JUST BE YOU FILM FESTIVAL Offers Free Tickets For Kids And Films With ASL
by A.A. Cristi - August 13, 2019 A new film festival designed just for the youth is now free for kids and teens. The 2nd Annual Just Be You Performing Arts Youth Film Festival takes places on Friday, August 30, 2019, at the Paul Robeson Campus Center Dance Theater at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. Kids and teens under th...
RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE to Air on Showtime
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 20, 2020 For the first time ever, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars will air on SHOWTIME, premiering a new special edition on Friday, June 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, on-air, streaming and on demand. RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars gives viewers the chance to catch their favorite queens as they return for a second attempt to...
VIDEO: Lena Waithe Kicks-Off New Adobe Series 'Create Change'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 08, 2020 Create Change will bring diverse creators together from a spectrum of disciplines to share how they’re using creativity to feel empowered, inspired, and make an impact through their work....
Animus Begins 2019/2020 Season Selection Series With A Bernardo Cubría Play
by Stephi Wild - September 06, 2019 Animus Theatre Company begins its 2019/2020 Season Selection Series with a free staged reading of a World Premiere by Company Member Bernardo Cubría....
Casting Announced for Congo Square Theatre Company's DAY OF ABSENCE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 13, 2020 Congo Square Theatre Company, well known for its powerful portrayal of African American classics and gripping new works, commemorates its 20th Anniversary season with a rare production of the 1965 satirical fantasy Day of Absence at the Richard Christiansen Theatre (housed inside Victory Gardens Bio...
Courteney Cox Cast in Lead Role in Starz's Horror Comedy Pilot SHINING VALE
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 28, 2020 Starz, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), today announced Golden Globe(R) nominee Courteney Cox ('Friends,' 'Cougar Town') is set to star in the horror comedy pilot 'Shining Vale,' playing the lead role of Patricia 'Pat' Phelps. The half-hour comedy from Jeff Astrof and Sharon Horgan is produ...
WP THEATER Announces 15 Artists for 2020-22 WP LAB
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 22, 2020 WP THEATER has announced the 15 artists selected for the 2020-2022 WP Lab. The two-year residency begins now and culminates with the biennial WP Pipeline Festival....
Imagine This Women's International Film Festival Announces Fourth Annual Girl Power Film + Media Summit
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 23, 2021 Imagine This Women's International Film Festival announced today that it will host its fourth annual Girl Power Film + Media Summit virtually, from March 13th, 14th 2021. The #GirlPowerSummit will gather some of the most creative womxn in entertainment and media for an informative, inspirational da...
Top Shelf Classics to Perform Tribute to Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight
by Julie Musbach - October 10, 2019 Boxcar Theatre announces a two-night engagement with Top Shelf Classics, a Bay Area band specializing in Motown music from the 60s, plus old school soul, funk and R&B favorites from the 70s and beyond....
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play SWEAT Makes Boston Premiere At Huntington Theatre Company
by A.A. Cristi - November 14, 2019 Huntington Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for the Boston premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Sweat. This a?oebreathtakingly timelya?? (The Wall Street Journal), Tony Award-nominated play by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage will be directed by Kimberly S...
Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts Present IN CASE YOU HADN'T HEARD
by A.A. Cristi - February 04, 2021 Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts, in partnership with Eastville Community Historical Society and the Southampton African American Museum, is pleased to announce the online world premiere of In Case You Hadn't Heard: A Conversation Between America's Past And Its Promise, a provocat...
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble Presents World Premiere of THE TASTERS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 17, 2019 Rivendell Theatre Ensemble (RTE), Chicago's only Equity theatre dedicated to producing new work with women at the core, presents the world premiere of The Tasters by Meghan Brown, directed by RTE member Devon de Mayo. The Tasters runs January 10 a?" February 16, 2020 at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, 5...
Walt Disney Television Writing Program Names 2020 Participants
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 03, 2020 Walt Disney Television (WDT) has selected 13 writers for its 2020 Writing Program. Widely recognized as one of the entertainment industry's most successful programs of its type, the initiative offers advanced professional development before participants are hired as staff writers on WDT shows during...
