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Broadway Producer Jed Bernstein to Take Over as Lincoln Center President, January 2014

According to the Associated Press, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has selected its new president -- Broadway producer Jed Bernstein, who led the Broadway League from 1995-2006. Bernstein will replace current leader Reynold Levy. (more...)

Amazon Publishing Introduces 'Kindle Worlds'

Today, Amazon Publishing announces Kindle Worlds, the first commercial publishing platform that will enable any writer to create fan fiction based on a range of original stories and characters and earn royalties for doing so. Amazon Publishing has secured licenses from Warner Bros. Television Group's Alloy Entertainment division for its New York Times best-selling book series Gossip Girl, by Cecily von Ziegesar; Pretty Little Liars, by Sara Shepard; and Vampire Diaries, by L.J. Smith; and plans to announce more licenses soon. Through these licenses, Kindle Worlds will allow any writer to publish authorized stories inspired by these popular Worlds and make them available for readers to purchase in the Kindle Store. (more...)

BWW Interviews: Gerald McCullouch Talks Career and MOONLIGHT AND LOVE SONGS at GAYFEST NYC

TV and film actor Gerald McCullouch opens in 'Moonlight and Love Songs' at GAYFEST NYC May 23, 2013 - June 2, 2013 and discusses the show and his career with BroadwayWorld. (more...)

Drowning Pool Announce Second Leg of Summer Headlining Tour

Hot off the release of their fifth studio album Resilience, out now on Eleven Seven Music, Drowning Pool will embark on their US tour titled the Resilience Tour. Today the band announces the second leg of tour dates with co-headliners Pop Evil which begin July 21st in St. Louis, MO. The first leg of the tour kicks off this week in St. Petersburg, FL on May 24th with guests Eye Empire. Armed with new singer Jasen Moreno, Drowning Pool is at their most focused, fiery, and fierce. With two singles off the album already charting at active rock radio, the band continues to persevere through it all, fists in the air. Continuing the band's long-standing partnership, tomorrow on May 23rd the USO will release a PSA featuring Drowning Pool and their song "Bleed With You." (more...)

Tommy Rapley Joins DEATH AND HARRY HOUDINI, Beginning 6/21 at House Theatre

The House Theatre of Chicago's 2012 hit production, Death and Harry Houdini, returns in four weeks to The Chopin Theatre (1543 W. Division St.). Previews begin June 21, and Press Opening is Sunday June 30th at 7:30pm. (more...)

SEASON OF CAMBODIA to Culminate with Visual Arts 'Open Studio' Exhibition, 5/25-27

Organizers of Season of Cambodia announce the final week of events for its two-month long arts festival, which began in early April 2013, and now culminates with a visual arts 'Open Studio' exhibition of works by five artists-in-residence at Governors Island off the southern tip of Manhattan. This 'open studio' of work reflects two months of work by contemporary Cambodian and Cambodian-American artists in the disciplines of sculpture, photography, video, installation, and performance, curated by curator-in-residence Vuth Lyno and the final piece of the festival's visual arts program, IN RESIDENCE, co-curated by Leeza Ahmady of AhmadyArts and Asian Contemporary Art Week (New York City) and Erin Gleeson ofSA SA BASSAC (Phnom Penh). The three-day event, in conjunction with the annual opening of Governors Island on Memorial Day Weekend, takes place at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Art Center (Building 110) on May 25th - 27th from 12pm - 5pm daily. (more...)

Pivot Multi-Arts Festival is Presented, 6/6 - 6/22

Pivot Arts launches a new celebration of innovative theater, music and dance in unique and often historic spaces from June 6 – 22, 2013 throughout Chicago's Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods. The inaugural PIVOT MULTI-ARTS FESTIVAL answers the City's call for a reinvigorated Uptown Entertainment District by uniting artists, businesses and local organizations around multidisciplinary “pop-up” performances occurring in a former Vaudeville Theater, an at-one-time Charlie Chaplin film studio and other historic spaces throughout these communities. Tickets are now on sale, with a range of free events and no more than $15 per event. To purchase tickets, and for complete festival information, visit www.pivotarts.org/festival or call 773-609-0782. (more...)

GENESIS TO BROADWAY Comes to Chapel off Chapel, Prahran in June

After a stunning sold out World Premiere Season in 2012 and before heading to Broadway, Arts International Events proudly presents the return of GENESIS TO BROADWAY at Chapel off Chapel, Prahran for a limited season only from the 11th - 20th June. (more...)

ALOHA, SAY THE PRETTY GIRLS Opens 5/30 in Chicago

Tickets are now on sale for The Brown Paper Box Co.'s upcoming production, ALOHA, SAY THE PRETTY GIRLS, by award-winning playwright Naomi Iizuka. The play will run Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 PM and Sundays at 2:00 PM from May 30-June 16 at the Heartland Studio in Rogers Park (7016 North Glenwood Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626). Tickets can be purchased through www.brownpaperbox.org. (more...)

