Hunter Parrish, Lance Bass & More to Guest in Amazon Original Series HAND OF GOD
by Caryn Robbins - March 04, 2015 Amazon today announced Erykah Badu (Black Dynamite), Lance Bass (Hell & Back), Hunter Parrish (The Good Wife), Jon Tenney (Scandal) and Jacob Vargas (Sons of Anarchy) will guest star in the highly-anticipated dramatic series Hand of God....
Amazon Debuts Original Drama Series BOSCH on Prime Instant Video Today
by TV News Desk - February 13, 2015 Amazon today announced it will premiere all ten episodes of its first hour-long drama series BOSCH today, February 13 on Prime Instant Video in the US, UK and Germany....
ABC Family Developing TV Adaptation of Off-Broadway Musical RATED P FOR PARENTHOOD with Kelly Ripa
by Tyler Peterson - June 03, 2014 According to Deadline, ABC Family is developing a TV adaptation of the Off-Broadway musical RATED P FOR PARENTHOOD with Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' Milojo Productions and Jamie Denbo....
Drama in the Berkshires - Meet the Full Cast of THE COUNTRY HOUSE!
by Meet the Cast - October 25, 2014 Manhattan Theatre Club's New York premiere co-production of The Country House, the new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies, directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan, opened on October 2 at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). Scroll down to learn more about the fu...
Amazon to Debut Jill Soloway's Highly-Anticipated Dark Comedy Transparent on September 26 in the US and UK
by Matt Tamanini - August 27, 2014 Amazon today announced it will premiere all ten episodes of the highly-anticipated Jill Soloway (Afternoon Delight, Six Feet Under) dark comedy Transparent on Friday, September 26 exclusively on Prime Instant Video in the US and UK. Starring Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development), Judith Light (Dalla...
Ridgefield Playhouse to Welcome Wanda Sykes, 5/1
by Tyler Peterson - March 11, 2015 Emmy Award-winning actor/writer/comedian Wanda Sykes has been called 'one of the funniest stand-up comics' by her peers and ranks among Entertainment Weekly's 25 Funniest People in America. She works regularly with the likes of Larry David, Chris Rock and Gary Trudeau on such shows and films as C...
Writers Sign Petition Over Upcoming Neil Patrick Harris Variety Show & More
by Caryn Robbins - January 26, 2015 Today, over 175 comedy and variety writers have signed a petition urging ITV to enter a collective bargaining agreement to protect its nonfiction writer-producers, including those set for the 10 ordered episodes of NBC's Neil Patrick Harris' variety show announced back in October....
Comedies & Dramas Among Amazon's 2015 Pilot Season Debuting 1/15
by Caryn Robbins - January 06, 2015 Amazon Studios today announced it will debut its first pilot season of 2015 on Thursday, January 15 on Amazon Instant Video in the US, UK and Germany. Seven drama and comedy pilots will premiere...
Reed Birney and Brooke Bloom to Star in YOU GOT OLDER World Premiere at HERE
by Tyler Peterson - August 27, 2014 PAGE 73 has announced the world premiere of YOU GOT OLDER, a new play by 2014 P73 Playwriting Fellow Clare Barron. Directed by Obie Award-winner Anne Kauffman, YOU GOT OLDER will star Tony Award nominee Reed Birney and Brooke Bloom and begins previews on October 29, 2014 on the Mainstage at HERE (14...
Watch on Amazon Instant Video Today: Amazon Debuts Five New Original Comedy and Drama Pilots
by Matt Tamanini - August 28, 2014 Amazon today launched its third pilot season, calling on customers in the US and UK to watch a brand new slate of original comedy and drama pilots, and provide feedback to help determine which shows should be made into Amazon Original Series. The line-up includes everything from a visit to modern da...
Review Roundup: Amazon's MOZART IN THE JUNGLE, with Bernadette Peters & Gael Garcia Bernal
by Tyler Peterson - December 22, 2014 Amazon will premiere all ten episodes of the highly-anticipated dramatic comedy series MOZART IN THE JUNGLE tomorrow, Tuesday, December 23 on Prime Instant Video in the US, UK and Germany....
EPIX Announces Extension to Prime Instant Video Agreement
by Caryn Robbins - February 23, 2015 EPIX today announced that it has extended its agreement with Amazon to license thousands of new releases, classic library titles and original programs for Prime Instant Video....
