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Stevie Wonder, Green Day, and More to Headline Global Citizen Festival Photo Stevie Wonder, Green Day, and More to Headline Global Citizen Festival
by Julie Musbach - August 08, 2017

International advocacy organization Global Citizen today announced that headliners Stevie Wonder, Green Day, The Killers, The Lumineers and featuring The Chainsmokers will perform at the 2017 Global Citizen Festival, the annual free-ticketed event on the Great Lawn in Central Park, New York City on ...


Photo Flash: A Look Inside Rehearsals of Everyday Inferno's IPHIGENIA AMONG THE TAURIANS
by Nora Dominick - July 18, 2016

Everyday Inferno Theatre Company is thrilled to offer a first look inside rehearsals for Iphigenia Among the Taurians (part of the 20th annual New York International Fringe Festival). The free outdoor production, directed by Anais Koivisto and produced by Katherine Sommer, is a world premiere adapta...


SURVIVORS Documentary About Overlooked Heroes Of 2014 Ebola Outbreak Comes To POV Photo SURVIVORS Documentary About Overlooked Heroes Of 2014 Ebola Outbreak Comes To POV
by Tori Hartshorn - September 10, 2018

The 2014 Ebola outbreak is remembered as one of the most widely feared epidemics in recent memory. As the virus spread through West Africa, hysterical media reports outside the region fanned the flames of anxiety. However, according to Sierra Leonean filmmaker Arthur Pratt, the “role that locals pla...


Aitokaiku Launches First Augmented Music Experience for Mobile
by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2016

Aitokaiku (www.aitokaiku.com), the first live music experience of its kind, today announced the upcoming launch of its mobile app. Aitokaiku's patent-pending reactive music technology composes music automatically so users can create music just by living their life: a train ride, dog walk, or yoga cl...


Country Star Hunter Hayes to Headline Dana's Angels Research Trust Gala Benefit & Con Photo Country Star Hunter Hayes to Headline Dana's Angels Research Trust Gala Benefit & Concert
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2017

Five-time Grammy nominee, CMA Award Winner for New Artist of the Year in 2012 and the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Country Artist in 2015, Hunter Hayes is bringing his incredible talent and energy to headline the Dana's Angels Research Trust Gala Benefit and Concert at the Palace Theatre ...


BWW Feature: Hilarious Musical Theater Game Show TUNE IN TIME Showcases New York's Talented Young Songwriters and Composers at the York Theatre
by Stephen Hanks - November 07, 2015

Question: Would you buy an orchestra ticket (or any ticket for that matter) to an experimental Broadway musical called The Sweaty Smorgasbord where the 11 o'clock number is "Supper Sings Tonight?" How about checking out a derivative Jason Robert Brown musical titled The Gassy Breakthrough, where the...


New Documentary FACING DARKNESS Coming to U.S. Theaters for One Night Only Next March
by Caryn Robbins - September 21, 2016

The world watched helplessly as the Ebola virus consumed West Africa in the Spring of 2014; international Christian relief organization Samaritan's Purse stepped forward to help. Now “Facing Darkness” shares the moving story of how relief teams relied on their faith and courage to battle this deadly...


The Kitchen Announces Winter 2018 Season Photo The Kitchen Announces Winter 2018 Season
by Julie Musbach - December 18, 2017

The Kitchen, founded in 1971, has continued to serve as an important catalyst for a broad community of groundbreaking artists working across disciplines. In today's landscape, where contemporary artists and arts institutions are collaborating in new ways and generating new contexts for the continuin...


Whistleblower Theater's ECHOES OF EBOLA Begins Off-Broadway Today
by BWW News Desk - June 08, 2016

An African killer virus, vaccination, sterilization and global depopulation is the premise of the new off-Broadway show, ECHOES OF EBOLA, beginning today at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater on 42nd Street....


NBC Picks Up NEW AMSTERDAM For Full Season Photo NBC Picks Up NEW AMSTERDAM For Full Season
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 10, 2018

NBC has picked up 'New Amsterdam' for a full season, according to Variety....


Topher Grace Among Those Cast in THE HOT ZONE with Julianna Margulies Photo Topher Grace Among Those Cast in THE HOT ZONE with Julianna Margulies
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 13, 2018

National Geographic, Fox 21 Television Studios and Scott Free Productions today announced the cast joining previously announced Julianna Margulies ('The Good Wife,' 'ER') in THE HOT ZONE, based on the eponymous international best-seller by Richard Preston. Noah Emmerich ('The Americans'), Liam Cunni...


JFL NorthWest Adds Second Show for Trevor Noah at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre
by BWW News Desk - January 19, 2017

JFL NorthWest, taking place February 16 to 25 and presented in association with SiriusXM, has added a second performance for comedian Trevor Noah at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Thursday, February 23....


