The JCCSF Announces Two New Events For Its Arts & Ideas 2019-20 Season
by A.A. Cristi - September 11, 2019 Today, the JCCSF announced two new events for its Arts & Ideas 2019a?"20 season, presented in partnership with Litquake. On Tuesday, October 15, writer Jeanette Winterson will reimagine Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for the 21st century. The following night (Wednesday, October 16), BoJack Horseman cre...
WESTWORLD Returns March 15 on HBO
by Stephi Wild - January 13, 2020 The Emmy winning drama series WESTWORLD returns for its eight-episode third season SUNDAY, MARCH 15 (9:00-10:10 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the birth of a new form of life on Earth, the show was created for television by Jonathan Nol...
New American Festival Adds Padma Lakshmi, Hasan Minhaj, Dr. Ruth And More To Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - August 15, 2019 Today, ticket sales go live for New American Economy (NAE)'s inaugural New American Festival, a groundbreaking event celebrating immigrant contributions to American art, food, film, comedy, fashion, and more (September 14-15). The festival will feature a keynote address from New York Times best-sell...
Quibi Greenlights Fire Island Comedy TRIP From Joel Kim Booster
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 11, 2020 Quibi has given the greenlight to Fire Island Comedy Series TRIP....
Lee Pace, Alison Brie, & Riz Ahmed Join English Voice Cast for WEATHERING WITH YOU
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 06, 2020 According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lee Pace, Alison Brie and Riz Ahmed have joined the English voice cast of upcoming GKIDS movie 'Weathering With You.'...
Charlotte Martin, Maya Hawke and More Are Coming to Joe's Pub
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 04, 2020 Spring is coming in like a lion at Joe's Pub. This week our stage features Lebanese-American, New York-based pianist Tarek Yamani and the Tarek Yamani Trio; Becca Blackwell's latest deeply personal and deeply absurd solo show; Vietnamese pop star-turned protest singer Mai Khoi; Ryan Raftery's new ...
Linda Eder, Alice Ripley, David Yazbek Ft. Lilli Cooper and More are Heading to Feinstein's/54 Below This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 02, 2020 This Month, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551....
Keke Palmer to Host SINGLED OUT for MTV Studios and Quibi
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 13, 2019 MTV Studios, a unit of MTV and ViacomCBS's (NASDAQ: VIACA, VIAC) and Quibi announced today that multifaceted entertainer Keke Palmer will host 'Singled Out' alongside co-host Joel Kim Booster. MTV's wildly popular dating show reimagined for the short-form mobile video platform is set to launch in Sp...
UNDONE Renewed at Amazon
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 21, 2019 Deadline reports that Undone has been renewed for a second season at Amazon. The series hails from creators Kate Purdy and Rafael Bob-Waksburg....
The Black Keys Release 9th Studio Album 'Let's Rock' Today
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 28, 2019 Today, The Black Keys release their ninth studio album, “Let's Rock,” via Easy Eye SoundNonesuch Records. The record is a return to the straightforward rock of the singerguitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney's early days as a band. Auerbach says, “When we're together we are The Black Key...
Disney Junior Orders Second Season of MIRA, ROYAL DETECTIVE
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 12, 2019 Disney Junior has ordered a second season of 'Mira, Royal Detective' ahead of its spring 2020 debut. The news was announced last night by Joe D'Ambrosia, senior vice president, Original Programming and general manager, Disney Junior, during a special advance screening of the series in Burbank, Calif...
Casting Announced For Justin Sayre's RAVENSWOOD MANOR
by A.A. Cristi - September 30, 2019 From the brilliant comedic mind of television writer Justin Sayre comes a camp-horror-soap-opera play, RAVENSWOOD MANOR. With flavors of cult classic a?oeDark Shadowsa?? sprinkled in, this episodic play will bring audiences along for a ride through the gothic and hilarious goings-on of a small New E...
BWW Blog: From Screen to Stage - How Denison Premiered The Stage Adaptation of BoJack Horseman
by Student Blogger: Sophia Menconi - October 16, 2019 There are many challenges when adapting a source material for the stage, even more so when your source material is an animated TV show about anthropomorphic animals. This was the challenge facing my college's Theatre Department this fall after we were commissioned to do the first live stage adaptati...
