Murphy, Huffington et al. Honored with 2010 Hetrick-Martin Emery Awards, 11/9
by Jessica Lewis - October 19, 2010 The Hetrick-Martin Institute celebrates the 2010 Emery Awards on Tuesday, November 9, by reflecting on its 31-year history and looking forward to the next generation of leadership and creative minds to empower the LGBTQ youth of today and change public understanding and acceptance of the community t...
Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds Headlines 1st Annual Reggae Rhythm & Blues Festival in NYC
by Gabrielle Sierra - July 20, 2011 The inaugural Reggae Rhythm & Blues Festival is set to rock the millions of residents and visitors from around the world that will be in the Big Apple for Labor Day weekend. ...
BROTHERS FROM THE BOTTOM Opens at Billie Holiday Theatre Thru 12/19
by BWW News Desk - December 19, 2010 The award-winning Billie Holiday Theatre launches its 39th season on October 15, with the world premiere of Jackie Alexander's play Brothers from the Bottom. The Equity production, also directed by Jackie Alexander, will open October 28 and run through December 19 at the 200-seat Billie Holiday The...
Pacific Symphony to Kick Off Summer Festival 2013 with Music of Neil Diamond, 7/4
by BWW News Desk - June 10, 2013 Heartfelt songs made famous by one of America's most beloved performers-Neil Diamond-along with rousing band marches and meaningful, award-winning film music drum up feelings of celebration and American pride at Pacific Symphony's 'July 4 Extravaganza,' featuring tribute band Super Diamond. ?...
Southwest Airlines Breaks Ground At Houston Hobby
by Robert Diamond - September 30, 2013 Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) broke ground Monday on a new international terminal at William P. Hobby Airport (HOU), marking the official start of construction on the $156 million project....
ANGELS IN AMERICA, OUR CLASS, et al. Set for Wilma Theatre's 2011-12 Season
by Nicole Rosky - March 10, 2011 The Wilma Theater is pleased to announce the four plays that will make up its upcoming 2011 - 2012 Season....
The Matrix Theatre Co Presents NEIGHBORS, Previews 8/19
by BWW News Desk - October 24, 2010 Subtitled 'A Play with Cartoons,' Neighbors is guaranteed to be the most provocative play you'll see this year. Following on the heels of last season's multiple award-winning production of Stick Fly, Joseph Stern's Matrix Theatre Company is back with Brenden Jacobs-Jenkins' shocking, explosive, and ...
Jacob's Pillow Receives National Medal of Arts at the White House 3/2
by Kelsey Denette - March 01, 2011 The National Medal of Arts is awarded to individuals or organizations who 'are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support and availability of the arts in the United States.' Named a National Historic Landmark in 2003, Jacob's Pill...
Arthur Yorinks' AMERICAN SONG Continues at The Flea in April
by Kelsey Denette - March 01, 2013 The Flea Theater in association with Four Arts Media will present the next 4 plays of the AMERICAN SONG 13 play series. Following the previous four plays that brought us from the turn of the century to 1939, the upcoming presentations forge ahead through World War II and end after the cultural and p...
TV: NYC Public School Kids Surprise MEMPHIS with 'Steal Your Rock & Roll' Dance
by Jessica Lewis - February 05, 2011 World-renowned watchmaker Audemars Piguet partnered with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) and the Tony Awards on Thursday, to host more than 1,000 underserved New York City Public School Students at their very first Broadway show. Through 'Inspire Change,' an initiative launched by the pro...
Travel Channel Premieres New Original Series BURGER LAND Tonight
by TV News Desk - April 15, 2013 George Motz, a self-proclaimed hamburger expert hosts Travel Channel's new original series BURGER LAND, premiering tonight, April 15 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT (series moves to its regular 9:00 p.m. ET/PT time slot beginning Today, April 29)....
BBC America Orders Full Season of THE NERDIST with Chris Hardwick
by Tyler Peterson - December 19, 2012 BBC AMERICA's General Manager Perry Simon today ordered a full season of The Nerdist, a comedy-variety talk show based on comedian, writer, Doctor Who evangelist and web pundit Chris Hardwick's hit Nerdist Podcast. The season will premiere in Spring 2013 as part of the channel's signature Supernatu...
