First Look: PBS Premieres WEEKEND IN HAVANA WITH GEOFFREY BAER, 7/18
by Caryn Robbins - June 08, 2017 Produced by WTTW Chicago, directed by Leo Eaton, co-written by Eaton and Geoffrey Baer, and produced by Donn Rogosin, Dan Soles and Hugo Perez, WEEKEND IN HAVANA WITH GEOFFREY BAER premieres Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 8:00-9:00 p.m....
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: EDGES, C
by Amy Hanson - August 12, 2017 Edges is the first musical from Pasek and Paul, now better known for La La Land and Dear Evan Hansen. More of a song cycle, it is a collection of numbers on the theme of coming of age, from growing apart from siblings via dating and breakups to parenthood....
Crowded Outlet Presents BEEP BOOP at HERE This September
by Julie Musbach - July 25, 2018 Crowded Outlet announces its next production, beep boop, a multimedia clown show created by physical comedian Richard Saudek (Balls at 59E59), TV and film composer Jesse Novak ("BoJack Horseman," "The Mindy Project") and director Wes Grantom (Lone Star Spirits, Eager to Lose). beep boop will play a ...
Crowded Fire to Present Christopher Chen's A TALE OF AUTUMN
by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2017 Crowded Fire Theater (CFT) In his inaugural commission as Crowded Fire's Playwright-in-Residence, Christopher Chen tackles the power structures inherent in large corporations. Set in a parallel world, A TALE OF AUTUMN is a psychological rise-to-power fable....
Crowded Fire Theater Announces 2017 IGNITE FUND Recipients Granting $10,000 to Bay Area Designers and Technicians
by A.A. Cristi - August 22, 2017 Crowded Fire Theater (CFT), known as a vital home for new play development and production on the West Coast, announced Sara Huddleston, Heather Kelly-Laws, Alice Ruiz, and Randy Wong-Westbrooke as the second year IGNITE FUND awardees. The IGNITE FUND awards $10,000 in total annually to support the g...
Review Roundup: Critics Weigh In On ANNIHILATION
by Tori Hartshorn - February 23, 2018 Based on Jeff VanderMeer's best-selling Southern Reach Trilogy, Annihilation stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny and Oscar Isaac. It was written and directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina, 28 Days Later)....
REASONABLE DOUBT Returns to Investigation Discovery Profiling Questionable Courtroom Convictions
by Tori Hartshorn - May 18, 2018 In a justice system that's not always so just, families can be tormented by the question of guilt or innocence of their convicted loved ones. REASONABLE DOUBT returns with all-new episodes profiling the gut-wrenching process of re-exploring murder cases where the perpetrators convicted of the crime ...
Shakespeare & Company to Host Holiday Reading of MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2017 Shakespeare & Company presents Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, and directed by longtime Company member and Producing Associate Ariel Bock. This funny, warm-hearted holiday story, will have a special limited run from December 15 - 17 in the Elayne P...
Shakespeare & Company Announces Casting for Holiday Reading of MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLY
by A.A. Cristi - October 03, 2017 Shakespeare & Company announces casting for Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, and directed by longtime Company member and Producing Associate Ariel Bock. This funny, warm-hearted holiday story, will have a special limited run from December 15 - 17 in...
Smithsonian Chnnel to Honor Late Princess Diana with Two New Specials
by Caryn Robbins - July 18, 2017 An enigmatic member of the British royal family, Princess Diana captured the hearts of millions worldwide in both her life and her death, and remains just as iconic today. On the 20th anniversary of her passing, Smithsonian Channel will honor the “People's Princess” with an exclusive royal event com...
MOONCHILDREN By Michael Weller Comes to Theatre 54 At Shetler Studios
by Stephi Wild - June 19, 2018 MOONCHILDREN by Michael Weller will be performed July 20th-22nd at Theatre 54 at Shetler Studios....
NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Presents Dolphins vs Raiders, 11/5
by BWW News Desk - November 05, 2017 NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL marks the renewal of one of the NFL's most storied rivalries, as Derek Carr and the Oakland Raiders travel to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., to face Jay Cutler and the Miami Dolphins (4-3) in the first-ever NBC SNF contest between the two franchises. Coverage b...
Alec Baldwin Talk Show is Coming to ABC
by Stephi Wild - February 28, 2018 According to Deadline, ABC has ordered Sundays with Alec Baldwin, a talk show based on Baldwin's radio show and podcast Here's the Thing with Alec Baldwin....
