Pear Theatre presents COWBOY VS. SAMURAI
by A.A. Cristi - December 01, 2017 March brings Michael Golamco's Cowboy vs. Samurai, a romantic comedy loosely based on Cyrano de Bergerac, to the Pear Theatre (directed by Jeffrey Lo). Travis Park is a high school English teacher and the only Korean American man living in a dusty cowboy town known as Breakneck, Wyoming....
BWW Review: Gentlemen Prefer Booty in Kirsten Childs' BELLA: AN AMERICAN TALL TALE
by Michael Dale - June 24, 2017 The recent Signature Theatre revival of Suzan Lori-Parks' VENUS, based on the true story of Saartjie Baartman, depicted a 19th Century African woman who was subjected to exploitation because of white people's fascination with her prominent posterior. But the mood is considerably lighter over at Pla...
Allison Janney Wins the Oscar for Performance in I, TONYA
by Nicole Rosky - March 04, 2018 Allison Janney has just won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in I, TONYA. The actress starred as Prudy Pingleton in the big screen adaptation of HAIRSPRAY. She recently starred on Broadway SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION for which she received a Tony Award nominatio...
BET Registers for Another Semester of Hit Series THE QUAD, Returning 1/23
by Caryn Robbins - December 21, 2017 BET Networks announces Season 2 of hit series THE QUAD, starring Tony Award winners Anika Noni Rose and Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Premiering Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 10 P.M. ET/PT on BET, the new season also sees the return of stars Peyton Alex Smith, Jazz Raycole, Zoe Renee, Jake Allyn, Michelle D...
Photo Flash: Honolulu's EVOLVE Presents COWBOY VERSUS SAMURAI
by Stephi Wild - June 02, 2018 COWBOY VERSUS SAMURAI by Michael Golamco is a laugh-out-loud, romantic comedy exploring the sexual dynamics that surface around race when an attractive Korean American woman moves to town. Travis Park is a high school English teacher and the only Korean American man living in a dusty cowboy town kno...
Anne Marie Ruff Pens Beneath The Same Heaven: A Story Of Love And Terrorism
by Julie Musbach - May 23, 2018 What drives good and loving people to commit acts of terrorism? And can those people remain good and loving afterward?...
Matrix Announces Exciting 2017-2018 Season
by A.A. Cristi - August 23, 2017 Featuring everything from a politically-charged comedy featuring a Republican senator running for re-election, to an African American woman who meets a tragic fate in 1940s Georgia, Matrix Theatre Company offers an exciting array of shows for its 2017-2018 season....
Project1VOICE Celebrates The American Theater Across The Nation
by Stephi Wild - May 04, 2018 Project1VOICE One Play One Day 2018 is set with national staged readings of Pearl Cleage's Flyin' West on Sunday, June 17, and Monday, June 18. Theater companies, museums, colleges and universities around the country unite for this eighth annual theater celebration that revives and re-introduces for...
TIME FOR ILHAN Will Have Its World Premiere at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival
by Macon Prickett - March 20, 2018 TIME FOR ILHAN will have its world premiere at the forthcoming 2018 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL (see screening info and details below)....
Paramount Network Officially Debuts with Live LIP SYNC BATTLE Episode, 1/18
by Caryn Robbins - September 25, 2017 Paramount Network has set a date for its debut. The network will officially debut on Thursday, January 18 at 9:00pm ET/PT with a LIVE one-hour episode of 'Lip Sync Battle' emanating from the Paramount lot in Hollywood. Details on this star-studded event will be announced in the coming weeks....
VIDEO: Alicia Silverstone Talks Upcoming Series AMERICAN WOMAN on GOOD MORNING AMERICA
by Macon Prickett - June 05, 2018 Alicia Silverstone, who rose to superstardom on 'Clueless', is back with a new TV series American Woman. Watch the actress discuss the series on Good Morning America!...
New Scripted Dramedy AMERICAN WOMAN Premieres on Paramount Network, 6/7
by Caryn Robbins - January 16, 2018 AMERICAN WOMAN, a new half-hour scripted dramedy set amid the sexual revolution and rise of feminism in the 1970s will premiere on Paramount Network on Thursday, June 7 at 10:00pm ET/PT. The 12- episode series from John Wells Productions in association with Warner Horizon Scripted Television stars A...
