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Copyright: April 3, 2022
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GRAMMY WEEK IN LAS VEGAS: GIBSON BRANDS THROWS A PARTY SHEDDING LIGHT ON A LACK OF FEMALE RECORDING ENGINEERS

The 64th edition of the Grammy Awards, a first time event for Las Vegas, takes place at the MGM Grand Garden at 5 p.m. on Sunday,April 3, 2022.

No tickets were available to the public. However, Grammy Week in Las Vegas was full of events.

Yesterday, April 2, 2022 at the Hard Rock Cafe, Gibson Brands staged a Brunch and Beats media and industry invite.

Those lucky enough to score an invite and attend got to eat, drink, and geek out with some of the newest bright lights in the industry.

Organized by veteran Gibson press representative Libby Coffey, the "casual and fun" get together featured special performances by Girls Make Beats and ONErpm artist: PRZNT, featuring producers NOGXNRE.

Gibson Brands also gave away over $5000.00 in new gear during the show to attendees.

Girls Make Beats. Photo: Toyoto

Girls Make Beats aims to empower girls by expanding the female presence of music producers, DJs, and audio engineers. GMB was founded in 2012 by certified audio engineer, Tiffany "Delilah" Miranda.

According to an Annenberg Inclusion Study "Only 2.6%of music producers are female".

The audio producer and audio engineer work together to create a song or album. However, the audio producers are in charge of the sound of a track, while the audio engineer runs the sound board. Audio producers have more leadership and managerial responsibility.

Again, an audio producer is a manager, as they manage the aspects of the recording and the individuals involved. Audio engineers, on the other hand, are technicians and manage studio equipment to achieve specific sound for the artist.

Based in South Florida, GMB works with girls ages 5-17 and hosts educational seminars, summer camps, industry panels, and networking events. GMB helps girls further their careers as music producers, DJs, and audio engineers by providing courses on industry-leading hardware and software. GMB also serves as an outlet for girls to unite and collaborate within the music industry.

With a presence growing globally, Girls Make Beats is dedicated to creating real-world opportunities for girls to break barriers in the music industry.

GMB has strategically partnered with industry titans, music industry professionals, and educational institutes to create unparalleled opportunities for the girls in the program.

Those include Toyoto, which began their partnership in 2017. They hosted a tour of workshops that introduced 49 teen girls from around the country to the fields of music production, DJ-ing and audio engineering. Each five-day workshop gave the girls hands-on experience with beat-making and DJ software, a unique performance opportunity, and access to an exclusive music industry panel. The attendees also had the opportunity to tour Paramount Pictures, iHeartRadio stations, and other world class recording studios.

Prznt

With hip hop having overtaken rock and pop as the most popular genre in the world, it is the communication of choice for the under 35 crowd. Naysayers allege it promotes violence; while others assert it provides a harmless, emotional outlet.

Possessing the required attitude ONErpm artist: PRZNT Prznt, is a 23 year old Los Angeles based Hip-Hop artist from Cuba, who at the age of 6, moved to Florida with his mother and younger sister to start a new life.

NOGXNRE is a Los Angeles-based collective founded by Abel “Aloor” Loor, Corey “YEROC” Scherer and Adrian Chafer.

"Music is the world’s only universal language and diversity is at the forefront of that belief. At NOGXNRE, we pride ourselves in continuously thinking outside of the creative box. Our artists push the boundaries of what it means to make music in the confines of a “genre.” With producers specializing in Latin, Trap, Hip-Hop, Country, EDM, Punk Rock and more, NOGXNRE is the only collective putting producers first," reads their philosophy statement.

"Our focus is to create and manage producer-driven projects and collaborations as well as curate unforgettable events all over the world. Our creative collective provides asset management services, label services, distribution, marketing, and playlisting.

"With music being so dynamic, education is a necessary foundation for success.

"Our educational content is targeted towards producers and artists who routinely create music in different genres and are looking to succeed in the music industry. Unfortunately, most educational content for producers on YouTube tends to focus on Urban Trap. We offer in depth tutorials for a wide variety of genres teaching the tips and tricks that make each genre special curated by producers who have achieved success in their respective field."

