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Aretha Franklin in Talks with Marsha Mason to Bring Her Life Story to Broadway
by Jessica Khan - August 26, 2015

The Queen of Soul wants to bring her life story to Broadway. Please, producers, jump to it!...


STAGE TUBE: MRS. SMITH Got 'Grounded' for an Audition
by Stage Tube - July 16, 2015

The wacky world of MRS. SMITH has returned. Click below to hear her story about auditioning for The Public Theater production of George Brant's solo play GROUNDED. Unfortunately she, herself, was grounded. She lost out to Anne Hathaway. Next, time Mrs. Smith!...


STAGE TUBE: Lea Salonga Performs and Discusses ALLEGIANCE
by Sally Henry Fuller - June 13, 2015

Lea Salonga recently sat down to talk about the musical ALLEGIANCE's inspiring song, 'Gaman.' The video below also shows the Tony Award-winner and cast singing the song at every stage in the show's process. Check out the interview and performance below!...


Porchlight Music Theatre Extends SIDE SHOW
by Tyler Peterson - September 04, 2015

Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to announce the first production in its 2015 - 2016 season: Side Show, directed by Porchlight Music Theatre artistic director Michael Weber, music direction by Aaron Benham, choreography by Andrew Waters, music by Henry Krieger, book and lyrics by Bill Russell, at S...


Twitter Watch: Lea Salonga - 'Look at what's across from @HamiltonMusical!'
by BWW Staff - August 11, 2015

On Twitter Watch, Lea Salonga wrote 'Look at what's across from @HamiltonMusical!!! Hee hee!!! @allegiancebway...


LIVING FOR LEARNING is Now Available
by Christina Mancuso - June 02, 2015

WORTHING, England...


VIDEO: Netflix Documentary WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? Premieres Today
by TV News Desk - June 26, 2015

Netflix's new documentary WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? premieres tonight, June 26th. Check out a trailer below!...


Empire Stage Theatre Presents Free Reading of ROSES ARE BLIND, 7/21
by Courtnie Mele - July 20, 2014

Roses are Blind is based on the true-life story of college student, Julie Janson, after she inadvertently uncovers a family secret. In an attempt to suppress the truth; her family falsely admits her into a psychiatric ward where she is immersed in the nightmare of a psychiatric misdiagnosis. Fightin...


New Memoir EVIL PARADISE is Released
by Christina Mancuso - March 26, 2015

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The Players' Ring Presents BRUDER and THE SETTLEMENT this July
by Courtnie Mele - June 28, 2014

Two original short plays will be sharing the stage on the weekends of July 4th and 11th at the Players' Ring Theatre in Portsmouth....


VIDEO: First Look - Chadwick Boseman Stars in James Brown Biopic GET ON UP
by Caryn Robbins - March 17, 2014

In his follow-up to the four-time Academy Award-nominated blockbuster The Help, Tate Taylor directs 42's Chadwick Boseman as James Brown in the film....


Rose-Marie in OVER THE RAINBOW Set for Wyvern Theatre
by Tyler Peterson - October 10, 2014

A singer hailed as the 'The Irish Bette Midler' who has sold some 15 million albums worldwide is coming to Swindon, in a star-studded show that has won standing ovations across Europe....


New Memoir on A LIFE STORY OF AN EX - L.A. COP is Released
by Christina Mancuso - September 30, 2014

LAGUNA WOODS, Calif....


STAGE TUBE: JERSEY BOYS at WEST END LIVE!
by Carrie Dunn - June 22, 2014

Catch up with the Jersey Boys at West End Live with this fan's eye video! Michael Watson leads the cast in London, now at the Piccadilly Theatre. JERSEY BOYS, the internationally acclaimed hit musical, tells the remarkable rise to stardom of one of the most successful bands in pop music history....


BWW Review: ERNEST RUTHERFORD: EVERYONE CAN SCIENCE! at the Basement Theatre
by Sam Jury - September 09, 2015

Nic Sampson returns to the Basement Theatre as The Lord Ernest Rutherford of Nelson following a successful debut run of Ernest Rutherford: Everyone Can Science! in May 2013. Sampson (Billy T nominee 2015 and head writer for the Jono and Ben Show) writes and stars in this hilarious one man comedy abo...


Watch Trailer for Josh & Benny Safdie's HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT
by Caryn Robbins - March 17, 2015

The trailer has been released for the new film HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT by Josh & Benny Safdie. Watch it below!...


EMMA GOMEZ: A COURAGEOUS WOMAN DISPLAYS TRUE GRIT is Now Available
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2014

We often are inspired by stories of how the lives of women have drastically improved, but author Emma Gomez remembers firsthand the difficulty of being a woman in a world not quite ready to accept her and her high aspirations....


Toni Braxton to Star in Lifetime Original Movie Based on Memoir UN-BREAK MY HEART
by Caryn Robbins - September 16, 2015

Lifetime has green lit the original movie UN-BREAK MY HEART, based on Grammy(R) Award-winning singer Toni Braxton's popular memoir...


The National Portrait Gallery Presents A LIVING SELF-PORTRAIT: RITA MORENO Tonight
by BWW News Desk - July 09, 2014

Celebrate the life and work of Rita Moreno, actress, singer, and dancer, and the only Latina (and one of only a few performers) to have won four major annual American entertainment awards: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony (EGOT). She has also won a Golden Globe and was recently the recipient ...


Discovery Channel to Premiere Landmark Series LIFE STORY, 6/6
by Caryn Robbins - May 14, 2015

Experience the universal story that unites us with every animal on the planet. LIFE STORY, a Discovery Channel/BBC co-production, premieres Saturday, June 6 (9:00-11:00 PM ET/PT) on the Discovery Channel....


VIDEO: First Look - Benedict Cumberbatch Stars in Award-Winning THE IMITATION GAME
by Caryn Robbins - October 02, 2014

Below, check out the new UK trailer for THE IMITATION GAME, starring Benedict Cumberbatch....


Aretha Franklin and Anthony Kearns to Perform at the Pope's Philadelphia Visit
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2015

According to Reuters, 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin and acclaimed Irish tenor Anthony Kearns are slated for Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia later this month. The two singers will appear on Saturday, September 26, at the World Meeting of Families festival, and before the Pope's Mass on Sunday, ...


Baggy Pants Theater to Present THE ELEPHANT MAN, 2/27-3/8
by Tyler Peterson - February 19, 2015

Greater Orlando Actors Theatre in collaboration with Baggy Pants Theater is producing the critically acclaimed show The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance. The show will take place at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center in the Santos Dantin Studio Theater located 812 E. Rollins St Orlando, FL 32803. The s...


STAGE TUBE: MRS. SMITH Tells Bernadette Peters to 'Drop Dogs'
by Stage Tube - July 09, 2015

Mrs. Smith's advice to Bernadette Peters: 'Drop dogs, pick up cats!!' See what she has to say about BROADWAY BARKS in the video below!...


TV: Meet the Raven- Watch New Clip from Edgar Allan Poe Musical, NEVERMORE!
by Nicole Rosky - February 16, 2015

NEVERMORE - The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe, a unique theatrical experience combining haunting music, poetic storytelling, and stunning stagecraft to tell the fascinating and moving life story of iconic American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), is currently playing at N...






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