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Allison McLean (Kelli Williams) is a tough and experienced police detective in suburban Seattle. Like most working women, her hands are already full, balancing a demanding and dangerous job and a family

Photos: First Look at the World Premiere of BALD SISTERS at Steppenwolf Theatre Compa Photo Photos: First Look at the World Premiere of BALD SISTERS at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 07, 2022

Get a first look at production photos of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's world premiere of Vichet Chum’s Bald Sisters, a brazen, comic examination of the ties that bind multigenerational families of immigrants together. ...


SOUL PORTAL is Celebrating Black History With Reggie Wilson at the Gene Frankel Theat Photo SOUL PORTAL is Celebrating Black History With Reggie Wilson at the Gene Frankel Theatre
by Stephi Wild - February 21, 2023

Soul Portal - A Night of the Arts Celebrating Black History comes to the Gene Frankel Theatre 24 Bond St, NY, NY 10012 this weekend. The performance is on Saturday February 25 @ 8:00 PM....


Tosos Presents The World Premiere Of Robert Macke's HOUSE OF CHAVIS: A Father. An Est Photo Tosos Presents The World Premiere Of Robert Macke's HOUSE OF CHAVIS: A Father. An Estranged Son. A Reality TV Show.
by Grace Cutler - July 03, 2022

In Robert Macke’s play House of Chavis, a father discovers his estranged son is competing on a reality television series … as a drag queen. The play is a funny and moving exploration of the ties that bind families, both biological and chosen, as well as the forces that drive them apart....


FATAL FAMILY FEUDS Comes to Oxygen True Crime In December Photo FATAL FAMILY FEUDS Comes to Oxygen True Crime In December
by Michael Major - November 21, 2023

Oxygen True Crime, the home of high-quality true crime programming, examines what happens when the ties that bind become the ties that divide? When your inner circle becomes your biggest enemy? Where disagreements around the dinner table can only be solved by violence?...


Netflix Renews SWEET MAGNOLIAS For a Fourth Season Photo Netflix Renews SWEET MAGNOLIAS For a Fourth Season
by Michael Major - October 19, 2023

Sweet Magnolias follows lifelong best friends Maddie (JoAnna Garcia Swisher), Dana Sue (Brooke Elliott), and Helen (Heather Headley) as they juggle relationships, family, and careers in the charming small town of Serenity, SC. Season 3 premiered on Netflix on July 20, 2023 and debuted at #1....


LA Opera Announces Online Events Week Of October 12 Photo LA Opera Announces Online Events Week Of October 12
by A.A. Cristi - October 08, 2020

While LA Opera awaits its cue to return to live performances onstage, the company has turned to creating an array of online content through the LA Opera At Home initiative, which will soon expand to include a series of exciting new Digital Shorts commissions as well as a November 14 stream of The An...


The Morris Museum Opens Its Doors On Tuesday, July 14 Photo The Morris Museum Opens Its Doors On Tuesday, July 14
by A.A. Cristi - July 06, 2020

New Jersey's popular Morris Museum opens its doors on Tuesday, July 14th for a Members Only Week. The Museum opens to the general public the following Tuesday, July 21st,  with a slate of new installations and remodeled mansion galleries. ...


BWW Review: THE PAPER DREAMS OF HARRY CHIN at Indiana Repertory Theatre Photo BWW Review: THE PAPER DREAMS OF HARRY CHIN at Indiana Repertory Theatre
by Melissa Hall - April 24, 2022

Two years ago this play, The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin, was deep in rehearsals at the Indiana Repertory Theatre. It was set to open in March 2020… and then the world shut down. Miraculously, the entire original cast has returned for this production....


Des Moines Metro Opera Announces World Premiere of A THOUSAND ACRES and $1.5 Million Photo Des Moines Metro Opera Announces World Premiere of A THOUSAND ACRES and $1.5 Million Gift
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 29, 2021

On July 9, 2022, Des Moines Metro Opera will add a new American work to the operatic canon with its world premiere of A Thousand Acres with music by Kristin Kuster and libretto by Mark Campbell. The work is based on Jane Smiley’s 1991 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name and will be a cente...


Syfy Greenlights Two New Series, THE SURREALTOR and DAY OF THE DEAD Photo Syfy Greenlights Two New Series, THE SURREALTOR and DAY OF THE DEAD
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 28, 2020

SYFY announces the pickup of two new co-productions - the 10-episode THE SURREALTOR, produced by Blue Ice Pictures, and DAY OF THE DEAD, a 10-episode series based on George A. Romero's classic film and produced by Cartel Entertainment. Both are expected to air on SYFY in 2021....


Netflix Renews SWEET MAGNOLIAS For a Third Season Photo Netflix Renews SWEET MAGNOLIAS For a Third Season
by Michael Major - May 04, 2022

Sweet Magnolias follows lifelong best friends Maddie (JoAnna Garcia Swisher), Dana Sue (Brooke Elliott), and Helen (Heather Headley) as they juggle relationships, family, and careers in the charming small town of Serenity, SC. Sweet Magnolias is based on the popular series of novels published by MIR...


9th Annual International Playwrights Festival Virtual Edition Announced Photo 9th Annual International Playwrights Festival Virtual Edition Announced
by A.A. Cristi - November 05, 2020

The Warner Theatre will present its 9th Annual International Playwrights Festival – “The Ties That Bind” – from the Warner’s Nancy Marine Studio Theatre beginning on Friday, November 6, 2020 at 7:00 pm.  ...


