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Queen Latifah stars as legendary blues singer Bessie Smith in this HBO Films presentation, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Dee Rees from a screenplay by Dee Rees and Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois. With a story by Dee Rees and Horton Foote, the film focuses on Smith

Mary McCallum's FLY, GIRL! Opens at Darkhorse Theatre, 2/19
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2010

In celebration of Black History Month, SistaStyle Productions presents the world premiere of Mary McCallum's Fly, Girl!, a fictionalized look at the life of aviatrix Bessie Coleman. The play, directed by noted Nashville actor/director/educator Barry Scott, opens at Darkhorse Theatre on Friday, Febru...


BWW Reviews: Kate Dimbleby, I'M A WOMAN, New End Theatre
by Carrie Dunn - September 29, 2010

George Dyer reviews the cabaret show...


BWW Reviews: FLY, GIRL! from Nashville's SistaStyle Productions
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 21, 2010

Actress-playwright-producer Mary McCallum gives an extraordinarily strong and vibrant performance as aviatrix Bessie Coleman in her self-written new historical drama, Fly, Girl!, now in its premiere production at Darkhorse Theatre, courtesy of SistaStyle Productions. With an outstanding supporting e...


Marigny Theatre Presents SOME TIMES AT THE ALL WAYS 1/28-31
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 25, 2010

Some Times at the All Ways Site-Specific Dances and Situations by Scotty Heron Thursday Jan 28 9pm, Friday Jan 29 9pm, Sunday Jan 31 7pm $10...


Faye Driscoll Performs Premiere of 'There is So Much Made in Me' at Bessie Schonberg Theater, 4/2
by BWW News Desk - April 01, 2010

Faye Driscoll will perform her show THERE IS SO MUCH MAD IN ME at the Bessie Schonberg Theater on April 2 at 7:30PM. ...


Baha'i Center Presents ANTOINETTE MONTAGUE With MIKE LONGO 3/23
by Mary Hanrahan - March 23, 2010

On Tuesday, March 23, Antoinette Montague will be performing at the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium at the Baha'i Center, with Mike Longo, Payton Crossley, Paul West, and Harry Allen on sax....


Numbers From BILLY ELLIOT & More Performed At MTC's Spring Gala 5/18 In NYC
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 15, 2009

MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB will present its Annual Spring Gala on Monday, May 18, 2009, at Cipriani 42nd Street, 110 East 42nd Street. The show will include numbers from this season's most celebrated Broadway shows, including Billy Elliot, Hair, Shrek The Musical, and West Side Story as well as numbers ...


Webber Declines Another UK Reality Show; Says He Will Cast 'Wizard of Oz' In 2010 After Phantom 2
by Faetra Petillo - September 08, 2008

The Guardian is reporting that Andrew Lloyd Weber has turned down an offer to cast another West End production via reality television. Lloyd Weber lent his w, wisdom and voice to the BBC1 talent search competition 'I'd Do Anything', where contestants from all over the UK competed for a chance to sta...


Michael Tilson Thomas Brings The Lower East Side To The Berkshires With His Original Music, The Thomashefskys 8/19-20
by BWW News Desk - August 20, 2009

San Francisco Symphony music director Michael Tilson Thomas will take the stage at Tanglewood on Wednesday, August 19 and Thursday, August 20, to conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra for a production of his original musical, The Thomashefskys. Inspired by his grandparents, Boris and Bessie, The Th...


Dance Theatre Workshop Presents HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA, Begins 12/10
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2009

Dance Theater Workshop in association with Doug Elkins & Friends, and David Parker and The Bang Group present HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA featuring FRÄULEIN MARIA and NUT/CRACKED. This holiday mini-festival opens with FRÄULEIN MARIA, Doug Elkins' delightful take on Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Mu...


Red Mountain Theatre Company Closes BARNSTORMER 1/31
by BWW News Desk - January 31, 2010

Before Amelia Earhart, there was Bessie Coleman. Celebrate the remarkable life of this pioneering pilot as Red Mountain Theatre Company presents BARNSTORMER January 28-31, 2010, at the RMTC Cabaret Theatre (301 19th Street North)....


Photo Flash: NYMF's River's End
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2006

The New York Musical Theater Festival will present River's End, a new musical with book and lyrics by Cheryl Coons and music by Chuck Larkin, from September 21st through October 1st....


