ABC Renews MATCH GAME, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD & More Summer Fare
by Caryn Robbins - August 04, 2016 The ABC Television Network announced pick-up orders for summer sensations “Celebrity Family Feud,” “The $100,000 Pyramid,” “Match Game” and “To Tell the Truth.”...
BWW Review: THE WHITEHEADED BOY is Spoiled at The Adobe
by Devon Hoffman - June 23, 2016 The Whiteheaded Boy drags along the bottom of the Adobe stage with poor pace and too many clumsy performances. The energy picks up, eventually-the second act has a good clip to it, but much too late. Already the Stage Manager, sitting uselessly to the side of the stage, has introduced to every cha...
Myriam Norton Releases UNDER THEIR CLAWS
by Christina Mancuso - July 13, 2016 In 'Under their Claws: A Testimony of My Kidnapping' (published by Trafford Publishing), author Myriam Norton's new biography, readers are taken into a frightening period of Norton's life, when she was kidnapped and held by Colombian FARC terrorists....
ABC's UNCLE BUCK Spikes Over Its Lead-in and Grows Its Hour by 43% in Adults 18-49
by Caryn Robbins - June 22, 2016 “Uncle Buck” (9:00-10:00 p.m. – 3.7 million and 1.0/4 in AD18-49): Coming out of repeat comedies and building 43% on its Adult 18-49 lead-in at 9:00 p.m., “Uncle Buck” moved ABC up to second place in its hour to NBC's “America's Got Talent,”...
BWW Review: David Ives' Verse Comedy, THE LIAR, Offers Alternative Corneille
by Michael Dale - January 30, 2017 Press performances for David Ives' sharp and funny verse comedy THE LIAR began just around the time when political headlines were being made about the phrase 'alternative facts.'...
On Average ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL GAME NIGHT Draws Most Viewers Ever
by Caryn Robbins - June 21, 2016 ABC won its 3rd straight week (w/o 6/13/16) in both Total Viewers (10.5 million) and Adults 18-49 (3.5/14), more than doubling its nearest competition in Total Viewers...
Tony Kushner Talks Left-Wing Mobilization and Election Inspiration with The Village Voice
by A.A. Cristi - November 16, 2016 This week's issue of The Village Voice contains a piece 'No Sleep Till 2020' which features the responses of prominent NY artists and activists including Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Tony Kushner, as they plot their next steps following the results of the presidential election....
SAFE AT HOME with Orson Bean Begins Tonight at Pacific Resident Theatre
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2015 Orson Bean, star of stage and screen, performs a very personal evening of life moments and memories, along with the occasional joke or magic trick, entitled SAFE AT HOME: An Evening with Orson Bean, where fans of the timeless raconteur and well-known actor can experience up close what has made him s...
TJ Hoisington Pens the First Swiss Family Robinson Sequel in Over 100 Years
by Christina Mancuso - September 24, 2015 SEATTLE, Sept. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ Based on the original 1812 Swiss Family Robinson novel, 'Return to Robinson Island' picks up where Johann David Wyss left off over 200 years earlier. The book is scheduled for release on October 13, 2015....
Alan Kalter & Teresa Priolo to Host 14th Annual UCP of NYC Golf Tournament & Dinner, 10/5
by Tyler Peterson - September 16, 2015 The 14th Annual UCP of NYC Golf Tournament and Dinner will be held on Monday, October 5, 2015 at Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase, NY. This annual golf event attracts golfers from the tri-state area, and has raised over $4 million since its inception and provides vital funding for programs for 14,...
ABC's TO TELL THE TRUTH Draws Its Biggest Audience This Season
by Caryn Robbins - January 30, 2017 At 8:00 p.m., ABC's “To Tell the Truth” built over its most recent first-run airing in the slot by 18% in Total Viewers (4.7 million vs. 4.0 million) and by 25% in Adults 18-49 (1.0/3 vs. 0.8/2), scoring its most watched telecast this season....
