David Sunshine Uses Comedy to Sell a Serious Novel
by Christina Mancuso - September 24, 2013 At the top of Morrow Wilson's profile page on Facebook, is a picture of a leopard, staring at you, saying, 'I don't always read. But when I do, I read David Sunshine by Morrow Wilson. Stay literary, my friends.' But a Facebook parody of 'the most interesting man in the world' beer campaign is only t...
'God Bless Ozzy Osbourne' Premiere Screening Set for Arclight Cinerama Dome, 8/22
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2011 In advance of the nationwide screenings of God Bless Ozzy Osbourne, producer/filmmaker Jack Osbourn eand Eagle Rock Entertainment will host a special private preview of the documentary Monday, Aug. 22 at the ArcLight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, Calif., that will benefit the MusiCares MAP FundSM. God...
John O'Hurley Set to Lead SPAMALOT at the MUNY This June; Denis Jones to Direct and Choreograph
by Nicole Rosky - April 10, 2013 -The Muny announced that John O'Hurley will star in the first show of its fantastic 95th Season, Monty Python's Spamalot, directed and choreographed by Denis Jones....
Patti Callahan Henry Talks About New Novel, AND THEN I FOUND YOU, Today
by BWW News Desk - April 17, 2013 Patti Callahan Henry will talk about her newest novel, 'And Then I Found You,' inspired by a Facebook 'Friend' request in 2010 that set off a life-changing series of events, profoundly affecting her family....
Olney to Present NNPN World Premiere of RANCHO MRAGE, 9/26-10/20
by Tyler Peterson - September 04, 2013 Olney Theatre Center is pleased to announce it will kick off the National New Play Network (NNPN) Rolling World Premiere of Steven Dietz's Rancho Mirage. Written by one of America's most widely-produced playwrights (Yankee Tavern, Halcyon Days,Lonely Planet), Rancho Mirage will begin its Rolling W...
Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood to Play The Palace Theatre, Feb. 5, 2014
by Tyler Peterson - July 10, 2013 The Palace Theatre in downtown Manchester, NH announces Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood: The Two Man Group to appear Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, the two stars of the Emmy nominated ABC's 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' have teamed up to present an evening of ...
BWW Reviews: THE CRUCIBLE Examines What Can Happen When Fear Clouds Fact and Reason is Replaced by Blame
by Shari Barrett - May 27, 2013 The Antaeus production highlights the play's universal and timeless themes by staging the play as presentation theater with the actors speaking directly to the audience, rarely to the person onstage to whom they are speaking. It is performed in conservative modern dress on a minimalistic set, makin...
TV: First Look at Stephen King & John Mellencamp's New Thriller, GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY!
by Jessica Lewis - April 15, 2012 Atlanta's Alliance Theatre launched its world premiere of Stephen King and John Mellencamp's new blues and rock musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County on April 11, 2012. Directed by Susan V. Booth, the show runs at the Alliance though May 13, 2012. The first production footage has been released ...
Stephen King, John Mellencamp et al. Talk New GHOST BROTHERS Musical
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2012 Atlanta's Alliance Theatre launches its world premiere of Stephen King and John Mellencamp's new blues and rock ghost musical tonight, April 11. The show plays now through May 13. King, Mellencamp, director Susan V. Booth and producer T Bone Burnett recently spoke at a press conference about the pro...
DM Playhouse Opens PINOCCHIO Today
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2014 The Des Moines Community Playhouse presents 'Pinocchio,' today, Jan. 24. This story is the latest in the 2013-14 season of Friday Funday, a creative participatory story theatre program for children ages 4-6. Performances are at The Playhouse, Friday, Jan. 24, at 9:30 AM, 10:30 AM, and 1:30 PM....
Robert Seybold Releases 'Life & Times Thru My Eyes…'
by Christina Mancuso - December 18, 2013 'Freedom,' answers Robert Seybold when asked what his memoir is about. Titled 'Life & Times Thru My Eyes...,' the author believes that with this coming-out-of-the-closet book, he is a step closer to living the life he deserves - one free from white lies, fibs, alibis and whatnot. Having lived his li...
Eunice E. A. Parbi Releases New Book on Teaching Kids to Tell the Truth
by Tyler Peterson - May 16, 2013 What's the best way to teach children to tell the truth when the opposite can be so much easier? Parent and educator Eunice E. A. Parbi inspires children to tell the truth through her entertaining and character-building story "Yum! Yum! Yum!" According to Parbi, nurturing and raising children with s...
