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BWW Review: THE RINK, Southwark Playhouse Photo BWW Review: THE RINK, Southwark Playhouse
by Gary Naylor - June 01, 2018

The Rink revives a show received with lacklustre reviews and box office in the 80s and, through two brilliant central performances and a showstopper setpiece, make it a hit....


THE THEORY OF ACCELERATED HOTNESS Comes to The Assembly Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 22, 2018

Three plays for three actors! The Theory of Accelerated Hotness is a collection of three brand-new short plays by Toronto playwright Andrew Batten mashed together into a single theatrical experience. Actors Anne McMaster, Chris Peterson and Carley Thorne integrate three different stories into a dist...


Scott D. Rosenbaum's SIDEMAN: LONG ROAD TO GLORY to Launch on iTunes Photo Scott D. Rosenbaum's SIDEMAN: LONG ROAD TO GLORY to Launch on iTunes
by Macon Prickett - May 16, 2018

Scott D. Rosenbaum's Sidemen: Long Road To Glory is a heartfelt, intimate look at the lives and legacies of three legendary bluesmen; piano player Pinetop Perkins, drummer Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith and guitarist Hubert Sumlin, all Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolfsidemen. The film captures some of their l...


THE LAST DEFENSE Opens to ABC's Top Summer Audience in the Slot Since August '16 Photo THE LAST DEFENSE Opens to ABC's Top Summer Audience in the Slot Since August '16
by Tori Hartshorn - June 13, 2018

THE LAST DEFENSE Opens to ABC's Top Summer Audience in the Slot Since August '16...


ID Presents New Series HEART OF DARKNESS Photo ID Presents New Series HEART OF DARKNESS
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 25, 2019

What if your closest loved ones were monsters in disguise? What if everything you thought you knew about love was wrong? Investigation Discovery (ID), America's leading destination for true-crime programming, announced today the premiere of the six-part series HEART OF DARKNESS, a series about love,...


Netflix Premieres New Original Series SEVEN SECONDS Today Photo Netflix Premieres New Original Series SEVEN SECONDS Today
by TV News Desk - February 23, 2018

The new Netflix original series SEVEN SECONDS gives viewers a glimpse into the human stories behind the headlines....


NBC Renews Its Millionaire-Making Game Show Success THE WALL Photo NBC Renews Its Millionaire-Making Game Show Success THE WALL
by Macon Prickett - March 12, 2018

NBC is giving a 20-episode renewal to its high-stakes game show “The Wall” in which $12 million is on the line every night and people's lives can be changed in an instant....


Shakespeare By The Sea Announces Intriguing 2018 Season: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR A Photo Shakespeare By The Sea Announces Intriguing 2018 Season: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR And THE WINTER'S TALE
by Julie Musbach - May 08, 2018

Shakespeare by the Sea announces productions, cast and creatives for its 21st Season. Beginning at the seaside Pt. Fermin Park in San Pedro, and continuing on to tour at twenty-two parks throughout Southern California, Shakespeare by the Sea continues its notable mission to create enduring theatrica...


ABC to Present First Look at Viola Davis & Julius Tennon's Documentary Series THE LAS Photo ABC to Present First Look at Viola Davis & Julius Tennon's Documentary Series THE LAST DEFENSE at The 2018 Tribeca Film Festival
by Tori Hartshorn - April 04, 2018

ABC will screen the first episode of documentary series “The Last Defense,” from executive producers Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, XCON Productions and Lincoln Square Productions, at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival on FRIDAY, APRIL 27. The seven-episode docu-series explores and exposes flaws in the ...


BWW Review: COME FROM AWAY Inspires and Delights, Now Thru Feb. 3 Photo BWW Review: COME FROM AWAY Inspires and Delights, Now Thru Feb. 3
by Linda Hodges - January 14, 2019

Come From Away is far and away one of the best ensemble pieces to come to the Broadway stage in recent memory, and now theatre-goers in the San Francisco Bay area can see it at the Golden Gate Theatre, now through February 3, 2019....


MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Comes to New Spire Arts Stages Photo MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Comes to New Spire Arts Stages
by Stephi Wild - February 01, 2019

An Actors Equity Members' Project Code Production -- sponsored by Endangered Species (theatre) Project -- presents Shakespeare's comedy of wit, Much Ado About Nothing, now set in the late 1920s with Cabaret Style Seating -- at New Spire Arts Stages, 15 West Patrick Street in downtown Frederick, MD....


INSIDE NORTH KOREA: LIVE FROM THE GAMES Premieres On National Geographic on 2/11 Photo INSIDE NORTH KOREA: LIVE FROM THE GAMES Premieres On National Geographic on 2/11
by Tori Hartshorn - February 07, 2018

Combining live, pre-taped, and archival footage, with insights from leading dignitaries and noted experts, National Geographic will take viewers into North Korea's saga of global tensions and politicking, viewed through its controversial Olympic legacy. An installment of the network's popular series...


Academy Award Winner Anna Paquin to Star in Original Scripted Television Series FLACK Photo Academy Award Winner Anna Paquin to Star in Original Scripted Television Series FLACK for Pop TV
by Tori Hartshorn - March 12, 2018

The world of high-stakes, celebrity-driven public relations is the subject of the original television dramedy FLACK, ordered by Pop TV and starring Academy Award-winning, Golden Globe-winning and Emmy(R)-nominated actress Anna Paquin ('The Piano,' 'True Blood,' 'X-Men')....


