Seth MacFarlane & Mark Wahlberg Among Spike TV's GUYS CHOICE 2013 Attendees
by Tyler Peterson - May 23, 2013 Spike TV's “Guys Choice” (#GuysChoice) to feature an all-star roster of presenters and attendees asSeth MacFarlane, Mark Wahlberg, Vin Diesel, The Dude himself, Academy Award-winner Jeff Bridges, Jason Sudeikis, Andrew Luck, Questlove, Jackie Chan, Chrissy Teigen, Katherine Webb, Comedy Central's “W...
La Muse Venale Productions' HONESTLY ABE Plays Abraham Lincoln HS Tonight
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2013 La Muse Venale Productions will bring 'Honestly Abe', the off-Broadway musical, to Abraham Lincoln High School, Brooklyn tonight, February 12, 2013, to musically celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday....
Judy Collins, Andre De Shields and More to Set for THE CIVIL WAR IN WORDS AND MUSIC at Cooper Union, 2/13
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2013 Legendary folk singer Judy Collins; folk pop icon Dar Williams; Broadway star André DeShields; award winning actor Stephen Lang; and The Classical Theater of Harlem will bring the words and ideas of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass to life on Wednesday, February 13th at 6:30 p.m. in the Cooper...
Pandora Productions Stage ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS A FAGGOT World Premiere, Now thru 3/24
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2013 From Pandora's 2013 New Play Project Winner Bixby Elliott comes the serio-comedy Abraham Lincoln Was a Faggot, a smart and wry take on an imaginative teenager and a big-time 'what if' regarding a revered national icon. Presented onstage last spring along with the other finalists, this winning entry ...
A. LINCOLN: A PIONEER TALE Plays Lincoln Amphitheatre, 6/7-29
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2013 A. Lincoln: A Pioneer Tale is written and directed by Ken Jones, the resident playwright for Northern Kentucky University. Jones hopes audiences not only will enjoy the theatrical spectacle of the large dance and choral numbers, but walk away with a sense of joy and pride that a young pioneer boy co...
Mr. Lincoln's Neighborhood Run/Walk to Benefit Local Sites
by Kelsey Denette - April 26, 2013 A benefit run/walk to help raise funds for three area organizations will take place in the woods Abraham Lincoln walked as a boy....
TV: First Look at Naomi Jacobson, Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris and More in Highlights of MARY T. & LIZZY K.
by BroadwayWorld TV - April 08, 2013 Tazewell Thompson's world premiere drama Mary T. & Lizzy K. throws open the doors to the Lincoln White House at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. As one woman's skilled hands work overtime, creating the most beautiful garments of her career, the other's reality continues to slip e...
Judy Collins, Andre De Shields and More to Set for THE CIVIL WAR IN WORDS AND MUSIC at Cooper Union Tonight
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2013 Legendary folk singer Judy Collins; folk pop icon Dar Williams; Broadway star André DeShields; award winning actor Stephen Lang; and The Classical Theater of Harlem will bring the words and ideas of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass to life tonight, February 13th at 6:30 p.m. in the Cooper Unio...
Tony Kushner Appears at New-York Historical Society Screening of LINCOLN Tonight
by Movies News Desk - January 29, 2013 Celebrating the release of Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, the New-York Historical Society presents a screening of this monumental film followed by a conversation with screenwriter and playwright Tony Kushner and Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer. Tonight, January 29, 2013 at 6:30 p.m., get ready for an eve...
Dominic Cooper to Play BOND Creator Ian Fleming in Sky Atlantic Four-Part Miniseries
by TV News Desk - January 16, 2013 According to Variety, Dominic Cooper is set to play James Bond creator Ian Fleming in a four-part biopic for Sky Atlantic. The working title for the miniseries is 'Fleming', penned by John Brownlow and Don Macpherson and directed by Mat Whitecross....
Profiles in History Announces New Auction, Featuring Lincoln-Douglas Debates
by Kelsey Denette - November 12, 2012 Profiles in History, run by Joe Maddalena, is proud to announce that a very rare Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas debates book, signed by Abraham Lincoln, will be up for auction this Thursday, November 15 at their Historical Documents Auction. The auction will be held at the Hyatt Westlake Pla...
Steven Spielberg to Give Keynote Speech at Gettysburg Address Ceremony
by Caryn Robbins - November 19, 2012 Deadline reports that Steven Spielberg has been selected to give the keynote speech at a commemoration marking the 149th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysbergy Address today. The award-winning director helmed the biopic LINCOLN, released in theaters last week....
