Photo Flash: First Look at THRILL ME at The Other Palace
by Stephi Wild - June 25, 2018 Chicago, 1924. A shocking true story of two aspiring lawyers who kidnapped and murdered a 14 year-old boy in their desire to commit the perfect crime. An obsessive relationship which exploded into violence and, with the eyes of the world on their trial, they narrowly escaped the death penalty....
Animus Theatre Company Announces Schedule and Final Casting For Beth Henley 12-Hour Reading Festival
by Stephi Wild - July 17, 2018 Animus Theatre Company (Jonathan Judge-Russo, Founding Artistic Director) in association with the Circle in the Square Professional Workshop, has announced the schedule and casting for its annual 12-Hour Reading Festival, which returns to Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre this Thursday, July 1...
TRANSFIGURATION, A Solo Play By Michael Miller Coming Up In The United Solo Festival
by A.A. Cristi - October 03, 2018 The United States, above all other countries, is beset with an epidemic of random killing, usually by a weapon which seems to have held a mythic aura in the American psyche since the arrival of the first Europeans. The gun is the weapon of choice for Americans who want to do harm, especially semi-au...
Qurrat Kadwani's New Sci-Fi Solo Play About Rape INTRUSION Comes St. Luke's Theatre
by Julie Musbach - July 27, 2018 INTRUSION, a new sci-fi solo play written by Award-Winning actress and activist Qurrat Ann Kadwani and directed by Constance Hester, will be making its Off-Broadway Premiere August 9th through September 27th at St. Luke's Theatre (308 West 46thStreet). www.intrusionshow.com...
Breaking: Annette Bening and Tracy Letts to Star in ALL MY SONS on Broadway
by Julie Musbach - September 20, 2018 Roundabout Theatre Company announces a new Broadway production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons starring Golden Globe winner and Academy, Tony & Emmy nominee Annette Bening as "Kate Keller" and Tony Award winner Tracy Letts as "Joe Keller," directed by Tony Award winner Gregory Mosher....
John Logan Will Pen Script for Untitled Michael Jackson Movie
by Nicole Rosky - November 22, 2019 According to Deadline, Tony-winning playwright John Logan has signed on to write the screenplay for a new film about the life of Michael Jackson. Logan, who is currently represented on Broadway with Moulin Rouge, joins Bohemian Rhapsody producer Graham King for the project....
BMI Celebrates The Composers Featured At The Future Is Female Concert
by Stephi Wild - August 23, 2018 Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), the global leader in rights management, is a proud co-sponsor of the 2nd Annual Future Is Female Concert presented by KCRW in association with Live Nation & The Alliance for Women Composers. This incredible night will highlight the musical works of twelve outstanding wom...
Julia Garner and Juno Temple Join Cast of Bravo Media's DIRTY JOHN
by Tori Hartshorn - July 12, 2018 Julia Garner ('Ozark') and Juno Temple ('Vinyl,' 'Wonder Wheel,' 'Black Mass') have joined the cast of Bravo Media's 'Dirty John' as the daughters of Debra Newell (Connie Britton), who are both skeptical about their mother's relationship with John Meehan (Eric Bana). Joining the previously announced...
UCSB Theater/Dance Will Present LAUNCH PAD's WHAT MARTHA DID
by Stephi Wild - November 01, 2019 Stage and screen actress Enid Graham will enjoy the first full production of one of her own plays when What Martha Did is presented in the Performing Arts Theater at UC Santa Barbara on November 15-24. What Martha Did is the 15th Preview Production to come out of LAUNCH PAD, UCSB's innovative labora...
Immersive FringeNYC Show TOGETHER... Transports Audience To A Support Group With Two Grieving Parents
by Julie Musbach - September 12, 2018 TOGETHER WE ARE MAKING A POEM IN HONOR OF LIFE by Dean Poynor (MFA Carnegie Mellon) will be produced in NYC in October as part of FringeNYC with performances 10/14-10/28. The immersive play follows two parents, Rebecca and Brian, as they navigate a series of support group meetings following the loss...
De'Adre Aziza, Karl Green, and More to Lead The Public's EVE'S SONG
by BWW News Desk - November 07, 2018 The Public Theater announced complete casting today for the world premiere of EVE'S SONG, written by The Public's Emerging Writers Group alum and 2017-18 Tow Playwright-in-Residence, Patricia Ione Lloyd....
Sarah Siddons Society Names Tracy Letts Actor of the Year
by Julie Musbach - February 25, 2019 Tracy Letts, award winning actor, playwriter and screenwriter will accept the 2019 'Actor of the Year' Award in New York this coming April. Among his many accomplishments in theatre and film, Tracy Letts received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play August Osage County and a Tony for his p...
