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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

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

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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....


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...


Brownlow, Coppola, Godard and Wallach to Receive Academy's Governors Awards
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 25, 2010

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted last night to present the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-director Francis Ford Coppola and Honorary Awards to historian and preservationist Kevin Brownlow, director Jean-Luc Godard and actor Eli Wallach....


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....


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....


Know Theatre Extends ANGELS IN AMERICA 5/12, 5/15
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 22, 2010

Know Theatre of Cincinnati is pleased to announce added performances for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches & Perestroika by Tony Kushner. These hit productions have been selling tickets quickly and many performances have sold out completely....


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....


Heather Woodbury First Winner of Spalding Gray Award
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2006

Performance Space 122 announced that Heather Woodbury is the recipient of the first Spalding Gray Award...


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...


The Academy Screens The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 7/20
by BWW News Desk - July 20, 2010

Touted as a $1,000,000 production in 1921, 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' starring Rudolph Valentino, was among the biggest box office hits and artistically lauded successes of the silent era....


Know Theatre Presents Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA Through 5/8
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2010

Know Theatre of Cincinnati is pleased to announce its fourth and fifth production of the season, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, written by Tony Kushner. Angels in America opens with the first of the two part play, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, on Know Theatre's mai...


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....


Know Theatre Presents Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA, 4/3-5/8
by BWW News Desk - April 23, 2010

Know Theatre of Cincinnati is pleased to announce its fourth and fifth production of the season, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, written by Tony Kushner. Angels in America will open with the first of the two part play, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, on Know Theatre's...


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...


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....


I Coulda Been a Kennedy Runs at FringeNYC, Aug. 11-26
by BWW News Desk - July 21, 2006

Rude Mechanicals Theater Company (RMTC), in association with Artful Dodger Productions, will present I Coulda Been a Kennedy from August 11th through 26th...


Kyle Hatley Becomes Resident Director at Kansas City Rep; Theatre Hunting for New Associate Artistic Director
by Jillian Gaier - June 30, 2014

Kansas City Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Eric Rosen today announced changes to its artistic staff for its 50th Anniversary Season. Associate Artistic Director Kyle Hatley, who is planning to return to Chicago over the coming year, will become Resident Director. As previously announced, his d...


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 ...


SHOW PEOPLE Receives Star Treatment at the Academy Tonight, 11/1
by TV News Desk - November 01, 2012

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a restored version of the comedic silent film SHOW PEOPLE (1928) tonight, 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 fil...


Brownlow, Coppola, Godard and Wallach to Receive Academy's Governors Awards
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2010

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted last night to present the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-director Francis Ford Coppola and Honorary Awards to historian and preservationist Kevin Brownlow, director Jean-Luc Godard and actor Eli Wallach....


Broadway 'Motel' Austin Pendleton to Helm FIDDLER for New Rep's 2016-17 Season
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2016

Featuring seven productions, New Rep's 2016-2017 season includes Regular Singing, the fourth and final play in Richard Nelson's Apple Family series, presented in collaboration with Stoneham Theatre; Good, CP Taylor's historical, political drama; Fiddler on the Roof, a revival of the Tony award- winn...


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....






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