Spotlight Theatre Company and Firehouse Theatre Company Open SYLVIA Tomorrow
by Kelsey Denette - May 24, 2013 Spotlight Theatre Company and Firehouse Theatre Company join forces to co-present 'Sylvia' opening May 25 and running through June 29, 2013. Performances are Friday/Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 Adult/ $18 for Students/Seniors. Group rates are available. Performance...
MTI Honors Drama Teacher Lou Volpe with Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award for Theatre Education Today
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2013 Longtime Bristol Township Harry S. Truman High School teacher Lou Volpe is being honored with the first-ever 'MTI Lifetime Achievement Award for Theatre Education' by Music Theatre International (MTI), one of the world's largest licensors of Musical Theatre. Mr. Volpe is retiring from teaching after...
Mark Grist Set to Bring ROGUE TEACHER Rap Battle Show to Edfringe
by James T Harding - May 18, 2012 In 2011, Mark Grist went from being an English teacher in the fens to defeating a teenage grime artist in a rap battle that has attracted over 2 million hit on YouTube. In his first solo Edinburgh show, ROGUE TEACHER, he shares his eventful journey from the classroom to the battlefield through his u...
Dale E. Fox Releases TURKEY UNCOVERED
by Christina Mancuso - September 26, 2013 Have you ever wondered what it is like to live in a Muslim culture? Underneath cultural differences, are we all essentially alike, or are Muslims uniquely different? These are the questions that author Dale Fox set out to answer when she became a volunteer English teacher in the 99% Muslim country o...
Norbert Leo Butz to Deliver Commencement Address at Webster University, 5/11
by Nicole Rosky - April 22, 2013 Tony Award Winner and Webster University alumnus Norbert Leo Butz will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at Webster University's 2013 commencement ceremony, to be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 11 at The Muny in Forest Park....
Ana Maria Ward Reveals Life Story in I AM A PATCHWORK QUILT
by Christina Mancuso - July 18, 2013 Author Ana Maria Ward remembered when her father was given a Quilt of Valor, and she realized that people are all connected like patches on a quilt. In I Am a Patchwork Quilt, she recalls how her connection with her parents from the day she was born paved a way for her to experience that bond with o...
TV: Joel Grey, Liza Minnelli, and More Talk CABARET at 40th Anniversary Restoration Screening!
by Nicole Rosky - February 02, 2013 Turner Classic Movies (TCM) continues its latest Road to Hollywood tour around the country with a stop in New York City, where TCM, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Verizon FiOS will present a free public screening of the groundbreaking musical Cabaret (1972). Four of the film's stars - Liza Minn...
Nurse and Cancer Survivor Releases Inspirational Memoir, HIS MERCY ENDURETH
by Christina Mancuso - August 28, 2013 Written as a memoir, His Mercy Endureth describes the writer's difficulties following her diagnosis of a rare cancer, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Donna Handy Hussey, herself a nursing professional, suddenly found herself becoming the patient that nurses care for in the cancer unit. This memoir partak...
Nathan Lane, Greg Kinnear & Julianne Moore Team up for THE ENGLISH TEACHER Flick
by Jessica Lewis - September 14, 2011 Deadline.com reports this morning that Julianne Moore, Nathan Lane and Greg Kinnear are teaming up for Artina Films' The English Teacher, a comedy about a loveless English teacher (Moore) who finds romance with 'a former student, who failed as a playwright in New York, returns and she convinces him ...
Landmark on Main Street to Screen THE ENGLISH TEACHER, 5/6
by Movies News Desk - April 12, 2013 Landmark on Main Street will present a very special film screening of The English Teacher on Monday, May 6 at 7:30 PM as part of our Conversations From Main Street Series....
VIDEO: First Trailer for THE ENGLISH TEACHER with Julianne Moore & Nathan Lane Debuts
by Tyler Peterson - April 02, 2013 The first trailer for THE ENGLISH TEACHER, starring Julianne Moore and Nathan Lane, has just debuted! Check it out, via ComingSoon.net, below!...
Thilagaraj Kandiah Muniandy Publishes THEY REALLY HAPPEED
by Christina Mancuso - May 17, 2013 With the publication of his new collection “They Really Happened” (published by Trafford Publishing), author and teacher Thilagaraj Kandiah Muniandy presents readers with stories meant to both educate and entertain....
