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The Handmaid's Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism in its militarized

Kate Wetherhead, Howie Michael Smith, et al. Set for I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE at Engeman Theater, Now thru 8/19
by BWW News Desk - July 07, 2012

The John W. Engeman Theater previously announced the cast and creative team for the hilarious I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE. Previews began on Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.; with the official opening tonight, Saturday, July 7 at 8:00 p.m. and running through August 19, 2012....


Hux Productions Stages GILEAD as Part of Brighton Fringe, Now thru May 9
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2014

Hux Productions will present the original play Gilead at Friends' Meeting House today 7th, Thursday 8th and Friday 9th May 2014. Gilead will be presented as part of Brighton Fringe....


BWW Cincinnati Awards Update 11/29 - Have You Voted?
by BWW - November 29, 2011

There's just 4 weeks left to go in voting for the 2011 Cincinnati Awards and here is the latest update! Have you voted yet, and helped to spread the word to support your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Cincinnati Award? There is no time to waste, click...


92Y Presents Margaret Atwood and An Evening of Gatsby 9/20
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2010

92nd Street Y is about people-the people of New York City and the surrounding area, the United States and the world. It's about people who entertain and challenge, inform and educate. It's about people who learn and discover, observe and participate....


Simonson's LOMBARDI Bound for Broadway in Fall 2010
by Eddie Varley - November 09, 2009

LOMBARDI, a new play by Oscar winner and Steppenwolf Theater Company member Eric Simonson, is based on the best-selling biography When Pride Still Mattered, by Pulitzer Prize winning author David Maraniss. Opening on Broadway in the fall of 2010, this original work will bring the audience into the l...


Cincinnati Shakespeare Co Presents Henry VIII: All is True, Opens 1/13
by BWW News Desk - January 13, 2012

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company continues its eighteenth season with William Shakespeare's "Henry VIII: All is True"....


PICT Celebrates Harold Pinter With Play Fest, Kicks Off 8/12
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2010

Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre honors one of the most important playwrights of the late 20th century with Hearing Noise in the Silence: A Celebration of the Life and Theatre of Harold Pinter....


92Y Presents Margaret Atwood and An Evening of , 9/27
by BWW News Desk - September 27, 2010

92nd Street Y is about people-the people of New York City and the surrounding area, the United States and the world. It's about people who entertain and challenge, inform and educate. It's about people who learn and discover, observe and participate....


BWW Cincinnati Awards Update 12/27 - Voting Ends 12/31!
by BWW - December 27, 2011

It's almost over! There's just FOUR days of voting remaining for the 2011 Cincinnati Awards and here is the latest update! Have you voted yet, and helped to spread the word to support your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Cincinnati Award? There is no t...


Fiona Shaw to Star in US Debut of THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER at BAM, 12/10-22
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2013

The inimitable Olivier Award winner and Tony Award nominee Fiona Shaw (Medea, 2002 Next Wave; Happy Days, 2008 Spring Season; John Gabriel Borkman, 2011 Spring Season) and dancer Daniel Hay-Gordon perform one of the best loved poems in the English language, Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic The Rime of...


Casting Complete for All-Female JULIUS CAESAR at the Donmar Warehouse
by Kelsey Denette - October 29, 2012

Today the full cast is announced for Phyllida Lloyd's all female production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. The cast are Jade Anouka (Calpurnia/Metellus Cimber), Frances Barber (Julius Caesar), Ishia Bennison (Casca), Helen Cripps (Cinna the Poet), Clare Dunne (Portia/Octavius Caesar), Jen Joseph (T...


33rd Annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Finalists Announced
by BWW News Desk - February 21, 2013

Today the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes announced the 2012 finalists for honors to be handed out at a public ceremony the evening of April 19th at the University of Southern California's Bovard Auditorium. The event is the prelude to the 18th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the largest p...


Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Presents MACBETH, Through11/20
by BWW News Desk - November 20, 2011

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Cincinnati's stage for the classics, announces a thrilling and suspenseful addition to their eighteenth season with Shakespeare's bloody tragedy, 'Macbeth'. This production features CSC Ensemble Members Sara Clark and Nick Rose. 'Macbeth' is directed by Brian Isaac P...


Photo Bast from the Past: Elizabeth McGovern
by Walter McBride - November 05, 2012

Today, we're featuring Elizabeth McGovern in 1985. In 1981 McGovern earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Evelyn Nesbit in the film Ragtime. In 1984, she starred in Sergio Leone's gangster epic Once Upon a Time in America as Robert De Niro's romantic interes...


BWW Cincinnati Awards Update 12/17 - Have You Voted?
by BWW - December 17, 2011

There's just a few weeks left to go in voting for the 2011 Cincinnati Awards and here is the latest update! Have you voted yet, and helped to spread the word to support your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Cincinnati Award? There is no time to waste, c...


Kate Wetherhead, Howie Michael Smith, et al. Set for I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE at Engeman Theater
by Nicole Rosky - June 25, 2012

The John W. Engeman Theater has just announced the cast and creative team for the hilarious I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE. Previews begin on Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.; with the official opening on Saturday, July 7 at 8:00 p.m. and running through August 19, 2012....


Fiona Shaw Stars in US Debut of THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER at BAM, Now thru 12/22
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2013

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and directed by Phyllida Lloyd, composed by Mel Mercier, with lighting design by Jean Kalman and Mike Gunning, set design by Chloe Obolensky and choreography by Kim Brandstrup, will play the BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St), tonight, Decem...


92Y Presents Margaret Atwood and An Evening of Gatsby
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 18, 2010

92nd Street Y is about people-the people of New York City and the surrounding area, the United States and the world. It's about people who entertain and challenge, inform and educate. It's about people who learn and discover, observe and participate....


Hux Productions to Stage GILEAD as Part of Brighton Fringe, May 7-9
by Diana Heisroth - April 30, 2014

Hux Productions will present the original play Gilead at Friends' Meeting House on Wednesday 7th, Thursday 8th and Friday 9th May 2014. Gilead will be presented as part of Brighton Fringe....


MCC of Toronto Presents the 24th Annual Christmas Eve Service, 12/24
by Christina Mancuso - December 23, 2013

Led by Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes, Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto is known nation-wide as the church that presided over former Leader of the Opposition Jack Layton's state funeral in 2011. This Tuesday evening, Dr. Hawkes and the noted, inspirational Choir of MCC will celebrate Christmas Eve a...


Cincinnati Shakespeare Co Presents Henry VIII: All is True, Opens 1/13
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 16, 2011

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company continues its eighteenth season with William Shakespeare's "Henry VIII: All is True"....


Eric Simonson Wins Academy Award for Best Documentary Short!
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2006

Along with Corinne Marrinan, Eric Simonson has won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short for 'A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin.'...


Amazon Launches Kindle Unlimited- Like Netflix But for Books
by Courtnie Mele - July 19, 2014

Yesterday, Amazon.com introduced Kindle Unlimited-a new subscription service which allows customers to freely read as much as they want from over 600,000 Kindle books, and listen as much as they want to thousands of Audible audiobooks, all for only $9.99 a month. Finding a great book is easy, and th...


Cincinnati Shakespeare Co Presents Henry VIII: All is True, Opens 1/13
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2012

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company continues its eighteenth season with William Shakespeare's "Henry VIII: All is True"....


Fiona Shaw to Star in US Debut of THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER at BAM, 12/10-22
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2013

The inimitable Olivier Award winner and Tony Award nominee Fiona Shaw (Medea, 2002 Next Wave; Happy Days, 2008 Spring Season; John Gabriel Borkman, 2011 Spring Season) and dancer Daniel Hay-Gordon perform one of the best loved poems in the English language, Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic The Rime of...






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