BAFTA Award Winning Writer Abi Morgan Brings Espionage Thriller to BBC America
by Kelsey Denette - March 24, 2011 BBC AMERICA is co-producing a new six-part drama series, The Hour, to premiere this summer on BBC AMERICA. Created and written by BAFTA award-winning Abi Morgan (White Girl, Sex Traffic, Brick Lane, Murder), The Hour stars Dominic West(The Wire, The Devil's Whore), Romola Garai (Emma, Atonement) and...
BBC America and NPR to Air WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL
by TV News Desk - December 23, 2011 BBC AMERICA and NPR announced today that the Peabody Award-winning radio quiz show, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, will make its television debut on BBC AMERICA with a '2011 Year in Review' special on Friday, December 23, 8:00pm ET/PT. The year-end special will also broadcast on NPR stations on that w...
Hello Pasta Opens in New York City Today
by Gabrielle Sierra - July 07, 2010 Hello Pasta, a new model in fast-casual dining that serves perfectly cooked pasta with delectable sauces, will launch its first of four restaurant locations at 649 Lexington Avenue between 54th and 55th in New York City today, July 7, 2010....
Chris Hardwick Signs Deal With BBC America to Host Ministry of Laughs
by Kelsey Denette - May 23, 2011 BBC AMERICA has signed comedian, writer and web pundit Chris Hardwick to host the channel's new Saturday night comedy block, Ministry of Laughs, and has committed to a pilot/special based on Hardwick's hit Nerdist podcast. The pilot will be a BBC AMERICA original program....
The Hetrick-Martin Institute Celebrates 2010 EMERY AWARDS 11/9
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2010 The Hetrick-Martin Institute celebrates the 2010 Emery Awards on Tuesday, November 9, by reflecting on its 31-year history and looking forward to the next generation of leadership and creative minds to empower the LGBTQ youth of today and change public understanding and acceptance of the community t...
INVISIBLE MAN Begins at the Huntington, 1/4
by Kelsey Denette - November 30, 2012 Sixty years after the landmark American novel's publication, the Huntington Theatre Company presents a searing production of Ralph Ellison's epic Invisible Man. The first adaptation in any medium to be authorized by the Ellison Trust, the Jefferson Award-winning script is by Academy Award-nominated ...
The H-Bomb and the Jesus Rock Now Available On Amazon
by Gabrielle Sierra - October 20, 2011 The Berlin Blockade. Suez Crisis. Cuban Missile Crisis. Yom Kippur War. During the Cold War, there was constant political unrest and conflicts. ...
BBC America Orders First Original Scripted Series for Summer 2012
by Kelsey Denette - July 28, 2011 In its most significant original programming commitment to date, BBC AMERICA has announced its first original scripted drama series, Copper. The 10 episode series, which centers on a young Irish cop operating in the immigrant communities of 19th century New York, is co-created by Tom Fontana (OZ, Ho...
The Matrix Theatre Co Presents NEIGHBORS, 8/28
by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2010 Subtitled 'A Play with Cartoons,' Neighbors is guaranteed to be the most provocative play you'll see this year. Following on the heels of last season's multiple award-winning production of Stick Fly, Joseph Stern's Matrix Theatre Company is back with Brenden Jacobs-Jenkins' shocking, explosive, and ...
CERVANTINE, A Hawk and a Hacksaw to Tour Northeast
by Caryn Robbins - July 07, 2011 After wowing critics earlier this year with the release of Cervantine, A Hawk and a Hacksaw's tour will be making several in the Northeast, including dates in Albany, Brooklyn and New York, New York....
The Voter Participation Center and Balcony Films Present L.O.V.E. Campaign
by Kelsey Denette - September 24, 2012 In celebration of National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, September 25, The Voter Participation Center joins with Balcony Films for a release of a new music video and original song, 'L.O.V.E. (Let One Voice Emerge),' urging women and other unregistered voters to head to the ballot box on Novembe...
Pacific Symphony Kicks Off Summer Festival 2013 with Music of Neil Diamond Tonight
by BWW News Desk - July 04, 2013 Heartfelt songs made famous by one of America's most beloved performers-Neil Diamond-along with rousing band marches and meaningful, award-winning film music drum up feelings of celebration and American pride at Pacific Symphony's 'July 4 Extravaganza,' featuring tribute band Super Diamond....
Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival Kicks Off 8/17
by BWW News Desk - August 16, 2010 The first annual Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival is set to rock North America with a late summer trek featuring a stellar active rock lineup including multi-platinum headliners Disturbed and Avenged Sevenfold, along with Stone Sour and Halestorm featured on the main stage.... |