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ART AND ABOUT

INTERVALS OF PEACE previously unseen Civil War portraits by prisoner and artist Alfred McGloughlin are on display at Kilmainham Gaol Museum in Dublin, Ireland.

The exhibition wase launched on Thursday March 31, with Alfred McGloughlin’s daughter, Charlotte Groarke doing the honors.

Intervals of Peace showcases 39 portraits and watercolor sketches of Mountjoy Prison.

On October 21, 1922, several months into the Irish Civil War, Alfred McGloughlin was arrested in his home by Free State forces and brought to Wellington Barracks in Dublin. He spent the following year as a political prisoner, first in Wellington Barracks, then Hare Park in the Curragh, before a final stay in Mountjoy Prison from where he was released on October 13, 1923. Although he was an active supporter of the Anti-Treaty side, he was never charged with a specific offense. He experienced periods of severe ill-treatment during his incarceration but, as mentioned in his obituary in 1932, he also found ‘intervals of peace in prison, sketching in watercolors, and filling a portfolio with pencil-drawings of his comrades’. 39 portraits and watercolor sketches of Mountjoy by Alfred McGloughlin will go on public display for the first time in Kilmainham Gaol in a special exhibition to mark the centenary of the Civil War.

Alfred McGloughlin was the nephew of 1916 leaders Patrick and William Pearse and grew up in the Pearse household. He later helped in the running of Patrick Pearse’s school, Scoil Éanna. He went on to become a draughtsman with J & C McGloughlin Ltd., a decorative metalwork business owned by his father’s family, and studied art part-time in the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art.

McGloughlin also developed an interest in theatre where he wrote and performed in numerous plays. He joined the Irish Volunteers and was involved in the Howth gun-running of 1914. He was Sinn Féin’s director of elections in south Dublin for the 1918 and 1921 elections and stood as a candidate himself during the local elections of 1920. Following his release from prison he set up his own building company. When this business failed, he obtained a position as a draughtsman with the Office of Public Works. He remained active as a political journalist, and was a regular contributor to the republican newspaper An Phoblacht.. His health never recovered from his time in prison and he died from heart disease aged just 44 in 1932.

This brand new exhibition will run at the Kilmainham Gaol Museum in Dublin, Ireland until October 25, 2022.

TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART has selected s Tiff Massey as 51st Guest Artist Pavilion Project (GAPP) Artist in Residence.

Since its opening in 2006, TMA's Glass Pavilion has uniquely combined its role as the home of one of the world’s great glass collections with its place as a working glass studio. GAPP invites the most influential and up-and-coming glass artists in the world to create new work in glass and share their processes with the public.

Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist Massey will be in residence from April 6 through April 15 and present a free artist’s talk on Friday, April 15 at 7 p.m. in the Glass Pavilion.

“Tiff Massey has emerged as one of the most creative and experimental artists working in glass and metal today. Our community is very excited about her upcoming talk and GAPP residency at the Glass Pavilion,” said Alan Iwamura, glass studio manager at the Toledo Museum of Art.

Massey, who was awarded a 2021 United States Fellowship in Craft, says, “I’m all about flourishing. I’m really trying to see how big I can make this practice, how many people I can help along the way and how I can impact my community. I have grand, expensive ideas, let’s just say.” She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in metalsmithing from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Eastern Michigan University.

Massey’s work has been widely exhibited in national and international galleries and museums. She has received numerous awards for her work, including a 2015 Kresge Arts in Detroit Fellowship and two John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight Arts Challenge grants. In 2019, she received the Art Jewelry Forum Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Grant. Massey has participated in Ideas City, the New Museum’s international residency program, with residencies in Detroit, Athens, Greece and Arles, France. She has also participated in residencies with the Volterra-Detroit Foundation in Volterra, Italy and Red Bull Arts in Detroit.

THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL (ARTS COUNCIL) in partnership with the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) and with support from community leaders, has opened applications for the 2022 Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Residency.

