Latest Articles About Death Row on ID: Investigation Discovery
Viola Davis and Julius Tennon's Documentary Series, THE LAST DEFENSE to Premiere 6/12 on ABC
by Tori Hartshorn - April 23, 2018 Executive producers Viola Davis and Julius Tennon have teamed up with XCON Productions and Lincoln Square Productions for the powerful, new documentary series, 'The Last Defense,' premiering TUESDAY, JUNE 12 (10:00 - 11:00 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. The seven-episode docu-series explo...
CHICAGO Opens Next Weekend at Jefferson Performing Arts Center
by A.A. Cristi - September 26, 2017 In roaring twenties Chicago, chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband Amos to take the rap...until he finds out he's been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another 'Merry Murderess' Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the he...
Photo Flash: In Rehearsals for THE ENCHANTED at The Bunker
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2017 Following a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2016, Pharmacy Theatre present the London transfer of their debut show - a highly-acclaimed adaptation of death penalty investigator Rene Denfeld's award-winning novel....
Oscar Winner Susan Sarandon Joins Showtime's RAY DONOVAN in Season-Long Story Arc
by Caryn Robbins - March 13, 2017 Today, Showtime Networks announced that Oscar® winner and four-time Emmy®-nominated actress Susan Sarandon (Thelma & Louise, Dead Man Walking) will appear on the hit drama series RAY DONOVAN in a season-long guest arc....
Documentary 'True Conviction' About Exonerated Prisoners Turned Detectives, to Premiere on PBS/Independent Lens
by Stephi Wild - March 29, 2018 After serving a combined 60 years in prison for crimes they did not commit, three recently exonerated Texans — Christopher Scott, Johnnie Lindsey and Steven Phillips — join forces to form the unlikeliest of investigative teams, on a mission to help wrongfully convicted prisoners obtain freedom like ...
Gloriana Musical Theatre presents CHICAGO!
by A.A. Cristi - July 09, 2017 Chicago is a universal tale of fame, fortune, and the media machine, presented by Gloriana Musical Theatre. Twelve performances will take place at Eagles Hall in Fort Bragg over three weekends: July 27-August 13....
A&E Premieres Six-Part Limited Series WHO KILLED TUPAC?, 11/21
by Caryn Robbins - October 16, 2017 A&E Network will premiere the six-part limited series WHO KILLED TUPAC? which follows famed civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump as he conducts, for the first time ever, a no-stone-unturned investigation twenty years after the death of the dynamic and influential rapper and actor....
Oxygen Launches 20th Killer Season of SNAPPED with Two-Part Special 5/7
by Caryn Robbins - April 12, 2017 Oxygen Media's critically-acclaimed true-crime franchise, SNAPPED launches its 20th season of mystery, murder and misconduct with “Snapped Notorious: Scott Peterson,” a two-part special premiering Sunday, May 7th...
BWW Preview: DEAD MAN WALKING at Lyric Opera
by Alan Portner - March 09, 2017 The story or Sister Helen and a convicted double murderer at Kauffman Center...
Investigation Discovery to Encore KILLING RICHARD GLOSSIP in Wake of Last Night's Execution
by Caryn Robbins - April 21, 2017 On the heels of the controversial decision to carry out its first execution in more than a decade in the State of Arkansas last evening, Investigation Discovery (ID) announced today it will encore all four episodes of the series, KILLING RICHARD GLOSSIP this Sunday, April 23 from 12pm-4pm ET....
BWW Feature: Creede Repertory Theatre Announces 2017 Headwaters New Play Festival Selections
by Jessica Kahkoska - May 18, 2017 ...
Season Three of OWN's Hit Megachurch Drama GREENLEAF Set For Two-Night Premiere This August
by Tori Hartshorn - June 04, 2018 Season Three of OWN's Hit Megachurch Drama GREENLEAF Set For Two-Night Premiere This August...
