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San Jose, CA – On Monday June 20th, Randall King, San Jose Stage Company’s Artistic Director and Co-founder, was honored by Theatre Bay Area at their Faces of Theatre Bay Area 40@40 Celebration held at the SHN Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco. King was feted, along with 39 of his peers, for his...
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El Observador As Summer gets into full swing this 2016 a flurry of outdoor events arise in order to take advantage of the warm days and cool nights. The heat is here, the AC is blasting, and there’s a need to get out of the...
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San Jose / CALIFORNIA Producers Kevin McCollum, Doug Morris and Berry Gordy, and Broadway San Jose, a Nederlander Presentation, are proud to announce that MOTOWN THE MUSICAL will play a one-week engagement at San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts (255 Almaden Blvd.) from June 21–26, 2016. Individual tickets...
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San Jose / CALIFORNIA National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $82 million to fund local arts projects and partnerships in the NEA’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2016. Included in this announcement is an “Art Works” award of $10,000 to Children’s Musical...
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Fresno State An honorary doctorate will be awarded to U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera at Fresno State’s 105th commencement at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 21, at the Save Mart Center. Fresno State President Joseph I. Castro will confer the Doctor of Fine Arts degree upon the authority of...
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Arturo Hilario /El Observador Steve Blanchard, who plays Joseph Pulitzer in Disney’s “Newsies”, spoke to us about his beginnings and what it’s like playing the “villain” in this production, which mixes a musical and history. Hi Steve, can you tell us what sparked the acting bug? I was raised in...
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EL OBSERVADOR Tuvimos el placer de hablar con los actores Hector Medina and Luis Alberto Garcia (Juan of the Dead, Love by Mistake, El Elefante y la Bicicleta, Clandestinos) de la pelicula VIVA, que es una produccion cubana/irlandesa. La pelicula tiene a un joven peluquero (Héctor Medina) entra en...
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Arturo Hilario/El Observador There’s a place where one can dance to Samba, eat great food and help save the environment. Carnaval 2016 is coming to the Bay Area on May 28th and 29th. In its 38th year, the eclectic celebration of Latin America and Caribbean cultures has cemented itself...
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Priscilla Rodriguez /Latina.com Happy birthday to the amazing and beautiful, Selena Quintanilla-Perez! The late Tejano music Queen would have turned 43 today. We’re honoring Selena by counting down the reasons she is the ultimate icon! Take a look: 1 Bicultural Latinas Can Relate to Selena Like many Latinos in...