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Two British filmmakers, Bernard MacMahon and Allison McGourty, and American Producer Duke Erikson have pieced together this extraordinary story set in the late 1920s when record companies toured America with a recording machine and for the first time captured the raw expression of an emerging culture. It democratized music and gave a voice to the poorest in the nation. The filmmakers follow the machine's trail across the United States to rediscover the families whose music was recorded by it, music that would lead to the development of blues, country, gospel, Hawaiian, Cajun and folk music

Legacy Recordings Set To Release American Epic Documentary Series Collection
by A.A. Cristi - April 28, 2017

Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release AMERICAN EPIC: The Collection, a 5-CD/100 song deluxe box set, and AMERICAN EPIC: The Soundtrack, a single disc anthology of 15 songs featured in the AMERICAN EPIC three-part historical documentary (1LP or 1CD), on Fri...


EgoPo Classic Theater Announces Cast of LYDIE BREEZE TRILOGY Photo EgoPo Classic Theater Announces Cast of LYDIE BREEZE TRILOGY
by Julie Musbach - August 07, 2017

EgoPo Classic Theater celebrates its 25th Anniversary with the 2017-18 John Guare Festival. As the centerpiece of the season, the company is presenting the world premiere of Guare's Lydie Breeze Trilogy. This three-part American epic can be experienced in three ways: as a three-part series spread ov...


New Book Looks at the Life & Times of Influential American Cleric
by Christina Mancuso - August 08, 2014

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Book Now For THE LEHMAN TRILOGY In The West End Photo Book Now For THE LEHMAN TRILOGY In The West End
by Marianka Swain - November 02, 2018

Following a sold-out run at the National Theatre, the NT and Neal Street Productions' critically acclaimed production of The Lehman Trilogy transfers to the Piccadilly Theatre in London's West End for 12 weeks only. Book tickets here!...


SHOW PEOPLE to Receive Star Treatment at the Academy
by Claire Hannum - October 19, 2012

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a restored version of the comedic silent film SHOW PEOPLE (1928) on Thursday, November 1, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Kevin Brownlow, who received an Honorary Award (an Oscar® statuette), will introduce the...


DakhaBrakha, Taylor Mac, Mark Morris Dance, IF/THEN and More Highlight Seattle Theatre Group's 2015-16 Season
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2015

Art & culture are vital to our existence and Seattle Theatre Group's 2015-2016 season features ample offerings of live performance experiences from arts provocateurs, global masters, cultural icons, and contemporary legends....


Gloucester Stage Launches 2015 Season With SWEET AND SAD
by Sally Henry Fuller - May 23, 2015

Gloucester Stage kicks off the 36th season of producing professional theatre on Cape Ann with Richard Nelson's Sweet and Sad opening on May 28 and running through June 20 at 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA....


Guthrie Theater to Celebrate Christopher Hampton in 2012
by Nicole Rosky - February 15, 2012

Director Joe Dowling today announced the three plays that will comprise the Guthrie's 2012 celebration of prolific British playwright, screenwriter and director Christopher Hampton. A Guthrie commission of Appomattox, a new play based upon Hampton's original 2007 opera collaboration with composer Ph...


BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Author Regrets Writing the Book, Calls it a 'Hassle'
by Sally Henry Fuller - December 28, 2014

Despite the huge success of the film adaptation of her book, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, author Ang Lee says she regrets the whole thing....


Jack White Signs First-Ever Global Publishing Agreement With Universal Music Publishing Group
by Caryn Robbins - April 27, 2017

Jack White, the highly revered singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer, has signed a first-ever global, multi-year agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) to administer the iconic artist's entire song catalog....


Chance Theater Announces 21st Anniversary Season Photo Chance Theater Announces 21st Anniversary Season
by A.A. Cristi - November 05, 2018

Chance Theater is thrilled to announce its 21st Anniversary Season, which will be the fifth to employ both stages in its home at the Bette Aitken theater arts Center. Next year will feature eight fully-staged productions....


TCG Publishes Richard Nelson's THE APPLE FAMILY PLAYS
by BWW News Desk - December 11, 2014

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce the publication of Richard Nelson's The Apple Family: Scenes from Life in the Country, his triumphant American epic in the form of a four-play cycle. The plays premiered at The Public Theater in New York City over the course of 2010 through 2...


Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre Presents THE ORPHANS' CYCLE Photo Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre Presents THE ORPHANS' CYCLE
by Stephi Wild - October 25, 2018

Rarely produced in its entirety, the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre (MET) will present all three plays in Horton Foote's epic The Orphans' Cycle beginning October 27 and running in repertory through November 18, 2018. This massive production utilizes 30 veteran performers from across the Metro KC are...


