Review: REVIEW: INTO THE WOODS at Short North Stage
What did our critic think of REVIEW: INTO THE WOODS at Short North Stage? There are two adages most people know about the theatre: 'Break a leg' and 'The show must go on.' Short North Stage experienced both as it prepared for its 19-show run of INTO THE WOODS.
BWW Review: Sedona International Film Festival Features
VOODOO MACBETH
A bold and refreshing initiative by USC School of Cinematic Arts claims the title of Welles’s legendary stage production, VOODOO MACBETH, for a full-length film that chronicles the making of the staging. The film is scheduled for showing at the Sedona International Film Festival (June 12th-20th).
Photo Coverage: Footlighters Honor SARGE with Shecky Green Lifetime Achievement Award
The Footlighters Club was ground zero for Comedy yesterday as Freddie Roman, Dick Capri, Scott Record and Rick Corso celebrated one of their peers, the acclaimed entertainer Sarge who is one of the most admired improvisational comedians, singer and musical piano savant in show business. President and producer of the event Errol Dante started off the afternoon with his stirring rendition of Granada but then it was all laughs as the jokes flew wild and feverishly and there were probably more laughs at the Miami Shores Country Club per square inch than any other place on the planet. The humor heard at the Footlighters event must out of political necessity stay inside the Footlighters but rest assured no one was left unscathed.
getTV Remembers Legendary Comedians Jerry Lewis And Dick Gregory With A Special Programming Bloc Of TV Appearances
getTV will honor the memories of legendary comedy stars Jerry Lewis, who died August 20 at age 91, and Dick Gregory, who died August 19 at age 84, with a special programming bloc of television appearances by Lewis, Gregory and other comic superstars on Sunday, September 3, beginning at 10PM ET/9 CT. Lewis who rose to fame as singer/straight man Dean Martin's partner, then went onto write, produce and direct himself in a run of successful slapstick comedy films while raising money and awareness for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Gregory was a groundbreaking African-American standup comedian and satirist who became a leading figure in in the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
Photo Coverage: Friars Club Pays Tribute to Barry Dougherty
Longtime communications director of the Friars Club was given a heartfelt Bon Voyage in the Milton Berle Room yesterday and many show business notables were present and in video to honor the man who has written most of the published words and history of The Friars for the last 25 years. Barry Dougherty's words...
New Exhibition Series from Broadcast Media Collection Launches in September at Jewish Museum
With a new, ongoing exhibition series called The Television Project, the Jewish Museum will introduce visitors to a dynamic part of its collection: the National Jewish Archive of Broadcasting (NJAB), the largest and most comprehensive body of broadcast materials on 20th century Jewish culture in the United States. The inaugural exhibition, The Television Project: Picturing a People, on view at the Jewish Museum from September 25, 2015 through February 14, 2016, will feature artistically significant program excerpts celebrating the brilliance of writing, directing, performance, and production in American television, as well as related works of art, artifacts, and ephemera. Picturing a People will include clips from the following programs: The Ed Sullivan Show, Northern Exposure, The Twilight Zone, The Goldbergs, The Simpsons, My Name is Barbra, and Eichmann Trial Coverage (ABC News).
Improv Comedy Night @ The Bijou Set for Tonight
It's All Fun and Games features the improv of Ron Hill, Anthony Reimer, Chris Booth, Rebecca Vigil, Nick Carillo, Josh Hurley, Langston Belton, Devin Heater, and Jack Carter. Many have trained at NYC's Gotham City Improv (formally Groundings East) which gave us such comedic greats as Will Farrell, Lisa Kudrow, Melissa McCarthy, Phil Hartman, Kristen Wiig and many more.
Improv Comedy Night @ The Bijou Set for 5/29
It's All Fun and Games features the improv of Ron Hill, Anthony Reimer, Chris Booth, Rebecca Vigil, Nick Carillo, Josh Hurley, Langston Belton, Devin Heater, and Jack Carter. Many have trained at NYC's Gotham City Improv (formally Groundings East) which gave us such comedic greats as Will Farrell, Lisa Kudrow, Melissa McCarthy, Phil Hartman, Kristen Wiig and many more.
Colin Ferguson Set for Third Season of Hallmark's CEDAR COVE
Hallmark CHANNEL announces Colin Ferguson ('Eureka,' 'The Vampire Diaries') has been cast in a recurring role in season three of Hallmark Channel's highly-rated Primetime Original Series, 'Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove.' The #1 primetime drama, starring Andie MacDowell and Dylan Neal, makes its anticipated return with a special two-hour season premiere July 2015. Ferguson is slated to play Cedar Cove's charming new District Attorney Paul Watson, who wastes no time getting to know Judge Olivia Lockhart while stirring up some drama in and out of her courtroom.
IMPROVE COMEDY NIGHT @ THE BIJOU Set for Tonight
The Bijou Theatre and It's All Fun and Games presents Improv Comedy Night @ The Bijou. The show starts at 8:00pm tonight, February 20th. Tickets are $20 for theatre seats and $25 for table seating. Special theatre seat pricing for students at $10.
IMPROVE COMEDY NIGHT @ THE BIJOU Set for 2/20
The Bijou Theatre and It's All Fun and Games presents Improv Comedy Night @ The Bijou. The show starts at 8:00pm February 20th. Tickets are $20 for theatre seats and $25 for table seating. Special theatre seat pricing for students at $10.
Blowfish Theatre to Present QUARTET, May 12-21
Blowfish Theatre Company presents QUARTET by Heiner Muller, playing the 12th, 13th, 20th 21st, May at 9pm (and lasting for 1 hour) at The Latest Bar, 14-17 Manchester St, Brighton BN2 1TF.
Robert Smith & Ginger Lawrence to Lead BEYOND SIGHT at Stella Adler Theatre, 4/25-5/25
Blind actor Robert Smith and former U.S. Marine Ginger Lawrence head the cast of a new musical about a soldier who returns to the U.S. after losing his sight during combat in Afghanistan. Featuring a book by Nick Sivakumaran and Jeremy Aldridge, music by Emmy-nominated Mark P. Leonard and Colin Simson, and lyrics by Greg Shane, Colin Simson and Mark P. Leonard, CRE Outreach presents the world premiere of Beyond Sight at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood for a five-week run opening April 25.
Joffrey Ballet Presents LA BAYADÈRE: THE TEMPLE DANCER Tonight
Less than a month after its special 'Russian Masters' program, The Joffrey Ballet transports Chicago audiences to India with the Chicago Premiere of La Bayadere: The Temple Dancer, choreographed by Houston Ballet Artistic Director Stanton Welch. La Bayadere is presented over 10 performances with orchestral accompaniment by The Chicago Philharmonic conducted by Joffrey Music Director Scott Speck, at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Parkway, tonight, October 16 - 27.