A day in the life of an artiste

Edit The Hindu 08 May 2016
Green Room Diaries showcases theatre personalities narrating their journey and theatre experiences. “Break a Leg is an initiative/idea started to develop content and references around theatre,” shares Ankit. He points out that people have extreme notions about theatre. “The common perception is that theatre is elitist and a page 3 socialising event or a khadi jhola kind of event....

Cuomo donors got grants to build

Edit Times Union 08 May 2016
In 2012 competitive bidding for state dollars, a Norstar project called Creekwood Phase II in Watertown was awarded $2.4 million from the Housing Trust Fund and a $1.4 million annual tax benefit — which can be taken for the first 10 years the finished project is operating — from the federal Low Income Housing Tax Program....

Trams renovated to celebrate Kolkata's colonial-era heritage

Edit The Times of India 08 May 2016
A couple of the trams were fitted with small projection screens and turned into mini cinema halls, said Anirban Kundu, Marketing Head-East of Max Fashion, who are partnering in the event. Trams were also turned into stage of theatre groups who performed inside the streetcar....

Big or small, theatre still a rage in Gurgaon

Edit The Times of India 08 May 2016
"These are 'theatre-theatre' people, as against those who are looking for entertainment," says Vidyun Singh - director of programmes, Old World Hospitality, the folks behind Epicentre and Habitat World - of those who throng auditoria today. "Gurgaon has become established as a great place for theatre now," claims Uma Prakash of the Arts and Literature Foundation, the collective behind the enormously successful Gurgaon Utsav....

Seriously clowning around

Edit The Hindu 08 May 2016
The play’s lack of a hero, and its eponymous anti-hero’s ability to win the readers’ sympathy, inspired theatre writer, director and actor Rupesh Tillu to write a comedic version of it ... Tillu firmly believes theatre should be interpersonal, and for this reason, he prefers a black-box theatre set-up (an experimental, performance space, usually a large square room with black walls and a flat floor) over a proscenium....

Improv Fest hits the 'Twilight Zone' at FST

Edit Herald Tribune 08 May 2016
Impro Theatre, a troupe from Los Angeles, will be the headlining act with its improvised version of the "Twilight Zone" at the 2016 Sarasota Improv Festival at Florida Studio Theatre ... This year’s eighth annual Sarasota Improv Festival will take audiences into another dimension, “not only of sight and sound but of mind,” with the headlining performances of Impro Theatre of Los Angeles ... Runs July 14-16, Florida Studio Theatre, 1241 N....

Made in LDN

Edit Skiddle 08 May 2016
The Cockpit Theatre in London. Sunday 8th May 2016 ... Minimum Age. 18. Monthly Showcasing New Musical Theatre Talent ... Venue ... Monthly Showcasing New Musical Theatre Talent ... A string of monthly events to showcase new Musical Theatre composers, performers & shows ... ....

Attitude Dance Leeds: That's Novel

Edit Skiddle 08 May 2016
Northern Ballet And Phoenix Dance Theatre in Leeds ... The annual showcase from the dance and theatre group....

Islamophobia is more American than Indian... a tool for the scared: Anand Rao

Edit The Times of India 08 May 2016
I would have had an easier time casting actors, and selling it to an American theatre company ... Then reading the story a few times, I realized that it would make a very interesting piece of theatre ... I have been performing on stage from the time I was a child, but my love for theatre took shape in the iconic National College, Basavangudi in Bangalore ... What about theatre in the US?....

Aerosmith Frontman Steven Tyler Launches A Summer Storyteller Tour

Edit Inquisitr 08 May 2016
A year ago, Tyler took a break from Aerosmith to embark on his own solo career, which was to focus on his love for country music ... Aerosmith Singer Steven Tyler To Go Out On A Limb ... July. 2 — Las Vegas, Venetian Theatre. 5 — Los Angeles, Dolby Theatre ... 10 — Vancouver, Orpheum Theatre ... 20 — Phoenix, Comerica Theatre ... 13 — Chicago, Chicago Theatre ... 23 — Washington, D.C., Warner Theatre ... 4 — Boston, Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre....

I’m Afraid I’m Making the Wrong Decision with My Life

Edit PsychCentral 08 May 2016
My whole life I’ve always planned and worked to be a musical theatre actor. I didn’t get into any good colleges for it and am currently going to a school that is not good in my theatre major and is not the right degree type ... There has always been a part of me that’s doubted whether or not I really want to do musical theatre for my life, but this year that part of me has gotten so much bigger....

Crick Crack Club Presents: Kali

Edit Skiddle 08 May 2016
Soho Theatre in London. Monday 9th May 2016 ... 14 ... Emily came to storytelling while studying Drama & Theatre Studies at the University of Kent where she met storyteller Dr Vayu Naidu ... Today she is an established sitar player and composer; a regular in Transglobal Underground playing sitar and electric bass; a key member in The Imagined Village project; a formidable collaborator with internationally renowned artists from many genres ... 14....

Re-enactors prepared to tell Norfolk's story

Edit The Miami Herald 08 May 2016
Fay Gordon wrote her name in the history books using the perfectly formed letters she taught thousands of children to write ... She died in 1998 ... ... The project is a joint venture between the Norfolk Community Theatre and the Norfolk Arts Center. In addition to doing research, the actors been learning more about the art of acting from Peterson, who teaches the subject at Northeast Community College and also directs the community theatre ... ....
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