League Urges FCC to Reject Wireless Device Frequency Plan
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2007 The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc., the trade association for the Broadway industry, has joined with major sports leagues, television broadcasters, and houses of worship in a campaign to urge the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reject plans to allow portable 'white space ...
Audience Rewards Names Official National Loyalty Program
by BWW News Desk - April 15, 2008 On the occasion of The Broadway League's Annual Industry Conference, AUDIENCE REWARDS has been named the official national patron loyalty program for Broadway....
Suzan-Lori Parks to Write Book of Ray Charles Musical
by BWW News Desk - August 09, 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks has been tapped to write the book for the upcoming musical based on the life of soul legend Ray Charles...
Variety Reports on Hugh Jackman's Plans for 'HOUDINI', Carousel & More
by Eddie Varley - May 05, 2009 Hugh Jackman, Tony Award-winner and star of the new blockbuster film, 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine,' is not taking a rest anytmie soon according to Variety...
Meryl Streep to Star in Mamma Mia! Film
by BWW News Desk - January 11, 2007 Variety reports this morning that Meryl Streep will star in the feature film adaption of Mamma Mia!...
Celluloid Dreams Grabs International Rights for Hoffman's Directorial Debut 'BOATING'
by Eddie Varley - February 06, 2009 Variety is reporting that Celluloid Dreams has picked Philip Seymour Hoffman's directorial debut, an adaption of the stage play 'Jack Goes Boating,' which had an award-winning Off Broadway run in 2007. The company has taken international rights to the film, which is an Overture Films release in the...
Kevin Spacey Set To Produce And Star In FATHER OF INVENTION Film
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 01, 2009 Kevin Spacey's Trigger Street Productions is set to produce the independent film Father Of Invention. Spacey will also star in the comedy. The trade publication reports that film is written by Jonathan Krane and Nichole Beattie and directed by Trent Cooper. ...
Shakespeare NJ Teaches Scenic Tricks of the Trade Nov.15
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2007 The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey continues its new adult education program entitled 'Midday with Masters' on November 15 with Scenic Painting Tricks of the Trade: Techniques to Bring Home....
Shakespeare Theatre NJ Hosts New Season Education Programs
by BWW News Desk - September 07, 2007 As part of its ongoing 45th Anniversary season celebration, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey has announced a new addition to its highly acclaimed and expansive education programs, a new series for adults entitled Midday with Masters....
'Plans Afoot' for Guys and Dolls on Broadway in 2008
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2007 In a Variety interview with Londons Donmar Warehouse Artistic Director, Michael Grandage, he tells the trade publication that regarding Guys and Dolls coming to Broadway that 'there are plans afoot to try and make a 2008 production work.'...
Haneke's 'WHITE RIBBON' Wins Cannes' Palme d'Or
by Eddie Varley - May 24, 2009 Variety is reporting that Michael Haneke's 'The White Ribbon,' the black-and-white drama set in a rural German village on the eve of WWI, received the Palme d'Or from the jury of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on Sunday. The trade paper also reports that Sony Pictures Classics nabbed the North Americ...
RIALTO CHATTER: Panter Plans Dynamic Broadway 'Rescue', Projects Include West End SUNSET BLVD. Transfer
by Eddie Varley - January 31, 2009 Howard Panter, the dynamic UK co-founder of the Ambassador Theater Group, the producing company and owner of 23 London theatre venues, is setting his sights on Broadway in a VERY big way reports Variety. The trade paper reports that he has created an ambitious list of new projects targeting for Broa...
Ilieva Says Farewell to Danny's with 'So Many Nights'
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2006 Milla Ilieva, the 2006 Bistro Award-winner and 2004 and 2006 Nightlife Award finalist will return with her critically-acclaimed show 'So Many Nights, So Many Men' to Danny's Skylight Room Cabaret, 346 West 46th Street for another back-by-popular demand one-night stand...
THE ACTORS FUND: HOLIDAY 2008 CHARITY AUCTION
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 09, 2008 Bid on Broadway Walk-On Roles & More Celebrate the holiday's in style this year by bidding on an amazing collection of once-in-a-lifetime experiences - and help raise money for the Actors Fund!...
