NewArts to Present Two Musicals This Summer
by Tyler Peterson - July 02, 2015 Broadway veterans JoAnn M. Hunter and Shannon Lewis will be the choreographers for this summer's productions (Newtown, CT) -- NewArts: Newtown Musicals, a division of the 12.14 Foundation, under the artistic direction of Michael Unger, is pleased to announce its 2015 summer season....
New-York Historical Society to Present SUPERHEROES IN GOTHAM, THE NIXON TAPES, and Many More Exhibitions in the Fall
by Sally Henry Fuller - September 04, 2015 The New York Historical Society has announced its exhibitions and programs for September-October 2015....
RIP! THE MUSICAL to Premiere at Rhinebeck, 7/17-19
by Tyler Peterson - June 22, 2015 Twenty years ago, Michael Berkeley and Ray Roderick mounted their Rip Van Winkle musical in Pine Plains, NY. A newly-refurbished Rip will reawaken with a revamped score and new book as Rip! The Musical at The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck July 17-19 for four special performances, sponsored...
LAFAYETTE is Released
by Christina Mancuso - February 23, 2016 He made civil disobedience cool before Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. did. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French aristocrat and military officer, fought for the United States in the American Revolutionary War and influenced America's founding fathers on items like slavery and c...
Photo Flash: First Look at Theater Unspeakable's THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
by BWW News Desk - November 10, 2014 Parents, teachers, students and theatergoers alike are embracing Theater Unspeakable's hilariously energetic take on the birth of our nation, 'The American Revolution'. Presented by Adventure Stage Chicago, a program of Northwestern University Settlement Association, the almost hour-long play opened...
World Premiere of LAFAYETTE Set for Florence Gould Hall, 4/22-23
by Tyler Peterson - April 20, 2015 On Wednesday, April 22nd and Thursday, April 23rd at 7:30 in FIAF's Florence Gould Hall (55 East 59th Street), Marquis de Lafayette will be reborn in the world-premiere of Lafayette. Inspired by the letters between the young Lafayette and his wife, the play tells the story of the 19-year-old man who...
Museum Of The City Of New York Explores Hamilton and Friends: Portraiture in Early New York
by Michael Dale - February 03, 2016 An evening exploring how men like Alexander Hamilton used portraits to craft a public image....
Donald Miller Pens LAFAYETTE: HIS EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND LEGACY
by Christina Mancuso - October 06, 2015 He made civil disobedience cool before Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. made it a thing. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French aristocrat and military officer, fought for the United States in the American Revolutionary War and influenced America's founding fathers on items like s...
Adventure Stage to Present WORTHY, 4/17-5/16
by Tyler Peterson - February 17, 2015 Adventure Stage Chicago (ASC) has announced the world premiere of Worthy, April 17 -May 16, created by Dani Bryant and directed by Sarah Rose Graber at Vittum Theater, 1012 N. Noble St. Preview performances are Friday, April 17 and 24 and Saturday, April 18. Opening night is Saturday, April 25 at 4p...
RIP! THE MUSICAL Premieres at Rhinebeck Today
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2015 Twenty years ago, Michael Berkeley and Ray Roderick mounted their Rip Van Winkle musical in Pine Plains, NY. A newly-refurbished Rip will reawaken with a revamped score and new book as Rip! The Musical at The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, beginning today, July 17, and continuing through J...
One-Man Show Paints WAR, PTSD and SACRIFICE from the Revolutionary War to Afghanistan
by Sally Henry Fuller - May 31, 2015 In July and August, experienced stage, film and television actor, Douglas Taurel, will be bringing the debut of his powerful and passionate new solo show The American Soldier to New York and Edinburgh....
Journal of the American Revolution Announces 2014 Book of the Year Award Winners
by Christina Mancuso - January 20, 2015 Naperville, Illinois...
Concrete Timbre and The Old Stone House Present ANNA STRONG'S LAUNDRY Tonight
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2014 CONCRETE TIMBRE and THE OLD STONE HOUSE announce Anna Strong's Laundry, a multidisciplinary performance with live original contemporary music, poetry, drama, dance, and projections intertwined into a celebration of Brooklyn's diversity today and throughout America's fight for freedom. Anna Strong's ...
