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PBS Announces Premiere Dates for LITTLE WOMEN with Angela Lansbury, Tony Bennett Trib Photo PBS Announces Premiere Dates for LITTLE WOMEN with Angela Lansbury, Tony Bennett Tribute ft. Josh Groban & More
by Caryn Robbins - December 06, 2017

PBS today announced its Winter/Spring 2018 schedule lineup, which includes the much-anticipated second season of MASTERPIECE's hit series Victoria (Sundays, January 14-February 25),starring Jenna Coleman, Tom Hughes and, this season, Dame Diana Rigg....


PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE to Present Portrait of Rachel Carson, Today
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2017

Rachel Carson premieres on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Today, January 24, 2017, 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS....


BET Networks Announces New Game Show Series BLACK CARD REVOKED Photo BET Networks Announces New Game Show Series BLACK CARD REVOKED
by Caryn Robbins - November 10, 2017

BET Networks is bringing one of America's hottest party games to colorful life with the announcement of the new game show series, 'BLACK CARD REVOKED.'...


AMERICAN EXPERIENCE 'Murder of a President' Premieres on PBS Tonight
by TV News Desk - February 02, 2016

Based on Candice Millard's best-sellerDestiny of the Republic, Murder of a President is the story of James A. Garfield, one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president, his shooting by a deluded madman named Charles Guiteau, and its bizarre and tragic aftermath....


Iron Crow Theatre Announces 16-17 Season Today
by BWW News Desk - February 06, 2016

Iron Crow Theatre hosts its first annual Season Announcement Event, set for today, February 6, 2016 from 12:00pm - 2:00pm in historic Mt. Vernon at The Fitzgerald located at 1201 W. Mt. Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD 21217....


PBS Series AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Debuts Weekly 'Songs of the Summer'
by Caryn Robbins - June 02, 2017

Roll down the windows, turn up the volume and prepare to sing along as AMERICAN EXPERIENCE celebrates the music of the season with 'Songs of the Summer.'...


Philadelphia Theatre Company Warms Hearts This Holiday Season with Princess Concert a Photo Philadelphia Theatre Company Warms Hearts This Holiday Season with Princess Concert and Sing-Along 12/17
by A.A. Cristi - November 20, 2017

Philadelphia Theatre Company welcomes everyone's favorite princesses for a heart-warming afternoon concert for the entire family. During A Dream Is A Wish: Holiday Princess Concert audiences will sing-along with a gathering of princesses from popular movie musicals and television shows in a one day...


Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo Narrate 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao'
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2017

Is reading more books on that long list of 2017 New Years' resolutions?  Lin-Manuel Miranda announced today via Twitter (seen below) that he and Karen Olivo have narrated a new audiobook available now on iBooks and Audible, 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.' ...


Stage 62 Presents ASSASSINS This Month
by Louisa Brady - May 01, 2016

Assassins lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the United States, in a one-act historical 'revusical' that explores the dark side of the American experience. From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, writers Stephen Sondheim and John We...


University of Virginia Department of Drama presents: SEVEN GUITARS Photo University of Virginia Department of Drama presents: SEVEN GUITARS
by Andrew Burrill - October 26, 2017

The University of Virginia Department of Drama presents SEVEN GUITARS by August Wilson, directed by Theresa M. Davis, Professor of Cross-Cultural Performance, in the Ruth Caplin Theatre!...


COME FROM AWAY Extends in D.C. Before Broadway Run
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2016

Ford's Theatre Society announced today that the new Irene Sankoff and David Hein musical 'Come From Away,' based on the heart-warming true story of how a small Canadian town cared for 6,579 airline passengers stranded in Newfoundland after 9/11, has extended due to popular demand....


Ford's Theatre Society Renews Partnership With TodayTix To Continue Free First Previe Photo Ford's Theatre Society Renews Partnership With TodayTix To Continue Free First Preview Ticket Initiative
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2017

Ford's Theatre Society announced it will continue the popular Free First Preview initiative, through which free tickets are given away to the first preview performance of all Ford's Theatre productions, in partnership with TodayTix. The TodayTix mobile lottery will launch one week before the first p...


