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Independent Lens to Present Black History Month Programming on PBS
by Tyler Peterson - February 06, 2013 In celebration of Black History Month, Independent Lens, the Emmy Award-winning PBS documentary series, today announced programming available during the month of February that highlights the African American experience. The films feature unsung heroes of the civil rights era, African Americans who h...
MAN AND SUPERMAN Plays Irish Repertory Theatre; Previews Begin April 26
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2012 Irish Repertory Theatre and Gingold Theatrical Group are joining forces to present a co-production of Shaw's masterpiece, MAN AND SUPERMAN to be performed at the award-winning Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street), as part of Irish Rep's 24th Season and GTG's first-ever 'Shaw New York' fest...
Towne Street Theatre's 6th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival to Kick Off 20th Season, 2/1
by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2013 Towne Street Theatre's 6th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival will present ten unique plays, honoring Black History Month and celebrating TST's 20th Anniversary Season....
The Greene Space and TCG Welcome CHINGLISH Playwright David Henry Hwang Tonight, 5/7
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2012 Tonight, May 7th at 7pm, WNYC's The Greene Space and Theater Communications Group welcomes Chinglish author DAVID HENRY HWANG....
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - PBS's BILLY THE KID: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Premieres Tonight
by TV News Desk - January 10, 2012 On April 28, 1881, 21-year-old Henry McCarty, a.k.a. Billy the Kid, just days from being hanged for murder, outfoxed his jailors and electrified the nation with the latest in a long line of miraculous escapes. An outlaw with a deadly reputation, the young man was finally gunned down by the ambitious...
Jubilee Theatre Presents Spring 2011 Educational Outreach Production 2/24
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2011 Jubilee Theatre's Spring 2011 Educational Outreach production of Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery will be performed by area high school students later this week. ...
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek of SINGIN' IN THE RAIN at the Muny!
by Nicole Rosky - July 18, 2011 You remember the plot. You love the characters. You know 'the song.' It's no less than the stage adaptation of one of the most celebrated and beloved films of all time. 1920s Hollywood is the setting for this zany, light-hearted romantic comedy, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, about the early days of sound fil...
Towne Street Theatre's 6th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival to Kick Off 20th Season, Today
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2013 Towne Street Theatre's 6th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival will present ten unique plays, honoring Black History Month and celebrating TST's 20th Anniversary Season....
MY SCANDALOUS LIFE set for Irish Rep, Previews 2/2
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 07, 2011 Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) continues its 23rd Season with the world premiere of MY SCANDALOUS LIFE by Irish playwright and novelist Thomas Kilroy (author of the award-winning novel 'The Big Chapel'), set to begin previews in the company's downstairs W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatr...
STAGE TUBE: First Look at SINGIN' IN THE RAIN at the MUNY
by Nicole Rosky - July 21, 2011 You remember the plot. You love the characters. You know 'the song.' It's no less than the stage adaptation of one of the most celebrated and beloved films of all time. 1920s Hollywood is the setting for this zany, light-hearted romantic comedy, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, about the early days of sound fil...
Benjamin Bratt to Narrate LATINO AMERICANS on PBS
by Tyler Peterson - January 14, 2013 Today at the Television Critics Association meeting, PBS announced actor Benjamin Bratt will narrate LATINO AMERICANS, a landmark three-part, six-hour documentary series that is set to air nationally on PBS in the fall of 2013. It is the first major documentary series for television to chronicle t...
Ford's Theater Society Launches New Logo
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 03, 2011 The Ford's Theatre Society today unveiled a new logo design in preparation for the 2011-2012 theatre season and the February 2012 opening of the Center for Education and Leadership. ...
Evan Zes Joins MAN AND SUPERMAN at Irish Repertory Theatre
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2012 Evan Zes to join The Irish Repertory Theatre and Gingold Theatrical Group's co-production of George Bernard Shaw's comedic masterpiece....
