David Mitchell to Release New Novel, SLADE HOUSE, 10/27
by Christina Mancuso
- Jan 14, 2015
Slade House is the new work of fiction by the bestselling author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell—“a genre-bending, time-leaping, world-traveling, puzzle-making, literary magician” (Esquire). It is set for release on October 27.
American Repertory Theater of WNY Adds PICASSO AT LAPIN AGILE & RUST BELT GROTESQUE to 2015 Season
by Nicole Rosky
- Jan 10, 2015
With the 'first-half' of American Repertory Theater of WNY 2014-15 season in the history books, ART/WNY sets the company sights on a great 'second-half' with the two remaining presentations Steve Martin's PICASSO AT LAPIN AGILE and a showcase featuring local playwrights and their take on the 'other side' of regional history entitled RUST BELT GROTESQUE. In March, PICASSO AT LAPIN AGUILE starts the 2015 'second half' with a great cast and crew featuring Sean Marciniak as Picasso and Matthew Chavez as the famed Albert Einstein, Diane DiBernardo Blenk as the saucy bar-maid, Germain, with her bartender lover, Freddy, played by the versatile David Mitchell, Kaleidoscope Theatre's Keith Wharton joins the company as Picasso's art dealer Sagot, Both Stefan Brundage and Eric Mowery make their ART/WNY debut with Stefan playing the big dreaming/no knowledge inventor Charles Dabernow Schmendiman as Mowery plays a simple country-boy Visitor. ART/WNY alumni Leacel Hillenbrand (THE CRUCIBLE) and Michael Leszczynski (SHINE) fill in as ensemble as Thomas Dooney makes his second appearance as director for this existential funny-bone tickler.
NOOK Launches Online Christmas Shop
by Christina Mancuso
- Dec 1, 2014
NOOK Media LLC, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced the launch of the NOOK Christmas Shop, a dedicated section on NOOK.co.uk featuring curated book lists and great offers to help customers discover the best books for the Christmas season. The site features a special Christmas sale, with prices starting as low as 59p on a wide range of select popular books, as well a list of the NOOK Editor's Choice of the Best 100 Books of 2014, and many more great lists and offers, the NOOK Christmas Shop (www.nook.co.uk) is a great resource for people in the UK who love to read.
Six Scripts Selected for NNPN's 2014 National Showcase of New Plays in Sarasota This Weekend
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 21, 2014
The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, will produce six new plays in staged reading format at its National Showcase of New Plays, hosted this weekend, November 21-23 in Sarasota, FL by Florida Studio Theatre. A committee of artistic, managing and literary leaders from across the country selected plays by Kevin Artigue, Hilary Bettis, Kristiana Colon, Mfoniso Udofia, and Steve Yockey for the twelfth installment of the Showcase.
Robert Webb, Jason Thorpe & Christopher Ryan to Join JEEVES AND WOOSTER UK Tour in 2015
by Tyler Peterson
- Nov 18, 2014
Robert Webb re-joins the Olivier award-winning comedy Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense on tour from February - April 2015 following his West End run earlier this year. Jason Thorpe will play Jeeves and the role of Seppings will be played by Christopher Ryan from February - June 2015. The trio will be taking over from John Gordon Sinclair (Jeeves), James Lance (Bertie Wooster) and Robert Goodale (Seppings).
Hudson Booksellers Announces the Best Books of 2014
by Christina Mancuso
- Oct 29, 2014
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Oct, 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ Hudson Booksellers, a brand unit of travel retailer Hudson Group, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dufry, AG of Basel, Switzerland, has announced its list of the Best Books published in 2014. Hudson operates 60 full-service bookstores and over 400 Hudson News newsstands in airports and transportation terminals throughout North America, and sells books online at www.HudsonBooksellers.com.
Chichester's NEVILLE'S ISLAND Begins Tonight in the West End
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 10, 2014
Jamie Hendry Productions presents the West End transfer of Chichester Festival Theatre's critically-acclaimed production of Neville's Island, which will run at the Duke of York's Theatre from today 10th October with opening night for press on 21st October 2014.
Six Scripts Selected for NNPN's 2014 National Showcase of New Plays in Sarasota Next Month
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 2, 2014
The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, will produce six new plays in staged reading format at its National Showcase of New Plays, hosted November 21-23 in Sarasota, FL by Florida Studio Theatre. A committee of artistic, managing and literary leaders from across the country selected plays by Kevin Artigue, Hilary Bettis, Kristiana Colon, Mfoniso Udofia, and Steve Yockey for the twelfth installment of the Showcase.
Books-A-Million Releases Top 10 Autumn Reading List
by Robert Diamond
- Sep 27, 2014
Books-A-Million, Inc. (NASDAQ:BAMM), one of the nation's leading bookstores, announced today its top picks for fall releases. Senior Fiction Buyer, Margaret Terwey, handpicked each title for Books-A-Million customers to enjoy this autumn season.
NASA Holds Briefing on MAVEN Mars Orbit Insertion, Events Coverage
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 17, 2014
NASA will host a televised media briefing at 1 p.m. EDT, today, Sept. 17, to outline activities around the Sunday, Sept. 21 orbital insertion at Mars of the agency's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft. The briefing will be held in NASA's Headquarters' auditorium, 300 E Street SW in Washington, and broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website.
NASA to hold Sept. 17 Briefing on MAVEN Mars Orbit Insertion, Events Coverage
by Matt Tamanini
- Sep 12, 2014
NASA will host a televised media briefing at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Sept. 17, to outline activities around the Sunday, Sept. 21 orbital insertion at Mars of the agency's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft. The briefing will be held in NASA's Headquarters' auditorium, 300 E Street SW in Washington, and broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website.
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