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Presented by Sundance Channel and Entertainment Weekly, the six episode half-hour series will take viewers where they have never been before

BRIDGING TV & THEATRE: Marc Blucas & Craig Shapiro Talk NECESSARY ROUGHNESS
by Pat Cerasaro - June 29, 2011

Today we are continuing out summer series on the TV shows featuring some of the brightest and best talent onscreen and onstage with the first part of BroadwayWorld's series on USA's new primetime network drama NECESSARY ROUGHNESS. Featuring an impressive assortment of players known for roles on scre...


Cornelia Street Cafe Announces Several Upcoming Events, Including Andre Matos and Phil Fried, 3/21-22
by BWW News Desk - March 21, 2010

Cornelia Street Cafe has announced their schedule of events for this weekend. Located between West 4th and Bleeker Streets, Cornelia Street Cafe was from the beginning an artists' café. Within a month there were poetry readings and music performances; and then a tiny play written for the café; and ...


Cornelia Street Cafe Features Jason Rigby Quintet, 4/23
by Nicole Rosky - April 23, 2010

The Cornelia Street Cafe will be featuring the Jason Rigby Quintet today, April 23. The Sage Quintet is a powerhouse ensemble formed to explore group improvisation with the twists and turns of a two-horn front line mixed with the dynamic sound of the Fender Rhodes electric piano. The band was formed...


Sundance Channel, Entertainment Weekly to Air New Non-Fiction Series THE WRITER'S ROOM in Late 2013
by Tyler Peterson - January 06, 2013

Sundance Channel announced the greenlight of new original non-fiction series 'The Writers' Room.' Presented by Sundance Channel and Entertainment Weekly, the six episode half-hour series will take viewers where they have never been before - inside the writers' rooms of the television shows that are...


IFC Premieres New Sketch Comedy Series THE BIRTHDAY BOYS Tonight
by TV News Desk - October 18, 2013

IFC's new original sketch comedy series The Birthday Boys, which showcases the silly-meets-smart humor from the popular comedy troupe of the same name, will premiere on IFC tonight, October 18 at 10:30pm ET/PT...


Maurer Productions OnStage Presents 'Laughter on the 23rd Floor,' 1/27-2/5
by BWW News Desk - January 27, 2012

Maurer Productions OnStage brings classic laughs to the stage with the Neil Simon comedy "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" at Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre. Dates and times for this hilarious salute to the comedy writers of television's golden age are: Fridays, Jan. 27 and Feb. 3 at 8...


New York Live Arts to Present US Premieres of Works by Arkadi Zaides and Quator Leonis, 10/10-12
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2013

New York Live Arts will present the U.S. premieres of Israeli choreographer Arkadi Zaides and musical quartet Quator Leonis' A response to Dig Deep, October 10 at 7:30pm and French artist Jeanne Mordoj's La Poème October 11 & 12 at 7:30pm. Co-presented with Villa Gillet's Walls and Bridges Festival,...


Cornelia Street Cafe Announces This Weeks Performances
by Gabrielle Sierra - March 15, 2010

In May 1977 three artists--Robin Hirsch, a writer and director; Charles McKenna, an actor; and Raphaela Pivetta, a visual artist--stumbled across a tiny storefront on Cornelia Street in the heart of Greenwich Village and thought it the perfect place to open a café....


Arden Theatre Company Announces Wendy MacLeod for The Writers’ Room
by Kelsey Denette - February 21, 2012

Arden Theatre Company today announced Wendy MacLeod as the first playwright to take up residence in The Writers' Room, an innovative new play program funded by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative and the Independence Foundation through its New T...


Bristol Riverside Theatre Presents Neil Simon's LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR, 3/18-4/13
by Courtnie Mele - January 28, 2014

Laughter is coming from the stage floor when Bristol Riverside Theatre presents Neil Simon's sidesplitting comedy Laughter on the 23rd Floor on March 18-April 13. Directed by Keith Baker, the ensemble cast features K.O. Delmarcelle, David Edwards, Bruce Graham, Benjamin Lloyd, Megan McDermott, Jaso...


Arden Theatre Company to Present Rachel Bonds' AT THE OLD PLACE, 7/18-28
by Tyler Peterson - June 27, 2013

Arden Theatre Company proudly announces the second production for The Writers' Room, an innovative playwright residency program, with At the Old Placeby Rachel Bonds. This new play, written during a four-month residency in Philadelphia receives a developmental production on the Arden's Arcadia Stage...


Cornelia Street Cafe Features Landon Knoblock Trio, 4/14
by Nicole Rosky - April 14, 2010

Tonight, April 14, the Landon Knoblock Trio will be performing at the Cornelia Street Cafe at 29 Cornelia Street. the performance takes place at 6PM and admission is $10....


