52nd NAACP Image Awards Announced - Viola Davis, Eddie Murphy, LeBron James, and More!
by Stephi Wild - March 28, 2021 Following the week-long virtual experience, tonight the NAACP celebrated the stellar achievements of the 52nd NAACP Image Awards winners during a special LIVE broadcast on BET and simulcast across ViacomCBS networks including CBS for its first time, as well as BET Her, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV, MTV...
MGM Will Release Documentary on the Resurgence of Cirque du Soleil
by TV News Desk - June 30, 2021 For the first time in its 37-year history, Cirque du Soleil is granting exclusive access to MGM and Porter, drawing back the curtain on the greatest circus on earth; from the ringmasters in the boardroom to the world-class acrobats and divers that grace the legendary water stage of “O”....
Irondale Presents COLOR BETWEEN THE LINES: GOOD TROUBLE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 28, 2020 Irondale, Brooklyna??s leading theatrical and artistically ambitious think-tank theater ensemble, presents a 4-part virtual encore performance of the 2012 original production of Color Between the Lines with Color Between the Lines: Good Trouble, October 8, 15, 22 and 29 at 7:00 p.m....
BWW Review: THE AGITATORS: Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass at The Forum Theatre
by Paula Makar - May 26, 2021 This is the first time I’ve sat in a theatre since COVID19 took that privilege away in March 2020. It felt weird and wonderful all at the same time. Masks are optional at the Forum Theatre. Patrons I chatted with in the lobby were thrilled to finally get out and are feeling confident enough to spend...
Chymes Shares New Single 'Feel Better'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 12, 2021 “Feel Better” follows previously released Hell & Divine singles “Made Of You” and “Worship.” The EP is an energizing whirl of power struggles and finding one’s voice, offering an intriguing push-and-pull of ethereal vocals mingled with assertive beats....
Theatre East Announces Innovative Partnership With SMU
by A.A. Cristi - October 29, 2020 Theatre East, a New York City based Off-Broadway theatre company, will be partnering with the Division of Theatre and the Meadows School at Southern Methodist University in Texas to virtually produce readings of new plays by student theatre artists this fall. ...
New Jersey Performing Arts Center Presents JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 15, 2020 New Jersey Performing Arts Center organizes a nationwide watch, inviting over 60 of the nation's arts and cultural institutions to participate in a virtual viewing of the riveting new documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble. ...
CRAZY WOKE ASIANS Comedy Show Returns April 24
by A.A. Cristi - April 19, 2021 Join Crazy Woke Asians outdoor comedy show at The Comedy Chateau in North Hollywood for a night of laughter! ...
Oprah Winfrey & Prince Harry to Premiere THE ME YOU CAN'T SEE Documentary
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 10, 2021 “The Me You Can’t See” will be available alongside the NAACP Image Award-nominated for Outstanding Talk Series, “The Oprah Conversation,” “Oprah Talks COVID-19,” and “Oprah’s Book Club,” on Apple TV+, which is available on the Apple TV app in over 100 countries and regions, on over 1 billion screens...
The Van Wezel Announces Additional Virtual Performances
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 08, 2020 The Van Wezel has announced four additional digital presentations coming up in 2020, including something for everyone! ...
MINISTRY Return With 15th Studio Album 'Moral Hygiene' Out October 1
by Sarah Jae Leiber - July 09, 2021 The song, inspired by the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and the activist work of the late Congressman John Lewis, is accompanied by a new video that includes sampling from last year’s demonstrations in Los Angeles as captured by Jourgensen and his partner Liz Walton....
Dana Walden Reorganizes Studio and Platform Original Content Operations Under Her Purview
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 01, 2020 Dana Walden, Chairman of Entertainment, Walt Disney Television, announced today a restructure of the expansive television production and original content businesses under her purview....
REDCAT Announces Fall 2020 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 16, 2020 In this wildly unprecedented year, Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT), CalArts' center for contemporary arts in downtown Los Angeles, has announced its first-ever all-streaming and virtual season of experimentation, discovery, and lively civic discourse online this fall....
