Amazon Announces the Best Books of 2016 - Colson Whitehead's THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Hits #1
by Christina Mancuso - November 15, 2016 (NASDAQ:AMZN)-Amazon.com today announced its selections for the Best Books of 2016, naming Colson Whitehead's novel The Underground Railroad the Best Book of the Year. The annual list features the Top 100 books of the year plus Top 20 lists across various categories. All lists are hand-selected by A...
Maxamoo Podcast Discusses The Undertaking, Life & Times, Underground Railroad Game, Nat Turner in Jerusalem
by Maxamoo - September 28, 2016 We ventured out en mass four consecutive nights and lived to recount the tale. Discussed in this episode: Shows Discussed: The Undertaking from The Civilians at BAM, Life & Times: Episode 8 from Nature Theater of Oklahoma at the FIAF (French Institute Alliance Francaise) Crossing the Line Festival, ...
Tony Winners Patina Miller, Bryce Pinkham & Brian F. O'Byrne Join Cast of PBS's MERCY STREET
by Caryn Robbins - April 26, 2016 PBS announced today that MERCY STREET is adding new actors and directors to the series' robust talent list for Season Two, which is currently in production in Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia....
BEYOND THE OAK TREES, the Story of Harriet Tubman, Premieres At Crossroads Theatre Company for Black History Month
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2017 Crossroads Theatre Company will mark Black History Month, Feb. 16-26, with the world premiere of Beyond the Oak Trees, by Kisha Bundridge, the daring story of abolitionist Harriet Tubman merging past and present along the Underground Railroad....
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME Extends Again at Ars Nova
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2016 In response to critical acclaim and popular demand, Ars Nova, New York's incubator for boundary-pushing theater, announces a second and final extension of the sold-out Underground Railroad Game....
Ars Nova's UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME Tour Will Travel to Germany, D.C. and More
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2017 Ars Nova has announced an international tour of the critically acclaimed Underground Railroad Game. The provocative production, which premiered in New York last year, was created by Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R. Sheppard with Philadelphia based theater company Lightning Rod Special and directed by T...
Danai Gurira's FAMILIAR, AN OCTOROON Encore and More Set for Woolly Mammoth Theatre's 2017-18 Season
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2017 Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company has announced its 2017-2018 season, which features six provocative plays that will lean into the current moment, speak truth to power, and galvanize conversations about the social and political questions gripping our country....
'The Underground Railroad,' 'Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,' Receive 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence
by Christina Mancuso - January 23, 2017 ATLANTA, Jan. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ The American Library Association selects 'The Underground Railroad,' by Colson Whitehead, published by Doubleday, Penguin Random House LLC, as the winner of the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and 'Evicted: Poverty and Profit in th...
United Methodist Church Presents SOUL OF PULCHRITUDE: A NIGHT WITH STEPHEN SALTERS
by A.A. Cristi - November 02, 2016 UNION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH presents Soul of Pulchritude: A Night with Stephen Salters a one night only Benefit Boston concert from an internationally renowned baritone. Stephen Salters and Randolph Fuller are proud to partner with Union United Methodist Church for their 'Called to Serve' Campaign...
BWW Review: BEYOND THE OAK TREES at Crossroads Theatre is Exceptional Drama
by Patrick Kennedy - February 21, 2017 See 'Beyond the Oak Trees' now at Crossroads Theatre through February 26th. Written by Kisha Bundridge and directed by Marshall Jones III, it is an exceptional World Premiere play....
Cleveland Public Theatre to Host 3rd Annual STATION HOPE
by Tyler Peterson - April 13, 2016 Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the full list of participating artists for CPT's third annual Station Hope event-a jubilant community event inspired by the Underground Railroad and Cleveland's social justice heritage, and featuring over ...
Showbiz Players Present THE CIVIL WAR at Carnegie Theatre
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2017 Showbiz Players opens Frank Wildhorn's musical "THE CIVIL WAR" on April 28th at the Carnegie Theatre, 1028 Scott Blvd., Covington, Ky. 41011....
