal, environmental and metaphysical spaces. Interested dancers can join the class by registering on Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company’s website: https://www.nainichen.org/thebridge.
As a virtual dance institute, The Bridge will invite world renowned as well as up and coming dancers and choreographer to come to guest teach the class. Advanced/Intermediate level professional or pre-professional dancers who are looking to explore beyond their own boundaries and looking for new dance experiences are encouraged to participate. The core program is based on Nai-Ni Chen’s Kinetic Spiral, which is a cross-cultural dance vocabulary that integrates the Chinese martial arts philosophy in TaiChi with contemporary dance practices she studied in America. Guest artists will cover a wide range of folk and classical dance styles.
The Bridge Class schedule are as follows:
Week of 5/10/2021
Monday Yuka Notsuka (Kinetic Spiral) at 11am
Tuesday Christian Mintah (West African Dance) at 11am
Wednesday Nai-Ni Chen (Kinetic Spiral) at 11am
Thursday Juana Cala (Flamenco: Rhythm and Movement) at 11am
Friday Greta Campo (Kinetic Spiral) at 11am
About Nai-Ni Chen's Kinetic Spiral
Tap into the creative energy of the universe through Kinetic Spiral. Nai-Ni Chen’s signature technique is based on the principle of ever-changing universal forces of Yin and Yang. Dance phrases from Nai-Ni Chen’s repertory will be taught.
About Christian Mintah’s West African Dance
An exploration of West African Dance with Christian Mintah
About Juana Cala’s Flamenco: Rhythm and Movement
The class will begin with several brief facts about the origin of Flamenco and then proceed to: Flamenco posture, Warmup, Flamenco arm work (Braceo), Flamenco footwork (Taconeo), Flamenco rhythm (compas), and a culminating choreographic sequence
In this trying time of change and uncertainty, the arts is a source of healing and unity, we would like to encourage everyone to support dance as dance is an essential medicine for the society to recover from the pandemic that has caused injury to our bodies and our hearts. Support for The Bridge can be sent through
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10) NYCLU Launches
Artist Ambassadors Program
The NYCLU recently announced the Artist Ambassadors class of 2021, a multidisciplinary partnership between the organization and New York’s vibrant performing arts community.
Artist Ambassadors will help amplify the NYCLU’s fight for civil rights and liberties. The program will engage, educate and empower arts community members who are passionate about the intersection of art and social justice. The inaugural class of Ambassadors include over 50
members of New York’s performing arts community. The program is Co-Chaired by artists Shaina Taub and Arianna Afsar, and coordinated by producer Ari Conte.
In its first year of operation, the Ambassadors will promote and participate in the advocacy and public education work of the NYCLU, deepen their understanding of civil liberties work in New York, and unite for the NYCLU annual benefit concert, Sing Out for Freedom.
The NYCLU is one of the nation's foremost defenders of civil liberties and civil rights. Founded in 1951 with six chapters and nearly 50,000 members across the state, the NYCLU fights for civil liberties and civil rights through a multi-layered program of litigation, advocacy, public education, and community organizing. To learn more
about the NYCLU, visit nyclu.org.
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PITCHBLACK Immersive Experiences presents ODD MAN OUT, (www.PitchBlackExperience.com/Odd-Man-Out/) a new at-home immersive theatrical sensory box experience. Written by Martín Bondone and directed by Bondone, Carlos Armesto, and Facundo Bogarín, ODD MAN OUT begins with a travel box sent to your home that will allow "passengers" to be a part of the ODD MAN OUT story.
ODD MAN OUT is an audio play in darkness. It begins when "passengers" scan the QR code on their boarding pass of PITCHBLACK Airlines which they'll find in their travel box, and blindfold themselves. From there, the story allows listeners to immerse themselves in the tale of Alberto, a blind musician flying home from New York to Buenos Aires, Argentina after decades of self-exile. As listeners enter Alberto's story, they experience a 360-surround sound, multisensory "journey." Passengers stay blindfolded throughout the duration of the "flight," also engaging their senses of smell, taste and touch. They'll experience Alberto's story of love, prejudice and fears that were left behind.
ODD MAN OUT began at Teatro Ciego in Argentina, which has a 15-year history of creating live experiences in complete darkness. The theater company employs artists and technicians with visual disabilities in all their work. Forty percent of staff and creative teams are made up of blind and low-vision individuals.
