Discovery's 'American Underworld': Country's Most Extreme Subcultures Revealed Premieres 9/19September 12, 2011He's been chased, blindfolded and threatened with his life. He's negotiated with meth cookers, arms dealers and gangsters. Mark Allen Johnson puts everything on the line to pursue stories most wouldn't dare. In Discovery Channel's all-new AMERICAN UNDERWORLD, premiering Monday, September 19th at 10PM ET/PT, Johnson enters some of the most extreme, violent and hard-to-access subcultures in the country - from drug manufacturers to the sex trade - to tell the stories of an underground world that could be right next door.
Strand Theater Company Opens 2011-12 Season With Lisa D’Amour’s Anna Bella EemaSeptember 11, 2011Artistic Director, Jayme Kilburn, has announced the lineup for the Station North Arts & Entertainment District-based Strand Theater's upcoming fourth season. The scrappy company was recently named one of Charm City's 'Top 5 Theaters' by Baltimore magazine. The Baltimore premiere of Lisa D'Amour's lyrical fairytale play with music, Anna Bella Eema, kicks things off with a three-week run under Kilburn's direction, October 7-22, 2011.
Photo Flash: East Coast Premiere of THE BREAK-UP NOTEBOOKSeptember 11, 2011ReVision Theatre will present the East Coast Premiere of The Break-Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical, produced by Special Arrangement with Red Shoes Productions. With music and lyrics by Lori Scarlett, and book by Patricia Cotter (based on her play). This production is set to be directed by Peter Schneider, with Musical Direction by Aaron Gandy, and choreography by Christine Lakin.
GUSTAFER YELLOWGOLD Comes to the Jewish Museum, 10/16September 9, 2011He's back! That little guy from the Sun is making plans to land in NYC for his only Manhattan show only this fall! Gustafer Yellowgold's ‘Stripe of the Sock' Fall Tour will come to The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave., NYC at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 16, for a multimedia celebration of autumn.
Broadway Week Planned for DANCING WITH THE STARSSeptember 9, 2011According to Entertainment Weekly, amongst the theme weeks for the upcoming new season of DANCING WITH THE STARS will be a Broadway week! Stay tuned to BroadwayWorld.com for information on what week it will be as it's announced. Also on the agenda - Halloween and the 1980s!
'GLEE Give a Note' Program to Donate $1 Million for Arts ProgramsSeptember 9, 2011Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE) and the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) announced today 'GLEE Give a Note,' a campaign to donate $1 million to school arts programs across the country. Starting today, eligible high schools are invited to submit videos about why their school deserves a grant at www.GleeGiveANote.com. In December 2011, after two rounds of voting, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will name the 73 schools that will receive grants ranging from $10,000 to $50,000.
THE REAL LOVE Debuts at Pasadena Civic, Broadcasts LiveSeptember 9, 2011Over 3,000 people gave a rousing standing ovation for the world premiere of 'The Real Love,' a new musical which brought together some of the biggest names of Hollywood and Broadway onstage at the Pasadena Civic. In what may be the first time in musical theater history, the opening of 'The Real Love' was also experienced by worldwide television viewers watching the live broadcast on Supreme Master Television. This unique occasion was to celebrate the channel's fifth anniversary of constructive programming.
Denzel Washington to Star in 'Flight' FilmSeptember 9, 2011Paramount Pictures announced today that Academy Award winner Denzel Washington will star, and Academy Award winning director Robert Zemeckis will helm, FLIGHT for the studio. Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald will produce under the Parkes/MacDonald production banner along with Zemeckis, Steve Starkey, and Jack Rapke under their ImageMovers banner. The movie is set to begin shooting this October in Atlanta, GA.
SUPER FLY, Based on 1972 Film, Steps Closer to Broadway DebutSeptember 9, 2011SUPER FLY, the musical based on the 1972 film directed by Gordon Parks, has taken further steps toward its Broadway debut. A casting notice has gone out from The Mottola Group and The Dodgers Developmental Lab, seeking actors for an October workshop.
Daniel Radcliffe and HOW TO SUCCEED Join Carols for a Cure AlbumSeptember 9, 2011Daniel Radcliffe will join the cast of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in recording for the 2011 Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Vol. 13, the annual holiday CD benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). He will be singing 'A Christmas Carol,' by humorist and composer Tom Lehrer.
STAGE TUBE: Talking MAN AND BOY With the Cast and Creative TeamSeptember 9, 2011Roundabout Theatre Company, presents three-time Tony Award winner Frank Langella as 'Gregor Antonescu' in Terence Rattigan's drama Man and Boy, directed by Maria Aitken. Check out the cast and creative team talking over the show below!
Cutting Ball Theater Season Opens With PELLEAS & MELISANDE, 10/21September 9, 2011San Francisco's cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater opens its 12th season with French symbolist Maurice Maeterlinck's PELLEAS & MELISANDE, in a new translation by Cutting Ball Artistic Director Rob Melrose. Directed by Melrose, with a musical score by composer Cliff Caruthers, video installation by Wesley Cabral, and choreography by Laura Arrington, PELLEAS & MELISANDE features Joshua Schell, Catilyn Louchard, Derek Fischer, Paul Gerrior, and Gwyneth Richards, along with Bennett Fisher, Jessica Rudholm, Carla Pauli, and Brittany Kilcoyne McGregor. PELLEAS & MELISANDE plays October 21-November 27 (Press opening: October 27) at the Cutting Ball Theater in residence at EXIT on Taylor (277 Taylor Street) in San Francisco. For tickets ($10-50) and more information, the public may visit cuttingball.com or call 800-838-3006.
Nicholas McGegan Returns to the Hollywood Bowl to Conduct, 9/15September 9, 2011Conductor Nicholas McGegan returns to the Hollywood Bowl to lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic in its final summer classical performance of the 2011 season, Thursday, September 15, at 8 pm. Joining McGegan and the LA Phil in Beethoven's Triple Concerto are three fresh faces - violinist Jennifer Koh, cellist Christian Poltéra and pianist Sergio Tiempo. Also on the program are Rossini's Overture to La Cenerentola, Haydn's Symphony No. 94 ('Surprise') and Handel's exhilarating Royal Fireworks Music, accompanied by a spectacular fireworks show.