Ghost Stories 2019 - Articles Page 9

As the Playwrights Realm continues its pandemic pivot to being a full-time playwrights service organization, the company announces the 2021 edition of one of the Realm's long-standing programs: the INK'D Festival of New Plays, the culminating event of its Writing Fellowship Program, annually awarding four early-career playwrights nine months of financial and professional resources.

The Annenberg Center has announced its spring film series, curated by recently appointed Curator-at-Large for Film Maori Karmael Holmes. The KINOWATT micro-festival in March explores the connections between music, technology and culture.

Nottingham Playhouse reveals a Spring Loaded season of twenty three events. New work from Alan Bennett, Emteaz Hussain and other artists will join an array of ambitious new programming this spring.

Creede Repertory Theatre is offering a virtual presentation of Beth Kander's gripping new work, To the Moon. To the Moon lifts up the riveting stories of these survivors, complete with humor, revelation, and tragedy. Because 'statistics are not the most powerful way to change someone's mind. Stories are.'

At Home Artist Project Presents: A Short Play Festival, featuring three short length plays. At Home Artists Project is a virtual space for new work.

Onassis USA announces the Eureka Commissions, an initiative catalyzing forward-looking, exploratory, interrogative work within a new cultural landscape irrevocably changed by COVID-19 and a society grappling with social and racial injustice.

Award winning singer/songwriter Mark Erelli brings his unique sound to the Wang Theatre stage for a performance on the Boch Center's music television series The Ghost Light Series. Erelli will be joined by multi-instrumentalist Zachariah Hickman for the performance, which was originally scheduled to air Friday, December 4. It will now air this Thursday, December 10 at 7:30 PM on NBC Boston and Friday, December 11 at 7:30 PM on NECN.

Award winning singer/songwriter Mark Erelli brings his unique sound to the Wang Theatre stage for a performance on the Boch Center’s music television series The Ghost Light Series. Erelli will be joined on stage by multi-instrumentalist Zachariah Hickman for the latest episode which airs this Friday, December 4 at 7:30 PM on NECN. 

Ghost Lights is set on the empty stage of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on the 5th September 1939 when all theatres were closed due to the outbreak of WW2. Novello meets Mary Ellis, Dorothy Dickson and Elisabeth Welch to reminisce about their work and also their concerns for theatre and its survival.

This week's Theater Stories features the Palace Theatre! Learn about the theatre's rich history with vaudeville, the films to have made their premiere at the theatre, including Citizen Kane and others, the most recent show to be performed in the theatre, the SpongeBob musical, and much more!

The Parsnip Ship (Artistic Director + Host, Iyvon Edebiri) has announced the line-up for the radio play and music series' sixth season, a selection of dynamic and powerful stories from LGBTQIA+ playwrights to be recorded in front of a live audience and streamed to listeners around the country.

Polka may have been closed throughout 2020 but their re-told A Christmas Carol is the theatre's gift to their supporters.  Created by Ian Nicholson and Sam Wilde, the team behind the viral lockdown hit I Want My Hat Back, this free 15-minute short film is for the whole family to be enjoyed over the festive period.  It will be available exclusively from 19th December for those who sign up to the Polka newsletter from now until Christmas.   

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre has announced that the public can attend NAMT's 32nd Annual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS by making a donation to NAMT ($30 donation for one day / $50 donation for both days).

An encore presentation of Aunt Leaf, a ghost story inspired by American and Mexican folklore and a haunting Mary Oliver poem, will be presented in English and Spanish by Ancram Opera House in collaboration with Plan B Estudio Teatro of Torreón Mexico. Aunt Leaf, which was presented in 2018 at AOH, has been reimagined for a virtual setting in four online performances.

Need something new to read, watch, or listen to? Check out this week's list of new and upcoming releases! This week's list includes a book of stories behind the musical Jagged Little Pill, the Moulin Rouge! songbook, and more!

A star cast will join Brian Conley in the new, musical staged concert of Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens and Mike Ockrent's A Christmas Carol, which is set to play a strictly limited season at the Dominion Theatre in London. Performances run from Monday 7 December 2020 to Saturday 2 January 2021.

Almeida Theatre has announced a socially distanced season of three world premieres for Christmas 2020 and into 2021.

Ghostlight Records has announced that the new album from Eddie Perfect, Beetlejuice – The Demos! The Demos! The Demos! will be available as a Halloween surprise in digital and streaming formats on Friday, October 30.

Pennsylvania Ballet announced today the launch of its digital season, titled Director's Choice, featuring four complete archival ballets and excerpts directed by Artistic Director Angel Corella. The online season will be available free of charge and is scheduled to launch in two installments on November 12 and November 19 at 7:30 p.m. EST. Each stream will feature conversations with the artists of Pennsylvania Ballet.

Today (October 29) in live streaming: Beth Malone visits Backstage Live, Meet the Top 5 on Next On Stage, and so much more!

Frigid New York and Manhattan Theatre Source presenta virtual EstroGenius Festival, the longest running festival celebrating the work of women and gender non-conforming artists in NYC, October 22-27, 2020.

National Alliance for Musical Theatre has announced this year's directors, musical directors and casting for their 32nd Annual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS, on Thursday, November 19 and Friday, November 20, 2020. Due to the pandemic, the Festival will be reimagined and shared online through Broadway On Demand. Events will kick off on November 17.

Ameena Hamid Productions Ltd presents Tales from the Tombstone Tavern.

Meet the playwrights from the 3rd week of LA's first TogetherLAFestival. Presented by Alternative Theatre Los Angeles (ATLA) in association with LA Stage Alliance (LASA), 'Together LA: A Virtual Stage Festival' is celebrating the vibrant and diverse intimate theatre scene of the greater Los Angeles area.

Today's top stories: Watch the trailer for Jingle Jangle, the cast of Hocus Pocus will reunite for Bette Midler's Hulaween, and more!