Designed to honor Columbus artist Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, the residency is nationally focused and provides an African American professional visual artist residing in the United States the opportunity to live and work in Robinson’s restored Shepard community home, and to devote dedicated time to creating art within Robinson’s home studio.

In 2022, the 90-day residency is scheduled for Sept. 1 to Nov. 30 and will include a $15,000 unrestricted award; lodging and studio access is provided free as part of the residency. Community outreach activities are required and the artist will have the opportunity for a public presentation and/or exhibition.

The residency was launched in 2020 alongside a fellowship focused on African American professional visual artists residing in Franklin County. In 2020, Memphis, Tennessee-based artist Johnathan Payne was selected as the inaugural resident.

The application deadline for the residency is April 15; the chosen applicant will be notified in early May.

ALICE NEEL: PEOPLE COME FIRST fresh from its debut at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Alice Neel: People Come First makes its West Coast premiere at the de Young. For over 60 years, the artist Alice Neel depicted the beauty of everyday people such as children, immigrants, pregnant women, and activists—those who were often sidelined in the art canon. This ambitious retrospective, which features more than 100 paintings, drawings, watercolors, and film, positions Neel as one of the 20th century’s most radical painters.

Now on view at the de Young museum: Golden Gate Park San Francisco, CA.

JAPAN: COURTS AND CULTURE Explore some of the finest examples of Japanese art and craftsmanship in the western world.

For the first time, more than 150 works have been brought together to tell the story of 350 years of diplomatic, artistic and cultural exchange between Britain and Japan.

Highlights include the first samurai armor ever seen in Britain which was sent to James I in 1613 and was the first diplomatic gift from Japan to Britain; the Coronation gift sent to Her Majesty The Queen in 1953 and recently rediscovered folding screen paintings sent to Queen Victoria; as richly embroidered folding screen which was a Coronation gift for King Edward VII from the Japanese emperor in 1902; Learn about 12 symbols in Japanese art and explore more of the exhibition online.

Join in on Instagram on Wednesday, 13 April at 11am London time for a live Q&A with our exhibition curator. You can submit your questions ahead of the event. This new exhibition opens April 8, 2022 at The Queen’s Gallery, London.

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SWEET CHARITY

THE ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION AFTER OSCAR VIEWING PARTY raised $8.6 million.

EUGENE O'NEILL THEATER CENTER will honor its founder George C. White with the 21st Monte Cristo Award at the organization's black-tie optional spring gala, to be held at the Gotham Hall in New York City on April 11, 2022.

Oscar winner Michael Douglas, who is a former Monte Cristo Award recipoent, will present White with the award. Douglas is quite familiar with the O'Neill. It's where he began. In 1966, he arrived at the brand-new theater on the shore of Connecticut as an intern, responsible for lawn mowing and facilities maintance which included crew labor, helping to dig the pit that became the center's amphitheatre.

In return, he got a small part in the 1966 production of Bedford Forrest.

The O'Neill was founded in 1964 and remains one of the country's most distinguished organizations for new works development. Programs at the O'Neill include the National Playwrights Conference, National Music Theater Conference, National Critics Institute, National Puppetry Conference, Cabaret & Performance Conference, and National Theater Institute. White served for 37 years as president of the O’Neill and chairman of its Board of Trustees.

"We are so glad to be able to give this year's award to our founder, Mr. George White," says O'Neill Executive Director Tiffani Gavin. "As the man who started it all, he was unquestionably the honoree to celebrate at our first in-person Monte Cristo Award gala in two years.”

“George’s vision, tenacity, and willingness to take great risks for the sake of art and artists is no less than extraordinary, and it means a great deal to all of us to pay tribute to his outstanding legacy with the Monte Cristo Award,” adds O’Neill Board Chairman Tom Viertel.

The gala's Honorary Committee will include Congressman Joe Courtney, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, David Henry Hwang, Michael R. Jackson, Judith Light, John Logan, Senator Chris Murphy, Robert O’Hara, Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders, John Patrick Shanley, Jeanine Tesori, Preston Whiteway, Constanza Romero Wilson, and George C. Wolfe.

