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BWW Review: COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN at Nebraska Wesley Photo BWW Review: COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN at Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre
by Christine Swerczek - November 12, 2018

Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre takes us back and forth between 1955 and 1975 to the Five and Dime in McCarthy, Texas. The Disciples of Jimmy Dean are meeting to commemorate his untimely death in a car crash. Instead of contributing any new Jimmy Dean memorabilia to their collection, they uncov...


Hollywood Fringe Festival Presents Encore! Producers' Award Performance STAGES: GIRL Photo Hollywood Fringe Festival Presents Encore! Producers' Award Performance STAGES: GIRL MEETS BOY, BOY MEETS BOY, GIRL MEETS DRINK
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2018

Writer/performer Emily Goglia is set for one Hollywood Fringe Festival Encore! Producers' Award performance of her acclaimed solo show STAGES: Girl Meets Boy, Boy Meets Boy, Girl Meets Drink today, June 29, at 9pm at Three Clubs Lounge on Vine Street. ...


Five Senses Festival Returns This Summer Photo Five Senses Festival Returns This Summer
by A.A. Cristi - June 18, 2019

The Five Senses Festival, now in its second year, returns to Litchfield County, Connecticut this July and August.  The acclaimed festival, created by internationally renowned dance company Pilobolus together with Spring Hill Vineyards, Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia, and a group of strong community sup...


STEVEN UNIVERSE Returns for Five-Night Event 7/2 on Cartoon Network Photo STEVEN UNIVERSE Returns for Five-Night Event 7/2 on Cartoon Network
by Tori Hartshorn - June 18, 2018

STEVEN UNIVERSE Returns for Five-Night Event 7/2 on Cartoon Network...


VIDEO: Watch a Trailer for THE PREPPY MURDER: DEATH IN CENTRAL PARK on AMC! Photo VIDEO: Watch a Trailer for THE PREPPY MURDER: DEATH IN CENTRAL PARK on AMC!
by Sarah Leiber - October 16, 2019

The five-part series reexamines one of the most infamous crimes in recent American history – the 1986 killing of Jennifer Levin at the hands of Robert Chambers....


Casting Announced for Adam Kraar's Five Borough World Premiere of ALTERNATING CURRENT Photo Casting Announced for Adam Kraar's Five Borough World Premiere of ALTERNATING CURRENTS
by Julie Musbach - March 16, 2018

Working Theater (Mark Plesent, Producing Artistic Director) will present the World Premiere of Adam Kraar's Alternating Currents, directed by Kareem Fahmy (James Scruggs's 3/Fifths at 3LD) as part of their Five Boroughs/One City Initiative with performances in Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx, Staten Is...


Cockpit In Court Summer Theatre Presents COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, Photo Cockpit In Court Summer Theatre Presents COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN
by Stephi Wild - July 12, 2018

Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre, in residence at CCBC Essex, will perform Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean by playwright Ed Graczyk, July 21 through August 5. All performances will be held at the Robert and Eleanor Romadka College Center, Cabaret Theatre, on the Essex campus, 7...


The 26th Annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival Launches 2018 Festival App Photo The 26th Annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival Launches 2018 Festival App
by Macon Prickett - February 28, 2018

The 26th Annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival Presented by Regions Bank has launched the 2018 Festival app. The intuitive app was introduced last year and quickly became a popular tool for attendees to make the most of the five-day event. Several hundred songwriters are set to perform at 10 of ...


Stage Version of THE FIVE HEARTBEATS Aiming for Broadway Photo Stage Version of THE FIVE HEARTBEATS Aiming for Broadway
by Nicole Rosky - December 12, 2018

According to Deadline, Robert Townsend is aiming to bring a stage version of his 1991 film The Five Heartbeats to Broadway. Townsend will write the play with Keenan Ivory Wayans, who also wrote the screenplay....


BWW Interview: Robert Townsend of LIVING THE SHUFFLE at The Marsh Berkeley Has Some H Photo BWW Interview: Robert Townsend of LIVING THE SHUFFLE at The Marsh Berkeley Has Some Hollywood Tales to Share with You
by Jim Munson - October 28, 2019

Filmmaker Robert Townsend has truly had a singular career ever since coming to prominence with his groundbreaking 1987 film a?oeThe Hollywood Shuffle.a?? That satirical comedy about Black actors dealing with racial stereotypes in the film and TV industry was famously self-financed by Townsend maxing...


5BMF to Present Finale of THE FIVE BOROUGH SONGBOOK, VOLUME II at National Sawdust Photo 5BMF to Present Finale of THE FIVE BOROUGH SONGBOOK, VOLUME II at National Sawdust
by A.A. Cristi - November 01, 2017

On Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 7:30pm, preceded by a 7:00pm Composer/Poet chat, Five Boroughs Music Festival (5BMF) presents the Brooklyn premiere and grand finale performance of the Five Borough Songbook, Volume II with expanded casting at National Sawdust. The project, which premiered in...


Discovery's Five Deeps Expedition Breaks Record on Dive to Bottom of Challenger Deep Photo Discovery's Five Deeps Expedition Breaks Record on Dive to Bottom of Challenger Deep In Mariana Trench
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 13, 2019

For the fourth time, the Five Deeps Expedition has successfully dived to the bottom of one of the world's five oceans. The team completed a mission to reach what is commonly known as the deepest point on planet Earth: Challenger Deep within the Mariana Trench. Victor Vescovo set a new deep-diving re...


IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS Celebrates the Women Who Served in the Vietnam War Photo IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS Celebrates the Women Who Served in the Vietnam War
by Julie Musbach - May 30, 2018

Infinite Variety Productions proudly presents: IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS, A play honoring five American women who served in the Vietnam War, using only their own words to tell the story....


Kravis Center To Present THE GUTFELD MONOLOGUES LIVE Photo Kravis Center To Present THE GUTFELD MONOLOGUES LIVE
by Stephi Wild - December 10, 2018

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts today announced the following hilarious, insightful and engaging addition to its 2019 performance schedule:...


VIDEO: Get A First Look At Berkeley Rep's PARADISE SQUARE: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL Photo VIDEO: Get A First Look At Berkeley Rep's PARADISE SQUARE: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL
by Alan Henry - January 17, 2019

Check out all new video from Paradise Square: An American Musical. The world premiere is helmed by acclaimed director Moises Kaufman, with choreography by the legendary Bill T. Jones and a book by Marcus Gardley, Craig Lucas, and Larry Kirwan. Music by Jason Howland and Larry Kirwan, with lyrics by ...


Musicals Tonight To Present 29 Hour Reading Of New Cole Porter Musical Photo Musicals Tonight To Present 29 Hour Reading Of New Cole Porter Musical
by A.A. Cristi - February 04, 2019

Musicals Tonight,which has revived one hundred musicals since 1998, will be producing its first new musical, THE FIVE MINUTE DAN MCGEE....


Five Student Playwrights Honored As Finalists In Playwriting Competition At Delaware Photo Five Student Playwrights Honored As Finalists In Playwriting Competition At Delaware Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2019

Delaware Theatre Company announces the five finalist plays and playwrights in the 2018-2019 Delaware Young Playwrights Festival!...


Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Celebrates 140th Anniversary With World Tour Beginning Wi Photo Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Celebrates 140th Anniversary With World Tour Beginning With Debuts At Wolf Trap And Ravinia
by A.A. Cristi - July 11, 2019

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (SSO), Asia's oldest symphony orchestra, celebrates its 140th anniversary with a three-week world tour fresh off the heels of the release of its new album on Deutsche Grammophon, Gateways. Led by Music Director Long Yu, the SSO kicks off its tour by making two debuts in t...


IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS Celebrates the Women Who Served in the Vietnam War Photo IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS Celebrates the Women Who Served in the Vietnam War
by BWW News Desk - July 14, 2018

Infinite Variety Productions proudly presents: IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS, A play honoring five American women who served in the Vietnam War, using only their own words to tell the story....


Discovery and Science Channel to Premiere New Series DEEP PLANET Photo Discovery and Science Channel to Premiere New Series DEEP PLANET
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 09, 2018

After three years of intensive efforts from some of the world's leading oceanographers, submarine engineers, and scientists, the Five Deeps Expedition is launching as the first global ocean journey to send a manned submersible vessel farther and deeper than any in history. An expedition of this size...


Blue Man Group Boston Announces Finalists For Fifth Annual Drum-Off Competition Durin Photo Blue Man Group Boston Announces Finalists For Fifth Annual Drum-Off Competition During The Summer Block Party
by Julie Musbach - June 29, 2018

Blue Man Group Boston announced today the five finalists that will perform at their fifth annual Drum-Off competition July 7th at 5:00 pm at the free Summer Block Party at The Lawn on D in Boston....


Could A Spice-Girls Themed Animated Superhero Movie Be In the Works? Photo Could A Spice-Girls Themed Animated Superhero Movie Be In the Works?
by Macon Prickett - March 23, 2018

According to Variety,  an animated film project starring the Spice Girls is being shopped to potential production partners. According to a source, all five members of the group have signed off on their likenesses being used for a superhero-themed movie working off of the "girl power" message. Each c...


#TBT: ROCK OF AGES Rocks Out On Broadway! Photo #TBT: ROCK OF AGES Rocks Out On Broadway!
by Linnae Medeiros - April 04, 2019

It's time to rock out because this week marks the tenth anniversary of the Tony-nominated musical Rock of Ages opening and bringing the Sunset Strip to Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre! To celebrate the occasion, we're throwing it back to that rocking night as Constantine Maroulis, Amy Spanger, We...


East Meets West at New Hong Kong Philharmonic Concert Photo East Meets West at New Hong Kong Philharmonic Concert
by BWW News Desk - January 18, 2019

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) is proud to present a concert in which East meets West on 18 & 19 January in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall. Our Principal Guest Conductor Yu Long, who is an ambassador for contemporary Chinese music, will open the concert with The Five Elem...


THE GUTFELD MONOLOGUES LIVE Bring Laughs to New Jersey Photo THE GUTFELD MONOLOGUES LIVE Bring Laughs to New Jersey
by Julie Musbach - May 20, 2019

Tobin Entertainment and NJPAC Productions present an unforgettable evening of hilarious, insightful and an engaging performance with Greg Gutfeld and Special Guest Thom Shillue on Saturday, July 20, 2019 at 8 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, N.J....






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