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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.

Theater 29 to Present COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS: A STORY OF EXTRAVAGANT LOVE Photo Theater 29 to Present COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS: A STORY OF EXTRAVAGANT LOVE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 12, 2021

Theater 29 will present Communications Solutions: A Story of Extravagant Love-- an immersive story of upper-management intrigue and corporate coercion that unravels via social media, email, USPS, and in virtual and visceral reality at Theater 29....


Shady Ladies Tours Presents DRESSED TO KILL Photo Shady Ladies Tours Presents DRESSED TO KILL
by A.A. Cristi - April 29, 2019

Shady Ladies Tours will present Dressed to Kill, a tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art exploring the fascinating, bizarre and painful things people have done throughout history in the name of style, starting on Saturday, May 11 at 1:15 PM....


Sydney Comedy Festival Presents JAN VAN DE STOOL: PARTING THE RED CURTAINS Photo Sydney Comedy Festival Presents JAN VAN DE STOOL: PARTING THE RED CURTAINS
by A.A. Cristi - April 17, 2019

Comedy Queen, Queenie van de Zandt, goes back to her Netherlands in brand new show...


Beanie Feldstein & Annaleigh Ashford Join AMERICAN CRIME STORY Season Three Photo Beanie Feldstein & Annaleigh Ashford Join AMERICAN CRIME STORY Season Three
by A.A. Cristi - August 06, 2019

Stage stars Beanie Feldstein and Annaleigh Ashford are set to star in the upcoming third season of Ryan Murphy's television drama American Crime Story!...


Kravis Center Revises Lunch & Learn ON Feb 24 with ALEXANDER HAMILTON: THE MAN BEHIND Photo Kravis Center Revises Lunch & Learn ON Feb 24 with ALEXANDER HAMILTON: THE MAN BEHIND THE MUSICAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 07, 2020

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts has announced a change in the Lunch & Learn scheduled for Monday, February 24....


Hailey Henderson Presents BLACKOUT A One-Woman Show Photo Hailey Henderson Presents BLACKOUT A One-Woman Show
by A.A. Cristi - June 25, 2021

Cheers! Grab a cold beer and a sunflower and settle in for a story. This autobiographical solo play by Hailey Henderson explores the destructive nature of sexual and emotional abuse and the cost of blending in to survive. Henderson embodies her mother, her ex-boyfriend, her abuser and herself in a f...


BBC Two Commissions THE ARRIVAL Photo BBC Two Commissions THE ARRIVAL
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 19, 2019

BBC Two has commissioned The Garden Productions to make a major primetime series looking at families across the UK, as a newborn arrives in their world....


Reelz Announces New Programming for July 2019 Photo Reelz Announces New Programming for July 2019
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 17, 2019

REELZ today announced new original programming for July 2019 including six returning series, five new specials and the U.S. premiere of Air Crash Confidential about harrowing real life disasters that were made into movies. Air Crash Confidential leads the July premieres followed by returning series ...


The Most Deeply Researched Novel to Date on Wyatt Earp Includes Newly... Photo The Most Deeply Researched Novel to Date on Wyatt Earp Includes Newly...
by Robert Diamond - November 19, 2018

This trilogy represents the culmination of more than 60 years of research and contains information about Earp's life not known to the general public. It's all here: the ambitions and failures of a man who wanted more for himself than police work . . . the decisions of disgrace and the moments of nob...


Theater At Monmouth Presents THE SANTALAND DIARIES Photo Theater At Monmouth Presents THE SANTALAND DIARIES
by Julie Musbach - October 31, 2018

Theater at Monmouth presents the cult holiday hit, The Santaland Diaries, adapted by Joe Mantello from David Sedaris' best-selling book Holidays on Ice. This modern holiday classic, made famous when it aired on National Public Radio, recounts the tale of Sedaris' stint as a Macy's Department Store e...


Women's History Solo Show Series to be Co-Presented By The Theatre At The 14th Street Photo Women's History Solo Show Series to be Co-Presented By The Theatre At The 14th Street Y
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 07, 2020

They weren't supposed to read, write, or look you in the eye. ... But they did. Three Women. Three Stories. Three Critically-Acclaimed Performances....


GREASE Returns To The Mac-Haydn Stage For Three-Week Run Photo GREASE Returns To The Mac-Haydn Stage For Three-Week Run
by A.A. Cristi - June 27, 2019

The Mac-Haydn Theatre presents the Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey fan-favorite Grease, running July 4 through July 21....


Disney/Pixar's COCO Comes to El Capitan Theatre, September 24 - September 27 Photo Disney/Pixar's COCO Comes to El Capitan Theatre, September 24 - September 27
by A.A. Cristi - September 17, 2021

Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre presents Disney/Pixar's “Coco” September 24 -September 27, 2021, shown in brilliant Dolby VisionTM Laser Projection & Dolby Atmos Audio Technology.   ...


