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Photos: Daniel May, Jason Ma, Eymard Meneses Cabling, Andrew Cristi, Albert Hsueh, Jonny Lee Jr., Quynh-My Luu, Christopher Mueller, Chani Wereley, and Nicholas Yenson in Signature’s PACIFIC OVERTURES; Performances through Apr. 9

Signature Theatre is presenting Pacific Overtures with music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman. The production will feature direction and musical staging by Signature Theatre Associate Artistic Director Ethan Heard (Signature’s Which Way to the Stage) and will be the second of three Sondheim productions featured in Signature’s 2022/23 season. Performances run March 7 – April 9, 2023 in Signature’s MAX … Continue reading Photos: Daniel May, Jason Ma, Eymard Meneses Cabling, Andrew Cristi, Albert Hsueh, Jonny Lee Jr., Quynh-My Luu, Christopher Mueller, Chani Wereley, and Nicholas Yenson in Signature’s PACIFIC OVERTURES; Performances through Apr. 9

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Signature Theatre’s PACIFIC OVERTURES Opens Tonight; Performances through April 9

Signature Theatre is presenting Pacific Overtures with music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman. The production will feature direction and musical staging by Signature Theatre Associate Artistic Director Ethan Heard (Signature’s Which Way to the Stage) and will be the second of three Sondheim productions featured in Signature’s 2022/23 season. Performances run March 7 – April 9, 2023 in Signature’s MAX … Continue reading Signature Theatre’s PACIFIC OVERTURES Opens Tonight; Performances through April 9

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Arts and Entertainment, Asian American, Awards, Film, Television, Theater

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE takes home 7 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Michelle Yeoh, Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Ke Huy Quan, Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Jamie Lee Curtis, Best Directing and Best Writing (Original Screenplay) for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, and Best Film Editing for Paul Rogers- Speeches and Full List of Winners

On Sunday, the multiversal heroes from Everything Everywhere All at Once — the year’s most nominated film with 11 nods — gathered together at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood with Na’vi aliens, estranged Irish mates, First World War soldiers, a new class of Top Gun graduates, Lydia Tár and the King of Rock and Roll, and more for the 95th Oscars. Host Jimmy Kimmel … Continue reading EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE takes home 7 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Michelle Yeoh, Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Ke Huy Quan, Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Jamie Lee Curtis, Best Directing and Best Writing (Original Screenplay) for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, and Best Film Editing for Paul Rogers- Speeches and Full List of Winners

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Mar. 12: Khmer Alumni Association and Berkeley Rep are Presenting Khmer Community Day at Lauren Yee’s CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND

Berkeley Repertory Theatre presents Lauren Yee’s Cambodian Rock Band, a Signature Theatre production, performing at Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theatre (2015 Addison St., Berkeley) beginning Saturday, February 25 and continuing through Sunday, April 2, 2023. Guitars tuned. Mic checked. Get ready to rock! This darkly funny, electric new play with music tells the story of a Khmer Rouge survivor returning to Cambodia for the first time in … Continue reading Mar. 12: Khmer Alumni Association and Berkeley Rep are Presenting Khmer Community Day at Lauren Yee’s CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND

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Jeanne Sakata, Hugo Armstrong, Lovensky Jean-Baptiste, Lisa Reneé Pitts, and Sabina Zúñiga Varela Begin Previews for Anna Deavere Smith’s TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992 at CTG’s Mark Taper Forum Tonight; Opening Night is Mar. 15

Center Theatre Group is presenting the West Coast premiere of the revised production of playwright Anna Deavere Smith’s transformative “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,” coming to Los Angeles at the Mark Taper Forum, March 8 through April 9, 2023 and opening March 15, 2023. Originally performed solo by Smith, “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” has been reimagined for a cast of five performers. Thirty years after its … Continue reading Jeanne Sakata, Hugo Armstrong, Lovensky Jean-Baptiste, Lisa Reneé Pitts, and Sabina Zúñiga Varela Begin Previews for Anna Deavere Smith’s TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992 at CTG’s Mark Taper Forum Tonight; Opening Night is Mar. 15