WYATT CENAC'S PROBLEM AREAS Returns to HBO Tonight
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 05, 2019 Covering a wide range of social and cultural issues, the critically lauded late-night docuseries WYATT CENAC'S PROBLEM AREAS kicks off its ten-episode second season tonight, FRIDAY, APRIL 5 (11:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. The Emmy®- and WGA Award-winning comedian and writer offers his ...
Martin Scorsese, Bruce Springsteen, Oprah Winfrey, Ava Duvernay to Headline Netflix's Fysee Showcase
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 16, 2019 Netflix announced today that iconic filmmaker, Martin Scorsese, legendary musician Bruce Springsteen, media mogul Oprah Winfrey and groundbreaking filmmaker Ava DuVernay will headline the opening and closing week events in its third-annual FYSEE experience at Raleigh Studios, May 5 - June 9. Oscar®-...
FROZEN 2 and Josh Gad Take Home 2020 Annie Awards; Full List!
by Stephi Wild - January 26, 2020 Frozen 2 has taken home two Annie Awards! Josh Gad won the award for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production for his role of lovable snowman Olaf. The film also won the award for Animated Effects in an Animated Feature Production....
Comedian Maria Bamford Returns To The Den Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - January 07, 2020 Following a sell-out, six-show run in 2019, comedian Maria Bamford, star of the hit Netflix comedy series Lady Dynamite, returns to The Den Theatre for six performances April 30 a?" May 3, 2020 on The Heath Main Stage, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago. Tickets ($35 general admission, $55 VIP seatin...
Comedian Patton Oswalt To Play The Den Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - May 21, 2019 Emmy and Grammy Award-winning comedian Patton Oswalt brings his stand-up tour to The Den Theatre for three performances only August 15 - 16, 2019, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago. Tickets ($35 general admission, $55 VIP table seating) are currently available at www.thedentheatre.com, in person at ...
FROZEN Cast, Joe Iconis & Family, Norm Lewis And More Hit The Feinstein's/54 Below Stage In December
by A.A. Cristi - November 28, 2019 This Month, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551....
Celebration Theatre Will Present Justin Sayre's RAVENSWOOD MANOR
by A.A. Cristi - July 09, 2019 Celebration Theatre, the nation's longest running LGBTQ theatre, will produce Justin Sayre's Ravenswood Manor, A Camp-Horror-Soap-Opera in October 2019, for a six-week run. Directed by Tom DeTrinis and Jessica Hanna, Ravenswood Manor is an episodic theatrical event with a new episode of the ever-unf...
Will Arnett to Host LEGO MASTERS, Premiering This February on FOX
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 30, 2019 Actor and producer Will Arnett will host new unscripted competition series LEGO MASTERS, premiering Wednesday, Feb. 5 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. The series will feature pairs of LEGO enthusiasts facing off in unbelievable brick-building challenges. Throughout the competition, Arnett, alongside ex...
Lou Diamond Phillips, RJ Mitte, ICE-T, Carrot Top, Brian Evans Present 'Soccer Jazz Song'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 25, 2019 Brian Evans, known for such thematic songs as 'At Fenway,' co-starring William Shatner, and 'Creature at The Bates Motel,' a Halloween music video co-starring comedian Carrot Top, has written the first jazz song ever to be recorded about the game of soccer (aka, football / fútbol in many countries ...
Michelle Williams, Renee Zellweger, and More Win Critics' Choice Awards; Full List!
by Stephi Wild - January 13, 2020 Last night, the Critics' Choice Awards were given out. Among the big winners was Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood, taking home the award for Best Picture, as well as Brad Pitt for Best Supporting Actor, Best Production Design, and Quentin Tarantino for Best Original Screenplay....
Adam Ruins Everything Comes to Comedy Works Larimer Square
by A.A. Cristi - March 21, 2019 Adam Conover is the creator and star of TruTV's hit Adam Ruins Everything, an educational comedy that debunks popular misconceptions and encourages the audience to question everything they think they know. The New York Times calls it "one of history's most entertaining shows dedicated to the art of...
New Musical BIG PICTURE Will Have A Developmental Reading at Ripley Grier
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 18, 2019 November 18, 2019 - BIG PICTURE, the new comedy musical, is having an invitation-only developmental reading November 22nd & 23rd at Ripley-Grier Studios.... |