Thalia Theater Presents the World Premiere of CHARLES MANSON: SUMMER OF HATE Musical
by Christina Mancuso - September 29, 2014 Charles Manson - the name is synonymous with an American nightmare. While Woodstock was celebrating the 'summer of love' in 1969, Manson became a gravedigger, condemning his followers to brutal ritualistic murders in the Hollywood Hills....
BWW Reviews: Connecticut Free Shakespeare Brings Back the 60's with As AS YOU LIKE IT
by Cindy Cardozo - August 05, 2014 Connecticut Free Shakespeare has brought a delightful version of As You Like It to the outdoor stage. As envisioned by director, Ellen Lieberman, this production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, set in 1969, is a family friendly, drug free 'Be-in' of the theatrical kind....
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - THE MIDTOWN MEN LIVE IN CONCERT ft. Original Cast of Jersey Boys
by Caryn Robbins - November 12, 2014 NJTV, New Jersey's public television network, announced the premiere broadcast of its first national public television production, The Midtown Men Live in Concert!, debuting this month....
Sir Tony Robinson to Open RE-STAGING REVOLUTIONS Exhibition at Camden Archives, Feb 11
by BWW News Desk - February 04, 2014 On Tuesday, 11 February, Blackadder and Time Team star Sir Tony Robinson opens Re-staging Revolutions at Camden Archives, an exhibition celebrating the alternative theatre movement of the sixties, seventies and eighties. The exhibition runs until 10 May. Other speakers include Ian Saville: socialist...
VIDEO: THE MIDTOWN MEN LIVE IN CONCERT ft. Original Cast of Jersey Boys Airs Tonight
by TV News Desk - November 29, 2014 NJTV, New Jersey's public television network, announced the premiere broadcast of its first national public television production, The Midtown Men Live in Concert!, debuting this month. The performance, taped at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, NJ in May, will debut on NJTV a...
VIDEO: THE MIDTOWN MEN LIVE IN CONCERT ft. Original Cast of Jersey Boys Airs Tonight
by TV News Desk - November 29, 2014 NJTV, New Jersey's public television network, announced the premiere broadcast of its first national public television production, The Midtown Men Live in Concert!, debuting this month. The performance, taped at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, NJ in May, will debut on NJTV a...
Folk Music Society of NY Present Next Artist in Legends Concert Series: Peggy Seeger, 3/28
by Courtnie Mele - March 11, 2014 A singer of traditional Anglo-American songs and activist songmaker, Peggy Seeger plays six instruments: piano, guitar, 5-string banjo, Appalachian dulcimer, autoharp and English concertina. She has recorded 23 solo albums and participated directly in more than a hundred others. Peggy lived in Engl...
VIDEO: Patrick Stewart Talks Film Adaptation of Broadway's MATCH on 'The View'
by Caryn Robbins - January 12, 2015 Patrick Stewart stopped by ABC's THE VIEW to talk about the upcoming big screen adaptation of the Tony nominated Broadway play 'Match.' Check out the appearance below!...
Chris Hemsworth Presents Critics' Choice Louis XIII Genius Award to Film Icon Ron Howard
by Caryn Robbins - January 16, 2015 LOUIS XIII Cognac and the Broadcast Film Critics Association proudly bestowed the third annual 'Critics' Choice LOUIS XIII Genius Award' to legendary filmmaker Ron Howard this evening presented by actor Chris Hemsworth at the 20 th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards ceremony....
Life is Beautiful Curates Music Showcase During SXSW Today
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2014 Life is Beautiful, the successful lifestyle experience that celebrates music, food, art and learning, continues to support home-grown talent by inviting Vegas bands to participate in a special music showcase during Austin's SXSW. Open to the public, the showcase, hosted by Caesars Entertainment and ...
STAGE TUBE: Time-Lapse Of HOBSON'S CHOICE Set Build!
by Carrie Dunn - June 13, 2014 A comedy from the cobbles of Lancashire, set to the sights and sounds of the sixties, Mark Benton plays bombastic boot-shop owner Henry Horatio Hobson. When his 'plain' daughter, Maggie (Jodie McNee) becomes intent on marrying long-suffering boot-maker Willie Mossop (Karl Davies), Hobson's future lo...
