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Teaching Truths: How 4 Native Artists Care for Their Culture
Editor’s Note: In partnership with the Doris Duke Foundation and the Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation, TCG’s THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color initiative offered $1,140,000, equaling 46 grants in 3 categories, to U.S.-based (including Tribal lands and Territories) Black Theatres, Indigenous Theatres, and Theatres of Color (BITOC). In addition to the funds, 21 BITOC…
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All-of-Us Express Children’s Theatre provides meaning beyond performance
All-of-Us Express Children’s Theatre (AECT) will bring the holiday classic “A Christmas Carol” to the stage this weekend. Currently, AECT is in the rehearsal process for the play, as well as two other shows waiting to premiere in the spring. This year’s AECT productions feature kids from ages 6-18 from both public and private schools in…
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Returning Messiah to its entertaininment roots
Melissa Taylor The Houston Symphony and Houston Symphony Chorus performing Messiah in 2022. Listen Audio Embed Popup To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code: If you listen to holiday music frequently enough, you may find yourself stirred by a familiar refrain as a chorus joyously chants “Hallelujah!” again and…
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Traditional holiday classic returns to the Western Slope
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) – It’s that time of year again, Colorado West Performing Arts Company is putting on its annual production of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Nutcracker.’ Two members of the company stopped by to tell us all about it. It runs Dec. 16-23. For tickets you can visit their website. Copyright 2023 KKCO. All…
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Frisco ISD could have a performing arts center by 2026. Here’s what it might look like
A rendering of the Frisco ISD Visual and Performing Arts Center providing by Corgan. Courtesy of Frisco ISD / Corgan Frisco ISD got a look at the future of its arts programs Monday night. The district has been gearing up for years to produce a visual and performing arts center that would serve students. After…
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Photos: Enter the World of Off-Broadway’s Is It Thursday Yet?
Production Photos Photos: Enter the World of Off-Broadway’s Is It Thursday Yet? The tapestry of dance, live music, and home video footage is co-created, co-choreographed, and performed by Jenn Freeman. Jenn Freeman and Price McGuffey in Is It Thursday Yet? Matthew Murphy Is It Thursday Yet?—a tapestry of dance, live music, and home video footage…
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Q&A: ‘Cinderella’ director and star look forward to Atlanta’s first holiday panto
Those in the United Kingdom have plentiful opportunities this holiday season to see a traditional show known as a Christmas panto. A quick Google search reveals that London alone has a vast array of pantos throughout the city, and, across the British Isles and Ireland, the art form is an essential part of seasonal entertainment.…
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See Robyn Hurder, Quentin Earl Darrington, More Perform at Broadway Dreams Gala
Photo Features See Robyn Hurder, Quentin Earl Darrington, More Perform at Broadway Dreams Gala The evening honoring producer Robert Greenblatt was held at The Plaza Hotel. Robyn Hurder Santiago Felipe The Broadway Dreams Foundation celebrated producer Robert Greenblatt at the organization’s annual gala December 9. The prolific entertainment producer has signed on to several of Broadway’s most notable…
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10 Minutes With Tipton: BSD’s Daniella Lovato
10 Minutes with Tipton originated in January 2022 on the Education Page. Students in the After School Education and Safety (ASES) Program at Tipton Elementary School take time to Zoom with individuals in the community to ask them questions about their jobs, lives and strategies they can use in their own lives to help them…
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“Is It Thursday Yet?” Opens at the Perelman Performing Arts Center on December 12
Is It Thursday Yet?, a beautiful show featuring complex dance choreography and enriching live music, opens December 12 at the Perelman Performing Arts Center. The show features the incredible talents of Jenn Freeman, Holland Andrews, and Price McGuffrey. Is It Thursday Yet? is a stunning tapestry of dance, live music and home video footage. The…