Alec Baldwin, Ellen Barkin & More Sign on for Arthur Miller Centennial
by Nicole Rosky
- Nov 24, 2015
On Monday, January 25 (8PM), the Arthur Miller Foundation will present "Arthur Miller Centenary Reading on Broadway". To celebrate the legacy of Arthur Miller and support the Arthur Miller Foundation for Theater and Film Education in New York City public schools, please join us for a one-night-only Broadway benefit performance, featuring readings from Miller's seminal plays and personal works. According to Variety, the line-up of performers will include: Alec Baldwin, Ellen Barkin, Laurence Fishburne, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Tony Kushner and Sam Shepard.
Shannon Lucio Joins the Cast of A&E's Four-Night Miniseries ROOTS
by Caryn Robbins
- Oct 9, 2015
A+E has added Shannon Lucio to its four-night, eight-hour miniseries ROOTS. Based on Alex Haley's Pulitzer Prize winning book “Roots: The Saga of an American Family,” A+E's “Roots” is a re-imagining of the epic ABC miniseries which was released in 1977.
A+E Enlists Anika Noni Rose, Forest Whitaker, Anna Paquin & More for New ROOTS Miniseries
by Tyler Peterson
- Sep 16, 2015
A+E Networks announces new casting for its four-night, eight-hour scripted event miniseries 'Roots,' from A+E Studios, including Academy Award winner(R) Forest Whitaker (Lee Daniels' The Butler, South Paw) as 'Fiddler,' a slave who tries to mentor Kunta Kinte and risks his life to help him escape; Academy Award winner Anna Paquin (True Blood) as 'Nancy Holt,' the wife of a Confederate officer who has her own agenda when it comes to the handling of slaves; Golden Globe(R) Award winning and Emmy(R) Award nominated actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors) as 'Tom Lea,' an uneducated slave owner desperate to claw his way into the elite company of Southern gentility; Tony Award(R) winner Anika Noni Rose (Dream Girls, The Good Wife, The Princess and the Frog) as 'Kizzy,' the cherished, smart daughter of Kunta Kinte who maintains her family pride and warrior spirit; Chad L. Coleman (The Walking Dead, The Wire) as 'Mingo,' a stern no-nonsense slave who keeps the Lea plantation afloat; Erica Tazel (Justified) as 'Matilda,' a preacher's daughter and love interest to 'Chicken George'; and Derek Luke (Captain America: The First Avenger, Antwone Fisher) as 'Silla Ba Dibba,' the military trainer of Juffure, charged with transforming teen boys into powerful Mandinka Warriors.
Gattelli & Flaherty's IN YOUR ARMS, Featuring 10 Dance Vignettes by Iconic Writers, Begins Tonight at The Old Globe
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 16, 2015
The Old Globe opens its 2015-2016 Season with IN YOUR ARMS, a World Premiere dance-theatre musical featuring direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Christopher Gattelli (Newsies, Godspell, Lincoln Center Theater's The King and I and South Pacific) and original music by Tony Award winner Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once on This Island; two-time Oscar nominee for Anastasia). The production begins tonight, September 16, with an opening slated for September 24, and runs through October 25, 2015.
Jay Leno Returns for New Season of CNBC's JAY LENO'S GARAGE
by Caryn Robbins
- Aug 13, 2015
After delivering six consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth among P25-54 in primetime, CNBC today announced the latest addition to the network's expanding primetime lineup, 'Jay Leno's Garage,' premiering Wednesday, October 7
Maggie Grace, Maika Monroe & More to Star in THE SCENT OF RAIN AND LIGHTNING
by Tyler Peterson
- Jul 27, 2015
Film producers Casey Twenter, Jeff Robison and Jeff Johnson, under the production house No Coast Entertainment, along with producer Kevin Waller (Gerson Productions) announce the initial casting of their screen adaptation “The Scent of Rain and Lightning.” Filming begins in Oklahoma this fall.
Fandor Streams AMERICAN PUNK Films
by Tess Reynolds
- Jul 24, 2015
More than music, the anti-establishment movement of Punk crashed onto the scene in the mid-to-late 1970s and spread like wildfire around the world. But it all started in Cleveland, Ohio. The films in AMERICAN PUNK celebrate the sub-culture with insightful rockumentaries of the early Punk scene and narratives made in the height of its popularity.
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