The audio box experience takes 65 minutes and is available to passengers for 96 hours after they scan the QR code on their boarding pass.
A portion of the proceeds from the ODD MAN OUT Immersive Box Experience will go to Visions (https://www.visionsvcb.org/), which provides services for the blind and visually impaired.
This interactive experience engages and awaken your senses, tests your limits, and ultimately uses the darkness to bring you to a new light.
The ODD MAN OUT box experience includes:
* Step by Step Instructions (Blind or low-vision option includes instructions in braille).
* An exclusive 360˚ surround-sound story to be heard with headphones, after scanning the QR code on the boarding pass to access.
* Your choice of a bottle of wine, yerba mate tea (A rich, flavorful tea enjoyed in Argentina, Uruguay, and Southern Brazil), or water, along with a promotional airline glass.
* A gourmet Argentine treat (to be enjoyed during the experience)
* Sensorial elements (smell, touch, taste) that will engage and awaken your senses within the story.
* The necessary items to set your table space, cover your eyes, and to let you be
swept away by the experience.
* Your choice of a bottle of wine, yerba mate tea (A rich, flavorful tea enjoyed in Argentina, Uruguay, and Southern Brazil), or water, along with a promotional airline glass.
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12) PAN ASIAN REPERTORY THEATRE
PRESENTS
VIRTUAL LAB READING OF THE CLASSIC PLAY
JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN
BY HENRIK IBSEN
ADAPTED BY JOHN R. BRIGGS
TRANSLATION BY ROLF FJELDE
LAB TRAINING CO-INSTRUCTORS ARE ERNEST ABUBA AND JOHN R. BRIGGS
FEATURING
ERNEST ABUBA, RICHARD CHANG, DEANNA CHOI, DAVID LEE HUYNH,
KAREN TSEN LEE, JUNI LI, ROSANNE MA, SHIGEKO SARA SUGA
ONE-PRESENTATION ONLY!
FREE AND AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2021 AT 6:00PM (ET)
Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Tisa Chang, Founding Artistic Director, continuing their educational initiative, presents the training LAB reading of the classic play, John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by John R. Briggs, with translation by Rolf Fjelde. LAB training co-instructors are Ernest Abuba and John R. Briggs. The 8-member cast will feature Ernest Abuba in the title role, with Richard Chang as Vilhelm Foldal, Deanna Choi as Frida Foldal, David Lee Huynh as Erhart Borkman, Karen Tsen Lee as Miss Ella Rentheim, Juni Li as Malene, the maid/stage directions, Rosanne Ma as Mrs. Fanny Wilton, and Shigeko Sara Suga as Gunhild Borkman. The FREE virtual Zoom presentation is set for Friday, May 14, 2021 beginning at 6:00PM (ET).
The classic play John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen revolves around the title character, a great man who is wealthy, powerful, and revered. John Gabriel gave up love for success and was handsomely rewarded. But now, the former bank director, is disgraced and destitute after a financial scandal and imprisonment. In speaking of the LAB presentation, Ernest Abuba stated “Begin from the bottom again. It's only by his present and his future that a man can expiate his past...help me build this new life?" John R. Briggs added “The play is the relentless and ruthless pursuit of power that leads to loss and perdition.
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13) APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
FOR THE PRINCE FELLOWSHIP
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
Fellowship Is Designed To Empower New Creative Producers
Thanks to the Generous Support of The Broadway League
and The John Gore Organization
Applications Being Accepted for Two Fellowship Tracks
Second Fellowship will be funded through new partnership with
The Theatre Leadership Project
Applications Being Accepted for Two Fellowship Tracks
Second Fellowship will be funded through new partnership with
The Prince Fellowship, in association with Columbia University School of the Arts, announces that applications are now open for the 2021 Fellowship program. The Prince Fellowship, formerly known as The T. Fellowship, was recently renamed to honor the extraordinary work of producer, director and T. Fellowship founder Harold Prince. Prince created the program to usher in the next generation of creative producers. Selected fellows receive a stipend of $10,000, a $20,000 budget for the development of a new theatrical production, access to courses in Columbia’s MFA Theatre Management & Producing Program, and mentorship from prominent producers and industry specialists.
Applications are now open through June 15. Prospective applicants are encouraged to join for an informational Webinar at 6PM EST on Thursday, May 13.
The Prince Fellowship expects to award two fellowships this year, one of which will be funded through its new partnership with The Theatre Leadership Project (TTLP), a new nonprofit working to install Black leadership in commercial theatre through three-year, paid fellowships.