One Trouble-Causing Witch and Her Feline Friends in D. Vanstone's New Picture Book
by Robert Diamond - August 24, 2013 Author D. Vanstone offers an entertaining and insightful addition to the world of children's literature that will broaden the imagination of kids. Titled Dotty and the Fix-it-Cats, This compelling tale takes fantasy to a higher notch as it embeds essential moral lessons into a well-crafted story lin...
MCCC's Kelsey Review 2012 Now Available
by Kelsey Denette - November 09, 2012 Exploring relationships, observing nature, and dealing with loss are all themes that jump off the pages of the 2012 edition of Kelsey Review, published annually by Mercer County Community College and now available free at public libraries throughout Mercer County. Now in its 31st year, the 2012 Revi...
Fantastic New Book 'Two Seasons in the Bubble: Living and Coaching Basketball in Bulgaria' by Andy Jones Reaches Amazon's Kindle Top 100 List
by Robert Diamond - February 28, 2013 'Two Seasons in the Bubble: Living and Coaching Basketball in Bulgaria' has gotten great early reviews and moved to the top 100 in the Kindle Store in its category of nonfiction books about basketball. It is available everywhere as a paperback or Kindle at amazon.com...
Photo Flash: Beijing Playhouse's SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2012 Thirty students from Beijing Playhouse Academy of Performing Arts performed Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles. They put the show together in just two weeks. The native Chineses students performed in English in front of an audience of more than 100. Scroll down to see photos of the ca...
A BODY TO DIE(T) FOR Announces Edinburgh Fringe Cast
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2013 The cast has been announced for the World Premiere of Tim Anfilogoff and Alan Whittaker's sharp and satirical musical at C Venues at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Grace Bishop, Nicola Kill, and Rosie Watson will take on the titular role of Greta, Annie Kirkman makes her professional debut a...
Stephen King's 11/22/63 Picked Up by J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot
by Tyler Peterson - April 26, 2013 According to Deadline, J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot is working with Warner Bros. TV to land the rights to Stephen King's JFK assassination novel 11/22/63....
A & E's THE FIRST 48: MISSING PERSONS to Return 3/15
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2012 A&E Network's hit series THE FIRST 48: MISSING PERSONS which follows the critical first 48 hours of missing persons cases with the Chicago Police Department, returns with all new episodes on Thursday, March 15 at 10PM ET/PT....
Nathan Lane Signed by Paradigm Agency
by Caryn Robbins - April 25, 2013 Deadline reports that Nathan Lane has just signed with the Paradigm agency where he will be represented by Sarah Fargo. The multi-talented actor is currently starring on Broadway in Douglas Carter Beane's new play The Nance....
RENT A WHITE GUY Receives NY Premiere Tonight, 9/19
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2012 Rent A White Guy, a new multilingual musical fable about life for laowai (foreigners) living in China, will get its New York premiere at the Secret Theatre in Long Island City this September....
A Noble Failure to Close at CoHo, 1/29
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2012 A NOBLE FAILURE, winner of NEWXNW Play Competition, featuring Bruce Burkhartsmeier, Jacklyn Maddux, Duffy Epstein, Eleanor O'Brien, Dennis Kelly and Kenneth Sergienko will close this weekend with a performance on January 29th....
Author Ron Kaplan Talks Growing Up in HETH
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2013 In his new book, Heth, Ron Kaplan encapsulates the joy and sadness that comes with growing up and the workings of love in the lives of two seemingly different individuals. Readers will find both insight and entertainment in the coming-of-age novel's riveting twists and turns....
FOX Orders Pilot for New Drama RAKE, Starring Greg Kinnear
by TV News Desk - January 22, 2013 Kicking off its drama pilot orders, FOX Broadcasting Company (FOX) has given a pilot order to RAKE, a character-driven comedic drama by Peter Duncan (creator of the original Australian series) and executive-produced by Peter Tolan ('Rescue Me,' 'Analyze This') and Michael Wimer ('2012'). Academy Awa...
TV Exclusive: Meet the 2013 Tony Nominees- Nathan Lane on the Gift of Playing His Role in THE NANCE
by Nicole Rosky - June 01, 2013 BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tonys Meet & Greet on May 1, 2013, and we will be bringing you special coverage on all of them throughout the awards season. Today we bring you Nathan Lane, a nominee f... |