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The Vietnam War was a decade of agony that took the lives of more than 58,000 Americans, and that Not since the Civil War have we as a country been so torn apart. In an immersive narrative, Ken Burns and Lynn Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. The Vietnam War features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.

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NewFilmmakers NY Presents THE ROAD HOME, War-Themed Documentary Series and More, 9/19
by BWW News Desk - September 03, 2012

On Wednesday, September 19th, NewFilmmakers goes to War with our Documentary Series, our Short Film Program and the new Feature THE ROAD HOME. ...


Teatro Paraguas to Present LOVE'S LONELY HIGHWAY, Begin. Tonight
by BWW News Desk - July 05, 2013

Love's Lonely Highway, written by acclaimed Latina Playwright Patricia Crespin and directed by Maggz Gallegos, will play Teatro Paraguas Studio, 3205 Calle Marie, beginning tonight, Friday 7/5 & Saturday 7/6 at 8pm; Sunday 7/7 at 2pm. Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 seniors an students, $8 ch...


Teatro Paraguas to Stage Reading of LOVE'S LONELY HIGHWAY, 7/14
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2013

Teatro Paraguas presents a staged reading of New Mexico playwright Patricia Crespin's new play Love's Lonely Highway by Patricia Crespin, a new play about Viet Nam vets, directed by Argos MacCallum, on Sunday, July 14 at 6:00 pm in the Teatro Paraguas Studio, 3205 Calle Marie....


'Across the Mekong River' Wins Four Independent Book Awards
by Christina Mancuso - July 25, 2013

Competing with books from small and university presses as well as other independent publishers, author Elaine Russell's novel, 'Across the Mekong River,' won four 2013 independent publishing book awards for multicultural fiction over the past few months:...


TheatreWorks Offers Stage Two Program Free to Teens; HAIR Auditions Set for 7/8
by BWW News Desk - June 27, 2013

Thanks in part to an anonymous donor, the TheatreWorks Stage Two Teen Program is now being offered FREE OF CHARGE to all teens ages 14 to 19....


Award-Winning Novel Wins Gold for Michigan Author
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2013

The award-winning novel 'Reichold Street' by long-time Michigan resident Ronald L. Herron garnered a 2012 Readers Favorite Gold Medal....


Dale Dye's OUTRAGE Looks at the 1983 Bombing of the Beirut Marine Barracks
by Tyler Peterson - January 21, 2013

On October 23, 1983, a terrorist slammed a truck packed with thousands of pounds of explosives into a barracks where U.S. Marine peacekeepers were sleeping in Beirut, Lebanon. More than 240 military men died as a result of the dawn attack, the heaviest loss of life in a single incident involving U.S...


Former Academy President & Tony Nominee Fay Kanin Dies at 95
by Caryn Robbins - March 28, 2013

Fay Kanin, who served as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1979 to 1983, has passed away at 95....


LATW tours China with Top Secret: The Battle The Pentagon Papers
by BWW News Desk - November 22, 2011

L.A. Theatre Works has been invited to bring Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons' riveting historical drama, Top Secret: The Battle for The Pentagon Papers, to China for two weeks of performances, November 22 through December 4....


Utah Cultural Celebration Center Presents Free Vietnam Exhibit, Now thru 6/26
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2013

This Spring the Utah Cultural Celebration Center presents Seeing and Hearing Vietnam art exhibit highlighting the art and artifacts of Vietnam. The free opening reception is tonight, May 16, 6 - 8 p.m. The exhibit is open May 16 - June 26, Monday through Thursday, 9- 6p.m, Friday and Saturday by arr...


FX, Stephen Gaghan to Develop New 6-Part Vietnam Miniseries
by Tyler Peterson - April 01, 2013

FX is heading to Vietnam. According to Deadline, the cable network and Oscar-winner Stephen Gaghan are set to adapt Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss' book THEY MARCHED INTO SUNLIGHT into a six-part miniseries. Eric Simonson, documentarian and playwright, will pen the script....


