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THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, a new film from award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City

Wayne McGregor, Dada Masilo, Lar Lubovitch and More Set for Spring/Summer 2018 Season Photo Wayne McGregor, Dada Masilo, Lar Lubovitch and More Set for Spring/Summer 2018 Season at The Joyce Theater
by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2017

Linda Shelton, Executive Director of The Joyce Theater, announced today the organization's programming for its spring/summer 2018 season, kicking off with the celebrated British choreographer and director Wayne McGregor's contemporary dance company, Company Wayne McGregor, performing the U.S. premie...


New Works by Jeanine Tesori, Sarah Ruhl and More Receive OPERA America Grants Photo New Works by Jeanine Tesori, Sarah Ruhl and More Receive OPERA America Grants
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2017

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, is pleased to announce that it has awarded grants to 11 opera companies through the Repertoire Development Grants program, supported by The Opera Fund. These grants provide vital financia...


Colleague of Famed Civil Rights Attorney Set for KUNSTLER Talk Back Tonight Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2017

59E59 Theaters presents a series of post-show talk backs following select performances of Jeffrey Sweet's KUNSTLER, directed by Meagen Fay and starring Jeff McCarthy with Nambi E. Kelley, scheduled for tonight, February 28, March 2, March 7 and March 9....


Niecy Nash Will Recur On FX's MRS. AMERICA Photo Niecy Nash Will Recur On FX's MRS. AMERICA
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 16, 2019

Deadline reports that Niecy Nash will star with Elizabeth Banks and Cate Blanchett in a new FX limited series: Mrs. America....


Wayne McGregor, Dada Masilo, Lar Lubovitch and More Set for Spring/Summer 2018 Season Photo Wayne McGregor, Dada Masilo, Lar Lubovitch and More Set for Spring/Summer 2018 Season at The Joyce Theater
by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2017

Linda Shelton, Executive Director of The Joyce Theater, announced today the organization's programming for its spring/summer 2018 season, kicking off with the celebrated British choreographer and director Wayne McGregor's contemporary dance company, Company Wayne McGregor, performing the U.S. premie...


VIDEO: Watch the First Trailer for Ava DuVernay's WHEN THEY SEE US Photo VIDEO: Watch the First Trailer for Ava DuVernay's WHEN THEY SEE US
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 19, 2019

Based on a true story that gripped the country, When They See Us will chronicle the notorious case of five teenagers of color, labeled the Central Park Five, who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. The four part limited series will focus on the five teenagers from Harlem -- Antron McCray, ...


New Opera Tells Powerful Stories Of Ohio Innocence Project Exonerees Photo New Opera Tells Powerful Stories Of Ohio Innocence Project Exonerees
by Stephi Wild - July 18, 2019

The world premiere opera 'Blind Injustice' explores the true stories of six people who were tried, convicted, imprisoned, then ultimately freed by UC's Ohio Innocence Project....


New Works by Jeanine Tesori, Sarah Ruhl and More Receive OPERA America Grants Photo New Works by Jeanine Tesori, Sarah Ruhl and More Receive OPERA America Grants
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2017

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, is pleased to announce that it has awarded grants to 11 opera companies through the Repertoire Development Grants program, supported by The Opera Fund. These grants provide vital financia...


ICG Publicists Name Ava DuVernay Television Showman of the Year Photo ICG Publicists Name Ava DuVernay Television Showman of the Year
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 19, 2019

Ava DuVernay, award-winning writer, director and producer, is set to receive the prestigious Television Showman of the Year from the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) Publicists, honoring her prolific career as a visionary television producer. The 57th Annual ICG Publicists...


Christopher Jackson, Joshua Jackson, Adepero Oduye Join Cast of Ava DuVernay's Centra Photo Christopher Jackson, Joshua Jackson, Adepero Oduye Join Cast of Ava DuVernay's Central Park Limited Series
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 24, 2018

The courtroom comes to order in Ava DuVernay's Central Park Limited Series as The Affair's Joshua Jackson, Hamilton's Christopher Jackson, and 12 Years A Slave's Adepero Oduye join the cast....


PHILADANCO! Kicks Off its 50th-Anniversary Celebration with Electrifying Dances at Ne Photo PHILADANCO! Kicks Off its 50th-Anniversary Celebration with Electrifying Dances at New Jersey Performing Arts Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 08, 2020

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents PHILADANCO! on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at 7:00 p.m....


Long Beach Opera Announces Community Conversations Photo Long Beach Opera Announces Community Conversations
by A.A. Cristi - January 17, 2019

Long Beach Opera believes that discussions inspired by art should extend beyond the lobby of the theater. For this reason, LBO is using its 40th anniversary season theme, Justice, as a catalyst to present its brand new five-event series called Community Conversations February 9 through June 6....


