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Off-Broadway Review: “Belfast Blues” – Part of Irish Repertory Theatre’s 2020 Digital Fall Series of “A Performance on Screen”

September 25, 2020 | a man of, irish repertory, Off-Broadway | "A Performance on Screen", Belfast Blues, Carol Kane, Geraldine Hughes, Irish Repertory Theatre, Jonathan Christman, Jonathan Snipes, Jude Lynch of Mashmob

After years of touring and multiple performances in New York City, Geraldine Hughes’s autobiographical “Belfast Blues” is currently playing at Irish Repertory Theatre – virtually – as the first performance in the Theatre’s online 2020 season. Filmed at Belfast’s Lyric Theatre in 2019 where it was directed by Carol Kane, “Belfast Blues” chronicles Ms. Hughes’s childhood survival of and eventual…

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Irish Repertory Theatre Announces Its Online 2020 Season

Irish Repertory Theatre (Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director and Ciarán O’Reilly, Producing Director) is proud to announce its Online 2020 Fall Season. This fall will feature five Performances on Screen, including Belfast Blues written and performed by Geraldine Hughes (Molly Sweeney) and directed by Carol Kane (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”); Give Me Your Hand with poems by Paul Durcan (Daddy, Daddy) performed…

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Music News: Katie Pruitt Kicks off Pride Month “Out of the Closet” Cover Series with Tegan and Sara’s “Walking With a Ghost”

June 18, 2020 | Audio, awards, LGBTQ+, News, Previews | "Closer to Fine" (Indigo Girls), "Depreston" (Courtney Barnett), "Expectations", "Turpentine" (Brandi Carlile), "Walking With a Ghost", Brandi Carlile, Courtney Barnett, Indigo Girls, Katie Pruitt, Next Queer Star, Out of the Closet Cover Series, Pride Month, Tegan and Sara's "Walking With a Ghost"

June 18, 2020 – Nashville, TN – Today, singer, songwriter, and musician Katie Pruitt has released her cover of Tegan and Sara’s “Walking With A Ghost,” the first installment of her Pride Month-themed “Out of the Closet” cover song series. Watch the video here: Walking With a Ghost As she explains, “I picked a collection of songs by gay women in…

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Theatre News: New Theatre Journal “The Flashpaper: Theatre’s Thoughts on Right Now” on Sale Now

Arts journalist and editor Mark Blankenship is pleased to announce the debut of The Flashpaper: Theatre’s Thoughts on Right Now, a new journal dedicated to the urgent ideas of contemporary theater artists. Each issue of this print-only publication features original content created in response to a timely prompt from a diverse group of artists working in a variety of forms….

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Theatre News: Outer Critics Circle Awards Announce Honors for the 2019-2020 Broadway & Off-Broadway Season

May 11, 2020 | a strange loop, adam honore, Broadway, greater clements, News, Off-Broadway, pond theatre company, sea wall, soft power, tim j ryan off broadway

The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications, present the recipients of this year’s special honors for the 2019-2020 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. Past OCC Award honorees Kristin Chenoweth, Bryan Cranston, Patti LuPone, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Patrick Stewart, announced this season’s honorees by video feed today, Monday May 11, 2020. In light of the current and unprecedented period…

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Theatre Preview: The Homebound Project Features Collections of New Theatrical Work in Limited Release View-At-Home Recordings

Over 50 leading and emerging actors and playwrights have united for The Homebound Project, a new independent, online theater initiative created to help feed children affected by COVID-19. Founded by playwright Catya McMullen and director Jenna Worsham, The Homebound Project is theater made to raise funds for nonprofit organizations working at the forefront of the pandemic. Each edition of The…

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Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Announces Line-Up for “New Songs Now in Your Living Room”

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, in partnership with Rosalind Productions, Inc., is proud to announce the line-up for New Songs Now in Your Living Room. This free unplugged concert series gives inventive songwriters the opportunity to test out new material in a low-key, fun environment. Every Thursday in May, two composers will share selections of their work, followed by a conversation with…

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Music Preview: Fantasy Non Fiction Releases Self-Titled Debut Digital Album on May 8, 2020 – Pre-Order Available Now

March 23, 2020 | LGBTQ+, Music, News, Previews | “Fired Up”, “Rocket to Mars", “Strange Effect”, Covid 19, Fantasy Non Fiction, Gina Leslie, LGBTQ, Molly Reeves, Nahum Zdybel, New Orleans, Rose Cangelosi, Sam Albright

Fantasy Non Fiction is a fierce four-piece rock band featuring the original music of drummer/vocalist, Rose Cangelosi, a queer songwriter navigating the world through the catharsis of musical composition. Fantasy Non Fiction raises the bar for drummer-led projects, with complex rhythmic styles that complement the captivating melodies. A vivid, kaleidoscopic sound is rounded out with an array of musical influences…

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Off-Broadway News: Rattlestick Playwrights Theater to Sell Tickets to View-at-Home Recordings of “The Siblings Play”

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and piece by piece productions, in association with Rising Phoenix Repertory, are proud to announce that a limited number of tickets to view-at-home recordings of Ren Dara Santiago’s “The Siblings Play” are now on sale. Beginning on Monday, March 23, patrons who purchased tickets prior to the cancellation, along with new ticket buyers, will be able to…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Incantata” at Irish Repertory Theatre’s Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage

March 9, 2020 | back the future, irish repertory, Off-Broadway, sea wall | "Incantata", Carol Rosegg, Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage, Irish Repertory Theatre, Jack Phelan, Maureen Hughes, Paul Keogan, Paul Muldoon, Rosanna Vize, Sam Yeats, Sarah Jones, Sinéad Diskin, Stanley Townsend, Teho Teardo

“[That’s all that’s left] of that daft urge to make amends/when it’s far too late, too late even to make sense of the clutter/of false trails and reversed horseshoe tracks/and the aniseed we took it in turn to drag/across each other’s scents, when only a fish is dumber and colder.” – “Incantata” Stanley Townsend is the celebrated Irish actor who…

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