Photo Flash: Stars Come Out for Good Causes at SPEAK UP, RISE UP
by Julie Musbach - August 19, 2017 Speak Up, Rise Up, runs until Sunday, August 20 at the historic Connelly Theater in the East Village. The inaugural festival has featured 18 diverse solo and storytelling shows, and 7 community workshop performances over the past week....
BWW Review: Kennedy Center Hosts Palestinian Artist Raeda Taha's WHERE CAN I FIND SOMEONE LIKE YOU, ALI?
by Andrew White - March 27, 2017 For years the word "Palestinian" has been synonymous with terror; it hasn't occurred to the mainstream media that beyond the headlines, and just out of the camera's view, are families-many of them now fatherless-struggling to survive and maintain their identity in a world that has grown increasingly...
Review: THE ALAMO Proves the Only Way to Survive Any Battle is to Never Surrender Your Self
by Shari Barrett - April 09, 2018 Neighborhood bars have always been a gathering place for locals to share drinks and camaraderie in a place far from the responsibilities of work and home life, or in spite of them. Fans of the popular TV show "Cheers" no doubt remember how hanging out in a place where "everyone knows your name" ofte...
Bryan Cranston, Tina Fey and More to Present Julia Louis-Dreyfus with the Mark Twain Prize
by A.A. Cristi - September 05, 2018 The Kennedy Center today unveiled an all-star lineup and new producers for the 21st annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, which this year will celebrate Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Under the direction of the creative team from Done + Dusted, the Kennedy Center's new producing partner for the Mark Twa...
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - 'Welcome to Earth' Episode of SUPERGIRL
by - October 18, 2016 On the next episode of SUPERGIRL on The CW titled "Welcome to Earth", an attack is made on the President (guest star Lynda Carter) as hot-button, alien vs. human rights issues heat up in National City....
American Symphony Orchestra Opens Season at Carnegie Hall with Focus on Music and Politics: Sessions, Copland, Bernstein
by A.A. Cristi - September 19, 2017 The American Symphony Orchestra will open the 57th season of its Vanguard series at Carnegie Hall with a program titled The Sounds of Democracy on Wednesday, October 11 at 8 pm. All performances in this year's four-concert series - comprising three at Carnegie Hall and one at Lincoln Center's Alice...
Photo Flash: First Look at Quintessence's THE WILD DUCK
by Stephi Wild - April 08, 2018 Quintessence Theatre Group continues its blockbuster Season VIII with The Power and Idealism Repertory: Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR presented in rotating repertory with Henrik Ibsen's THE WILD DUCK. Striving for gender parity, Quintessence welcomes an A-list eleven-actor ensemble composed of Quintes...
Two Men Suffer Anti-Gay Attack on UK's Metrolink for Singing Songs from WICKED
by Caryn Robbins - November 04, 2014 The Manchester Evening News reports that two friends were the victims of a horrendous homophobic attack on London's Metrolink on Saturday for singing songs from the long running hit musical WICKED....
CBS Orders Eight Additional Episodes of ELEMENTARY Season Six
by Caryn Robbins - November 29, 2017 CBS has ordered eight more episodes of the sixth season of its hit series ELEMENTARY. The detective drama will now air 21 episodes this season, up from the original order of 13....
BWW Recap: POIROT: ELEPHANTS CAN REMEMBER Testifies to Pathos
by Elizabeth Peterson-Vita - August 17, 2014 Fans of Agatha Christie's brilliant Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, can content themselves with the remaining three new episodes of David Suchet's career-capping portrayal, now being streamed by AcornTV. ELEPHANTS CAN REMEMBER, the 90 minute reworking of Christie's 1972 novel (here more successf...
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston to Host 20th Annual QFest, 7/21-24
by Tyler Peterson - July 08, 2016 From Thursday, July 21, to Sunday, July 24, Houston will host the 20th annual QFest, a LGBTQ film festival programmed by artistic director Kristian Salinas, with screenings in venues throughout the city. This year, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, screens six films examining familial bonds and conn...
BWW Recap: Liar Taps on THE GOOD WIFE
by Jacqueline Bublitz - November 09, 2015 All is not well in THE GOOD WIFE universe, even with those Whitney-loving goats to help lighten things up. People are lying to each other, they are doubtful of who and what to trust, and they're unintendedly revealing a lot more than just their biases. And now the NSA is monitoring some of those rev...
