Jazz Icon Esperanza Spalding Comes to the Mayo Center This Fall
by BWW News Desk - August 24, 2016 Jazz icon Esperanza Spalding comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center as she presents Emily's D+Evolution on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at 8 pm....
ESPN Audio Sets Monthly Record for Podcast Impressions for 4th Consecutive Month
by Caryn Robbins - July 07, 2016 In June and for the fourth consecutive month, ESPN Audio broke its record for the number of podcast impressions –47,555,864....
Shawan And The Wonton, Catchin' Feels, and Releasing Them...
by Tory Gates - February 14, 2016 'When it comes to the songwriting process…it's like shedding my skin."...
ESPN Coverage of the 2016 NFL DRAFT to Begin 4/28
by Caryn Robbins - April 21, 2016 ESPN's presentation of the 2016 NFL Draft – the company's 37th consecutive year televising the event – begins Thursday, April 28, at 8 p.m. ET from Chicago's Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University....
Communist Daughter's 'Therapeutic' New Track 'Balboa Bridge' Streaming Exclusively via Stereogum
by Richard Best - October 04, 2016 After songwriting comparisons to Bruce Springsteen (“Hold Back”), Nirvana, and Fleetwood Mac (“Roll a Stone”), Communist Daughter is debuting another single from the upcoming sophomore album via Stereogum: the misleadingly upbeat “Balboa Bridge.”...
BWW Interview: Jess Chayes and I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THIS LATER at New Ohio Theatre 4/4-4/23
by Marina Kennedy - March 30, 2016 Broadwayworld.com interviewed Jess Chayes, director of The Assembly's World Premiere play, 'I Will Look Forward to This Later.' The show will be on the New Ohio Theatre stage from April 4th to April 23rd....
ESPN Signs espnW Writer and ESPN Radio Host Sarah Spain to Multiyear Extension
by Caryn Robbins - September 20, 2016 ESPN has signed the talented espnW writer and versatile ESPN Radio host Sarah Spain to a multiyear extension. Spain will continue in her role as a featured reporter and columnist for espnW on multiple ESPN platforms...
ABC to Exclusively Air Game One of 2015 NBA FINALS, 6/4
by Caryn Robbins - June 01, 2015 The 2015 NBA Finals - the Golden State Warriors and Stephen Curry versus the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James - will air exclusively on ABC, beginning with Game 1 on Thursday, June 4, at 9 p.m. ET....
Award-Winning Journalist Jeff Darlington Joins ESPN as Reporter
by Caryn Robbins - August 31, 2016 Jeff Darlington, an award-winning journalist who has covered the NFL and other sports since 2004, has joined ESPN in a reporting role that will include SportsCenter and multiple ESPN platforms. He begins his new duties Sept. 1....
Meet THE ADDAMS FAMILY of Athens Theatre
by Liz Cearns - September 29, 2016 This weekend will be the first of Athens Theatre's run of 'The Addams Family: A New Musical', and here are just a few of the reasons they're so proud of the show: their cast! On Friday, September 30, the audience can join the company for their traditional - and free! - Opening Night champagne toast...
2016 GRAMMY HALL OF FAME Inductees Revealed
by Caryn Robbins - November 18, 2015 Continuing the tradition of preserving and celebrating timeless recordings, The Recording Academy® has announced the newest additions to its vaunted GRAMMY Hall Of Fame®....
The Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel To Host Block Party To Celebrate $22 Million Transformation
by Robert Diamond - June 01, 2015 Renaissance Hotels will unveil the much buzzed about transformation of the Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel with The Happiest Hour block party on June 11 as part of the lifestyle brand's fourth annual GlobalDay of Discovery, where all 160 Renaissance hotels around the globe will host events to...
Shawan And The Wonton, Catchin' Feels, and Releasing Them...
by Tory Gates - February 14, 2016 'When it comes to the songwriting process…it's like shedding my skin."...