Mena Suvari to Star in Amazon's New Dramatic Thriller HYSTERIA
by Caryn Robbins - July 01, 2014 Amazon today announced it has added the hour-long dramatic thriller Hysteria, from Amazon Studios, Universal Television and Alcon Television Group, to its third pilot season...
John Goodman and Tom Sturridge Board West End-Bound AMERICAN BUFFALO
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2015 According to the Daily Mail, John Goodman and Tom Sturridge will team up with Damian Lewis in this spring's West End production of AMERICAN BUFFALO. David Mamet's play, helmed by Daniel Evans, will run at Wyndham's Theatre from April 16, with a closing date set for June 27, 2015....
DVR Alert - THE RIVER's Hugh Jackman to Visit 'Live with Kelly and Michael', 10/22
by Caryn Robbins - October 17, 2014 On Wednesday, October 22nd, the hosts will interview Golden Globe and Tony winner HUGH JACKMAN about his new play The River....
Amazon Greenlights Full Seasons for Original Series HAND OF GOD, RED OAKS
by Caryn Robbins - October 03, 2014 Amazon today announced two more original pilots will return to Prime Instant Video next year as full series....
Martin Sola and Nicholas Urda to Star in CRT's OLIVES AND BLOOD, Running 10/2-12
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2014 Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will open their 2014-15 season with Olives and Blood at the Nafe Katter Theatre October 2nd - 12th. Written by Michael Bradford, this new play stars Martin Sola as Juan Luis Trescante Medina, the aging fascist who claims responsibility for the murder of poet-playw...
Woodie King to Tour 2015 Black History Month Play Series to Harlem, Queens and the Bronx, 2/8-22
by BWW News Desk - February 07, 2015 Woodie King's National Black Touring Circuit's 2015 Black History Month Play Series will feature "Adam," the story of legendary Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, and a reading of Ossie Davis' seminal play "The People of Clarendon County" from February 8 - 22 in Harlem, Queens and the Bronx. It's pro...
New Comedy Web Series COMMON GROUND Launches Kickstarter Campaign
by TV News Desk - July 17, 2014 Common Ground follows the story of BEA and LIA -- two very different girls from two very different places -- whose lives come crashing together and flipped upside down after a Craigslist housing scam. Think 'Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23' meets 'Community'....
John Waters to Host Vineyard Theatre's Annual Gala Honoring Margo Lion
by Tyler Peterson - October 16, 2014 The Vineyard Theatre today announced that their 2015 Gala will honor Tony Award-winning producer Margo Lion. The annual Gala Fundraiser will take place on Monday, March 30th, 2015, beginning at 6:30pm, at Edison Ballroom (240 West 47th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue). John Waters (Hairs...
Mena Suvari, Chloe Sevigny & More Set for Amazon's Third Pilot Season, Premiering 8/28
by Caryn Robbins - August 11, 2014 Amazon today announced it will debut its highly anticipated third pilot season August 28 on Amazon Instant Video in the US and the UK....
TAMBURLAINE, PARTS I and II Opens this Sunday at Theatre for a New Audience
by Tyler Peterson - November 14, 2014 Christopher Marlowe's 1587 epic Tamburlaine, Parts I and II, edited and directed by Olivier Award-winner Michael Boyd and starring John Douglas Thompson, opens Sunday, November 16, at 1:00pm at Theatre for a New Audience, Polonsky Shakespeare Center, 262 Ashland Place....
Alex Breaux and Madeline Weinstein Join Roundabout's THE REAL THING
by BWW News Desk - August 27, 2014 Roundabout Theatre Company has announced additional casting for The Real Thing, starring Ewan McGregor as 'Henry,' Maggie Gyllenhaal as 'Annie,' Cynthia Nixon as 'Charlotte' and Josh Hamilton as 'Max.' Tom Stoppard's Tony Award-winning play The Real Thing, directed by Sam Gold begins preview perform...
Dule Hill Joins Laverne Cox in CBS Legal Drama Pilot DOUBT
by TV News Desk - February 18, 2015 Deadline writes that PSYCH's Dule Hill will co-star in CBS's DOUBT pilot. Also joining previously announced Laverne Cox is Kobi Lbii....
Pioneer Theatre Company to Present PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, 12/5-20
by Tyler Peterson - November 19, 2014 Pioneer Theatre Company presents the Tony Award-winning play Peter and the Starcatcher, December 5 through December 20, 2014.... |