Photo Flash: First Look at THE LOVES OF MR. LINCOLN at GAYFEST NYC
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2013 GAYFEST NYC, Inc., the country's premier producer of new LGBT- themed plays, concludes the Fifth Festival of Plays, a four-week event filled with powerful theatre works spotlighting gay issues, with the World Premiere of the new play, The Loves of Mr. Lincoln, written by David Brendan Hopes and dire...
Video Trailer: LINCOLN, Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Hits Theaters Today
by Movies News Desk - November 09, 2012 Steven Spielberg's highly-anticipated film LINCOLN releases today, November 9, 2012. Watch the trailer below!...
New Bronze Bust of Lincoln Wins Praise
by Christina Mancuso - May 02, 2013 On April 3rd, the New-York Historical Society unveiled a life-size bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln. The event, which attracted such personalities as singers Tony Bennett and Judy Collins, writer Gay Talese, editor Nan Talese, Barnes & Noble CEO Leonard Riggio, media magnate Sumner Redstone, and ...
Chicago Sinfonietta Celebrates Cinco de Mayo with Mariachi Monumental de Mexico Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2013 The fourth concert in our Encuentros Music Series celebrates Cinco de Mayo, which commemorates the victory of the Mexican army over the French at the Battle of Puebla....
NYU Hosts WAR, TRAUMA, AND PUBLIC ART Panel, Featuring Krzysztof Wodiczko Today
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2012 A panel discussion, 'War, Trauma, and Public Art' will be held today, December 4, 2012, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Kimmel Center, New York University, featuring guest artist Krzysztof Wodizcko and panelists Ani Buk, Carl Cannon, Rosalyn Deutsche, Joseph LeDoux and Kirk Savage, with moderator Carol Beck...
VIDEO: First Look - Bovine Metropolis Theater's TWILIGHT Spoof AMERICA THE UNICORN
by Tyler Peterson - May 24, 2013 Everyone knows that a unicorn makes the best history teacher. 'America The Unicorn' is the 36th original sketch comedy revue written and performed by Bovine Metropolis Theater's sketch team, and it's taking absurdity to a whole new level. A unicorn will teach a reinvented history of the United State...
'Team of Rivals' is First Book Selection for CBS THIS MORNING READS Initiative
by Caryn Robbins - October 16, 2012 CBS THIS MORNING has launched CBS THIS MORNING READS, a new online venture that will virtually connect and engage CBS THIS MORNING viewers with their favorite authors. The first featured selection will be "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by historian and Pulitzer Prize winne...
Chicago Sinfonietta to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Mariachi Monumental de Mexico, 5/2
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2013 The fourth concert in our Encuentros Music Series celebrates Cinco de Mayo, which commemorates the victory of the Mexican army over the French at the Battle of Puebla....
LMU & Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum Present a Special Musical Event Featuring Civil War Inspired Music, 2/22
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2013 Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) and the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum (ALLM) will welcome some of the nation's top bluegrass artists for a special benefit music event at the Sam and Sue Mars Performing Arts Center of the Duke Hall of Citizenship on Friday, February 22....
TCG Books Publishes LINCOLN Screenplay
by Kelsey Denette - January 22, 2013 Theatre Communications Group (TCG) today announced the publication of Tony Kushner's critically acclaimed screenplay for Lincoln, now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. Based in part on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius ...
Amphitheatre Opens Season with Celtic Spring: Song and Dance
by Kelsey Denette - March 25, 2013 Lincoln Amphitheatre's 26th season will kick off in April featuring a Celtic concert and Irish dancers....
James McEachin Releases TELL ME A TALE: A NOVEL OF THE OLD SOUTH
by Tyler Peterson - January 16, 2013 While Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day Lewis have presented Abraham Lincoln in the film Lincoln, and Quentin Tarrantino and Jamie Foxx brings us Djamgo Unchained, actor/author James McEachin (who once wrote a screenplay with Spielberg) offers a uniquely different story of emancipation in his powerful...
TV: First Look at Naomi Jacobson, Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris and More in Highlights of MARY T. & LIZZY K.
by BroadwayWorld TV - April 08, 2013 Tazewell Thompson's world premiere drama Mary T. & Lizzy K. throws open the doors to the Lincoln White House at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. As one woman's skilled hands work overtime, creating the most beautiful garments of her career, the other's reality continues to slip e... |