Cynthia Erivo To Receive 'Rising Star Award' at the 2020 ABFF Honors
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 26, 2019 Today, ABFF Ventures announced Cynthia Erivo will receive the a?oeRising Star Awarda?? at the 2020 ABFF Honors. The fourth annual ceremony, hosted by actor and comedian Deon Cole, will take place on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. ...
New Salon Show Celebrates Jews Of Color At Jewish Women's Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - April 09, 2019 Today's American Jewish community was created by the twists and turns of history. It was nourished by the ethnic, racial and cultural diversity of a myriad of worldwide Jewish identities and experiences. Jewish Women's Theatre's (JWT) will celebrate today's multicultural Jews in its new salon show...
Shooter Jennings Appears In Season 2 Of MARVEL'S THE PUNISHER On Netflix
by Tori Hartshorn - January 28, 2019 Singer, songwriter, and Grammy-nominated producer Shooter Jennings surprised fans by appearing in season 2 of Marvel's The Punisher on Netflix. Jennings performs his songs “The Outsider”, “Outlaw You”, “The Other Life”, and “The Real Me” throughout the season's debut episode, which is available to s...
AMERICA IS HARD TO SEE Comes to Underbelly Cowgate
by Stephi Wild - June 07, 2019 Described by the New York Times as 'Our Town with sex offenders', this daring play with music is based on hundreds of hours of interviews with the inhabitants of Miracle Village, a rural American community of sex offenders. America is Hard to See blends verbatim text with Methodist hymns and origina...
Mare Winningham Makes Café Carlyle Debut
by Stephi Wild - August 08, 2019 Acclaimed actress/singer-songwriter Mare Winningham make her Café Carlyle debut, October 29-November 2. Mare Winningham was seen most recently at The Public Theater in the Olivier Award-winning Conor McPherson/Bob Dylan musical Girl from the North Country. She has released four albums of original so...
Will Chase, Kevin Alves, and Ray Nicholson Cast in Amazon's PANIC
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 05, 2018 Ray Nicholson, Will Chase and Kevin Alves have been cast as series regulars in the Amazon pilot 'Panic,' according to Deadline. The pilot is pasted on Lauren Oliver's best-selling book, and Oliver will create and write the show....
HOW TO HIDE A LION Will Embark on UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - August 01, 2018 Having first roared into life at Polka Theatre and Oxford Playhouse in 2016, Helen Stephen's much-loved children's story How to Hide a Lion will now embark on its first national tour, enchanting young audiences around the UK. Adapted and directed by Peter Glanville, this magical play features dazzli...
New HBO Drama Series THE OUTSIDER Debuts January 12, 2020
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 17, 2019 Based on Stephen King's bestselling novel of the same name, THE OUTSIDER is a new drama series that explores the investigation into the gruesome murder of a local boy and the mysterious force surrounding the case....
Actors Touring Company Has Announced the Cast of AMSTERDAM UK Tour
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 04, 2020 A fresh cast has been announced for ATC's 11-week UK-wide tour of Maya Arad Yasur's audacious play Amsterdam. It will be the first tour under Artistic Director Matthew Xia, recently named in The Stage's Top 100 Most influential People in Theatre....
Cynthia Erivo Reveals Why She Won't Perform at BAFTAs
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 10, 2020 Cynthia Erivo opened up to Extra about why she declined an invitation to perform at the 2020 BAFTA Awards, after it was revealed that no actors of color were nominated in the major categories....
VIDEO: See What's Coming to HBO in 2020!
by Sarah Leiber - December 16, 2019 It all starts here. See what's coming to HBO in 2020, including new series Avenue 5 and The Outsider, plus new seasons of Westworld, Curb Your Enthusiasm and more....
Review Roundup: HBO's THE OUTSIDER, Starring Cynthia Erivo - What Are the Critics Saying?
by Stephi Wild - January 09, 2020 Based on Stephen King's bestselling novel of the same name, THE OUTSIDER is a new drama series that explores the investigation into the gruesome murder of a local boy and the mysterious force surrounding the case. The new series features Tony winning Broadway favorite Cynthia Erivo....
