Essex Books Presents Shelf Awareness: It Wasn't Hamilton, She Swears!
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2017 A graduate of Harvard and Radcliffe colleges, Julia Quinn is one of only 16 members of the Romance Writers of America's Hall of Fame. She lives with her family in the Pacific Northwest. The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband (just out in paperback from HarperCollins) is the second book in the Rokesb...
Bric Presents REENACTMENT
by Julie Musbach - January 17, 2018 BRIC presents Reenactment, a group exhibition examining and agitating the aesthetics and politics of historical reenactment in contemporary art (January 18-February 25). In traditional reenactments, events like the American Revolution and Civil War are embodied by amateur performers using storytelli...
Alexander Hamilton Walking Tours Expand in NYC and Philadelphia
by BWW News Desk - September 18, 2017 Jimmy Napoli, founder and CEO of 'Hamilton's New York' - a variety of tours devoted to founding father Alexander Hamilton and his contemporaries - today announced the expansion of offerings in New York City, with seasonal tours in Philadelphia, PA....
Annette Bening and James Caan to Lead One-Night-Only Presentation of IF ALL THE SKY WERE PAPER in L.A.
by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2017 Lexikat Artists, in association with Chapman University, presents Annette Bening and James Caan along with a cast including Kate Mansi, (2017 Daytime Emmy winner), in a one-night only performance of the play IF ALL THE SKY WERE PAPER, on Wednesday, June 7 at 7:30pm at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Cul...
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with ONE NATION, ONE MISSION, ONE PROMISE
by BWW News Desk - August 17, 2017 ONE NATION, ONE MISSION, ONE PROMISE, a play about the heroes who gave their lives so we may have the privileges we take for granted today, is in rehearsals for a performance this Thursday! A talkback will be offered immediately following the performance. ...
Theater To Go to Present Staged Reading of THE TRIAL OF ABRAHAM HUNT: AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS STORY 12/28
by Ashlee Latimer - December 17, 2016 Theater to go has joined the lineup of events for Trenton Patriots Week 2016, occurring between December 26-31. A staged reading in costume of a new play entitled The Trial of Abraham Hunt: An American Christmas Story by Michael Davis, under the direction of Ruth Markoe, will be presented on Weds....
Morris-Jumel Mansion Presents New Theatrical Adaptation of Alice in Wonderland
by A.A. Cristi - August 22, 2016 The Morris-Jumel Mansion will offer audiences the opportunity to experience Lewis Carroll's acclaimed children's story Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) like they never have before. Unlike many sesquicentennial celebrations of Carroll's beloved fantasy, the Mansion's adaptation will incorporat...
Alexander Hamilton Walking Tours Expand in NYC and Philadelphia
by BWW News Desk - September 18, 2017 Jimmy Napoli, founder and CEO of 'Hamilton's New York' - a variety of tours devoted to founding father Alexander Hamilton and his contemporaries - today announced the expansion of offerings in New York City, with seasonal tours in Philadelphia, PA....
Review Roundup: HAMILTON Opens in Chicago!
by Christina Mancuso - October 20, 2016 HAMILTON just opened at The PrivateBank Theatre in Chicago (18 W. Monroe), and is currently booked through September 2017. ...
New Cookbook Shares Recipes from the Speed Family of Farmington
by Christina Mancuso - July 14, 2016 How hot is a 'low oven'? How much butter is 'the size of a walnut?' Several members of the Corn Island Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) found out when they transformed a stack of heritage recipes into a new cookbook to benefit Farmington Historic Plantation in L...
BITE: A PUCKING QUEER CABARET Opens Tonight at Mary's Attic
by Tyler Peterson - July 11, 2016 Pride Films and Plays will complete its fun summer in Mary's Attic with the world premiere of BITE: A Pucking Queer Cabaret, PFP Artistic Associate Derek Van Barham's immersive, pop-rock ode to A Midsummer Night's Dream. As Puck and the other fairies at Mary's prepare for a celebration, their world ...
National Park Celebrates Presidents Day with Photography Exhibition on George Washington's Headquarters
by Julie Musbach - January 29, 2018 The museum at New Jersey's Morristown National Historical Park kicks off Presidents Day with the debut solo exhibition George Washington's Headquarters: Photographs by Xiomáro, curated by Jude M. Pfister, D.Litt, the park's Chief of Cultural Resources. Admission is free and the 24 large images of th...
