Broadway Stars Perform For Sandy Hook Promise Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Aug 12, 2024
Broadway stars are often asked to support causes and to give of their talent to raise money. The Benefit for Sandy Hook Promise being held in Fairfield Connecticut was the brainchild of Dodie Petit, who performed on Broadway in Cats and Phantom of the Opera.
Broadway Stars To Raise Money For Sandy Hook Promise in September
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 28, 2024
“The Best of Broadway,' a Benefit Performance for Sandy Hook Promise, hosted by Tony Award winner James Naughton and folk legend Rex Fowler of Aztec Two-Step will be held September 22, 2024 at 6:00 pm at SHU Community Theater in Fairfield, CT.
TRUTH VS. ALEX JONES Coming to HBO This Month
by Michael Major - Mar 12, 2024
Filmed over four years with unprecedented access, THE TRUTH VS. ALEX JONES chronicles the riveting courtroom drama of two defamation lawsuits brought by Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims' families against Alex Jones and his website, InfoWars. Watch the video trailer now!
Video: Watch the Trailer For Sheryl Crowe-Produced A FATHER'S PROMISE
by Michael Major - Nov 16, 2023
A FATHER’S PROMISE, directed by Rick Korn and executive produced by Sheryl Crow, tells the story of professional musician Mark Barden whose life changed instantly when his son Daniel was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary. After the loss of his son, Mark lost all interest in music and vowed to help prevent gun violence. Watch the video trailer now!
Sheryl Crow and Peter Frampton to Perform Against Gun Violence Ahead of A FATHER'S PROMISE Film
by Michael Major - Oct 30, 2023
Led by musician Mark Barden and artists Sheryl Crow, Billie Eilish, Peter Gabriel, Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Nile Rodgers, Bush, Rufus Wainwright, Pixies, LP, Bootsy Collins, Old Crow Medicine Show, Halestorm, Rozzi, Sofi Tukker and more, the Artist For Action coalition is designed to drive people to volunteer.
Bush Announce an Exclusive Show at NYC's Irving Plaza
by Michael Major - Aug 28, 2023
The limited ticketed event was created as a celebration of unity in the fight against gun violence and will benefit Artist for Action and Sandy Hook Promise, a non-profit founded and led by several family members whose loved ones were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Sheryl Crow Releases Song to Honor 10-Year Remembrance of Sandy Hook
by Michael Major - Dec 14, 2022
The Promise Band will help raise money to benefit Sandy Hook Promise (SHP), a national non-profit organization with a mission to educate and empower youth and adults to prevent violence in schools, homes and communities. The Promise Band is led by professional musician and Co-CEO of Sandy Hook Promise Mark Barden and band leader Jimmy Vivino. .
Glenn Close Presented with Honorary AARP Purpose Prize Award
by Stephi Wild - Oct 20, 2020
Today AARP announced its 2021 AARP Purpose Prize award recipients and fellows, the only national award that celebrates people 50-plus who are using their knowledge and life experience to solve tough social problems. Alongside the Purpose Prize winners and fellows, AARP is presenting Golden Globe award-winning actor and activist Glenn Close with an honorary Purpose Prize Award.
Westport Country Playhouse Announces Community Events For THOUSAND PINES
by Julie Musbach - Oct 19, 2018
Westport Country Playhouse will present a series of special events, free-of-charge and open to the community, surrounding its world-premiere drama, "Thousand Pines," playing October 30 through November 17. Written by Matthew Greene, and directed by Austin Pendleton, the production brings the national dialogue about gun violence to the Playhouse stage. Support for the community events is provided by a grant from CT Humanities.
Saul Williams And Mivos Quartet Come to The Ford Theatre in September
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 4, 2018
The Ford Theatres presents legendary poet and performer Saul Williams, known for his distinctive marriage of "firebrand politics with metaphysical word play," joining with the adventurous Mivos Quartet, hailed as 'one of America's most daring and ferocious new-music ensembles' (The Chicago Reader) on Thursday, September 6 at 8:30pm.
Berkshire Theatre Group To Open 90th Anniversary Season With Jason Odell Williams' CHURCH AND STATE
by Stephi Wild - Jun 4, 2018
Berkshire Theatre Group (Kate Maguire, Artistic Director/CEO) kicks-off it's milestone 90thAnniversary Season with theprovocative and humorous play Church & State by Jason Odell Williams (Handle With Care). Directed by Charlotte Cohn (founding producer of the New York Music Theatre Festival and Mainstreet Musicals), the four-member cast features Judy Jerome (Two By Tennessee) as Sara Whitmore, Keira Naughton (The Rivals; BTG: I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn't Even Smile) as Alex Klein, Graham Rowat (Meteor Shower; BTG: Arsenic and Old Lace)as Senator Charles Whitmore, and Andy Talen (The Tempest) as Tom/Marshall/Reporter/Security Guy. Performances begin Thursday, June 14, 2018 for a limited run through Saturday, June 30, 2018 at The Unicorn Theatre, The Larry Viber Stage (6 East Street) in Stockbridge, MA. Opening night is Saturday, June 16 at 8:00 p.m.
Photo Flash: Senator Chris Murphy and Sandy Hook Promise Take Part in CHURCH & STATE Talk Back
by BWW News Desk - May 5, 2017
Following last night's performance of CHURCH & STATE, there was a post-show talk back with Senator Chris Murphy (CT) and action-partner Sandy Hook Promise, the national non-profit organization founded and led by several family members whose loved ones were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT on December 14, 2012. Scroll down for photos!