Tina Lifford & More Join Cast of OWN's Original Drama Series QUEEN SUGAR
by Caryn Robbins - February 17, 2016 Tina Lifford (“Parenthood”), Dondré Whitfield (“Mistresses”), Timon Kyle Durrett (“Single Ladies”) and Nicholas L. Ashe (The Lion King – National Tour) have joined the cast as series regulars of the new original drama series QUEEN SUGAR, from award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay...
Amazon Greenlights Season 3 of Emmy -Winning Original Drama THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
by Caryn Robbins - January 03, 2017 Amazon today announced it has greenlit a third season of the original dramatic series THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE ....
USA Network Announces Pilot Pickup for Scripted Serial UNSOLVED
by Caryn Robbins - November 11, 2016 USA Network announces a pilot pick up for UNSOLVED, a scripted true crime serial that chronicles the two major police investigations into the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls....
Lifetime Gives Straight-to-Series Order to Scripted Psychological Thriller YOU
by Caryn Robbins - April 20, 2017 Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble's psychological thriller YOU received a straight-to-series, 10-episode order today, as announced by Liz Gateley, EVP and Head of Programming for Lifetime....
Le French Book Releases WHITE LEOPARD
by Christina Mancuso - February 18, 2016 Mystery and thriller publisher Le French Book recently introduced a new award-winning French writer to the US market, with the release of White Leopard, by Laurent Guillaume. This intensely true-to-life story captures the struggle of a poor country in the grips of drug lords and corruption and of pe...
Erik Ehn's QUIET HOUSE to Play Planet Connections This Summer
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2017 Erik Ehn's Quiet House directed by Glory Kadigan premieres June 23 at the 2017 Planet Connections Theatre Festivity (The Festivity runs June 12 - July 9 at The Clemente, 107 Suffolk Street, NYC)....
Pulitzer Prize Winner David Lindsay-Abaire to Join Juilliard as Co-Director of Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program
by Tyler Peterson - March 17, 2016 James Houghton, Richard Rodgers Director ofJuilliard's Drama Division, announced today that Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire will join Marsha Normanas new co-director of Juilliard's Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program, beginning in the fall 2016 semester. Mr. Lindsay-Abaire, ...
Dallas Theater Center Presents the World Premiere of MILLER, MISSISSIPPI
by Julie Musbach - August 03, 2017 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award® Recipient Dallas Theater Center presents the world premiere of Miller, Mississippi; a new play written by Boo Killebrew and directed by Lee Sunday Evans. Beginning with a Pay-What-You-Can performance on Wednesday, Aug. 30 at 7:30 p.m., the production runs through Su...
Broadway Alum Aaron Tveit to Headline Legal Drama CREATED EQUAL
by Caryn Robbins - September 06, 2016 Broadway alum Aaron Tveit will lead Bill Duke's big screen legal drama CREATED EQUAL. Edy Ganem, Lou Diamond Phillips ('Longmire') and Greg Alan Williams ('Greenleaf') will also star....
Award-winning French Writer Makes US Noir Debut With WHITE LEOPARD
by Christina Mancuso - November 12, 2015 Mystery and thriller publisher Le French Book is introducing a new award-winning French writer to the US market, with the release this month of White Leopard, by Laurant Guillaume. This intensely true-to-life story captures the struggle of a poor country in the grips of drug lords and corruption and...
SAG-AFTRA Announces Gabrielle Carteris Re-Elected Executive Vice President at National Convention
by Sally Henry Fuller - October 02, 2015 SAG-AFTRA today announced that Gabrielle Carteris has been re-elected as executive vice president of the union at its second biennial SAG-AFTRA National Convention in Los Angeles. Her new two-year term begins immediately....
USA Network Enters Upfront Season as No. 1 Cable Entertainment Network in Key Demos
by Caryn Robbins - April 13, 2017 Anchored by new hits, weekly live events and stronger-than-ever returning series, USA Network heads into this year's Upfront season on top, as the #1 ad-supported cable entertainment network in 1Q17 among key demos P18-49, P18-34 and P2+ - and with several shows earning series highs....
Freeform to Premiere 'Bachelor' Follow-Up Series BEN & LAUREN: HAPPILY EVER AFTER?, Today
by BWW News Desk - October 11, 2016 Freeform announced today that new unscripted series BEN & LAUREN: HAPPILY EVER AFTER? and THE LETTER will premiere on the network TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11....
