Sundance Institute Announces Latest Documentary Fund Grantees
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 21, 2020 Sundance Institute today named the global cohort of 22 independent nonfiction filmmakers and their projects that comprise the latest Grantees of the Institute's Documentary Fund....
SURVIVORS Documentary About Overlooked Heroes Of 2014 Ebola Outbreak Comes To POV
by Tori Hartshorn - September 10, 2018 The 2014 Ebola outbreak is remembered as one of the most widely feared epidemics in recent memory. As the virus spread through West Africa, hysterical media reports outside the region fanned the flames of anxiety. However, according to Sierra Leonean filmmaker Arthur Pratt, the “role that locals pla...
Country Star Hunter Hayes to Headline Dana's Angels Research Trust Gala Benefit & Concert
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2017 Five-time Grammy nominee, CMA Award Winner for New Artist of the Year in 2012 and the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Country Artist in 2015, Hunter Hayes is bringing his incredible talent and energy to headline the Dana's Angels Research Trust Gala Benefit and Concert at the Palace Theatre ...
The Kitchen Announces Winter 2018 Season
by Julie Musbach - December 18, 2017 The Kitchen, founded in 1971, has continued to serve as an important catalyst for a broad community of groundbreaking artists working across disciplines. In today's landscape, where contemporary artists and arts institutions are collaborating in new ways and generating new contexts for the continuin...
NBC Picks Up NEW AMSTERDAM For Full Season
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 10, 2018 NBC has picked up 'New Amsterdam' for a full season, according to Variety....
Topher Grace Among Those Cast in THE HOT ZONE with Julianna Margulies
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 13, 2018 National Geographic, Fox 21 Television Studios and Scott Free Productions today announced the cast joining previously announced Julianna Margulies ('The Good Wife,' 'ER') in THE HOT ZONE, based on the eponymous international best-seller by Richard Preston. Noah Emmerich ('The Americans'), Liam Cunni...
The Catastrophist - Now Streaming from Northlight Theatre
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2021 How do you plan for catastrophe? Virologist Nathan Wolfe, named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World for his work tracking Ebola and swine flu, has hunted viruses from the jungles of Cameroon to the basement of the CDC. Now, in a post-COVID world, we hear his story—presented as cin...
VIDEO: Cynthia Erivo, Billy Porter, Meryl Streep & More Join JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, WITH TAIKA AND FRIENDS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 18, 2020 The Roald Dahl Story Company has brought together Academy Award-winning filmmaker, Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, The Mandalorian, Jojo Rabbit) and a host of global stars including Ryan Reynolds, Cate Blanchett, Mindy Kaling, Lupita Nyong'o and Cara Delevingne to retell the beloved children's novel ...
Marin Theatre Company & Round House Theatre Announce Full Casting and Production Details for THE CATASTROPHIST
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 05, 2021 Marin Theatre Company and Round House Theatre have announced full casting and production details for The Catastrophist by Lauren Gunderson, a world premiere digital co-production based on the life and work of award-winning “virus hunter” Nathan Wolfe....
PBS' POV Releases Full Schedule for 31st Season Kicking Off June 18
by Macon Prickett - June 13, 2018 PBS series POV kicks off its 31st Season with the national TV debut of the acclaimed documentary feature film QUEST this Monday, June 18 at 10 PM. POV is the longest-running independent documentary series on American television. Screeners and interviews available now. POV films have won 37 Emmy® Awa...
American Guild of Musical Artists and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society Release Return-to-Work Playbook
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 26, 2020 American Guild of Musical Artists and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society have announced the wide release of the AGMA/SDC Return to Stage and Performing Arts Playbook....
Alison Fraser to Reprise Role in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Off-Broadway; Complete Cast Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 25, 2023 Ruth Stage has announced that two-time Tony Award nominee Alison Fraser (The Secret Garden) will reprise her role as ‘Big Mama’, as well as announcing the complete casting for their provocative and controversial modern staging of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof....
Actors' Equity Association Announces New Public Health Consultants
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 07, 2022 Actors’ Equity Association has announced that a team of doctors led by Dr. Mark Cunningham-Hill are the new public health consultants for the union, effective immediately. This team also advises the American Guild of Music Artists and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society on COVID-19 safety...
OWN's New Family Saga, AMBITIONS, Starts Production in Atlanta
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 13, 2018 OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today the start of production in Atlanta of the new multigenerational family saga “Ambitions,” produced by Will Packer Media in association with Lionsgate and Lionsgate-owned distributor Debmar-Mercury, and starring Robin Givens (“Riverdale,” “The Fix,” “The Bold...
NBC Releases Key Art for NEW AMSTERDAM Season Two
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 23, 2019 NBC has released the key art for season two of its hit medical drama New Amsterdam. See the image below!...
Kristin Chenoweth, Tony Goldwyn, & More to Participate in Celebrity Comedy Benefit
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 23, 2020 The biggest names in comedy are coming together to help health workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic with a special virtual comedy fest on Friday, May 1....
SELWYN AND GABRIEL Come to Alexander Upstairs
by A.A. Cristi - March 20, 2018 After sold out performances in September 2017, Selwyn & Gabriel returns to the Alexander Bar....
AGMA and SDC Consult Medical Experts to Ensure Safety When Reopening Arts Industry
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 02, 2020 With discussions on reopening beginning around the country across various industries, the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) announced that they have engaged the services of medical experts to assist with COVID-19 safety planning and ensure ...
Scoop: Coming Up on a New Episode of THE ROOKIE on FOX - Tuesday, February 21, 2023
by TV Scoop - February 16, 2023 Get all the scoop on THE ROOKIE, airing on FOX on Tuesday, February 21, 2023! The team must stop a militia FROM detonating a highly combustible truck in their possession. Meanwhile, Officers Nolan, Thorson, Juarez and Detective Harper search for three men who may have been exposed to EBOLA and detai...
Unearthed Films Brings THE UNTOLD STORY to the U.S.
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 22, 2020 In 1978 in Hong Kong, a grisly murder takes place. Eight years later on a Macao beach, kids discover the severed hands of a fresh victim....
EXTINCTION With Sir David Attenborough Will Premiere on PBS
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 25, 2021 Presented by Sir David Attenborough, the program reveals how this crisis has grave consequences for us all—threatening food and water security, reducing our ability to control our climate, and putting us at greater risk of deadly pandemic diseases, including COVID-19. ...
National Geographic Gives Season Two Order to THE HOT ZONE
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 11, 2020 National Geographic announced today that 'The Hot Zone,' the network's highest-rated scripted series to date, has been greenlit for a second season, which will focus on the anthrax attacks of 2001....
Discovery's INVISIBLE KILLERS Premieres March 29 on Discovery and Science Channel
by Macon Prickett - February 21, 2018 Viruses have shaped our health and our history, and, despite all the tools of modern medicine, they continue to kill millions of people every year. Influenza, smallpox, and Ebola are among the three most lethal viruses ever to have plagued mankind. Each has taken a devastatingly large toll on the hu...
Round House Theatre Announces New 2020-2021 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 16, 2020 Round House Theatre has announced a new lineup of plays, conversations, and education offerings for its 43rd Season, which includes digital programming for the fall and winter and a return to live productions in its Bethesda theatre in spring 2021. ...
Discovery Shines a Light on Three Deadly Viruses and Their Potential for Catastrophic Outbreaks in INVISIBLE KILLERS
by Tori Hartshorn - February 21, 2018 Discovery Shines a Light on Three Deadly Viruses and Their Potential for Catastrophic Outbreaks in INVISIBLE KILLERS... |