CBS to Broadcast KENNEDY CENTER HONORS Through 2018
by Caryn Robbins - February 23, 2012 CBS and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced today a new agreement that will keep the annual KENNEDY CENTER HONORS broadcast on CBS through 2018. The new deal further extends one of the longest broadcast partnerships in television history. The special has been broadcast on CB...
Jamie Kennedy and Alphabird Partner to Launch Original Comedy Series on the Web
by Caryn Robbins - October 31, 2012 KENNEDY'S COURT, produced and distributed by Alphabird Studios and Jamie Kennedy Entertainment, brings the popular format to audiences online....
Photo Flash: First Lady of the Joffrey Ballet Dame Patricia Kennedy Receives Ellis Island Medal of Honor
by Kelsey Denette - May 01, 2013 With Ellis Island still recovering from the devastating damage of Hurricane Sandy and despite a storm that whipped through New York Harbor with hail and winds that toppled trees, the 27th National Ethnic Coalition of Organization's annual Medal of Honor Gala went off with military precision on histo...
Photo Coverage: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Opening Night Curtain Call!
by Walter McBride - March 23, 2012 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR opened on Broadway last night, Thursday, March 22 and BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the show's thrilling opening night curtain call with the cast, director Des McAnuff, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice!...
Sirius/XM to Air A CONVERSATION WITH CONAN O'BRIEN, 5/24
by Caryn Robbins - May 21, 2012 Sirius XM Radio today announced that it will air A CONVERSATION WITH CONAN O'BRIEN, a special event at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library during which the award-winning television host, comedian, writer and producer will discuss the art of comedy, his fascination with presidential history and...
Kennedy Center Honors Revamp Selection Process; Chita Rivera Joins Advisory Committee
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2013 As reported by the Washington Post on Thursday, The Kennedy Center has announced revisions to its selection process for the Kennedy Center Honors, after last year's criticisms from Hispanic advocacy groups that Latinos had long been excluded. These changes come after a seven-month review, during whi...
Photo Flash: First Look at Charles, Kennedy, and London in CRT's THE DRAWER BOY
by BWW News Desk - August 15, 2012 The fifth show in Cortland Repertory Theatre's 41st summer season comes the award-winning comedic drama "The Drawer Boy" written by Michael Healey. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below....
Photo Flash: More Shots of Jarrod Emick, Lauren Kennedy and More in Flat Rock's ZELDA: AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY
by BWW News Desk - September 27, 2012 Flat Rock Playhouse is teaming with veteran Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn (For The Glory, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Wonderland) and lyricist Jack Murphy on a brand new 'jazz age' musical set in Asheville, North Carolina. Loosely based on F. Scott Fitzgerald, the hot Jazz Age novelist who wrote 'This...
Seth Rudetsky et al. Set for the Kennedy's Summer Season
by Nicole Rosky - May 09, 2011 Theatre patrons can expect a season like no other at The Kennedy this summer. From one-man shows and master classes to world premieres and special events, Hot Summer Night at the Kennedy isn't holding back when it comes to entertaining audiences in their seventh year....
Kennedy Center Looks for New CEO; Michael Kaiser to Depart in 2014
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2013 According to Variety, The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. is searching for a new CEO. Current leader Michael Kaiser has served in the role for 12 years and ends his contract in December 2014....
Hot Summer Nights Goes Back in Time with THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES
by Gabrielle Sierra - June 27, 2011 Get ready to take a musical trip down memory lane. A non-stop pop musical blast from the past is coming to The Kennedy Theatre this summer when The Marvelous Wonderettes take the stage (June 29-July 10)....
Cincinnati Arts Association and Kenton County School District Chosen for Kennedy Center’s Partners in Education Program
by Kelsey Denette - February 16, 2012 In April 2012, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will host the 13th Partners in Education Institute. The four-day intensive is designed for arts organizations and school districts interested in partnering together to initiate or expand professional development programs for teachers....
Disney Publishing Worldwide Releases Caroline Kennedy's POEMS TO LEARN BY HEART with Paintings by Jon J Muth
by BWW News Desk - March 26, 2013 Disney-Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Publishing Worldwide (DPW), releases today Poems to Learn by Heart by Caroline Kennedy, with paintings by Caldecott Honor-winning artist Jon J Muth, with a first printing of 250,000 copies. Poems to Learn by Heart is a companion to Kennedy's New York Times #1 be...