The gala event supports the Center's commitment to developing new work and new artists for the stage.

PRINCE WILLIAM AND DUCHESS KATE - THE CAMBRIDGES have announced that BAFTA CEO Amanda Berry will head up their charitable foundation, The Royal Foundation, beginning in June.

Berry has served as the British arts charity's chief executive for the past 23 years.

In a Kensington Palace press release the royal couple stated that they were "very much looking forward" to working with Berry, adding that "her extensive experience will be of tremendous value as we continue our ambitious charitable work." In the same statement, Berry shared her excitement at the new role, saying: "I have witnessed, and am so impressed by, the unique impact The Royal Foundation can make on the issues Their Royal Highnesses support, from mental health to conservation, and raising awareness of the importance of early years."

NARCAN BEHIND EVERY BAR is a campaign by the New York City Office of Nightlife in partnership with the NYC Department of Health to provide trainings for venue owners and workers to become certified opioid overdose responders and receive free overdose rescue kits which include free supplies of naloxone.

Also, Elevate Nightlife is a program of the Office of Nightlife, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health and Backline, to connect the nightlife community directly with mental health resources and services through free and confidential weekly mental health support group moderated by a Backline Care licensed therapists, every Monday at 4pm.

SPREADING THE WORD

FORMULA ONE RACING returns to Las Vegas a 40 year absence. The Las Vegas Grand Prix will take place on a Saturday in November 2023. That will mark 38 years since the race was run on a Saturday.

The 1985 South African Grand Prix was the last race to be held on a Saturday. Traditionally, the main race has always sped off on a Sunday.

The race will take place at night on the Las Vegas Strip with drivers weaving in and out of resorts such as The Bellagio, The Venetian, Treasure Island and more - navigating 14 turns, running for 3.8 miles (6.12k) that will see drivers reach speeds of over 210 mph during a race which will last 50 laps. According to FIA rules there is a two hour time limit to finish.

F1 previously was held in Las Vegas in Las Vegas in 1981 and 1982. Drivers started their engines on a temporarily constructed track around the parking lot at the back of Caesars Place Resort, a venue that received massive blow back and was poorly attended by fans - although Paul Newman was there serving as racing director of the final round of the Formula One Season 1981.

Newman enjoyed a successful career as a race car driver and IndyCar owner. Although he died in 2008, Newman was inducted into the SCCA Hall of Fame at the National convention in Las Vegas in 2009.

JIMMY KIMMEL AND JIMMY FALLON traded places as an April Fools Day joke. In one of the most delightful and complicated maneuvers to strategize and pull off, Kimmel took over Fallon's New York desk, where he even penned the traditional Friday thank you notes - while Fallon anchored from Kimmel's Los Angeles seat. All of the guests, such as Hugh Jackman, knew of the plan and managed to keep quiet.

Perhaps the most clever April Fool's Day event ever staged on television, it was also wonderful to see late night talk show hosts who genuinely like each other. Credit goes to NBC and ABC who had to sign off on the swap.

TWO TIME OSCAR WINNER RENEE ZELLWEGER is nothing short of amazing in her television debut starring in The Thing About Pam as Pamela Marie Hupp, a woman who on August 16, 2016, murdered Louis Gumperberger, a crime for which she is serving a life sentence, without parole.

When Betsy Faria is murdered in small-town Missouri, the police believe it's an open-and-shut case involving her husband, who is arrested and found guilty of the crime. However, unanswered questions remain, and the case not only leads to a wrongful conviction but also sets into motion a chain of events that exposed a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp.

This true-crime drama involves insurance money, Pam's difficulty caring for her sick mother, her desired face lift, and the District Attorney discovering that her re-election bid is challenged. The six episode NBC mini series was inspired by a saga told on Dateline NBC.

