BWW Review: VIVIAN'S MUSIC 1969 at 59E59 Is An Enthralling Two-Hander
by Marina Kennedy - November 23, 2018 There's a distinctive play being performed at 59E59 Theaters. Vivian's Music, 1969 is a two-hander that tells a compelling story about the struggle of African Americans living in the segregated Midwest in the late '60's. Inspired by real events, the play is written by Monica Bauer, directed by Glory...
Chogyi Lama Kicks Off Bethel Woods' Season Of Song and Celebration
by Tori Hartshorn - April 16, 2019 On March 29th, musician Chogyi Lama, grandson of singer-songwriter and guitarist Richie Havens, performed at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts at the historic site of the 1969 Woodstock festival to officially open the nonprofit cultural art organization's Season of Song and Celebration. ...
VIDEO: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt & Margot Robbie Interrupt JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 23, 2019 Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt & Margot Robbie cut through Jimmy Kimmel's studio on the way to the premiere of their film Once Upon on a Time in Hollywood - and they have a big surprise for our audience....
Bethel Woods Center For The Arts Announces A Season Of Song & Celebration
by Stephi Wild - February 19, 2019 In 1969 hundreds of thousands of young people from across the country gathered on Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, New York, and left as a community inspired to change the world through peace and love. Fifty years later, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts stands on that very spot, inspiring, educating and...
RATINGS: NBC Wins Tuesday Night with Return of AMERICA'S GOT TALENT
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 29, 2019 NBC (8.445 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.5, #1) was the network to beat on Monday thanks to the return of 'America's Got Talent' (9.741 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.7, #1) and the debut of 'Songland' (5.852 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.2, #2)....
Celebrate July 4th With The Cincinnati Pops At Riverbend
by A.A. Cristi - June 24, 2019 A summer tradition returns to Riverbend Music Center on the Fourth of July when the Cincinnati Pops presents "Red, White, and BOOM," a concert celebrating American independence and musical traditions. John Morris Russell leads the family-friendly Pops performance, featuring guest artists Six-String ...
THE COOPING THEORY 1969 Offers Audiences An Immersive Paranormal Experience
by A.A. Cristi - August 08, 2019 DDM Productions & RPM Underground today announced dates for Poseidon Theatre Company's Who Killed Edgar Allan Poe? The Cooping Theory 1969: An Immersive Paranormal Experience. Conceived and directed by Aaron Salazar, this new spellbinding production is the only story-driven, multi-room immersive exp...
HAIR Co-Creator James Rado ASCAP Interview Recorded For Library Of Congress National Recording Registry
by A.A. Cristi - July 09, 2019 On April 9, 2019, HAIR co-creator James Rado sat down with arts journalist Patrick Pacheco at ASCAP in New York, for an in-depth podcast interview on the journey, history, legacy, Grammy Award-winning score and impact of the global phenomenon he created along with the late Gerome Ragni and the late ...
John Fogerty Returns to Woodstock 50 Years Later
by Tori Hartshorn - March 20, 2019 Announced this evening at a special Woodstock press conference, JOHN FOGERTYwill join in the celebration for Woodstock 50, appearing at the legendary festival's anniversary event, 50 years after signing on as the FIRST artist at the original festival. ...
PBS Summer Slate Celebrates the Cultural, Technological Milestones of Summer of 1969
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 02, 2019 PBS, America's home for documentary film, is telling the story of '69 with a special summer slate commemorating the cultural milestones and technological triumphs of 50 years ago....
Woodstock Alumni John Fogerty Completes Anniversary Weekend Line-Up at Bethel Woods
by Stephi Wild - April 24, 2019 Bethel Woods Center for the Arts - the nonprofit cultural arts organization at the historic site of the 1969 Woodstock festival-today announced that JOHN FOGERTY will join the center's Season of Song and Celebration with a show mirrored after Creedence Clearwater Revival's historic set at Woodstock ...
THE OMNIBUS BILL: New Abortion Play Connects The Dots Between Past And Present At TACTICS Theatre Series
by Julie Musbach - May 23, 2019 A new play by award winning Ottawa-based playwright Darrah Teitel opens next week to tell the story of abortion criminalization in Canada. As we continue to witness attacks on reproductive rights in in the US and Canada, The Omnibus Bill, presented by the TACTICS Theatre Series at Arts Court Theatre...
