SAY HER NAME: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SANDRA BLAND Debuts On HBO On 12/3
by Tori Hartshorn - November 14, 2018 On July 10, 2015, Sandra Bland, a politically engaged and vibrant 28-year-old African American from Chicago, was arrested for a traffic violation in a small Texas town. After three days in custody, she was found hanging from a noose in her jail cell. Bland's death was quickly ruled a suicide, sparki...
Kathy Griffin Post-Trump Scandal Performance at Carnegie Hall Sells Out in a Day!
by A.A. Cristi - March 17, 2018 Following the very public fallout with the Trump administration over a controversial photo taken after the 2016 election, comedian Kathy Griffin is back with an all-new show and fans are eager to hear about the aftermath....
VIDEO: First Look - Catherine Zeta-Jones Stars in Lifetime's COCAINE GODMOTHER
by Caryn Robbins - January 02, 2018 Lifetime has released a trailer for the original movie, COCAINE GODMOTHER, starring Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actress Catherine Zeta-Jones. The film premieres on January 20th. Get a first look below!...
Tony Nominee Lily Rabe Signs On to TNT Drama DEADLIER THAN THE MALE
by Caryn Robbins - July 24, 2017 Lily Rabe will lead the cast of TNT's upcoming pilot DEADLIER THAN THE MALE. The two-time Tony nominee will star opposite BLOODLINE alum Enrique Murciano in the drama pilot to be produced by Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories and Turner's Studio T....
Mixed Magic Theatre Adds Two Performances of a Dramatic Reading of MLK's Birmingham Letter
by Stephi Wild - January 17, 2018 Mixed Magic Theatre has added two performances of a dramatic reading of Dr. Martin Luther King's letter from Birmingham City Jail, directed by Ricardo Pitts-Wiley on Saturday, January 27th at 7:30 PM and Sunday, January 28th at 2:00 PM....
VOICES FROM THE EDGE Conceived And Directed By Rhodessa Jones Comes to the Gateway
by A.A. Cristi - May 21, 2018 Theatre Rhinoceros has partnered with Rhodessa Jones of Cultural Odyssey to mine Ms. Jones's material from her work with incarcerated women and women living with HIV to develop and rehearse a theatrical presentation focusing on queer-identified or lesbian women who are incarcerated and/or living wit...
Novel Shows Convict's Struggle to Survive and Keep Her Family
by Robert Diamond - September 26, 2018 ...
Music and Meditation Concert & Dinner to Support Meditation for Parolees and Prisoners
by Julie Musbach - April 21, 2017 World Famous Meditation Teacher/Singer/Author, Michel Pascal and Legendary Shamanic Guitar Player, Paul Pesco (performed with Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey) have come together for a Show and Special Dinner to Support Meditation for parolees and prisoners through Amity Foundation in Downtown...
Photo Flash: Steve James, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi And More Attend Abacus: Small Enough To Jail Screening At Metrograph Cinema
by Stephi Wild - December 17, 2017 On Wednesday night, the screening of Abacus: Small Enough To Jail at Metrograph Cinema in New York was followed by a panel discussion moderated by award-winning documentary filmmaker Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, and featured director Steve James, producer Mark Mitten, and members of the Sung familiy i...
Hill Country Community Theatre's presents Second Annual JAIL & BAIL
by A.A. Cristi - March 24, 2017 Hill Country Community Theatre's Second Annual Jail & Bail event brings you together with community leaders and ordinary citizens for a common cause… supporting the performing arts. This year's Jail and Bail includes a social hour and dinner....
A&E Announces THE FIRST 48 PRESENTS: HOMICIDE SQUAD ATLANTA and the Return of 60 DAYS IN
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 14, 2018 This January, A&E Network continues to expand its award-winning justice programming slate with two riveting series. An extension of one of A&E's most coveted brands, 'The First 48 Presents: Homicide Squad Atlanta' follows homicide detectives from the Atlanta Police Department as they unravel the mys...
Chapman Student Organization Production to Presents CHICAGO: THE MUSICAL
by A.A. Cristi - March 26, 2018 The 'Kander and Ebb classic', CHICAGO opens this spring at Chapman University. Chapman Student Organization Productions, CSOP, will bring this sexy, bold, and awe-inspiring favorite to the Chapman campus for a very short engagement....
