Atlanta Musical Theatre Festival Sets Inaugural Lineup
by Tyler Peterson - June 23, 2016 The Atlanta Musical Theatre Festival is thrilled to announce the selections for the inaugural Atlanta Musical Theatre Festival (AMTF), which will be held August 1 and 2, 2016, at Actor's Express and Synchronicity Theatre. The AMTF will be two days and nights of original musical theatre performances ...
Kimmel Center Names New Director of Media Relations & Communications
by Tyler Peterson - March 04, 2015 The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts has announced the appointment of Leslie Patterson-Tyler as its new Director of Media Relations & Communications....
POSSUM CREEK Set for 2nd Annual Best Of The Fest
by Tyler Peterson - September 09, 2015 Possum Creek, which previously played to packed houses (3 sold-out shows) and garnered rave reviews at the 2015 New York International Fringe Festival, will have a limited run at The 2nd Annual Best Of The Fest at The Celebration of Whimsy....
Ere Aworan Releases ERE AWORAN
by Christina Mancuso - June 23, 2015 MENDHAM, N.J., June 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ 'Racism is deeply rooted in the history of slavery in America,' said Michael Jay Nusbaum. 'We need to fight against Racism with the same combined efforts that were used to fight against slavery. Ere Aworan tells of a time when we came together to fight for g...
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....
Flat Rock Playhouse Studio 52 Announces Auditions, Shows for Spring 2016
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2015 Flat Rock Playhouse Studio 52, a division of the Vagabond School of Drama, est. 1952, announced today the audition dates for their Spring production of JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH as well as a roster of classes and productions slated for Spring 2016....
Richard Johnson to Bring One-Man Show to Gene Frankel Theatre
by Tyler Peterson - January 06, 2016 In celebration of Black History Month, actor/vocalist Richard Johnson will perform the premiere of his one man play, 'Pappy on Da Underground Railroad,' directed by Keith Allen, accompanied by musical director Terry Wallstein. Johnson is best known for his cabaret shows on the music of Nat King Cole...
EVERYTHING THAT RISES Exhibition to Explore New Jersey's Racial History, Beginning 9/20
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2015 This fall, the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey will present an exhibition by New Jersey artist Casey Ruble on the meaning of place, transgression, and memory....
ERE AWORAN is Released
by Christina Mancuso - April 26, 2016 MENDHAM, N.J., April 26, 2016 /PRNewswire-iReach/ 'I was shocked to read about how many people have criticizedHarriet Tubmanand her son's claims over how many slaves were actually saved by Mrs. Tubman,' said authorMichael Jay Nusbaum. 'I was so happy to learn that Mrs. Tubman had actually saved over...
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME Begins Tonight at Ars Nova
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2016 Ars Nova, New York's incubator for boundary-pushing theater, presents Underground Railroad Game (tonight, September 13, through October 15), created by Jennifer Kidwell and Scott Sheppard with Philadelphia based theater company Lightning Rod Special and directed by Taibi Magar....
WGN America's UNDERGROUND Celebrated at 2016 Joint Convention in Washington DC
by Caryn Robbins - August 09, 2016 WGN America's critically acclaimed, hit series UNDERGROUND was highlighted last Friday, August 5 at the joint convention for the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in Washington, D.C....
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....
Kathleen Battle to Return to Metropolitan Opera in November
by Tyler Peterson - April 04, 2016 Legendary soprano Kathleen Battle, who starred in more than 220 Met performances over the course of her career, will make her first appearance at the Met in more than 20 years with the recital Kathleen Battle: Underground Railroad – A Spiritual Journey on Sunday, November 13 at 4 p.m. Battle will si...
Cleveland Public Theatre Receives $150K to Support Station Hope 2016
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2015 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Jane Chu announced 69 Our Town awards totaling almost $5 million through the Our Town program's fifth year of funding. Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is one of those recommended organizations and will receive $150,000 for Station Hope 2016. The NEA rec...
