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Will Smith Pays Tribute to 'Fresh Prince' Co-Star James Avery
by Caryn Robbins - January 06, 2014

Actor Will Smith used his official Facebook page to pay tribute to his fictional TV Uncle, James Avery, who passed away last week at the age of 68....


HBO to Exclusively Debut Documentary OPEN HEART Today
by TV News Desk - October 14, 2013

Heart disease is often associated with an unhealthy lifestyle in the West, but in Sub-Saharan Africa treatable maladies such as strep throat can lead to rheumatic fever that causes heart damage, especially in young children and teenagers. Though it is invasive, dangerous and prohibitively expensive,...


WORDS FOR PEACE and Karen Finley Set for DWOW Series, 9/11 & 9/18
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2013

DiverseWorks has announced its continuing DWOW events as part of its DiverseWorks on Wednesdays series. Details below!...


BWW Interviews: Terrence McNally on CORPUS CHRISTI: PLAYING WITH REDEMPTION
by Larry Murray - September 17, 2014

Terrence McNally has both a hit play on Broadway and a new film documentary about a traveling group of actors performing CORPUS CHRISTIE: PLAYING WITH REDEMPTION soon to be released on DVD and via streaming. We ask the playwright some questions about what prompted him to write a play about religion ...


ONCE ON THIS ISLAND - Good for the Heart
by Jeff Madden - January 26, 2014

I left the theatre relaxed, with a smile on my face, and a heart full of joy. More importantly, I left with a renewed sense of the inter-connectedness that we all share, and love's immense value in the world today. And if that doesn't warm your heart than maybe you don't have one. Don't miss this sh...


THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER Returns to Seattle Public Theater, 12/6-24
by Tyler Peterson - October 30, 2013

Seattle Public Theater (SPT) cautiously welcomes back the horrible Herdman family for another assault on our seasonal sensibilities in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at the historic Bathhouse Theater on Green Lake....


BWW Interview: Danny Burstein's CABARET Love Story
by Naomi Serviss - July 26, 2014

Danny Burstein plays Herr Schultz, a Jewish shopkeeper in denial of Berlin's encroaching reign of terror....


BWW Reviews: MEMPHIS at the Capitol Theatre is Smoldering and Soul-Stirring
by Tyler Hinton - May 28, 2014

The 2010 Tony Award-winning Best Musical MEMPHIS is currently playing a smoldering, soul-stirring run at the Capitol Theatre....


Katy Perry Named New Face of COVERGIRL
by Tyler Peterson - October 16, 2013

As a brand that's all about strength, confidence and individuality, COVERGIRL believes in every woman's right to reinvent, improvise, and seize the beautiful opportunities in life to make some noise! So it's fitting that the new face of the beauty brand that comes ready to 'roar' is none other than ...


New Musical PIECE OF MY HEART, Featuring Music of Bert Berns, to Open at Signature Center this Summer
by Tyler Peterson - March 13, 2014

A new musical based on the life and songs of legendary songwriter Bert Berns will open Off Broadway this summer, Merged Work Productions (lead producers) and Jack Thomas (Executive Producer) announced today. The show, titled Piece of My Heart (one of Berns' most well known songs), begins previews at...


Medical 'Dramedy' Unfolds in Stormy Fanning's New Novel
by Robert Diamond - July 26, 2014

An emergency room nurse experiences the fears and uncertainties of her patients when her father suffers a devastating heart attack in Stormy Fanning's debut novel, 'Heart Full of Trouble' (published by Abbott Press)....


Underwater Photography Book, “Luminous Sea”, Launches Campaign on Indiegogo
by Christina Mancuso - June 18, 2014

SANTA BARBARA, CA...


Berkeley Rep Extends TRIBES Through May 18
by Tyler Peterson - April 03, 2014

Berkeley Repertory Theatre announces that today, due to extraordinary ticket demand, it will extend Tribes by seven performances before its first performance. Originally scheduled to run through May 11, audiences now have the opportunity to experience the critically acclaimed family drama by Nina Ra...