Additional support for The Prince Fellowship is generously provided by The Broadway League and The John Gore Organization.The Prince Fellowship recently announced the formation of an expanded advisory group of industry specialists who will serve as additional resources for the fellows, by sharing their expertise and perspective and complementing the existing mentorship and academic curriculum. The Advisors group includes Victoria Bailey, Christopher Burney, Lisa Dawn Cave, Nina Essman, Kamilah Forbes, Robert Fried, Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, Brian Moreland, Julio Peterson, Natasha Sinha, Donna Walker-Kuhne, Schele Williams, and Kumiko Yoshii.
The 2021 Prince Fellowship year will run from September 2021 through August 2022. Prospective applicants can visit https://princefellowship.com/apply/ for more information about the program and the upcoming Webinar. For more information about TTLP, visit www.theatreleadershipproject.org.
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14) BROADWAY’S
ROB McCLURE
AND
MAGGIE LAKIS
LEAD CAST OF
RESOUNDING’S
TREASURE ISLAND
AT THE THEATRICAL DRIVE-IN EXPERIENCE
RADIAL PARK
AT HALLETTS POINT PLAY
TICKETS NOW ON SALE
Resounding, the live immersive live-audio entertainment company, announced casting for the upcoming live outdoor performance and broadcast of the pirate classic Treasure Island as part of the month-long residency at the theatrical drive-in experience Radial Park at Halletts Point Play.
Leading the cast will be Broadway’s Maggie Lakis (Something Rotten) as Jim Hawkins and Tony Award nominee Rob McClure (Mrs. Doubtfire, Beetlejuice) as Long John Silver and Narrator. They will be joined by Victoria Huston-Elem (Finding Neverland 1st Nat., Addams Family 1st Nat.), Christian Elan Ortiz (West Side Story), Kurt Uy (“Tommy,” Vietgone), and Stuart Williams (“The Plot Against America,” “Turn: Washington’s Spies”).
Treasure Island, the fourth in a series of five immersive-audio plays performed for both in-person audiences and via simulcast, will take place Friday, May 14 and Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 8:00 PM ET and runs approximately 70 minutes.
Tickets, starting at just $10, are now on sale at resounding.live/radialpark.
In-person audiences will be given special “silent disco”-style headphones to get the full immersive sound experience while enjoying atmospheric and stage projections on the venue’s 50x60 foot screen. Remote audiences are encouraged to enjoy a “night out, in” with exclusive access to pirate-themed dinner menu suggestions, decor inspiration, and a custom rum cocktail recipe, all created and curated by award-winning NYC bartender Jena Ellenwood.
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15) SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young Hosts
Virtual 2021 Annual Gala During National Stuttering Awareness Week
Thursday, May 13, 2021
7:00 PM EST
Special Appearances:
Everett Bradley, Kelli O’Hara, and Nicki Richards,
Dr. Cleavon Gilman – SAY: Hero Award Honoree, & the kids of SAY.
SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young (www.say.org) will host its Virtual 2021 Annual Gala on Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 7:00 PM EST, honoring Emergency Medicine Physician and public health advocate, Dr. Cleavon Gilman. This free event will stream live at SAYGala.org and be simulcast on Facebook and YouTube, to raise crucial funds in support of SAY’s life-changing programs for young people who stutter.
SAY’s Virtual 2021 Gala will debut an original performance directed by SAY Founder, Taro Alexander, with Musical Direction by Everett Bradley, and feature special guests Kelli O’Hara, Nicki Richards, and the kids and community of SAY. Gala Honoree, Dr. Cleavon Gilman, will join the event live to receive the SAY: Hero Award. Dr. Gilman is a U.S. Navy veteran, an emergency room physician, an outspoken public health advocate, and a person who stutters, who chronicled the realities of the COVID-19 outbreak from the front lines and continues to raise awareness about the coronavirus pandemic.
SAY’s Virtual 2021 Annual Gala will premiere during National Stuttering Awareness Week, running from May 10-15, 2021. NSAW was conceived to shine a global light on stuttering, a complex fluency disorder that touches over 70 million people worldwide, including 5% of all children
Proceeds from this Virtual 2021 Annual Gala will help SAY provide vital programming for kids and teens who stutter, including Camp SAY, Camp SAY Across the USA, Speech Therapy, Confident Voices, and Washington DC-based, SAY: DC.
