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FDR is executive produced by world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize®-winning, bestselling author Doris Kearns Goodwin, Academy Award®-nominated producer Bradley Cooper, under his production company Lea Pictures, and Academy Award-winning creative production company RadicalMedia, in association with GroupM Motion Entertainment.

The new three-night documentary event will provide an epic portrait of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, unpacking how his own fight with polio prepared him for the challenges of leading the United States through the Great Depression and World War II. Based upon Goodwin's New York Times bestseller, Leadership: In Turbulent Times, viewers will experience a most harrowing, yet heroic time in history when through grit, commitment and shared sacrifice FDR was the right man at the right time to lead the U.S. and the allied nations, projecting confidence in himself and America.

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Tomorrow is Here! Kelrik Productions Presents ANNIE
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2017

Kelrik Productions  will present ANNIE, one of America's most beloved musicals, April 21 - 30 at the San Luis Obispo Guild Hall.  Annie will be directed by Kelrik's Artistic Director Erik Austin, with music direction by John Cribb....


Tori Bates Cast as First Bi-Racial Actress in ANNIE; Full National Tour Casting Announced
by Caryn Robbins - September 20, 2016

After touring the production to over 100 cities across the nation and recently overseas to Jakarta and Singapore, Troika Entertainment LLC is pleased to announce the casting for the 2016-2017 season....


History Presents THE OBAMA YEARS - A NINE-PART ORAL HISTORY
by Caryn Robbins - January 12, 2017

HISTORY has today launched THE OBAMA YEARS - A NINE-PART ORAL HISTORY. This is an incredible compilation of commentary from President Barack Obama and 23 members of his administration....


GLEE's Heather Morris and More to Star in ANNIE at Scottsdale Musical Theater Company Photo GLEE's Heather Morris and More to Star in ANNIE at Scottsdale Musical Theater Company; Cast Complete!
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2017

TV, Film and Broadway star Bronson Pinchot ('Perfect Strangers,' Beverly Hills Cop, Broadway's Putting It Together and Sly Fox); Broadway star and Drama Desk Award nominee Kaitlin Hopkins (Bat Boy: The Musical, Anything Goes, Noises Off), and TV's popular 'GLEE' star Heather Morris (also GLEE: The 3...


American Symphony Orchestra Opens Season at Carnegie Hall with Focus on Music and Pol Photo American Symphony Orchestra Opens Season at Carnegie Hall with Focus on Music and Politics: Sessions, Copland, Bernstein
by A.A. Cristi - September 19, 2017

The American Symphony Orchestra will open the 57th season of its Vanguard series at Carnegie Hall with a program titled The Sounds of Democracy on Wednesday, October 11 at 8 pm. All performances in this year's four-concert series - comprising three at Carnegie Hall and one at Lincoln Center's Alice...


VIDEO: Get a Sneak Peek at the Muny's ANNIE Photo VIDEO: Get a Sneak Peek at the Muny's ANNIE
by Julie Musbach - July 17, 2018

The sun's on its way out at the Muny with the approaching opening of Annie, get a sneak peek below!...


It's a Hard Knock Life! ANNIE to Play the Orpheum This December; Tickets on Sale Next Month
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2016

The Orpheum Theatre Group has announced that the U.S. National Tour of ANNIE, now in its third smash year, will play December 13-18 at the historic Orpheum Theatre in Memphis. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 19th time, this production of ANNIE is a brand new incarna...


BWW Review: ASSASSINS at Spinning Tree Theatre
by Alan Portner - May 30, 2017

Troubling premise...


SPAMILTON Extends Again, Will Continue Friendly Roast Off-Broadway Through December
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2016

Author Gerard Alessandrini and producers John Freedson, Christine Pedi, and David Zippel have announced that Spamilton, the critically acclaimed parody of Broadway smash Hamilton, by Forbidden Broadway creator Alessandrini has been extended again by popular demand....


Off-Broadway's SPAMILTON Set for Extended Roast of the Broadway Blockbuster
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2016

Author Gerard Alessandrini and producers John Freedson, Christine Pedi, and David Zippel have announced that Spamilton, the critically acclaimed parody of Broadway smash Hamilton, by Forbidden Broadway creator Alessandrini has been extended again by popular demand....


Smithsonian Channel to Present the Story of the U.S. in AMERICA IN COLOR; Liev Schreiber Narrates
by Caryn Robbins - June 05, 2017

From Prohibition and the Jazz Age to the moon landing and the birth of rock and roll, many of the greatest, most significant events of the 20th century have only been experienced in the black and white footage available at the time....


BWW Review: AMERICA SALUTES OUR VETERANS at Wadsworth
by Don Grigware - November 07, 2016

For the second year in a row the Pink Lady Jackie Goldberg presented an attention-grabbing Senior Talent Competition. This year's show was very different, as it had two contests on two separate days, one on Saturday November 5 and the other on Sunday November 6 at the Wadsworth Theatre in West LA, a...