BWW Review: WHITE PEOPLE DRINKING Asks What Would Happen at a Dinner Party if Everyone Told the Truth?
by Shari Barrett - February 27, 2017 Writer, Daniel Sugimoto has always tried to push past our standard social interactions, which are based on the rules of politeness, in order to have real human interactions instead. His latest play, WHITE PEOPLE DRINKING, which is NOT a musical, is all about those honest conversations during a dinn...
ABC Announces 2016 Summer Schedule
by Caryn Robbins - April 20, 2016 ABC's summer premiere dates are chronologically listed as follows (all times are EDT/PDT) Following are upcoming summer series descriptions in chronological order (all times EDT/PDT)...
BWW Review: Tantalizing Life Tidbits Well Shared in SAFE AT HOME: An Evening With Orson Bean
by Shari Barrett - February 07, 2016 To those of us called Baby Boomers, we grew up being entertained by television shows everyone in the family could enjoy together. There was the Ed Sullivan Show, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, and many others too numerous to name. I remember watching To Tell the Truth and attempting to guess along with the pa...
JAYMAY Announces Special Holiday Show at McKittrick Hotel This December
by Caryn Robbins - November 10, 2016 Acoustic pop singer-songwriter Jaymay's first-ever holiday album, Fallin' Like Snow, has sonic fragments of Los Angeles, the Czech Republic and her home base of NYC....
BWW Review: David Ives' Verse Comedy, THE LIAR, Offers Alternative Corneille
by Michael Dale - January 30, 2017 Press performances for David Ives' sharp and funny verse comedy THE LIAR began just around the time when political headlines were being made about the phrase 'alternative facts.'...
' Bipolar MD: My Life As a Physician with Bipolar Disorder' is Released
by Christina Mancuso - October 11, 2016 SONOITA, Ariz., Oct. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire-iReach/ 'Personal and professional achievement is absolutely compatible with bipolar disorder,' says Paul Golden, MD, of Modesto, CA. 'Those who suffer from mental conditions like bipolar disorder can still have it all, including love, family, education, a c...
ACTV8me & FremantleMedia Bring Interactive Format of FAMILY FEUD to the Big Screen
by Caryn Robbins - June 23, 2016 FremantleMedia, a leading international production company responsible for hit shows such as America's Got Talent and The Price is Right, will join forces with technology provider ACTV8me, to launch an interactive version of Family Feud for the big screen....
National Theatre in Talks to Bring PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS with Olivier Winner Denise Gough to Broadway
by Tyler Peterson - April 07, 2016 The National Theater may soon bring another London hit stateside....
Jaymay Premieres TO TELL THE TRUTH, Fan-Funded LP Out Friday
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2016 Breaking nearly a decade's worth of silence punctuated by life, loss and love, Jaymay returns with To Tell the Truth, premiering the highly anticipated sophomore album exclusively with Allmusic....
Photo Flash: PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS Opens In The West End
by Marianka Swain - March 24, 2016 Transferring to the West End after a sell-out National Theatre run, Duncan Macmillan's PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS opened last night at Wyndham's Theatre. Directed by Jeremy Herrin, the show is a collaboration between the National and Headlong. It's recently extended its run and is now booking to June 1...
ABC Posts Week to Week Gains on Sunday Against the 'Golden Globe Awards'
by Caryn Robbins - January 09, 2017 Opposite Sunday's “Golden Globe Awards” broadcast and NFL-fueled competition on Fox, ABC's back-to-back episodes of “To Tell the Truth” from 8:00-10:00 p.m. and “Conviction” at 10:00 p.m. grew week to week....
Jaymay Premieres TO TELL THE TRUTH, Fan-Funded LP Out Friday
by BWW News Desk - August 31, 2016 Breaking nearly a decade's worth of silence punctuated by life, loss and love, Jaymay returns with To Tell the Truth, premiering the highly anticipated sophomore album exclusively with Allmusic....
NSU Theatre Company & The Limbic System, Inc. to Present CHOIR BOY
by Tyler Peterson - May 24, 2016 NSU Theatre Company, in collaboration with The Limbic System, Inc., a project of Patrick Mullins, is pleased to announce their co-production, Choir Boy by Tarell Alvin McCraney, a "stirring and stylishly told drama, Tarell Alvin McCraney cannily explores race and sexuality and the graces and gravity... |