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From executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer comes a high-octane thriller about a family taken hostage in their own home. Toni Collette stars as a surgeon caught in the middle of a grand political conspiracy, who is ordered to assassinate the President of the United States in order to save her family. Dylan McDermott stars as the lead hostage taker compelled to do the wrong thing for the right reasons in this taut drama filled with unexpected twists and turns.

HBO Acquires Barry Levinson's THE SURVIVOR Starring Ben Foster Photo HBO Acquires Barry Levinson's THE SURVIVOR Starring Ben Foster
by Michael Major - October 04, 2021

Based on the book “Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano” by Alan Haft, the film was directed by Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson (HBO’s “Paterno,” “You Don’t Know Jack” and “The Wizard of Lies”), whose previous HBO films have amassed a combined 26 Emmys®, with a script...


HBO to Debut Documentary UNMASKING JIHADI JOHN: ANATOMY OF A TERRORIST Photo HBO to Debut Documentary UNMASKING JIHADI JOHN: ANATOMY OF A TERRORIST
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 18, 2019

Mohammed Emwazi was a grade school student in London with a promising future ahead of him in 1995. By 2014, he had become known as 'Jihadi John,' a masked ISIS terrorist in Syria who internationalized his notoriety by broadcasting his beheadings of Western hostages on the internet....


Moliere In The Park Will Return To Prospect Park's LeFrak Center With Free Staged Rea Photo Moliere In The Park Will Return To Prospect Park's LeFrak Center With Free Staged Readings Of TARTUFFE
by Stephi Wild - May 19, 2021

Molière in the Park, co-presenting with the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), and in partnership with the Prospect Park Alliance and LeFrak Center at Lakeside, will present free staged readings of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Wilbur's translation of Molière's TARTUFFE, directed b...


American Blues Theater Names Yussef El Guindi 2021 Blue Ink Playwriting Award Winner Photo American Blues Theater Names Yussef El Guindi 2021 Blue Ink Playwriting Award Winner
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 11, 2021

American Blues Theater has announced the winner of the 2021 Blue Ink Playwriting Award is Refugee Rhapsody by Yussef El Guindi. A staged reading of his play will be presented as part of the virtual 2021 Blue Ink Playwriting Festival....


THE FBI DECLASSIFIED Premieres Tuesday, Oct. 6 Photo THE FBI DECLASSIFIED Premieres Tuesday, Oct. 6
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 01, 2020

FBI agents and analysts take viewers inside a real-life race against the clock mission to save a 5-year-old boy held hostage by an armed gunman in the series premiere of CBS News’ THE FBI DECLASSIFIED, to be broadcast Tuesday, Oct. 6 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network....


Showtime Debuts Trailer for YOUR HONOR, Starring Bryan Cranston Photo Showtime Debuts Trailer for YOUR HONOR, Starring Bryan Cranston
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 17, 2020

SHOWTIME has released the official trailer for the upcoming limited series YOUR HONOR, starring Oscar nominee and Emmy, Golden Globe®, Screen Actors Guild® and Tony® Award winner Bryan Cranston....


BWW Review: A VERY DIE HARD CHRISTMAS at Seattle Public Theater Will Have You Dying o Photo BWW Review: A VERY DIE HARD CHRISTMAS at Seattle Public Theater Will Have You Dying of Laughter
by Kelly Rogers Flynt - December 04, 2019

A VERY DIE HARD CHRISTMAS at Seattle Public Theatre will have you dying from laughter. With gags, antics, witty remarks, and tomfoolery, the cast manages to tell a fairly accurate story. While the gunfire and explosions may be downgraded to squirt guns and Nerf guns, there is nothing downgraded abou...


54 HOURS to Launch Exclusively on Sundance Now in the U.S. and Canada Photo 54 HOURS to Launch Exclusively on Sundance Now in the U.S. and Canada
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 28, 2018

Sundance Now, AMC Networks' direct-to-consumer SVOD service curated with high-quality dramas and crime thrillers, announced today that it will begin streaming '54 Hours,' a gripping, four-part hostage drama starting Thursday, September 6th. Based on a 1988 German bank robbery that went wildly wrong,...


Guest Artists Bring Productions To The Snug This June Photo Guest Artists Bring Productions To The Snug This June
by Julie Musbach - May 30, 2018

The Snug Theatre is bursting with activity this June with two special guest appearances. GEM Theatrics is back with the romantic comedy 2 Across and later in the month Broadway actor and playwright, James Hindman, will be performing his hilarious, one-man show, What Doesn't Kill You....


New Book Exposes Truth Behind 'Big Oil' Photo New Book Exposes Truth Behind 'Big Oil'
by Robert Diamond - July 18, 2018

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A VERY DIE HARD CHRISTMAS and MET AGAIN Return For Encore Performances at Hollywood F Photo A VERY DIE HARD CHRISTMAS and MET AGAIN Return For Encore Performances at Hollywood Fringe
by Stephi Wild - July 15, 2018

Theatre Unleashed had one of its most successful appearances at Hollywood Fringe ever, with the world premiere of Met Again, the comedic and cathartic love story by playwright and Co-Artistic Director Jacob Smith, earning both Top of Fringe and Fringe First nominations, and the wildly popular spoof ...


HBO Announces Documentary Slate for Second Half of 2019 Photo HBO Announces Documentary Slate for Second Half of 2019
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 25, 2019

HBO has confirmed their slate of thought-provoking documentaries for the second half of 2019, including: Roger Ross Williams' THE APOLLO, an insider's look at the history and legacy of the legendary Apollo Theater; Susan Lacy's VERY RALPH, the intimate story of fashion icon Ralph Lauren; Fenton Bail...


