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Kartemquin is proud to announce a collaboration with Al Jazeera America on Hard Earned, a six-part documentary series scheduled to air in early 2015. Production has already begun on the series, which will explore the lives of five American families striving to keep food on the table and their dignity intact despite the reality of high living expenses and low wages.

Five stories, located in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Milwaukee, and two in the Chicago area, will be intertwined into six one-hour episodes. The series will shed more light on an ever-growing sector of the American workforce. Directing the individual strands are Katy Chevigny (E-Team, Election Day), Maria Finitzo (Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita), Ruth Leitman (Tony and Janina

Roy Sexton Set for Author Events in Ann Arbor for REEL ROY REVIEWS, VOL. 1 Today
by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2014

Local author Roy Sexton's first book Reel Roy Reviews, Vol. 1: Keepin' It Real was released last month and quickly found itself among Amazon's 'hot releases,' even hitting number one on the site's list of top-selling 'Guides and Reviews.'...


VIDEO: New Music from Miley Cyrus Featured in FREEHELD Trailer
by Caryn Robbins - September 16, 2015

Starring Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Michael Shannon, and Steve Carell, the film's new trailer below features the new song "Hands Of Love" performed by Miley Cyrus and written by Linda Perry....


ABC Family Begins Production on Three Drama Pilots
by Caryn Robbins - June 09, 2014

ABC Family has begun production in Los Angeles on three drama series pilots: “Recovery Road,” “Stitchers” and “Unstrung.”...


Dancers Over 40 to Offer BC/EFA Benefit Performance, 6/8
by Tyler Peterson - May 07, 2015

Dancers Over 40 (DO40) presents its fourth song and dance concert in association with Labyrinth Dance Theater, DO40 CARES: Come Back Once More So I Can Say Goodbye, to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the NYC Anti-Violence Project on Monday, June 8th, 2015....


WHEN IS FOREVER? is Released
by Christina Mancuso - September 28, 2015

Says author Sarah Martin, 'When my father died at the age of 99, he left his body to the School of Anatomy at the University of Melbourne. I had an interesting discussion with my daughter, who found it difficult to explain this concept to her three-year-old son. I started fiddling around with the ki...


Author Shares THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
by Christina Mancuso - January 28, 2015

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla....


Dallas Opera Balances Budget
by Tyler Peterson - September 11, 2015

Building on two previous seasons that ended “in the black,” The Dallas Opera is very proud to announce that it has maintained a balanced operating result for a third consecutive fiscal year, as of June 30, 2015. ...


Norman Yee Recounts Journey in CATCHING THE WIND
by Christina Mancuso - October 28, 2014

NADI, Fiji...


Theatre at the Center Stages World Premiere of THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES, THE MUSICAL, Now thru 8/10
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2014

After 200 episodes and nine seasons as America's beloved 1960s sitcom, The Beverly Hillbillies is making strides on stage as a musical for the first time ever. Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana, presents the World Premiere of THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES, THE MUSICAL, running from ...


Review Roundup: CYMBELINE Opens at Shakespeare in the Park
by Review Roundups - August 10, 2015

The Public Theater presents CYMBELINE, the second show of The Public's Free Shakespeare in the Park season at the Delacorte. Directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan and starring Hamish Linklater as Posthumus Leonatus/Cloten and Lily Rabe as Imogen, Cymbeline runs through Sunday, August 23, wit...


ABC Family Stars Set for Live Twitter Chat, 1/27
by Caryn Robbins - January 24, 2014

“Switched at Birth” star Constance Marie (Regina Vasquez) and Garrett Clayton, who guest stars on “The Fosters” as Mariana's crush Chase Dillon, will live tweet with fans during the East Coast broadcasts of the original drama series on ABC Family, Monday, January 27, 2014....


'FABULATION' Opens Wirtz Center's Winter 2015 Theatre Season, Now thru 2/8
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2015

'Fabulation, or the re-education of Undine,' Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage's dark comedy, will open the winter season at Northwestern University's Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts....


Willia Winnie Momberere Pens a Heartwarming Tale of Atonement, Faith and Hope
by Robert Diamond - April 26, 2014

Sexually abused at a tender age, Charity grew up bitter and hateful of the world. Decades later, she crafts an open letter to her daughter Savannah relating her shady past and the gems of lessons she picked along the way....


