DETROITERS Returns for Season Two with Back-to-Back Episodes on Today
by BWW News Desk - June 21, 2018 DETROITERS Returns for Season Two with Back-to-Back Episodes on 6/21...
Jose Martinez and Larica Schnell to Play Star Cross'd Lovers in ROMEO AND JULIET at The Old Globe; Cast, Creatives Set!
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2017 The Old Globe today announced the cast and creative team for The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program presentation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet....
BUBBLE BOY Will Makes its New York Debut With 5th Floor Theatre Company
by Stephi Wild - October 17, 2018 5th Floor Theatre Company, a nonprofit organization supporting emerging theatre artists in New York City as they build a foundation for their careers, will present Bubble Boy in its New York City production debut to conclude the Company's 2018 season....
VIDEO: Watch The Trailer for Season Two of Comedy Central's DETROITERS
by Macon Prickett - April 20, 2018 Season two of Detroiters is almost here! The series will premiere with back-to-back half-hour episodes on Thursday, June 21 at 10pm ET/PT and then each Thursday at 10:30pm ET/PT through finale....
John Mulaney, Ben Schwartz, & More Included in the New Announcement of CLUSTERFEST Appearances
by Macon Prickett - April 16, 2018 Comedy Central Presents Clusterfest, taking place in San Francisco June 1-3, 2018, announced today that an exciting array of top tier comedians and artists will be joining the festival's heavy hitting lineup. Talent additions include John Mulaney, Nick Kroll, Wu-Tang Clan, Jeff Ross, T-Pain, I AM RA...
Carmen Cusack, Kyle Riabko and More Set for Cabaret 313's 2017-18 Season
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2017 Cabaret 313's 2017-18 season marks its fifth anniversary as Detroit's premier cabaret presenter, offering audiences the opportunity to experience some of Broadway's biggest names and brightest young talent. The season includes five performances across the city featuring Tony Award nominees and Gramm...
Amber Ruffin to Contribute New Material for The Muny's THE WIZ
by Julie Musbach - May 14, 2018 The Muny announced today that Emmy and Writers Guild Award-nominated Amber Ruffin will provide new material for the script of The Muny's production of The Wiz, June 19 - 25. Ruffin has been working with The Wiz's original book writer, William F. Brown, on The Muny production, with the full support o...
Chene Park's Summer Concert Season Kicks Off May 27
by Robert Diamond - May 25, 2018 Chene Park Amphitheatre, Detroit's premiere summer concert venue located along the Detroit River, fires up its summer season May 27, and runs through Labor Day weekend. The venue's summer concert season includes more than 25 shows featuring a diverse range of Jazz, R&B, Hip-Hop, Latin and 80s ac...
44th Defining Detroit Event Brings Author Herb Boyd To Marygrove College
by A.A. Cristi - January 15, 2019 Continuing its nearly two-decade tradition of bringing internationally-renowned authors and scholars to its campus, Marygrove College's Institute for Detroit Studies (IDS) will welcome Herb Boyd at its 44th Defining Detroit event on February 11, 2019....
Plowshares Theatre Company Presents HASTINGS STREET Virtual Concert
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 14, 2020 Michigan's only professional African American Theatre, Plowshares Theatre Company, presents a virtual concert of songs from an original musical set in Detroit's past. The play, Hastings Street, is a work in progress set in 1949 at the cusp of the order to tear down Black Bottom, the segregated Black...
Comedy Series CHAMPAIGN ILL is Streaming Now on YouTube Premium
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 13, 2018 The YouTube Originals series CHAMPAIGN ILL -- a clever new comedy starring Adam Pally (Happy Endings, The Mindy Project), Sam Richardson (Veep, Detroiters) and guest starring Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live, Ride Along) -- is available NOW on YouTube Premium....
Cynthia Erivo Joins American Theatre Wing's Board of Trustees; New Appointments!
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2017 The American Theatre Wing has announced new appointments to its Board of Trustees and Advisory Committee....
The Second City's The Black History Month Show Announced
by A.A. Cristi - January 16, 2019 The Second City celebrates Black History Month by bringing you the most iconic sketches created by our African American alumni along with classic archive scenes reimagined with a new comedic spin. The Second City's Black History Month Show features Rich Alfonso, Jillian Ebanks, Jack Brian, Jordan St...
