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Tina Packer Is Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award
by Stephi Wild - Feb 12, 2019


Shakespeare & Company is proud to announce that Founding Artistic Director, Tina Packer, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by The Shakespeare Theatre Association (STA). She received the Douglas N. Cook Lifetime Achievement Award while attending the 2019 STA Conference in Prague. The award honors STA members who have made and are still making significant contributions to the field of Shakespeare Theatre.

TV Series That Inspired DOWNTON ABBEY to Hit the Stage
by BWW News Desk - Sep 13, 2017


Composer Stephen Endelman has acquired the rights to the iconic 1970s ITV drama Upstairs Downstairs. The show, the precursor to DOWNTON ABBEY that aired for more than ten years, is being revived as a stage musical.

Velocity to Premiere All-New Season of CHASING CLASSIC CARS, Today
by BWW News Desk - Mar 15, 2017


Beginning Today, March 15 at 9 PM ET/PT during the season nine premiere of CHASING CLASSIC CARS he proves there are still plenty of timeless cars with fascinating stories to tell.

Velocity to Premiere All-New Season of CHASING CLASSIC CARS, 3/15
by Caryn Robbins - Feb 23, 2017


Beginning Wednesday, March 15 at 9 PM ET/PT during the season nine premiere of CHASING CLASSIC CARS he proves there are still plenty of timeless cars with fascinating stories to tell.

Kris Jenner & More Set for New Season of HOLLYWOOD MEDIUM WITH TYLER HENRY on E!
by Caryn Robbins - Jun 29, 2016


Season two of HOLLYWOOD MEDIUM WITH TYLER HENRY premieres Wednesday, August 17 at 8pm ET/PT on E!

Hey Jonte! Productions' ST. FRANCIS to Premiere at FringeNYC 2015
by BWW News Desk - Jul 10, 2015


Hey Jonte! Productions presents St. Francis by Miranda Jonte, set to premiere as part of the New York International Fringe Festival this August.

Tina Packer Joins Boston College Theatre Department
by Tyler Peterson - Sep 11, 2014


Arts leader Tina Packer-- celebrated stage director and one of the country's foremost experts on Shakespeare--has joined the Boston College Theatre Department for the 2014-2015 academic year, as the Rev. J. Donald Monan, S.J. Professor in Theatre Arts.

Early Computer Movies, Avant-Garde and Mainstream, Set for Moving Image This Weekend
by Movies News Desk - Nov 15, 2013


Before the clones attacked, before the Na'vi Hometree was destroyed, before Buzz Lightyear went to infinity and beyond, avant-garde film and video pioneers were expanding the bounds of the moving image by harnessing computer technology to create radical new ways of seeing. Museum of the Moving Image will present a weekend program devoted to exploring early works of computer animation, organized by guest curators Leo Goldsmith and Gregory Zinman. This series of screenings and conversations, Computer Age: Early Computer Movies, 1952-1987, will take place today, November 15 through 17, 2013. Screenings include avant-garde works ranging from oscilloscope experiments to computer-assisted psychedelia; formative digital advertising and music videos; as well as feature films that incorporated these techniques into the mainstream.

Early Computer Movies, Avant-Garde and Mainstream, Set for Moving Image, 11/15-17
by Movies News Desk - Nov 8, 2013


Before the clones attacked, before the Na'vi Hometree was destroyed, before Buzz Lightyear went to infinity and beyond, avant-garde film and video pioneers were expanding the bounds of the moving image by harnessing computer technology to create radical new ways of seeing. Museum of the Moving Image will present a weekend program devoted to exploring early works of computer animation, organized by guest curators Leo Goldsmith and Gregory Zinman. This series of screenings and conversations, Computer Age: Early Computer Movies, 1952-1987, will take place November 15 through 17, 2013. Screenings include avant-garde works ranging from oscilloscope experiments to computer-assisted psychedelia; formative digital advertising and music videos; as well as feature films that incorporated these techniques into the mainstream.

Cedric The Entertainer to Host Centric "Soul Train Awards", 11/27
by Caryn Robbins - Oct 3, 2011


Celebrated actor and stand-up comedian Cedric the Entertainer will host the 3rd annual Soul Train Awards, taping at the iconic Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA on Thursday, November 17 and premiering on both Centric and BET in a special simulcast at 9:00 PM* ET on Sunday, November 27.

