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Through original archival material, expert testimony and dramatic re-creations using CGI technology to place Theo E.J. Wilson in the scene, each episode challenges ideas of what really happened during some of the most pivotal moments in history.

This season explores Abraham Lincoln's assassination; the Hindenburg disaster; the Salem witch trials; the death of Jesse James; the Oklahoma City bombing; the battle of Stalingrad; H.H. Holmes' murder spree during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair; the Chernobyl accident; the 1965 Bloody Sunday march from Selma to Montgomery; the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster; the 1889 catastrophic Johnstown flood in eastern Pennsylvania and the St. Valentine's Day massacre.

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Tennessee Williams Literary Festival Seeks Out New Talent, Deadline 11/15
by BWW News Desk - November 15, 2010

Since the Festival began 25 years ago, we have made it a priority to recognize and encourage up-and-coming writers and dramatists....


Small Pond Enterprises Presents Nora Brown in Dad Doesn't Dance 7/12-30
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2011

The Midtown International Theatre Festival presents Dad Doesn't Dance, a new solo noir in one act written and performed by Nora Brown*. ...


BWW REVIEWS: HOUSE OF BESARAB, Environmental Play Extends by Popular Demand
by Don Grigware - December 30, 2009

House of Besarab is conceived and written by Terance Duddy & Theodore Ott produced and directed by Terance Duddy The Hollywood American Legion Theater through January 17, 2010 (possibly beyond)....


The New Theatre Project Announces Third Installment of Apprentice Night
by Harmony Wheeler - February 22, 2012

As part of an effort to introduce themselves to the new, local artists working in Michigan's professional theatre scene, The New Theatre Project is pleased to offer complimentary tickets to all current apprentices on Sunday, February 26 at 8 pm....


MAMMA MIA! is Frothy, Bouncy, Romantic Fun - Now thru March 4th!
by Linda Hodges - February 29, 2012

Mamma Mia! won't win any prizes for in-depth, philosophical story-telling, but its delightful mix of frothy, bouncy, romantic fun and disco/pop chart hits by ABBA make it a not-to-be-missed theatrical event....


Liza Minnelli Talks 'PALACE', Career And 'SEX' To The Las Vegas Sun
by Eddie Varley - September 23, 2009

LIZA'S AT THE PALACE will be filmed in the Hollywood Theatre at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Wednesday, September 30 and Thursday, October 1, 2009. All of the material performed during the New York engagement will be included. Minnelli spoke to the Las Vegas Sun about her Sin City performances of '...


InDepth InterView: Roslyn Hart & NEVER SLEEP ALONE
by Pat Cerasaro - November 07, 2011

Fiercely idiosyncratic and refreshingly impassioned, actress and performance artist Roslyn Hart is entirely her own entity unto herself - and with this year's previous hit solo show, SHELLS, and, now, next week's NEVER SLEEP ALONE, she is carving out a distinctively hip and edgy corner of the new 21...


BWW Interviews: COME FLY AWAY, an Interview with Stephen Hanna
by Linda Ann Watt - April 30, 2012

Dancer, Stephen Hanna brings his talent to COME FLY AWAY at the Belk Theater in Charlotte....


Liza's At The Palace...And On Your DVD Player, Too
by Ellen Sterling - February 04, 2010

She is one of those rare people who is known by first name only. And that's because beginning when she was just 19, Liza (Minnelli) has dazzled audiences around the world and in every medium. This week, her latest work - the DVD/BluRay recording of her Tony-winning show Liza's At the Palace became a...


Steppenwolf Announces Companies for 3rd Annual GARAGE REP
by BWW News Desk - February 03, 2012

Steppenwolf Theatre Company today announced the three Chicago companies selected for its third annual GARAGE REP: The Inconvenience, LiveWire Chicago and Theatre Zarko. These innovative, exciting companies will present three productions in rotating repertory for a ten-week run February 3 - April 8, ...


Beef & Boards' Kara Oates to Star in 2nd Broadway Show!
by Nicole Rosky - May 19, 2011

She's done it again. And this time, it's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Since taking the Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre stage as Marta Von Trapp in the 2008 production of The Sound of Music, Kara Oates hasn't been out of the spotlight. ...


BWW Interviews: Sahr Ngaujah talks about bringing FELA! to Toronto
by Mark Andrew Lawrence - October 25, 2011

Tony nominated for his performance in FELA! Sahr Ngaujah stars in the touring production, which will play at the Canon Theatre October 25 to November 6. ...