Others in the cast include:
Josh Duhamel as Joel Schwartz, the defense attorney for Russ Faria
Judy Greer as Leah Askey, the Lincoln County prosecutor who tried Russ Faria twice for his wife's murder
Gideon Adlon as Mariah Day, Betsy and Russ' 17-year-old daughter
Sean Bridgers as Mark Hupp, Pam Hupp's husband
Suanne Spoke as Janet, Betsy's mother and Mariah's grandmother
Mac Brandt as Detective McCarrick, a detective assigned to Betsy's murder case
Katy Mixon as Betsy Faria, Russ' wife, Mariah Day's mother, and the murder victim
Glenn Fleshler as Russ Faria, Betsy's husband and Mariah's father
Dateline journalist Keith Morrison provides the show's narration.

The role required Zellweger to wear face and body prosthetics to portray Hupp. Makeup artist Arien Tuiten needed 80 minutes to apply prosthetics to Renee's lovely face. Hair was designed by Lawrence David and make-up department head Carla Brenholtz.

The series is fascinating and Zellweger, an exceptional actress, delivers a riviting performance.

PASADENA PLAYHOUSE presents a special event in honor of the West Coast Premiere of Ann written by and starring Emmy award winner Holland Taylor.

On April 10 at 5:00pm Daughter of Texas Governor Ann Richards, Cecile (Co-founder of Supermajority, co-chair of American Bridge, and former President of Planned Parenthood) joins Taylor centerstage at the Playhouse as the Hollywood legend prepares to take on the Texas star one final time. They will come together for a dynamic, free-flowing conversation about leadership, legacy and creating change in these times… or anything else that enters the minds of the two cultural trailblazers.

Free live stream available at bit.ly/3qjVTBP

The West Coast premiere of Ann directed by Benjamin Endsley Klein continues through April 24.

Cecile Richards is a national leader for women’s rights and social and economic justice, and a co-founder of Supermajority -- a new organization fighting for gender equity. She is the author of New York Times bestseller Make Trouble. As President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund for 12 years, Richards worked to increase affordable access to reproductive health care and to build a healthier and safer world for women and young people. After starting her career as a labor organizer, working with women earning the minimum wage, she went on to start her own grassroots organizations, and later served as Deputy Chief of Staff to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. Richards is a frequent speaker and commentator on politics and progressive issues.

PINK MARTINI FEATURING CHINA FORBES performs Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at La Coursive in La Rochelle, France. Thursday's gig is at the Le Grand Rex Paris, France. Saturday's stop is at the Sala Palatului in Bucharest, Romania.

AN AMERICAN IN LONDON SERIES at the London cabaret Crazy Coqs, headlines Benejamin Scheuer April 5, May 1, June 1-2. Steven Brinberg as Barbra Streisand headlines April 6-8.

AOIFE O'DONOVAN the Grammy award-winning songwriter and musician has released 3 critically-acclaimed solo albums, and is co-founder of the bands I'm With Her and Crooked Still. She is the featured vocalist on The Goat Rodeo Sessions with Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile, and spent a decade contributing to the radio variety shows Live From Here and A Prairie Home Companion.

She performs Sunday, April 10, at Sunset Center in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.

BILLIE EILISH now an Oscar winner, is on tour performing Monday, April 9, at The Forum in Inglewood, CA,

OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS (NAB) convention takes place in Las Vegas towards the end of this month. In anticipation of that telecommunications, media and technology consulting firm Altman Solon, spoke to industry executives across productions in 30+ countries spanning North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, and has released a survey entittled: Virtual and Remote Production to Drive TV and Film Post-Pandemic.

It found that: almost 70 per cent anticipate expanding virtual production, and more than 60 per cent will increase their use of remote collaboration tools and cloud-based technologies even after the pandemic has ended.

Soundstage capacity constraints will continue to drive more virtual production.
A hybrid of remote/virtual production and on-set processes will become more common in productions. Virtual production use will drive down costs and cycle times, at least over the long term. The industry will see a transition from leveraging point solutions to implementing end-to-end platforms across various phases of production.
Respondents also said they are seeing benefits to incorporating virtual technologies into production and post-production activities, such as using the cloud and virtualisation in post production.