BWW Reviews: Zach Theatre Rides the Wheels of a Dream with RAGTIME
by Jeff Davis - October 26, 2012

The current production of RAGTIME, produced by Zach Theatre in its new Topfer Theatre, shows precisely why RAGTIME is such a respected and important piece of theater. This dazzling and flawless production of the show is nothing short of spectacular and yet another triumph for Zach....


Theatre Y Presents THE GHOUL EXHIBITION, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23
by Molly Tracy - January 10, 2017

Theatre Y is pleased to announce the Chicago premiere of Hector Alvarez's one-man American epic about gun violence THE GHOUL EXHIBITION, directed by Melissa Lorraine. THE GHOUL EXHIBITION will play on February 2, 9, 16, 23 at 9pm at the Prop Theater, 3502-04 N. Elston Avenue Chicago, IL 60618, as pa...


National Theatre Announces its May-September 2018 Season Photo National Theatre Announces its May-September 2018 Season
by Stephi Wild - April 19, 2018

The National Theatre has announced its May-September 2018 season....


THE LEHMAN TRILOGY Opens In The West End Photo THE LEHMAN TRILOGY Opens In The West End
by Stephi Wild - May 09, 2019

Following sold-out runs at the National Theatre and in New York at the Park Avenue Armory, the NT and Neal Street Productions' critically acclaimed production of The Lehman Trilogy arrives in the West End, opening for a limited 16-week run this Saturday....


COT's Epic MOBY DICK Sets Sail April 25 Photo COT's Epic MOBY DICK Sets Sail April 25
by A.A. Cristi - April 15, 2019

Chicago Opera Theater (COT) caps its 2018/2019 season with the Chicago premiere of "Moby-Dick," an epic adaptation of Herman Melville's 1851 classic "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale" at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance (205 E. Randolph Street) Thursday, April 25 and Sunday, April 28....


August Wilson's FENCES to Run 2/7-3/1 at Open Stage of Harrisburg
by Tyler Peterson - January 16, 2014

Open Stage of Harrisburg Executive Artistic Director Donald Alsedek directs another installment of August Wilson's acclaimed Century Cycle of plays exploring the Black experience in America Following at the intimate Angino Family Theatre. Following last year's triumph with JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE...


University of Chicago Laboratory Schools announce 9-month educational program based o Photo University of Chicago Laboratory Schools announce 9-month educational program based on the 'American Epic' films, music and book
by Robert Diamond - October 11, 2017

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THE ANNOTATED HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MUSKRAT Opens Tonight at Ice Factory Festival
by BWW News Desk - July 13, 2016

THE ANNOTATED HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MUSKRAT, an experimental American epic, will receive its New York premiere in the 2016 Ice Factory Festival at New Ohio Theatre....


4th Wall Theatre Company Announces Titles For Its Ninth Season Photo 4th Wall Theatre Company Announces Titles For Its Ninth Season
by Julie Musbach - April 01, 2019

4th Wall Theatre Company announces its 2019-2020 Season. For 4th Wall's Ninth Season, Co-Artistic Directors Kim Tobin-Lehl and Philip Lehl are sharing a season of American classics and electrifying Houston premieres. "It's a season that explores family, racism, illness, lost love, and ultimately wha...


The Gift Theatre Sets 2016 Season
by Tyler Peterson - July 13, 2015

During last night's Season Release Bash at Fischman Liquors and Tavern, artistic director and co-founder Michael Patrick Thornton proudly announced The Gift Theatre's 2016 season will include: Shakespeare's Richard III to be presented in Steppenwolf's Garage Theatre starring Thornton as the villaino...


VIDEO: Get a First Look at PBS Historical Musical Documentary AMERICAN EPIC
by Caryn Robbins - April 08, 2015

In the all-new teaser below, get a first look at AMERICAN EPIC, a three-part historical documentary and The American Epic Sessions, a feature-length recording studio film will air in Fall 2015 on PBS and BBC Arena....


The CSO Performs BEETHOVEN & DON QUIXOTE This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2014

Beethoven's most engaging symphony shares a program with Strauss' wise, compelling tone poem tracing the whimsical adventures of an aging, chivalrous Spanish knight, and sensuous, rollicking selections from Falla's ballet The Three-Cornered Hat. Led by guest conductor Andrew Grams, the program will ...






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