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SOUTHERN GIRLS Will Open This Month at Hudson Backstage Theatre

Southern Girls, set in a small town in Alabama, follows the lives of six women, from childhood in 1952 through middle age in 1992. Three of the women are white, two are Black, and one is biracial. Their stories span the Jim Crow years, the Civil Rights Era, and what came after. Race impacts the trajectory of their lives to a significant degree, but they also confront class snobbery, sexism, rape, and the need to establish autonomy over their own bodies.

THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM 1963 to Get West Coast Premiere

Black History Month is a prime time to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in Memphis, TN. What better way to honor this historical event than by attending the West Coast Premier theatrical production of The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963. This is a play Adapted by Reginald Andre Jackson. Based on the Newberry and Coretta Scott King Honor Book novel by Christopher Paul Curtis.  This Comedy/Drama production is an All The Way West Productions, Inc. with Harry Jones, Jr. as producer and making her directorial debut, Bernadette Speakes.  

BWW Review: Subversive Energy Still Ignites FAHRENHEIT 451

Forget about Charlottesville and think about Charlotte when you go to see Three Bone Theatre's high-combustion revival of Ray Bradbury's FAHRENHEIT 451.

BWW Review: A New RAISIN IN THE SUN Is Set to Explode

Theatre Charlotte's vivid new staging of A RAISIN IN THE SUN reminds us that Lorraine Hansberry's drama was written to show us all the things, good and bad, that can happen to 'a dream deferred.'

All The Way West Productions, Inc. Presents PERIPHERY

All The Way West Productions, Inc. proudly presents its Black History Production of PERIPHERY by Ed Simpson and Directed by celebrity director/actress Lorey Hayes opening on Saturday, January 21, 2017 and running weekends throughFebruary 26, 2017, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. at The Hudson Backstage Theatre located at 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90038. 

All the Way West Presents A WOMAN CALLED TRUTH, Now thru 3/1

A remarkable figure in history, Sojourner Truth's story is recreated for the stage in a powerful, musically infused, award-winning play that combines her actual words with slave songs and spirituals of the period. In honor of Black History Month, All the Way West Productions presents A Woman Called Truth, opening tonight, Jan. 24 at the Complex Ruby Theater in Hollywood.

All the Way West to Present A WOMAN CALLED TRUTH, 1/24-3/1

A remarkable figure in history, Sojourner Truth's story is recreated for the stage in a powerful, musically infused, award-winning play that combines her actual words with slave songs and spirituals of the period. In honor of Black History Month, All the Way West Productions presents A Woman Called Truth, opening on Jan. 24 at the Complex Ruby Theater in Hollywood.

A MOTOR-FLIGHT THROUGH FRANCE by Edith Wharton is Available Now

A trailblazer among American women at the turn of the century, Edith Wharton set out in the newly invented 'motor-car' to explore the cities and countryside of France. As the Whartons embark on three separate journeys through the country in 1906 and 1907, accompanied first by Edith's brother, Harry Jones, and then by Henry James, Edith is enamored by the freedom that this new form of transport has given her. With a keen eye for architecture and art, and the engrossing style that would later earn her a Pulitzer Prize in fiction, Wharton writes about places that she previously “yearned for from the windows of the train.'

London's Luxury Park Lane Hotel Gets Rave Reviews for Its Exclusive Cultural Events

LONDON - In a world largely given over to electronic amusements, the Literati Book Club at Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel is a beacon of hope for anyone who still appreciates the written word (even if it is read on a digital screen). Combining renowned authors with small groups and big discussions, Literati's take on the book club is as groundbreaking as the bestsellers that are featured.

Summer Stages: BWW's Top Summer Picks in Charlotte!

Summer is around the corner. While enjoying those sultry nights, here is an eclectic mix of theater choices..

BILLY ELLIOT Welcomes Jacob Clemente as Newest 'Billy'

Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions in association with Weinstein Live Entertainment announced today that Jacob Clemente will join the cast of the 10-time Tony Award-winning Billy Elliot the Musical, in the role of 'Billy'