Julia Roberts to Star in, Produce Movie Based on Real-Life 'BATKID' Story
by Movies News Desk - January 23, 2015 According to The Hollywood Reporter, Julia Roberts has signed on to produce and star in an upcoming film based on the real-life story of 'Batkid', currently featured in the documentary BATKID BEGINS: THE WISH HEARD AROUND THE WORLD, which debuts this weekend....
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!...
STAGE TUBE: Audra McDonald and Will Swenson Complete the Ice Bucket Challenge - With An Elephant!
by Stage Tube - August 25, 2014 Husband-and-wife stage stars Audra McDonald and Will Swenson took on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge today while visiting Zoo Atlanta. Watch their submission -- featuring help from Kelly the elephant -- below! Plus, the pair nominated Norm Lewis and Patti LuPone to get wet and/or donate over the next 2...
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!...
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - Juliette Burton Brings Docu-Comedy WHEN I GROW UP to Adelaide Fringe Tonight
by Stage Tube - February 15, 2014 When I Grow Up is a 'docu-comedy' that charts one young woman's journey into and out of mental health issues. Following a critically acclaimed season at Edinburgh Fringe 2013, the show premieres in Australia at Adelaide Fringe and comes to Melbourne International Comedy Festival straight after....
13th Street Rep to Stage Five Shows About Irving Berlin
by Tyler Peterson - October 15, 2014 When ASCAP Award-winning playwright/director Chip Deffaa's 'The Irving Berlin Ragtime Revue' has its world premiere at the 13th Street Repertory Theater on November 9th, it will be the second new show about Berlin to play the theater this year....
STAGE TUBE: LADY DAY's Audra McDonald Performs on THE VIEW
by Stage Tube - May 22, 2014 Tony-winning singer Audra McDonald stopped by THE VIEW this morning to perform a number as Billie Holiday from Broadway's 'Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill.' The actress received a Tony nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her starring role. If she wins, this will be her sixth Tony Award....
STAGE TUBE: Audra McDonald and Will Swenson Complete the Ice Bucket Challenge - With An Elephant!
by Stage Tube - August 25, 2014 Husband-and-wife stage stars Audra McDonald and Will Swenson took on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge today while visiting Zoo Atlanta. Watch their submission -- featuring help from Kelly the elephant -- below! Plus, the pair nominated Norm Lewis and Patti LuPone to get wet and/or donate over the next 2...
National Theatre Live Broadcasts DV8 Physical Theatre's JOHN Today
by BWW News Desk - December 09, 2014 Celebrating its 5th year bringing live theatre to cinema audiences around the world, NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE will present the broadcast of DV8 Physical Theatre's JOHN, a work conceived and directed by Lloyd Newson, live from the National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre to cinemas internationally today, De...
Broadway-Bound ALLEGIANCE Welcomes New Designers, Creatives to Team
by Tyler Peterson - June 05, 2015 Producers Lorenzo Thione and Andrew Treagus announced complete casting for Allegiance, a new musical inspired by a true-life story, starring George Takei, Lea Salonga and Telly Leung, set to open on Broadway this Fall at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street)....
The Life of Pianist, William DeVan, Set for Featured Documentary
by Christina Mancuso - January 24, 2014 Billed as 'The greatest concert Pianist that you have probably never heard of', a feature length documentary about the life of William DeVan is being made by filmmaker, Michael Gordon. The feature length documentary titled, “Nothing To Fall Back Upon”, is a real life story about music, passion, drea...
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!...
TV: Watch Audra McDonald Transform Into Billie Holiday in LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL!
by Nicole Rosky - April 14, 2014 Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill stars five-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald under the direction of Lonny Price (110 in the Shade, A Class Act), will play a strictly limited 10-week engagement with only 70 performances at the Circle in the Square Theatre (1633 Broadway, on 50th Street btwn. Br...
Sequel to THE BOY WHO SAID NO by Patti Sheehy, is Now Available
by Christina Mancuso - September 02, 2014 Longboat Key, Florida...
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, ...
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!...
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...
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!...
Tina M. Abulhassan Shares Saudi Experiences in New Release
by Christina Mancuso - August 20, 2015 Author Tina M. Abulhassan has often been asked, 'What was it like living in Saudi Arabia?' Having answered this question and the subsequent questions many times Abulhassan decided to put her life story on paper to record it once and for all. Her new memoir, 'Life from Cabrini Green to Life in Saudi ...
E! Debuts Hollywood Reality Series STEWARTS & HAMILTONS Tonight
by TV News Desk - July 26, 2015 Get ready for laughs, fun, and a whole lot of love from a family with a lineage only Hollywood could produce. Meet the “Stewarts & Hamiltons,” a blended family of Hollywood royalty centering around Kimberly Stewart, daughter of Rod Stewart and former model Alana Stewart....
Tabard Theatre Presents TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENTLEMAN, 18 Feb - 1 March
by Diana Heisroth - January 31, 2014 The Tabard Theatre has teamed up with innovative theatre company Micawber to present the world premiere of a new adaptation of Tristram Shandy: Gentleman, Laurence Sterne's celebrated anti-novel, 18 February to 1 March...
National Theatre Live to Broadcast DV8 Physical Theatre's JOHN, 12/9
by Tyler Peterson - December 02, 2014 Celebrating its 5th year bringing live theatre to cinema audiences around the world, NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE will present the broadcast of DV8 Physical Theatre's JOHN, a work conceived and directed by Lloyd Newson, live from the National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre to cinemas internationally on Tuesda...
Ex-Mariner, Engineer Shares the LIFE STORY OF HARLEY MURRAY HARMON
by Christina Mancuso - September 26, 2014 Renton, WA...
THE WAREHOUSE Film Hosts Launch Benefit at The Underground Tonight
by Movies News Desk - March 31, 2015 The Warehouse is produced by Bob Teitel (Men of Honor, Barber Shop), Billy Dec (Rockit Ranch/Elston Films), Randy Crumpton (The Truth) and Joe Shanahan (Metro/Smartbar/Double Door), who will appear tonight, March 31 at 6 p.m. at the launch party and Frankie Knuckles Foundation (FKF) Benefit at The U...
VIDEO: First Look - Chadwick Boseman Stars in James Brown Biopic GET ON UP
by Caryn Robbins - May 28, 2014 Universal Pictures has released an all-new trailer for director Tate Taylor's GET ON UP, the James Brown biopic starring Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer... |