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Sideshow Theatre Company Announces 2019-20 Season Photo Sideshow Theatre Company Announces 2019-20 Season
by Julie Musbach - July 18, 2019

Sideshow Theatre Company announce sits 2019-20 Season, launching this fall with the U.S. premiere of Alistair McDowall's mind-bending sci-fi thriller X, directed by artistic director Jonathan L. Green. The season concludes next spring with the world premiere of Brynne Frauenhoffer's brash, incisive ...


AMC's Critically-Acclaimed Scripted Drama HUMANS Returns on 6/5 Photo AMC's Critically-Acclaimed Scripted Drama HUMANS Returns on 6/5
by Tori Hartshorn - March 27, 2018

AMC announced today its critically-acclaimed scripted drama 'HUMANS' will return for Season 3 on Tuesday, June 5th at 10:00 P.M. ET/PT. The network also released a first-look image from the series featuring stars Gemma Chan and Ivanno Jeremiah....


Casting Announced For The New Colony's FUN HARMLESS WARMACHINE Photo Casting Announced For The New Colony's FUN HARMLESS WARMACHINE
by BWW News Desk - October 09, 2018

The New Colony, under the new artistic leadership of Fin Coe* and Stephanie Shum*, is pleased to announce casting for its world premiere of FUN HARMLESS WARMACHINE, a journey down the rabbit hole of online masculinity cults written by Co-Artistic Director Fin Coe* and directed by James Fleming. ...


YOU ONLY LIVE FOREVER Comes to Soho Theatre Photo YOU ONLY LIVE FOREVER Comes to Soho Theatre
by Stephi Wild - June 06, 2019

Following an incredibly successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018, Roxy Dunn and Alys Metcalf will bring their comedy play You Only Live Forever, about the reality of living for eternity, to London's Soho Theatre for four dates from Wednesday 14th August 2019 to Saturday 17th August 20...


Warner Bros. Television Group's Comic-Con Class of 2018- Full Schedule Released Photo Warner Bros. Television Group's Comic-Con Class of 2018- Full Schedule Released
by Tori Hartshorn - June 25, 2018

Summer school has never been so much fun as Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) unveils its Comic-Con Class of 2018! With 15 of the Studio's fan-favorite series making their way to Comic-Con International: San Diego, WBTVG's graduating class this year will be as epic as ever....


The Playwrights Realm Announces 2019-2020 Writing Fellows And 2019-2020 Scratchpad Se Photo The Playwrights Realm Announces 2019-2020 Writing Fellows And 2019-2020 Scratchpad Series Playwrights
by A.A. Cristi - September 06, 2019

The Playwrights Realm today announces recipients of two career-propelling development programs the organizationa?"led by Founding Artistic Director Katherine Kovner and Producing Director Roberta Pereiraa?"offers to gifted, incisive, and diverse playwrights. Now entering its thirteenth season, The R...


BWW Review: OUR LADY J's Concert For Lincoln Center's American Songbook Enlivened And Photo BWW Review: OUR LADY J's Concert For Lincoln Center's American Songbook Enlivened And Enlighted The Crowd About This Golden-Voiced American Songwriter
by Bobby Patrick - February 19, 2020

Finally, Our Lady J's return to musical performing after so long in the writers' room yielded a bountiful evening of new compositions and surprising covers, and though we would have wished her to dial back the electro-processing of her fine voice just a bit, this evening for modern music lovers was ...


NYC Department Of Cultural Affairs Launches “Community Organizing 101: Engagement Tac Photo NYC Department Of Cultural Affairs Launches “Community Organizing 101: Engagement Tactics For Cultural Organizations”
by A.A. Cristi - May 02, 2019

The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) today announced the launch of Community Organizing 101: Engagement Tactics for Cultural Organizations, a pilot course that will train staff from cultural organizations around the city in strategies for sustained community building. During public engageme...


Pace University Launches Writing for Diversity and Equity in Theater and Media Arts F Photo Pace University Launches Writing for Diversity and Equity in Theater and Media Arts Fellows Program
by Julie Musbach - August 28, 2019

Today, Pace University announced the launch of a new program, a?oeWriting for Diversity and Equity in Theater and Media Arts Fellows Program,a?? supported by a three-year grant of $585,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Eligible undergraduates majoring in one of several Pace arts and humaniti...


BWW Review: OUR LADY J's Concert For Lincoln Center's American Songbook Enlivened And Photo BWW Review: OUR LADY J's Concert For Lincoln Center's American Songbook Enlivened And Enlighted The Crowd About This Golden-Voiced American Songwriter
by Bobby Patrick - February 19, 2020

Finally, Our Lady J's return to musical performing after so long in the writers' room yielded a bountiful evening of new compositions and surprising covers, and though we would have wished her to dial back the electro-processing of her fine voice just a bit, this evening for modern music lovers was ...


Submissions Open for THE 6TH ANNUAL CAPE NEW WRITERS FELLOWSHIP Photo Submissions Open for THE 6TH ANNUAL CAPE NEW WRITERS FELLOWSHIP
by A.A. Cristi - December 13, 2017

Submissions are now open for CAPE's (The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) sixth annual CAPE New Writers Fellowship (CNWF). Entertainment industry professionals select the Fellows through a rigorous process that includes three rounds of blind script judging and an interview. Each writer ...


Crackle Greenlights Third Season of Popular Series STARTUP Photo Crackle Greenlights Third Season of Popular Series STARTUP
by Caryn Robbins - November 15, 2017

Crackle, Sony Pictures Television Networks' free, ad supported streaming network, today greenlit a 10-episode third season of the network's popular hour-long original, STARTUP....


