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Youth group uses performing arts to curb Tallahassee gun violence
A community effort brings youth together to stop gun violence in Tallahassee. Many community members and kids got to hear and discuss issues with public figures. Watch the video above to see the reaction from the youth and local advocates. BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT “Today my I have finally seen; my eyes have finally grew wide open.…
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Grants Pass High School Performing Arts program hosts Indigenous heritage program
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Grants Pass High School Performing Arts program is inviting Indigenous peoples to “dress to represent” their tribes this weekend. It says everyone is welcome to a day of “rich community, education, ART and celebration to honor Native American Heritage Month in November,” starting 1:00 p.m. Saturday, November 11, at 830 Northeast Ninth…
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Great Lakes Theater executive director resigns after less than 2 months
Great Lakes Theater is searching for an executive director – even though the company just welcomed a new one. Richard Parison Jr. took the helm in September and resigned Oct. 27. Great Lakes Theater confirmed the resignation, but had no further comment about Parison. Artistic Director Charles Fee said there will be no disruption to…
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Kimball High to dedicate performing arts theatre to drama teacher
Geri Neylan The experience of watching people come together to create great moments on stage has always been at the heart of Geri Neylan’s favorite art form. “Miraculous things can happen when you work together, and that’s what that theatre is to me,” Neylan said, looking back on her 35 years in education, much of…
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Colorado school performing Disney’s “Frozen” on stage after winning nationwide contest
It’s been almost ten years since the classic Disney film “Frozen” was released in theaters. A whole generation grew up with the movie and the musical. At Castle View High School, some of the Colorado kids who grew up watching “Frozen” are now closer than ever to the characters they revered. Over the summer, the…
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Autumn Hurlbert, Bruce Sabath, Akron Lanier Watson, More to Star in Musical Reading at Library for the Performing Arts
Readings and Workshops Autumn Hurlbert, Bruce Sabath, Akron Lanier Watson, More to Star in Musical Reading at Library for the Performing Arts The Carousel of Inevitability and Certain Foreboding is being offered as part of the library’s Across a Crowded Room program. Autumn Hurlbert, Bruce Sabath, and Akron Lanier Watson A.J. Freeman, Gil Varod, and…
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UW Theatre and Dance to Present ‘Life/AFTERDark’ Nov. 15-18
Hanna Needles, sitting, from Sheridan, and other UW students rehearse a scene from “Life/AFTERDark.” The dance-theater work will run Wednesday-Saturday, Nov. 15-18, at 7:30 p.m. as well as Nov. 18 at 2 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts Studio Theater. (Carson Almand Photo) The University of Wyoming Department of Theatre and Dance’s…
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Sources: Brian Higgins to leave Congress to lead Shea’s Performing Arts Center
Mark Sommer The “rumor” in recent weeks that Rep. Brian Higgins plans to leave Congress to head one of Buffalo’s largest cultural attractions? It’s not a rumor. Higgins, a congressman since 2005, has been offered and plans to accept the position of president of Shea’s Performing Arts Center, sources have told The Buffalo News. Higgins…
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tadao ando’s II teatro performance arts center in sharjah houses a floating cultural plaza
Arada commissions Tadao Ando for II teatro at aljada in UAE Japanese architect Tadao Ando was commissioned to design II Teatro, a new sculptural performing arts center soon taking shape in Sharjah’s largest lifestyle community, Aljada. The project’s lead developer, Arada, has revealed the designs of the fully-fledged cultural complex spread over 24,155 sqm. Featuring Tadao Ando’s architectural simplicity, the Il…
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Governor Hochul Celebrates 100,000 Broadway and Off-Broadway Tickets Sold Under NYC Musical & Theatrical Production Tax Credit Program Benefitting Low- and Moderate-income New Yorkers
Governor Kathy Hochul today celebrated that more than 100,000 low- or no-cost tickets have been made available by Broadway and Off-Broadway productions participating in the NYC Musical and Theatrical Production Tax Credit. The deeply discounted tickets, which can be as little as $20, were sold to members of the community who might not otherwise have…