However, "For early adopters, higher capital costs related to new technology investment can slow down deployment, with more than half of the survey’s respondents reluctant to invest in virtual and remote solutions cited budget constraints as the primary reason. Other potential challenges include the lack of process standards, a fragmented market of production solutions, and a lack of tool compatibility."

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THE CORN IS GREEN by Emlyn Williams.

Directed by Dominic Cooke.

One person can make all the difference.

Miss Lily Moffat arrives in rural North Wales, determined to help young local miners out of poverty by teaching them to read and write. Lily soon spots talent in the unruly Morgan Evans, but when she faces growing resistance from the community, she does everything in her power to forge him a new future. Emlyn Williams’ semi-autobiographical play, is given a bold new staging by director Dominic Cooke in its first London revival for 35 years.

Nicola Walker plays the visionary Miss Moffat.

The cast includes: Adam Baker, Saffron Coomber, Gareth David-Lloyd, Iwan Davies, Sion Emlyn, Gareth David-Lloyd, Ben Francis, Gwion Glyn, Megan Grech, Matthew Hargreaves, Jonathan Hawkins, Steffan Hughes, John Ieuan Jones, Gareth Kennerley, Richard Lynch, Jo McInnes, Kristian Morse, Tomas Moya, Alice Orr-Ewing, Steffan Rizzi, Rebecca Todd, Rebecca Todd, Peter Willcock, Garyn Williamsm, and Rufus Wright.

Production team: Set and Costume Designer ULTZ. Lighting Designer Charles Balfour. Music Arrangements and Direction Will Stuart. Sound Designer Christopher Shutt. Choreographer Bill Deamer. Company Dialect Work Penny Dyer. Associate Set Designer Mark Simmonds.

From April 7, 2022 at the Lyttelton Theatre in London.

THE CEMETERY CLUB by Ivan Menchell.

Directed by Jennifer Sherron Stock.

The Cemetery Club tells the story of three Jewish widows who accompany one another once a month to a local cemetery in Forest Hills, Queens, where their husbands are buried. When the ladies run into Sam, a local butcher visiting his wife’s grave at the same cemetery, a romance seems to be in the making as Ida and Sam fall for each other. Ida’s two friends and fellow “club members” don’t support Ida’s romance with Sam, complicating things a bit.

The cast includes Amelia V. Anderson, Susanne Brinnitzer, Georgia Buchanan, Susan Case, and Wayne Joseph.

The creatives include: Michelle Guiot is the stage manager. Costumes are by Katherine Roberson, with sound design by Zachary Dornfeld, lighting design by Chris D’Angelo, and scenic design by Juliana Acevedo. The production team is Halina Malinowski, Lin Snider and Kelly Gilmore.

The live, in-person performances April 7-10 will take place at the Bernie Wohl Center, New York, N.Y.

THE 47TH a political satire by Mike Bartlett.

Directed by Rupert Goold,

Taking us behind the scenes at The White House in the lead up to the 2024 presidential election, this gripping satire reunites playwright Mike Bartlett and director Rupert Goold, the award-winning team behind King Charles III.

The 47th imagines Trump's bid to win the 2024 US presidential election and his opponents' efforts to defeat him and rightwing populism.

Starring: Bertie Carve as Donald Trump and Lydia Wilson as Ivanka Trump, Richard Hansell as Steve Richetti/Ohio Senator, Ami Tredrea as Rosie Takahashi, Tamara Tunie as Kamala Harris, Joss Cartre as Shaman, James Cooney as Charlie Takahashi, James Garnon as Ted Cruz/Bill Clinton/Paul, Jenni Maitland as Heidi Cruz/Moderator, Oscar Lloys as Donald,Jr/ Matt, Freddie Meredith as Eric Trump. Ben Onwukwe as Barack Obama/General Yaylor, Cherrelle Skeete as Tina Flournoy/nurse Vita, David Tarkenter as George W. Bush, Ami Tredrea as Rosie Takahashi, Simon Williams as Joe Biden.

With David Carr, Flora Dawson, Charles Craddock, Eva Fontaine, Miya James.