Christopher Jackson, Joshua Jackson, Adepero Oduye Join Cast of Ava DuVernay's Centra Photo Christopher Jackson, Joshua Jackson, Adepero Oduye Join Cast of Ava DuVernay's Central Park Limited Series
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 24, 2018

The courtroom comes to order in Ava DuVernay's Central Park Limited Series as The Affair's Joshua Jackson, Hamilton's Christopher Jackson, and 12 Years A Slave's Adepero Oduye join the cast....


New Works by Jeanine Tesori, Sarah Ruhl and More Receive OPERA America Grants Photo New Works by Jeanine Tesori, Sarah Ruhl and More Receive OPERA America Grants
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2017

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, is pleased to announce that it has awarded grants to 11 opera companies through the Repertoire Development Grants program, supported by The Opera Fund. These grants provide vital financia...


Lower East Side Film Festival Announces 2017 Lineup & Full Schedule of Events
by Caryn Robbins - May 18, 2017

The Lower East Side Film Festival directors are proud to announce the festival's seventh annual opening and closing night films along with the complete festival schedule....


LBO Presents World Premiere of THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE At The Warner Grand Photo LBO Presents World Premiere of THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE At The Warner Grand
by A.A. Cristi - May 08, 2019

The Central Park Five by Anthony Davis, a world premiere commissioned and presented by Long Beach Opera on June 15th, 22nd and 23rd, explores the interrogation and coerced confessions of five teenagers wrongly convicted of a crime in New York City in the 1980's. The opera details their stories, incl...


Long Beach Opera Community Conversations Return In June 2020 Photo Long Beach Opera Community Conversations Return In June 2020
by A.A. Cristi - May 12, 2020

Long Beach Opera is bringing back its popular and relevant series of Community Conversations June 14, 21, and 28 that were inspired by the LBO world premiere production of  The Central Park Five, which recently won the Pulitzer prize.  These Conversations are available on facebooklive and archived f...


MARRIAGE STORY Wins Big at the Gotham Awards - See Full List of Winners! Photo MARRIAGE STORY Wins Big at the Gotham Awards - See Full List of Winners!
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 03, 2019

The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) tonight announced the winners of the 29th Annual IFP Gotham Awards at a ceremony held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. ...


Photo Flash: Members of 'The Central Park Five' Appear for THE BULLPEN Talkback
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2015

Several members of 'The Central Park Five,' the group of five young black and Latino youths falsely arrested and convicted in 1989 for the brutal beating and rape of a white woman in Central Park, attended the February 7 performance of The Bullpen, the one-man, 18-character comedy written and perfor...


Ava DuVernay is Working with Netflix on a Prince Documentary Photo Ava DuVernay is Working with Netflix on a Prince Documentary
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 30, 2018

Ava DuVernay is working with Netflix on a documentary about Prince, according to Variety....


New Works by Jeanine Tesori, Sarah Ruhl and More Receive OPERA America Grants Photo New Works by Jeanine Tesori, Sarah Ruhl and More Receive OPERA America Grants
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2017

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, is pleased to announce that it has awarded grants to 11 opera companies through the Repertoire Development Grants program, supported by The Opera Fund. These grants provide vital financia...


OPERA America Awards $225,000 In Grants To Develop New American Operas Photo OPERA America Awards $225,000 In Grants To Develop New American Operas
by A.A. Cristi - December 13, 2017

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, is pleased to announce that it has awarded grants to 11 opera companies through the Repertoire Development Grants program, supported by The Opera Fund. These grants provide vital f...


VIDEO: Oprah Winfrey Interviews The Exonerated Five Live From Netflix's FYSEE Space Photo VIDEO: Oprah Winfrey Interviews The Exonerated Five Live From Netflix's FYSEE Space
by Tori Hartshorn - June 10, 2019

Filmed last night, Sunday, June 9, live at the Netflix FYSEE space, the special event marked the first time executive producer Oprah Winfrey interviewed The Exonerated Five - Antron McCray, Korey Wise, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana and Yusef Salaam.   ...


Whoopi Goldberg Joins Cast of THE STAND on CBS All Access Photo Whoopi Goldberg Joins Cast of THE STAND on CBS All Access
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 11, 2019

 CBS All Access, CBS' digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, today announced that Whoopi Goldberg, Jovan Adepo, Owen Teague, Brad William Henke and Daniel Sunjata have joined the cast of its original limited event series THE STAND, based on Stephen King's bestselling novel ...


Verdi Chorus To Present Spring Concert In April Photo Verdi Chorus To Present Spring Concert In April
by A.A. Cristi - March 21, 2019

This Spring marks the start of the 36th season of the Verdi Chorus, who will present their Spring Concert, L'Amore e la Vita (Love and Life) for two performances only at the First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica on April 6 and 7. Led by Founding Artistic Director Anne Marie Ketchum, the Verd...






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