3rd Annual WAM/MOPCO Theatre Project Relocates to Schenectady High School
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2013
For the third year in a row, WAM Theatre and The Mop & Bucket Company (MopCo) will bring together over 50 professional theatre artists from the Berkshires and the Capital Region to produce the 24hr Theatre Project. Together, these artists will mount five short works; all written, rehearsed and performed in 24 hours. The 3rd Annual Berkshires/Capital Region 24hr Theatre Project is hosted by Proctors in Schenectady, NY. (more...)
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3rd Annual WAM/MOPCO Theatre Project Relocates to Schenectady High School
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2013
For the third year in a row, WAM Theatre and The Mop & Bucket Company (MopCo) will bring together over 50 professional theatre artists from the Berkshires and the Capital Region to produce the 24hr Theatre Project. Together, these artists will mount five short works; all written, rehearsed and performed in 24 hours. The 3rd Annual Berkshires/Capital Region 24hr Theatre Project is hosted by Proctors in Schenectady, NY. (more...)
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Grupo Fantasma Plays The Dirty Bourbon Dance Hall & Saloon Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Feb 06, 2013
Grupo Fantasma has been 'praised as one of the most important independent acts in the Latin genre and has continually defied expectations to create one of the most unique musical voices to come out of the United States in the last decade.' In 2011 they garnered further acclaim by winning a Grammy (their second such nomination) for their self-produced release El Existential on Nat Geo Music which the Wall Street Journal called 'Latin music both new and traditional…vibrant fusions that transcend easy classification.' (more...)
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Grupo Fantasma Plays The Dirty Bourbon Dance Hall & Saloon, 2/6
by BWW News Desk - Jan 07, 2013
Grupo Fantasma has been 'praised as one of the most important independent acts in the Latin genre and has continually defied expectations to create one of the most unique musical voices to come out of the United States in the last decade.' In 2011 they garnered further acclaim by winning a Grammy (their second such nomination) for their self-produced release El Existential on Nat Geo Music which the Wall Street Journal called "Latin music both new and traditional…vibrant fusions that transcend easy classification." (more...)
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Isaiah Washington and James Murray Jackson, Jr. to Lead UNSPEAKABLE in 8-Week Chicago Engagement
by BWW
News Desk - Nov 24, 2012
This fall, the New York International Fringe Festival hit Unspeakable - described as 'a dramatic fantasia inspired by the life of comedic icon Richard Pryor' - will come to Chicago on the Royal George Theatre Main Stage, 1641 N. Halsted, in a limited eight-week engagement beginning Tuesday, October 2, 2012. The official opening night performance is Monday, October 8, at 7:30 p.m. (more...)
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Isaiah Washington and James Murray Jackson, Jr. Lead UNSPEAKABLE in 8-Week Chicago Engagement
by BWW News Desk - Oct 02, 2012
This fall, the New York International Fringe Festival hit Unspeakable - described as 'a dramatic fantasia inspired by the life of comedic icon Richard Pryor' - will come to Chicago on the Royal George Theatre Main Stage, 1641 N. Halsted, in a limited eight-week engagement beginning tonight, October 2, 2012. The official opening night performance is Monday, October 8, at 7:30 p.m. (more...)
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Second Annual Golden Coast International Film Festival to Run 10/22-10/28 on Long Island
by Movies News Desk - Oct 01, 2012
The Second Annual Gold Coast International Film Festival presented by the Great Neck Arts Center, with the Town of North Hempstead as Founding Sponsor, will present seven days and nights of bold, dynamic films, programs, panels, tributes, conversations, awards and festivities on Long Island's North Shore. GCIFF gets underway Monday, October 22 with two pre-festival events followed by its Opening Night Gala on Wednesday, and then runs at the Clearview Cinemas in the communities of Manhasset, Roslyn, Great Neck and Port Washington through Sunday, October 28, 2012.
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Photo Flash: Props to Filipino Theater Actors in THE BOURNE LEGACY!
by Oliver Oliveros - Aug 14, 2012
THE BOURNE LEGACY, the fourth installment of the multi-billion dollar spy movie franchise, which topped the weekend box office in North America just last weekend, has found a bona fide action star in Jeremy Renner; a sweltering, bustling action sequence location in Manila whose climactic chase scenes on foot, in car, and on motorcycle add "visceral kick to the chaos," according to Wired Magazine; and a slew of talented Philippine-based theater, film, and television actors - John Arcilla, Madelaine Nicolas, Ruby Ruiz, Anne Garcia, Lou Veloso, and Adrian Talinga, among others - that share brief yet considerably memorable scenes with Renner and the film's leading lady, Rachel Weisz. (more...)
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Spike Lee's RED HOOK SUMMER Set for Theatrical Release, 8/10
by BWW
News Desk - Aug 10, 2012
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks announced today that the company will undertake its first independent distribution effort with founder Spike Lee's Brooklyn coming-of-age story, RED HOOK SUMMER. 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks will partner with New York-based Variance Films for the theatrical release, which will begin August 10th, 2012 in New York City theaters, expanding to the top 30 markets throughout the month of August. (more...)