TV One to Premiere PBS' EDDIE MURPHY: THE MARK TWAIN PRIZE, 12/4
by Caryn Robbins - December 01, 2015 TV One salutes comedy genius Eddie Murphy with the network premiere of PBS' Eddie Murphy: The Mark Twain Prize on Friday, December 4 at 8 p.m. ET....
Antonio David Lyons Presents Showcase Performance of WE ARE HERE, 10/10
by Sally Henry Fuller - September 20, 2014 Artist and activist Antonio David Lyons will perform his one-man play, We Are Here, at the National Black Theatre Inc. in New York City on Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. This special showcase performance will be preceded by a 6 p.m. reception and followed by a talk-back session with Lyons and producer Refilwe Nk...
BWW Review: BOOM FOR REAL: THE LATE TEENAGE YEARS OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, East End Film Festival
by Gary Naylor - April 13, 2018 Amongst the explosion of interest in Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sara Driver's film locates his emerging genius in a beautifully rendered time and place - late 70s New York City....
Review Roundup: Lynn Nottage's MLIMA'S TALE at the Public Theater
by Nicole Rosky - April 16, 2018 The Public Theater is currently hosting the world premiere of MLIMA'S TALE, written by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and directed by Obie Award winner Jo Bonney. MLIMA'S TALE continues The Public's Astor Anniversary Season at their landmark downtown home on Lafayette Street, celebratin...
SHATTERED is a #metoo Story Told Through 35 Whimsical (and Not So Whimsical) Characters
by Stephi Wild - January 26, 2018 In January 2017, Diana Varco premiered her solo show Shattered at the Whitefire Theatre SoloFest to a standing ovation. 'I was nervous to do the show because sexual assault wasn't a topic most people openly talked about' Varco said. Today, in January 2018, it's a topic everyone is talking about....
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston to Host 20th Annual QFest, 7/21-24
by Tyler Peterson - July 08, 2016 From Thursday, July 21, to Sunday, July 24, Houston will host the 20th annual QFest, a LGBTQ film festival programmed by artistic director Kristian Salinas, with screenings in venues throughout the city. This year, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, screens six films examining familial bonds and conn...
David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel & More to Salute Bill Murray at Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for Humor
by Caryn Robbins - October 19, 2016 The program is slated to air on PBS stations as Bill Murray: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize nationwide October 28 at 9 p.m. (check local listings). Artists are subject to change....
Author ELLEN BRAVO Asks Parents to Have THE CONVERSATION With Their College-Bound Child
by Christina Mancuso - August 28, 2015 NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ At least 100 colleges are under investigation by the federal government for possible mishandling of campus date rape, according to Ellen Bravo, author of Again and Again, a novel about how date rape reverberates throughout the victim's life....
BWW Review: DELIGHTS AND DEBAUCHERIES ABOUND IN ASIATOPA XO STATE at Arts Centre Melbourne
by Brodie Paparella - February 24, 2017 If you've been in the habit of blinking lately, you might have missed the fact that Arts Centre Melbourne has transformed to house the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts, so you might want to cut that out and head to a box office hashire hashire! What transpired on my visit was one of the mos...
BWW Recap: Trouble with Rebels on Tonight's THE BASTARD EXECUTIONER
by Kara McCoy - September 22, 2015 In last week's series premiere of THE BASTARD EXECUTIONER, Wilkin Brattle and company swore to avenge the slaughter at the shire. Wilk knows who killed his wife Petra, and wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles, is now basically working side by side with the guy as Ventrishire's newest executioner. ...
Bruce Willis' REPRISAL Comes to Blu-ray and Digital
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 05, 2018 Action legend Bruce Willis returns to the screen in the high-octane film Reprisal, arriving on Blu-ray (plus Digital), DVD, and Digital October 16 from Lionsgate. This film is currently available On Demand. ...
BWW Reviews: 'We've Come a Long Way Baby' (No, Not Quite) - ANCESTRA at Cleveland Public Theatre
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Receives the Mark Twain Prize for Humor
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 22, 2018 An outstanding lineup of entertainers gathered in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall to salute Julia Louis-Dreyfus, recipient of the 21st annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on October 21, 2018. The Prize, which is named to honor one of the world's greatest humorists, was presented at a gala per... |