Buster Keaton News

Winner of Best Documentary at both the San Francisco Dance Film Festival and the Dance Camera West Festival in Los Angeles, the spectacular dance film NEVER STAND STILL will have its theatrical premiere on May 18th at New York's Quad Cinema, to be followed by openings in Los Angeles and additional cities. (more...)

Last night it was raining and I was dreading the thought of going out, but I committed to meet friendsÂ…. I am so happy I did. I saw "The General" starring Buster Keaton, a silent 1926 film at Tate Hall at Central Piedmont Community College. It was a great silent film and stood up to time with the story of a train engineer, Keaton, his romance with a young woman, Marion Mack and his unorthodox entry into the civil war. Keaton was embroiled in nonstop action. He and Mack did all of their dangerous stunts with no stand-ins or green screens. The film though, had some special effects including a lightning strike and some innovative photography. I appreciate the advanced techniques for the time. They were using a crank 35mm camera. (more...)

St. AnnÂ’s has presented nearly all of the artists performing in The Wrecking Ball concert, whether at 38 Water Street or, previously, in the landmark Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity in Brooklyn Heights. Sam Amidon and Nico Muhly both performed in the world premiere of Tell the Way (2011), which Muhly composed for the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. (more...)

Winner of Best Documentary at both the San Francisco Dance Film Festival and the Dance Camera West Festival in Los Angeles, the spectacular dance film NEVER STAND STILL will have its theatrical premiere on May 18th at New York's Quad Cinema, to be followed by openings in Los Angeles and additional cities. (more...)

Winner of Best Documentary at both the San Francisco Dance Film Festival and the Dance Camera West Festival in Los Angeles, the spectacular dance film NEVER STAND STILL will have its theatrical premiere on May 18th at New York's Quad Cinema, to be followed by openings in Los Angeles and additional cities. (more...)

Special guests Marge Champion, Barbara Van Orden and Tony Butala join author, Patty Farmer Wednesday, March 7 at 7:00 pm, for a Q&A and to sign copies of “The Persian Room Presents.” A portion of the proceeds from each sale will be donated to Childhelp for the treatment and prevention of child abuse. The event will be held at Barnes & Noble (82nd & Broadway). (more...)

Ever wonder what would happen if the "Millionaire Matchmaker" had to pair up orphans with foster parents or J Lo really went back to "the block" to see her old friends or the Jersey Shore's Deena gave girls advice about when to 'smosh'? Viewers are about to find out in VH1's new ultimate popculture, sketch comedy mash-up series "Stevie TV." (more...)

Special guests Marge Champion, Barbara Van Orden and Tony Butala join author, Patty Farmer Wednesday, March 7 at 7:00 pm, for a Q&A and to sign copies of “The Persian Room Presents.” A portion of the proceeds from each sale will be donated to Childhelp for the treatment and prevention of child abuse. The event will be held at Barnes & Noble (82nd & Broadway). (more...)

The Alden in McLean has announced its Classics of the Silent Screen series. This four-event series will feature not only groundbreaking silent films and the legendary stars, but also live accompaniment and introductions by a film historian and preservationist. (more...)

Face 2 Face, la compañía de teatro educativo en inglés, sigue acercando al público de todas las edades títulos llenas de humor y completamente en inglés. En este caso, la historia del Titanic, revisada en forma de comedia con doble dosis de imaginación, se representa en el Teatro Alcázar todos los sábados hasta el 10 de marzo. (more...)

New York City's Drama Desk-nominated Parallel Exit returns to the Joyce SoHo for the third time, to present the world premiere of I LOVE BOB, an evening-length comic ballet, from July 20-29, 2012 at 7:30pm at Joyce SoHo, 155 Mercer Street (between Houston & Prince). Tickets are $25 general admission ($15 student/senior) and are available by phone at JoyceCharge 212-242-0800 or online at joyce.org. The performance on Saturday, July 28 is a benefit and tickets are $150. (more...)

Following the success of Bill IrwinÂ’s season opener, Scapin, in 2010, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) welcomes another Pickle Family Circus alumnus to its stage with Humor Abuse, Lorenzo PisoniÂ’s celebrated one-man show cocreated with director Erica Schmidt. (more...)

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts' 2012 exhibition schedule offers a wide variety of exhibitions in the Center's Ingram Gallery. (more...)

The Alden in McLean has announced its Classics of the Silent Screen series. This four-event series will feature not only groundbreaking silent films and the legendary stars, but also live accompaniment and introductions by a film historian and preservationist. (more...)

After 19-weeks running in 2011 in Los Angeles & Hollywood, actress/comedienne Sandy Brown (Hannah Montana, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, Def Comedy Jam, Comics Unleashed) returns with her historical One-Woman show "Oh, Yes She Did!", blazing the stage and "breathing-to-life" powerful legacies of bold Black Women Pioneers whose triumphs over challenges changed the course of American History through the centuries, from the colonial frontier to modern times .“WHIP-SMART, FUNNY and UPLIFTING!!!- 5-Stars!!!!” (more...)

Ever wonder what would happen if the "Millionaire Matchmaker" had to pair up orphans with foster parents or J Lo really went back to "the block" to see her old friends or the Jersey Shore's Deena gave girls advice about when to 'smosh'? Viewers are about to find out in VH1's new ultimate popculture, sketch comedy mash-up series "Stevie TV." (more...)

Following the success of Bill IrwinÂ’s season opener, Scapin, in 2010, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) welcomes another Pickle Family Circus alumnus to its stage with Humor Abuse, Lorenzo PisoniÂ’s celebrated one-man show cocreated with director Erica Schmidt. (more...)

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Magic and movies are popular art forms based on make-believe. Magicians were once the world’s most popular entertainers—but once cinema supplanted them, magicians quickly embraced the moving image, using it to create astonishing new illusions. (more...)

Following the success of Bill IrwinÂ’s season opener, Scapin, in 2010, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) welcomes another Pickle Family Circus alumnus to its stage with Humor Abuse, Lorenzo PisoniÂ’s celebrated one-man show cocreated with director Erica Schmidt. (more...)