Emmy-Nominated Actor Jerry Van Dyke Dies
by Stephi Wild - January 06, 2018 According to Variety, Jerry Van Dyke, Emmy-nominated actor and younger brother of Dick Van Dyke, died on Friday at age 86. His wife, Shirley Ann Jones told the New York Times that his health had been deteriorating since he was in a traffic accident in 2015....
BWW Interview: ACTOR BILL BALDWIN
by Mark C. Lloyd - June 05, 2019 I first met Bill Baldwin around twenty years ago. I was lucky enough to get him as an actor in a play I wrote and was directing. It was my first play and he was willing to take chances with new material. I had a positive experience all around....
World Premiere Of Krista Knight's LIPSTICK LOBOTOMY Opens At Trap Door Theatre Next Month
by A.A. Cristi - January 21, 2020 In the world premiere of a?oeLipstick Lobotomy,a?? John F. Kennedy's little sister, Rosemary Kennedy, and the playwright's Great Aunt Ginny develop a friendship at an exclusive high-end sanitarium for women in the fall of 1941. The women undergo the peculiar cutting-edge treatments on offer by a soc...
Lucy Hale Joins the Cast of the FANTASY ISLAND Movie
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 15, 2018 Lucy Hale joins Michael Pena in the Sony and Blumhouse's upcoming film “Fantasy Island,” according to Variety....
America's Most Hated TV Child Star Confesses In Rochester
by A.A. Cristi - August 13, 2018 And you thought she was out spoken on the hit NBC series Little House on the Prairie, as the girl America loved to hate -Nellie Oleson. Declared "TV history's #1 one bitch" by Vanity Fair, Ms Arngrim's best-selling memoirs, 'Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned t...
VIDEOS: Theatre Community Celebrates The Life and Career of Fyvush Finkel
by Michael Dale - August 15, 2016 The star of Yiddish Theatre and Emmy Award winner was 93 years old....
FANTASY ISLAND Unrated Coming to Digital & Blu-ray & DVD
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 30, 2020 In Blumhouse's FANTASY ISLAND, the enigmatic Mr. Roarke (Michael Peña) makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island's mystery in order to escape with their lives....
Take a Trip Back to the 1980s at The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
by Julie Musbach - May 24, 2019 Club Tropicana is from the producers of the hit UK tour of Hairspray. It is set at the Club Tropicana hotel, where the drinks are - of course - free....
SiriusXM Willie's Roadhouse to Air URBAN COWBOY 40th Anniversary Special
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 17, 2020 In honor of the 40th anniversary of the movie and soundtrack phenomenon, a?oeUrban Cowboy,a?? country legends Mickey Gilley and Johnny Lee will co-host an exclusive one-hour special....
Performers and Presenters Announced for the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 06, 2019 E! announced today the performers and presenters set to take the stage at the only awards show voted on by the people at the 2019 'E! People's Choice Awards' this Sunday, November 10. The 'E! People's Choice Awards' will broadcast live from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, CA and across the cable netw...
BWW Review: TURNING PAGE at Dixon Place is a Tour de Force
by Melanie Votaw - February 28, 2017 In the one-woman show TURNING PAGE, Angelica Page takes on perhaps the role of her career - that of her real-life mother, Geraldine Page, who was theater, Hollywood and Actors Studio royalty. A daunting role, to be sure. Angelica says at the top of the piece that her mother asked her to see that her...
HBO Films Presents MY DINNER WITH HERVE Starring Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan on October 20th
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 24, 2018 Inspired by a real story, MY DINNER WITH HERVE explores the unlikely friendship between struggling journalist Danny Tate (Dornan) and Hervé Villechaize (Dinklage), the world's most famous knife-wielding French dwarf actor, as it unfolds over one wild night in LA – an encounter that will have life-ch...
World Premiere Of CLUB TROPICANA THE MUSICAL to Tour the UK
by Stephi Wild - June 18, 2018 Take a fun-packed trip back in time to the electric 80's with the world premiere of Club Tropicana The Musical, a summer adventure of love in the sun, with a soundtrack of smash-hit pop classics - it really is the feel-good musical of the year!...
