News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

THE REAL STORY - PAGE 15

The Real Story small logo


They've thrilled us, horrified us, and devastated us. They've raised questions about our past and given us hope for a brighter future. They are five of Hollywood's biggest hits, all works of fiction, but all inspired by real events more dramatic than anything a screenwriter could dream up. Join us as we go behind the scenes of "Live Free or Die Hard," "Scream," "Platoon," "The Da Vinci Code," and "Star Trek," and uncover the actual characters and true stories that inspired some of Hollywood's most famous blockbusters.

CNBC Announces Programming For 7/5
by BWW News Desk - July 05, 2010

NBC Announces Programming For 7/5...


Review - Love Child: (Off-Off) Broadway Baby
by Kristin Salaky - October 29, 2008

Opening night isn't exactly going smoothly for the Off-Off Broadway production of Love Child, a modern adaptation of the infrequently performed Euripides drama Ion, presented at the Sausage King Space in Red Hook. A noisy audience member in the front row can't silence her cell phone and hearing aid...


'Can I Help You?' Begins 7/17 in Brooklyn
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2008

CAN I HELP YOU? dismantles the television editing process as well as our complicity in giving this official storyteller its power....


Michael Crawford to Return to West End as the Wizard in THE WIZARD OF OZ
by Robert Diamond - September 23, 2010

It's just been announced in the UK Daily Telegraph that Michael Crawford will return to the West End Stage starring as The Wizard in Andrew Lloyd Webber's new production of THE WIZARD OF OZ. ...


MAMMA MIA-THE REAL STORY Celebrates Show's 10th Anniversary
by BWW News Desk - March 21, 2009

Original and current cast members from the West End stage production of Mamma Mia! will share their stories and experiences of the musical as part of a 10th annual documentary Called Mamma Mia!-The Real Story. The documentary is being made by USP Content and broadcast by Guardian Media Group's Smoot...


Details Emerge on ALW's THE WIZARD OF OZ
by Robert Diamond - November 14, 2010

Set to star in Andrew Lloyd Webber's new production of THE WIZARD OF OZ are Michael Crawford as The Wizard and Danielle Hope, the winner of the BBC's smash hit Over The Rainbow, when the show opens at the London Palladium next year. Variety has the first scoop from Jeremy Sams, who is directing a...


Greenberg to Make Special Appearance in ONE NIGHT WITH FANNY BRICE, 4/4
by BWW News Desk - April 04, 2010

Kimberly Faye Greenberg, currently playing ‘Sylvia Fine' in the long-running off-Broadway musical hit 'Danny & Sylvia' opposite Brian Childers' 'Danny Kaye', will moonlight as ‘Fanny Brice' on April 4th in 'One Night With Fanny Brice' as part of Backstage at the Y Series at THE YM-YWHA of North Jers...


WORLD OF JEWTOPIA Heads to Kimmel Center for Christmas; Broadway to Follow?
by Rialto Chatter - October 27, 2009

World of Jewtopia, the Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson play, will be making it's Philadelphia debut at the Perelman Theatre at the Kimmel Center from December 24 - December 27. According to the show's official billing by the Kimmel Center, this will be the last production prior to a Broadway 2010 openi...


CNBC Announces Primetime Programming For 6/26-27
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2010

CNBC Announces Primetime Programming For 6/26-27...


Tickets Now On Sale For West End's WIZARD OF OZ
by Charlie Piane - May 07, 2010

Today, Saturday 8th May, 2010, tickets go on sale for Andrew Lloyd Webber's much anticipated West End adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. There'll be no place like The London Palladium, the capital's home of the family musical, where the brand new show will premiere in early 2011, with tickets going on ...


Vineyard Theatre Presents THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE METAL CHILDREN 6/11
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2010

Obie Award-winning playwright Adam Rapp, along with Joan E. Bertin (Executive Director of the National Coalition Against Censorship) and Brett Gary (Associate Professor at New York University) will discuss 'The Real Story Behind THE METAL CHILDREN: Censorship and Literature' at a public forum presen...


Washington University Performing Arts Department Presents THE PILLOWMAN Nov 19-22
by BWW News Desk - November 20, 2009

Set amidst a Kafkaesque police state, THE PILLOWMAN opens in a stark interrogation room, where the adult Katurian - a slaughterhouse worker beginning to find recognition as a writer of gruesome fairy tales - sits blindfolded, his brother Michal in the adjoining room. Their interrogators, the outrage...


