Five Star Publishing Announces the Release of The Splintered Paddle by Mark Troy
by Robert Diamond - July 12, 2014 Five Star Publishing announces the release of The Splintered Paddle by Mark Troy. The Splintered Paddle (Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-432828-59-2, 304 pages, $25.95) is now available nationwide....
Mildred's Umbrella to Present World Premiere of John Harvey's ROME, 3/6-22
by Tyler Peterson - February 28, 2014 Mildred's Umbrella Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Rome by John Harvey, March 6-22, 2014....
Regina Tours Offering 'Shroud of Turin' Pilgrimage
by Tyler Peterson - November 12, 2014 Catholic pilgrimage provider Regina Tours will offer three 2015 departures of 'Shroud of Turin,' a 10-day tour of Italy which features a special visit to Turin to view the Holy Shroud bearing the image of Jesus Christ. The sacred relic was last publicly displayed in Turin in the spring of 2010 and w...
Pope Francis Portrait Commissioned to American Master Artist, Igor Babailov, Hon. RAA
by Christina Mancuso - April 30, 2014 NASHVILLE, April 30, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ Igor Babailov, Hon. RAA, Vatican Papal artist of Saint John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, has just returned from Rome to paint his official portrait of Pope Francis for the Vatican, and will have painted three Popes, one of whom is now a Saint. Official...
THE TRIESTE INTRIGUE Discusses Russian Involvement in Plot to Assassinate Pope John Paul II
by Christina Mancuso - September 16, 2014 CLEVELAND, Ohio -...
SENSUAL SEXUAL ROMANCE is Released
by Christina Mancuso - July 25, 2013 With looming deadlines and kids' soccer games, men and women often lose time for romance and sensuality in their lives. Author Deni Rome hopes to change that with her new book, 'Sensual Sexual Romance' (published by AuthorHouse). It blends erotic stories and poems together to inspire desire in coupl...
Italian Dream Holidays Announces Special Tour of Rome, From the Comfort of a Private Limousine
by Robert Diamond - July 07, 2013 Italian Dream Holidays is introducing a very special type of tour that coincides nicely with planned cruise ship excursions. For travelers who don't enjoy being in large groups and want an exclusive service at a very reasonable price, this tour of Rome will prove unforgettable....
Holland America Line's ms Noordam To Sail Central And Western Mediterranean Cruises In 2014
by Robert Diamond - October 28, 2013 Holland America Line's ms Noordam will now sail cruises with central and western Mediterranean itineraries in spring and summer 2014. The new itineraries will allow for longer voyages, including the introduction of three new 11-day itineraries with several departures each and numerous Collectors...
Saladino Dance Productions to Present SINGIN' AND DANCIN' IN THE RAIN at Lyric Theatre, 2/22-23
by Carol Kassie - January 31, 2014 Saladino Dance Productions' Rome Saladino and Marina Putane have assembled a superb eight-member ensemble to perform Singin' and Dancin' in the Rain, their tribute to Hollywood's legendary song and dance man, Gene Kelly. The show consistently received standing ovations when it played at the Aventura...
Regina Tours to Offer 'Lenten Pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi'
by Anna Bencivengo - November 19, 2014 Trusted Catholic travel provider Regina Tours will offer 'Lenten Pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi,' a weeklong Lenten pilgrimage to Italy, departing onMonday, March 9, 2015. An opportunity to spend Lent seeing some of the most holy and historic sites of Italy, the tour also takes pilgrims to Vatican C...
Sarasota Opera to Host HOMAGE TO VERDI Exhibit from Rome Opera, 3/8-25
by Tyler Peterson - February 06, 2014 Sarasota Opera has announced it will be host to an exhibition from the Rome Opera House entitled 'Homage to Giuseppe Verdi; Celebrating the Bicentennial of his Birth' March 8 - March 25, 2014. The exhibition, underwritten by Piero and Rachele Rivolta, tells the story of the most famous performances ...
Sarah Jessica Parker to Star in Rom Com ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROAM
by Caryn Robbins - October 02, 2014 Sarah Jessica Parker has signed on to star in the new romcom all roads lead to rome, from director Ella Lemhagen....
Regina Tours Offers Five Trips to See LA PASSIONE in Sordevolo, Italy in 2015
by Diana Heisroth - May 05, 2014 Every five years for the past two centuries the hamlet of Sordevolo, located in northwest Italy's Biella province, stages 'La Passione,' a passion play reenacting Jesus Christ's last few days on earth, his death and his resurrection. The village next produces the play from June-September 2015 and, f...