SISTAS ON FIRE! Coming to the Duke on 42nd Next Month
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2017 Sistas on Fire! A Newsical by Marcia McNair and Anissa D. Moore, a musical revue that examines pressing social issues from an African-American female perspective, is coming to the Duke on 42nd Street, Saturday, October 7th, 2017 at 7 PM EST....
BET Premieres Season 4 of Original Drama Series BEING MARY JANE 7/18
by Caryn Robbins - July 11, 2017 This summer, BET Networks' #1 original drama series, starring Gabrielle Union, 'BEING MARY JANE' returns just in time to bring the heat. On Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 10 PM season four returns with ten more episodes giving viewers their fix of the drama in the world of Mary Jane Paul....
VIDEO: Watch Kelly Clarkson Perform AMERICAN WOMAN For the New Paramount Network Series
by Macon Prickett - May 17, 2018 Go behind the scenes with Kelly Clarkson as she records her version of 'American Woman.' Series premieres June 7th at 10/9c on Paramount Network....
Westport Country Playhouse Partners with CT Women's Hall of Fame for WOMEN AND WAR
by Julie Musbach - July 05, 2017 Westport Country Playhouse, in conjunction with its July production of "Grounded," about a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who is grounded by an unexpected pregnancy, has partnered with the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame (CWHF) for 'Women and War," a multimedia presentation for teen and adult audienc...
Daydream Theatre Company Presents the World Premiere of THE INSIDE OF HIS SEVERED HEAD
by Stephi Wild - April 16, 2018 Daydream Theatre Company is proud to announce the world premiere of the new musical 'The Inside Of His Severed Head, Book by Lenny Schwartz and Music and Lyrics by Duncan Pflaster. The play will be directed by Lenny Schwartz with Musical Direction by Zachary Smallwood with choreography by Chelsea Co...
VIDEO: Watch Mena Suvari Perform SON OF A PREACHER MAN in this LIP SYNC BATTLE Sneak Peek
by Macon Prickett - June 13, 2018 Check out a preview clip of Mena Suvari's performance of 'Son Of A Preacher Man' on Paramount Network's “LIP SYNC BATTLE.” The highly anticipated Alicia Silverstone vs. Mena Suvari lip sync battle debuts Thursday, June 14 at 10:30pm ET/PT....
SISTAS ON FIRE to Light Up the Stage at New York New Works Theatre Festival
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2017 The personal becomes the political when four passionately-opinionated African American women speak their minds on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Black Lives Matter, missing women and girls, racial stratification on Long Island, sexual exploitation, black-on-black crime, and male/female relation...
Book Now For Classic Spring's Oscar Wilde Season In The West End
by Marianka Swain - July 06, 2017 Classic Spring's Oscar Wilde Season at Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End begins this autumn with A Woman of No Importance and Lady Windermere's Fan. Book tickets here from 25!...
VIDEO: Preview Alicia Silverstone's CLUELESS-Inspired Performance of FANCY on LIP SYNC BATTLE
by Macon Prickett - June 11, 2018 Check out a preview of Alicia Silverstone's performance of 'Fancy' on Paramount Network's “LIP SYNC BATTLE.” The highly anticipated Alicia Silverstone vs. Mena Suvari lip sync battle debuts Thursday, June 14 at 10:30pm ET/PT....
SISTAS ON FIRE to Light Up the Stage at New York New Works Theatre Festival
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2017 The personal becomes the political when four passionately-opinionated African American women speak their minds on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Black Lives Matter, missing women and girls, racial stratification on Long Island, sexual exploitation, black-on-black crime, and male/female relation...
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for AMERICAN WOMAN Starring Alicia Silverstone
by Macon Prickett - May 03, 2018 American Woman premieres June 7 at 10:00pm, ET/PT on Paramount Network! This new scripted series stars Alicia Silverstone, Mena Suvari, and Jennifer Bartels as three best friends in 1970s Beverly Hills....
Paramount Network's AMERICAN WOMAN and NowThis Kick-Off New Women's Empowerment Campaign with a Female-Driven Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon
by Tori Hartshorn - May 22, 2018 In response to the recent Wikipedia stat that revealed that only 16% of Wikipedia editors identify as women, Paramount Network's upcoming series American Woman and NowThis, the no. 1 news publisher in the world on social, today announced a new campaign to empower women to insert their respective voi...
Canadian Humor Proves Clean is Hilarious in New Xulon Release
by Robert Diamond - January 11, 2018 ... |