Finalists Selected for the 2018 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
by Nicole Rosky - January 29, 2018 The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced 10 Finalists for its prestigious playwriting award, the oldest and largest prize awarded to women playwrights writing in the English language. Chosen from over 150 nominated plays, the Finalists are:...
Andrew Keenan-Bolger & Kiah Victoria Join Travis Kent at 54 Below Tonight
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2015 TRAVIS KENT: MY FIRST TIME Live and Unprotected will be presented at 54 Below tonight, April 9th, at 11:30pm....
N. Marie McCormick Announces ADVENTURES IN UNDERLAND
by Christina Mancuso - December 16, 2015 N. Marie McCormick, a wife, animal lover, devoted writer and author, has completed her new book 'Adventures In Underland': a gripping and potent story about riots, race, drugs and gangs....
Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of TRIBES at Barrington Stage Company
by Stephen Sorokoff - August 22, 2016 Barrington Stage Company, the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, presented the regional premiere of Nina Raine's award-winning play,Tribes last night on the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage and Broadwa...
Jack Bannon to Star in PENNYWORTH on Epix
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 15, 2018 Jack Bannon has been cast in the lead role of Alfred Pennyworth in the upcoming EPIX drama series PENNYWORTH, from Warner Horizon Scripted Television and based on the characters from DC....
Oxygen Expands Programming Slate with Four New Original Series
by Caryn Robbins - June 08, 2016 Oxygen Media is giving the greenlight to four new original series; it was announced today by Rod Aissa, Executive Vice President of Original Programming and Development, Oxygen Media. New shows include the millennial focused competition series...
Cast Complete for Nina Raine's TRIBES at Sheffield Theatres
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2017 Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres Robert Hastie today announces full casting for Kate Hewitt's production of Tribes by Nina Raine. Kate Hewitt, winner of the inaugural RTST Director Award Scheme, directs Ciaran Stewart (Billy), Emily Howlett (Sylvia), Simon Rouse (Christopher), Lindy Whiteford...
VIDEO: Watch Teaser Trailer for NIA AND ANWAR!
by Oliver Oliveros - November 16, 2018 Meet childhood friends Nia and Anwar! Gloria de Dapitan, along with Gloria's Fantasyland, has just shared a teaser trailer for the new original Filipino musical "Nia And Anwar: The Tale of the Great Gray Whale."...
Jac Huberman and Emily Swallow to Perform UNPROTECTED Next Month at Joe's Pub & The Beechman
by Tyler Peterson - December 31, 2014 For two performances only, join Jac 'N Swallow -- Jac Huberman (Broadway Idol Winner, I Love You Because) and Emily Swallow (TV's The Mentalist, Monday Mornings; Broadway's High Fidelity) -- for a night of raw, unadulterated singing and storytelling. One's a knockabout. The other's knocked up. Toget...
Ryan Pinette Elevated to SVP, Production and Operations, Bravo & Oxygen
by Caryn Robbins - June 15, 2016 Ryan Pinette has been elevated to Senior Vice President, Production and Operations, Bravo & Oxygen Media...
Stephen Adly Guirgis' DEN OF THIEVES Opens Tonight at The Stella Adler
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2015 Montana Roesch and Out House Productions with Stella Adler Academy Los Angeles are proud to present a comedic night of theatre by playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, 'Den of Thieves' directed by Alex Aves. Opening tonight, May 8th at The Stella Adler Academy Los Angeles - Studio C Theatre in Hollywood,...
BWW Recap: Pigeons, Pregnancy & More Make a Big, Bold Return on YOUNGER
by Matt Smith - December 07, 2016 What a whirlwind this week's installment is! Yes, the much-hyped two part season finale is just a week away, and the YOUNGER writers waste no time in preparing us for the events to come. Without spoilers (natch), the episode ends perfectly, leaving every storyline in a semi-cliffhanger which brillia...
Guest Blog: Playwright Elinor Cook On The Hero, The Lone Woman and PILGRIMS
by Guest Blogger: Elinor Cook - August 26, 2016 Elinor Cook on her play Pilgrims...
