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BWW Review: FREEZE FRAME Combines Art, Dance and Music to Affect Social Change
by Shari Barrett - Feb 7, 2016


Written, directed and choreographed by three-time Emmy Award-winner Debbie Allen, Freeze Frame takes audiences on a rollercoaster ride through some of LA's toughest streets where gangs, poverty, violence, and drugs are an everyday reality. Originally commissioned by the Brisbane Arts Festival, Freeze Frame is a dynamic mix of street-tough characters sharing their stories through a series of high-powered scenes of dance, song and drama featuring more than thirty Debbie Allen Dance Academy proteges and professional guest artists.

Utah Symphony | Utah Opera (USUO) & Musicians Ratify Three-Year Contract
by Tyler Peterson - May 20, 2015


Utah Symphony | Utah Opera (USUO) and the musicians of the Utah Symphony have reached an agreement on a new three-year contract, which the musicians and board ratified more than three months before the current contract expires and the Utah Symphony's 75th anniversary season begins.

VIDEO: Watch Taylor Lautner Make Narrow Escape in TRACERS
by Sally Henry Fuller - Mar 21, 2015


Taylor Lautner is on the big screen again, but this time he has left behind his sexy werewolf identity.

The Garden Theatre Starts Season Off with Sondheim's SWEENEY TODD, Now thru 10/5
by BWW News Desk - Sep 12, 2014


The Garden Theatre is proud to present TheatreWorks Florida's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street showing today, September 12 - October 5, 2014. Sweeney Todd kicks off the Garden Theatre's 2014-2015 Season and is sponsored by Joe Worsham and Becky Worsham Farrant at Pacific Global Investment Management Company and by Insight Credit Union.

The Garden Theatre Starts Season Off with Sondheim's SWEENEY TODD, 9/12 - 10/5
by Louisa Brady - Aug 23, 2014


The Garden Theatre is proud to present TheatreWorks Florida's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street showing September 12 - October 5, 2014. Sweeney Todd kicks off the Garden Theatre's 2014-2015 Season and is sponsored by Joe Worsham and Becky Worsham Farrant at Pacific Global Investment Management Company and by Insight Credit Union.

Matthew Johnson to Pen Warner Bros ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN
by Caryn Robbins - Oct 14, 2013


Deadline reports exclusively that Matthew Johnson is set pen the script for Warner Bros' upcoming ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN. The scribe wrote and directed the Slamdance festival winner The Dirties.

Roxanne Fay Leads Cast of Gorilla Theatre's Young Dramatists Project at freeFall, Beg. Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Jun 7, 2013


Changes are afoot in the Young Dramatists' Project. For the first time in 13 years of production, Gorilla Theatre has solicited scripts by young authors from the entire state of Florida, not just the immediate tri-county area as in the past.

Gorilla Theatre Kicks Off Playwrights for 2013 Young Dramatists' Project Today
by BWW News Desk - Jun 7, 2013


Changes are afoot in the Young Dramatists' Project. For the first time in 13 years of production, Gorilla Theatre has solicited scripts by young authors from the entire state of Florida, not just the immediate tri-county area as in the past. With the help of the State Thespian Society, YDP received one-act scripts from as far away as Panama City and Fort Lauderdale. Three were selected from this group and three were selected from the tri-county entries. Over 40 entries were received this year in all.

Roxanne Fay to Lead Cast of Gorilla Theatre's Young Dramatists Project at freeFall, 6/7-9 & 6/14/-16
by Tyler Peterson - May 24, 2013


Changes are afoot in the Young Dramatists' Project. For the first time in 13 years of production, Gorilla Theatre has solicited scripts by young authors from the entire state of Florida, not just the immediate tri-county area as in the past.

Gorilla Theatre Announces Playwrights for 2013 Young Dramatists' Project; Kicks Off 6/7
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2013


Changes are afoot in the Young Dramatists' Project. For the first time in 13 years of production, Gorilla Theatre has solicited scripts by young authors from the entire state of Florida, not just the immediate tri-county area as in the past. With the help of the State Thespian Society, YDP received one-act scripts from as far away as Panama City and Fort Lauderdale. Three were selected from this group and three were selected from the tri-county entries. Over 40 entries were received this year in all.

The Tabard Theatre Presents THE MIKADO, Feb 20-Mar 17
by Samantha Vega - Jan 30, 2013


From the producers of Ruddigore and The Pirates of Penzance comes another topsy-turvy Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, The Mikado.

VIDEO: First Look - Trailer for Comedy THE DIRTIES
by - Jan 11, 2013


Matthew Johnson directed, co-wrote (with Evan Morgan), and stars (alongside Owen Williams) in THE DIRTIES, a film Slamdance is calling "a rare gem - a hilarious, touching, and socially relevant film" Check out the trailer below!

THE GROOVY GHOULIES Debuts in New Haven Tonight, 10/26
by BWW News Desk - Oct 26, 2012


Pantochino Productions Inc. will open its new family-friendly musical, "The Groovy Ghoulies," tonight, October 26 for five performances at Arts Hall, 55 Audubon Street in New Haven.

THE GROOVY GHOULIES Debuts in New Haven, 10/26
by Kelsey Denette - Oct 16, 2012


Pantochino Productions Inc. will open it's new family-friendly musical, "The Groovy Ghoulies," on October 26 for five performances at Arts Hall, 55 Audubon Street in New Haven.

LEGALLY BLONDE Kicks Off Garden Theatre 2012-2013 Live Season
by Kelsey Denette - Sep 17, 2012


The Garden Theatre will kick off TheatreWorks Florida's production of the Central Florida Regional Premiere of Legally Blonde: The Musical, where Ivy League sorority girl Elle Woods and her blinged out pup Bruiser kick off the 2012-13 Season, October 5-28, 2012.

Long Wharf Theatre Presents A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, 8/23-26
by Nicole Rosky - Jul 25, 2012


William Shakespeare's classic tale of love and magic gets a fun new twist in this summer's Shake-it-up-Shakespeare Youth Ensemble production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Discovery Channel Presents 'CITY BENEATH THE WAVES' Special Tonight, 6/2
by TV News Desk - Jun 2, 2012


Just off the coast of southern Greece, Pavlopetri, the oldest submerged city in the world, is about to break its silence. The first-ever excavation and virtual, digital and computer generated imagery (CGI) reconstruction of this ancient, sunken city in great detail is the subject of CITY BENEATH THE WAVES: PAVLOPETRI, a one-hour special that airs on Discovery Channel tonight, June 2 at 8PM ET/PT.

Discovery Channel Presents 'CITY BENEATH THE WAVES' Special, 6/2
by TV News Desk - May 29, 2012


Just off the coast of southern Greece, Pavlopetri, the oldest submerged city in the world, is about to break its silence. The first-ever excavation and virtual, digital and computer generated imagery (CGI) reconstruction of this ancient, sunken city in great detail is the subject of CITY BENEATH THE WAVES: PAVLOPETRI, a one-hour special that airs on Discovery Channel June 2 at 8PM ET/PT.

ShenanArts Presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
by BWW News Desk - Nov 19, 2011


ShenanArts presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on November 11th - 12th, & 18th - 19th : 7:00 pm and November 13th & 20th : 3:00 pm.

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