52nd NAACP Image Awards Announced - Viola Davis, Eddie Murphy, LeBron James, and More!
by Stephi Wild - March 28, 2021 Following the week-long virtual experience, tonight the NAACP celebrated the stellar achievements of the 52nd NAACP Image Awards winners during a special LIVE broadcast on BET and simulcast across ViacomCBS networks including CBS for its first time, as well as BET Her, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV, MTV...
Playwrights Horizons Extends Sanaz Toossi's WISH YOU WERE HERE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 21, 2022 Playwrights Horizons today announced a one-week extension of Sanaz Toossi’s Wish You Were Here, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch, to May 29. Wish You Were Here chronicles 13 years of everyday life through the Iranian Revolution and Iran-Iraq War, as best friends forever become friends long lost, sca...
Symphony Space Announces Full Programming for 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 06, 2021 Symphony Space will welcome audiences back into its New York City home this season for a wide range of memorable events that take place for one night only, and only at Symphony Space....
Meet the Cast of THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH
by Stephi Wild - April 01, 2022 Previews begin tonight, April 1, for Lincoln Center Theater's production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Skin of Our Teeth. The production opens on Monday, April 25 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Meet the cast here!...
BWW Exclusive: Annabella Sciorra to Guest-Star on THE BLACKLIST
by Michael Major - November 11, 2021 Sciorra plays the episode’s titular “blacklister,” “the avenging angel,” a character who will use any means necessary to return what has been unjustly stolen. The show also stars stars James Spader, Amir Arison, and Hisham Tawfiq. Check out exclusive new photos of Sciorra in the episode now!...
Epix Renews Sci-fi Horror Series FROM For Season Two
by Michael Major - April 25, 2022 The series premiere of FROM was EPIX’s most viewed original series premiere in the history of the premium network and current performance analytics track that the entire series is on pace to be EPIX’s second most-watched original behind Emmy winning series Godfather of Harlem, executive produced by ...
Kyla Stone, Patti Murin, and More Will Lead LEGALLY BLONDE at the Muny
by Stephi Wild - June 09, 2022 The Muny announced today the cast for LEGALLY BLONDE including Kyla Stone, Fergie Phillipe, Patti Murin & more. Meet the cast and find out how to get tickets today!...
CHICKEN & BISCUITS Opens Tonight on Broadway; Meet the Cast!
by Stephi Wild - October 10, 2021 CHICKEN & BISCUITS officially opens on October 10, at the Circle in the Square Theatre. Meet the cast here and learn more about who is starring in this new play!...
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for GODFATHER OF HARLEM Season Two
by Sarah Leiber - February 18, 2021 His ambitious plan will face challenges from not only the Italians but his wife Mayme, daughter Elise, rival Adam Clayton Powell, prosecutor Robert Morgenthau, and even Malcolm himself....
Danette Crawford Launches Weekly Talker With Co-Executive Producer Clifton Davis
by A.A. Cristi - March 31, 2021 From a struggling single mom to a best-selling author and now hosting and executive producing her own syndicated talk show, Danette Crawford knows firsthand emotional battles and financial hardships. Her life, once filled with fear and hopelessness, slowly did turn around. She shares how that happen...
Meet the Cast of FUNNY GIRL on Broadway
by Stephi Wild - March 26, 2022 The highly anticipated Broadway revival of Funny Girl is beginning performances tonight, March 26, at the August Wilson Theatre, ahead of an official opening on April 24. Meet the cast bringing this iconic show back to the stage!...
Cautious Clay Debuts Introspective 'Wildfire' Video
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 20, 2021 Deadpan Love, which includes previously released singles 'Karma & Friends,' “Roots,” “Dying In The Subtlety,” and “Agreeable,” wraps influences from R&B, hip hop and indie pop in Cautious’ trademark sophisticated songwriting and jazz- and blues-inflected instrumentation....
Casting Announced for Premiere Stages' YEAR ONE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 24, 2021 Premiere Stages at Kean University will present Erik Gernand’s Year One September 9-26 in Kean University’s Bauer Boucher Theatre Center (Vaughn Eames Hall, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, N.J.)....
Stevie Walker-Webb to Direct Presentations of New Musical GUN & POWDER in New York City
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 07, 2022 Obie Award-winning director and playwright, Stevie Walker-Webb, will helm the new musical Gun & Powder. Following a sold-out run at Washington D.C.’s Signature Theatre in 2020, reading presentations for the production will take place in New York City on December 15 and 16....