Gary Walker's GREEN EYES JUST LIKE YOU AND ME Set for United Solo Festival, 11/14-16
by Tyler Peterson - July 18, 2014

A story of one unusual family's collective open heart, Green Eyes, Just Like You and Me explores why "doing the right thing" isn't always necessarily the right thing to do....


Broadway By The Bay to Stage IN THE HEIGHTS, 6/20-7/6
by Diana Heisroth - May 16, 2014

In The Heights, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards and the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, runs from June 20th to July 6th, 2014 at the historic Fox Theater in Redwood City (2215 Broadway Street, Redwood City, CA)....


Neil M. Pine Releases THE CONSCIOUS PLANET
by Christina Mancuso - May 28, 2014

San Clemente, Calif....


Bay Street Theatre Announces New Community Series WITH MY OWN EYES, Beginning 4/10
by Courtnie Mele - February 25, 2014

Bay Street Theatre is pleased to announce a new Community Series titled "With My Own Eyes", being sponsored in conjunction with the John Jermain Memorial Library. The purpose of the series is to bring members of the local community together to learn from one another from experts who live amongst us....


HBO to Air LIFE ACCORDING TO SAM Documentary, 10/21
by Tyler Peterson - September 18, 2013

In 1998, Dr. Leslie Gordon and Dr. Scott Berns learned that their two-year-old son, Sam, had progeria, a progressive aging disorder so rare that fewer than 250 children in the world had it at the time. Little was known about the disease, and all children with progeria died of heart attack or stroke ...


FRESH PRINCE's 'Uncle Phil' James Avery Dies at 68
by Caryn Robbins - January 02, 2014

TMZ reports that James Avery, best known as patriarch Philip Banks on 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' has passed away at age 68....


Zak Resnick, Teal Wicks and More Star in PIECE OF MY HEART, Opening Tonight Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - July 21, 2014

Piece of My Heart: The Bert Berns Story, a new musical based on the life and songs of legendary songwriter Bert Berns, produced by Merged Work Productions (lead producers) and Jack Thomas (Executive Producer), opens tonight, July 21, 2014, at the The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signat...


Richard Crystal to Discuss 'A Reign Supreme' at Broadway's Barnes and Noble, 11/8
by Christina Mancuso - November 07, 2013

Acclaimed television producer and author, Richard Crystal, will appear at Barnes and Noble at 2289 Broadway New York on Friday, November 8th at 7pm. Mr. Crystal's A Reign Supreme is structured after famous jazz musician John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, and tells of one man's journey from the streets ...


Joyce Theater Debuts Season with Royal Ballet's THE METAMORPHOSIS, Now thru 9/29
by BWW News Desk - September 17, 2013

The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. is proud to open its 2013/2014 fall/winter season with the highly anticipated U.S. premiere of the Royal Ballet's production of The Metamorphosis, directed and choreographed by Arthur Pita, and featuring acclaimEd Royal Ballet principal dancer Edward Watson, for a ...


Zak Resnick, Linda Hart, Leslie Kritzer & More to Star in Signature's Bert Berns Musical PIECE OF MY HEART
by Tyler Peterson - April 28, 2014

Producers Merged Work Productions and Jack Thomas announced today the cast of the upcoming new musical, Piece of My Heart, based on the life and songs of legendary songwriter Bert Berns. The show begins previews at The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center on June 25, 2014, wit...


STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Highlights of San Francisco Opera's CINDERELLA
by Christina Mancuso - November 11, 2014

San Francisco Opera presents CINDERELLA, November 9-26, 2014. Check out a sneak peek at highlights below!...


SEDUCED AND ABANDONED, Alec Baldwin's Quest to Make a Movie, to Premiere on HBO
by Caryn Robbins - October 14, 2013

The cinematic romp SEDUCED AND ABANDONED captures the tug-of-war between the eternal dream of creating pure art and the bracing reality of modern movie commerce. James Toback's celebration of movie-making debuts MONDAY, OCT. 28 (9:00-10:45 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO....






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