American Blues Theatre Announces 2015 Blue Ink Award Winner
by Tyler Peterson
- Feb 19, 2015
Producing Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside of American Blues Theater, Chicago's second oldest Equity Ensemble, announces the recipient of the 2015 Blue Ink Playwriting Award is Jamie Pachino and her play Other Than Honorable.
Raven Theatre to Screen Lifetime's THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL with Cicely Tyson
by Tyler Peterson
- Feb 4, 2015
Raven Theatre Company, currently performing the Chicago Premiere of Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate, is presenting a free screening of the new film version of The Trip to Bountiful, arguably Foote's best-known play. The film, which was produced by Lifetime Films and aired on Lifetime Television in 2014, reunited Cicely Tyson and Vanessa Williams in the lead roles they performed for the play's 2013 Broadway revival. That production and this film are significant in that African-Americans were cast in roles traditionally played by white actors throughout the piece's history as first a 1953 teleplay and stage play and the 1985 feature film as well as countless stage productions over the past 60 years.
BRING IT! Returns to Lifetime with 1.8 Million Viewers
by Tyler Peterson
- Jan 26, 2015
The season two return of Lifetime's hit docuseries BRING IT! (#BringIt) delivered 1.8 million Total Viewers at 9:00pm Friday night, choreographing a +80% jump versus the program's premiere. In addition, BRING IT! delivered Lifetime's best Friday primetime telecast in 11 years among Adults 18-49 and Women 18-49, while in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Women 25-54, it was the network's best Friday night telecast in five years.
Jill Scott, Regina Hall Star in Lifetime Original Movie WITH THIS RING Tonight
by TV News Desk
- Jan 24, 2015
Regina Hall (Think Like a Man Too) and Grammy(R) Award winners Jill Scott (Get On Up, Steel Magnolias) and Eve Jeffers Cooper (Whip It, Barbershop) star as three single friends who vow to get married within a year after attending their best friend's wedding in the Lifetime Original Movie
4@15: FOUR NEW FIFTEEN-MINUTE MUSICALS Come to NYC This Weekend
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 24, 2015
4@15: Four New Fifteen-Minute Musicals, performed in conjunction with NYU Steinhardt, will commence performances this weekend, January 24 and 25, for five performances only at The Pless Hall Black Box Theatre, featuring new works from writers Lizzie Hagstedt & Alex Rubin, Daphny Maman & Sujin Kim, Benjamin Velez & Kathryn Hathaway, and Caleb Hoyer & Kevin Michael Murphy. Ben Baker serves as Music Director; Brian Blythe directs.
4@15: FOUR NEW FIFTEEN-MINUTE MUSICALS Come to NYC This Weekend
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 22, 2015
4@15: Four New Fifteen-Minute Musicals, performed in conjunction with NYU Steinhardt, will commence performances this weekend, January 24 and 25, for five performances only at The Pless Hall Black Box Theatre, featuring new works from writers Lizzie Hagstedt & Alex Rubin, Daphny Maman & Sujin Kim, Benjamin Velez & Kathryn Hathaway, and Caleb Hoyer & Kevin Michael Murphy. Ben Baker serves as Music Director; Brian Blythe directs.
Hallie Foote to Appear at Raven Theatre in January
by Tyler Peterson
- Dec 29, 2014
Hallie Foote, an actress best known for playing some of her father's most memorable characters both on and off Broadway and in feature films, will visit Raven Theatre on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 for a public event entitled 'A Conversation with Hallie Foote about Horton Foote.' Horton Foote, who died in 2009, was the author of nearly 100 plays, teleplays and screenplays, including The Trip to Bountiful, Tender Mercies and To Kill a Mockingbird. Hallie Foote's roles in her father's plays have included award-winning turns in The Trip to Bountiful and The Roads to Home and a Tony Award nomination for Dividing the Estate. She was a producer of both the 2013 Broadway production of The Trip to Bountiful starring Cicely Tyson and the television version of the same. While in Chicago, Ms. Foote will attend a rehearsal and consult on Raven's upcoming production of Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate.
Science Channel to Air MYTHBUSTERS Holiday Marathon
by Tyler Peterson
- Dec 11, 2014
Science Channel is about to 'bust' open your holiday season with a mega marathon so big it takes (almost) ten days to complete. The network that dares to question everything will air MYTHBUSTERS episodes in order from all nine seasons for more than nine consecutive days this holiday beginning Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24 through Friday, January 2. This once-in-a lifetime television event celebrates all things from everyone's favorite engineering show. Viewers will have the opportunity to spend the holiday season with Science Channel as we test, build, 'make' and explode beginning on Christmas Eve through Friday, January, 2nd. The MYTHBUSTERS HOLIDAY MEGA MARATHON begins Wednesday, December 24 at 6 AM ET/PT thru Friday, January 2 at 6 PM ET/PT.
Jill Scott, Regina Hall to Star in Lifetime Original Movie WITH THIS RING, 1/24
by Caryn Robbins
- Dec 10, 2014
Regina Hall (Think Like a Man Too) and Grammy(R) Award winners Jill Scott (Get On Up, Steel Magnolias) and Eve Jeffers Cooper (Whip It, Barbershop) star as three single friends who vow to get married within a year after attending their best friend's wedding in the Lifetime Original Movie
William H. Macy, Joan Allen Join Cast of ROOM
by Tyler Peterson
- Nov 10, 2014
According to Deadline, William H. Macy, Joan Allen and Jacob Tremblay have signed on to join Brie Larsen in the upcoming film adaptation of Emma Donoghue's 2010 novel ROOM. Lenny Abrahamson directs the film for Element Pictures and No Trace Camping, which is currently shooting.
PIPPIN, Coming to Broward Center This Spring, Set for Lifetime's THE BALANCING ACT, Today
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 29, 2014
Pippin, The 2013 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival, presented by Broadway Across America at Broward Center for the Performing Arts as part of the Fort Lauderdale 2014 - 2015 Broadway Series from March 31 to April 12, 2015 will take center stage on the award-winning morning show The Balancing Act on the Lifetime Channel today, October 29 at 7:30 a.m. Viewers will have the chance to go behind-the-scenes of the production, as part of the 'Broadway Balances America' series. This show will re-air on November 5, 2014 at 7:30 a.m. (ET/PT) on Lifetime.
PIPPIN, Coming to Broward Center This Spring, Set for Lifetime's THE BALANCING ACT, 10/29
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 24, 2014
Pippin, The 2013 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival, presented by Broadway Across America at Broward Center for the Performing Arts as part of the Fort Lauderdale 2014 - 2015 Broadway Series from March 31 to April 12, 2015 will take center stage on the award-winning morning show The Balancing Act on the Lifetime Channel on Tuesday, October 29 at 7:30 a.m. Viewers will have the chance to go behind-the-scenes of the production, as part of the "Broadway Balances America" series. This show will re-air on November 5, 2014 at 7:30 a.m. (ET/PT) on Lifetime.
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