HAMILTON, MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM, Debbie Allen, Viola Davis and More Nominated for 52nd NAACP Image Awards
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 02, 2021 The full-list of nominees for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards were announced today in a special virtual event on NAACP Image Awards’ Instagram channel hosted by Tony-award winning actress and singer Anika Noni-Rose, actress and singer Chloe Bailey, actress Erika Alexander, actor, dancer, and choreograph...
Symphony Space Makes 2021-22 Season Available for HD Livestreaming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 23, 2021 Symphony Space today made livestreaming tickets available for its robust, wide-ranging 2021-22 season, realizing its ambition to emerge from the COVID-19 shutdown as an institution committed to a hybrid model, with live events streamed in real time to audiences straight from Symphony Space’s stages ...
The 52nd Street Project Presents SMOKE & MIRRORS: The Tricky Plays, Pt. 1
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 22, 2021 The 52nd Street Project is celebrating the creative voices of its youngest members in its first Playmaking show of 2021. SMOKE & MIRRORS: The Tricky Plays, Pt. 1 will feature the wildly imaginative work of 5 young playwrights between nine and eleven years old....
Peter Hargrave, Nick LaMedica, and Khalifa White to Join THE LION KING National Tour
by Blair Ingenthron - September 18, 2022 The North American tour of Disney’s The Lion King will welcome Peter Hargrave, Nick LaMedica and Khalifa White as Scar, Zazu and Nala, respectively. The new cast members will begin performances in Salt Lake City at The Eccles Theater, where the award-winning musical will play a four-week return enga...
Faran Tahir Will Play the Title Role Of Shakespeare's MACBETH Next Summer On The Boston Common
by Stephi Wild - December 02, 2022 Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) and Steven Maler, Artistic Director, are very pleased to announce that Pakistani actor, writer, director, and producer Faran Tahir will return to CSC next summer to play the title role of Shakespeare's Macbeth on the Boston Common. ...
VIDEO: New Beyoncé Song Featured in KING RICHARD Trailer
by Michael Major - October 21, 2021 Warner Bros. Pictures has released the trailer for 'King Richard', a new film surrounding the upbringing of Venus and Serena Williams. The film stars Will Smith, Tony Goldwyn, Sinyya Sidney, and Demi Singleton. Watch the new trailer, which features a new song called 'Be Alive' from Beyoncé, now!...
EPIX Renews GODFATHER OF HARLEM For Third Season
by Michael Major - January 13, 2022 Premium cable network EPIX® announced today that Godfather of Harlem, from ABC Signature, which is a part of Disney Television Studios. The critically acclaimed drama starring Forest Whitaker was created by Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein (Narcos). It is scheduled to begin production in New York th...
VIDEO: MGM+ Shares GODFATHER OF HARLEM Season Three Trailer
by Michael Major - December 07, 2022 In addition to Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) as star and executive producer, Season Three cast members include: Vincent D’Onofrio (Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Daredevil), Ilfenesh Hadera (She’s Gotta Have It, Baywatch), Lucy Fry (Bright, Vampire Academy), Antoinette Crowe-Legacy (Gee...
James Hindman's WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU ! To Be Presented At The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, May 9-1
by A.A. Cristi - April 25, 2022 After opening to rave reviews and a sold out run at New Jersey Rep. WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU!, by award-winning playwright and actor, James Hindman (Popcorn Falls), is moving to The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival from May 9 - 14. ...
Alexander Skarsgård, Nicholas Braun & More Join the 53rd Season of DOCUMENTARY NOW!
by Michael Major - August 05, 2022 The two-part, season premiere episode, “Soldier of Illusion,” written by John Mulaney and starring Alexander Skarsgård (The Northman, Big Little Lies), Nicholas Braun (Succession, Zola) and August Diehl (Inglourious Basterds), was inspired by the Werner Herzog-focused documentary Burden of Dreams....
Kyla Stone, Patti Murin, and More Will Lead LEGALLY BLONDE at the Muny
by Stephi Wild - June 09, 2022 The Muny announced today the cast for LEGALLY BLONDE including Kyla Stone, Fergie Phillipe, Patti Murin & more. Meet the cast and find out how to get tickets today!... |