Lillias White to Lead TEXAS IN PARIS at the Eisemann Center Photo Lillias White to Lead TEXAS IN PARIS at the Eisemann Center
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2017

Eisemann Center Presents continues the Theatre Series with the production Texas in Paris, a musical by Dallas' own Alan Govenar, based on true events, starring Tony Award winner Lillias White with Willy Welch for five performances November 16-19, 2017 at the Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance Drive i...


ANNIE to Play San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
by Rebecca Russo - November 21, 2016

Broadway San Jose, a Nederlander Presentation, is proud to announce that the U.S. National Tour of ANNIE, now in its third smash year, will play January 6 - 8, 2017 at The Center for the Performing Arts in San Jose (255 S. Almaden Blvd.). Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for...


Chocolate Dances Presents WILD WOMEN
by A.A. Cristi - November 10, 2016

Chocolate Dances is a chocolate-making dance company led by choreographer and chocolatier Megan Sipe. The company's latest show, Wild Women, is based on the watercolor paintings of Sterling Witt. Watch dancers paint the stage with character-driven movement in this bold and enchanting journey, punctu...


Photo Flash: First Look at IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE at ActorsNET Photo Photo Flash: First Look at IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE at ActorsNET
by BWW News Desk - October 09, 2017

ActorsNET is launching its 22nd season with Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen's exciting adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' 1935 cautionary tale, It Can't Happen Here, which Lewis adapted the following year with John C. Moffitt from his novel by the same name. The show will play at its home in Morrisvill...


'Tomorrow' Is Just Around The Corner!! ANNIE Drops In At The McCallum For A Limited Engagement!
by David Green - December 16, 2016

The McCallum Theatre is proud to announce that the U.S. National Tour of ANNIE, now in its third smash year, will play three performances - Tuesday, January 10, at 8:00pm and Wednesday, January 11, at 2:00pm and 8:00pm. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 19th time, thi...


Photo Flash: ANNIE WARBUCKS Celebrates Opening at Theatre at the Center
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2016

Theatre at the Center's production of Annie Warbucks, the sequel to Annie, the 1977 Tony Award-winning smash Broadway hit, opened to a packed house Sunday, November 20. Based on Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie comic strip, the book is by Thomas Meehan with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Ma...


David Alan Grier and Steven Weber Join the Hollywood Bowl's ANNIE Photo David Alan Grier and Steven Weber Join the Hollywood Bowl's ANNIE
by Julie Musbach - June 12, 2018

Additional casting has been announced for the Hollywood Bowl's upcoming production of Annie on Friday, July 27, at 8 PM, Saturday, July 28, at 8 PM and Sunday, July 29, at 7:30 PM. The new cast members are David Alan Grier as Daddy Warbucks and Steven Weber as Franklin Delano Roosevelt ('FDR'). The ...


BWW Blog: Paisley Haddad - Bringing Historical Women to Life on Stage
by Guest Blogger: Paisley Haddad - November 14, 2016

This past Saturday, I was in a show written by my theatre teacher, Virginia Byrne, called "THE WOMEN OF WORCESTER". It celebrated women who were born in or made a difference in Worcester, Massachusetts....


BWW Blog: Directing and Dramaturgy on Ithaca College's 27 WAGONS FULL OF COTTON Photo BWW Blog: Directing and Dramaturgy on Ithaca College's 27 WAGONS FULL OF COTTON
by Student Blogger: Isobel Duncan - December 06, 2017

Isobel here! I am a sophomore theatre studies major focusing on directing and now dramaturgy at Ithaca College. I finished assistant directing my first show within the theatre arts department, 27 Wagons Full of Cotton by the late and great Tennessee Williams....


History to Present 2-Hour Special TRANSITION OF POWER: THE PRESIDENCY, 1/8
by BWW News Desk - January 08, 2017

What does it take to transition the most powerful office in the world? HISTORY(R) provides an inside look at the presidential hand-over process from election to inauguration and beyond in an original two-hour special, TRANSITION OF POWER: THE PRESIDENCY, airing Sunday, January 8 at 9pm ET/PT....


Tori Bates Cast as First Bi-Racial Actress in ANNIE; Full National Tour Casting Announced
by Caryn Robbins - September 20, 2016

After touring the production to over 100 cities across the nation and recently overseas to Jakarta and Singapore, Troika Entertainment LLC is pleased to announce the casting for the 2016-2017 season....


BWW Blog: Directing and Dramaturgy on Ithaca College's 27 WAGONS FULL OF COTTON Photo BWW Blog: Directing and Dramaturgy on Ithaca College's 27 WAGONS FULL OF COTTON
by Student Blogger: Isobel Duncan - December 06, 2017

Isobel here! I am a sophomore theatre studies major focusing on directing and now dramaturgy at Ithaca College. I finished assistant directing my first show within the theatre arts department, 27 Wagons Full of Cotton by the late and great Tennessee Williams....


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by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2017

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