BWW Cover Reveal: ON THE COME UP by Angie Thomas
by Bonnie Lynn Wagner
- Feb 21, 2018
This past week, Angie Thomas, author of last year's breakaway #1 New York Times Best Selling debut novel THE HATE U GIVE, revealed the cover for her brand-new novel, ON THE COME UP, out June 5, 2018. THE HATE U GIVE has spent more than 50 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers List--and many of those consecutive weeks at #1! It is going to be a movie starring Issa Rae and Regina Hall. Among its many awards and accolades, it has most prestigiously been long-listed for the National Book Award, won both the William C. Morris Award for Debut Novel and the Odyssey Award for audiobooks, as well as receiving Honors for both the Coretta Scott King Award and the Michael L. Printz Award. Barnes and Noble will even publish an exclusive Collector's Edition next week on February 27th. ON THE COME UP is the author's highly-anticipated second novel, st in the same world as THE HATE U GIVE, and today, we have all the details on it for you!
DTC presents THE GREAT SOCIETY, Co-Produced with Houston's Alley Theatre
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 20, 2018
2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award Recipient Dallas Theater Center (DTC) presents The Great Society at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre. A co-production with the Alley Theatre and directed by DTC Enloe/Rose Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty, The Great Society begins on March 9 and runs through April 1. A Pay-What-You-Can performance will be Sunday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m., and Press Night will be Tuesday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to The Great Society are on sale now at www.DallasTheaterCenter.org and by phone at (214) 880-0202.
Photo Flash: Metro Theater Company and Jazz St. Louis present BUD NOT BUDDY
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 14, 2018
Written by award-winning playwright Kirsten Greenidge and based on the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award winning book by Christopher Paul Curtis, with a exhilarating score by five-time Grammy-winning jazz legend Terence Blanchard, "Bud, Not Buddy" follows 10-year-old Bud as he sets off on a journey to find his father who he believes is leading a traveling jazz band.
Photo Flash: THE GREAT SOCIETY Celebrates Opening Night at Arena Stage
by Julie Musbach
- Feb 9, 2018
Robert Schenkkan's The Great Society, the second half of the epic drama about President Lyndon Baines Johnson, makes its Washington, D.C. debut at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, following the theater's critically acclaimed 2016 run of All the Way.
BWW Feature: ALA To Support Multicultural Literature For Youth With Enhanced 2019 Youth Media Awards
by Bonnie Lynn Wagner
- Feb 2, 2018
Librarians and library staff work to transform lives by connecting youth with materials that celebrate diversity, abolish cultural invisibility, and foster understanding. The American Library Association (ALA) and its professional affiliates will highlight the best of the best in multicultural literature for youth by adding additional announcements to its 2019 ALA Youth Media Awards.
THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM 1963 to Get West Coast Premiere
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 31, 2018
Black History Month is a prime time to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in Memphis, TN. What better way to honor this historical event than by attending the West Coast Premier theatrical production of The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963. This is a play Adapted by Reginald Andre Jackson. Based on the Newberry and Coretta Scott King Honor Book novel by Christopher Paul Curtis. This Comedy/Drama production is an All The Way West Productions, Inc. with Harry Jones, Jr. as producer and making her directorial debut, Bernadette Speakes.
So Cal Premiere of BUD, NOT BUDDY Comes to La Mirada Theatre
by Stephi Wild
- Jan 30, 2018
Phantom Projects Theatre Group will present the Southern California Premiere of Bud, Not Buddy, a heartwarming play for the entire family set in Michigan during the Great Depression. Based on the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel, the story follows the adventures of Bud, a young boy whose search for his father sets him off on journey that leads him to a new, deeper, understanding of 'family.' Directed by Timothy P. Thorn, Bud, Not Buddy performs at 10am, 12:30pm and 7pm, one day only: February 22, 2018 at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts.
Dan Lauria to Lead the Off-Broadway Cast of THE STONE WITCH
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 22, 2018
Producers Darlene Kaplan, Laura Janik Cronin and Scott J. Newsome, have announced, today, the cast and creative team for the Off-Broadway premiere of The Stone Witch, a play by Shem Bitterman (A Death in Colombia, Influence). Performances begin Monday, March 12, 2018 for an open-ended engagement at The Westside Theatre - Upstairs (407 West 43rd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues). Opening Night is set for Sunday evening, March 25, 2018 at 6:30PM.
I HAVE A DREAM Comes to Annapolis Saturday.
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 12, 2018
The Broadway musical, I Have a Dream, first debuted in 1976 with Billy Dee William playing Dr. King. The play portrays the life of Dr. King and important moments of the civil rights movement through song and dance. Written by Josh Greenfield and directed by veteran actor Herman LeVern Jones of TheatreSouth, the production has toured internationally. It includes many gospel songs from the Civil Rights Movement, including We Shall Overcome and Free at Last to be performed by professional soloists and the Fresh Start Church Gospel Choir of Glen Burnie. Coretta Scott King and Rosa Parks praised the show when they saw it in the 1980's. Order tickets at www.mlkjrmd.org. The two act musical begins at 7:00 pm Saturday, January 13 at the Key Auditorium of St. Johns College, 60 College Avenue, Annapolis. For more information, call 301-904-3690. Saturday-night theater tickets are $35 for general public and $20 for students (with ID) and seniors (over 65).
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with Arena Stage's THE GREAT SOCIETY
by Julie Musbach
- Jan 2, 2018
Robert Schenkkan's The Great Society, the second half of the epic drama about President Lyndon Baines Johnson, makes its Washington, D.C. debut at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, following the theater's critically acclaimed 2016 run of All the Way. Kyle Donnelly returns to Arena Stage to helm this political thrill ride that shines a bright, clear light on a pivotal moment in American history (New York Times).
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