Julia Breanetta Simpson Presents 'Harlem on My Mind' in Concert,' 2/8
by Jeff Dennhardt - February 01, 2010

In celebration of Black History Month, Actors Equity Association's Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (EEO) will present a free solo performance by popular Cabaret chanteuse Julia Breanetta Simpson. HARLEM ON MY MIND will be presented on Monday, February 8, 2010 at New World Stages, 340 West 50t...


FLY, GIRL! Closes at Darkhorse Theatre, 2/27
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 27, 2010

In celebration of Black History Month, SistaStyle Productions presents the world premiere of Mary McCallum's Fly, Girl!, a fictionalized look at the life of aviatrix Bessie Coleman. The play, directed by noted Nashville actor/director/educator Barry Scott, opened at Darkhorse Theatre on Friday, Febr...


Mary McCallum's FLY, GIRL! Opens at Darkhorse Theatre, 2/19
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 08, 2010

In celebration of Black History Month, SistaStyle Productions presents the world premiere of Mary McCallum's Fly, Girl!, a fictionalized look at the life of aviatrix Bessie Coleman. The play, directed by noted Nashville actor/director/educator Barry Scott, opens at Darkhorse Theatre on Friday, Febru...


PS 122 to Present New York Premiere of Verdensteatret's 'Louder' Starting 9/25
by Faetra Petillo - September 11, 2008

Performance Space 122 will present the New York Premiere of Verdensteatret's Louder from September 25th-29th ...


Julia Breanetta Simpson Presents 'Harlem on My Mind' in Concert,' 2/8
by BWW News Desk - February 08, 2010

In celebration of Black History Month, Actors Equity Association's Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (EEO) will present a free solo performance by popular Cabaret chanteuse Julia Breanetta Simpson. HARLEM ON MY MIND will be presented on Monday, February 8, 2010 at New World Stages, 340 West 50t...


The Marigny Theatre and Theater Offensive Queer Theater Festival Boston Closes SOME TIMES AT THE ALL WAYS 1/17
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2010

The Marigny Theatre and Theater Offensive Queer Theater Festival Boston Present Some Times at the All Ways...


PS 122 to Present New York Premiere of Verdensteatret's 'Louder' Starting 9/25
by BWW News Desk - September 25, 2008

Performance Space 122 will present the New York Premiere of Verdensteatret's Louder from September 25th-29th ...


PENT UP: A REVENGE DANCE Comes To PS122 On 2/10-22
by BWW News Desk - February 10, 2009

Bessie Award-winner and beloved downtown performer Okwui Okpokwasili spins a modern folktale. A daughter attempts to construct a coherent past out of her mother's cryptic signals and signifiers. Interweaving legacy and the loss of old tongues, rituals and original songs, and a good old attempt to ge...


BWW Interviews: Mary McCallum, A Life in the Theatre
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 11, 2010

Mary McCallum is a force of nature. As one of the most visionary people now creating live theatre in Nashville, she's constantly in motion - writing, directing, producing, acting - you name it, Mary's doing it. In true entrepreneurial spirit, when she saw a dearth of stage roles available to her, sh...


Photo Flash: MARVIN'S ROOM Opens 5/1 At The Catonsville Theatre Company
by Reynard Loki - April 15, 2009

Catonsville Theatre Company, a committee of the Catonsville Chapter of the CCBC Alumni Association, presents the drama/comedy, Marvin?s Room, by Scott McPherson, Fridays, May 1, 8, 15 at 8:00 PM, Saturdays, May 2, 9, 16 at 8:00 PM, and Sunday, May 17 at 3:00 PM. All performances will be held in the ...


Darius de Haas: Keeping Traditions Alive
by Jena Tesse Fox - May 11, 2005

Broadway and Cabaret star Darius de Haas talks about jazz, Vaudeville, and how today's stars were influenced by yesterday's....


Michael Tilson Thomas Brings The Lower East Side To The Berkshires With His Original Music, The Thomashefskys 8/19-20
by Reynard Loki - July 31, 2009

San Francisco Symphony music director Michael Tilson Thomas will take the stage at Tanglewood on Wednesday, August 19 and Thursday, August 20, to conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra for a production of his original musical, The Thomashefskys. Inspired by his grandparents, Boris and Bessie, The Th...


Dance Theatre Workshop Presents HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA, Begins 12/10
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 05, 2009

Dance Theater Workshop in association with Doug Elkins & Friends, and David Parker and The Bang Group present HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA featuring FRÄULEIN MARIA and NUT/CRACKED. This holiday mini-festival opens with FRÄULEIN MARIA, Doug Elkins' delightful take on Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Mu...






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