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Sideshow Theatre Company Announces 2019-20 Season Photo Sideshow Theatre Company Announces 2019-20 Season
by Julie Musbach - July 18, 2019

Sideshow Theatre Company announce sits 2019-20 Season, launching this fall with the U.S. premiere of Alistair McDowall's mind-bending sci-fi thriller X, directed by artistic director Jonathan L. Green. The season concludes next spring with the world premiere of Brynne Frauenhoffer's brash, incisive ...


Casting Announced For The New Colony's FUN HARMLESS WARMACHINE Photo Casting Announced For The New Colony's FUN HARMLESS WARMACHINE
by BWW News Desk - October 09, 2018

The New Colony, under the new artistic leadership of Fin Coe* and Stephanie Shum*, is pleased to announce casting for its world premiere of FUN HARMLESS WARMACHINE, a journey down the rabbit hole of online masculinity cults written by Co-Artistic Director Fin Coe* and directed by James Fleming. ...


Warner Bros. Television Group's Comic-Con Class of 2018- Full Schedule Released Photo Warner Bros. Television Group's Comic-Con Class of 2018- Full Schedule Released
by Tori Hartshorn - June 25, 2018

Summer school has never been so much fun as Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) unveils its Comic-Con Class of 2018! With 15 of the Studio's fan-favorite series making their way to Comic-Con International: San Diego, WBTVG's graduating class this year will be as epic as ever....


NYC Department Of Cultural Affairs Launches “Community Organizing 101: Engagement Tac Photo NYC Department Of Cultural Affairs Launches “Community Organizing 101: Engagement Tactics For Cultural Organizations”
by A.A. Cristi - May 02, 2019

The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) today announced the launch of Community Organizing 101: Engagement Tactics for Cultural Organizations, a pilot course that will train staff from cultural organizations around the city in strategies for sustained community building. During public engageme...


BWW Review: OUR LADY J's Concert For Lincoln Center's American Songbook Enlivened And Photo BWW Review: OUR LADY J's Concert For Lincoln Center's American Songbook Enlivened And Enlighted The Crowd About This Golden-Voiced American Songwriter
by Bobby Patrick - February 19, 2020

Finally, Our Lady J's return to musical performing after so long in the writers' room yielded a bountiful evening of new compositions and surprising covers, and though we would have wished her to dial back the electro-processing of her fine voice just a bit, this evening for modern music lovers was ...


Crackle Greenlights Third Season of Popular Series STARTUP Photo Crackle Greenlights Third Season of Popular Series STARTUP
by Caryn Robbins - November 15, 2017

Crackle, Sony Pictures Television Networks' free, ad supported streaming network, today greenlit a 10-episode third season of the network's popular hour-long original, STARTUP....


The New Colony Presents SMALL WORLD March 27 - May 4 Photo The New Colony Presents SMALL WORLD March 27 - May 4
by Julie Musbach - February 27, 2019

The New Colony, under the new artistic leadership of Fin Coe* and Stephanie Shum*, continues its 2018-19 season with the world premiere of SMALL WORLD, a twisted comedy in the happiest place on earth, co-written by Jillian Leff and Joe Lino and directed by Andrew Hobgood*, playing March 27 - May 4, ...


FX Orders Second Season of Groundbreaking Dance Musical Series POSE Photo FX Orders Second Season of Groundbreaking Dance Musical Series POSE
by Tori Hartshorn - July 13, 2018

FX has renewed the groundbreaking dance musical series Pose, it was announced today by John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions. The second season of Pose will debut in 2019 on FX....


Tickets on Sale Now for DTC's 2017-18 Season, Featuring MILLER, MISSISSIPPI, FRANKENSTEIN, THE GREAT SOCIETY and More
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2017

Single Tickets on Sale June 19 for DTC's 2017-2018 season including Miller, Mississippi; Hair; A Christmas Carol; Fade; Frankenstein; The Great Society; The Trials of Sam Houston and White Rabbit Red Rabbit. Tickets for Public Works Dallas The Winter's Tale will be available at a later date. Single ...


AMC's Critically-Acclaimed Scripted Drama HUMANS Returns on 6/5 Photo AMC's Critically-Acclaimed Scripted Drama HUMANS Returns on 6/5
by Tori Hartshorn - March 27, 2018

AMC announced today its critically-acclaimed scripted drama 'HUMANS' will return for Season 3 on Tuesday, June 5th at 10:00 P.M. ET/PT. The network also released a first-look image from the series featuring stars Gemma Chan and Ivanno Jeremiah....


AMC's Critically-Acclaimed Scripted Drama HUMANS Returns on Today Photo AMC's Critically-Acclaimed Scripted Drama HUMANS Returns on Today
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2018

AMC announced today its critically-acclaimed scripted drama 'HUMANS' will return for Season 3 today, June 5th at 10:00 P.M. ET/PT. The network also released a first-look image from the series featuring stars Gemma Chan and Ivanno Jeremiah....


YOU ONLY LIVE FOREVER Comes to Soho Theatre Photo YOU ONLY LIVE FOREVER Comes to Soho Theatre
by Stephi Wild - June 06, 2019

Following an incredibly successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018, Roxy Dunn and Alys Metcalf will bring their comedy play You Only Live Forever, about the reality of living for eternity, to London's Soho Theatre for four dates from Wednesday 14th August 2019 to Saturday 17th August 20...