New Dameon Garnett Play Coming to Finborough Theatre in July
by Tyler Peterson - June 26, 2014 Following a reading as part of Vibrant 2013 - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, the world premiere of a new play from Liverpool playwright Dameon Garnett, 17 opens at the Finborough Theatre for a limited run of six Sunday, Monday and Tuesday performances on Sunday, 20 July 2014 (Press Night: Mon...
Donmar Warehouse Announces Full Casting For SWEAT
by Stephi Wild - October 18, 2018 The Donmar Warehouse today announces full casting for Lynette Linton's production of Sweat by Lynn Nottage. Casting includes Leanne Best, Patrick Gibson, Osy Ikhile, Wil Johnson, Stuart McQuarrie, Clare Perkins, Martha Plimpton, Sule Rimi and Sebastian Viveros....
Bridget Everett, Ethan Lipton, Toshi Reagon, Emeline Michel and More Set for Joe's Pub, Now thru 1/25
by BWW News Desk - January 13, 2015 Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its nightly performances, January 14 - 25, 2015. Details below!...
EDUCATING RITA, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM & More Set for Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse Theatres' Upcoming Season
by Tyler Peterson - November 25, 2014 A major revival of Willy Russell's Educating Rita will open the Playhouse's 2015 Spring Season. The production, directed by Artistic Director Gemma Bodinetz, will mark the play's 35th anniversary and will star Leanne Best as Rita and Con O'Neill as Frank. Following a remarkable first year, the Every...
Kikelomo Thompkins Says RISE ABOVE THE MADNESS! in New Book
by Christina Mancuso - April 28, 2015 DETROIT...
2cents Theatre Extends DEN OF THIEVES Through 2/21
by Tyler Peterson - February 04, 2016 2Cents Theatre, the producers of the critically-acclaimed productions of the hit musicals Rent and Fugitive Songs is thrilled to announce that their smash-hit, critically-acclaimed production of DEN OF THIEVES, written by 2015 Pulitzer Prize winning author Stephen Adly Guirgis and directed by Eric A...
Photo Flash: First Look at Regeneration's 'COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME' at The Workshop Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2017 Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean - the first professional revival of Ed Gracyzk's play began its run this past weekend thanks to Regeneration Theatre. Running the gamut of hot button topics, Jimmy Dean explores transgenderism, breast cancer, religion, infertility, unprotected s...
Ben Aldridge Cast in Epix's PENNYWORTH
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 15, 2018 Ben Aldridge has been cast in the lead role of Thomas Wayne in the upcoming EPIX drama series PENNYWORTH, from Warner Horizon Scripted Television and based on the characters from DC....
Artistic Director Of Sheffield Theatres Robert Hastie Announces His Inaugural Season
by BWW News Desk - November 10, 2016 Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres Robert Hastie today announces his inaugural season. The new season opens with Hastie directing William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar bringing Shakespeare back to the Crucible; this will be followed in the Studio by the winner of the new annual RTST Director Awar...
National Theatre Wales to Open New Season with Five 'Epic' Productions
by Matt Smith - March 06, 2015 Five big productions will take centre-stage in National Theatre Wales' fifth season of work, announced this week. The productions reunite the company with some old friends, and introduce some new ones. They were announced in a series of digital messages sent to mobile phones throughout the week (2-6...
Oxygen Orders New Original Doc-Comedy Series UNPROTECTED; Renews Hit Series BAD GIRLS CLUB
by Caryn Robbins - October 11, 2016 Oxygen Media is giving the greenlight to the new original doc-comedy series UNPROTECTED, about a family leaving the witness protection program to start a new life...
Introducing “Your World Rewards”: Starwood Preferred Guest and Emirates Skywards Join Forces to Extend Benefits across the Sky and around the Globe
by Robert Diamond - November 10, 2014 Today, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) and Emirates Airline are announcing a new partnership providing reciprocal benefits to Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) and Emirates Skywards members. The program, Your World Rewards, begins Nov. 19 and allows SPG and Skywards elite membe... |