Elliot Harvey has always viewed music as more than just sound – and as more than just an individual endeavor as well. That is why his Sunday, January 13th event at the Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art (PhilaMOCA) was a massive and moving collaborative performance instead of just another run-of-the-mill music show. So many artists [...]
This weekend, Nautilus Music-Theater, a Knight Arts grantee, remounted their 2006 Ivey-winning production of “I Am Anne Frank,” a one-act “music-drama” by Enid Futterman and Michael Cohen, based on Frank’s famous diaries. It’s a stripped-down play: the set is little more than a simple wooden chair and a small platform stage, on which sits a [...]
Delma Iles is a Miami institution. She is the Artistic Director and Founder of Miami Momentum Dance Company, one of the region’s oldest dance companies, and she is also a teacher at Miami Dade College. This is where Iles
“He stole from the rich and he gave to the poor. He stood up to the man and he gave him what for. Our love for him now ain’t hard to explain. The hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne.” – Lyrics from “The Ballad of Jayne Cobb” from the television series “Firefly.” The [...]
Regie Cabico is fierce. He is a dark angel with sharp angles who delivers spoken word with wit and humor and love. His sense of what’s right and what’s unjust permeates his work without overwhelming his delivery. For one week, playwright, comedian, queer poet and spoken word vixen Regie Cabico will lead Tigertail’s 2013 SpeakOut
After a little over a year of evident financial troubles – including many canceled shows and significant staff lay-offs – some very good news came from Knight Arts grantee, Penumbra Theatre, this week. Thanks to donations from the community – more than 1400 individuals, corporations and foundations – the company announced Monday that it had raised $359,000, [...]
If you want to laugh your head off and learn something about cat ladies, existential loneliness,racism, hording and pick-up artists, see Kristina Wong in Mad Cat Theatre Company’s production of
If you find yourself at loose ends tonight, I have an idea for you. Why not ring in 2013 with “Happy Crazier New Year”? It’s a zany hour-and-a-half: part improv, part musical sketch comedy, fueled by audience participation, sight gags and clever slapstick. The show, directed by company founder Tyler Olsen, is a follow-up to [...]
We are used to the Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture/New World Performance Lab bringing cutting edge plays to the Balch Street Theatre. This time things are different. Instead of providing the actors and director, CATAC is taking the role of host by presenting “Warriors Don’t Cry,” a one-woman intense drama making the rounds [...]
A lot of people either have private parties or go to one on New Year’s Eve. Either that or they hit the bars and gorge on the revelry of it all until the magic moment comes that starts the new year. All that is cool. But the City of Akron, through the Downtown Akron Partnership, [...]
