Zendaya Nabs Starring Role in Reese Witherspoon-Produced Film A WHITE LIE
by Emily Bruno - November 14, 2017 Actress and singer Zendaya is set to star in the upcoming film A WHITE LIE (formerly titled THE GILDED YEARS). Based on the book The Guilded Years by Karin Tanabe, the film will be produced by Reese Witherspoon, as reported by Billboard....
Teaneck to Celebrate Annual Memorial Day Family Festival Monday, May 29
by Julie Musbach - May 20, 2017 Teaneck Festival will feature salute to veterans, blueberry pie (with whipped cream) eating competitions for kids, performances by Teaneck Community Chorus and Rock 'n Roll Chorus, and awards ceremony honoring outstanding New Jersey community organizations and people who have excelled in their chose...
New Book Release from Fireship Press - The Irish Milliner: The Making of an Irish-American Woman in 19th Century New York
by Robert Diamond - June 02, 2017 ...
Freeform Cancels Thriller Drama GUILT Following One Season
by Caryn Robbins - October 21, 2016 Freeform has cancelled its freshman drama series GUILT. The show premiered to 486,000 viewers, but quickly dropped to an average of 300,000 for the remainder of its 10-episode season.... 
BET Registers for Another Semester of Hit Series THE QUAD, Returning Today
by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2018 BET Networks announces Season 2 of hit series THE QUAD, starring Tony Award winners Anika Noni Rose and Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Premiering Today, 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 DeF... 
CURIOSITY, ADVENTURE & LOVE, The True Story of Jessie Lichauco to Screen at 13th Annual LA Film Festival
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2017 Curiosity, Adventure & Love , the inspiring true story of Jessie Lichauco, a 105-year-old American woman who journeyed to the Philippines alone in the 1930s at age 18, will make its local debut at the 13th Annual LA Femme International Film Festival, October 19-22, 2017....
Wanda Bond Wright Pens SEASONS OF THE STREET, REVEALED
by Christina Mancuso - July 27, 2016 Wanda Bond Wright, a loving grandmother and devoted Christian, has completed her new book 'Seasons of the Street, Revealed': a devastating account of the author's life before she found the wisdom of the importance of faith and family that she knows today....
BWW Review: THE GIFT HORSE: Obehi Janice Sparkles in Lydia Diamond's Early Play
by Nancy Grossman - April 28, 2017 New Repertory Theatre takes us for a ride in the wayback machine for the Boston-area premiere of one of Lydia Diamond's earliest plays. THE GIFT HORSE is a somewhat autobiographical, witty play that is heavy on character, rife with serious themes, and about fifteen to twenty minutes longer than what...
VIDEO: Oprah & Renee Elise Goldsberry Discuss HBO'S 'HENRIETTA LACKS'
by Caryn Robbins - March 22, 2017 The stars of HBO's THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, Oprah Winfrey and Tony winner Renee Elise Goldsberry, grace the cover of the April issue of Essence magazine. Below, the stars discuss the importance of honoring Lacks and bringing her story to the forefront.... 
SISTAS ON FIRE! Coming to the Duke on 42nd Next Month
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 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, Today, October 7th, 2017 at 7 PM EST.... 
BET World Premieres New Feature Film SECRETS, Today
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2017 SECRETS, MegaMind Media's first feature film world premieres Today, September 16, at8:00 p.m. ET/PTon BET, produced by former teacher, Tressa Azarel Smallwood.... 
VIDEO: Take a First Look at SOVEREIGNTY at Arena Stage
by Leah Windahl - January 15, 2018 The World-Premiere of Mary Kathryn Nagle's SOVEREIGNTY is currently playing at Arena Stage as part of the Women's Voices Theater Festival. The play, which features flashbacks spanning to the 1830s, follows a modern-day Native American woman, trying to use her powers as a lawyer to restore rights to ...
POP-UP Art Show this Friday at Kennedy Theatre
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2017 Anne Jordan's portrait of a young girl is promently displayed in the current production of Struck by Theatre Raleigh running through this weekend and is an intergral part of the plot. Her art will be displayed in the Kennedy Theatre Lobby this Friday....
HBO's INSECURE: The Complete First Season Available on Blu-ray and DVD 3/21
by Caryn Robbins - January 13, 2017 Season 1 of INSECURE, the “bright, cutting, funny” (USA Today) new HBO comedy series, is set to make its Home Entertainment debut on March 21, 2017.... 
HBO's THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS Coming to Blu-ra/DVD Today
by BWW News Desk - September 05, 2017 Led by Oscar® nominee and TV icon Oprah Winfrey and Emmy® nominee Rose Byrne, the “Intriguing and thought provoking” (The New York Times) HBO® Film, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, is available to own on Blu-RayTM and DVD September 5, 2017....
New Book Shows 'An American Woman's Life in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia'
by Robert Diamond - May 04, 2017 ...
New Film About Rwandan Genocide Women 30% Funded on Kickstarter
by Richard Best - January 24, 2017 A.BrownGirlFilms announces the official launch of its Kickstarter campaign to obtain independent funding for the feature film, TREES OF PEACE. Inside the first week, the campaign was 30% funded. This unprecedented narrative film centers on four women trapped and hiding in an underground compartment ... 
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....
Congresswoman Preps Audiences for A PIECE OF MY HEART at Annie Russell Theatre
by BWW News Desk - January 25, 2017 U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy represents Florida's 7th district as the first Vietnamese-American woman to serve in the United States Congress. She will present 'Vietnam in Context' - in anticipation of Annie Russell Theatre's upcoming production of A Piece of My Heart - on Sunday, January 29 a...
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...
Tony Winner Renee Elise Goldsberry Joins Oprah Winfrey in HBO's THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
by Nicole Rosky - July 26, 2016 According to BlackFilm, Tony winner and Hamilton star Renee Elise Goldsberry will join previously announced Oprah Winfrey in HBO Films' THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, based on Rebecca Skloot's critically acclaimed, bestselling nonfiction book of the same name. DGA winner, Emmy® nominee and ve... 
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....
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....
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... |
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