Cook, Mitchell, McDonald et al. to Play Kennedy Center Gala, 4/3
by BWW News Desk - April 03, 2011 On Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 8:30 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Opera House, the Kennedy Center will present its 19th annual Kennedy Center Spring Gala. Titled Michael Kaiser at the Kennedy Center: A Celebration of Ten Years, the event will be hosted by Smokey Robinson and will feature a selection of pe...
Dustin Hoffman, David Letterman, Led Zeppelin Among Honorees for 35th ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS
by Caryn Robbins - September 12, 2012 Bluesman Buddy Guy, actor Dustin Hoffman, comedian and television host David Letterman, ballerina Natalia Makarova and rock band Led Zeppelin will receive honors for 2012 on THE 35TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, to be broadcast Wednesday, Dec. 26 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network...
Dustin Hoffman, David Letterman, Led Zeppelin Among Honorees for 35th ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS
by Caryn Robbins - September 12, 2012 Bluesman Buddy Guy, actor Dustin Hoffman, comedian and television host David Letterman, ballerina Natalia Makarova and rock band Led Zeppelin will receive honors for 2012 on THE 35TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, to be broadcast Wednesday, Dec. 26 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network...
Cook, Mitchell, McDonald et al. to Play Kennedy Center Gala, 4/3
by Jessica Lewis - February 01, 2011 On Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 8:30 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Opera House, the Kennedy Center will present its 19th annual Kennedy Center Spring Gala. Titled Michael Kaiser at the Kennedy Center: A Celebration of Ten Years, the event will be hosted by Smokey Robinson and will feature a selection of pe...
ReelzChannel, Muse Entertainment Considering KENNEDYS Sequel
by Tyler Peterson - November 07, 2012 As Deadline reported tonight, ReelzChannel and Muse Entertainment are considering a sequel to its hit miniseries, THE KENNEDYS. ...
HBO to Debut Kennedy Documentary ETHEL, 10/18
by Caryn Robbins - September 20, 2012 Directed by her Emmy(R)-winning daughter, Rory Kennedy (HBO's 'Ghosts of Abu Ghraib'), ETHEL celebrates the remarkable life of the Kennedy matriarch, highlighted by revealing, little-known anecdotes from those who know her best: her family.Debuting THURSDAY, OCT. 18 (9:00-10:45 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO, ...
Photo Flash: Lauren Kennedy Stars as EVITA in North Carolina
by Lauren Wolman - October 22, 2011 North Carolina Theatre, the region's premier producer of professional Broadway musical revivals is excited to produce the Andrew Lloyd Webber sensation Evita this Fall. The production will open on Saturday, October 22nd and run through Sunday, October 30th in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at the Progr...
Christina Milian Among Upcoming Guests Hosts on E! NEWS
by Caryn Robbins - September 19, 2012 E! News, the destination for pop culture news and information, welcomes a slew of celebs to the set over the next few weeks. Bruce Jenner, Christina Milian and Melissa Rycroft will guest host while E! News anchor Giuliana Rancic is on leave with baby Duke. Plus, John Cena swings by to chat about hi...
Sarasota Selected as Partner City for JFK Center's Any Given Child
by Gabrielle Sierra - June 15, 2011 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has chosen Sarasota, Florida as the sixth partner city for Any Given Child, a program that creates a long-range arts education plan for students in grades K-8....
Lauren Kennedy Directs Husband Alan Campbell in Theatre Raleigh's RACE
by Caryn Robbins - July 23, 2012 Tony Award Nominee Alan Campbell plays Jack Lawson in Hot Summer Nights at Theatre Raleigh's production of RACE, directed by his wife, Broadway actress Lauren Kennedy. This is the first time Kennedy has directed her husband in a production....
Major Motion Picture Based on THE KENNEDY DETAIL Planned for 50th Anniversary of Assassination
by Kelsey Denette - April 13, 2012 As the 50th anniversary approaches in 2013 for one of the darkest, saddest days in modern American history - the assassination of President John F. Kennedy - plans have been announced for production of a major motion picture based on the New York Times bestselling book, The Kennedy Detail, written b...
Christina Milian Among Upcoming Guests Hosts on E! NEWS
by Caryn Robbins - September 19, 2012 E! News, the destination for pop culture news and information, welcomes a slew of celebs to the set over the next few weeks. Bruce Jenner, Christina Milian and Melissa Rycroft will guest host while E! News anchor Giuliana Rancic is on leave with baby Duke. Plus, John Cena swings by to chat about hi... |