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Opened: September 27, 1926

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Library of Congress Festival of Film And Sound Announces Full Lineup of Rare Cinema and Special Guests
by A.A. Cristi - May 15, 2023


The Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center is announcing the full lineup of rare cinema and special guests to be featured at the inaugural Library of Congress Festival of Film and Sound. The new four-day film festival will be held June 15-18 in association with the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center at the American Film Institute's beautifully restored 1938 art deco theater in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Haunted Houses: The Untold Ghost Stories of Broadway with Jennifer Ashley Tepper!
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 23, 2021


When you think 'haunted houses' you probably don't picture the inside of a theatre. But with an over 100 year history, many of Broadway's most famous houses are positively teeming with reports of the supernatural.

100 Best Midtown Restaurants to Dine Before/After a Broadway Show
by Team BWW - Nov 24, 2021


Need a restaurant near your Broadway show? We've got you covered! Browse restaurants by food type, with cuisines ranging from American to Asian, French, Italian, Mexican, and other top cuisines. Find where to eat.

SoHo Playhouse Announces Launch of $10,000 in Grants to Fund Las Vegas Theatre Artists
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 2, 2021


SoHo Playhouse has announced the launching of $10,000 in grants to fund four dynamic Las Vegas theatre artists. They will distribute the Martin Bergman and Rita Rudner Grant, the Kaufman Family Grant, the Karen Camp Grant, and the Victoria Bradshaw Family Foundation Grant as we review applications in the coming months.

Great Music Returns to St. Bart's for the 2017-18 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 16, 2017


Great Music at St. Bart's, the concert series produced by the Mid-Manhattan Performing Arts Foundation (MMPAF), for the past seven years has presented music in St. Bartholomew's Church, a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of New York located in the heart of midtown Manhattan. The magnificent 1918 Romanesque-style church features a portal designed by Stanford White and a grand Byzantine-style interior and two of New York's unlikely but outstanding concert spaces: the 150-seat chapel, an intimate and acoustically brilliant space that is perfectly suited for contemporary chamber music, and the majestic 1,000-seat sanctuary outfitted with comfortable chairs enabling flexible seating whose Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ is the largest in New York City and one of the finest examples of the American Classic Organ in the U.S.

Air Bud Entertainment's Hugely Pup-ular Dog-Filled Spin On TV Singing Competitions Is Back! PUP STAR: BETTER 2GETHER
by Caryn Robbins - Jun 2, 2017


Air Bud Entertainment, the proud creators of beloved family entertainment for more than 20 years, including 'Air Bud' and 'Disney Air Buddies,' announces an all-new adventure in the PUP STAR franchise PUP STAR: BETTER 2GETHER. A pup-tastic adventure for the whole family, the exciting new canine film, featuring a soundtrack of paw-tapping new songs, debuts on Digital and VOD, August 29, 2017. The action-packed new season of the franchise continues with the story of Tiny, an adorable Yorkie pup who, after winning the 'Pup Star' TV singing competition, is suddenly launched into an adventure when she's replaced by a street Yorkie, Scrappy, and the two swap lives in a dog-filled, fish-out-of-water tale that ultimately demonstrates life truly is 'better together.'

New Gold'n Plump Chicken Meatballs and Sliced Sausages Offer a Bold, Clean, Fusion of Traditional and Trendy
by Marina Kennedy - Sep 20, 2016


Gold'n Plump, the flagship brand of the Midwest's leading chicken producer GNP Company, is adding new lines of chicken meatballs and sliced sausages that provide a homemade, quality dining experience in as little as 20 minutes-making them ideal for almost any meal or entertaining need. According to Tracy Miller, GNP Company's Director of Product Innovation, the new lines also boast clean ingredients and are on-trend, filling consumers' desire for health and better nutrition.

GNP Company' Announces Flagship Chicken Brand, Gold'n Plump', To Add 'No Antibiotics-Ever' And Humane Certified Attributes
by Robert Diamond - Feb 16, 2016


ST. CLOUD, Minn., Feb. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ GNP Company , the Midwest's leading provider of premium natural chicken, announced today that it will be adding two new attributes to its All Natural chicken products sold under its flagship Gold'n Plump brand. The attributes include 'No AntibioticsEver' and the American Humane Certified farm program seal. The first Gold'n Plump products featuring both of these claims will hit store shelves in March, with more added in the summer. The company will gradually extend these attributes to the entire Gold'n Plump line, with the goal of all products to offer them by 2019.

BWW Review: Ambition, Seduction, and Chaos in BERLIN METROPOLIS
by Patrick Kennedy - Nov 12, 2015


With a fearsomely coherent exhibition, the Neue Galerie transports its visitors to the streets, theaters, and artists' studios of 1918-1933 Berlin.

Uptown Underground Reveals Summer 2015 Retrotainment Lineup
by BWW News Desk - Jun 18, 2015


When the weather heats up, Uptown Underground is the cool place to be for Top Shelf Retrotainment including burlesque, vaudeville, variety, magic, comedy and more.

TCM to Air Top 10 Texas Films to Celebrate Arrival of TNT's DALLAS
by Caryn Robbins - Jun 11, 2012


Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is celebrating this week's premiere of TNT's all-new series DALLAS by unveiling a 10-gallon list of the Top 10 Texas Movies.

President Obama's Remarks on Herman, Jones & More
by Robert Diamond - Dec 5, 2010


Photos as U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted the 2010 Kennedy Center Honorees at a reception in the East Room of the White House before going to the Kennedy Center on December 5, 2010. The recipients for the 33rd annual awards are singer and songwriter Merle Haggard; composer and lyricist Jerry Herman; dancer, choreographer and director Bill T. Jones; songwriter and musician Paul McCartney; and producer, television host and actress Oprah Winfrey. Here's what the President had to say...

Cloris Leachman Performs at Union Station, 11/7-8
by BWW News Desk - Nov 7, 2010


Nick Padgett, Producing Artistic Director of Padgett Productions, based of Union Station in Kansas City, is bringing Academy Award and nine-time Emmy winner, Cloris Leachman to Kansas City in her critically-acclaimed one-woman show, CLORIS! I'm Eighty F*ing Four & Still Going Strong, for two performances only Nov 7 through 8 (Sun 3pm and Mon 8pm) to Union Station, 30 West Pershing Rd Kansas City, MO, 64108. Tickets $65 and include both the show and after-party with Cloris. For tickets and information please call 816.460.2020 or visit http://www.unionstation.org/cloris.html

Cloris Leachman Performs at Union Station, 11/7-8
by Nicole Rosky - Nov 3, 2010


Nick Padgett, Producing Artistic Director of Padgett Productions, based of Union Station in Kansas City, is bringing Academy Award and nine-time Emmy winner, Cloris Leachman to Kansas City in her critically-acclaimed one-woman show, CLORIS! I'm Eighty F*ing Four & Still Going Strong, for two performances only Nov 7 through 8 (Sun 3pm and Mon 8pm) to Union Station, 30 West Pershing Rd Kansas City, MO, 64108. Tickets $65 and include both the show and after-party with Cloris. For tickets and information please call 816.460.2020 or visit http://www.unionstation.org/cloris.html

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What productions of The Shelf have there been?
The Shelf has had 1 productions including Broadway which opened in 1926.

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