VIDEOS: Theatre Community Celebrates The Life and Career of Fyvush Finkel
by Michael Dale - August 15, 2016 The star of Yiddish Theatre and Emmy Award winner was 93 years old....
Celebrate Diversionary Theatre's 2018 Gala
by Stephi Wild - February 10, 2018 Celebrate the third oldest LGBT theatre in the country and the resilience of our community. The event features a wild selection of songs queering the classic musical South Pacific....
Photo Flash: Remembering Fyvush Finkel
by Walter McBride - August 17, 2016 As BroadwayWorld reported earlier this week, star of stage and screen Fyvush Finkel just passed away at 93 years of age. Fyvush Finkel began his career over 80 years ago playing the numerous Jewish theatres along Second Avenue. When he was 43 he began touring in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF playing the I...
'The Argument' Wine Has Launched For The Perfect Wine and Movie Pairing
by A.A. Cristi - September 01, 2020 The team behind the new comedy movie The Argument (starring Dan Fogler, Emma Bell, Maggie Q, Danny Pudi, Cleopatra Coleman, Tyler James Williams and Charlotte McKinney and directed by Robert Schwartzman) is creating a multi-sensory movie-watching experience with the launch of The Argument wine, a So...
Trap Door Theatre Presents FANTASY ISLAND FOR DUMMIES
by Ashlee Latimer - September 17, 2016 Fantasy Island for Dummies (low cut daydream too near, too near) is a new music-theatre work inspired by an episode of the iconic television series about the pleasures and perils of wish fulfillment. Devised in a collaborative exploration with Trap Door Theater actors, the piece is written by Ruth M...
Trap Door Theatre to Present FANTASY ISLAND FOR DUMMIES
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2016 The Trap Door Theatre presents Fantasy Island For Dummies (low cut daydream too near, too near), written by Ruth Margraff and directed by Kate Hendrickson, with original music composed by Nikos Brisco. The production opens Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 8 p.m. and runs through Saturday, November 5,...
Austin Film Festival Announces Josephson Entertainment Screenwriting Fellowship
by Macon Prickett - March 20, 2018 Austin Film Festival (AFF) is thrilled to announce a partnership with acclaimed producer Barry Josephson to present the inaugural Josephson Entertainment Screenwriting Fellowship as an extension of its 2018 Script Competitions. This new opportunity will provide a one-on-one mentorship in Los Angeles...
The Orleans Announces December Lineup
by Stephi Wild - October 31, 2019 The Orleans Hotel and Casino will bring highly-acclaimed entertainers to The Orleans Showroom in December, including renowned singer Engelbert Humperdinck, Family-Friendly Rodeo Viewing Parties, the holiday show a?oeMerry Christmas Darling: A Carpenters' Christmas,a?? swing revival group Big Bad Voo...
The Ricardo Montalban Theatre to Host Fall 2016 Launch Party
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2016 The Ricardo Montalban Theatre presents its wonderfully diverse fall-winter programming schedule during a private open house and reception today, September 28, 2016 from 6:30 to 8:30pm....
SiriusXM Willie's Roadhouse to Air URBAN COWBOY 40th Anniversary Special
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 17, 2020 In honor of the 40th anniversary of the movie and soundtrack phenomenon, a?oeUrban Cowboy,a?? country legends Mickey Gilley and Johnny Lee will co-host an exclusive one-hour special....
Richard Roxburgh, Helen Thomson, Dacre Montgomery Join Baz Luhrmann's ELVIS
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 17, 2020 Variety reports that Richard Roxburgh, Helen Thomson, David Wenham, and Dacre Montgomery have joined the cast of Baz Lurhmann's 'Elvis,' a musical drama about the King of Rock and Roll. ...
Broadway and TV Star Elaine Joyce to Appear on INSIDE EDITION Tonight
by TV News Desk - June 30, 2016 Elaine Joyce is set to appear on tonight's 'Inside Edition' to share backstage gossip from the hit 1970's phenomenon 'Match Game' on CBS. The new edition of 'Match Game' debuted this past Sunday night, hosted by Alec Baldwin. ... |