Paper Mill Playhouse Launches 2026 Rising Star Awards to Celebrate New Jersey Student Theater Talent
The spotlight is officially on New Jersey’s next generation of performers as Paper Mill Playhouse kicks off its 2026 Rising Star Awards season, marking the program’s 31st year honoring excellence in high school musical theater. Modeled after Broadway’s Tony Awards, the Rising Star Awards recognize outstanding student achievement both onstage and behind the scenes. This…
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Atlantic Theater Company is closing out its 40th anniversary season with a bold new work, announcing the world premiere of The Saviors, a play by Bubba Weiler and directed by Jack Serio. The production will begin previews on June 11, 2026, with an official opening set for June 28, running through July 19 at Atlantic…
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New York City welcomes back the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival for its second edition, following its successful 2023 debut. This year, the festival promises an even richer lineup, featuring 20 performances across multiple venues and highlighting both contemporary choreography and the legacy of modern dance. A central theme of the festival…
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El Museo del Barrio will present a major new exhibition honoring the legacy of pioneering photographer Sophie Rivera with Sophie Rivera: Double Exposures, the first museum survey dedicated to the influential artist. Opening April 23, the exhibition offers a long-overdue reassessment of Rivera’s contributions to photography and to Nuyorican visual culture in New York. The…
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Theater fans have reason to celebrate this spring as When Playwrights Kill, a brand-new backstage comedy by Matthew Lombardo (Tea at Five), makes its world premiere at The Huntington Theatre. Running from April 3 through April 18, this strictly limited engagement features a powerhouse cast including Tony Award winners Beth Leavel (The Prom), Matt Doyle…
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The Frick Collection is presenting Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture, the first New York exhibition devoted exclusively to the eighteenth-century English master Thomas Gainsborough and his portraiture. Running through May 11, 2026, the show will feature more than two dozen paintings, tracing Gainsborough’s career and examining the intricate interplay between portraiture and fashion in eighteenth-century…
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The Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) is set to open Overexposed: Art, Technology, and the Body on March 14 a major exhibition examining how medical imaging technologies have reshaped our understanding of the human body. Organized by Sonia Shechet Epstein, MoMI’s Curator of Science & Technology, the show takes its title from a Sylvia…
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For decades, Pen Densham has been known as a master storyteller, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind sweeping epics and emotionally resonant television, including Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Backdraft, Mol Flanders, Houdini, Harriet, The Outer Limits, and The Twilight Zone. Now, the veteran writer, director, and producer is turning his creative lens toward a different kind…
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The Public Theater has announced additional casting for the highly anticipated world premiere of ANTIGONE (THIS PLAY I READ IN HIGH SCHOOL), a bold reimagining of Sophocles’ classic by 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist Anna Ziegler. Under the direction of Drama Desk, Drama League, and Lucille Lortel nominee Tyne Rafaeli, the production begins performances…
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Munich-based design studio Formfeld, led by computational architect Simon Vorhammer, is redefining how architecture interacts with its audience. By combining algorithmically generated surfaces with carefully calculated light and reflection effects, Formfeld creates walls that engage viewers in subtle, almost magical ways. As visitors move past, reflections, fragmented images, and logos appear and fade, establishing a…
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