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22nd Annual Black and Latino Playwrights Celebration To Host Tribute To Founder Eugene Lee
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 31, 2024

Acclaimed actor, educator and playwright Eugene Lee will be the subject of a career tribute during the 22nd annual Black and Latino Playwrights Celebration (BLPC) Sept. 2-8 at Texas State University.

Anthony Hopkins Will Play Villain King Herod in Upcoming Biblical Thriller MARY
by Josh Sharpe - Apr 10, 2024

According to a new report, Anthony Hopkins has just finished filming his role as King Herod in the upcoming film based on the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus. In the film, described as a 'biblical thriller', newcomer Noa Cohen will play the significant role of Mary, as she and her husband Joseph are on the lam in an attempt to protect their baby, Jesus.

Dances We Dance Presents 2023 Fall Season Running November 1-4
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 30, 2023

Dances We Dance presents their 2023 Fall Season from November 1-4. Don't miss this exciting event featuring a variety of dance performances.

Dances We Dance Presents 2023 Fall Season, November 1- 4
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 20, 2023

Dances We Dance presents its 2023 Fall Season featuring choreography by Francesca Todesco, Rae Ballard, Jim May, Benjamin Cortés, and Mark Bankin. The season includes a reunion performance by former dance partners Francesca Todesco and Benjamin Cortés. The lineup also includes works by Anna Sokolow and guest choreographer Mark Bankin. The season showcases the evolution of American Modern Dance and pays homage to the legacy of Betty Jones and Fritz Ludin, the founders of Dances We Dance.

Eugene Lee To Join Norm Lewis On A SOLDIER'S PLAY National Tour; Full Cast Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 2, 2022

Veteran actor Eugene Lee will join Norm Lewis to star in the 20-week North American tour of Roundabout's 2020 Tony Award-winning Best Revival of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning A Soldier's Play.  

Meet the Cast of AMERICAN SON- Now in Previews!
by Julie Musbach - Oct 6, 2018

Steven Pasquale and Kerry Washington alongside Eugene Lee and Jeremy Jordan are gearing up to star in the new Broadway play American Son, beginning performances today, Saturday, October 6. Get to know the cast below as they begin Broadway performances!

Theatre Aspen Education Establishes New Summer Headquarters
by Julie Musbach - Apr 20, 2018

Theatre Aspen Producing Director Jed Bernstein announced today that the Aspen Community School will serve as the new headquarters for all of Theatre Aspen's summer education programs June through August 2018.

Photo Flash: Remembering Jan Maxwell
by Walter McBride - Feb 12, 2018

As BroadwayWorld sadly reported yesterday, Broadway star Jan Maxwell passed away at 61 years of age after a battle with cancer. The star is survived by her husband, actor/playwright Robert Emmet Lunney, and their son William Maxwell-Lunney.

Photo Coverage: FIND YOUR WAY HOME (An Irish Musical) Plays Symphony Space
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Jul 26, 2017

After opening to rave reviews in Dublin, Ireland, FIND YOUR WAY HOME (An Irish Musical) is making its American debut. Written by Jeff Strange and Jimmy Kelly, two Albany, NY musicians well known on the Irish Music scene, the show has been in development for the past eight years.

New Military Thriller, 'Dragon Force: The Last Salute,' is Released
by Christina Mancuso - Jan 27, 2017

Take it from a general, this taut Vietnam-era thriller offers one heck of a ride.

New Military Thriller, DRAGON FORCE is Released
by Christina Mancuso - Nov 16, 2016

Take it from a general, this taut Vietnam-era thriller offers one heck of a ride!

Writers Theatre Continues 25th Anniversary Season with EAST TEXAS HOT LINKS
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 3, 2016

Writers Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma, continues its 25th Anniversary Season with East Texas Hot Links, written by Eugene Lee and directed by Ron OJ Parson. The show runs October 19, 2016 - January 22, 2017 in The Gillian Theatre: 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe. 

WWE Network Unveils WrestleMania Week Programming
by Caryn Robbins - Mar 24, 2016

WWE Network unveiled its WrestleMania Week programming line-up filled with a series of all-new episodes, specials and live coverage beginning Monday, March 28 and culminating with WWE's pop-culture extravaganza, WrestleMania on Sunday, April 3, live at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT.

David Tennant-Led HAMLET and More Set for Barbican's 'RSC Shakespeare on Screen' Film Series
by BWW News Desk - Jan 9, 2016

London's Barbican Centre recently announced the full lineup for its 'RSC Shakespeare on Screen' film series this January.

David Tennant-Led HAMLET and More Set for Barbican's 'RSC Shakespeare on Screen' Film Series
by BWW News Desk - Dec 23, 2015

BroadwayWorld is excited to report that London's Barbican Centre has just announced the full lineup for its 'RSC Shakespeare on Screen' film series this January.

FLASH FRIDAY: Watch Out! REAR WINDOW Peers Back Into Movie Theaters
by Pat Cerasaro - Mar 20, 2015

Today we are celebrating this weekend's cinematic return of REAR WINDOW at Fathom-equipped movie theaters across the country.

Stage and Screen Actress Mary Healy Dies at 96
by BWW News Desk - Feb 5, 2015

The New York Times reports that Mary Healy, an actress and singer who, alongside her husband Peter Lind Hayes, performed on television, at the cabaret and on Broadway, died Tuesday, February 3, 2015. She was 96.

Creepy Academy Award-Winning Creature Designer of X-Files and Alien 3 Fame Releases First Look at Demon Fantasy Thriller 'Fire City'
by Robert Diamond - Jun 28, 2013

Top creature designer Tom Woodruff, Jr., known for X-Files, Alien 3, The Thing and the X-Men movies, will release the tie-in short film to the horror franchise, Fire City, on the world's largest horror website, Dread Central. Tom Woodruff's directorial debut will be the first feature length installment, Fire City: The Interpreter of Signs, joining predecessors Guillermo Del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy, Hellboy II) and the Strauss Brothers (Skyline) as a blockbuster movie effects designer who successfully made the transition into feature film directing.

HAPPIEST SONG PLAYS LAST & Schwimmer-Directed SEX WITH STRANGERS Join LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE in 2nd Stage's 2013-14 Season!
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 24, 2013

Second Stage Theatre's (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) upcoming 35th Anniversary Season will kick off with the previously announced new musical LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, by James Lapine and William Finn, and will continue with the New York premiere of Quiara Alegria Hudes' THE HAPPIEST SONG PLAYS LAST, the follow-up to last season's acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning, Water by the Spoonful, and the final play in Ms. Hudes' Elliot trilogy, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The season will also include the New York Premiere of Laura Eason's provocative play,SEX WITH STRANGERS, directed by David Schwimmer.

Annex Theatre Ends Super Hero Trilogy with TEAM OF HEROES: NO MORE HEROES, Now thru 5/25
by BWW News Desk - Apr 26, 2013

After five years and three productions the action packed Super Hero saga that is Team of Heroes comes to a dark and satisfying conclusion in Team of Heroes: No More Heroes.