Identity Theater's CONSENT Reading Benefits ACTion Today
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2013 Identity Theater will be presenting 'CONSENT' as part of their Self-Discovery Reading Series. The performance will be directed by Identity Theater Company's Executive Director, Nicholas Linnehan. The cast, so far: Marnie Klar, Adam Levinthal, Ivano Pulito, Abbey Glasure....
WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY's Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood to Play the Hershey Theatre, June 2013
by Kelsey Denette - October 15, 2012 Following the enormous success of ABC's "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, two stars of the Emmy nominated series, have teamed up to present an evening of extraordinary improvisational comedy. The performance is coming to Hershey Theatre on Friday, June 21 at 8 p.m....
BWW Reviews: Rare Revival of I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES at the Falcon
by Don Grigware - October 23, 2012 Upon its premiere at the Mark Taper Forum in 1979, I Ought To Be in Pictures was clearly Neil Simon in a new light. There were less laugh-out-loud one-liners and more meaningful dialogue dealing with tattered relationships in a realistic, true-to-life manner. Mind you, he had not yet reached the lev...
Writers' Theatre Stages THE LIAR, Now thru 7/28
by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013 Writers' Theatre will present THE LIAR, tonight, May 21 - July 28, 2013 at 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe, Ill. The Liar by David Ives, adapted from the comedy by Pierre Corneille, will be directed by William Brown....
BWW Reviews: We'd Be Lying If We Disparaged THE LIAR
by Jeff Davis - March 07, 2014 Honesty may be the best policy, but it's not the most fun one. Thank God 16th century playwright Pierre Corneille and modern day playwright David Ives have an affinity for the truth-challenged. Ives's modern take on Corneille's classic French comedy The Liar is an exhilarating and side-splitting mix...
THE SOFT OF HER PALM World Premiere Opens at Finborough Theatre Tonight, Oct 7
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2012 The world premiere of a new play by award-winning playwright Chris Dunkley, The Soft of Her Palm opens at the Finborough Theatre for a limited run of nine performances - Sunday and Monday evenings and Tuesday matinees from tonight, 7 October 2012 (Press Night: Monday, 8 October 2012 at 7.30pm)....
Anita Gillette Debuts New Show at Birdland
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2012 The Broadway at Birdland concert series has announced that Tony Award Nominated actress & singer Anita Gillette will be presenting a wonderful evening of music and memories while taking an intimate, touching, and hilarious look behind the scenes from Broadway to Hollywood in her new autobiographical...
Shakespeare & Company performs THE LIAR by David Ives
by Larry Murray - February 11, 2013 With classic wordplay to delight the intellect, and on-stage farcical situations to provoke the belly laughs, THE LIAR at Shakespeaere & Company is welcome relief from the Winter storms in the currently dormant Berkshires of Massachusetts. It runs until March 24 in Lenox, MA....
Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood of Whose Line Is It Anyway? to Appear in Providence, 3/30
by BWW News Desk - March 30, 2012 Following the success of ABC's "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, two stars of the Emmy nominated series, have teamed up to present an evening of improvisational comedy. The performance is coming to the The VETS on Friday, March 30 at 8P. Ticketsare available at the PPAC/The...
RACE Continues The Rep's 45th Season
by BWW News Desk - February 08, 2012 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents the powerful play Race by David Mamet. This suspenseful drama will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, February 8 - Mar...
Patti Callahan Henry Talks About New Novel, AND THEN I FOUND YOU, 4/17
by BWW News Desk - March 26, 2013 Patti Callahan Henry will talk about her newest novel, "And Then I Found You," inspired by a Facebook "Friend" request in 2010 that set off a life-changing series of events, profoundly affecting her family....
NNPN Announces Six 2012 Showcase Selections
by Kelsey Denette - September 25, 2012 The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, will produce six American and two Australian new plays in staged reading format at its National Showcase of New Plays, hosted November 29 -...
Colin Mochie & Brad Sherwood Reschedule Cincinnati Engagement
by Caryn Robbins - August 22, 2013 Due to an artist scheduling conflict, the Cincinnati engagement of the Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood: Two Man Group tour has been rescheduled for Friday, November 15, 2013... |