Reform the Debates & More on Tonight's MetroFocus on THIRTEEN
by Caryn Robbins - September 16, 2016 The award-winning series MetroFocus premieres new episodes in the New York and tri-state region weeknights at 5 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6 p.m. on THIRTEEN. All episodes are available at metrofocus.org following the broadcast....
L. Van Stelle Releases CARRY ME HOME
by Christina Mancuso - March 15, 2016 L. Van Stelle, a first time author, has completed her new book, 'Carry Me Home': a daring and bold journey of a group of slaves traveling on the Underground Railroad. Will they all make it alive? While in her early teens, L. Van Stelle lived in a farm house in the Kalamazoo, Michigan area with her ...
Ars Nova to Present UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME This Fall
by BWW News Desk - August 18, 2016 Ars Nova, New York's incubator for boundary-pushing theater, is pleased to present Underground Railroad Game (September 13-October 15), created by Jennifer Kidwell and Scott Sheppard with Philadelphia based theater company Lightning Rod Special and directed by Taibi Magar....
Grammy Winner Lisa Fischer to Perform Benefit Concert for Historic Newton, 4/1
by Tyler Peterson - January 26, 2016 Historic Newton, a non-profit organization that encourages exploration of Newton, MA within the broad context of American history will present Grammy-Award winning vocalist Lisa Fischer with the band Grand Baton in a fundraising concert on Friday, April 1, 2016 at Newton North High School. Tickets ...
LOST'S Daniel Dae Kim to Star in 3AD & Das Films' ESCAPING NORTH KOREA
by Tess Reynolds - August 28, 2015 3AD, the CBS-based production company founded by actor/producer/director Daniel Dae Kim (LOST, Hawaii Five-0), has enlisted up-and-coming writer, Rosalind Ross, to pen a script for a feature film adaptation of Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World's Most Repressive Country from author...
Civil War Film UNION BOUND Gets New Release Date
by Tyler Peterson - January 26, 2016 The release date for Civil War film Union Bound has been pushed back to April 22nd following positive buzz generated from early screenings. The inspiring film from Uptone Pictures, Moving Box Entertainment and Weathervane Productions and distributed by Hannover House/Medallion Releasing/Universal, i...
LINCOLN'S BODYGUARD Now Available in Trade Paper
by Christina Mancuso - April 20, 2016 The Story: In Lincoln's Bodyguard, an alternative version of American history, President Lincoln is saved from assassination. Though he prophesied his own death-the only way he believed the South would truly surrender-Lincoln never accounted for the heroics of his bodyguard, Joseph Foster. A biraci...
CPT to Present ROAD TO HOPE at Christ Episcopal Church, 4/9
by Tyler Peterson - March 30, 2016 Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) presents ROAD TO HOPE at Christ Episcopal Church on Saturday, April 9th from 6:00pm-9:00pm, 3445 Warrensville Center Road, Cleveland OH, in the east inner suburb of Shaker Heights. Road to Hope at Christ Episcopal Church is the third of a series of performing arts even...
Bright Star Theatre Partners with National Park Service
by Tyler Peterson - October 29, 2015 Bright Star Touring Theatre based in Asheville, North Carolina is partering with the National Park Service to provide performances for National Park patrons in 2016. The company was awarded a federal contract to create an original play entitled The Black Experience in the Heartland. This hour long...
WGN America to Debut Scripted Series OUTSIDERS and UNDERGROUND Commercial Free
by Caryn Robbins - January 11, 2016 WGN America's highly anticipated scripted dramas 'Outsiders,' premiering Tuesday, January 26 (9:00 pm ET/PT) and 'Underground,' premiering Wednesday, March 9 (10:00 p.m. ET/PT), will air commercial free...
WGN America Gives Season 2 Order to Underground Railroad Thriller UNDERGROUND
by Caryn Robbins - April 26, 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... |
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