JD Shelburne Announces New Album TWO LANE TOWN Set for July 28 Release Photo JD Shelburne Announces New Album TWO LANE TOWN Set for July 28 Release
by Macon Prickett - July 18, 2018

Kentucky native, and Nashville recording artist J.D. Shelburneis proud to announce the official release of his fourth studio album, Two Lane Town, on Saturday, July 28th, with a presale beginning on Saturday, July 21st. Additionally on July 28th, Shelburne will play host to a FREE album release conc...


BØRNS Premieres New Album 'Blue Madonna' on AT&T AUDIENCE NETWORK, 4/27 Photo BØRNS Premieres New Album 'Blue Madonna' on AT&T AUDIENCE NETWORK, 4/27
by A.A. Cristi - April 25, 2018

BØRNS live at AT&T AUDIENCE Network. Tune in Friday, April 27 at 9:00 pm ET/PT to watch the broadcast premiere of the concert special "BØRNS" on AT&T* AUDIENCE Network via DIRECTV Ch 239, AT&T U-verse Ch 1114 and streaming on-demand through DIRECTV NOW.  The concert special highlights singer/songwri...


JINN Actress Upasana Beharee Takes Time's Up To Heart Photo JINN Actress Upasana Beharee Takes Time's Up To Heart
by A.A. Cristi - March 14, 2018

Actor/writer/director and comedian Upasana Beharee has made it her mission to portray women's myriad of experiences on screen; in provocative work that often deals with hypocrisy in society, she explores themes like female sexuality and how society wants to dictate what a woman's sexuality should lo...


Holden Street Theatre's Edinburgh Fringe Award Winner Heads To Adelaide Photo Holden Street Theatre's Edinburgh Fringe Award Winner Heads To Adelaide
by Stephi Wild - January 15, 2019

Winner of the Holden Street Theatres' Edinburgh Fringe Award for 2018, Build a Rocket is a powerful, funny and uplifting one-woman show about triumph over adversity. The show plays from 12 February 17 March in The Studio, Holden Street Theatres, 34 Holden Street, Hindmarsh, as part of the 2019 Adela...


BWW Review: MURDER FOR TWO is Comedic Perfection at The Merry-Go-Round Playhouse Photo BWW Review: MURDER FOR TWO is Comedic Perfection at The Merry-Go-Round Playhouse
by Natasha Ashley - September 04, 2018

The Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn, New York is at again bringing a standout production to the Finger Lakes. This time around it is the hilarious murder mystery musical Murder for Two, brilliantly directed by Scott Weinstein with music direction by Jeff Cox....


BWW Review: Keegan Theatre's AN IRISH CAROL a fine, Dublin Take on Dickens' Classic Photo BWW Review: Keegan Theatre's AN IRISH CAROL a fine, Dublin Take on Dickens' Classic
by Andrew White - December 18, 2017

As seasonal offerings go, An Irish Carol is perfect for those who love the narrative arc of Dickens' original, and who could use the spiritual uplift, but who are sick to death of Marleys in chains, let alone all those cheery Fezziwigs. Down-to-earth, but with heart, it shines to remind us that ther...


Epic Story THE WINTER'S TALE Comes to Shakespeare By The Sea Photo Epic Story THE WINTER'S TALE Comes to Shakespeare By The Sea
by Stephi Wild - June 14, 2018

"It is required you do awake your faith." In one of Shakespeare's last plays, The Winter's Tale tells the story of a King who banishes his family wrongfully, and is taught the meaning of forgiveness through the inspired plan of a wise, loyal woman. Shakespeare by the Sea's 21st Season continues with...


Everyday Inferno Theatre Company Presents The World Premiere Of Jason Pizzarello's BE Photo Everyday Inferno Theatre Company Presents The World Premiere Of Jason Pizzarello's BETHEL PARK FALLS
by Stephi Wild - August 09, 2018

Everyday Inferno Theatre Company is proud to open the world-premiere production of Bethel Park Falls this weekend. Following our successful 2016 FringeAL FRESCO production and five-year partnership with the NYC Parks Department, Bethel Park Falls marks Everyday Inferno's sixth annual free show in Ce...


Viola Davis and Julius Tennon's Documentary Series, THE LAST DEFENSE to Premiere 6/12 Photo Viola Davis and Julius Tennon's Documentary Series, THE LAST DEFENSE to Premiere 6/12 on ABC
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2018

Executive producers Viola Davis and Julius Tennon have teamed up with XCON Productions and Lincoln Square Productions for the powerful, new documentary series, 'The Last Defense,' premiering TUESDAY, JUNE 12 (10:00 - 11:00 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. The seven-episode docu-series explo...


BWW Review: JERSEY BOYS, Bristol Hippodrome Photo BWW Review: JERSEY BOYS, Bristol Hippodrome
by Tim Wright - November 01, 2018

Jukebox musicals are tricky things to get right. Especially if the artist concerned hasn't had a particularly eventful career. Thankfully, The Four Seasons at the centre of Jersey Boys have a veritable collection of criminal records, mafia connections and a whole heap of unrefined talent....


BWW Review: LA BOHEME, Trafalgar Studios Photo BWW Review: LA BOHEME, Trafalgar Studios
by Gary Naylor - December 12, 2017

Stripped back and startlingly intimate, Puccini's great tunes are given full value by wonderful voices and sensational acting in a production that raises boutique operas to a new level....


BWW Review: AS YOU LIKE IT/HAMLET, Shakespeare's Globe Photo BWW Review: AS YOU LIKE IT/HAMLET, Shakespeare's Globe
by Marianka Swain - May 18, 2018

Michelle Terry's first season as Artistic Director of the Globe will be carefully scrutinised. Emma Rice's contentious exit raised important questions about the venue's purpose, its balancing of tradition and innovation, new and returning audiences, and about how we engage with Shakespeare in the 21...






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