PBS's American Experience to Air THE ABOLITIONISTS, January 2013
by Caryn Robbins - November 01, 2012 Vividly bringing to life the epic struggles of the men and women who ended slavery, THE ABOLITIONISTS interweaves drama with traditional documentary storytelling...
Phil Coulter Brings THE SONGS I LOVE SO WELL to Irish Rep, Beginning 11/29
by Kelsey Denette - November 05, 2012 Irish Repertory Theatre continues its 25th Anniversary Season with Grammy-nominee Phil Coulter in THE SONGS I LOVE SO WELL, with previews set to begin November 29, prior to its official Off-Broadway opening on Thursday, December 6 on The Irish Repertory Theatre's Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage (13...
MAN AND SUPERMAN to be Filmed for Lincoln Center Archives
by Kelsey Denette - June 28, 2012 The Irish Repertory Theatre and Gingold Theatrical Group's co-production of George Bernard Shaw's MAN AND SUPERMAN, will be filmed and persevered for the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theatre on Film and Tape Archive during its performance on Friday, June 29 at the Irish Repertory ...
STAGE TUBE: First Look at SINGIN' IN THE RAIN at the MUNY
by Nicole Rosky - July 21, 2011 You remember the plot. You love the characters. You know 'the song.' It's no less than the stage adaptation of one of the most celebrated and beloved films of all time. 1920s Hollywood is the setting for this zany, light-hearted romantic comedy, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, about the early days of sound fil...
RagTag Entertainment Presents ASSASSINS, 2/10-25
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2012 RagTag Entertainment will present Stephen Sondheim's ASSASSINS from February 10th through February 25th, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM....
Irish Rep to Present Friel's DANCING AT LUGHNASA, Opens 10/30
by BWW News Desk - October 30, 2011 The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) will continue its 24th Season with the 20th Anniversary production of Brian Friel's Tony Award-winning play DANCING AT LUGHNASA, with previews set to begin October 19 on the Irish Repertory's Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage, prior to an official pr...
Kuma Kuhua Theatre Announces Playwriting Contest
by Caryn Robbins - October 03, 2011 Each year Kumu Kahua Theatre co-sponsors a playwriting contest with the University of Hawai‘i at M?noa Theatre and Dance Department in its effort to bring new and exciting drama to the stage. Entries must be postmarked no later than Monday, January 2, 2012, to qualify....
East West Players Joins With Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking 1/20
by BWW News Desk - January 20, 2011 East West Players (EWP), the nation's premier Asian American theatre, in collaboration with Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) is proud to present a reading of LETTERS FROM MY MOTHER by Udaya Kanthi Salgadu, directed by Shaheen Vaaz on Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 7:30 pm at the Na...
MOLLY SWEENEY Opens at Irish Repertory Theatre, 1/30
by Kelsey Denette - December 22, 2010 Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) continues its 23rd Season with the first major revival of Tony Award-winning playwright Brian Friel's MOLLY SWEENEY - the story of a blind woman who undergoes an operation to try to restore her sight - set to begin previews on the company's Francis J. G...
THE FOUNTAIN Continues Towne Street Theatre's 2012 Reading Series, 5/22
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2012 Towne Street Theatre presents a staged reading of 'The Fountain' by Harriet A. Dickey, Tuesday @ 8pm on May 22, 2012 at the Stella Adler Theatre, located at 6773 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, Calif. $5 donation requested....
STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes of Irish Rep's NEW GIRL IN TOWN
by Stage Tube - July 23, 2012 Performances of NEW GIRL IN TOWN are running now through September 9, 2012 at The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues). Click below to watch behind-the-scenes footage from the production and interviews with the cast and creative team!...
PBS's American Experience Airs THE ABOLITIONISTS, Now thru 1/22
by TV News Desk - January 08, 2013 Vividly bringing to life the epic struggles of the men and women who ended slavery, THE ABOLITIONISTS interweaves drama with traditional documentary storytelling... |
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