Photo Flash: Isabel Keating, Jeremy Shamos and More Bring Awareness to Food Inequality in NYC
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2015 On Monday, April 27th, Chef Marco Moreira transformed his top Zagat-rated restaurant, Tocqueville, on Union Square into an extraordinary showcase for star-studded, dinner theater that will raise awareness of food inequality and its implications for health in New York City. Scroll down for photos!...
Spencer Liff Talks Challenges and Surprising Advantages in SPRING AWAKENING Choreography
by Sally Henry - October 10, 2015 Choreographer Spencer Liff faces an interesting challenge with his latest Broadway endeavor, choreographing Deaf West's SPRING AWAKENING revival....
BWW Recap: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Live 40th Anniversary Special
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 15, 2015 Tonight, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE is holding a one night only 40th anniversary special. It is a 3 and 1/2 hour LIVE special taking place at 8/7c on NBC, with the red carpet pre-show beginning at 7/6c. Everyone you could imagine will be on the show, with celebrities ranging from Tina Fey, Bill Murray, Jus...
Photo Flash: WAITRESS's Sara Bareilles Stops by Off-Broadway's 'WHO'S YOUR BAGHDADDY?'
by BWW News Desk - October 13, 2015 The new musical by Marshall Pailet (Claudio Quest, Triassic Parq) and A.D. Penedo (The Three Times She Knocked), WHO'S YOUR BAGHDADDY? OR HOW I STARTED THE IRAQ WAR, opened on October 4. Directed by Marshall Pailet with musical direction by Rona Siddiqui and choreography by Misha Shields, WHO'S YOUR...
Quotables from NBC's TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON Week of 8/17
by Caryn Robbins - August 25, 2015 Below, check out quotables from NBC's 'THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON' August 17 - August 21...
Phylicia Rashad to Return to The Public in HEAD OF PASSES This Spring
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2015 BroadwayWorld is excited to report initial casting for The Public Theater's New York premiere of HEAD OF PASSES, written by Tarell Alvin McCraney and directed by Tina Landau. Phylicia Rashad returns to The Public to play 'Shelah' in this deeply moving new drama about family, acceptance, and the powe...
HISTORY Kicks Off 'Civil War Week' Across Digital Platforms
by Caryn Robbins - April 07, 2015 HISTORY® announces the kick-off of Civil War Week across digital platforms – a multi week campaign commemorating the 150th anniversaries of the end of the American Civil War and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln....
WHO'S YOUR BAGHDADDY? OR HOW I STARTED THE IRAQ WAR Adds Performances
by Tyler Peterson - October 14, 2015 Off Broadway's newest hit musical Who's Your Baghdaddy? Or How I Started The Iraq War by Marshall Pailet and A.D. Penedo, began performances on September 26 and opened to rave reviews on October 4.T...
Brian Helgeland to Receive Distinguished Screenwriter Honor at 22nd Annual Austin Film Festival
by Caryn Robbins - September 02, 2015 Austin Film Festival (AFF), the premier film festival recognizing writers' and filmmakers' contributions to film, television, and new media, announced today new programming for the 2015 Screenwriters Conference, held the first four days of the Festival this October 29-November 5....
VIDEO: Ellen DeGeneres Recalls Stripping for LETTERMAN's Top 10 List
by - May 18, 2015 As David Letterman's epic run as host of "The Late Show" comes to a close, Ellen remembered one of her favorite visits - well not really. ...
Brian Helgeland to Receive Distinguished Screenwriter Honor at 22nd Annual Austin Film Festival
by Caryn Robbins - September 02, 2015 Austin Film Festival (AFF), the premier film festival recognizing writers' and filmmakers' contributions to film, television, and new media, announced today new programming for the 2015 Screenwriters Conference, held the first four days of the Festival this October 29-November 5....
THIRTEEN's SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED Returns to PBS Tonight
by TV News Desk - January 30, 2015 Shakespeare Uncovered continues with a second season on PBS, beginning tonight, January 30 at 9 p.m. (check local listings) and continuing the following two successive Todays....
Photo Flash: First Look at 'WHO'S YOUR BAGHDADDY?' Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2015 The new musical by Marshall Pailet (Claudio Quest, Triassic Parq) and A.D. Penedo (The Three Times She Knocked), WHO'S YOUR BAGHDADDY? Or How I Started The Iraq War, gets its off-Broadway premiere, beginning this week. Directed by Marshall Pailet with musical direction by Rona Siddiqui and choreogra...