Alexi Venice Launches Third Novel, VICTUS
by Christina Mancuso - December 14, 2015

In VICTUS (eBookIt.com; November 2015), Alexi Venice showcases her creativity with bioterrorism, romantic subplots, and a heroine who aggressively shoots drones, defends herself with a knife and flies jets....


PBS' POV Releases Full Schedule for 31st Season Kicking Off June 18 Photo PBS' POV Releases Full Schedule for 31st Season Kicking Off June 18
by Macon Prickett - June 13, 2018

PBS series POV kicks off its 31st Season with the national TV debut of the acclaimed documentary feature film QUEST this Monday, June 18 at 10 PM. POV is the longest-running independent documentary series on American television. Screeners and interviews available now. POV films have won 37 Emmy® Awa...


Jonathan T. Marshall Releases DO UNTO OTHERS
by Christina Mancuso - March 21, 2016

Jonathan T. Marshall, a husband, surgeon, foreign medical missionary, traveler, Ph.D. in Theology, researcher, Christian, devoted writer and author, has completed his new book, 'Do Unto Others': a gripping and potent work about disease, death, war, love, fate, belief and strength....


Awards Morning at the 2016 National Arts Festival
by David Fick - July 11, 2016

Outgoing National Arts Festival Artistic Director, Ismail Mahomed, was celebrated at the National Arts Festival yesterday morning, in a ceremony during which the winners of the 2016 Standard Bank Ovation Awards were revealed....


Nat Geo Channel to Present Free Preview of New Series BREAKTHROUGH
by Caryn Robbins - October 30, 2015

Today, the National Geographic Channel (@NatGeoChannel) announced it would offer a free preview of the opening episode of BREAKTHROUGH, its highly anticipated science series developed by National Geographic Channel and GE...


National Geographic Announces New Scripted Development Projects from Renowned Storytellers
by Caryn Robbins - April 20, 2017

The network reveals three new scripted development projects from some of the world's most renowned storytellers and announces new showrunner Dee Johnson to oversee the second season of MARS....


Pre-fest Fest to Warm Up Winter Nights at Cape Town's Rosebank Theatre
by David Fick - June 19, 2016

Three productions all on the road to the National Arts Festival will be showcased at Cape Town's Rosebank Theatre over the coming week. MPINGA MORNINGS, EBOLA and RAIDERS, SPACED OUT, THE MOON ROCK MUSICAL will each play two performances, warming up the wintery Capetonian June evenings....


Anna Deavere Smith Receives George Polk Award for Journalistic Work in NOTES FROM THE FIELD and More
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2017

Long Island University (LIU) has announced the winners of the 68th annual George Polk Awards in Journalism, continuing the University's longstanding tradition of honoring and celebrating the impact of courageous and authentic journalism on our national and global discourse....


Mark Rylance, Ben Whishaw Among BAFTA TV AWARD Nominees; Full List!
by Caryn Robbins - March 30, 2016

Nominations for The British Academy Television Awards have been announced. The awards honor the very best in Television broadcast on British screens during the preceding year....


SELWYN AND GABRIEL Come to Alexander Upstairs Photo SELWYN AND GABRIEL Come to Alexander Upstairs
by A.A. Cristi - March 20, 2018

After sold out performances in September 2017, Selwyn & Gabriel returns to the Alexander Bar....


Actor Jeffrey Wright, Artist Carrie Mae Weems to be Honored by National Youth Charity
by A.A. Cristi - April 26, 2017

Celebrities and other luminaries will converge on Gotham Hall in Manhattan as award-winning actor Jeffrey Wright and acclaimed artist Carrie Mae Weems are honored by The Brotherhood/Sister Sol (Bro/Sis), a nationally recognized, Harlem-based nonprofit and youth development organization, as it heads ...


Photo Coverage: Working Artists Theatre Project's GREGORIAN Celebrates Opening Night
by Jennifer Broski - August 23, 2016

Working Artists Theatre Project presents GREGORIAN, a new play by Matthew Greene, running through September 2nd at Walker Space (46 Walker Street, between Broadway and Church). BroadwayWorld brings you photos from opening night below!...


OFJCC Palo Alto presents Hollywood Actors, World Musicians, and More This Fall Photo OFJCC Palo Alto presents Hollywood Actors, World Musicians, and More This Fall
by A.A. Cristi - August 08, 2017

The Oshman Family Jewish Community Center of Palo Alto proudly presents the stellar line-up for its Fall 2017-2018 Arts & Dialogues series, featuring world-renowned musicians, artists, and a host of fascinating thinkers, doers, and innovators. Beginning in September and continuing through December, ...






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