NBC to Bid THE OFFICE Farewell with Retrospective Special, 5/16
by Tyler Peterson - April 26, 2013

NBC has announced an hour-long primetime special dedicated to the seminal comedy 'The Office.' It will air Thursday, May 16 (8-9 p.m. ET) as a prelude to the one-hour series finale of 'The Office,' which will immediately follow....


MURDER BALLAD & CHOIR BOY to Launch MTC's Studio at Stage II
by Nicole Rosky - June 27, 2012

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director), Barry Grove (Executive Producer), and Mandy Greenfield (Artistic Producer) announced that Manhattan Theatre Club will launch The Studio at Stage II where bold, new work meets bold, new audiences at New York City Center - Stage II (131 West 55th Street). The Studio a...


Sundance Channel Greenlights New Original Series DREAM SCHOOL
by Caryn Robbins - June 06, 2013

Sundance Channel announced today the greenlight of a new original non-fiction series 'Dream School.'...


Arden Theatre Company Introduces The Writers’ Room
by Kelsey Denette - January 12, 2012

Arden Theatre Company has been awarded a two year grant of $150,000 from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative and a three year grant of $150,000 from the Independence Foundation through its New Theatre Works Initiative to launch an innovative new...


Comedy Central's WORKAHOLICS Season 3 to Premiere 5/29
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2012

The notorious co-workers and roommates, Adam, Blake and Ders, are back in their cubes and ready for more office hijinx in the third season premiere of the COMEDY CENTRAL hit series WORKAHOLICS. Ten all-new episodes kick off on Tuesday, May 29 at 10:30 p.m....


GLEE's Murphy and 'Straight Jacket's' Setoodeh Call a Truce?; Setoodeh to Visit GLEE Set
by Jessica Lewis - May 14, 2010

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, GLEE creator Ryan Murphy recently called for a boycott of Newsweek Magazine, after the publication ran a piece by Ramin Setoodeh, in which the contributing writing questioned the believability of gay actors playing straight men on stage and screen. Setoodeh pose...


SOUND OFF Special Interview: Richard Levine & EVERY DAY
by Pat Cerasaro - February 03, 2011

I recently spoke to screenwriter/director Richard Levine about his new feature film EVERY DAY starring Liev Schreiber, Helen Hunt, Carla Gugino, Eddie Izzard and Brian Dennehy, as well as took a look back at his work on Ryan Murphy's groundbreaking dark drama series NIP/TUCK with him - NIP/TUCK also...


Sundance Channel to Premiere DREAM SCHOOL, 10/7
by Caryn Robbins - August 20, 2013

'Dream School' for 15 troubled students in the network's new six-part unscripted series premiering on October 7 at 10:00pm et/pt....


BWW Exclusive: On the Set of SMASH- Josh Bergasse on Winning His Emmy, Choreographing for Two Musicals in Season Two & More; Plus New Photos!
by Nicole Rosky - January 30, 2013

BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was invited to the SMASH set where he got to chat with choreographer Josh Bergasse about the upcoming season. Check out what he had to say about winning his Emmy, having to choreograph for two musicals in Season two, and more, below!...


BWW EXCLUSIVE: Jon Bernthal Talks WALKING DEAD Season Premiere, Theatre Background & More!
by Pat Cerasaro - October 16, 2011

Earlier today, prior to his appearance at Comic Con, I had the pleasure of speaking to WALKING DEAD lead actor Jon Bernthal all about his theatre background and his Ovation Award-nominated performance in SMALL ENGINE REPAIR, and, also, his critically praised work on the monster AMC hit series THE WA...


Maurer Productions OnStage Presents 'Laughter on the 23rd Floor,' 1/27-2/5
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2012

Maurer Productions OnStage brings classic laughs to the stage with the Neil Simon comedy "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" at Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre. Dates and times for this hilarious salute to the comedy writers of television's golden age are: Fridays, Jan. 27 and Feb. 3 at 8...


'MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN, MY FATHER'S JEWISH', LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and More Set for Bristol Riverside Theatre's 2013-14 Season
by BWW News Desk - March 23, 2013

Bristol Riverside Theatre announces its mainstage 2013-2014 season including two comedies, two adaptations and a one-man show. The new season features the Philadelphia area premiere of Steve Solomon in My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm STILL in Therapy, Pride and Prejudice by Jon Jory, T...


New York Live Arts to Present US Premieres of Works by Arkadi Zaides and Quator Leonis, 10/10-12
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2013

New York Live Arts will present the U.S. premieres of Israeli choreographer Arkadi Zaides and musical quartet Quator Leonis' A response to Dig Deep, October 10 at 7:30pm and French artist Jeanne Mordoj's La Poème October 11 & 12 at 7:30pm. Co-presented with Villa Gillet's Walls and Bridges Festival,...






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