Art Installation In Bindy Bazaar Woods To Open To Public On June 29
by A.A. Cristi - June 17, 2019 Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, the nonprofit cultural arts organization located at the historic site of the 1969 Woodstock festival in Bethel, NY continues its year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the greatest festival of all time with a yarn art installation, Embracing Bindy: Crochet...
First Run Features Announces Re-Release of BEFORE STONEWALL
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 14, 2019 First Run Features is proud to announce the theatrical re-release of the legendary documentary Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community on June 21 in New York and June 28 in Los Angeles, with other cities to follow. Fifty years after the riots gave birth to the modern lesbian and ...
John Fogerty Extends 'My 50 Year Trip' Headlining Engagement With Additional Performances At Wynn Las Vegas
by Stephi Wild - April 22, 2019 Following a triumphant first run of his all-new show, "My 50 Year Trip," rock 'n' roll legend and Wynn Las Vegas headliner John Fogerty will return to the stage at Encore Theater for an extended run in fall 2019. Inspired by the 50th anniversary of Woodstock and his iconic hit parade with Creedence ...
DTH Celebrates 50 Years Of Ballet Inclusivity
by A.A. Cristi - February 08, 2019 This Monday, February 11 marks the 50th Anniversary – to the day – when, in response to the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the lack of opportunities for people of color to train and perform classical ballet, former New York City Ballet dancer Arthur Mitchell – the firs...
Peppermint, Honey Davenport to Headline 'GLOW: 50 Years of Callen-Lorde'
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 02, 2019 Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, the local non-profit providing sensitive, quality healthcare targeted to New York's Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, and Transgender communities free of judgment and regardless of ability to pay since 1969, today announced that it will present GLOW: 50 YEARS OF CALLEN-LOR...
Sony Movie Channel to Celebrate Release of ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD with Movie Week
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 16, 2019 Sony Movie Channel, in advance of Columbia Pictures' July 26 domestic theatrical release of Quentin Tarantino's original film, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, is bringing fans “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood and Quentin Tarantino Present The Swinging Sixties,” a series of 10 films personally curated b...
Halloween Witnesses The Final Chapter Of ASYLUM By CaZo Dance Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - September 10, 2018 CaZo Dance Company and Artistic Director Bridgette Borzillo are pleased to announce Asylum: Serial Killers, the final chapter in the acclaimed full-length Asylum dance series....
ABC Presents THE FBI AND THE PANTHER
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 13, 2019 “The FBI and the Panther” – In 1969, a running battle between the Department of Justice, the Nixon White House and the Black Power movement reached its height. Patterns of infiltration, wiretapping and violence marked that year. The special episode features powerful firsthand accounts that chronicle...
Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Book On the Way From Kenneth Womack
by Julie Musbach - May 21, 2019 In Solid State: The Story of Abbey Road and the End of the Beatles (Cornell University Press, October 2019), acclaimed Beatles historian Kenneth Womack offers the most definitive account yet of the writing, recording, mixing, and reception of Abbey Road....
Black Woodstock 50th Anniversary Celebration Presents A Conversation On Arts And Activism
by A.A. Cristi - July 23, 2019 The Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969 is the most popular music festival you may have never heard of. Performers including Nina Simone, The 5th Dimension, B.B. King, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson and more came together in celebration of Black music, culture and pride. The f...
John Fogerty to Perform at Woodstock Weekend Celebration
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 24, 2019 Fresh on the heels of confirming additional U.S. dates earlier this week, JOHN FOGERTY announces a return to the original Woodstock site in Bethel, NY, on the same day of the week, he played 50 years earlier on Sunday, August 18, 1969. FOGERTY will join the center's Season of Song and Celebration wi...
VIDEO: Watch the First Teaser for Tarantino's ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 20, 2019 Sony Pictures has released the first teaser trailer for Tarantino's Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood. ...
The Museum At Bethel Woods Reflects On The Impact Of The Greatest Music Festival Of All Time
by A.A. Cristi - March 08, 2019 On March 30th, The Museum at Bethel Woods, located at the site of the 1969 Woodstock festival, will open for the 2019 season and mark the 50th Anniversary with the Special Exhibit We Are Golden: Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of The Woodstock Festival & Aspirations for a Peaceful Future, part o... |