Cast Announced for West Coast Premiere of BARBECUE at Geffen Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - July 28, 2016 Geffen Playhouse has just announced the cast for its West Coast premiere production of Barbecue, written by Obie and Helen Hayes Award winner Robert O'Hara. Tony nominee Colman Domingo directs the production starring Yvette Cason, Dale Dickey, Omar J. Dorsey, Frances Fisher, Kimberly Hebert Gregory,...
TNT Orders Nail Salon Comedy from Rashida Jones & Will McCormack
by Tyler Peterson - March 23, 2016 TNT has ordered a pilot for Claws, an hour-long scripted dramedy set in a Southern Florida nail salon. Executive-produced by Le Train Train's Rashida Jones and Will McCormack (Toy Story 4, Celeste and Jesse Forever, A to Z), Claws is from Le Train Train in association with Warner Horizon Television ...
Cast Announced for West Coast Premiere of BARBECUE at Geffen Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2016 Geffen Playhouse has just announced the cast for its West Coast premiere production of Barbecue, written by Obie and Helen Hayes Award winner Robert O'Hara. Tony nominee Colman Domingo directs the production starring Yvette Cason, Dale Dickey, Omar J. Dorsey, Frances Fisher, Kimberly Hebert Gregory,...
Le French Book Announces Summer Reading Picks
by Christina Mancuso - July 26, 2016 There is still time to read this summer and books not to miss. Mystery and thriller publisher Le French Book has published its summer reading selection, ranging from gentle wine-country mysteries to continent-spanning conspiracies and espionnage, with quite of bit of Paris in the mix. The publisher ...
Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Kofi Siriboe & Omar J. Dorsey Join Cast of OWN's QUEEN SUGAR
by Caryn Robbins - January 27, 2016 Dawn-Lyen Gardner ('Unforgettable,' 'Heroes”), Kofi Siriboe (“Awkward,” “Whiplash”) and Omar J. Dorsey (“Ray Donovan,” “Selma”) have joined the cast of the new original drama series “Queen Sugar,” f...
Writer and Rider Craig Johnson to Speak at Writers in the Loft
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2016 Looking for a mystery? Longing for the West? Bikers, are you looking to add a stop on your group ride? Cruise through Portsmouth, NH, on Sept 14 to hear bestselling author and biker Craig Johnson talk about his latest book in the popular Longmire series (on A&E/Netflix, also in bookstores)....
Earth Focus Environmental Film Festival Kicks Off for Free This Saturday in L.A.
by Movies News Desk - July 26, 2017 KCETLink Media Group, the national independent broadcast and digital media network, has announced that its two services, KCET public television in Los Angeles and independent satellite network Link TV nationwide, will launch the first film festival in Los Angeles dedicated entirely to environmental ...
David Boyd Named Producer/Director for New Spike Series THE MIST
by Caryn Robbins - August 30, 2016 David Boyd has been hired as Producer/Director on the Spike and TWC-Dimension Television (TV) new scripted series THE MIST....
Writer and Rider Craig Johnson to Speak at Writers in the Loft
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2016 Looking for a mystery? Longing for the West? Bikers, are you looking to add a stop on your group ride? Cruise through Portsmouth, NH, on Sept 14 to hear bestselling author and biker Craig Johnson talk about his latest book in the popular Longmire series (on A&E/Netflix, also in bookstores)....
Keen Teens Series to Continue with AND...ACTION and More This Spring
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2017 The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company will present the Eleventh Season of Keen Teens. This season's offerings will be And... Action by Eleanor Burgess directed by Julie Kramer; Rat Court by Boo Killebrew, directed by Daisy Walker; and Tilda Swinton Betrayed Us by A. Rey Pamatmat, direct...
DOLLY PARTON'S COAT OF MANY COLORS Comes to DVD Today
by TV News Desk - May 03, 2016 Just in time for Mother's Day, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release the critically acclaimed film DOLLY PARTON'S COAT OF MANY COLORS on DVD for the first time today, May 3, 2016....
Lou Diamond Phillips to Star in LMN's THE NIGHT STALKER
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2016 LMN acquired THE NIGHT STALKER, starring Golden Globe(R) nominee Lou Diamond Phillips (Longmire) and Critic's Choice Award winner Bellamy Young (Scandal), and will premiere the film on Sunday, June 12... |