Leslie C. Youngblood Signs Two-Book Deal with Disney-Hyperion
by Christina Mancuso - April 10, 2017

After hundreds of query letters and nearly as many rejections notifications, the literary world is poised to embrace a new literary talent. Rochester native, Leslie C. Youngblood, has signed a two-book deal with publisher Disney-Hyperion for her middle-grade novel 'Love Like Sky' and its sequel to b...


Sheffield Theatres Opens New Creative Hub To Support Local Artists Photo Sheffield Theatres Opens New Creative Hub To Support Local Artists
by Stephi Wild - October 17, 2019

Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres, Robert Hastie, today announces a new creative hub dedicated to talent development. The Bank, as it will be known, will become home to a wealth of new talent as Sheffield Theatres expands its commitment to local theatre makers as well as the company's existing...


The Playwrights Realm Announces 2019-2020 Writing Fellows And 2019-2020 Scratchpad Se Photo The Playwrights Realm Announces 2019-2020 Writing Fellows And 2019-2020 Scratchpad Series Playwrights
by A.A. Cristi - September 06, 2019

The Playwrights Realm today announces recipients of two career-propelling development programs the organizationa?"led by Founding Artistic Director Katherine Kovner and Producing Director Roberta Pereiraa?"offers to gifted, incisive, and diverse playwrights. Now entering its thirteenth season, The R...


Larry Wilmore, Pamela Adlon and More Slated for NY Comedy Festival Friars Club Panel
by BWW News Desk - October 25, 2016

As part of the upcoming New York Comedy Festival, the Friars Club, the New York Comedy Festival and Producer Rick Newman will present a Comedy Writers Round Table III on Wednesday, November 3rd at 8:30pm at The Friars Club (57 E. 55th St.)....


Pace University Launches Writing for Diversity and Equity in Theater and Media Arts F Photo Pace University Launches Writing for Diversity and Equity in Theater and Media Arts Fellows Program
by Julie Musbach - August 28, 2019

Today, Pace University announced the launch of a new program, a?oeWriting for Diversity and Equity in Theater and Media Arts Fellows Program,a?? supported by a three-year grant of $585,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Eligible undergraduates majoring in one of several Pace arts and humaniti...


BOOK OF MORMON Star AJ Holmes Brings Hour Of Stand Up To Edinburgh Fringe Photo BOOK OF MORMON Star AJ Holmes Brings Hour Of Stand Up To Edinburgh Fringe
by Stephi Wild - June 30, 2019

Polymathic twenty-nine year old of (way too...) MANY talents, AJ Holmes is an award-winning actor, musician, composer, improviser, musical theatre performer, music director, coach, stand up, songwriter, and storyteller. The guy plays piano, he plays guitar, and he might even be drumming a bit. Best ...


BWW Review: OUR LADY J's Concert For Lincoln Center's American Songbook Enlivened And Photo BWW Review: OUR LADY J's Concert For Lincoln Center's American Songbook Enlivened And Enlighted The Crowd About This Golden-Voiced American Songwriter
by Bobby Patrick - February 19, 2020

Finally, Our Lady J's return to musical performing after so long in the writers' room yielded a bountiful evening of new compositions and surprising covers, and though we would have wished her to dial back the electro-processing of her fine voice just a bit, this evening for modern music lovers was ...


ART's Final RESISTANCE MIC! of the 2017/18 Season to Be Held on May 16 Photo ART's Final RESISTANCE MIC! of the 2017/18 Season to Be Held on May 16
by Stephi Wild - May 03, 2018

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) and Carr Center for Human Rights Policy will present the final Resistance Mic! of the 2017/18 season on Wednesday, May 16 at 8PM at OBERON, the A.R.T.'s club space for cutting-edge performance. The Resistance Mic! series of five intimate performances co-hosted by ...


Dramatists Guild to Host 'The Future of New Play Production in Los Angeles' Town Hall
by BWW News Desk - July 15, 2017

The Dramatists Guild of America and the Dramatists Guild Institute will gather some of the community's most influential theatre makers, artistic directors, literary managers, television writers, educators, lawyers and advocates for a weekend of events in Los Angeles, featuring a Town Hall event titl...


BWW Interview: David Rambo - A Master At Juggling WAR & Hit TV Shows
by Gil Kaan - May 08, 2017

L.A. Theatre Works' latest world premiere THE TUG OF WAR will begin May 25, 2017 at UCLA's James Bridges Theater. LATW commissioned prolific writer/producer David Rambo to create this piece on President John F. Kennedy's tough, thankless position dealing with Russian and Cuban relations in 1992. Dav...


Stage Left Theatre to Present World Premiere of Beth Kander's THE BOTTLE TREE
by BWW News Desk - October 21, 2016

Stage Left Theatre announces the upcoming world premiere of The Bottle Tree, written by Beth Kander and directed by ensemble member Amy Szerlong. The Bottle Tree is the first production of Stage Left' s 35th season. ...


Comedians Paul Scheer and Michael Ian Black launch New Podcasts with Midroll Media Photo Comedians Paul Scheer and Michael Ian Black launch New Podcasts with Midroll Media
by Macon Prickett - April 25, 2018

Comedians Paul Scheer and Michael Ian Black are launching new podcasts this spring with podcast industry leader Midroll Media....


CBS Announces The 20 Performers Participating In The 2020 Showcase Photo CBS Announces The 20 Performers Participating In The 2020 Showcase
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 06, 2020

CBS today announced the 20 performers participating in the 2020 SHOWCASE, which will begin its run of six shows on Jan. 14 at the El Portal Theatre in Los Angeles....






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