LGBT Dystopian Film To Shoot In September
by Stephi Wild - September 01, 2018 Theater and film meet when the LGBT dystopian tale 'Hiding in Daylight' starts filming in September in New York State. Playwright Gregory G. Allen wrote the story as both a one act play and a screenplay. After filmmaker Cheryl Allison read the script, she knew she wanted to make the film. Casting ha...
RED, Starring Alfred Molina and Alfred Enoch, Will Be Screened In Cinemas This Fall
by A.A. Cristi - July 24, 2018 It was announced today that the critically acclaimed production of John Logan's Red with Alfred Molina and Alfred Enoch in selected cinemas across the UK and North America on November 7 2018. Tickets will go on sale from August 15....
Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy Star in FIRST MAN, Available on Digital 1/8 and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD 1/22
by Tori Hartshorn - December 10, 2018 Follow the gripping and captivating true story of the first manned mission to the moon in FIRST MAN, arriving on Digital and via the digital movie app MOVIES ANYWHERE on January 8, 2019 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand on January 22, 2019 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Hai...
NBCUniversal Aligns Its Television Studios Under Bonnie Hammer
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 07, 2019 NBCUniversal announced today that its television studios, Universal Television and Universal Content Productions, will move under a single business unit, with Bonnie Hammer at the helm. Hammer will assume the new title of Chairman, NBCUniversal Content Studios. She will report directly to Steve Burk...
Tony Nominee Carrie Coon Joins Steppenwolf Ensemble
by Julie Musbach - January 09, 2019 Award-winning actor Carrie Coon to the world-renowned Steppenwolf ensemble....
EXIT Theatre Announces 2020 Season: Pushing Borders
by Stephi Wild - October 02, 2019 Since 1983 EXIT Theatre has been presenting independent and emerging artists in the Tenderloin Arts/Theatre district of San Francisco. For our 2020 season, we're pushing the parameters of the possible through performance. From festivals to new works, co-pros to touring artists, we're thrilled to pro...
Satomi Blair, Emma Kikue, Among Cast of Primary Stages' GOD SAID THIS
by Julie Musbach - November 20, 2018 Primary Stages announces casting for God Said This, written by Leah Nanako Winkler (Two Mile Hollow) and directed by Morgan Gould (Kentucky). Performances begin at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce St, New York, NY, 10014) on January 16, 2019 with opening night set for Tuesday, January 29, for a ...
Carol Kane, Grace Gummer, Christine Lahti, Bull Pullman and More Announced For Animus Theatre Company's 12-Hour Festival
by Stephi Wild - July 03, 2018 Animus Theatre Company (Jonathan Judge-Russo, Founding Artistic Director), an artist-driven company whose mission is to explore and illuminate the resilience of the human spirit, is thrilled to announce that their annual 12-Hour Reading Festival will return once again to Broadway's Circle in the Squ...
Hudson Theatre Works' PlayWorks Series Of New Play Readings Presents SHELLEY By Joanne Hoersch
by Stephi Wild - April 01, 2019 Before she wrote "Frankenstein' at the age of 19, Mary (Godwin) Shelley ran off to France with her lover, Romantic poet Percy Shelley, and her stepsister, Claire Clairmont, seeking a new life of lierte, egalite, and fraternite. With the idealism of youth, they thought they could build a new world ba...
The Fugard Bioscope National Theatre Encore Season Begins Next Month
by Stephi Wild - July 12, 2019 Winter just got a whole lot warmer with the announcement of the 2019 Fugard Bioscope National Theatre Live Encore Season....
Photo Flash: Sheffield Theatres Presents The Regional Première of LOVE AND INFORMATION
by A.A. Cristi - June 29, 2018 Sheffield Theatres today announces casting for the regional premiere of Caryl's Churchill's, Love and Information. Caroline Steinbeis directs Debbie Chazen, Marian McLoughlin, Mercy Ojelade, Ciaran Owens, Ian Redford and Sule Rimi. The production opens at Sheffield Theatres Studio on Monday 2 July, ...
YouTube Orders Second Season of Critically-Acclaimed, Fan Favorite IMPULSE
by Tori Hartshorn - July 23, 2018 YouTube Orders Second Season of Critically-Acclaimed, Fan Favorite IMPULSE...
Lady Gaga, Glenn Close, and More Win Critics' Choice Awards - Full List!
by Stephi Wild - January 14, 2019 Last night, the Critics' Choice Awards were announced. Taking home the top prize of Best Picture was Roma. Also, in a surprising turn of events, both Lady Gaga and Glenn Close took home the award for Best Actress, for A Star is Born and The Wife, respectively.... |