The creatives are: Sets by Mirian Buether - lighting by Neil Austin - Adam Cork original music and sound - Lynne Page movement - Jessica Ronane casting - Joel Trill voice - Sara Aniqah Malik associate director - Zoe Thomas-Webb costume supervisor - Lizzie Frankl and Fahmida Bakht for propworks, props supervisor - Alex Berry associate sets - Brett Tyne dialect - Jim Carnahan CSA USA casting, Richard Mawbey wigs, hair and makeup - Ash J Woodward video - Tony Gayle sound - Dan Ayling company stage manager - Lorna Sseymour deputy stage manager - Emily Ida assistant stage manager.

An Old Vic, Headlong & Leeds Playhouse co-production World premiere through May 28, 2020 at The Old Vic in London.

FOLK by Neil Leyshon who is currently nominated for a 2022 Olivier Award.

Directed by Roxana Silbert.

Folk stars the ensemble of Ben Allen, Sasha Frost, Mariam Haque and Simon Robson.

1903, Somerset. Rooted in the land where she has lived her entire life, Louie Hooper’s mind overflows with its songs – more than 300 of them passed down from her mother. Cecil Sharp, a composer visiting from London, fears England’s folk songs will be lost forever and sets out on a mission to transcribe each and every one.

At the Hampstead Theatre in London.

CLASSIC COUPLES COUNSELING by Lloyd J. Schwartz.

Directed by Nick McDow Musleh.

Dr. Patricia Cataldo is a psychotherapist with a special celebrity clientele: They’re all couples from Shakespeare! She analyzes Kate and Petruchio; Macbeth and Lady Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet; Othello and Desdemona; Hamlet and Ophelia. She also has them all come in for group sessions. They all trust her with their tender psyches. However, she has a few kinks of her own. Dr. Cataldo’s case load is occasionally reduced by attrition. If you know any of Shakespeare’s plays, you’ll know how that happens. This “bardful comedy will have you in stitches as you hear the advice that couple’s therapist Dr. Cataldo, gives our Shakespearean couples."

Featuring: Brandon Foxworth, Cecil Jennings, Anne Leyden, Barbara Mallory, Connie Mellors, Deanna Michelle, Joe Nassi, Bill Sehres, Rick Simone-Friedland, Mary Somers, Ashley Taylor, and Amelia Vargas.

The production plays through May 8th at Theatre West in Hollywood, CA.

LOST IN YONKERS by Neil Simon. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play.

Co-directed by tarring 4-time Academy Award nominee Marsha Mason, and Rachel Alderman.

After the death of their mother, two young brothers are sent to stay with their formidable grandmother for the longest ten months of their lives. Grandmother Kurnitz is a one-woman German front - a refugee and a widow who has steeled her heart against the world. Her coldness and intolerance have crippled her own children. The boys must contend with their strong-willed grandmother, their aunt and her secret romance, and their uncle, a small-time hoodlum, in this strange new world called Yonkers.

Playing the role of Grandmother Kurnitz and serving as co-director, Marsha Mason draws on her place as one of the premiere interpreters of Neil Simon’s work. Married to Simon for a decade, Mason received three of her four Academy Award nominations for pieces written by the eminent dramatist (The Goodbye Girl, Chapter Two and Only When I Laugh). In addition to Mason, others in the production include Michael Nathanson, Jeff Showrun, Andrea Syglowski, Liba Vaynberg, Gabriel Amoroso and Hayden Bercy.

The cretives are: Scenic Design Lauren Helpern - Costume Design An-lin Dauber - Lighting Design Aja M. Jackson - Original Music & Sound Design Broken Chord - Wig & Hair Design Charles G. LaPointe - Dialect Coach Patrick Mulryan - Dramaturg Victoria Abrash - Casting Calleri, Jensen, Davis - Drama Therapy Consultant Britton Williams - Production Stage Manager Kelly Hardy - Assistant Stage Manager Chandalae Nyswonger.

Performances begin April 7 at Hartford Stage in Hartford, CT. Performances through May 1, 2022.

