Billy Porter Will Release Autobiography, UNPROTECTED, This Fall
by Nicole Rosky - May 28, 2021 Tony and Emmy winner Billy Porter made headlines last week when he revealed his HIV status. Now the star has announced that he will discuss it even more in a new autobiography. Unprotected will be released by Abrams Press on October 19, 2021....
Symphony Space Announces Full Programming for 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 06, 2021 Symphony Space will welcome audiences back into its New York City home this season for a wide range of memorable events that take place for one night only, and only at Symphony Space....
EPIX's Stand-Up Series UNPROTECTED SETS Returns Oct. 16
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 13, 2020 Unprotected Sets returns for a second season, with an all new class of killer comedians....
HBO to Debut KILL CHAIN: THE CYBER WAR ON AMERICA'S ELECTIONS
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 05, 2020 In advance of the 2020 Presidential election, KILL CHAIN: THE CYBER WAR ON AMERICA'S ELECTIONS, debuting THURSDAY, MARCH 26 (9:00-10:35 p.m. ET/PT), takes a deep dive into the weaknesses of today's election technology, investigating the startling vulnerabilities in America's voting systems and the a...
Connie Britton, Nina Dobrev, Becky G Among Additional Co-Hosts & Performers Announced for Global Citizen
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 27, 2019 International advocacy organization Global Citizen today announced that Connie Britton, Nina Dobrev, Becky G, Dakota Johnson, Becky Lynch, Aasif Mandvi, Bridget Moynahan, Kal Penn, Erin Richards, Seth Rollins, Savannah Sellers, David Gray, and NCT 127 will join the 2019 Global Citizen Festival, a fr...
VIDEO: Watch Billy Porter's New 'Children' Music video
by Michael Major - December 15, 2021 Billy Porter has revealed his official music video for “Children”. The visual is Porter's first video with his new team at the Island/Republic record label. “Children” is a high-energy dance floor anthem co-written with GRAMMY® Award-nominated songwriter MNEK [H.E.R., Dua Lipa] and Little Mix’s Jade...
LISTEN: Billy Porter Releases New Single 'Children'
by Stephi Wild - October 15, 2021 Billy Porter has released a brand new single entitled “Children” today. The single marks Billy's debut under his newly minted joint partnership with Island UK and Republic Records....
HBO Announces Documentary Lineup For First Half Of 2020
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 15, 2020 HBO has confirmed their slate of captivating documentaries for the first half of 2020, including ATLANTA CHILD MURDERS (working title), a documentary series reexamining the missing and murdered children of Atlanta in the late-'70s and early-'80s in collaboration with Show of Force, Roc Nation and Ge...
LAPSIS Director Noah Hutton Up Next On Tom Needham's SOUNDS OF FILM
by A.A. Cristi - February 09, 2021 Noah Hutton, the writer/director/composer of LAPSIS, joins Tom Needham for a fascinating conversation about robots, gig workers, surveillance concerns, and filmmaking on Thursday's SOUNDS OF FILM....
Billy Porter to Return as NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE Co-Host
by Michael Major - November 17, 2022 Returning for his fourth year, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony-award winner Billy Porter will be back in New Orleans as co-host to head up the Central Time Zone countdown. Billy co-hosted from New Orleans in 2019 and 2021, and Times Square in 2020. For the first time, the special has expanded to Disneyland R...
Billy Porter, Vanessa Williams & More to Join STARS IN THE HOUSE This Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 22, 2022 Hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley announced today three very special episodes of “Stars In The House” to air LIVE this week, including two shows with matching donations for The Actors Fund, for which the series has raised over $1,123,000 to date....
Kelsey Cook Comes to Comedy Works Larimer Square This Month
by Stephi Wild - June 10, 2022 Kelsey Cook recently shot her new half-hour special for season 2 of Unprotected Sets on Epix. She can also be seen on A Little Late with Lilly Singh. Kelsey made her late night debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and her Comedy Central debut on This is Not Happening. ...
