News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

AMERICAN EPIC - PAGE 4

American Epic small logo


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

Walt Disney Tribute Among PBS' 2015 Fall Primetime Schedule
by Caryn Robbins - June 04, 2015

PBS' Fall 2015 primetime schedule offers delights in all genres - from drama to the performing arts to sumptuous nature and science programs...


Berkley Rep 2008/09 Season includes 'Arabian Nights,' 'Inish
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2008

The season kicks off with the world premiere of Yellowjackets by Itamar Moses. Followed August Wilson's masterpiece Joe Turner's Come and Gone; Mary Zimmerman's The Arabian Nights; the world premiere of The Vibrator Play by Sarah Ruhl;Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment; and Waters tackles Mart...


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....


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....


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....


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...


Northwestern to Present Kopit's INDIANS Starting 11/14
by Faetra Petillo - November 05, 2008

A Tony Award-winning play by Arthur Kopit that depicts the life of master showman "Buffalo Bill" Cody is the second 2008-09 season production of the Theatre and Interpretation Center (TIC) at Northwestern University....


Delroy Lindo to Direct Joe Turner's Come & Gone at Berkeley Rep
by Robert Diamond - September 16, 2008

Renowned actor Delroy Lindo returns to Berkeley Repertory Theatre with the play that netted him a nomination for the Tony Award - but this time, he's in the director's chair....


The CSO to Perform BEETHOVEN & DON QUIXOTE, 11/21-22
by Tyler Peterson - October 20, 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 ...


Open Stage of Harrisburg Will Present JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE, 2/1-23
by Kelsey Denette - January 09, 2013

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 MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM, ...


Know Theatre Presents Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA, 4/3-5/8
by Gabrielle Sierra - March 31, 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...


Know Theatre Presents Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA, 4/3-5/8
by BWW News Desk - April 03, 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...


Know Theatre Presents Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA, 4/3-5/8
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 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...


My Austin 2013-2014 Season Wish List: The Plays
by Jeff Davis - December 26, 2012

As 2012 comes to a close, many Austin theater companies are putting together their 2013-2014 season. Given the incredible talent in this town and the large number of daring, courageous theater groups in the Austin area, here are my picks for 13 plays that I'd love to see produced in the 2013-2014 s...


Know Theatre Extends Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA Through 5/15
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2010

Now extended through May 15, Angels in America has continued to sell out. We are very pleased to allow more people to share this beautiful story....


Photo Preview of Joe Turner's 'Come and Gone' at Berkeley Rep
by Faetra Petillo - October 10, 2008

Renowned actor Delroy Lindo returns to Berkeley Repertory Theatre with the play that netted him a nomination for the Tony Award - but this time, he's in the director's chair. Following last year's triumph with Tanya Barfield's Blue Door, Lindo takes on August Wilson's African-American epic, Joe Turn...


Lindo to Direct Turner's 'Come and Gone' At Berkley Rep
by Faetra Petillo - September 16, 2008

Renowned actor Delroy Lindo returns to Berkeley Repertory Theatre with the play that netted him a nomination for the Tony Award - but this time, he's in the director's chair. Following last year's triumph with Tanya Barfield's Blue Door, Lindo takes on August Wilson's African-American epic, Joe Turn...


Asolo Rep to Be Featured in a Special Smithsonian Panel: Steinbeck on Stage
by Tyler Peterson - March 26, 2014

On the heels of its celebrated production of The Grapes of Wrath, Asolo Rep's Producing Artistic Director/Director of The Grapes of Wrath Michael Donald Edwards and the play's Tony Award-winning adapter Frank Galati will be featured speakers in a special panel entitled Steinbeck on Stage, presented ...


Photo Preview of Joe Turner's 'Come and Gone' at Berkeley Rep
by Faetra Petillo - October 10, 2008

Renowned actor Delroy Lindo returns to Berkeley Repertory Theatre with the play that netted him a nomination for the Tony Award - but this time, he's in the director's chair. Following last year's triumph with Tanya Barfield's Blue Door, Lindo takes on August Wilson's African-American epic, Joe Turn...


BWW Reviews: New England Premiere of SWEET AND SAD at Gloucester Stage
by Nancy Grossman - June 01, 2015

Gloucester Stage opens its 36th season with the second play of Richard Nelson's four-part American epic collectively known as THE APPLE FAMILY PLAYS. Collaborating with Stoneham Theatre, each company will produce two of the plays between this year and next under the direction of Stoneham's Producing...


Know Theatre Presents Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA, 4/3-5/8
by BWW News Desk - May 28, 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...


Photo Flash: First Look at John Steinbeck's EAST OF EDEN at Steppenwolf
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2015

Celebrating 40 years as America's premier ensemble theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company launches its landmark 2015/16 Subscription Season with a large-scale world premiere production of John Steinbeck's masterpiece EAST OF EDEN. The play is currently in previews for an opening night on September 27....


Know Theatre Presents Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA Through 5/8
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 15, 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...


VIDEO: First Look- Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, and More in INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE Trailer
by Sally Henry Fuller - December 13, 2015

The first trailer for the long-awaited INDEPENDENCE DAY sequel, INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE has been released. Starring Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, and Bill Pullman, the film will hit theatres in summer 2016. Check out the trailer below!...


Northwestern to Present Kopit's INDIANS Starting 11/14
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2008

A Tony Award-winning play by Arthur Kopit that depicts the life of master showman "Buffalo Bill" Cody is the second 2008-09 season production of the Theatre and Interpretation Center (TIC) at Northwestern University....






Videos

Recommended For You