Craft Recordings Announces 'Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)'
by Caryn Robbins - August 02, 2017 Craft Recordings is pleased to announce the release of a new compilation celebrating the roots of American popular music. Jesus Rocked the Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) delves deep into the Specialty and Vee-Jay Records' vaults...
Detroit's Chene Park Amphitheatre Summer Concert Season Running Now through Labor Day Weekend
by Macon Prickett - May 29, 2018 Chene Park Amphitheatre, Detroit's premiere summer concert venue located along the Detroit River, fires up its summer season May 27, and runs through Labor Day weekend. The venue's summer concert season includes more than 25 shows featuring a diverse range of Jazz, R&B, Hip-Hop, Latin and 80s acts. ...
CREATIVELY SPEAKING Comes to BAM Next Month
by A.A. Cristi - May 01, 2019 This May, BAM and Creatively Speaking present two contemporary documentary features: Pam Sporn's Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route (2018) on Wednesday, May 29, and Savanna Washington's Playing Frisbee in North Korea (2018), screening with the short film Xin (Dauchan & Huang, 2017), s...
VIDEO: Get A First Look At The Riveting & Timely New Play SKELETON CREW at Huntington Theatre Company
by Alan Henry - March 27, 2018 The Huntington Theatre Company presents the powerful drama Skeleton Crew, by Dominique Morriseau (Detroit '67 and Paradise Blue) and directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian (Nat Turner in Jerusalem at New York Theatre Workshop and The Convert at Underground Railway Theater). Skeleton Crew runs from March ...
Mosaic Youth Theatre Of Detroit Kicks Off Woodward Wonderland: A Detroit Holiday Tradition
by Stephi Wild - November 19, 2018 The internationally-acclaimed Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit continues its 27th performance season with one of metro Detroit's favorite holiday traditions, Woodward Wonderland: A Detroit Holiday Celebration, at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Woodward Wonderland celebrates everything magical about ...
TBS' CONAN Heads to Ghana for All-New International Primetime Special
by Tori Hartshorn - June 14, 2019 TBS' CONAN will take the Emmy(R) winning CONAN without Borders series of specials internationally for the eleventh time in four years as Conan O'Brien travels to Ghana. The longest tenured host in late-night, currently celebrating 25 years on the air will embark on his trip Monday, June 17. Conan wi...
Audible Original 'None of Our Business' Featuring Reggie Watts, Anna Sale and More Out July 31st
by Macon Prickett - July 24, 2018 What's the weirdest conversation you've ever overheard while eavesdropping? Was it hilarious? Disturbing? None of Our Business is a new Audible production based on stories of eavesdropping, hosted by comedians Gwynne Phillips and Briana Templeton, who often perform together as award-winning sketch...
Author Daniel J. Clark To Discuss Detroit's '1950s Prosperity Myth' At Margrove College
by A.A. Cristi - May 01, 2019 Marygrove College's Institute for Detroit Studies (IDS) will welcome author and Oakland University Associate Professor Daniel J. Clark for its 44th Defining Detroit event on May 14 at 7 p.m. Clark will present 'Disruption in Detroit: Challenging the 1950s Prosperity Myth,' continuing its nearly two-...
Jeffrey Seller's Foundation Grants Mosaic Youth Theatre $1M
by Julie Musbach - January 02, 2019 Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit announced today that it has received a $1 million grant that will fund two of their key programs - the Summer Camp and the Mosaic Experience Empowerment Program (MEEP)....
Original Documentary Special DETROIT: COMEBACK CITY to Premiere on The History Channel July 1
by Macon Prickett - June 26, 2018 HISTORY® presents an original documentary special, “Detroit: Comeback City,” which recounts the saga of the rise, fall and rebirth of Detroit through the iconic Michigan Central Station. The special premieres Sunday, July 1 at 9pm ET/PT....
Riveting & Timely New Play SKELETON CREW at Huntington Theatre Company
by Rebecca Russo - January 18, 2018 The Huntington Theatre Company presents the powerful drama Skeleton Crew, by Dominique Morriseau (Detroit '67 and Paradise Blue) and directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian (Nat Turner in Jerusalem at New York Theatre Workshop and The Convert at Underground Railway Theater). Skeleton Crew runs from March ...
Jose Martinez and Larica Schnell to Play Star Cross'd Lovers in ROMEO AND JULIET at The Old Globe; Cast, Creatives Set!
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2017 The Old Globe today announced the cast and creative team for The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program presentation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.... |