Beware the Ides of March with 15 Shakespeare Showtunes
by Matt Tamanini - March 15, 2015 'If music be the food of love, play on.' Even before the invention of the musical comedy (more on that later), William Shakespeare knew the importance of music in telling stories on stage. For our March feature, my colleague Jeff Walker and I thought that instead of marking the Ides of March with so...
Robert Joy & More Round Out Cast of Public Theater's HEAD OF PASSES with Phylicia Rashad
by Tyler Peterson - February 03, 2016 The Public Theater announced complete casting today for the New York premiere of HEAD OF PASSES, written by Tarell Alvin McCraney and directed by Tina Landau. Part of Oskar Eustis' 10th anniversary season, HEAD OF PASSES begins previews on Tuesday, March 15 in the Newman Theater and runs through Sun...
Lennie James Stars in Skeet Ulrich's Award-Winning Directorial Debut THE GIRL ON THE ROOF
by Caryn Robbins - October 01, 2014 Lennie James, Amelia Jackson-Gray and Naiia Ulrich star in Skeet Ulrich's award winning directorial debut The Girl on The Roof...
STAGE TUBE: Watch Previews for PBS' SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED with Morgan Freeman and David Harewood!
by Nicole Rosky - February 03, 2015 The next episodes of PBS' SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED features The Taming of the Shrew with Morgan Freeman (Friday, February 6, 2015 at 9 p.m.) and Othello with David Harewood (Friday, February 6, 2015 at 10 p.m.). Check out previews for the episodes below!...
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' GLORIA Extends Off-Broadway Through July 18
by BWW News Desk - June 18, 2015 The Vineyard Theatre announced today that, due to demand, the world premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' newest play GLORIA will extend its limited engagement by two weeks and will now close on July 18....
BWW Profile: Allison Janney, Emmy-Nominated Star of Stage and Screen
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 19, 2015 Allison Janney is a stage and screen legend: a six-time Emmy Award winner and a two-time Tony nominee. Janney was born in Ludlow Falls, Ohio, and attended Kenyon College. After school, she trained at the Neighborhhood Playhouse in New York and spent summers at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in Lo...
WAKE UP with BWW 8/7/14 - PHOENIX Opens, Elaine Stritch Tribute at the Met Room and 50 SHADES!, 'ELBOW' & More in Bryant Park!
by Jessica Showers - August 07, 2014 Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: PHOENIX, starring Julia Stiles and James Wirt, opens off-Broadway, the Met Room celebrates Elaine Stritch, BROADWAY IN BRYANT PARK returns for on...
PHOENIX, Starring Starring Julia Stiles and James Wirt, Opens Today at Cherry Lane Theatre
by BWW News Desk - August 07, 2014 Julie Pacino, Poverty Row Entertainment, Rian Patrick Durham and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, by special arrangement with The Cherry Lane Theatre, just announced that Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominee Julia Stiles ('Dexter') will return to the New York stage opposite James Wirt in a fresh take...
Henry Rollins Returns for New Season of H2's 10 THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT Tonight
by TV News Desk - August 16, 2014 Did you know that the flag that inspired the Star Spangled Banner had two extra stripes? Or that a century ago, camels roamed the Texas Prairie? H2 presents another season of 10 THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT....
Photo Flash: First Look at Julia Stiles and James Wirt in Off-Broadway's PHOENIX
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2014 Scott Organ's dark romantic comedy Phoenix, directed by Jennifer DeLia and starring Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee Julia Stiles and James Wirt plays a limited engagement through Saturday, August 23 at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street). BroadwayWorld has a first look at the duo onstag...
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with WHO'S YOUR BAGHDADDY? OR HOW I STARTED THE IRAQ WAR
by BWW News Desk - September 17, 2015 The new musical by Marshall Pailet (Claudio Quest, Triassic Parq) and A.D. Penedo (The Three Times She Knocked), WHO'S YOUR BAGHDADDY? OR HOW I STARTED THE IRAQ WAR, will get its Off-Broadway premiere this Fall. Directed by Marshall Pailet with musical direction by Rona Siddiqui and choreography by ...
Photo Coverage: Julia Stiles and James Wirt Celebrate Opening Night of PHOENIX
by Walter McBride - August 08, 2014 Scott Organ's dark romantic comedy Phoenix, directed by Jennifer DeLia and starring Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee Julia Stiles and James Wirt plays a limited engagement through Saturday, August 23 at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street). BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the opening... |