Justin Sams

Feature: RomCom QUEEN OF KNIVES to Premiere in Las Vegas at The Beverly Theater

Gene Pope, an independent filmmaker and producer, will debut his romantic comedy The Queen of Knives in several cities, with a screening at The Beverly Theater in Las Vegas on June 18.

Exclusive: Freestyle Digital Media Acquires Mel Harris-Led QUEEN OF KNIVES Film

Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen's Allen Media Group, has acquired North American VOD rights to QUEEN OF KNIVES. BroadwayWorld can exclusively report that the comedy feature film will be available to rent/own on all digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms worldwide, as well as on DVD.

5th Annual JAGfest Presents An Evening Of Radio Plays On Love!

Every winter JAG Productions invites 30-50 artists to the snowy mountains of Vermont to develop full-length plays at their new works festival of Black Theatre, JAGfest. They put up 5 companies of early-career theatre-makers in cozy dwellings for one week to support the development of audacious and alluring works that illuminate black life and black aesthetics.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Announces Online Programming for August

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater has announced several online events taking place in August that speak to the organizationa??s mission to provoke conversations that lead to positive social change.

Max Crumm, Natasha Yvette Williams And More To Star In Industry Reading Of Douglas Lyons's CHICKEN & BISCUITS

Max Crumm (You're The One That I Want) and Natasha Yvette Williams (Waitress) will star in a private industry reading of Douglas Lyons's new family comedy Chicken & Biscuits. Directed by Zhailon Levingston (Neptune), the full cast includes Danny Johnson (Daredevil, Luke Cage, Gotham), Pat Bowie (The Trip to Bountiful), Gayle Turner (The Wiz), Akira Golz (Matilda), Alana Raquel Bowers (What to Send Up, When it Goes Down), and Justin Sams (When We Rise).

Quick Silver Theater Company CITIZEN ONE Casting Complete

Quick Silver Theater Company's (QSTC) third annual Citizen One Reading Series launches Friday November 16th.  QSTC will present staged readings of four emerging playwrights of color as part of their series.

Photo Flash: Pamela Bob's 'Livin' On A Prairie' Premieres In 2nd Tribeca TV Festival's Fall Pilot Season

Last night, 'Livin' On A Prairie,' a six episode series created by and starring Broadway's Pamela Bob (Hand to God, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder), screened to a sold-out house at Spring Studios as an official selection of the 2nd Tribeca TV Festival's Fall Pilot Season.The world premieres of five indie comedy pilots showcasing new voices in episodic storytelling ranged from conventions of adulthood, sex and…William Shakespeare. Scroll down to see photos of the cast and creative team of 'Livin' on a Prairie' having a blast at The Festival.

Photo Flash: THE HOLE Comes to the New Ohio Theatre

A riff on Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, THE HOLE explores the relationship and personal struggles of two inmates in solitary confinement. We see them grapple with love, and the choice to either choose life and grow up, or succumb to the pressures of THE HOLE.

48HOURS IN... HARLEM To Re-imagine African Folktales For The 8th Annual Event

Harlem9 presents the Obie Award Winning 48HOURS IN... HARLEM - a twist on the traditional 24-hour play festival. This event marks the 8th year of the collaborative Harlem9 bringing together 6 playwrights, 6 directors, and 18 actors.  Playwrights will re-imagine African Folktales into 10-minute plays over the course of one weekend.

Daphne Rubin-Vega, Mare Winningham and More to Join Kenyon Phillips for Halloween UNISEX SALON at Joe's Pub

Kenyon Phillips, known for his inventive blend of orchestral rock, surrealist theater and interactive cabaret, will be haunting Joe's Pub for an all-new Halloween installment of Unisex Salon with Kenyon Phillips on October 29, 2017.

HSA to Present Free Arts & Ideas Festival, INTERFEST

OBIE Award Winning actor Chris Myers, an HSA alumnus and Artist-in-Residence presents, 'INTERFEST,' a free, three-day arts & ideas festival. This event provides a platform for emerging artists and thinkers to explore the future of culture and community in an energized and transformative environment.

The Movement Theatre Company partners with Harlem School of the Arts' to present WHAT TO SEND UP WHEN IT GOES DOWN

The Movement Theatre Company, a Harlem-based nonprofit committed to showcasing artists of color, is partnering with INTERFEST, a free three-day arts & ideas festival hosted by the Harlem School of the Arts, to present a staged reading of WHAT TO SEND UP WHEN IT GOES DOWN written by Aleshea Harris (2016 Relentless Award Winner), directed by Mary Hodges (48Hours in Harlem). The reading will take place on Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 7:15pm at the Harlem School of the Arts Theater (645 St. Nicholas Avenue).

Kenyon Phillips to Star in NIGHT OF A THOUSAND ACID QUEENS at Joe's Pub

Kenyon Phillips, known for his inventive blend of orchestral rock, surrealist theater and interactive cabaret, will produce and star in a different kind of rock opera on Monday, September 11, 2017.

Kenyon Phillips to Return to Joe's Pub with UNISEX SALON

Kenyon Phillips, known for his inventive blend of orchestral rock, surrealist theater and interactive cabaret, will follow the sold-out April 30 debut of his new improvisational variety series at Joe's Pub, the musical outpost of downtown Manhattan's storied Public Theater, with an all-new installment of Unisex Salon with Kenyon Phillips on July 23, 2017. The genre-hopping musician, actor and writer will continue the series with a schedule of performances at Joe's Pub to follow into the spring of 2018.

Photo Flash: Broadway's Pamela Bob Screens Original TV Series LIVIN' ON A PRAIRIE

Last night, Broadway's Pamela Bob (Hand to God, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder) held a premiere screening of her original TV series "Livin' On A Prairie" Cast, crew and friends gathered at The Brazen Tavern in midtown to watch the 6 episode series created by and starring Pamela Bob. 

Kenyon Phillips to Launch UNISEX SALON at Joe's Pub This Spring

Following a series of sold-out performances at Joe's Pub and The Box over the past year, the genre-hopping musician, actor and writer will launch Unisex Salon with Kenyon Phillips on April 30, 2017, with a schedule of performances to follow into the spring of 2018.

Kenyon Phillips' Residency at The Box, Directed by Cady Huffman, Begins Tonight

Performance artist, musician and newly proclaimed king of New York, Kenyon Phillips, is announcing his residency and run of his episodic rock opera 'The Life and Death of Kenyon Phillips: Songs of Desperation, Betrayal, Addiction, and Redemption.'

Kenyon Phillips' Residency at The Box, Directed by Cady Huffman, Begins Next Friday

Performance artist, musician and newly proclaimed king of New York, Kenyon Phillips, is announcing his residency and run of his episodic rock opera "The Life and Death of Kenyon Phillips: Songs of Desperation, Betrayal, Addiction, and Redemption."

BWW Review: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KENYON PHILLIPS Is A Sweetly Subversive Glam Rock Cavalcade

Cady Huffman directs a one-nighter of burlesque, circus arts and fake autobiography.

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KENYON PHILLIPS Comes to Webster Hall Tonight

Showman Kenyon Phillips, known for his inventive blend of orchestral rock, variety show theatrics and exuberant sexuality, resurrects his autobiographical rock opera The Life and Death of Kenyon Phillips this month at Webster Hall.