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Isaiah Washington and James Murray Jackson, Jr. to Lead UNSPEAKABLE in 8-Week Chicago Engagement
by BWW News Desk - Jul 26, 2012
This fall, the New York International Fringe Festival hit Unspeakable - described as 'a dramatic fantasia inspired by the life of comedic icon Richard Pryor' - will come to Chicago on the Royal George Theatre Main Stage, 1641 N. Halsted, in a limited eight-week engagement beginning Tuesday, October 2, 2012. The official opening night performance is Monday, October 8, at 7:30 p.m. (more...)
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STAGE TUBE: First Look - Latifah, Rashad et al. in Lifetime's STEEL MAGNOLIAS
by Stage Tube - Jul 03, 2012
The first trailer for Lifetime's all-African-American remake of STEEL MAGNOLIAS has just been released by the cable network. Golden Globe and Grammy Award winner and Academy Award nominee Queen Latifah has signed on to star in and executive produce the television adaptation of the iconic play and 1989 film. Get a first look below! (more...)
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Thirteen Announces Upcoming Classic Film Line-Up
by TV News Desk - Jun 27, 2012
From adultery on a dart team to Chicago White Sox players on trial for throwing the World Series, the July offerings on 'Reel 13' - including 'Heartlands,' 'The Hustler,' 'Eight Men Out' and 'Rocky II' -- show that, whatever the game, good sportsmanship doesn't always prevail. (more...)
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InDepth InterView: Matthew Modine Talks Steve Jobs Biopic, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, Stage, Screen & More
by Pat Cerasaro - Jun 15, 2012
Today we are talking to an actor who has appeared in over fifty feature films and starred in plays on Broadway and in the West End all about his career thus far, looking ahead to his new role as John Sculley in the forthcoming jOBS, co-starring Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs and Josh Gad as Steve Wozniak, directed by Joshua Michael Stewart - the one and only Matthew Modine. In this all-encompassing chat tracing the past to the present, Modine also manages to give us the scoop on his featured role in the final part of Christopher Nolan's BATMAN trilogy, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, and shares his candid impressions of working with Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the rest of the starry cast of the sure-to-be blockbuster of the summer. Additionally, Modine illustrates his experiences working with director Robert Altman on screen and stage projects as diverse as SHORT CUTS and STREAMERS on film, Arthur Miller's FINISHING THE PICTURE in Chicago and RESURRECTION BLUES at the Old Vic in the West End and Modine expresses his overall general enthusiasm for acting and reveals deeply probing insight into many of his most memorable and famous roles to date - ranging from roles in Stanley Kubrick's FULL METAL JACKET to Alan Parker's BIRDY to his work with Oliver Stone, Tony Richardson, Jonathan Demme, John Sayles, Mike Figgis, John Schlesinger and others. All of that, a thorough discussion of his recent roles in the theatrical productions of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and THE MIRACLE WORKER, as well as recollections of working on many of his most beloved projects to date, such as AND THE BAND PLAYED ON, THE REAL BLONDE, ORPHANS, CUTTHROAT ISLAND, BYE BYE LOVE, THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE, WEEDS - and much, much more!
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TCM Leads Up to DALLAS Premiere with Top 10 Texas Movies List
by Movies News Desk - Jun 13, 2012
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is celebrating this week's premiere of TNT's all-new series Dallas by unveiling a 10-gallon list of the Top 10 Texas Movies. Exemplifying the best and most distinctive aspects of the state, its culture and its history, the films chosen for TCM's Top 10 Texas Movies list range from Victor Sjöström's The Wind (1928), one of the last great silent films, to Joel & Ethan Coen's unforgettable Best Picture Oscar(R) winner, No Country for Old Men (2007). The list also includes popular classics, like Red River (1948), Giant (1956) and The Alamo (1960); powerful dramas like Written on the Wind (1956), The Last Picture Show (1971) and Lone Star (1996); and contemporary favorites like Dazed and Confused (1993) and Friday Night Lights (2004). (more...)
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TCM Leads Up to DALLAS Premiere with Top 10 Texas Movies List
by Movies News Desk - Jun 11, 2012
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is celebrating this week's premiere of TNT's all-new series Dallas by unveiling a 10-gallon list of the Top 10 Texas Movies. Exemplifying the best and most distinctive aspects of the state, its culture and its history, the films chosen for TCM's Top 10 Texas Movies list range from Victor Sjöström's The Wind (1928), one of the last great silent films, to Joel & Ethan Coen's unforgettable Best Picture Oscar(R) winner, No Country for Old Men (2007). The list also includes popular classics, like Red River (1948), Giant (1956) and The Alamo (1960); powerful dramas like Written on the Wind (1956), The Last Picture Show (1971) and Lone Star (1996); and contemporary favorites like Dazed and Confused (1993) and Friday Night Lights (2004). (more...)
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Spike Lee's RED HOOK SUMMER Set for Theatrical Release, 8/10
by Movies News Desk - Apr 25, 2012
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks announced today that the company will undertake its first independent distribution effort with founder Spike Lee's Brooklyn coming-of-age story, RED HOOK SUMMER. 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks will partner with New York-based Variance Films for the theatrical release, which will begin August 10th, 2012 in New York City theaters, expanding to the top 30 markets throughout the month of August. (more...)
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