Geva Theatre Center's 47th Season Continues with SLOW FOOD Photo Geva Theatre Center's 47th Season Continues with SLOW FOOD
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 27, 2019

Geva Theatre Center presents Slow Food, by Wendy MacLeod and directed by Skip Greer, in the Elaine P. Wilson Stage from January 14 through February 9....


The New Colony Presents SMALL WORLD March 27 - May 4 Photo The New Colony Presents SMALL WORLD March 27 - May 4
by Julie Musbach - February 27, 2019

The New Colony, under the new artistic leadership of Fin Coe* and Stephanie Shum*, continues its 2018-19 season with the world premiere of SMALL WORLD, a twisted comedy in the happiest place on earth, co-written by Jillian Leff and Joe Lino and directed by Andrew Hobgood*, playing March 27 - May 4, ...


The Mayfair Hotel's Grand Opening Draws Capacity Crowd From Los Angeles Art Community Photo The Mayfair Hotel's Grand Opening Draws Capacity Crowd From Los Angeles Art Community
by Stephi Wild - August 23, 2018

The newly re-opened The Mayfair Hotel has become one of the hottest new destinations to Los Angeles downtown after a packed grand opening this past weekend. Among the packed to the capacity crowd were many of the exhibiting artists such as Stephen Vanasco, Chaz, Cryptic, Herbie Fletcher and Risk, as...


FX Orders Second Season of Groundbreaking Dance Musical Series POSE Photo FX Orders Second Season of Groundbreaking Dance Musical Series POSE
by Tori Hartshorn - July 13, 2018

FX has renewed the groundbreaking dance musical series Pose, it was announced today by John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions. The second season of Pose will debut in 2019 on FX....


THIRTEEN to Premiere SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY Photo THIRTEEN to Premiere SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 16, 2019

For more than 50 years, public television has provided unsurpassed access to the performing arts, including the very best of theater, dance, opera, classical, jazz, popular music, and comedy. Now, New York metro-area public television station THIRTEEN presents the exclusive broadcast premiere of a n...


Tickets on Sale Now for DTC's 2017-18 Season, Featuring MILLER, MISSISSIPPI, FRANKENSTEIN, THE GREAT SOCIETY and More
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2017

Single Tickets on Sale June 19 for DTC's 2017-2018 season including Miller, Mississippi; Hair; A Christmas Carol; Fade; Frankenstein; The Great Society; The Trials of Sam Houston and White Rabbit Red Rabbit. Tickets for Public Works Dallas The Winter's Tale will be available at a later date. Single ...


AMC's Critically-Acclaimed Scripted Drama HUMANS Returns on Today Photo AMC's Critically-Acclaimed Scripted Drama HUMANS Returns on Today
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2018

AMC announced today its critically-acclaimed scripted drama 'HUMANS' will return for Season 3 today, June 5th at 10:00 P.M. ET/PT. The network also released a first-look image from the series featuring stars Gemma Chan and Ivanno Jeremiah....


The New Colony Announces 2017 Season
by A.A. Cristi - September 21, 2016

The New Colony is pleased to announce its full 2017 Season, featuring four world premiere productions by four Chicago playwrights. The season kicks off this winter with ensemble member Sean Kelly's fantasy adventure PSYCHONAUT LIBRARIANS, directed by Krissy Vanderwarker....


Leslie C. Youngblood Signs Two-Book Deal with Disney-Hyperion
by Christina Mancuso - April 10, 2017

After hundreds of query letters and nearly as many rejections notifications, the literary world is poised to embrace a new literary talent. Rochester native, Leslie C. Youngblood, has signed a two-book deal with publisher Disney-Hyperion for her middle-grade novel 'Love Like Sky' and its sequel to b...


BWW Review: In LAUGHTER ON THE 23rd FLOOR, Neil Simon Shares the Golden Age of Television Writer Room Craziness
by Shari Barrett - May 02, 2017

After working in the Warner Brothers Manhattan office mailroom, Playwright Neil Simon got his first big break as a staff writer on Sid Caesar's celebrated television series 'Your Show of Shows,' a live 90-minute variety show starring comedy legends Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca that ran from 1950 to 1...


Sheffield Theatres Opens New Creative Hub To Support Local Artists Photo Sheffield Theatres Opens New Creative Hub To Support Local Artists
by Stephi Wild - October 17, 2019

Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres, Robert Hastie, today announces a new creative hub dedicated to talent development. The Bank, as it will be known, will become home to a wealth of new talent as Sheffield Theatres expands its commitment to local theatre makers as well as the company's existing...


BWW review: Much LAUGHTER ON THE 23rd FLOOR at Garry Marshall Photo BWW review: Much LAUGHTER ON THE 23rd FLOOR at Garry Marshall
by Don Grigware - March 26, 2018

In 1993 Neil Simon penned his experiences as a young writer for Your Show of Shows on early 50s television in a play entitled Laughter on the 23rd Floor. At that time he was a novice learning from the likes of series star Sid Caesar and fellow-writers Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Carl Reiner, and Selm...


Larry Wilmore, Pamela Adlon and More Slated for NY Comedy Festival Friars Club Panel
by BWW News Desk - October 25, 2016

As part of the upcoming New York Comedy Festival, the Friars Club, the New York Comedy Festival and Producer Rick Newman will present a Comedy Writers Round Table III on Wednesday, November 3rd at 8:30pm at The Friars Club (57 E. 55th St.)....






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