Anthony Kearns to Open National Memorial Day Parade Program
by Louisa Brady - May 29, 2016 World-renowned tenor Anthony Kearns will open the 2016 National Memorial Day Parade Program in Washington, D.C., on Monday, May 30, 2016 at 2 p.m. Eastern., it was announced....
Annette Bening and James Caan to Lead One-Night-Only Presentation of IF ALL THE SKY WERE PAPER in L.A.
by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2017 Lexikat Artists, in association with Chapman University, presents Annette Bening and James Caan along with a cast including Kate Mansi, (2017 Daytime Emmy winner), in a one-night only performance of the play IF ALL THE SKY WERE PAPER, on Wednesday, June 7 at 7:30pm at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Cul...
AMC Announces Fourth & Final Season of Revolutionary War Drama TURN
by Caryn Robbins - July 26, 2016 AMC today announced that “TURN: Washington's Spies” will be returning for a fourth and final season with 10 episodes. The new episodes will air in 2017....
Theater To Go Joins Patriots Week 2017 Lineup with 1776 Screening
by BWW News Desk - December 26, 2017 Theater To Go has joined the lineup of events for Trenton Patriots Week 2017, occurring Dec 26-31, 2017....
Humor and Horror to Celebrate Halloween 2017 as WordStage Presents Excerpts from Ambrose Bierce
by Julie Musbach - October 11, 2017 Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer. Bierce's book The Devil's Dictionary was named as one of The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as ...
ShawChicago Sets 'Dysfunctional Family Fun' 2017-18 Season
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2017 ShawChicago presents its 2017/18 season, Dysfunctional Family Fun: 1776-1926. The season will include George Bernard Shaw's The Devil's Disciple, Margaret Raether's Jeeves In Bloom, based on the works of P.G. Wodehouse, and Noel Coward's Hay Fever. All performances will be at the Ruth Page Center fo...
Morven's JULY 4TH JUBILEE Offers Free Family Fun in Princeton, NJ
by A.A. Cristi - June 15, 2017 Every year, in observance of Independence Day, Morven Museum and Garden at 55 Stockton Street in Princeton hosts a FREE event celebrating America's heritage at the home-turned-museum of Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence....
NYC Parks Cuts Ribbon on Phase One of Improvements to Fort Greene Park
by Tyler Peterson - June 15, 2016 ?NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, yesterday joined Fort Greene Park Conservancy Chairman Charles Jarden and local community members to cut the ribbon on the first completed part of a multi-phase project at Fort Greene Park and for a traditional Flag Day celebration....
Fraunces Tavern Museum Presents Talk On 'Alexander Hamilton: Spymaster'
by Michael Dale - June 29, 2016 Author Michael Newton tells of Hamilton's intricate spy network feeding information to patriots and misinformation to the enemy....
Dan Lauria Joins Annette Bening in IF ALL THE SKY WERE PAPER at the Douglas
by BWW News Desk - June 06, 2017 Lexikat Artists, in association with Chapman University, presents Annette Bening, Dan Lauria and Ken Jenkins (replacing the previously announced James Caan) along with a cast including Kate Mansi (2017 Daytime Emmy winner), in a one-night only performance of the play IF ALL THE SKY WERE PAPER, on We...
'The Cinematic Challenge: Filming Colonial America Volume 1' is Released
by Christina Mancuso - March 08, 2017 Why did cinema largely ignore the colonial era and the Revolutionary War? The Cinematic Challenge: Filming Colonial America asks this question and studies four films from the 1930s and 1940s to consider other queries, such as:...
L.A. Theatre Works to Record JEFFERSON'S GARDEN
by BWW News Desk - March 03, 2017 The American premiere of Jefferson's Garden will be recorded at L.A. Theatre Works, March 23-26 at UCLA's James Bridges Theater....
Bill O'Reilly Eyes HAMILTON's King George III as Subject of Next Biography
by Caryn Robbins - July 07, 2016 The political commentator, who has written books on Ronald Reagan, General Patton and THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION is set to pen a novel on King George III, the British monarch who plays a predominant role in Broadway's Tony-winning hip hop musical.... |