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BWW Reviews: Denver Center's MAP OF HEAVEN
by Michael Mulhern - February 09, 2011 Map of Heaven receives its first full production after being read at the Colorado New Play Summit in February 2010. Michele Lowe explores the dynamics of relationships and what happens when those dynamics shift, the choices the characters make and the ripple effect it has on those around them. ...
'The Big Bang Theory' on TBS Ranks as Basic Cable's #1 Sitcom for the Week
by Kelsey Denette - December 13, 2011 The Big Bang Theory was the big driver for TBS's success last week, with the Tuesday 8:30 p.m. episode delivering a remarkable 2.8 million viewers to rank as basic cable's #1 sitcom for the week. Overall, The Big Bang Theory on TBS accounted for 16 of basic cable's Top 20 sitcom telecasts last week ...
Jason Alexander To Lead Nickelodeon's 'A Fairly Odd Movie' on the Big Screen
by Emily Faye Oakley - July 26, 2010 According to Variety, Tony Award Winner Jason Alexander will appear with Steven Weber and Cheryl Hines in Nickelodeon's 'A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner.' The live-action feature is based on the series 'The Fairly OddParents.'...
STAGE TUBE: 24 Hours of A CHRISTMAS STORY Begins on TBS 12/24
by Caryn Robbins - December 16, 2011 One of television's most popular holiday traditions will be back this year as TBS presents the 15th Annual edition of 24 Hours of A CHRISTMAS STORY, beginning Christmas Eve at 8 p.m. (ET/PT)....
BWW Interviews: Director David Lee Talks FORUM and Reprise Theatre
by Don Grigware - March 03, 2010 Director David Lee has won 9 Emmy Awards for producing, directing and writing such TV megahits as Frasier, Cheers, Wings and The Jeffersons. He has also directed award-winning productions on stage here and in New York, such as Can Can @ the Pasadena Playhouse. In our interview, he talks about the Re...
CLUCKED UP SATURDAY NIGHT Comes to City Theatre, 3/24
by Kelsey Denette - February 01, 2012 The Clucked Up Comedy series brings "Clucked Up Saturday Night" to Detroit's intimate City Theatre on Saturday, March 24 starring comedian/actress Cocoa Brown (Tyler Perry's new sitcom For Better or Worse), Kevin "Damn Fool" Simpson ( Russell Simmons' The Ruckus comedic series) and featuring award-w...
Curtains' Paice to Star in 'Gone With The Wind' The Musical
by BWW News Desk - December 21, 2007 Tickets for Trevor Nunn's production of Margaret Mitchell's classic novel, Gone with the Wind go on-sale September 30. In a new musical adaptation of the classic love story with book and lyrics by Margaret Martin adapted by Trevor Nunn and Music by Margaret Martin, Gone with the Wind will have its ...
CONAN to Do Week of Shows From Chicago 6/11 - 14
by Caryn Robbins - April 24, 2012 TBS's Emmy(R)-nominated late-night series CONAN will head back out on the road this summer, this time for a week of shows in Chicago to kick off the 2012 edition of the TBS JUST FOR LAUGHS CHICAGO Comedy Festival. The shows will originate from The Chicago Theatre....
Photo Preview: Danesh & Paice of 'Gone With The Wind'
by BWW - February 13, 2008 Darius Danesh and Jill Paice, who play the iconic roles of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara in the up-coming West End musical Gone with the Wind, began rehearsals this week for Trevor Nunn's production of the classic love story which opens at the New London Theatre in April....
Season Five Premiere is Most Watched MAD MEN Episode Ever
by Caryn Robbins - March 26, 2012 Last night, AMC debuted season five of MAD MEN with a two-hour premiere, which resulted in record ratings making it the most watched episode ever from the series....
ACT MFA Program Presents 'Orlando' Feb.28 - March 15
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2008 American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) has announced casting and the design team for its upcoming production of Virginia Woolf's Orlando, adapted by Sarah Ruhl. The play, directed by A.C.T. alumnus and incoming managing director of the Marin Theatre Company Ryan Rilette, will be performed by members...