An Unexpected Foray Into Elvis Mania Inspires A New Solo Show Photo An Unexpected Foray Into Elvis Mania Inspires A New Solo Show
by A.A. Cristi - September 24, 2018

Adelaide singer and cabaret artist Mel McCaig will premiere her first solo show, Gifts from the King, on 16 and 17 November at Holden Street Theatres as part of the 2018 Feast Festival....


Burning Coal Theatre Company Presents THE CONTAINER Photo Burning Coal Theatre Company Presents THE CONTAINER
by Stephi Wild - September 05, 2019

Burning Coal Theatre Company, in a collaboration with Raleigh's Contemporary Art Museum, will open its 23rd season with Clare Bayley's The Container, October 10 a?" 27, 2019 at CAM/Raleigh, 409 W. Martin Street, Raleigh, NC. Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays, October 10 a?" 12, 17 a?" 19...


Theater At Monmouth Presents THE SANTALAND DIARIES Photo Theater At Monmouth Presents THE SANTALAND DIARIES
by BWW News Desk - November 23, 2018

Theater at Monmouth presents the cult holiday hit, The Santaland Diaries, adapted by Joe Mantello from David Sedaris' best-selling book Holidays on Ice. This modern holiday classic, made famous when it aired on National Public Radio, recounts the tale of Sedaris' stint as a Macy's Department Store e...


AnyStage Theater Presents WATERGATE… WITH PUPPETS! Photo AnyStage Theater Presents WATERGATE… WITH PUPPETS!
by BWW News Desk - November 30, 2018

Coming soon to The DC Arts Center, Watergate... With Puppets is a new comedy that's exactly what it sounds like. Written by John-Nicholas Walsh and directed by Walsh and Kirsten Grady, a cast of four comic actors play dozens of 1970's political figures in an effort to tell the 'real' story of Puppet...


VIDEO: Sarah Paulson Talks Playing Linda Tripp in AMERICAN CRIME STORY: IMPEACHMENT Photo VIDEO: Sarah Paulson Talks Playing Linda Tripp in AMERICAN CRIME STORY: IMPEACHMENT
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 18, 2020

Sarah Paulson was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday to talk about playing Linda Tripp in “American Crime Story: Impeachment” and the major physical transformation she had to go through for it....


VIDEO: See Beanie Feldstein in the First Teaser for IMPEACHMENT: AMERICAN CRIME STORY Photo VIDEO: See Beanie Feldstein in the First Teaser for IMPEACHMENT: AMERICAN CRIME STORY
by A.A. Cristi - August 05, 2021

The first teaser trailer had dropped for Impeachment: American Crime Story on FX starring Clive Owen as President Bill Clinton, Edie Falco as former First Lady Hillary Clinton, Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp, Beanie Feldstein as Monica Lewinsky, Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones, Billy Eichner as Matt ...


The Most Deeply Researched Novel to Date on Wyatt Earp Includes Newly... Photo The Most Deeply Researched Novel to Date on Wyatt Earp Includes Newly...
by Robert Diamond - December 20, 2018

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KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS Moves to a New Night Photo KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS Moves to a New Night
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 25, 2020

New season. New Night. Same Kardashians. Keep up with Kim, Kourtney, Khloé, Kris, Kylie, Kendall and Scott when 'KUWTK' returns March 26 on E!...


BWW Review: Seattle Public Theater's THE THANKSGIVING PLAY Brings the 'Woke' Laughs Photo BWW Review: Seattle Public Theater's THE THANKSGIVING PLAY Brings the 'Woke' Laughs
by Jay Irwin - October 20, 2019

We all know that person, be it friend or co-worker or maybe you ARE that person, who's just a little too PC and a bit too a?oewokea??. They're the first one's to jump on your when you're being culturally insensitive as they see it as their duty to make the world as a?oewokea?? as them. Well now wi...


VIDEO: See Beanie Feldstein in the First Teaser for IMPEACHMENT: AMERICAN CRIME STORY Photo VIDEO: See Beanie Feldstein in the First Teaser for IMPEACHMENT: AMERICAN CRIME STORY
by A.A. Cristi - August 05, 2021

The first teaser trailer had dropped for Impeachment: American Crime Story on FX starring Clive Owen as President Bill Clinton, Edie Falco as former First Lady Hillary Clinton, Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp, Beanie Feldstein as Monica Lewinsky, Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones, Billy Eichner as Matt ...


THE LIFE OF CHRIST Returns To Wintershall Photo THE LIFE OF CHRIST Returns To Wintershall
by Stephi Wild - May 17, 2019

The Wintershall Players have become renowned for their epic re-enactments of what is, indeed, the greatest story of all time. Every year on Good Friday The Passion of Jesus is performed to over 20,000 people in Trafalgar Square and every summer The Life of Christ is presented at the Hutley family's ...


China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater Debut PRINCESS ZHAOJUN In Boston Photo China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater Debut PRINCESS ZHAOJUN In Boston
by Stephi Wild - March 17, 2019

China Arts and Entertainment Group (CAEG) will present the Boston Debut of the China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater in a new production of the dance drama Princess Zhaojun, the true story of how one woman brought together a nation. The performances will take place on Saturday, March 16, 2019 a...






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