The Black Movie Awards (BMA) to Return For The 2014 Awards Season
by Caryn Robbins
- Dec 10, 2013
The ABFF (American Black Film Festival) today announced that it is reviving the Black Movie Awards (BMA), which recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments of persons of African descent in the motion picture industry, as an Internet-based awards presentation.
TV: Baayork Lee, Maury Yeston & More Remember Marvin Hamlisch at WHAT HE DID FOR LOVE Premiere
by Nicole Rosky
- Dec 10, 2013
The new documentary Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love is the American Masters series' Season 27 finale, premiering nationally Friday, December 27, 2013, 9-10:30 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) and available on DVD January 14, 2014 via PBS Distribution. The film had its New York City premiere last night, and attendees included:Quincy Jones, David Zippel, Annaleigh Ashford, Baayork Lee & more. BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was on the red carpet to chat with all of them about their friend and collaborator. Check out what they had to say below!
Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for Hamlisch Documentary- WHAT HE DID FOR LOVE's NYC Premiere
by Jennifer Broski
- Dec 10, 2013
The new documentary Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love is the American Masters series' Season 27 finale, premiering nationally Friday, December 27, 2013, 9-10:30 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) and available on DVD January 14, 2014 via PBS Distribution. The film had its New York City premiere last night, and attendees included: Quincy Jones, David Zippel, Annaleigh Ashford, Baayork Lee & more. BroadwayWorld was there for the special night and you can check out photos below!
STOMP Headed to Morris Performing Arts Center, 1/16-17
by Tyler Peterson
- Dec 9, 2013
STOMP, the international percussion sensation, returns to The Morris Performing Arts Center as a special engagement of the 2013-14 Broadway in South Bend Series. From its beginnings as a street performance in the UK, STOMP has grown into an international sensation over the past 20 years, having performed in more than 50 countries and in front of more than 24 million people.
Chita Rivera, Brian D'Arcy James, Annaleigh Ashford & More Set for MARVIN HAMLISCH: WHAT HE DID FOR LOVE Screening Today
by Movies News Desk
- Dec 9, 2013
A VIP screening of the new American Masters documentary, Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love is set for The Paley Center for Media today, December 9th at 6:15 PM. The new documentary is the American Masters series' Season 27 finale, premiering nationally Friday, December 27, 2013, 9-10:30 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) and available on DVD January 14, 2014 via PBS Distribution.
Chita Rivera, Brian D'Arcy James, Annaleigh Ashford and More Set for MARVIN HAMLISCH: WHAT HE DID FOR LOVE Screening, 12/9
by Movies News Desk
- Dec 6, 2013
A VIP screening of the new American Masters documentary, Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love is set for The Paley Center for Media on Monday, December 9th at 6:15 PM. The new documentary is the American Masters series' Season 27 finale, premiering nationally Friday, December 27, 2013, 9-10:30 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) and available on DVD January 14, 2014 via PBS Distribution.
MARVIN HAMLISCH: WHAT HE DID FOR LOVE to Premiere 12/27 on PBS
by Christina Raquel
- Dec 4, 2013
With exclusive access to Hamlisch's personal archival treasure trove and complete cooperation from his family, Dramatic Forces and THIRTEEN's American Masters explore his prolific life and career in the series' Season 27 finale, Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love, premiering nationally Friday, December 27, 2013, 9:00-10:30 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings).
Renee Fleming Hosts Kennedy Center's AMERICAN VOICES, Feat. Sutton Foster, Norm Lewis and More, Now thru 11/24
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 22, 2013
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents American Voices hosted by Renee Fleming, a groundbreaking festival of performances, master sessions, and symposia celebrating the rich diversity of American singing, today, November 22-24, 2013. Curated and hosted by world-renowned American singer Renee Fleming, American Voices will bring together some of the biggest names in vocal music for a genre-spanning, landmark concert with the National Symphony Orchestra.
Two Brother Duos Set for Arena Stage's MAURICE HINES IS TAPPIN' THRU LIFE Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 15, 2013
Lifelong performer and Tony Award nominee Maurice Hines (Broadway's Sophisticated Ladies and Eubie!) captivates audiences with stories, songs and smooth choreography for his return to Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater with Maurice Hines is Tappin' Thru Life. Under the direction of Tony Award nominee Jeff Calhoun (Broadway's Newsies and Grey Gardens), Hines, who started performing at five years old, brings the history of American tap to life and pays tribute to his brother Gregory and the singers who inspired him, from Frank Sinatra to Lena Horne. A co-production with ALLIANCE THEATRE at the Woodruff and Cleveland Play House, Maurice Hines is Tappin' Thru Life runs tonight, November 15-December 29, 2013 in the Kreeger Theater.
Nana Mousouri to Play Beacon Theatre, 1/22
by Tyler Peterson
- Nov 13, 2013
One of the biggest-selling female artists around the world, Nana Mouskouri, returns to the stage with her 'Happy Birthday Tour', starting on her birthday in October 2013 in Athens, and making a stop at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on January 22, 2014 at 7:30pm.
Quincy Jones to be Honored at Louis Armstrong House Gala
by Caryn Robbins
- Nov 12, 2013
The Louis Armstrong House Museum's Gala 2013 on December 11, 2013 will be a night to remember with a special performance by the Grammy Award-winning Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks and an impressive slate of honorees.
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - WHOOPI PRESENTS MOMS MABLEY on HBO
by TV News Desk
- Nov 8, 2013
HBO Documentary Films presents a weekly series this fall, debuting provocative new specials every Monday, now through December 9. Featuring recently unearthed photographs, rediscovered performance footage and the words of entertainers and historians, WHOOPI GOLDBERG PRESENTS MOMS MABLEY includes interviews with Eddie Murphy, Joan Rivers, Sidney Poitier, Kathy Griffin, Harry Belafonte, Bill Cosby, Quincy Jones, Arsenio Hall, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, who emphasize how Mabley paved the way for female comedians and performers everywhere in provocative stand-up routines that challenged racism, sexism and ageism. WHOOPI GOLDBERG PRESENTS MOMS MABLEY debuts as part of the HBO Documentary Films Fall Series on Monday, November 18. Watch a promo for the doc below!
BWW Interviews: Producer Rick Muller talks IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING - Toronto's Largest Variety Show
by Kelly Cameron
- Nov 10, 2013
Once a year the stars flock to Toronto's largest theatrical venue - The Sony Centre - for a magical evening of music, song, dance and variety called It's Always Something! The event honours the memory and wish of the late Gilda Radner, who died of ovarian cancer in 1989. Gilda loved to laugh and entertain and felt that no one should have to face cancer alone.
In a special interview, co-producer of It's Always Something Rick Muller took some time to talk about the importance of Gilda's Club and why it means so much to him to support this cause and produce this event each year. He talks about losing people to cancer, the importance of living Gilda's message of laughter and magic every day, and of course - what we can expect from the incredible It's Always Something event this year.
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