Russell J. Jewett's New Book Recounts USMC Exploits in Vietnam
by Christina Mancuso - June 10, 2013

Over the past ten years, author and veteran Russell J. Jewett has been attending reunions with the members of the United States Marine Corp's Third Battalion Lima Company, a group also known as Ripley's Raiders. Inevitably, war stories are traded during these gatherings, but the details of these acc...


Jim Pepper Reflects on Vietnam War in New Book
by Christina Mancuso - May 10, 2013

In his new war memoir, "Not Your Ordinary Vietnam War Stories" (published by AuthorHouse), Jim Pepper gives readers a humorous and self-effacing look into what it was like fighting in the war. He hopes to present a bigger picture of the situation as he experienced it, showing readers how history imp...


Photo Flash: First Look at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University's MISS SAIGON
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2013

This August will see Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University's Final Year Musical Theatre students in the fully staged production of Miss Saigon. The production will run from tomorrow 9 through 17 August 2013 at Conservatorium Theatre, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, South Bank,...


David Nardi Releases RIPPED TO SHREDS
by Christina Mancuso - August 08, 2013

Closet hippie, staunchly-disciplined Roman Catholic, a soldier's soldier, David Nardi re-imagines the atmosphere of the Vietnam War and its era in American history. The main narrative will have readers seeing the war through the eyes of a young lieutenant in Ripped To Shreds. He calls it 'a tale of ...


VIDEO: First Trailer for THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI Debuts
by Tyler Peterson - August 03, 2013

The first trailer for the Tribeca hit The Trials of Muhammad Ali, directed by Bill Siegel, has just been released - check it out below!...


The Wall That Heals Traveling Vietnam Memorial Comes to Orlando 1/16
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 11, 2012

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and the City of Orlando are bringing The Wall that Heals, a traveling half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, to downtown Orlando January 16 through 22....


Video: MISS SAIGON Revival Releases Teaser!
by Oliver Oliveros - June 28, 2013

Cameron Mackintosh Ltd.'s highly-anticipated 25th anniversary production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's beloved mega-musical 'Miss Saigon' has just released the show's first teaser....


Chris Klein to Guest Star on FOX's RAISING HOPE
by Caryn Robbins - August 17, 2012

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Chris Klein will guest star on an upcoming episode of the FOX comedy RAISING HOPE....


Video: MISS SAIGON Revival Releases Teaser!
by Oliver Oliveros - June 28, 2013

Cameron Mackintosh Ltd.'s highly-anticipated 25th anniversary production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's beloved mega-musical 'Miss Saigon' has just released the show's first teaser....


Bounce to Celebrate MLK Day With Live Inauguration Coverage & Documentaries
by Caryn Robbins - January 18, 2013

Bounce TV's Martin Luther King Day Celebration on Monday, Jan. 21 will include live coverage of the 57th Presidential Inauguration as President Barack Obama takes his second oath of office, starting at 11:00 a.m. (ET). Bounce TV will also honor MLK Day with two special primetime documentaries...


POW and Author of TAPS ON THE WALLS Hosts Reading and Book Signing Today
by BWW News Desk - April 16, 2013

Acclaimed author, decorated veteran and former Vietnam POW, Major General John Borling, USAF (Ret) will host a reading and book signing here today, April 16 at 2:00 pm. Taps on the Walls: Poems from the Hanoi Hilton is a stirring compilation of the poems General Borling created during his six-year c...


Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Students to Stage MISS SAIGON, 9-17 August
by Tyler Peterson - August 07, 2013

This August will see Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University's Final Year Musical Theatre students in the fully staged production of Miss Saigon. The production will run from 9 - 17 August 2013 at Conservatorium Theatre, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, South Bank, Queensland....


Former Academy President & Tony Nominee Fay Kanin Dies at 95
by Caryn Robbins - March 28, 2013

Fay Kanin, who served as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1979 to 1983, has passed away at 95....


NewFilmmakers NY Presents THE ROAD HOME, War-Themed Documentary Series and More Tonight, 9/19
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2012

Tonight, September 19th, NewFilmmakers goes to War with our Documentary Series, our Short Film Program and the new Feature THE ROAD HOME. ...






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