NEW YORK GILBERT AND SULLIVAN PLAYERS stage The Pirates of Penzance April 8-10, 2022 at New York’s Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College.

The Pirates of Penzance score includes such favorites as I am the very model of a modern Major-General (the most frequently parodied patter song ever), coloratura soprano opera inspired Poor Wand’ring One, Sullivan’s signature famed double chorus When the Foeman Bares His Steel and Come friends who plough the sea (the source for the tune of Hail, hail the gang’s all here and reminiscent of the Anvil Chorus from Verdi’s Il Trovatore –a true example of historical before and after).

On the coast of Cornwall, a band of tenderhearted pirates celebrates the coming of age of Frederic, who was mistakenly apprenticed to the pirates until his 21st birthday. Now, Frederic has vowed to devote his life to the extermination of piracy - until a ludicrous leap year snag threatens to keep him apprenticed to the pirates for life! Throw in a bevy of beauties, a brash Pirate King, the delightfully stuffy Major-General Stanley.

This season’s cast includes lovely veteran soprano Sarah Caldwell Smith and newcomer Sophie Thompson as Mabel, expert comedians James Mills and David Macaluso alternating as pattering Major-General Stanley and pirate side kick Samuel, Cáitlín Burke and Angela Christine Smith as ditsy nursemaid Ruth, two dynamic but timid Sergeants of Police - limber David Auxier and booming basso Quinto Ott, swashbucklers David Wannen and Matthew Wages as the brash Pirate King, handsome tenors Alex Corson and Christopher Robin Sapp as duty bound pirate apprentice Frederic, with Amy Maude Helfer, Hannah Holmes, Elisabeth Cernadas, Laura Sudduth, and Caitlin Borek as the Major- General’s daughters adventurous Kate, concerned Edith, and dancer Isabel. Ensemble of Pirates, Police, and General Stanley’s Wards include, Michelle Seipel, Kendrick Pifer, Alexandra Imbrosci-Viera, Abby Kurth, Hannah Eakin, Cameron Smith, Chris-Ian Sanchez, Michael Connolly, Michael Galante, Lance Olds, Logan Pitts, and Matthew Carter.

THE PATSY written by Barry Conners.

Directed by Jack Cummings III.

Performed by David Greenspan.

Filled with familial intrigue, marital sparring, lovers in pursuit, country club scandals, and labors of the heart, The Patsy premiered on Broadway in 1925, becoming an instant success. The hit play was then immediately immortalized on film by a quartet of early 20th century luminaries - stars Marion Davies and Marie Dressler, director King Vidor, and producer William Randolph Hearst.

In 2011, six-time Obie Award winner David Greenspan, along with Transport Group Artistic Director Jack Cummings III, put their own spin on the feisty drawing room comedy by giving all nine roles to Greenspan. Now Greenspan and Transport Group once again resurrect this Cinderella story of a girl a little less beautiful, a little less loved, and her fractious, gossipy family, which explores a family’s aspirations of wealth, status, and love in pre-depression America.

Opens Sunday, April 10, at Abrons Arts Center, NYC.

THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH Thornton Wilder's mythical-biblical-apocalyptic comedy.

Directed byr Lileana Blain-Cruz.

“The Skin of Our Teeth is a play forright now! It's about a family that encounters the end of the world over and over and over again," says Lileana Blain-Cruz. "To be on the brink of extinction - and not only survive but invent and laugh and LIVE and LEARN - is extraordinary!" Performances through May 29 only at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in New York City.

Lincoln Center Theater is deeply grateful to New York’s Senator Chuck Schumer for his outstanding leadership in establishing the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, aka Save Our Stages, of which LCT is among the many beneficiaries. This vital program has provided a much-needed anchor of support to the arts community as we emerge from the devastating pandemic crisis. LCT salutes Senator Schumer for his hard work and vision and for being a superb champion of the arts. Thank you, Senator Schumer!

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HANG IN THERE

BRUCE WILLIS who has been diagnosed with aphasia and thus his family announced that he is "stepping away" from acting.

Broadway To Vegas wishes him the very best.

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