West End Lots Winner Appears In JERUSALEM!
by Carrie Dunn - January 06, 2012

Thanks to a successful bid in Stage One's 'West End Lots' charity auction, 20-year-old Lauren Paine from Kent experienced the once in a lifetime thrill of performing alongside Mark Rylance and Mackenzie Crook in the smash-hit play Jerusalem. ...


Sex Marks the Spot Misses the Mark
by Trish Vignola - June 27, 2010

Although Washington sex scandals are always in vogue, this play reads grossly out of date. (A Qaddafi reference, really?) In juxtaposition, the contemporary references that were placed to update the show felt forced and awkward. ...


Liza Minnelli Talks 'PALACE', Career And 'SEX' To The Las Vegas Sun
by Eddie Varley - September 23, 2009

LIZA'S AT THE PALACE will be filmed in the Hollywood Theatre at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Wednesday, September 30 and Thursday, October 1, 2009. All of the material performed during the New York engagement will be included. Minnelli spoke to the Las Vegas Sun about her Sin City performances of '...


SPECIAL PREVIEW: InDepth InterView - Elaine Paige
by Robert Diamond - June 13, 2010

Today, in honor of the American premiere of ELAINE PAIGE: CELEBRATING FORTY YEARS ONSTAGE being broadcast on PBS this week is a sneak peek of an upcoming InDepth InterView with legendary star of Broadway and the West End, Elaine Paige. In this portion of the interview we discuss the writing of CHESS...


BWW Interviews: John Owen-Jones About PHANTOM UK Tour And His New Album!
by Carrie Dunn - April 22, 2012

We talk to the Phantom about the UK tour and his new album Unmasked......


DOMA Presents SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, Now thru 6/3
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2012

DOMA Theatre Company continues its 2012 musical season with a collection of stories by multiple award-winning composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown, opens tonight, May 11 at The MET Theatre in Los Angeles. Marco Gomez directs, Dolf Ramos is musical director and Angela Todaro choreographs. The cast is...


Liza Minnelli Talks 'PALACE', Career And 'SEX' To The Las Vegas Sun
by Eddie Varley - September 23, 2009

LIZA'S AT THE PALACE will be filmed in the Hollywood Theatre at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Wednesday, September 30 and Thursday, October 1, 2009. All of the material performed during the New York engagement will be included. Minnelli spoke to the Las Vegas Sun about her Sin City performances of '...


ELTC Artistic Director Talks Emma Goldman: My Life with Lorna Lable
by Lauren Wolman - June 06, 2010

During a busy rehearsal schedule, Lorna Lable and Gayle Stahlhuth, artist director of the Equity professional East Lynne There Company, took a few minutes to talk about Emma Goldman and Lorna, herself. They were sitting in Madison Square Park, NYC, not too far from either of their apartments - a goo...


BWW Reviews: Harry Allen Plays Feinstein's at Loews Regency
by Stephen Sorokoff - October 05, 2011

52nd Street was the Jazz Center of NYC in the 1930s 40s & 50s. For those yearning for great music, the ambience (and black & white photos) of that glorious bygone era, you can now find it on 61st Street & Park Avenue. Harry Allen's Monday Night Jazz brings you back to that time with an assemblage of...


STEVE WILKOS SHOW Tackles Teen Issues, 11/12
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2010

On Friday, November 12, THE STEVE WILKOS SHOW welcomes more than 150 teens, between the ages of 14 and 17, from across the country to the Stamford, CT studio, where the show tapes, to talk candidly about social issues affecting their generation, including teen pregnancy, binge drinking, domestic vio...


Steppenwolf Announces Companies for 3rd Annual GARAGE REP
by Gabrielle Sierra - July 28, 2011

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is pleased to announce the three Chicago companies selected for its third annual GARAGE REP: The Inconvenience, LiveWire Chicago and Theatre Zarko. ...


InDepth InterView: Anika Noni Rose
by Pat Cerasaro - February 10, 2011

Having appeared on Broadway in FOOTLOOSE, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF co-starring James Earl Jones and Phylicia Rashad, and snagging a Tony Award for her work on Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner's CAROLINE, OR CHANGE, Anika Noni Rose cites the stage as her first love....


STG Presents Henry Rollins Spoken Word, 5/27
by BWW News Desk - May 27, 2010

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents Henry Rollins Spoken Word on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 8:00 pm at the Moore Theatre....






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