R. Kelly Kicks off The Soul Train Awards 11/28
by BWW News Desk - Nov 28, 2010


The second annual SOUL TRAIN AWARDS gears up for a highly anticipated show on Wednesday, November 10 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in metropolitan Atlanta, GA. Hosted by Oscar-nominated actors Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, the 2010 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS will premiere on both CENTRIC and BET on Sunday, November 28 at 9:00 PM*.

R. Kelly Kicks off The Soul Train Awards 11/28
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 18, 2010


The second annual SOUL TRAIN AWARDS gears up for a highly anticipated show on Wednesday, November 10 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in metropolitan Atlanta, GA. Hosted by Oscar-nominated actors Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, the 2010 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS will premiere on both CENTRIC and BET on Sunday, November 28 at 9:00 PM*.

'The Phantom Of The Opera' Returns To South Florida--Time Is Running Out
by Beau Higgins - Jan 14, 2010


The Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc. production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince, will make a return to South Florida as a major presentation of the 2009-2010 theatrical season when it opens Wednesday, December 23, brings in New Year 2010, and runs through Sunday, January 17. Well remembered by local theater goers for its phenomenal run when it opened on February 26, 1991 as the premiere presentation of the newly built theater, this 4-week run will mark another landmark presentation as a major 'special' of Broadway Across America-Ft. Lauderdale presented by Florida theatrical Association at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

'The Phantom Of The Opera' Returns To South Florida
by Beau Higgins - Dec 30, 2009


The Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc. production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince, will make a return to South Florida as a major presentation of the 2009-2010 theatrical season when it opens Wednesday, December 23, brings in New Year 2010, and runs through Sunday, January 17. Well remembered by local theater goers for its phenomenal run when it opened on February 26, 1991 as the premiere presentation of the newly built theater, this 4-week run will mark another landmark presentation as a major 'special' of Broadway Across America-Ft. Lauderdale presented by Florida theatrical Association at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

'The Phantom Of The Opera' Returns To South Florida
by Beau Higgins - Dec 15, 2009


The Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc. production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince, will make a return to South Florida as a major presentation of the 2009-2010 theatrical season when it opens Wednesday, December 23, brings in New Year 2010, and runs through Sunday, January 17. Well remembered by local theater goers for its phenomenal run when it opened on February 26, 1991 as the premiere presentation of the newly built theater, this 4-week run will mark another landmark presentation as a major 'special' of Broadway Across America-Ft. Lauderdale presented by Florida theatrical Association at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

THE PHANTOM Opens Tonight at The Fox Theatre, Runs Through 10/25
by BWW News Desk - Oct 25, 2009


The Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc. production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA , directed by Harold Prince, opens tonight, September 30 at 8pm at the Fabulous Fox Theatre through Sunday, October 25.

Gleason, Moldovan, MacLaughlin Lead The Cast of PHANTOM At The Fox Theatre; Runs 9/30-10/25
by BWW News Desk - Oct 25, 2009


The Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc. production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, directed by Harold Prince, returning to the Fox Theatre September 30-October 25 has announced casting for the production.

THE PHANTOM Opens Tonight at The Fox Theatre, Runs Through 10/25
by Gabrielle Sierra - Sep 30, 2009


The Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc. production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA , directed by Harold Prince, opens tonight, September 30 at 8pm at the Fabulous Fox Theatre through Sunday, October 25.

Gleason, Moldovan, MacLaughlin Lead The Cast of PHANTOM At The Fox Theatre; Runs 9/30-10/25
by BWW News Desk - Sep 30, 2009


The Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc. production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, directed by Harold Prince, returning to the Fox Theatre September 30-October 25 has announced casting for the production.

Gleason, Moldovan, MacLaughlin Lead The Cast of PHANTOM At The Fox Theatre; Runs 9/30-10/25
by Gabrielle Sierra - Aug 19, 2009


The Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc. production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, directed by Harold Prince, returning to the Fox Theatre September 30-October 25 has announced casting for the production.

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