ESPN's MIKE & MIKE to Debut New Look with Enhanced Studio; Molly Qerim Joins Show
by Caryn Robbins - February 01, 2016 Mike & Mike, ESPN Radio and ESPN2's weekday morning show (6 – 10 a.m. ET) hosted by Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic, will debut an enhanced studio set on Monday, Feb. 8....
BWW Interview: Chicago's Dynamic Duo Amy & Freddie Deck the Halls of The Copa Palm Springs
by David Green - December 23, 2014 In a much heralded return engagement, The COPA Palm Spings presents Chicago music and comedy legends Amy Armstrong and Freddy Allen for two performances, December 27 at 8:00 pm and December 28 at 7:30 pm in very special holiday show. Amy and Freddy have graced the stages coast-to-coast, in venues bo...
Former Child Star, Dickie Moore, Dies at Age 89
by Tess Reynolds - September 11, 2015 People reports that former child actor Dickie Moore, best known for his role in 1933's OLIVER TWIST, has died at age 89. Moore passed away on Monday in Connecticut....
Max Kellerman Joins ESPN2's FIRST TAKE Beg. 7/25
by Caryn Robbins - July 11, 2016 A new era of FIRST TAKE will begin Monday, July 25, when Max Kellerman takes a seat at the desk with Stephen A. Smith and Molly Qerim on ESPN2's two-hour weekday morning (10 a.m. – noon ET) live debate show....
Roberta Flack to Play Smothers Theatre, 2/6
by Tyler Peterson - January 07, 2015 The unparalleled Grammy Award-winning artist Roberta Flack brings her sterling voice to Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre on Friday, February 6 at 8 p.m....
FUN HOME Star Performs at NLGJA's 2016 NY 'Headlines & Headliners' Benefit Tonight
by BWW News Desk - March 31, 2016 NLGJA, The Association of LGBT Journalists, is honored to announce that Gio Benitez, ABC News correspondent, LZ Granderson, ESPN Senior Writer and ABC News contributor, will share hosting duties at its 21st Headlines & Headliners benefit in New York tonight, March 31....
Award-Winning Journalist Skip Bayless Named Host of Fox Sports 1 Talk Show
by Caryn Robbins - August 01, 2016 Award-winning journalist, author and TV personality Skip Bayless joins FOX Sports as host of a new sports talk show on FS1 premiering Tuesday, Sept. 6 (10:00 AM ET). T...
VIDEO: KINKY BOOTS' Brian Usifer Composes New Episode of SPORTS...THE MUSICAL?
by Caryn Robbins - February 09, 2016 The Kicker, the new sports comedy website from Above Average and Bryan Tucker, the co-head writer of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE has released an all-new episode of SPORTS...THE MUSICAL?...
BWW Interview: Katayoun Goudarzi & Shujaat Husain Khan Continue a Musical Journey with the Release of “Ruby”
by Tory Gates - November 05, 2015 “What is praised is one, so the praise is one too, many jugs being poured into a huge basin. All religions, all this singing, one song. “One Song,” Rumi...
ESPN2 to Premiere New Show for Hispanic Sports Fans NACION, 9/26
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2016 ESPN today announced the debut of NACION ESPN, a new interactive sports talk show dedicated to covering the most relevant and diverse sports news and information tailored to young, bilingual U.S. Hispanic sports fans....
ESPN's Molly Qerim Names Full-Time Moderator of FIRST TAKE; MIKE & MIKE Contributor
by Caryn Robbins - September 14, 2015 Molly Qerim, who rejoined ESPN in July 2015 as interim host of First Take, has been named full-time moderator of the show. L...
The Blaffer Museum with Henning Bohl in Houston Presents SERGEI TCHEREPNIN
by Sally Henry Fuller - May 30, 2015 Blaffer Art Museum is pleased to present Early Awnings, a collaboration between German artist Henning Bohl and American artist Sergei Tcherepnin. Organized by Blaffer director and chief curator Claudia Schmuckli, the exhibition opens with a public conversation between Bohl and Tcherepnin at 6:30 p.m... |