Sir Tony Robinson Opens RE-STAGING REVOLUTIONS Exhibition at Camden Archives Today
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2014 Today, 11 February, Blackadder and Time Team star Sir Tony Robinson opens Re-staging Revolutions at Camden Archives, an exhibition celebrating the alternative theatre movement of the sixties, seventies and eighties. The exhibition runs until 10 May. Other speakers include Ian Saville: socialist conj...
Memoir Shares the Life Story of a Chinese Boy During the 40s Through the 60s
by Robert Diamond - February 22, 2014 Author Paul 'Monty' Choy's father was born in Canton, China while his mother was born in Malaya. His father was very autocratic and conservative and did not share with his family, his own family history. His mother also remained silent on her own family history. The author and the rest of his siblin...
BWW Reviews: Rain Doesn't Cool off the Legends of Classic Rock with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra
by Paul Batterson - June 30, 2014 Don't tell John Elefante that violins don't belong in rock and roll. The former Kansas front man came from a rock band where the violin was essential to the band's sound. Elefante and the Legends of Classic Rock incorporated the Columbus Symphony Orchestra into a rain delayed set of rock standard...
'Legends of Surf Music' to Premiere at Moonlight Amphitheatre, 10/25
by Tyler Peterson - August 28, 2014 Stars and Stripes Events, a concert production company located in Escondido, Calif., is promoting a surf rock concert with former members of eight of the best known famous surf rock bands of the sixties. The promoter will donate 10 percent of ticket sales directly to Wounded Warrior Homes also locat...
2014 National Book Award Winners Announced!
by BWW News Desk - November 19, 2014 The 65th National Book Awards ceremony was held tonight, November 19, 2014, with one winner each in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people's literature. Scroll down for the list!...
BWW Reviews: Ronnie Giles Gets REVENGE At Don't Tell Mama
by Marakay Rogers - December 03, 2014 Actor-singer Ronnie Giles and jazz pianist Daryl Kojak took stage at Don't Tell Mama once again to take the REVENGE OF THE THIRD RATE LOUNGE SINGER...
The Moody Blues to Play NJPAC, 4/3
by Tyler Peterson - February 12, 2015 New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents an evening with English rock band The Moody Blues Friday, April 3, 2015 at 8PM in Prudential Hall. Get your tickets now at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722)...
Activist Attorney Barbara Rhine Releases TELL NO LIES
by Christina Mancuso - October 01, 2014 OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ Set in California's San Joaquin Valley during the early 1970's, TELL NO LIES is about a Black Panthers fugitive on the run, a Latino farm worker's union organizer and a Jewish feminist from Berkeley, caught in a love triangle during one of the largest UFW m...
RIDING THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS WITH BILLY HAYES to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut, Aug 3-21
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2014 First he wrote the best-selling book. Then came the OSCAR-winning film MIDNIGHT EXPRESS. Now, Billy Hayes comes to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his one-man show RIDING THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS with BILLY HAYES. Live on stage, Hayes will bring his sensational true story of arrest and escape from a ...
VIDEO: Patrick Stewart Chats Film Adaptation of Broadway's MATCH on CBS
by Caryn Robbins - January 16, 2015 Emmy Award and Golden Globe-nominated actor Patrick Stewart stopped by THE TALK to chat about playing a complicated character named Tobi in his new movie, 'Match.'...
BWW Review: Winter Wonderful!! Live It Up Productions' ROCKIN' THE HOLIDAYS at The Desert Breezes Resort Is Holi-Dazzling!
by David Green - December 19, 2014 Move Over Radio City! Stand aside all you Las Vegas Production Shows!! Live It Up Productions' ROCKIN THE HOLIDAYS, playing now through December 28 at the JW Marriott Desert Breezes in Palm Desert, is the DEFINITIVE holiday extravaganza - and well worth the drive in from San Diego, Los Angeles and a...
Barack Obama Praises Bayard Rustin in TIME ON TWO CROSSES
by Christina Mancuso - December 15, 2014 ...
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - THE MIDTOWN MEN LIVE IN CONCERT ft. Original Cast of Jersey Boys
by Caryn Robbins - November 12, 2014 NJTV, New Jersey's public television network, announced the premiere broadcast of its first national public television production, The Midtown Men Live in Concert!, debuting this month....
BWW Reviews: Ronnie Giles Gets REVENGE At Don't Tell Mama
by Marakay Rogers - December 03, 2014 Actor-singer Ronnie Giles and jazz pianist Daryl Kojak took stage at Don't Tell Mama once again to take the REVENGE OF THE THIRD RATE LOUNGE SINGER... |