Robert Richburg Launches Debut Book ROSES OF ROME
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2013 'The storytellers told tales. The singers sang epic songs. The dancers danced the dance that dancers dance, on the floor and tabletops. The jugglers juggled fire. The fortune tellers only told the good part. And the Gods seemed pleased with all of Rome.' -Roses of Rome...
Antichità, Teatro, Magnificenza: Renaissance and Baroque Images of Rome Presented at Carlos Museum Today
by BWW News Desk - August 24, 2013 'Antichità, Teatro, Magnificenza: Renaissance and Baroque Images of Rome' will be on view at the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University from today, August 24 through November 17, 2013. This spectacular temporary exhibition includes maps, views, and books on Rome from the sixteenth, seventeenth...
MF Production to Present RUGANTINO with Enrico Brignano, 6/12-14
by Tyler Peterson - June 06, 2014 Straight from engagements in Rome, Milan and Florence, MF Production presents Enrico Brignano in Rugantino, in celebration of 50th Anniversary of the show's Broadway debut, from June 12, 13 and 14, 2014 at New York City Center, 131 West 55th Street, NYC. Tickets start at $35 (premium seating is also...
BWW Reviews: CORIOLANUS, The Donmar Warehouse, December 18 2013
by Alice Chappell - December 27, 2013 One of Shakespeare's lesser performed plays, Coriolanus has exploded into one of the most hyped-up events the Donmar Warehouse has seen this year. Director Josie Rourke's production is visceral and modern from the off, cleverly making what could be an abstract political plotline something to get ang...
BWW Reviews: Electrifying and Unplugged: CORIOLANUS (Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company)
by Cassandra Sandros - June 20, 2014 Based upon the legendary Roman general, Caius Martius Coriolanus, William Shakespeare's play, Coriolanus, tells the story of a man whose excessive hubris leads to banishment from his country, and a bloody downfall....
BWW Reviews: University of Houston-Downtown's Original Pronunciation JULIUS CAESAR is Interesting Experiment in Language
by David Clarke - May 02, 2014 Inspired by noted linguist David Crystal's YouTube videos, Kate Pogue decided to bring an original pronunciation performance of Shakespeare to Houston. This summer, she and UH-D's O'Kane Theatre are remounting their popular production of JULIUS CAESAR, giving Houston audiences another chance to expe...
Harry Sidebottom Endorses Reprint of 'The Year of the Horsetails'
by Christina Mancuso - November 22, 2013 The long-lost historical novel 'The Year of the Horsetails' by R. F. Tapsell, first published in 1967 and long out of print, has now been republished by the specialist company CNPosner Books. The Oxford classicist and bestselling historical novelist Harry Sidebottom, author of the Warrior of Rome...
TELEMUNDO NEW Wins Emmy for Coverage of Election of Pope Francis
by Caryn Robbins - October 01, 2014 Telemundo News' coverage of the election of Pope Francis won an Emmy Award at the 35th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards hosted by The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) during a gala ceremony in New York, the first time specific categories for Spanish-language television...
PHILADELPHIA AND OTHER STORIES to Play The Bushwick Starr, 12/18-20
by BWW News Desk - November 18, 2014 Writer Paul Rome and composer Roarke Menzies present a new work of performance literature about road trips, relationships and an irritating rash. A disgruntled writer grapples with the existential angst brought on by the appearance of a mysterious skin condition. A casual New Year's Eve hook-up tu...
Muse to Release 'Live In Rome' on CD/DVD & Blu-Ray, 12/2; Pre-Order Now
by Caryn Robbins - October 28, 2013 On December 2nd, Warner Bros. Records will release a live CD/DVD and Blu-Ray disc of that momentous evening in the Italian capital, entitled Live in Rome....
Tina Packer's JULIUS CAESAR to Run 6/27-8/30 at Shakespeare & Company
by Tyler Peterson - June 11, 2014 Idealism, ambition, conspiracy, honor, greed, betrayal and the lust for power-echoes of our own modern politics-are all on tap in Shakespeare's potent and bloody Julius Caesar. Last performed at the Company in 1993, Founding Artistic Director Tina Packer delivers audiences her 'bare-Bard' production... |