LISTEN: Billy Porter Talks Broadway, New Record Deal & More on 100.7 Star
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 13, 2022 Billy Porter joined high school friend Bubba on 100.7 Star this afternoon as he gears up to receive an honorary doctorate degree from Carnegie Mellon University, and will attend The Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books to promote his memoir ‘Unprotected’. ...
New Comedy W.H.I.P.S Arrives at BET
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 23, 2019 Deadline reports that Wanda Sykes and Page Hurwitz are developing a new comedy at BET. Its working title is 'W.H.I.P.s.' ...
Billy Porter Will Embark on the BLACK MONA LISA TOUR: VOLUME 1 Beginning Next Month
by Stephi Wild - March 09, 2023 GRAMMY, EMMY, and twice Tony Award-winning singer, composer, director, author, actor, and playwright Billy Porter will embark on the BLACK MONA LISA TOUR: VOLUME 1, kicking off next month. ...
MGM & Audio Up Launch Season Two of 'Unprotected Sets'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 01, 2021 In each of the second season’s 12 episodes, listeners will laugh at killer comedians and hear exclusive confessions chronicling how they turned their personal lives into public performances....
LISTEN: Billy Porter Releases New Single 'Children'
by Stephi Wild - October 15, 2021 Billy Porter has released a brand new single entitled “Children” today. The single marks Billy's debut under his newly minted joint partnership with Island UK and Republic Records....
PBS to Air Documentary About the Bronx, DECADE OF FIRE
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 07, 2019 In the 1970s, the Bronx was on fire. Left unprotected by the city government, nearly a quarter-million people were displaced as their close-knit, multiethnic neighborhood burned to the ground, reducing the community to rubble. While insidious government policies caused the devastation, it was the Af...
VIDEO: Black Broadway Artists Call on the Community to Do Better in 'Are You Listening, Broadway'
by Stephi Wild - June 07, 2020 A group of Black Broadway artists have created a video, titled 'Are You Listening, Broadway.' The video was posted to YouTube by Timothy Oliver Reid....
Billy Porter, Lillias White, Kenny Leon, and Jessica Paz Join EPIC Lineup
by Nicole Rosky - December 20, 2021 The Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry Conference (EPIC) will welcome four Tony Award-winning leaders in their fields – actors Billy Porter and Lillias White, director Kenny Leon, and sound designer Jessica Paz – to its international lineup of more than 120 speakers....
Purchase Dance Company Spring Concert Includes World Premieres And Live Music
by A.A. Cristi - April 22, 2019 From May 3-5, the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, SUNY, will present a compelling program of world premieres and modern and contemporary masterpieces accompanied by live music....
Listen: Billy Porter Releases New Song 'Stranger Things'
by Stephi Wild - November 04, 2022 GRAMMY, EMMY, and twice Tony Award-winning singer, composer, director, author, actor, and playwright Billy Porter has released a timely and empowering new song entitled “Stranger Things” via Island UK and Republic Records....
Symphony Space Makes 2021-22 Season Available for HD Livestreaming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 23, 2021 Symphony Space today made livestreaming tickets available for its robust, wide-ranging 2021-22 season, realizing its ambition to emerge from the COVID-19 shutdown as an institution committed to a hybrid model, with live events streamed in real time to audiences straight from Symphony Space’s stages ...
Southbank Theatre Company Streams RABBIT By Nina Raine
by Nicole Rosky - January 02, 2022 Southbank Theatre Company streams its second show of the season with award-winning British playwright, Nina Raine's play Rabbit, directed by Marcia Eppich-Harris, Thursday through Sunday, December 30-January 9, 2022 on Broadway OnDemand....
Viola Davis, Jeff Daniels, Billy Porter And More Among 2023 Audie Award Finalists
by A.A. Cristi - February 23, 2023 The Audio Publishers Association has announced finalists for the 2023 Audie Awards®, the premier awards program recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. Winners across 26 competitive categories will be revealed at the Audie Awards Gala on March 28. The ceremony will be st... |