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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. ...


Author and Vietnam Veteran Ray Gleason Uses Humanity and Combat Experience in Latest Novel, THE VIOLENT SEASON
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2013

The Vietnam War was a long and costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States, from 1954 to 1975 (1). While these days, many people learn about a war through the media and pop culture, Vi...


STAGE TUBE: On This Day 3/31- HAIR
by Nicole Rosky - March 31, 2012

Today in 2009, the second Broadway revival of HAIR opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 519 performances. Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-...


DROUGHT AND RAIN Opens at Arts Centre Melbourne Tonight, Sept 20
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2012

French-Vietnamese choreographer, Ea Sola, brings Drought and Rain (re-creation 2011) to Arts Centre Melbourne tonight, 20 - Saturday 22 September. Exploring 'traditional Vietnamese song and dance in a contemporary framework, Drought and Rain will see twelve elderly Vietnamese women present their exp...


Artist Series Presents HAIR, 4/10
by Kelsey Denette - March 15, 2013

HAIR: a celebration of peace and love!, the 2009 Tony Award-Winning Best Musical Revival directed by Diane Paulus, comes to Jacksonville's Times- Union Center's Moran Theater for one performance only on Wednesday, April 10th at 7:30PM!...


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. ...


Photo Flash: Remembering George McGovern (1922-2012)
by Walter McBride - October 21, 2012

According to published reports, George McGovern passed away on October 21. He was 90 years old. BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the famed politician below....


Long Wharf Theatre's MACBETH Plays 1/18-2/12
by Kelsey Denette - December 15, 2011

Long Wharf Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Josh Borenstein, presents MACBETH [1969] from January 18 through February 12, 2012, on the C. Newton Schenck III Mainstage....


LATW tours China with Top Secret: The Battle The Pentagon Papers
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 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....


Suffolk U. & Actors’ Shakespeare Project To Present American Requiem 2/15
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 23, 2012

Suffolk University & Actors' Shakespeare Project are set to present the first public reading of James Carroll's play based on his National Book Award-winning memoir....


Playhouse South Announces Auditions for A PIECE OF MY HEART
by Kelsey Denette - December 20, 2010

Playhouse South, A Community Theatre announces open auditions for A Piece of My Heart. Auditions will be held at the Clark Haines Theater, 3700 Far Hills Avenue at 7:00 pm on January 10 & 11, 2010. Performances are May 13-15 (Fr-Su), and May 20- 21, 2010 (Fr-Sa)....


STAGE TUBE: HAIR Travels to Tempe!
by Nicole Rosky - December 20, 2010

In the following video, Tempe's AZFamily visits the cast of the national tour of HAIR. The musical played ASU's Gammage Auditorim December 7 - 12. Click below to check out the video!...


John Koprowski Plays the Laurie Beechman Tonight, 5/2
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2012

John Koprowski 'takes us on a musical journey through the days that created the '60s sound: the campus free speech movement, the Vietnam war and anti-war protests, civil rights marches, Ken Kesey and Timothy Leary, Haight-Ashbury and the Summer of Love, Fillmore East and West, the Beatles and the Br...


Celebration Arts Presents HOME, Opens 2/25
by Lauren Wolman - January 30, 2011

What: Celebration Arts presents Home, a drama by Samm-Art Williams....


Sharr White's Powerful Drama SIX YEARS At The Caldwell Theatre
by Beau Higgins - August 07, 2011

Six Years is the poignant and powerful drama that tracks the marriage of Phil and Meredith Granger, in five separate scenes, each separated by six years, beginning at the end of WWII and ending with the Vietnam War. We see them first deal with the aftermath of war, transition to a tremendous busines...


Max & Louie Productions Premieres THE LADY WITH ALL THE ANSWERS, 5/12
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2011

Before Dr. Phil, before Oprah, before Dan Savage, there was Ann Landers. In this engaging, witty one-woman play praised from New York to L.A.. we are delighted as Ms. Landers (aka Eppie Lederer) revisits some of her favorite columns, dispenses advice, and shares tidbits of her own life choices and h...


Celebration Arts Presents HOME, Opens 2/25
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2011

What: Celebration Arts presents Home, a drama by Samm-Art Williams....


Northern Stage’s The Big Read Focuses on Veterans
by BWW News Desk - April 02, 2011

Vermont has the highest per-capita rate of National Guard participation in the nation. ...


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. ...


Playhouse South Announces Auditions for A PIECE OF MY HEART 1/10 & 1/11
by BWW News Desk - January 10, 2011

Playhouse South, A Community Theatre announces open auditions for A Piece of My Heart. Auditions will be held at the Clark Haines Theater, 3700 Far Hills Avenue at 7:00 pm on January 10 & 11, 2010. Performances are May 13-15 (Fr-Su), and May 20- 21, 2010 (Fr-Sa)....


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...


Special Reading of New Vietnam Play Presented at Hillbarn Theatre, 5/16
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2011

Hillbarn Theatre's ReaderStage series presents a staged reading of a new play about the Vietnam War experience. Between Yesterday and Tomorrow: Correspondence with an American Soldier in Vietnam, 1968 will be presented Monday, May 16th at 7 PM at Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City. For more information...


Playhouse South Announces A PIECE OF MY HEART, 5/13-21
by Kelsey Denette - April 14, 2011

Playhouse South, A Community Theatre is excited to announce, A Piece of My Heart coming to the stage at The Clark Haines Theater, 3700 Far Hills Avenue on May 13-14, and May 20-21 at 8:00pm, May 15 at 2:00pm....


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....


MoMA Presents I Am Still Alive: Politics and Everyday Life... 3/23-9/19
by BWW News Desk - March 23, 2011

The Museum of Modern Art presents I Am Still Alive: Politics and Everyday Life in Contemporary Drawing, an exhibition that brings together recently acquired works dating from the 1950s to today that exemplify expressions of a personal existence in the world with decidedly conceptual, ephemeral, even...






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