Stars of WGN America's UNDERGROUND Take Center Stage at 2016 Essence Festival
by Caryn Robbins - July 07, 2016 A crowd of cheering fans greeted WGN America's UNDERGROUND stars Aldis Hodge ('Noah'), Alano Miller ('Cato') and Amirah Vann ('Ernestine'), and director and executive producer Anthony Hemingway, as the celebrated group took center stage at the 2016 Essence Festival...
Official: Hamilton to Remain on $10 Bill; Harriet Tubman to Replace Jackson on $20
by Caryn Robbins - April 20, 2016 In addition to thanking Lin-Manuel Miranda for giving us Broadway's smash hit HAMILTON, Americans should be grateful that he has also sparked a lively debate over which historical figures from U.S. history deserve their face on our official currency....
Maxamoo Podcast Discusses The Undertaking, Life & Times, Underground Railroad Game, Nat Turner in Jerusalem
by Maxamoo - September 28, 2016 We ventured out en mass four consecutive nights and lived to recount the tale. Discussed in this episode: Shows Discussed: The Undertaking from The Civilians at BAM, Life & Times: Episode 8 from Nature Theater of Oklahoma at the FIAF (French Institute Alliance Francaise) Crossing the Line Festival, ...
WGN America Renews UNDERGROUND for Second Season
by Tyler Peterson - April 25, 2016 WGN America's Underground Railroad thriller 'Underground,' among the most widely praised series of the year and the network's most-watched original program ever, has been renewed for a second season, it was announced today by Matt Cherniss, President and General Manager, WGN America and Tribune Stud...
Ars Nova Extends UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME Through October
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2016 In response to critical acclaim and popular demand, Ars Nova, New York's incubator for boundary-pushing theater, extends the sold-out, New York premiere of Underground Railroad Game to October 29....
GOING WEST: THE STORY OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD Premiere Headed to B Street Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2017 B Street Theatre will present the World Premiere of Going West: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad as the third production in the 2016 - 2017 Family Series Season....
Simpatico Theatre Project Presents TIME IS ON OUR SIDE Beginning Today
by BWW News Desk - June 03, 2016 Simpatico Theatre Project's Season 11 exploration of progress and freedom continues this June with the commissioned world premiere of TIME IS ON OUR SIDE by R. Eric Thomas at our brand new home at the Theatre at the Drake....
BWW Interview: Playwright Kisha Bundridge of BEYOND THE OAK TREES at Crossroads Theatre 2/16-2/26
by Marina Kennedy - February 07, 2017 Broadwayworld.com interviewed playwright Kisha Bundridge of 'Beyond the Oak Trees' Directed by the theatre's Producing Artistic director, Marshall Jones III, the show will be on the New Brunswick stage from February 16th to February 26th....
Breaking News: HADESTOWN, SWEENEY TODD, INDECENT, OSLO and More Top 2017 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations
by BWW News Desk - April 04, 2017 The Off-Broadway League today announced nominations in 19 categories for the 32nd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway....
Simpatico Theatre Project to Stage TIME IS ON OUR SIDE This June
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2016 Simpatico Theatre Project's Season 11 exploration of progress and freedom continues this June with the commissioned world premiere of TIME IS ON OUR SIDE by R. Eric Thomas at our brand new home at the Theatre at the Drake....
BWW Review: HARRIET TUBMAN Comes to Life at The Evergreen Theatre
by Caroline Sposto - July 16, 2016 In 1849, a twenty-eight year-old former slave named Harriet Tubman risked her life to lead a group of other slaves to freedom. Over the course of ten years, she made an additional nineteen trips. She didn't lose any of her three hundred 'passengers' on The Underground Railroad. They called her 'Mose...
Hudson Booksellers Announces the Best Books of 2016
by Christina Mancuso - October 31, 2016 Hudson Booksellers, a brand unit of travel retailer Hudson Group and one of the most prominent book retailers in the country, has announced its list of the Best Books published in 2016. Hudson Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dufry AG of Basel, Switzerland, operates over 950 stores in 83 airports...
Winners of the 2016 National Book Awards Are Announced!
by Christina Mancuso - November 18, 2016 The 67th annual National Book Awards hosted by Larry Wilmore was announced live on Facebook, Twitter, and at nationalbook.org.... |
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