Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Groff and Brian d'Arcy James Wear GLAAD Pins at 2017 Tony Awards
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2017 GLAAD, the world's largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today applauded celebrities for standing with LGBTQ and other marginalized communities at the 71st Annual Tony Awards. Tina Fey, Jonathan Groff, Cynthia Erivo, and Brian d'Arcy James were among celebrities wearing GLAAD's '&' pins at the ...
Jury Members Announced for 2017 Sundance Film Festival
by Caryn Robbins - January 11, 2017 Sundance Institute will convene 24 experts in film, art, culture and science to award feature-length work shown at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival... ![]() by Julie Musbach - August 03, 2017 Once upon a time, villagers in a tiny hill town in Tuscany came up with a remarkable way to confront their issues: they turned their lives into a play. Every summer, their piazza became their stage and residents of all ages played a part – the role of themselves. Monticchiello's annual tradition has... ![]() by Tori Hartshorn - May 23, 2018 Starz, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), announced today that Emmy(R)-winner and Oscar(R)-nominated actor James Cromwell ('American Horror Story,' Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, 'The Young Pope') has been cast in a recurring guest role as 'Yanek' for season two of the STARZ Original series ... ![]() by Macon Prickett - April 11, 2018 The creative, fighting spirit is alive and well in 2018. The newest slate of documentary films from PBS television series POV arrives this June with a lineup of empowering and moving stories about the strength of art and activism. From scientists setting out to save the planet to hip-hop artists car... ![]() by Tori Hartshorn - March 15, 2018 Sundance Institute Announces Fellows for Two Focused Intensives...
National Theatre Unveils Queer Theatre Event Series
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2017 The National Theatre will mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales by staging its first Queer Theatre event series from 6th - 10th July 2017....
Steven Shainberg's RUPTURE Opens Theatrically Nationwide & On VOD Today
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2017 Award-winning, iconoclastic writer/director Steven Shainberg builds upon the S&M roots of his indie film sensation, 2002's extraordinary kink masterpiece SECRETARY with the disturbing sci-fi and horror storytelling of his new film, RUPTURE.... ![]() by Macon Prickett - February 20, 2018 Uptown Ventures Group, the parent company of UPTOWN Magazine, is proud to announce its celebration of “Women Directors in Television and Film” at its annual, black-tie, invitation-only “Uptown Honors Hollywood” pre-Oscar gala on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 in Los Angeles. The magazine will be dolin... ![]() by A.A. Cristi - March 28, 2018 Filmed entirely in October of 2008, a time when gentrification is rapidly displacing the working and middle classes, Wall Street is plummeting, and then-Senator Barack Obama is making his first presidential bid, ONE OCTOBER is a lyrical time capsule that captures the heart and spirit of New York. Wh... ![]() by A.A. Cristi - March 26, 2018 Company One Theatre (C1), in collaboration with American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) presents, Wig Out! by Tarell Alvin McCraney. Previews begin Thursday, April 26, with press opening on Saturday, April 28 at 7pm. Performances continue through May 13 at OBERON (2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA). Tickets... ![]() by Caryn Robbins - November 17, 2017 Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents is returning to New Orleans to tape an all-new slate of half-hour specials featuring nine of the most exciting and dynamic comedians performing today....
Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound Announce Composers, Directors for 2017 Music and Sound Design Labs
by A.A. Cristi - July 05, 2017 Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound today announced the composers and directors selected for the Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Labs, which return to the legendary Skywalker Sound Facilities for the fifth year.... ![]() by Macon Prickett - March 21, 2018 YouTube has announced the completion of principal photography on VULTURE CLUB starring Academy Award-winner Susan Sarandon and award-winning actors Edie Falco and Matt Bomer. In VULTURE CLUB, a veteran emergency room nurse secretly struggles to free her grown son, a journalist, from capture by a ter...
Sheryl Lee Ralph Performs At The Metropolitan Room In Aid of The Diva Foundation
by Marianka Swain - July 04, 2017 On Sunday, July 30 at 7:00pm, the Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street - between Fifth and Sixth Avenues) will present what is building to be THE EVENT of the Summer - SHERYL LEE RALPH, A Diva Simply Singing!... ![]() by Stephi Wild - March 04, 2018 John Mulaney and Nick Kroll hosted the Independent Spirit Awards and they roasted Weinstein and more of the people who have been accused of misconduct during this past year.... ![]() by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2017 Steppenwolf Theatre Company announces Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actor Sarah Paulson as the 2018 honoree at the annual Steppenwolf Women in the Arts fundraising luncheon on Monday, January 22, 2018 at 12noon at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel (221 N Columbus Dr).... ![]() by Julie Musbach - August 24, 2018 Planet Ant Theatre is excited to bring the original scientific comedy show 'Dark Matter' to Hamtramck for a one-night-only performance at the Ant Hall on Thursday, September 13th at 8pm....
SHOWTIME Orders New Limited Series Escape at Dannemora
by Caryn Robbins - June 02, 2017 SHOWTIME has given a production order to ESCAPE AT Dannemora, a new eight-hour limited series starring Academy Award® winners Benicio del Toro (Traffic) and Patricia Arquette (Boyhood), and Golden Globe nominee Paul Dano (Love & Mercy, There Will Be Blood)....
YEN, Starring Lucas Hedges, Extends Into March at MCC Theater
by BWW News Desk - February 03, 2017 MCC Theater has extended its critically acclaimed production of Anna Jordan's YEN through March 4, 2017. It was previously scheduled through February 19, 2017.... ![]() by Macon Prickett - June 06, 2018 “Queen Sugar,” the critically acclaimed OWN drama series from Academy award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay (“Wrinkle in Time,” “13th,” “Selma”), executive producer Oprah Winfrey and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, announced today the remaining directors to complete the season three all-female ...
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, MOONLIGHT Among 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards Winners; Full List
by Caryn Robbins - February 26, 2017 Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the LA Film Festival, handed out honors to Moonlight, The Witch, Other People, Manchester by the Sea, Elle and Hell or High Water at this afternoon's 32nd Film Independent Spirit Awards.... ![]() by BWW News Desk - January 13, 2018 On Today, January 13, 2018, the National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) will honor Tarell Alvin McCraney - Academy Award-winning playwright, 1999 YoungArts Winner in Theater and YoungArts master teacher - with the 2018 Arison Alumni Award at the organization's annual Backyard Ball on the YoungArts...
IFC Inks Agreement to Telecast FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS Through 2020
by Caryn Robbins - February 23, 2017 IFC and Film Independent have renewed their exclusive agreement for IFC to telecast the annual FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS in the U.S. through 2020.... ![]() by Macon Prickett - July 24, 2018 Valerie McCaffrey's DIRTY BOMB, one of the great but largely untold stories from WWII, is in competition for Best Short Film at the Madrid International Film Festival. Ido Samuel, the film's star, is up for Best Actor in a Short Film. The film will screen on Thursday, July 26th, at 7:15PM, at the N... |