Newnan Community Theatre Opens 2011 with THE GLASS MENAGERIE, 2/17-27
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2011 On February 17th, the Newnan Community Theatre Company celebrates the 100th anniversary of Tennessee Williams' birth by presenting Williams' classic memory play The Glass Menagerie. This haunting family drama takes place at a particular time in American history, in 1938 right before World War II, ju...
TBS Show SULLIVAN & SON Begins Production, Airs 7/19
by TV News Desk - May 02, 2012 The bar is now open. Production started this week in Los Angeles on TBS's new original sitcom Sullivan & Son, starring popular comedian Steve Byrne. Set in a popular pub in a working-class Pittsburgh neighborhood, Sullivan & Son is executive-produced by Vince Vaughn (The Break-Up), Peter Billingsley...
Nunn to Direct West End Gone with the Wind; Opens '08
by BWW News Desk - June 01, 2007 Trevor Nunn will direct a new music theatre adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's classic novel, Gone with the Wind, with music and lyrics by Margaret Martin, opening at the New London Theatre in April 2008...
THE RUB Plays Magic Futurebox, 2/10-2/12
by Kelsey Denette - February 02, 2012 Tremor Theatre Collective's inaugural production, THE RUB, is a site-speci?c original work, conceived and directed by Nessa Norich, an alumna of Barnard College's theatre program and Jacques Lecoq International School of Theatre....
TBS Tops Primetime as Basic Cable's #1 Network Among Adults 18-34
by Caryn Robbins - December 20, 2011 For the second consecutive week, TBS has topped primetime as basic cable's #1 network among adults 18-34....
Nunn to Direct West End Gone with the Wind; Opens '08
by BWW News Desk - June 01, 2007 Trevor Nunn will direct a new music theatre adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's classic novel, Gone with the Wind, with music and lyrics by Margaret Martin, opening at the New London Theatre in April 2008...
BEHIND THE SCENES: The UK's First-Ever Crowd-Sourced Musical, By Laurence Mark Wythe And SimG Productions!
by Carrie Dunn - October 13, 2010 UK's first-ever crowd-sourced musical to be composed by award winning Laurence Mark Wythe as SimG Productions invite the British public to share their life stories in an innovative new theatrical collaboration...
NJ Rep Presents ALICE THROUGH THE CAMERA LENS 2/11-3/21/2010
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 23, 2009 While Johnny Depp portrays the Mad Hatter on movie screens around the world this winter, Lewis Carroll, the conflicted creator of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, will be on stage at New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch, fighting passionately to be known not as a children's author but as Cha...
TBS Sends Tyler Perry Comedies to Friday Nights
by Kelsey Denette - October 10, 2011 TBS is sending its Tyler Perry-produced comedies 'House of Payne' and 'Meet the Browns' to Friday nights....
'Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse' Draws 3.4 Million Viewers in Friday Debut on TBS
by Kelsey Denette - November 28, 2011 Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse drew 3.4 million viewers for its Friday night launch on TBS. The original sitcom is the latest from writer-director-producer Tyler Perry and is based on his Why Did I Get Married? movies....
Dennis Haysbert Among Black Celebrities to Appear in AIDS Awareness Ads
by Caryn Robbins - February 06, 2012 Coinciding with National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (Feb. 7), Greater Than AIDS is debuting new public service ads (PSAs), coordinated social media posts and other messages from popular Black television and film actors, directors, producers, and others in Hollywood about the devastating effect of ...
TBS's 'Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse' Is Basic Cable's #1 Comedy Series in November
by Kelsey Denette - November 30, 2011 TBS's Friday night launch of Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse drew 3.4 million viewers, propelling the show to the top of the charts as basic cable's #1 comedy series for the month of November. On the strength of Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse and new episodes of Tyler Perry's House of Payne, TB...
Review - Top Girls: Gender & The City
by Michael Dale - May 25, 2008 Maybe I've been watching too many Sex & The City re-runs but once or twice during Manhattan Theatre Club's terrifically acted revival of Caryl Churchill's 1982 drama of gender politics, Top Girls, I couldn't help wondering how its famous first act might work if the cast included Sarah Jessica Parker... |