VIDEO: Real Life Gander Resident Talks COME FROM AWAY on Kelly & RyanOctober 5, 2018A resident of Gander, Newfoundland, the town made famous by the hit musical Come From Away tuned into Kelly and Ryan today to play trivia and to tell her own true tale from the historic events in Gander, following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Check out the video below!
Submissions For Art Directors Guild Awards Open TodayOctober 4, 2018Television and feature film submissions for the Art Directors Guild (ADG) 23rd Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards are set to open online today, Thursday, October 4, 2018. “Production Design: Landscape of the Imagination” will be this year's theme honoring excellence in Production Design in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and animated feature films. The Awards Gala will take place on Saturday, February 2, 2019, moving to a new exciting location at the InterContinental Hotel Los Angeles Downtown.
Dwayne Johnson & Dany Garcia Film 'Stuntman' Wins The Audience Award At LAFFOctober 2, 2018Seven Bucks Productions and Driven Pictures announced today that their independent documentary film 'Stuntman' took home the Audience Award for Best Documentary Film at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The feature is executive produced by Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia and Brian Gewirtz on behalf of Seven Bucks Productions alongside Driven Pictures producers Steven Golebiowski, Eddie Braun and Kurt Mattila.
VIDEO: On This Day, October 2- Remembering August WilsonOctober 2, 2018August Wilson authored Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, Two Trains Running, Seven Guitars, Jitney, King Hedley II, Gem of the Ocean, and Radio Golf. These works explore the heritage and experience of the descendants of Africans brought to North America, decade-by-decade over the course of the twentieth century, and together, they form a compilation entitled The American Century Cycle.
Review Roundup: Critics Weigh-In On GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at the Public TheaterOctober 1, 2018The Public Theater presents the North American premiere of Girl from the North Country. Written and directed by Olivier Award winner and Tony Award nominee Conor McPherson with music and lyrics by music icon Bob Dylan, Girl from the North Country weaves the music of our greatest poet-singer-songwriter into a piercing drama about home, heart, and the searching determination of the American soul. This new musical has been extended three times and will now run through Sunday, December 23.
VIDEO: Lady Gaga Debuts 'Always Remember Us This Way' in Latest Teaser for A STAR IS BORNOctober 1, 2018'A Star is Born' stars four-time Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper ('American Sniper,' 'American Hustle,' 'Silver Linings Playbook') and multiple award-winning, Oscar-nominated music superstar Lady Gaga, in her first leading role in a major motion picture. Cooper helms the drama, marking his directorial debut. Watch four new sneak peeks of the film that dropped today!
VIDEO: Chicago Shakespeare Theater Presents NELL GWYNNSeptember 28, 2018Chicago Shakespeare Theater announces the cast for the North American premiere of Jessica Swale's exuberant new comedy Nell Gwynn, September 20-November 4, 2018. The music- and dance-filled play took London audiences by storm when it debuted at Shakespeare's Globe, followed by a celebrated run on the West End. Director of the original London production, Christopher Luscombe, helms the new Chicago Shakespeare production. Star of Broadway and the West End Scarlett Strallen appears as Nell; Chicago leading actor Timothy Edward Kane performs the role of King Charles II.
VIDEO: First Look at Bucket List Theatre's SILENCE! The MusicalSeptember 27, 2018Bucket List Theatre is excited to present SILENCE! The Musical, a bawdy, raunchy tribute to the iconic movie "The Silence of the Lambs." Bucket List Theatre is bringing this hilarious musical parody back to Los Angeles for the first time following its highly acclaimed 2012 run at The Hayworth Theatre where it won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award - Musical Score (2012). Original Los Angeles cast member Jesse Merlin stars as Dr. Hannibal Lecter along with Amanda Conlon as Clarice Starling and a multitalented cast who will provide a silly and suspenseful salute to the film.