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Mar. 14: Rep. Grace Meng, Harsha G. Marti, and CeFaan Kim to receive AALDEF 2023 Justice in Action Awards

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) will hold its annual Lunar New Year Gala and Justice in Action Awards Celebration on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Following the success of their first-ever hybrid event last year at The Lighthouse, this year’s gala will be in person at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, NYC. The event emcees are Cindy Hsu, Anchor and Correspondent, CBS2 New York, … Continue reading Mar. 14: Rep. Grace Meng, Harsha G. Marti, and CeFaan Kim to receive AALDEF 2023 Justice in Action Awards

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Mar. 8: Manhattan Theatre Club to Host Women & Femmes Night Talkback with Maureen Sebastian, Monet Hurst-Mendoza, Sade Lythcott, and Nicki Hunter at THE BEST WE COULD for International Women’s Day

March 8 is International Women’s Day, and to celebrate, Manhattan Theatre Club is hosting a Women & Femmes Night after the 7pm performance of The Best We Could for a special talkback with Monet Hurst-Mendoza (member of The Kilroys), Sade Lythcott (CEO of National Black Theatre) and Maureen Sebastian (actor in The Best We Could), moderated by Nicki Hunter (Artistic Producer at MTC). Manhattan Theatre Club’s world … Continue reading Mar. 8: Manhattan Theatre Club to Host Women & Femmes Night Talkback with Maureen Sebastian, Monet Hurst-Mendoza, Sade Lythcott, and Nicki Hunter at THE BEST WE COULD for International Women’s Day

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Mar. 30-Apr. 23: Lisa Tejero and Jimmy Nguyen Set for BLUEBARN Theatre’s Production of Lloyd Suh’s THE CHINESE LADY in Omaha

BLUEBARN Theatre is presenting Lloyd Suh’s The Chinese Lady, starring Lisa Tejero as Afong Moy and Jimmy Nguyen as Atung from Thursday, March 30 – Sunday, April 23. Wai Yim directs. BLUEBARN Theatre is located at 1106 S 10th St, Omaha, NE 68108. Click here for tickets. Brought from Guangzhou in 1834 as an “exotic oddity” The Chinese Lady follows the true story of the first … Continue reading Mar. 30-Apr. 23: Lisa Tejero and Jimmy Nguyen Set for BLUEBARN Theatre’s Production of Lloyd Suh’s THE CHINESE LADY in Omaha

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Rajiv Joseph, Helen Park, Samuel D. Hunter, Diana Burbano, and Andrew Creech Join The Dramatists Guild Council

The Dramatists Guild has welcomed playwright Diana Burbano (Fabulous Monsters), playwright Andrew Creech (The Legacy Plays Project), playwright Samuel D. Hunter (A Bright New Boise), playwright Rajiv Joseph (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo), and composer/lyricist Helen Park (KPOP) to the Dramatists Guild Council. The Guild is governed by a board of directors (Council) elected from its membership. These writers, in various stages of their … Continue reading Rajiv Joseph, Helen Park, Samuel D. Hunter, Diana Burbano, and Andrew Creech Join The Dramatists Guild Council

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Signature Theatre’s PACIFIC OVERTURES Kicks Off Previews Tonight; Opening Night is Set for March 14

Signature Theatre is presenting Pacific Overtures with music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman. The production will feature direction and musical staging by Signature Theatre Associate Artistic Director Ethan Heard (Signature’s Which Way to the Stage) and will be the second of three Sondheim productions featured in Signature’s 2022/23 season. Performances run March 7 – April 9, 2023 in Signature’s MAX … Continue reading Signature Theatre’s PACIFIC OVERTURES Kicks Off Previews Tonight; Opening Night is Set for March 14

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