BWW Review: THE BLUEST EYE at Synchronicity Theatre
by Jennifer (Skura) Boutell - Oct 22, 2021
In Owolabi's production of THE BLUEST EYE at Synchronicity Theatre, Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, Award-winning American Playwright Lydia R. Diamond, and Pecola Breedlove, the novel’s protagonist, seem to share a mutual legacy—this significance adds magnetism of this production, to say the least.
Netflix Enters Into Multi-Year Overall Deal with Kenny Ortega
by Kaitlin Milligan - Apr 9, 2019
Netflix today announced that it has entered into a multi-year overall deal with producer, director, and choreographer Kenny Ortega. Ortega is known for the High School Musical franchise, which earned him a Primetime Emmy and Directors Guild of America Award. Widely acclaimed for his genre-bending work in musicals, drama, comedy, and family programs, Ortega has directed and choreographed international hits including the Descendants trilogy, Newsies, and Hocus Pocus, and choreographed classic films including Dirty Dancing, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Pretty in Pink, among others. Truman Alfaro will serve as Ortega's development executive.
BWW Blog: An All Women Creative Team- Just Doing Our Jobs
by Student Blogger: A.E. Sarver - Feb 8, 2019
Fast Cars. Moonshine. Bluegrass. A play with a sense of freedom. And a creative team of all women putting it together. When I started the Master of Fine Arts program in Directing last semester at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, I wasn't aware of the amount of opportunities I would be given.
Disney Channel Original Movie DESCENDANTS 2 Ranks as Top Cable TV Telecast
by TV News Desk - Aug 8, 2017
Live + 7 Day ratings for the premiere of Disney's 'Descendants 2' made it the #1 cable TV telecast since the original 'Descendants' (July 31, 2015) in Total Viewers (10.9 million), all major youth Kids 2-11 (5.2 million/13.1 rating), Kids 6-11 (3.9 million/16.4 rating), Tweens 9-14 (3.5 million/14.4 rating), Kids 6-14 (5.3 million/14.8 rating) demographics and Adults 18-49 (3.0 million/2.3 rating).
21 Million Viewers Tune In to Simulcast Premiere of Disney's DESCENDANTS 2
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 26, 2017
In Live + 3 measurements, the simultaneous premiere of 'Descendants 2' (Friday, July 21, 2017, 8:00 p.m. EDT/PDT) has now reached 21 million Total Viewers, including 8.1 million Kids 2-14 and 6.9 million Adults 18-49 on ABC, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Freeform, Lifetime and Lifetime Movies.
Original Disney Movie DESCENDANTS 2 Amasses 13 Million Total Viewers
by Caryn Robbins - Jul 22, 2017
The Disney Channel Original Movie DESCENDANTS 2 reached an astounding 13 million Total Viewers with an unprecedented simultaneous premiere (Friday, July 21, 8:00 p.m. EDT) on Disney Channel, ABC, Disney XD, Freeform, Lifetime and Lifetime Movies as its telecast on Disney Channel was Friday's #1 scripted TV telecast in Total Viewers (5.3 million).
AS YOU LIKE IT Plays Burning Coal Theatre, Now thru 12/16
by BWW News Desk - Nov 29, 2012
Burning Coal Theatre Company presents William Shakespeare's comic As You Like It. The production will run tonight, November 29 - December 16, 2012 at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh, NC.
AS YOU LIKE IT Plays Burning Coal Theatre, 11/29-12/16
by BWW News Desk - Oct 26, 2012
Burning Coal Theatre Company presents William Shakespeare's comic As You Like It. The production will run November 29 - December 16, 2012 at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh, NC.