Lena Baker & Sandra Bland Bring AMERICAN CAPTIVES to Dixon Place
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2018 American Captives: Lena Baker & Sandra Bland, will open Thursday, October 4th, 2018. Written and performed by Connie Winston, and directed by Rhonda 'Passion' Hansome, this poignant visceral theatrical experience combines the two stories, Lena Baker and Sandra Bland. After a one-day trial in 1945, a...
VIDEO: On This Day, May 3- Chita Rivera Returns to Broadway in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
by A.A. Cristi - May 03, 2018 On this day in 1993, the legendary Chita Rivera returned to Broadway in the musical Kiss of the Spider Woman. ...
Netflix Unveiled the Cast and Director for Its First Mandarin-Language Original TV Series NOWHERE MAN
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 01, 2018 Netflix, the world leading internet entertainment service today officially unveiled the cast and director for its first Mandarin-language Original TV series Nowhere Man. Erika North, Director of Original content APAC, announced that the series will start shooting on October 3rd and would be shot ent...
VIDEO: Netflix Debuts the Trailer for TIDELANDS
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 23, 2018 Join Cal McTeer as she navigates a world filled with drugs, sex, and power...searching for who she is and what she's meant to be....
WITT 'N CAMP Comes to Live at Zédel
by BWW News Desk - July 01, 2017 Charlie Howitt and Holly Campbell are the acclaimed comedy double act, 'Witt 'n Camp'. Recently seen onstage with James McAvoy at the Wifi4Refugees Fundraiser and at The Giants Gala (hosted by David Schwimmer) they are bringing their debut show to Soho after an extended, sell out run at The Brighton...
University of Virginia Department of Drama presents: SEVEN GUITARS
by Andrew Burrill - October 26, 2017 The University of Virginia Department of Drama presents SEVEN GUITARS by August Wilson, directed by Theresa M. Davis, Professor of Cross-Cultural Performance, in the Ruth Caplin Theatre!...
DATELINE NBC Presents All New DEADLY CIRCUMSTANCES & SIMPLY DIABOLICAL On 4/20
by Tori Hartshorn - April 18, 2018 DATELINE NBC Presents All New DEADLY CIRCUMSTANCES & SIMPLY DIABOLICAL On 4/20...
Schimmel Center Presents Screening Of Two Groundbreaking Documentaries This Fall
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2018 Schimmel Center screens two groundbreaking and timely documentaries this fall....
The Moon Crew Are Back With An All New Episode
by A.A. Cristi - March 27, 2018 Moon Crew is back with an all new addition to the episodic sci-fi saga that follows the hapless adventures of three emotionally unstable yet lovable astronauts as they cruise the galaxy. Created, written and performed by three Annoyance Theatre NY alums, the Moon Crew brings their latest episode to ...
VIDEO: Netflix Reveals Teaser for Sarah Polley and Mary Harron's ALIAS GRACE, Premiering 11/3
by Caryn Robbins - July 24, 2017 Inspired by the historical true story of convicted murderer Grace Marks and based on the award-winning novel by Margaret Atwood, here's a first look at the new six-hour miniseries ALIAS GRACE teaser video....
WITT 'N CAMP Comes to Live at Zédel
by BWW News Desk - June 30, 2017 Charlie Howitt and Holly Campbell are the acclaimed comedy double act, 'Witt 'n Camp'. Recently seen onstage with James McAvoy at the Wifi4Refugees Fundraiser and at The Giants Gala (hosted by David Schwimmer) they are bringing their debut show to Soho after an extended, sell out run at The Brighton...
Boulevard Books Author Frank Vetro Fights Back in his New Book
by Robert Diamond - November 21, 2017 ...
Greg Watanabe Stars in Massachusetts Premiere of HOLD THESE TRUTHS
by A.A. Cristi - July 28, 2017 The forced relocation of Japanese-Americans into internment camps through executive action by the President during World War II remains one of the most flagrant violations of civil liberties in American history. New Century Theatre just opened HOLD THESE TRUTHS by Jeanne Sakata, the acclaimed one-ma... |