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16) SECOND STAGE THEATER
Announces New Season
Beginning Fall 2021
BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY
Broadway Premiere at Hayes Theater
By STEPHEN ADLY GUIRGIS
Directed by AUSTIN PENDLETON
TO MY GIRLS
World Premiere at Kiser Theater
By JC LEE
Directed by STEPHEN BRACKETT
CLYDE’S
New York Premiere at Hayes Theater
A new play by LYNN NOTTAGE
Directed by KATE WHORISKEY
TAKE ME OUT
Hayes Theater
By RICHARD GREENBERG
Directed by SCOTT ELLIS
LETTERS OF SURESH
World Premiere at Kiser Theater
By RAJIV JOSEPH
Directed by MAY ADRALES
SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW ON SALE
NEW 30 AND UNDER SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGE
Inclusive of All Five Productions for Those Age 30 and Under
Available at $140
Second Stage Theater (Carole Rothman, President & Artistic Director; Khady Kamara, Executive Director) has confirmed three Broadway productions at the Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Street) and two Off-Broadway productions at the Kiser Theater (305 West 43rd Street) for the return season, beginning performances in fall of 2021.
As the only theater on Broadway dedicated exclusively to living American playwrights, Second Stage is thrilled to bring five visionary playwrights to their stages this season.
FLIP THE SCRIPT
In the spirit of welcoming new audiences, a new subscription package, Flip the Script, is available to those ages 30 and under. All five productions, three Broadway and two Off-Broadway, can be purchased for $140. See 2st.com for details.
AT THE HAYES
Second Stage’s Hayes Theater on Broadway, will reopen with the New York premiere of CLYDE’S by Lynn Nottage, who was first commissioned and produced by 2ST nearly three decades ago, directed by Nottage’s frequent collaborator, Kate Whoriskey. Performances begin on Broadway in fall 2021.
The Hayes Theater will then feature the highly anticipated production of Richard Greenberg’s Tony Award-winning play, TAKE ME OUT, which had been postponed due to the current Broadway suspension. Put on pause mid-rehearsals, cast and crew were sent home for what was anticipated to be a matter of weeks that turned into many months, the production will be given a second chance to return in spring 2022.
Lastly, Second Stage will close out the season with the return of the Pulitzer Prize-winning BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY, written by Stephen Adly Guirgis and directed by Guirgis’ original collaborator, Austin Pendleton. Previously produced at Second Stage’s Off-Broadway home to critical acclaim, BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY will make its Broadway Premiere at the Hayes Theater in fall of 2022.
AT THE KISER
The inaugural Off-Broadway production of Second Stage Theater’s 2021 - 2022 Season will feature the previously announced return of commissioned playwright Rajiv Joseph, whose play Animals Out of Paper was produced at Second Stage’s Uptown space in 2008 featuring an origami whiz named Suresh. That character returns in the world premiere of LETTERS OF SURESH, a story of connection, directed by May Adrales in fall 2021 at the Kiser Theater.
The season will continue Off-Broadway with the world premiere comedy, a new play about chosen family, TO MY GIRLS, by Second Stage commissioned playwright JC Lee and directed by Stephen Brackett. Performances will begin at the Kiser Theater in spring of 2022.
Subscriptions are now available. To purchase a subscription, please visit 2ST.com or call 212-246-4422.
Single tickets will go on-sale in June 2021.
More information on the season’s productions is below:
CLYDE’S
New York Premiere at Broadway’s Hayes Theater
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Kate Whoriskey
Fall 2021
In CLYDE’S, a stirring new play from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and her frequent collaborator, director Kate Whoriskey (Ruined, Sweat), a truck stop sandwich shop offers its formerly incarcerated kitchen staff a shot at redemption. Even as the shop’s callous owner tries to keep them under her thumb.
TAKE ME OUT
At Broadway’s Hayes Theater
By Richard Greenberg
Directed by Scott Ellis
Spring 2022
In the Tony Award®-winning Take Me Out, playwright Richard Greenberg celebrates the personal and professional intricacies of America’s favorite pastime. When Darren Lemming, the star center fielder for the Empires, comes out of the closet, the reception off the field reveals a barrage of long-held unspoken prejudices. Facing some hostile teammates and fraught friendships, Darren is forced to contend with the challenges of being a gay person of color within the confines of a classic American institution. As the Empires struggle to rally toward a championship season, the players and their fans begin to question tradition, their loyalties, and the price of victory.
BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY
Broadway Premiere at Hayes Theater
By Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by Austin Pendleton
Fall 2022
City Hall is demanding more than his signature, the landlord wants him out, the liquor store is closed – and the Church won’t leave him alone. For ex-cop and recent widower Walter “Pops” Washington and his recently paroled son Junior, the struggle to hold on to one of the last great rent stabilized apartments on Riverside Drive collides with old wounds, sketchy new houseguests and a final ultimatum in this Pulitzer Prize-winning dark comedy from Stephen Adly Guirgis.
LETTERS OF SURESH
World Premiere at Off-Broadway’s Kiser Theater
By Rajiv Joseph
Directed by May Adrales
Fall 2021
In LETTERS OF SURESH, playwright Rajiv Joseph reveals intimate mysteries through a series of letters between strangers, friends, daughters, and lovers — many with little in common but a hunger for human connection. Sending their hopes and dreams across oceans and years, they seek peace in one another while dreaming of a city once consumed by the scourge of war.
TO MY GIRLS
World Premiere at Off-Broadway’s Kiser Theater
By JC Lee
Directed by Stephen Brackett
Spring 2022
Is there anything more fabulous than Palm Springs after the end of the world? For one tight group of gay men, a post-pandemic getaway is the perfect chance to reunite, reclaim their time and replace the gloom with some gossip. But as soon as the drinks start pouring, truths start spilling and this chosen family quickly realizes the world has changed. So, here’s to navigating evolving friendships and getting things straight…kind of.
For more information, please visit www.2ST.com
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17) SPOTLIGHT ON PLAYS” PRESENTS
WATCH ON THE RHINE
Starring Ellen Burstyn, Alan Cox, Sasha Diamond, Alfred Enoch, Carla Gugino, Luca Padovan, Mary Beth Peil, Gabriella Pizzolo, Neel Sethi & Jeremy Shamos
By Lillian Hellman
Directed by Sarna Lapine
Thursday, May 13
Lillian Hellman’s Watch on the Rhine starring Academy award winner Ellen Burstyn, Alan Cox, Sasha Diamond, Alfred Enoch, Carla Gugino, Luca Padovan, Tony Award nominee Mary Beth Peil, Gabriella Pizzolo, Neel Sethi & Tony Award nominee Jeremy Shamos, directed by Sarna Lapine.will premiere on Thursday, May 13 at 8PM EST/5PM PST and will be available for a limited time only.
Written and set during the rise of Hitler’s Germany, Watch on the Rhine is a play about an American family, suddenly awakened to the danger threatening its liberty. Lillian Hellman’s powerful drama won the 1941 New York Drama Critics Circle Award.
For a sneak peeks and more exclusive content, go to Broadway’s Best Shows.
The “Spotlight on Plays” events are livestreamed on Stellar at 8PM EST/5PM PST and available for a strictly limited amount of time. Season subscriptions for all seven plays are available now for $49 on Broadways Best Shows. Individual tickets can be purchased for $10-15. Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to The Actor’s Fund.
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18) Theater Resources Unlimited
Continues its 2nd year of weekly
TRU Community Gatherings via Zoom
5/14 - How a Pandemic Created an Artistic Home for Writers
A dependable haven for artists in isolation, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is now into its second year of non-stop weekly Community Gatherings this Friday, having offered to date over 52 conversations and unlimited camaraderie since April 17, 2020. TRU hosts their Community Gatherings every Friday at 4:30pm ET via Zoom, to explore the creation of art and theater in the time of COVID-19. Ask questions, bring answers, be part of a community – it’s an opportunity to network with theater professionals and talk about keeping theater alive during these challenging times.
Friday 5/14 at 4:30pm ET - How a Pandemic Created an Artistic Home for Writers. In the room: Cate Cammarata, Artistic Director of CreateTheater/The Experts Theater Company, and TRU members David Kurkowski (Madame Curie), Melissa Bell (Lady Capulet), Vynnie Meli (Orbital Debris) and Joel Krantz (Ocean in a Teacup). CreateTheater was already set up for development of scripts through readings and early production of work, but a pandemic pivot turned it into a theater company and artistic home for writers for the development of new work. Synergistic programs include writers groups, producing groups, readings every Thursday night within the community, and more public Monday Night readings when the work is ready for production. CLICK HERE to register and receive the link.
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