Photo Flash: First Look at JAG Productions' FENCES
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2017

JAG Productions will present August Wilson's Fences later this month at the Woodstock Town Hall Theatre in Woodstock, Vermont.  Previews begin April 27, 2017 and performances run through May 7, 2017....


Hasan Minhaj Coming to Boulder Theater, 10/23
by Tyler Peterson - June 09, 2016

HASAN MINHAJ: HOMECOMING KING is set for Boulder Theater on October 23rd, 2016. Doors:  7:00 pm | Show:  8:00 pm. Tickets on sale June 10th - $20 Balcony or $22.50 Reserved....


VIDEO: First Look - PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Murder of a President
by Caryn Robbins - January 27, 2016

The Presidents, Murder of a President premieres on Tuesday, February 2, 2016, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS. Get a first look below!...


Iron Crow Theatre Sets Date for 16-17 Season Announcement Event
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2016

Iron Crow Theatre sets the date for its first annual, Season Announcement Event, set for Saturday, February 6, 2016 from 12:00pm - 2:00pm in historic Mt. Vernon at The Fitzgerald located at 1201 W. Mt. Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD 21217....


JAG Productions Wins NETC Regional Award for Outstanding Achievement in the American Photo JAG Productions Wins NETC Regional Award for Outstanding Achievement in the American Theatre
by BWW News Desk - October 09, 2017

JAG Productions closed its inaugural season with an enormous honor: as the 2017 recipient of the New England Theatre Conference's (NETC) Regional Award for Outstanding Achievement in the American Theatre. The award is given once a year in recognition of regional theaters that have perpetuated theatr...


CBS THIS MORNING to Broadcast Live from Smithsonian National Museum, 9/12
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2016

CBS THIS MORNING will broadcast live from the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C., on Monday, Sept.12, the first media outlet to broadcast live from the museum prior to its public opening on Sept. 24....


AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's 'Command and Control' Premieres on PBS 1/10
by Caryn Robbins - December 16, 2016

A cautionary tale of freak accidents, near misses, human fallibility, and extraordinary heroism, Command and Control exposes the terrifying truth about the management of America's nuclear arsenal and shows what can happen when the weapons built to protect us threaten to destroy us....


Freeform Picks Up New Comedy Pilot BROWN GIRLS from Writers Shilpi Roy & Nastaran Dibai
by Caryn Robbins - October 17, 2016

Freeform grows its production slate by greenlighting the new comedy pilot “Brown Girls” from writers Shilpi Roy and Nastaran Dibai, it was announced today by Karey Burke, Freeform's executive vice president, Programming & Development....


University of Virginia Department of Drama presents: SEVEN GUITARS Photo University of Virginia Department of Drama presents: SEVEN GUITARS
by Andrew Burrill - October 26, 2017

The University of Virginia Department of Drama presents SEVEN GUITARS by August Wilson, directed by Theresa M. Davis, Professor of Cross-Cultural Performance, in the Ruth Caplin Theatre!...


Tickets to Comedian Hasan Minhaj at Wharton Center on Sale Friday
by Tyler Peterson - July 11, 2016

The Daily Show correspondent HASAN MINHAJ will bring his hilarious, critically acclaimed one-man show HOMECOMING KING to Wharton Center on Friday, October 7! Tickets go on sale Friday, July 15 at 10:00 a.m. and will be available at the official source to purchase Wharton Center tickets online, whart...


No Peeking's IN LAK'ECH Discusses Latin American Experience at Grassroots Community Space
by BWW News Desk - April 21, 2017

Grassroots Community Space presents the premier of In Lak'Ech, a No Peeking Theatre production that discusses the diverse and multicultural perspectives of the Latin American Experience and its various definitions....


AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's 'Command and Control' Premieres on PBS Today
by BWW News Desk - January 10, 2017

A cautionary tale of freak accidents, near misses, human fallibility, and extraordinary heroism, Command and Control exposes the terrifying truth about the management of America's nuclear arsenal and shows what can happen when the weapons built to protect us threaten to destroy us....


AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Opens Season with 'Bonnie & Clyde' on PBS Tonight
by TV News Desk - January 19, 2016

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE returns in January 2016 with a new lineup of films that explore more of the fascinating characters and epic stories that have shaped our nation's past and present....






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