BALD SISTERS Extended for Additional Week at Steppenwolf Theatre Company Photo BALD SISTERS Extended for Additional Week at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 28, 2022

Steppenwolf Theatre Company has added week of performances for its world premiere of Vichet Chum’s Bald Sisters, now extended through January 21, 2023....


ArtsEmerson Presents 4th Annual MR. JOY: The Neighborhood Tour Photo ArtsEmerson Presents 4th Annual MR. JOY: The Neighborhood Tour
by Stephi Wild - March 03, 2020

ArtsEmerson, in collaboration with METCO, Inc. presents the 4th annual Mr. Joy: The Neighborhood Tour a?" a series of free theatre performances of Daniel Beaty's Mr. Joy, a play that explores issues of race and class in America to help us find our common humanity. The experience of seeing this play ...


Video: Watch a Clip of ID's MOTHER, MAY I MURDER? Photo Video: Watch a Clip of ID's MOTHER, MAY I MURDER?
by Michael Major - August 31, 2023

Ahead of the premiere of a special 2-hour episode of ID’s MOTHER, MAY I MURDER?, watch an exclusive clip from The Grifter Murders which goes inside the shocking case of a glamorous mother-son criminal duo Sante and Kenny Kimes who left a trail of destruction from Los Angeles to New York. Watch the v...


ESPEJOS: CLEAN Comes to Syracuse Stage Next Month Photo ESPEJOS: CLEAN Comes to Syracuse Stage Next Month
by Stephi Wild - January 11, 2023

Next up at Syracuse Stage is Espejos: Clean, written by Christine Quintana and performed in both English and Spanish with respective supertitles simultaneously, running February 15 to March 5, 2023. In cooperation with Hartford Stage, Espejos: Clean is directed by Syracuse Stage Associate Artistic D...


Singer-Songwriter-Guitarist David Haerle Asks Listeners To Take A 'Train Down Memory Photo Singer-Songwriter-Guitarist David Haerle Asks Listeners To Take A 'Train Down Memory Lane'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 21, 2021

Quickly earning a reputation for honest, heartfelt, and personal yet relatable pieces with an emphasis on storytelling and songwriting, this new song doesn’t veer off course....


American Theater Group to Present MY ITALY STORY and PURLIE in 2024-25 Season Photo American Theater Group to Present MY ITALY STORY and PURLIE in 2024-25 Season
by Blair Ingenthron - September 08, 2024

American Theater Group (ATG), Central NJ's professional regional theater company, will present the endearing My Italy Story by NJ playwright Joseph Gallo as its 2024-25 Season Opener, followed by the exhilarating and Tony Award-winning musical Purlie written by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose and Peter Ude...


YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN to Open Osceola Arts 62nd Season Photo YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN to Open Osceola Arts 62nd Season
by Blair Ingenthron - September 10, 2022

Osceola Arts will celebrate its 62nd season of theatre when it opens its doors for the 2022-2023 theatre season later this month. Beginning Friday, September 16th, and running through Sunday, October 2nd Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein will be live on the Osceola Arts Main Stage. ...


HAND TO GOD Comes to University of Adelaide's Little Theatre Photo HAND TO GOD Comes to University of Adelaide's Little Theatre
by Stephi Wild - October 26, 2022

Described as Sesame Street meets The Exorcist, the funniest and filthiest Broadway show in years finally makes its South Australian premiere in University of Adelaide's iconic Little Theatre....


Sam Williams Releases Deluxe Album 'Glasshouse Children: Tilted Crown' Photo Sam Williams Releases Deluxe Album 'Glasshouse Children: Tilted Crown'
by Michael Major - October 14, 2022

Nashville singer/songwriter Sam Williams releases Glasshouse Children: Tilted Crown, a deluxe version of his celebrated debut Glasshouse Children. The expanded edition features six new tracks, including the previously released “Ragdoll” as well as new song “Tilted Crown.”...


TOSOS Will Present THE LAST MOTHER IN THE HOUSE OF CHAVIS in January 2022 Photo TOSOS Will Present THE LAST MOTHER IN THE HOUSE OF CHAVIS in January 2022
by Stephi Wild - December 15, 2021

In Robert Macke's play The Last Mother in the House of Chavis, a father discovers his estranged son is competing on a reality television series ... as a drag queen. The play is a funny and moving exploration of the ties that bind families, both biological and chosen, as well as the forces that drive...


August Burns Red Shares 'Bones' Video Photo August Burns Red Shares 'Bones' Video
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 07, 2020

Two-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated Pennsylvania quintet AUGUST BURNS RED —JB Brubaker [lead guitar], Brent Rambler [rhythm guitar], Matt Greiner [drums], Jake Luhrs [lead vocals], and Dustin Davidson [bass]—have just shared the video for 'Bones.'...


Sam Williams Releases New Song 'Blame 'Em Both' Photo Sam Williams Releases New Song 'Blame 'Em Both'
by Michael Major - September 23, 2022

Nashville singer/songwriter Sam Williams has released the delicately scathing “Blame ‘Em Both”, another song from the forthcoming deluxe version of his celebrated debut, Glasshouse Children out via Mercury Nashville.  The expanded edition of the record, entitled Glasshouse Children: Tilted Crown, in...


BWW Review: LOCH LOMOND at Broadway Rose Photo BWW Review: LOCH LOMOND at Broadway Rose
by Krista Garver - October 08, 2021

Set in during the Jacobite uprisings of 1745, LOCH LOMOND, which is currently having its world premiere at Broadway Rose, is at once a sweeping musical about desire (for independence, for glory, for love) and an intimate look at the many ties that bind people together....






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