The North/South Chamber Orchestra Presents The Curved Road Photo The North/South Chamber Orchestra Presents The Curved Road
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2018

The North/South Chamber Orchestra continues its 38th consecutive season of free-admission New York City concerts on Tuesday evening June 5. Guitarist Jordan Dodson will appear as soloist while Max Lifchitz - the ensemble's founder - will be on the podium....


North/South Chamber Orchestra Performs Premonitions Of Spring Concert Photo North/South Chamber Orchestra Performs Premonitions Of Spring Concert
by Stephi Wild - February 15, 2020

North/South Consonance, Inc. celebrates the imminent arrival of spring with a free-admission concerts to be held on Sunday afternoon February 23 at 3 PM. The North/South Chamber Orchestra will perform recent works by American composers Roger Wesby, Andrew Thomas, David Maves and Max Lifchitz. Violin...


BWW Review: ON CLOVER ROAD at American Blues Theater Photo BWW Review: ON CLOVER ROAD at American Blues Theater
by Patrick Rybarczyk - February 08, 2019

Like a car in a drag race, Steven Dietz's theatrical thriller ON CLOVER ROAD goes from zero to 100 within the first few seconds and doesn't shift down for 85 minutes. The challenge of telling this tale full of twists in such a short time is where do we go once we're at 100? The intensity for the act...


Scoop: Coming Up on a New Episode of 48 HOURS on CBS - Saturday, October 12, 2019 Photo Scoop: Coming Up on a New Episode of 48 HOURS on CBS - Saturday, October 12, 2019
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 09, 2019

Abducted by masked gunmen and buried alive in a truck trailer underground, 26 innocent school children spent 28 hours held hostage in the dark before they made a harrowing escape. This week, as their convicted captor faced a parole board, some of the survivors of that 1976 kidnapping share their emo...


VIDEO: New Trailer Released for THE BOYS on Amazon Prime Photo VIDEO: New Trailer Released for THE BOYS on Amazon Prime
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 17, 2019

The uncensored trailer for the anticipated Amazon Original series The Boys was revealed today on Reddit by Garth Ennis, writer and co-creator of the original comic book series. The subversive superhero series will debut July 26 exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territo...


Christian Borle Joins Cast of UNTIL THE WEDDING on ABC Photo Christian Borle Joins Cast of UNTIL THE WEDDING on ABC
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 15, 2019

Christian Borle has been cast as a series regular opposite Olivia Thirlby and E.J. Bonilla in ABC's Until the Wedding, according to Deadline....


VIDEO: Ali Ewoldt And Garth Kravits Sing 'Soon It's Gonna Rain' From THE FANTASTICKS Photo VIDEO: Ali Ewoldt And Garth Kravits Sing 'Soon It's Gonna Rain' From THE FANTASTICKS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 29, 2020

Garth Kravits and Ali Ewoldt have collaborated virtually, singing 'Soon It's Gonna Rain' from The Fantasticks! ...


VIDEO: Netflix Debuts MONEY HEIST: KOREA Trailer Photo VIDEO: Netflix Debuts MONEY HEIST: KOREA Trailer
by Michael Major - June 06, 2022

The series stars Yoo Ji-tae (Professor), Kim Yunjin (Seon Woojin), Park Hae-soo (Berlin), Jun Jong-seo (Tokyo), Lee Won-jong (Moscow), Park Myung-hoon (Cho Youngmin), Kim Sung-o (Cha Moohyuk), Kim Ji-hun (Denver), Jang Yoon-ju (Nairobi), Lee Joobeen (Yun Misun), Lee Hyun-woo (Rio), Kim Ji-hoon (Hels...


African Children's Choir Founder Ray Barnett Pens Autobiography Photo African Children's Choir Founder Ray Barnett Pens Autobiography
by Julie Musbach - May 13, 2019

As a young boy struggling to find his way through the immense poverty, secrecy and war-time suffering that gripped his life in Northern Ireland, Ray Barnett dreamed of a life of adventure and travel like that of his hero: famed missionary-explorer David Livingstone. ...


BEL CANTO Premieres May 1 on Crackle Photo BEL CANTO Premieres May 1 on Crackle
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 20, 2021

Co-written and directed by Paul Weitz (Grandma, Admission, About a Boy), the film follows a famous soprano (Moore) who travels to South America to give a private concert at a party for a wealthy Japanese industrialist (Watanabe)....


Epix Greenlights FIASCO to Series Photo Epix Greenlights FIASCO to Series
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 05, 2020

In Fiasco, Leon Neyfakh will transport listeners into the day-to-day reality of our country’s most pivotal historical events....


MET AGAIN And A VERY DIE HARD CHRISTMAS Come To Hollywood Fringe Photo MET AGAIN And A VERY DIE HARD CHRISTMAS Come To Hollywood Fringe
by Stephi Wild - May 19, 2018

Theatre Unleashed is once again looking to make a splash at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, producing two shows with high expectations. The company, which recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary, will present the world premiere of Met Again, the comedic and cathartic love story by playwright and ...


Photo Flash: THE ANNEX Selected for Palm Springs International Comedy Festival Photo Photo Flash: THE ANNEX Selected for Palm Springs International Comedy Festival
by A.A. Cristi - October 14, 2020

'The Annex,' a new sketch comedy series, created by actor, writer, director Garth Kravits and Evan Daves, is an official selection of the Palm Springs International Comedy Festival and is screening online through September 18. For online ticket information, visit the PSICF 2020 Virtual Festival webs...






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