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Lockdown Theatre Announces Live Virtual Table Read Of PRIVATE LIVES With Emma Thompson, Emilia Clarke & More!
by Stephi Wild - Sep 1, 2020


Following the sell-out success of Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot in June, Lockdown Theatre, in association with The Royal Theatrical Fund, today announces a live virtual table read of Private Lives by Noël Coward. The table read will take place on Sunday 13 September at 7pm with the generous permission from the Noël Coward Foundation.

BWW Interview: ISC's David Melville & Melissa Chalsma On Being Free, Social Awareness & The Future
by Gil Kaan - Aug 3, 2020


As live theatre remains in lockdown, Independent Shakespeare Company (ISC) is morphing their Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival into a free, livestreaming program of four FESTIVAL EVENTS on Saturdays in August, and a hybrid stage production of ROMEO & JULIET Labor Day weekend. ISC's co-founders David Melville & Melissa Chalsma were most gracious in answering my emailed queries on their twenty-plus-years-old theatre organization.

HBO Max Expands Max Originals Programming With International Series
by Kaitlin Milligan - Jul 22, 2020


 HBO Max has unveiled an expanded slate of acclaimed international originals coming to the streamer.

Lockdown Theatre Announces Live Virtual Table Read Of A BIT OF WAITING FOR GODOT In Aid Of The Royal Theatrical Fund
by Stephi Wild - Jun 22, 2020


Lockdown Theatre in association with The Royal Theatrical Fund today announces a live virtual table read of a?oeA Bit of Waiting for Godota?? taken from Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot on Sunday 28 June at 7pm.

HBO Max Launches Today with All 8 HARRY POTTER Films
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 27, 2020


WarnerMedia's highly anticipated streaming platform, HBO Max, has officially launched today, featuring a leading collection of content curated from across WarnerMedia's legendary catalog and a roster of new Max Originals, plus fan-favorite acquired franchises and films.

Photo: TINA Star Adrienne Warren Joins 'The Red Nose Day Special' Airing Tonight On NBC!
by A.A. Cristi - May 21, 2020


Get a sneak peek photo of Adrienne Warren, star of 'Tina: The Tina Turner Musical' from 'The Red Nose Day Special' airing tonight at 9/8c, on NBC!

Mandy Moore and Justin Harley to Co-Host RED NOSE DAY on NBC
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 18, 2020


“This Is Us” stars Mandy Moore and Justin Hartley will co-host NBC's “Red Nose Day Special” on Thursday, May 21, at 9 p.m. ET /PT, joined by an all-star cast of Hollywood and music favorites coming together to have fun, raise money and change lives.

HBO Max Unveils Second Wave Slate of Originals Including FRAYED, DOOM PATROL, & More!
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 13, 2020


HBO Max has revealed the second slate of premium Max Originals available to viewers after the streamer's May 27th launch.

What Stars Stream: Broadway's Best Tunes in for Movies, TV & More!
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 29, 2020


BroadwayWorld has already put together a complete guide of 157 musicals, plays, and everything in between that you can watch from home, as well as exclusive daily content from some of your favorite Broadway stars. Now, we're bringing you some streaming inspiration straight from the stars themselves! Which shows are their favorites? What are they binging? Find out below!

VIDEO: Hear Alessia Cara, Maya Rudolph, Will Forte & More in New Trailer for THE WILLOUGHBYS
by Kaitlin Milligan - Mar 23, 2020


Netflix has released the trailer for The Willoughbys, their new animated film based on “The Willoughbys” by Lois Lowry.

INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO's James Lipton Has Died at 93
by Stephi Wild - Mar 2, 2020


BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that James Lipton, executive producer, writer, and host of the Bravo cable television series Inside the Actors Studio, has died at age 93.

Second Season of AFTER LIFE to Premiere on April 24
by Kaitlin Milligan - Feb 13, 2020


Netflix has announced that the second season of After Life will premiere on April 24.

BWW Review: THE OFFICE; A MUSICAL PARODY at Starlight Theatre Indoors
by Alan Portner - Feb 5, 2020


The Musical Parody of TV's THE OFFICE is for those who are devoted fans of the 2005 a?' 2013 NBC comedy series. This is an unauthorized version, but it is probable that the best audience members for the parody are those most steeped in the developmental history of how the source show came to be.

BWW Review: DANIEL'S HUSBAND at Dezart Performs
by Kay Kudukis - Jan 13, 2020


There are plenty of couples that eschew the institution of marriage. Ricky Gervais and Jane Fallon have been together for 37 years, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell for 35, Robin Roberts and Amber Laign have 14, and none have ever walked down the aisle together and said 'I do'.

BWW Review: THE TYLER SISTER, Hampstead Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Jan 8, 2020


Hampstead Theatre opens the new year with a heartwarming but generally forgettable play on their smaller stage. The Tyler Sisters follows three girls as they grow up and find their place in the world from 1990 to 2030. What the audience gets to see of this time frame in the life of women who might not like each other all the time but who are bound by blood is a series of single scenes for each one of the 40 years.

RATINGS: NBC Ties For Dec. 30-Jan. 5 Weekly Win In 18-49
by Kaitlin Milligan - Jan 7, 2020


NBC has tied for #1 for the primetime ratings week of Dec. 30-Jan. 5 among the Big 4 networks in the key demographic of adults 18-49 and won the week outright in adults 25-54 and all key adult-female demographics, according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research.

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