Composer Jerome Kitzke Releases New Album, THE PAHA SAPA GIVE-BACK
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2014 American composer/storyteller JEROME KITZKE today announces the July 29th release of his new album The Paha Sapa Give-Back (Innova Records). Known for creating works that are uniquely and bracingly American, where freedom and ritual converge, Kitzke shares his career-long dedication to social justic...
Adventure Stage Chicago to Present Theater Unspeakable's THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 11/4-29
by Tyler Peterson - October 16, 2014 From The Patriot to John Adams, from the iconic portrait of Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emmanuel Gottlieb Leutze to the musical 1776, the birth of our nation has been portrayed countless times in countless ways in the arts. But never quite like this....
VIDEO: Watch 'From Art to Image' DVD Bonus Feature from AMC's TURN: The Complete First Season
by Caryn Robbins - March 05, 2015 Below, watch a new DVD Bonus Feature 'From Art To Image' from AMC's Revolutionary War drama TURN: WASHINGTON'S SPIES The Complete First Season....
Composer Jerome Kitzke Unveils First All-Kitzke Album in 15 Years Today
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2014 American composer/storyteller JEROME KITZKE celebrates today's release of his new album The Paha Sapa Give-Back (Innova Records). Known for creating works that are uniquely and bracingly American, where freedom and ritual converge, Kitzke shares his career-long dedication to social justice in a new ...
Reelz to Present AMERICAN VETERANS CENTER'S 2015 NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY PARADE , 5/25
by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2015 REELZ today announced that the men and women who have given their lives in defense of freedom in the world will be honored at The American Veterans Center's 2015 National Memorial Day Parade airing live on Monday, May 25 starting at 2pm ET/ 11am PT....
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek - THE AMERICAN SOLDIER to Premiere at MITF
by BWW News Desk - October 23, 2015 THE AMERICAN SOLDIER by Douglas Taurel, directed by Padraic Lillis, will play MITF's Autumn Edition Wednesday, November 18 at 7:15 p.m., Friday, November 20 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, November 22 at 3:45 p.m. at The Jewel Box Theater @ The Workshop (312 W 36th Street, NYC). Scroll down for a sneak pee...
BET Networks to Air Its First-ever Miniseries “The Book of Negroes” Premiering Monday, February 16, 2015 at 8 PM ET/PT
by Robert Diamond - January 11, 2015 This Black History Month BET launches its first-ever event miniseries 'THE BOOK OF NEGROES,' a six-part historical drama in the tradition of Roots, based on Lawrence Hill's award-winning, Oprah Winfrey-listed novel (known in the United States as Someone Knows My Name). The highly anticipated televis...
THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE TRIPOLI PIRATES to Become Epic TV Event
by Caryn Robbins - January 20, 2016 Thinkfactory Media has slipped past the competition to secure the #2 nonfiction bestseller ten weeks and counting, THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE TRIPOLI PIRATES: The Forgotten War That Changed American History, and has set sail toward transforming this incredible-yet-true story into an epic television ev...
Photo Flash: Teen Historians Curate Free Pop-Up Exhibit on Governors Island
by BWW News Desk - July 06, 2015 The New-York Historical Society to offer free pop-up exhibition on Governors Island, researched, curated and hosted by Teen Historians. Scroll down for a sneak peek!...
Jon Foyt Releases New Historical Fiction Novel, THE MIND OF AN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY
by Christina Mancuso - October 01, 2015 Real Men may eat quiche, but do real men do Talk Therapy? That is the question Jon Foyt's historical novel asks - and answers - in 'The Mind of an American Revolutionary,' the life and motivations of one of the lesser known - but equally significant - Founding Fathers. Extensively researched, Jon...
Emma Jean H. Rose Releases MYSTERY BENEATH
by Christina Mancuso - January 28, 2015 JONESVILLE, N.C.... |