SHOWSTOPPER!'s Double Agent On Improvisation And The West End
by Guest Blogger: Showstopper! - November 04, 2015

?I've been a double agent for nearly ten years now. Some of my time is spent with the words of Marlowe and Shakespeare, Chekhov or Ravenhill, telling extraordinary tales that play out repeatedly each night, a few of them even with songs. The rest of the time I'm in a tightrope-walking team. We step ...


CNBC to Premiere New Primetime Series This Summer
by Tyler Peterson - June 11, 2015

After five consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth in primetime*, CNBC today announced it's expanding its programming slate with new primetime originals set to premiere this summer. The network will launch three new series including WEST TEXAS INVESTORS CLUB from Executive Producer Charlie Ebe...


Photo Flash: First Look at Summer Smart, Kelly Anne Clark, James Harms and More in BEVERLY HILLBILLIES at Theatre at the Center
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2014

After 200 episodes and nine seasons as America's beloved 1960s sitcom, The Beverly Hillbillies is making strides on stage as a musical for the first time ever. Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana, presents the World Premiere of THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES, THE MUSICAL, running now t...


ABC Family Stars Set for Live Twitter Chat Tonight
by TV News Desk - January 27, 2014

'Switched at Birth' star Constance Marie (Regina Vasquez) and Garrett Clayton, who guest stars on 'The Fosters' as Mariana's crush Chase Dillon, will live tweet with fans during the East Coast broadcasts of the original drama series on ABC Family, tonight, January 27, 2014....


PROTOCULTURE to Release New Album 'Music is More Than Mathematics'
by Danielle DeSisto - April 04, 2014

For some, it's one of the most remote locations on earth, practically the stuff of legends. For Nate Raubenheimer, the tip of the southernmost African country is home....


theatreWashington Announces Discount Tickets for theatreWeek 2015, 9/21-27
by Christina Mancuso - September 09, 2015

Washington, DC - theatreWashington unveils a groundbreaking network of ticketing discounts to mark theatreWeek 2015, a celebration of live theatre that spans the capital region and is personified by exclusive ticket discounts offered by more than 50 professional theatres....


BWW Reviews: GCT's MUSIC MAN Brings Verve, Nostalgia and Hope to Valley Audiences
by Don Grigware - May 20, 2014

What do the 1950s have in common with 1912? Ages of innocence, both. When Meredith Willson wrote his story with Franklin Lacey about a con artist bamboozling an Iowa town in 1912, which formed the substance of his musical The Music Man (1957), the effect became like that of N. Richard Nash's The Rai...


Button Douglas Pens THE EVERYDAY MILLIONAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOW MARKET RISK AND STEADY RETURNS
by Christina Mancuso - October 19, 2015

Button Douglas, a previous professional engineer and now financial manager for himself, has completed his new book 'The Everyday Millionaire's Guide to Low Market Risk and Steady Returns': an educational work on investing in the world of secular markets....


Alicia Shine Uncovers Marriage, Lies and Deceit in SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES
by Christina Mancuso - February 18, 2014

From author Alicia Shine comes an exciting fiction that will spice up quiet afternoons, 'Social Butterflies.' This book tells the story of one vindictive woman who met her match. Her past came back to haunt her and an inevitable circumstance is about to strip her of everything else....


Renee Spivey Shares Entrepreneurial Journey in New Book
by Christina Mancuso - May 29, 2015

Huntsville, Texas resident Renee Spivey will be the first to tell you that she has come this far by faith and a lot of elbow grease. Spivey is one of 22 women doing just that in a new anthology featuring women of color and faith who are pursuing entrepreneurship as a means of providing for themselve...


BWW Reviews: MUSIC MAN Marches Melodically Onto Moonlight Stage
by Don Grigware - July 17, 2015

What do the 1950s have in common with 1912? Ages of innocence, both. When Meredith Willson wrote his story with Franklin Lacey about a con artist bamboozling an Iowa town in 1912, which formed the substance of his musical The Music Man (1957), the effect became like that of N. Richard Nash's The Rai...


Minneapolis Musical Theatre to Stage LEAP OF FAITH in 2016
by Tyler Peterson - July 08, 2015

Minneapolis Musical Theatre's (MMT) Leap of Faith makes its area premiere April 29-May 22, 2016, at Hennepin Theatre Trust's New Century Theatre. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 10, 2015. To purchase and for more information, call 612.455.9501, visit HennepinTheatreTrust.org or buy in ...






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