Courtney B. Vance Will Star on 61ST STREET
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 16, 2020 AMC announced today from the Television Critics' Association (TCA) Press Tour that Emmy® Award-winner Courtney B. Vance (The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, Lovecraft Country, Genius) will star in its upcoming thrilling courtroom drama 61st Street, from BAFTA-winner Peter Moffat (Crim...
Luke James, La La Anthony and Lil Rel Howery to Guest Star on Showtime Drama Series THE CHI
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 16, 2019 Two-time Grammy(R) nominee Luke James (Star, Little), La La Anthony (Power) and Lil Rel Howery (Get Out, Bird Box) have signed on to guest star in multiple episodes of the third season of the SHOWTIME drama series THE CHI. In addition, writer Justin Hillian (Snowfall) has been named showrunner and e...
The 5th Annual New York State International Film Festival Goes Virtual
by A.A. Cristi - September 01, 2020 The 5th Annual New York State International Film Festival, in conjunction with Upstate NY Women in Film & TV (UPWIFT) and Haydenfilms Institute, is taking place virtually from September 25th through October 9th. ...
Crystal Dickinson, Peter Gerety, Peter Mark Kendall and More Star in WHY WOULD I DARE: THE TRIAL OF CRYSTAL MASON
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 06, 2020 The Commissary, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, and New Neighborhood will present Why Would I Dare?: The Trial of Crystal Mason, a virtual reading of the court transcript from the 2018 trial of Crystal Mason. ...
Alicia Keys, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul to Executive Produce Musical Drama Series for Showtime
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 17, 2019 SHOWTIME has made a series commitment to an untitled musical drama series executive produced by multiple Grammy winner Alicia Keys and the Oscar, Tony and Grammy winning team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, Dear Evan Hansen, The Greatest Showman). Pasek and Paul will contribute music to t...
Tune in to the New Historical Fiction Podcast THE AGITATORS: THE STORY OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY AND FREDERICK DOUGLAS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 28, 2020 The Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission, the National Park Service, and public media organization PRX today announced a new historical fiction audio drama podcast: 'The Agitators: The Story of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass.'...
Animus Theatre Company Begins 2019/2020 Season Selection Series With A Bernardo Cubría Play
by A.A. Cristi - September 09, 2019 Animus Theatre Company begins its 2019/2020 Season Selection Series with a free staged reading of a World Premiere by Bernardo Cubría....
TFANA Will Present the New York Premiere of Will Eno's GNIT, Directed by Oliver Butler
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 05, 2020 Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA; Jeffrey Horowitz, Founding Artistic Director) will present the New York premiere of celebrated American playwright Will Eno's Gnit, inspired by Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt (originally published in 1867). Directed by Eno's frequent collaborator, the Obie and Lortel Awa...
Annenberg Center Presents Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers and World Premiere of THE WIND
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 11, 2020 The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, streamed live from the Harold Prince Theatre, on Thursday, November 19 at 7 PM, in a program of works that features the world premiere of The Wind, performed by Kun-Yang Lin himself....
August Wilson, Sarah Brightman, Laura Linney, and More Will Receive Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
by Stephi Wild - June 23, 2020 The Hollywood Walk of Fame class of 2021 will include some familiar faces to those of us in the theatre community. Among those who will receive stars are August Wilson, Sarah Brightman, Laura Linney, and Luciano Pavarotti. ...
Invictus Theatre Company to Present Live Virtual Streamed Production of NIGHT MOTHER
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 03, 2020 Invictus Theatre Company today announced the cast and production team for its live virtual production of Marsha Norman's drama, 'NIGHT, MOTHER, winner of 1983's Pulitzer Prize for drama. ...
August Wilson, Sarah Brightman, Laura Linney, and More Will Receive Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
by Stephi Wild - June 23, 2020 The Hollywood Walk of Fame class of 2021 will include some familiar faces to those of us in the theatre community. Among those who will receive stars are August Wilson, Sarah Brightman, Laura Linney, and Luciano Pavarotti. ... |