Grand Jury and Audience Award Films Announced at 27th Sonoma International Film Festival
by Blair Ingenthron - Mar 24, 2024
Luminaries such as Golden Globe®-winner Beau Bridges, actor/director John Cameron Mitchell, actor Scoot McNairy, chef Susan Feniger, musician Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation, and more than 150 filmmakers, distinguished press, and industry guests converged on the award-winning wine country film festival March 20-24.
Video: Watch Audra McDonald in Ava DuVernay's ORIGIN Trailer With Myles Frost & More
by Michael Major - Dec 15, 2023
The trailer for Ava DuVernay’s latest film Origin has been released, featuring Audra McDonald, Myles Frost, and Jasmine Cephas Jones. Starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, the film also includes Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash-Betts Emily Yancy, Finn Wittrock, Vera Farmiga, Connie Nielsen, Blair Underwood, Nick Offerman, and Stephanie March. Watch the video!
Ava DuVernay's ORIGIN Is Coming to the Toronto Film Festival
by Michael Major - Sep 5, 2023
Written, produced, and directed by Academy Award nominee Ava DuVernay, Origin chronicles the remarkable life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson (played by Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) as she investigates the genesis of injustice and uncovers a hidden truth that affects us all.
Audra McDonald & Myles Frost Join Ava DuVernay's CASTE Film
by Michael Major - Feb 7, 2023
Audra McDonald and Myles Frost have joined the cast of Ava DuVernay’s upcoming film Caste: The Origins of our Discontents. The pair will join the previously announced Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Aunjanue Ellis, Niecy Nash, Vera Farmiga, Nick Offerman, Connie Nielsen, and Jon Bernthal.
Atlantic Theater Extends CORNELIA STREET Starring George Abud, Norbert Leo Butz, Mary Beth Peil, and More
by Blair Ingenthron - Jan 18, 2023
Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) has announced an extension for the world premiere musical Cornelia Street. The production, which will begin performances this Friday, January 20th and open on Tuesday, February 14th, will now play through Sunday, March 5th, Off-Broadway at Atlantic Stage 2.
ABC Orders THE GOOD LAWYER Series With Embedded Pilot in THE GOOD DOCTOR Episode
by Michael Major - Jan 11, 2023
ABC has ordered an embedded pilot episode of “The Good Doctor” called “The Good Lawyer,” from Sony Pictures Television and ABC Signature. Kennedy McMann (“Nancy Drew”) is set to guest star as Joni DeGroot. Emmy® Award-winning Felicity Huffman (“American Crime”) is set to guest star as Janet Stewart.
Interview: How Monica Wyche, Star of Apple TV+'s FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL, Found Success After 40
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 19, 2022
Once a high school drama teacher in South Carolina, Monica Wyche moved to New York after turning 40 to pursue acting professionally. She is currently starring on screen in Apple TV+s Five Days at Memorial alongside Vera Farmiga and Cherry Jones, and on stage in Gino Diiorio's SCAB at Premiere Stages. Read BroadwayWorld's interview with Wyche here!
VIDEO: Apple TV+ Shares FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL Trailer
by Michael Major - Jul 13, 2022
From John Ridley and Carlton Cuse, who both also serve as directors, and starring an award-winning ensemble cast that includes Vera Farmiga, Cornelius Smith Jr. and Emmy-Award winner Cherry Jones, “Five Days at Memorial” chronicles the impact of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath on a local hospital. Watch the new trailer now!
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING to Open Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 7, 2022
William Shakespeare's joyous and popular comedy Much Ado About Nothing will open at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, the professional theatre on the campus of DeSales University. The show previews July 13 and 14, opens July 15, and runs through August 7 in the Schubert Theatre at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts.
Sheryl Crow, Billie Eilish & Finneas, Paul McCartney & More Join NBC's Ukraine Benefit Special
by Michael Major - Jun 30, 2022
As previously announced, Broadway luminaries Rachel Bay Jones, Brenda Braxton, Liz Callaway, Lilla Crawford, Juwan Crawley, José Llana, Beth Malone, Andrea McArdle, Bonnie Milligan, Orfeh, Krysta Rodriguez, Seth Rudetsky, James Wesley and NaTasha Yvette Williams will come together for a special rendition of 'What the World Needs Now is Love.'
Krysta Rodriguez, Rachel Bay Jones & More to Perform 'What the World Needs Now is Love' on NBC Special Benefiting Ukraine
by Michael Major - Jun 27, 2022
Broadway stars Rachel Bay Jones, Brenda Braxton, Liz Callaway, Lilla Crawford, Juwan Crawley, José Llana, Beth Malone, Andrea McArdle, Bonnie Milligan, Orfeh, Krysta Rodriguez, Seth Rudetsky, James Wesley and NaTasha Yvette Williams will come together for a special rendition of “What the World Needs Now is Love.”