Haneke's 'WHITE RIBBON' Wins Cannes' Palme d'Or
by Eddie Varley - May 24, 2009 Variety is reporting that Michael Haneke's 'The White Ribbon,' the black-and-white drama set in a rural German village on the eve of WWI, received the Palme d'Or from the jury of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on Sunday. The trade paper also reports that Sony Pictures Classics nabbed the North Americ...
Segal Looks Set to 'Parent' Upcoming 'LITTLE FOCKERS'
by Eddie Varley - March 21, 2009 Variety reports Pete Segal, the director of the hit comedy, Get Smart is the frontrunner to direct Little Fockers, the third installment in the Universal Pictures/Tribeca Prods. franchise. The trade paper reports that Segal's schedule has opened up as plans to make Get Smart 2 have been put on hold ...
The Magic Castle And Cabaret At The Castle Presents Jason Graae In MAGICALLY DELICIOUS: A CABARET 5/22 And 5/23
by Reynard Loki - May 23, 2009 Highly acclaimed Broadway veteran Jason Graae will perform his newest cabaret ?Magically Delicious: A Cabaret? at the Magic Castle?s Cabaret at the Castle. Jason Graae has starred on and off-Broadway in 'A Grand Night For Singing,' 'Falsettos,' 'Stardust,' 'Snoopy!,' 'Do Black Patent Leather Shows ...
Ralph Fiennes to Make Film Directorial Debut with 'Coriolanus'
by Eddie Varley - February 07, 2009 Variety is reporting that Ralph Fiennes will make his directorial debut with a feature adaptation of William Shakespeare's Roman tragedy 'Coriolanus.' Fiennes, is currently starring in Stephen Daldry's 'The Reader' alongside Oscar-nominated Kate Winslet....
'Secrets of the Trade' to Star Aquino, Brochtrup & Glover
by BWW News Desk - February 04, 2008 Tony Award winner John Glover, Amy Aquino, Bill Brochtrup, Mark L. Taylor, and Edward Tournier will star in the world premiere of Jonathan Tolins' Secrets of the Trade, to run March 12-April 20 at Los Angeles' Black Dahlia Theatre. The production, which will open officially on March 15, will be dire...
John Doyle to Helm Foote's 'MAIN STREET' for the Big Screen
by Eddie Varley - January 28, 2009 Variety reports that Director John Doyle has signed on to direct Horton Foote's ensemble drama 'Main Street' for Reliant Pictures. Filming is set to begin in Durham, N.C. on March 16th. Spencer Silna of 1984 Films is producing with Jonah Hirsch of Fixed Point Films. Silna's partners, Doug Saylor and...
Lee Solters, Veteran PR Exec Who Repped Streisand, Sinatra and Many Bdwy Shows, Passes Away at 89
by Eddie Varley - May 18, 2009 Variety reports the sad news that legendary PR executive Lee Solters died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 89....
AMC's 'Mad Men' Musical Revue 'A Night on the Town With...' Plans Future Dates
by Eddie Varley - November 24, 2008 Variety is reporting that the 'Mad Men' musical revue that played the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles last month as a benefit for the L.A. chapter of the Recording Academy will continue in some form with future dates being planned, but it is in the very early stages of development explains the trade p...
Theatre League Supports Bill to Regulate Pedicabs in NYC
by BWW News Desk - April 20, 2007 As a means of making the pedicab industry safer for New York theatregoers, The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc., the trade association for the Broadway industry, has mobilized in support of the licensing, safety, insurance and reporting features outlined in Intro. 331-A. ...
AMC's 'Mad Men' Musical Revue 'A Night on the Town With...' Plans Future Dates
by Eddie Varley - November 24, 2008 Variety is reporting that the 'Mad Men' musical revue that played the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles last month as a benefit for the L.A. chapter of the Recording Academy will continue in some form with future dates being planned, but it is in the very early stages of development explains the trade p...
Stiller, DeNiro, Polo, Wilson & Danner Rumored Set for 'LITTLE FOCKERS'
by Eddie Varley - March 25, 2009 FOX News is reporting that the principal cast of 'Little Fockers', the sequel to 'Meet the Fockers' has been set for an early July start date.... |
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