VIDEO: HBO Releases Trailer for Stephen King's THE OUTSIDER
by Bonnie Lynn Wagner - October 19, 2019 Nobody does horror like Stephen King. The legend has written more than 60 novels and more than 30 have been turned into movies or television events. Now, HBO is adding one more to the collection with The Outsider....
Single Tickets For Arizona Theatre Co's THE ROYALE and SILENT SKY On Sale 8/5
by Julie Musbach - July 24, 2019 Single tickets for the first two shows of Arizona Theatre Company's 2019/2020 season a?" The Royale and Silent Sky a?" will go on sale on Aug. 5...
East West Players Announces Cast And Creative Team Of MAMMA MIA!
by A.A. Cristi - March 13, 2019 East West Players (EWP), the nation's longest-running professional theater of color and the largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work, is pleased to announce the cast and creative team for award-winning Broadway musical Mamma Mia! With music and lyrics by Benny Andersson & Bjorn...
Photo: First Look At Cynthia Erivo As Aretha Franklin On GENIUS
by A.A. Cristi - December 06, 2019 See the first image of Tony Award-winner, Cynthia Erivo, as soul legend, Aretha Franklin on the next installment of the National Geographic series, Genius!...
East West Players Announces Extension Of VIETGONE
by A.A. Cristi - October 26, 2018 East West Players (EWP), the nation's longest-running professional theater of color in the country and the largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work, is pleased to announce an extension for the Los Angeles premiere of Qui Nguyen's Vietgone, which the New York Times has hailed as...
Cynthia Erivo Stars in New HBO Drama Series THE OUTSIDER
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 12, 2019 Based on Stephen King's bestselling novel of the same name, THE OUTSIDER is a new drama series that explores the investigation into the gruesome murder of a local boy and the mysterious force surrounding the case....
Seattle Opera Presents CINDERELLA
by Stephi Wild - September 19, 2019 When stage director Lindy Hume last worked at Seattle Opera, her powerful Rigoletto sparked important #MeToo conversations with a story intended to be devoid of hope. Next up, she's bringing something completely different to McCaw Halla?"a sparkling fairytale that families will fall in love with....
HOUSE OF CARDS Season Six Debuts on Blu-ray & DVD March 5
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2019 The final chapter in the critically acclaimed and award-winning political drama HOUSE OF CARDS: SEASON SIX debuts on Blu-ray and DVD March 5 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Following the death of President Frank Underwood, Vice President Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) has ascended to the pos...
Jesse Dayton Releases Performance Video for His Protest Song CHARLOTTESVILLE
by Tori Hartshorn - November 15, 2018 Outlaw Country Singer/Songwriter and Guitarist Jesse Dayton has released the video for his protest song “Charlottesville.” The video was shot with friend and film-maker, Jeff Shipman at the legendary Gruene Hall outside of Austin TX to a packed crowd of family, friends and lots of fans....
The ELATE Theater Company Presents THE OUTSIDER
by Stephi Wild - September 20, 2019 The ELATE theater company presents the timely and hilarious comedy 'The Outsider' by Paul Slade Smith at The Lincoln Stegman Theatre at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 6020 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood....
Cynthia Erivo Reveals Why She Won't Perform at BAFTAs
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 10, 2020 Cynthia Erivo opened up to Extra about why she declined an invitation to perform at the 2020 BAFTA Awards, after it was revealed that no actors of color were nominated in the major categories....
BWW Review: Group Rep Goes Deep South with LAUNDRY AND BOURBON and LONE STAR
by Don Grigware - January 28, 2019 From the very top of James McClure's one-act Laundry and Bourbon, best friends Elizabeth (Savannah Shoenecker) and Hattie (Kristin Towers-Rowles) gossip in heavy Texas accents and drink bourbon with such fierce intensity that you will end up either loving or hating them; there is no in-between. Midw...
East West Players Announces Cast And Creative Team Of VIETGONE
by Julie Musbach - August 10, 2018 East West Players (EWP), the nation's longest-running professional theater of color in the country and the largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work, is pleased to announce the cast and creative team for the Los Angeles premiere of Qui Nguyen's Vietgone, which the New York Times... |