Furthering their mission to showcase the work of Asian-American theatre artists through performance, outreach and educational programming, National Asian Artists Project (NAAP) has produced over the past four years “Oklahoma”, “Carousel”, and “Hello Dolly!” as part of their Re-Discover Series using all Asian casts. The setting for this year’s production will move across the pond to Charles Dickens’ London with the production of the classic award-winning musical, OLIVER!. With book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, OLIVER! has become one of the most popular and best-loved musicals in the world. NAAP’s production will be under the direction of Steven Eng with choreography by Broadway legend Baayork Lee, the original ‘Connie Wong’ in the original cast of “Chorus Line”. This multi-talented cast includes Raul Aranas as Fagin, Anthea Neri as Nancy and Bonale Zohn Fambrini as Oliver. « more »
Birch Tree Entertainment, Soft On Demand, Torin and Moob announced today that they have signed an overall deal to finance, produce and distribute a slate of martial arts action films, beginning with the sci-fi actioner Danger Dolls. Danger Dolls will debut at this year’s Marche du Film in Cannes, and is directed by Japanese fantasy and sci-fi movie veteran Shusuke Kaneko, creator of the highly-acclaimed 1990s Gamera series, the manga-inspired Death Note films and Godzilla, Mothra & King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001), which many consider to be the best contemporary entry in the entire Godzilla film series. It will go on to screen at film festivals in Europe and North America this summer with a US and Japanese release slated for September. « more »
“Preliminary Study: RSI – T” is a group exhibition that will take place at SLAG Gallery in Brooklyn, New York. The show which will open to the public on May 16, 2014, and will be comprised of art works that relate to today’s technological challenges and the evolution of the body in relation to these rapid changes. « more »
CYCNY, a Queens-based youth orchestra, will present its 12th Annual Concert at Lincoln Center on Saturday, May 24, 8 PM at Alice Tully Hall. Maestro Chijen Christopher Chung will lead more than 60 young musicians to perform works of Classical, Popular, Broadway and Asian Music. « more »
Hosted by the Taiwan Ministry of Culture and Taipei Cultural Center, organized by TKNY, the ”Hello Taiwan!” Tour 2014 will last 9 days starting May 17th from New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Boston. « more »
“Fresh Off the Boat” is based on Chef Eddie Huang’s memoir Fresh Off the Boat. It was published in 2013 by Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of Random House. The book relates Huang’s early life and rise in the food celebrity scene in New York, and his relationship with his Asian background. Huang’s memoir is being adapted by Nahnatchka Khan for an ABC single-camera comedy series. « more »
Nutella is celebrating its 50th anniversary on Monday, May 19 and Nutella teamed up with famous Cronut™ to create Cronut™ holes made with Nutella®. « more »
SAG-AFTRA and The Asian American Film Lab™ (“Film Lab”) are pleased to announce the renewal of their agreement enabling SAG-AFTRA members to more easily participate in the annual 72 Hour Shootout™ competition (the “Shootout”), a worldwide filmmaking competition promoting gender and ethnic diversity. « more »
Haagen-Dazs is celebrating Free Cone Day on Tuesday, May 13, when no fewer than 167 Haagen-Dazs shops in 27 states and the District of Columbia will offer each customer one free scoop of their favorite flavor ice cream in a cone or cup, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. « more »
Over Memorial Day weekend, Saturday May 24th through Monday, May 26th , Queens Botanical Garden will host a World’s Fair Train Show created by the Long Island Garden Railway Society, Inc. (LIGRS). The Society is one of dozens of organizations across the country that present model railroad layouts placed outside, usually winding through a garden setting. Garden Railroading is sometimes described as the marriage of model railroading and gardening. « more »