MAMMA MIA-THE REAL STORY Celebrates Show's 10th Anniversary
by Gabrielle Sierra - February 02, 2009

Original and current cast members from the West End stage production of Mamma Mia! will share their stories and experiences of the musical as part of a 10th annual documentary Called Mamma Mia!-The Real Story. The documentary is being made by USP Content and broadcast by Guardian Media Group's Smoot...


Identity Productions Presents the World Premiere of EROSION, 1/13-1/30
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 06, 2010

Identity Productions is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Nicholas Linnehan's, EROSION, directed by Andrew Rothkin. EROSION will play a three-week limited engagement at the Spoon Theater (38 West 38th Street, 5th Fl.) Performances begin Wednesday, January 13th and continue through...


Identity Productions Presents the World Premiere of EROSION, 1/13-1/30
by BWW News Desk - January 13, 2010

Identity Productions is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Nicholas Linnehan's, EROSION, directed by Andrew Rothkin. EROSION will play a three-week limited engagement at the Spoon Theater (38 West 38th Street, 5th Fl.) Performances begin Wednesday, January 13th and continue through...


Tickets Now On Sale For West End's WIZARD OF OZ
by Charlie Piane - May 07, 2010

Today, Saturday 8th May, 2010, tickets go on sale for Andrew Lloyd Webber's much anticipated West End adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. There'll be no place like The London Palladium, the capital's home of the family musical, where the brand new show will premiere in early 2011, with tickets going on ...


Mimi Imfurst Brings 'Mary Christmas' to Don't Tell Mama
by BWW News Desk - December 03, 2007

Outrageous drag star Mimi Imfurst will present a newly updated version of her controversial (and sold out) 2006 show 'A Very Mary Christmas.' Conceived and delivered by writer/performer Mimi Imfurst and composer/lyricist/arranger Mike Pettry (winner of the 2007 Jonathan Larson and Fredrick Loewe Awa...


Tim Rice to Re-Team with Lloyd Webber on OZ?
by Jessica Lewis - May 26, 2010

Whatsonstage.com is reporting that famed lyricist Tim Rice may be revisiting an old partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the upcoming West End production of The Wizard of Oz. The production found its Dorothy last week via the BBC talent show Over The Rainbow, casting Danielle Hope in the role t...


Photo Flash: Michael Crawford Set as 'The Wizard' for Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE WIZARD OF OZ in London!
by Robert Diamond - September 24, 2010

Michael Crawford is to star as The Wizard in ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER's new production of THE WIZARD OF OZ. ...


Second Week of FRINGE at the Bakehouse Theatre Begins 3/2
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2010

The second week of the Fringe at the Bakehouse kicks off tonight (Tuesday), with Renegade Productions having arrived from Perth and NIDA graduates from Sydney. ...


'Can I Help You?' Begins 6/16 in Brooklyn
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2008

EXPLODING MOMENT is pleased to announce the world premiere production of CAN I HELP YOU?, created by Catharine Dill. ...


CNBC Features BILLIONAIRES' ROAD TRIP, et al. This Christmas Eve
by Nicole Rosky - November 29, 2010

CNBC will feature the following programming for Friday, December 24th (Christmas Eve): ...


Identity Productions Presents the World Premiere of EROSION, 1/13-1/30
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 06, 2010

Identity Productions is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Nicholas Linnehan's, EROSION, directed by Andrew Rothkin. EROSION will play a three-week limited engagement at the Spoon Theater (38 West 38th Street, 5th Fl.) Performances begin Wednesday, January 13th and continue through...


Identity Productions Presents the World Premiere of EROSION, 1/13-1/30
by Alexandra Johnson - December 11, 2009

Identity Productions is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Nicholas Linnehan's, EROSION, directed by Andrew Rothkin. EROSION will play a three-week limited engagement at the Spoon Theater (38 West 38th Street, 5th Fl.) Performances begin Wednesday, January 13th and continue through...


'Can I Help You?' Begins 6/16 in Brooklyn
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2008

EXPLODING MOMENT is pleased to announce the world premiere production of CAN I HELP YOU?, created by Catharine Dill. ...






Videos

Recommended For You