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GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER to be Presented at Hendersonville Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 29, 2025

Hendersonville Theatre will present the iconic stage adaptation of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. The production examines themes of love, family, and societal change with a story as relevant today as it was over five decades ago. Learn more!

Review: WILD THINGS at Shadowbox Live
by Paul Batterson - Aug 20, 2024

While not all the sketches are home runs, most offer a solid chuckle to nearly everyone. It may not be an event you can feel comfortable taking your grandparents to, but maybe you could bring a drunk Aunt Martha and Uncle Bill this time around.

Lyric Stage Company Of Boston Presents THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 13, 2022

The Play That Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields and directed by Fred Sullivan, Jr.°  is filled with merriment and laugh-out-loud antics that will be a highlight of your holiday season.

THE THREE MUSKETEERS Ride Into GBSC In Collaboration With The Front Porch Arts Collective
by Julie Musbach - May 17, 2019

Greater Boston Stage Company, in collaboration with The Front Porch Arts Collective, proudly presents a new take on the classic The Three Musketeers. With a cast of predominately black and brown actors, it's all for one and one for all in this action-packed, humor-filled take on Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers. The Three Musketeers marks our inaugural production in Giving Voice: The Foundation Trust Drama Series.

BWW Interview: 6 Questions & a Plug with GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER's Regina Marie Williams
by Kristen Hirsch Montag - May 15, 2018

Regina Marie Williams plays 'another maid' in this thought-provoking adaptation of GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER. But Williams has a lot more to say, much like her Tillie, in this 6 Questions & a Plug.

Broadway Veteran Sherman Hemsley Passes Away at 74
by Nicole Rosky - Jul 24, 2012

According to the Huffington Post, stage and screen star Sherman Hemsley recently passed away in his Texas home. He was 74 years old.

Sherman Hemsley, Michael Eisner, et al. to Be Inducted Into Television Hall of Fame
by Nicole Rosky - Nov 29, 2011

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame Committee has selected a groundbreaking production team, an iconic executive, an internationally renowned TV variety show host, a leading actor, an award-winning lighting designer, a multiple Emmy®-winning producer, and one of television's most beloved comedy couples as the newest inductees into the Hall of Fame, announced Television Academy Chairman and CEO John Shaffner.

BWW Reviews: Lemack's New 'How To...Book' - A Must Read for Serious Actors
by Don Grigware - Oct 1, 2010

This is first and foremost not a sequel to Brad Lemack's 2002 book. The new book concentrates on the changing landscape, the tremendous changes in technology that have opened up and are now available to today's blossoming actor. Divided into 15 chapters, there is a foreward by Lemack's first client, popular actress Isabel Sanford, now deceased, of The Jeffersons fame. Sanford at a younger age is a perfect example of the student of acting that Lemack is trying to reach in his guidebook. If you are ever to be successful in your acting career, you must be a businessman and know show business from the inside out. Talent and a desire to act is only the beginning; you must have a plan and shape that plan with some wise choices.

Lemack Releases 'The New Business of Acting' 9/1
by BWW News Desk - Sep 1, 2010

Talent Manager Brad Lemack teaches actors how to survive and thrive in a challenging business climate in his new book THE NEW BUSINESS OF ACTING: HOW TO BUILD A CAREER IN A CHANGING LANDSCAPE, coming September 1st from Ingenuity Press USA & SCB Distributors.

Lemack Releases 'The New Business of Acting' 9/1
by Nicolas Coburn - Jul 28, 2010

Talent Manager Brad Lemack teaches actors how to survive and thrive in a challenging business climate in his new book THE NEW BUSINESS OF ACTING: HOW TO BUILD A CAREER IN A CHANGING LANDSCAPE, coming September 1st from Ingenuity Press USA & SCB Distributors.

Bway-Bound 'Dinner?' Reading with Danner, Naughton, Uggams
by BWW News Desk - Nov 14, 2007

A first reading for the Broadway-bound stage premiere of the classic 1967 Academy Award-winning film Guess Who's Coming To Dinner will take place in Manhattan on Wednesday, November 14 under the auspices of Jeffrey Finn Productions.

'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' Play Headed for Broadway
by BWW News Desk - Jul 17, 2007

Kenny Leon (Radio Golf, Gem of the Oceam, A Raisin in the Sun) will direct a Broadway adaptation of the classic 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.