THE LAST DEFENSE Documentary Series to Premiere Tuesday, June 12 on ABC
by Macon Prickett - May 23, 2018 Executive producers Viola Davis and Julius Tennon have teamed up with XCON Productions and Lincoln Square Productions for the powerful, new documentary series, “The Last Defense,” premiering TUESDAY, JUNE 12 (10:00–11:00 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network....
Bad Girls In the News: Players Club of Swarthmore presents CHICAGO, 9/15-30
by A.A. Cristi - September 07, 2017 The Players Club of Swarthmore opens its 107th season of award-winning community theater with the Kander, Ebb & Fosse classic musical Chicago Sept. 15-30, for ten performances at 614 Fairview Ave. in Swarthmore. Set in Chicago during the Roaring Twenties, an era renowned for organized crime, alcoho...
VIDEO: New Trailer for Tupac Shakur Biopic ALL EYEZ ON ME Is Here
by Caryn Robbins - April 06, 2017 A new trailer for the Tupac Shakur biopic ALL EYEZ ON ME was released today. Newcomer Demetrius Shipp Jr. stars as the legendary rapper who was gunned down in 1996 in Las Vegas, NV. The film, set to hit theaters on June 16th, is directed by Benny Boom....
Dr. Bowie Scholarship Foundation Announces Final MLK Week Event
by Julie Musbach - January 09, 2018 The last event of the 2018 MLK Holiday week for the Dr. Bowie Scholarship Foundation's Get on the Bus with the Original Mississippi Freedom Riders, Jaime Martinez, and other 1960's Civil Rights Activists will be Storytelling with our Honorees. The event will take place at the Charline McCombs Em...
Investigation Discovery to World Premiere Docu-Series KILLING RICHARD GLOSSIP, 4/17
by BWW News Desk - April 17, 2017 KILLING RICHARD GLOSSIP tells this haunting story - that of a former motel manager sentenced to die for orchestrating a murder that he swears he had nothing to do with. KILLING RICHARD GLOSSIP, a world premiere two-night event, kicks off Monday, April 17 at 9/8c exclusively on ID....
Penguin RandomHouse Pre-Order Escape Artist by William A. Noguera Hardcover Book Release Announcement
by Robert Diamond - May 24, 2017 ...
Escape Artist: Memoir of A Visionary Artist on Death Row by William A. Noguera Released January 2018
by Robert Diamond - January 30, 2018 ...
Discovery en Espa'ol Presents LATINOS EN EL CORREDOR DE LA MUERTE
by Caryn Robbins - January 24, 2018 This is the story of Juan Balderas a prisoner on death row. LATINOS EN EL CORREDOR DE LA MUERTE premieres Sunday January 28 at 10pm E/P as part of the 'Discovery a Fondo' investigation block....
Random Access Theatre Presents RESISTANCE AND REBELLION IN REP Season
by BWW News Desk - April 20, 2017 Random Access Theatre to present first ever repertory season May 4-28: Resistance and Rebellion in Rep!...
Oprah's Book Club Announces Newest Selection THE SUN DOES SHINE: HOW I FOUND LIFE AND FREEDOM ON DEATH ROW By Anthony Ray Hinton
by Macon Prickett - June 05, 2018 OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and O, The Oprah Magazine announced today the newest Oprah's Book Club selection, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton with Lara Love Hardin, a revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spen...
BWW Previews: SMU Students to Stage 24-Hour CHICAGO Musical This Saturday
by Kyle Christopher West - April 13, 2017 BWW Previews: SMU Students to Stage 24-Hour CHICAGO Musical This Saturday...
'The Trials of Walter Ogrod' is Released
by Christina Mancuso - March 30, 2017 CHICAGO, March 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ The horrific 1988 murder of four-year-old Barbara Jean Horn rocked the city of Philadelphia to its core. Plucked from her own front yard, Barbara Jean was found less than two and a half hours later in a cardboard TV box dragged to a nearby street curb, dead. Afte... |