Jared Smith Named President Of Ticketmaster North America

Ticketmaster, a Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. company, today announced the appointment of Jared Smith as the President of Ticketmaster North America. In this role, Smith is responsible for Ticketmaster's support, sales, distribution and marketing operations that service more than 10,000 key client accounts in North America and will add strategic oversight of the product development teams for the company's world-leading business-to-business ticketing software platforms. (more...)

ArtPlace America Donates $350K to Miami's Adrienne Arsht Center and O Cinema

ArtPlace America, one of the nation's largest organizations committed to creative place-making, is investing $350,000 in new grant dollars for culturally-based development and programming in Miami's urban core. The Adrienne Arsht Center has been awarded a $250,000 grant to establish an Office of Neighborhood Development in association with the Town Square Neighborhood Development Corporation (TSNDC), making it one of the first performing arts centers in the country to have an office dedicated to the development of its surrounding community. O Cinema, Miami's premiere venue for independent, foreign, and art films, has been awarded $100,000 for the development of Cine Al Fresco, a sustainable green space and outdoor theater in Wynwood. ArtPlace America selected the organizations from a pool of more than 1,200 applicants. (more...)

Verizon Wireless Enhances 4G LTE Coverage on Cape Cod

Verizon Wireless recently enhanced fourth generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) network coverage on Cape Cod. 4G LTE empowers Verizon Wireless customers with compatible devices to surf the Web, post status updates and photos, and download files wirelessly at speeds up to 10 times faster than customers on 3G networks. (more...)

The Film Society of Lincoln Center Showcases Matías Piñeiro, 7/12-21

The Film Society of Lincoln Center will showcase the work of Argentinian filmmaker Matias Piñeiro during the upcoming Latinbeat film festival (July 12 - 21) and will simultaneously open two of his films, Viola and Rosalinda, theatrically on July 12th. Latinbeat will play host to the NY premiere of Piñeiro's 2007 film The Stolen Man/El hombre robado and 2009 film They All Lie/Todos mienten. Viola returns to the Film Society after debuting at this year's New Directors/New Films and will be released in the US through Cinema Guild. All screenings of Viola at the Film Society of Lincoln Center will be followed by his short film Rosalinda. (more...)

Dietmatch, Inc. Debuts Online Weight Loss Program

The founders of Dietmatch, Inc. announced today the launch of a customized online weight loss program that matches like-minded dieters in their weight-loss journeys within the appropriate Dietmatch group. The first social dieting network, Dietmatch.com offers personalized healthy diet plans, weight loss tips and support through online live group meetings and pre-recorded meetings by a registered dietitian or expert. For a limited time only, Dietmatch is offering lifetime free memberships. (more...)

Firm Body Evolution Announces New West Hollywood Private Fitness Center

Firm Body Evolution http://www.fbespa.com announces their brand new rEvolutionary facility on Santa Monica Blvd in West Hollywood, California. Serving Beverly Hills, Hollywood, West Hollywood and Studio City with a centrally located state of the art private fitness center. (more...)

BWW Reviews: Racism Takes Up Residence in CLYBOURNE PARK

Have you heard the one about a little white man thrown in a jail cell with a big black guy? If not, you can catch this, and a few other offensive jokes over at Long Wharf Theatre, where they pepper the dialogue in Bruce Norris' CLYBOURNE PARK, the Pulitzer-Prize winning play that explores themes of racism, gentrification and the way Americans relate to each other. (more...)

100 YEN: The Japanese Arcade Experience Now Available on DVD

Avid gamer and successful entrepreneur, Chris LaPorte of Insert Coin(s), has ventured into the film world. LaPorte serves as the Executive Producer of the newly released film, 100 YEN: The Japanese Arcade Experience. (more...)

Woolly Mammoth Announces Addition of Associate Artistic Director

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company has announced the promotion of Miriam Weisfeld from Director of Artistic Development to Associate Artistic Director, an Evolution reflective of Woolly's ongoing effort to unify its literary and production activities. In her new role-a position instituted only a few times in Woolly's 34-year history-Weisfeld will continue to manage Woolly's artistic programming from commissions and season selection to implementation, and now also provide oversight of casting, Connectivity, and other initiatives. (more...)

SEGA and Nintendo Enter Exclusive Partnership for Sonic the Hedgehog

SEGA of America Inc. and SEGA Europe Ltd. today announced details of an exclusive partnership with Nintendo of America Inc. and Nintendo of Europe GmbH for the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The new agreement will make Nintendo consoles the number one destination for Sonic gaming over the next three titles with more details of the individual games being revealed in the coming weeks. (more...)

ORPHANS Playwright Lyle Kessler Set for Signing, Q&A at The Drama Bookshop, 5/17

The Drama Bookshop (250 West 40th Street) will celebrate the new Grove Press edition of ORPHANS this Friday May 17th from 5-7 PM when playwright Lyle Kessler is interviewed by Steven Adly Guirgis at the shop's Seelen Theatre. A Q&A and book signing will follow this free event. (more...)

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