Crowded Fire, Magic Theatre And Playwrights Foundation Launch New Anti-Racism Trainer Program
by A.A. Cristi - November 10, 2020 Crowded Fire, Magic Theatre, and Playwrights Foundation, will launch in February 2021 Making Good Trouble: Anti-Racist Trainers --a training program with a goal of empowering Bay Area artists and staff to become anti-racism trainers. Currently, the theatre industry is experiencing a racial justice r...
Foo Fighters, Amos Lee, Lee Fields & More Added To GEORGIA COMES ALIVE
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 21, 2020 This Saturday, December 26 at 3pm EST, Live For Live Music in partnership with HeadCount, presents Georgia Comes Alive, a one-day virtual music festival to promote voter participation in the upcoming Georgia runoff elections....
The Broad Stage and Red Hen Press Continue Red Hen Press Poetry Hour with GOOD TROUBLE, NECESSARY TROUBLE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 06, 2020 The Broad Stage and esteemed LA-based publisher Red Hen Press continues season two of the Red Hen Press Poetry Hour with an online episode, Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble, on Friday, October 16 at 6 p.m. PT....
HBO Max Launches 'Black History Is Our History' Spotlight Page
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 01, 2021 Black History Is Our History will offer hours of curated programming, featuring compelling films, documentaries, biopics, original programming and animation that focus on the Black experience. ...
See October Highlights from HBO Max
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 24, 2020 Start sweater weather season off right with exciting new original series and A-list blockbuster movies coming this October to HBO Max. ...
Australian Alt-Pop Artist Chymes Releases Debut EP 'Hell & Divine'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 27, 2021 With an ever-growing fan base across the globe following a tweet from BTS star Jungkook, Chymes has been streamed over 9 million times across Apple and Spotify. Her previous releases, 'Euphoria' and 'Sleepless,' have been featured in numerous Spotify editorial playlists....
Cinematters NY Social Justice Film Festival Announces Lineup For Virtual Event Over MLK Weekend
by A.A. Cristi - December 16, 2020 The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan announces the lineup for its 2nd annual Cinematters: NY Social Justice Film Festival, which will run virtually January 14-18, 2021. ...
West End Vet Liisi LaFontaine Joins Freeform's GOOD TROUBLE
by Nicole Rosky - July 12, 2021 BroadwayWorld has just learned that Liisi LaFontaine will be seen recurring, season long, in ABC Freeform’s ‘Good Trouble’. She will be playing TAYNA who is in a polyamorous relationship and discusses her lifestyle openly....
HAMILTON, MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM, Debbie Allen, Viola Davis and More Nominated for 52nd NAACP Image Awards
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 02, 2021 The full-list of nominees for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards were announced today in a special virtual event on NAACP Image Awards’ Instagram channel hosted by Tony-award winning actress and singer Anika Noni-Rose, actress and singer Chloe Bailey, actress Erika Alexander, actor, dancer, and choreograph...
Chandra Wilson and Greg Berlanti Join The Actors Fund Board of Trustees; Brian Stokes Mitchell Reelected as Chairman
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 10, 2021 The Actors Fund has welcomed two new members to the Board of Trustees and reelected Brian Stokes Mitchell as Chairman. Two new trustees were approved at the annual meeting: Greg Berlanti, the WGA, DGA and Golden Globe-nominated writer, director and producer; and Chandra Wilson, the award-winning the...
Irondale Presents COLOR BETWEEN THE LINES: GOOD TROUBLE
by Stephi Wild - October 20, 2020 Irondale, Brooklyn's leading theatrical and artistically ambitious think-tank theater ensemble, presents a 4-part virtual encore performance of the 2012 original production of Color Between the Lines with Color Between the Lines: Good Trouble, October 8, 15, 22 and 29 at 7:00 p.m....
Luther Burbank Center For The Arts to Host JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE Documentary
by A.A. Cristi - September 17, 2020 Representative John Lewis of Georgiaa?"Freedom Rider and Congressman, Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree and conscience of the nationa?"served the cause of social justice for decades, both as an elected representative and as a groundbreaking activist whose fervent belief in getting into a?oegood ... |