THE CONQUEST OF THE SOUTH POLE A Play About Rumford Maine Mill Workers Comes to Snowlion Rep
by Stephi Wild - December 13, 2017 Four unemployed Rumford Maine mill workers at the very edge of despair concoct an innovative way to empower themselves amidst the hardships of their lives. Led by their magnetic leader Slupianek (Ian Carlsen), they reenact, in an attic crowded with discarded furniture and hanging sheets, Amundsen's...
TBS Renews SEARCH PARTY & THE LAST O.G. For New Seasons
by Tori Hartshorn - April 23, 2018 According to Variety, TBS today has renewed SEARCH PARTY and THE LAST O.G. for new seasons. SEARCH PARTY is currently in its second season on the network, and THE LAST O.G. recently premiered to high critical acclaim. Read more about it from Variety here!...
Kevin Rolston's DEAL WITH THE DRAGON Flies Into NCTC
by A.A. Cristi - September 27, 2017 In November, New Conservatory Theatre Center will offer a special presentation of Kevin Rolston's virtuosic solo play Deal with the Dragon, developed with and directed by M. Graham Smith. After an acclaimed run in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as well as equally acclaimed Bay Area runs at ACT Costu...
Karen Rodriquez Releases New Single & Video 'No Me Veras Llorar
by Caryn Robbins - October 13, 2017 With several new projects on the horizon, New York-native and singer-songwriter, Karen Rodriguez, continues to stand out in the crowded Latin music marketplace. Her new single and music video, 'No Me Ver s Llorar,' premiered today worldwide. Download/Stream No Me Ver s Llorar...
Grandesign & Petco Park Partner for EXPERIENCE at Comic-Con in San Diego
by Macon Prickett - March 28, 2018 San Diego Comic-Con is right around the corner and fans, with or without badges, have a new opportunity to quench their superhero thirst outside of the crowded Convention Center. Today, Grandesign, one of the fastest growing Out-of-Home media solutions companies in the country specializing in over-t...
STREET SCIENCE Returns to Science Channel for Season 2, Today
by BWW News Desk - November 15, 2017 Kevin Delaney, known to millions as the science expert on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, is back to build, execute, and nail the science behind larger-than-life experiments when a new season of Science Channel's STREET SCIENCE returns....
Crowded Fire Theater Presents the Bay Area Premiere of Young Jean Lee's CHURCH
by Stephi Wild - August 01, 2018 Crowded Fire Theater (CFT) Young Jean Lee (author of 2016's THE SHIPMENT) returns to Crowded Fire with CHURCH, the second revolutionary production in Crowded Fire's 20th Anniversary Season of new and contemporary plays. Praised by the New York Times as "slyly subversive" and "earnest and surprisingl...
Drama Series SUCCESSION Debuts This June on HBO
by Tori Hartshorn - January 11, 2018 Drama Series SUCCESSION Debuts This June on HBO...
Crowded Room Presents THE LISTENING ROOM at Gerry's Studio Space at Theatre Royal Stratford East
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2017 Crowded Room return with the sold out, critically acclaimed verbatim play The Listening Room....
Crowded Fire Theater Names New Managing Director
by A.A. Cristi - September 19, 2017 Crowded Fire Theater (CFT), one of the Bay Area's most innovative and critically acclaimed producers of new plays, announced the hiring of Bethany Herron as the new Managing Director. Herron replaces Tiffany Cothran, Managing Director for the past ten years, who is scheduled to step down at the end ...
Discovery Announces All-New Automotive Special MAX GRUNDY
by Emily Bruno - October 26, 2017 Designer and builder Max Grundy doesn't just restore classic cars and trucks - he creates icons. With his partner-in-crime, master mechanic Wayde Lundgren, and the crew at Max Grundy Design, Max is aiming to take over the ultra-competitive custom car world with epic builds that are unlike anything e...
PAUL, APOSTLE OF CHRIST Continues to Expand Across the World Easter Weekend
by Macon Prickett - March 30, 2018 The new film PAUL, APOSTLE OF CHRIST, a thrilling, epic story of the man who persecuted the early church and then became its greatest evangelist, has remained in the top ten at the domestic box office throughout its' first week. With a strong opening in theaters among a crowded field of faith-theme... |