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Porgy and Bess
George and Ira’s Gershwin’s ground-breaking work, reimagined by director Diane Paulus, musician Dierdre Murray and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, stars Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier.
Read moreSister Act on Broadway
SISTER ACT is Broadway’s feel-amazing musical comedy smash! The New York Post calls it “RIDICULOUSLY FUN,” and audiences are jumping to their feet in total agreement! Featuring original music by 8-time Oscar® winner ALAN MENKEN (Beauty and the Beast,
Read moreImpact Broadway Online Scavenger Hunt
Impact Broadway’s online scavenger hunt is designed to help you become familiar with the Impact Broadway website and the website of its partner organizations. The scavenger hunt will also train you on how to navigate from webpage to webpage and effectively search a website.
Read moreSummer Job/Internships
Looking for a summer job? APPLY NOW The 2010 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) concluded the week of August 16. SYEP employed 35,725 youth at about 5,800 worksites located throughout the City.
Read moreArthur Laurents, Playwright and Director on Broadway, Dies at 93
Arthur Laurents, the playwright, screenwriter and director who wrote and ultimately transformed two of Broadway’s landmark shows, “Gypsy” and “West Side Story,” and created one of Hollywood’s most well-known romances, “The Way We Were,” died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 93.
Read more3rd Annual NYC August Wilson Monologue Competiton Winners Announced
The Pulitzer Prize-winning works of the late playwright August Wilson are considered literary legacies for their stark and moving portrayal of the African American experience throughout the 20th century.
Read moreWhy support the Arts? You MUST see this
Kevin Spacey has given what may be one of the most relevant interviews (on Chris Matthews Show on NBC) on why we should support the Arts that I’ve ever heard. And, he highlights the value of Broadway to the entire country, so I felt you should see this interview.
Read moreEden Sanaa Duncan-Smith wins Best Performance in Live Theater
Last year, while most of the attention was focused on her famous adult co-stars Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, Eden Sanaa Duncan-Smith was making strides of her own. A young 11 year old actress from Brooklyn, Eden made her Broadway debut in the Tony Award winning Fences at the Cort Theatre last spring.
Read moreImpact Broadway: The Youth Take Center Stage
The youth are the drivers of change: that is the underlying belief that drove Donna Walker-Kuhne and Cherine Anderson to start Impact Broadway where Youth Take Center Stage
Read moreJeffrey Wright Interview
As a film actor, Jeffrey Wright frequently appears in small-but-complex character roles. Onstage, however, he inevitably dominates, as with his current run in Broadway’s A Free Man of Color, in a wildly demanding role that playwright John Guare and director George C. Wolfe conceived specifically for him.Wright plays Jacques Cornet, a preening bi-racial aristocrat who sleeps […]
Read moreNYC Theater Subdistrict Council Announce Grant Awards
NEW YORK CITY THEATER SUBDISTRICT COUNCIL ANNOUNCES GRANT AWARDS TO SUPPORT THEATER PRODUCTION AND AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT Grant Funding Is Second Round Facilitated by Theater District Zoning Sustains New York City’s Unrivaled Concentration of Theatrical Excellence September 15, 2010 – On behalf of the New York City Theater Subdistrict Council (TSC), City Planning Commissioner Amanda M. […]
Read morePresident Obama Welcomes Broadway to the White House
It is with pleasure that I share the opening remarks by President Obama at the Taste of Broadway event at the White House last evening.
Read moreIn NYC, new website promotes cheap & free tickets to students
From Back Stage’s “Blog Stage”, June 29, 2010 [hat tip to David Cote] StudentRush.org, a new website providing discounted ticket information, [launched] July 1. The brainchild of veteran theater producer and professor Eric Krebs, the site was created to provide an alternative for students with limited means. “Introducing young people to live theater has been one […]
Read more6th Annual Black 2: Broadway Celebrates the Tony Awards!
Greetings Community, What an exciting day! The nominations for the 64th Annual Tony Awards were announced today, and we have a lot to celebrate. Which makes me that much more excited about our 6th Annual Black 2: Broadway Celebrates the Tony Awards! on Sunday June 13th 2010. This years special co-hosts are Adrian Bailey & […]
Read moreHave you got what it takes?
Talent throwdown in The Greene Space http://www.thegreenespace.org/thegreenespace/battle/ Got Talent? This spring, WNYC will host a showdown series designed to bring out the best undiscovered performers from all five boroughs.
Read moreSee The Tony Awards!
Tony Awards Dress Rehearsal Attendance Application In order to attend the Dress Rehearsal for this year’s Tony Awards, each Impact Broadway member must fill out the application and submit it to their school’s Impact Broadway advisor by May 1st. One advisor from each school will be in attendance on that day and only 87 out […]
Read moreFELA! Review
Eric Escalante Impact Broadway City College of New York Theatre Undergraduate Student Concentration and Interest: Directing and Playwriting FELA! Fela! is an experience that any person with the passion, desire, and commitment towards leaving a mark, contributing to the growth of, and fully impacting the Broadway community and the new direction world theatre is taking […]
Read moreMaking Music Mightier Than the Sword
By BEN BRANTLEY There should be dancing in the streets. When you leave the Eugene O’Neill Theater after a performance of “Fela!,” it comes as a shock that the people on the sidewalks are merely walking. Why aren’t they gyrating, swaying, vibrating, in thrall to the force field that you have been living in so ecstatically for […]
Read moreMichelle Obama tells international audience on “Why the Arts Matter”
Michelle Obama hosted a concert this morning at the Pittsburgh Creative & Performing Arts School for its students and the spouses of international leaders deliberating at the G-20 economic summit. She gave an 11-minute address about the arts as a prelude to performances by guests Sara Bareilles, Yo-Yo Ma and Trisha Yearwood. Here are excerpts from […]
Read moreNYC Theater Subdistrict Council Announces Grant Awards
March 23, 2009 – On behalf of the New York City Theater Subdistrict Council (TSC), City Planning Commissioner Amanda M. Burden and Cultural Affairs Commissioner Kate D. Levin announced that 10 organizations will receive grants totaling $1.26 million for a range of projects that will foster the creation of new work and encourage audience development. […]
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