Biography is a documentary television series. Originally produced by CBS in 1962 and hosted by Mike Wallace, the A&E Network later re-ran it and has produced new episodes since 1987. The series has featured biographies on such people as Elvis Presley, Pl
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John Lahr to Talk New Tennessee Williams Biography at Steppenwolf This Fall
by BWW News Desk - August 27, 2014
Steppenwolf Theatre Company Artistic Director Martha Lavey engages in conversation with John Lahr about his latest book, Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh in a special one-night-only event on Monday, October 13 at 7pm in the Downstairs Theatre....
by BWW News Desk - August 27, 2014
Steppenwolf Theatre Company Artistic Director Martha Lavey engages in conversation with John Lahr about his latest book, Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh in a special one-night-only event on Monday, October 13 at 7pm in the Downstairs Theatre....
Tom Hiddleston's Email to Director Joss Whedon After Reading AVENGERS Script for the First Time
by Courtnie Mele - July 27, 2014
Marvel's The Avengers, which hit theaters in 2012, is one of the highest-grossing movies of all time. However, according to Business Insider, it didn't seem like the movie would be so successful during the production stages. It took several drafts and the help of many different individuals to get...
by Courtnie Mele - July 27, 2014
Marvel's The Avengers, which hit theaters in 2012, is one of the highest-grossing movies of all time. However, according to Business Insider, it didn't seem like the movie would be so successful during the production stages. It took several drafts and the help of many different individuals to get...
THE ANDREW LIPPA SONGBOOK Now Available
by Pat Cerasaro - July 20, 2014
A new collection of sheet music celebrating composer/lyricist Andrew Lippa is now available to order....
by Pat Cerasaro - July 20, 2014
A new collection of sheet music celebrating composer/lyricist Andrew Lippa is now available to order....
Writers Theatre Extends World Premiere of DAYS LIKE TODAY Through 7/27
by Tyler Peterson - June 17, 2014
Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce an additional two weeks of performances of the World Premiere of Days Like Today, inspired by the plays of Charles L. Mee with music and lyrics by Alan Schmuckler and book by Laura Eason, directed by Artistic Dire...
by Tyler Peterson - June 17, 2014
Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce an additional two weeks of performances of the World Premiere of Days Like Today, inspired by the plays of Charles L. Mee with music and lyrics by Alan Schmuckler and book by Laura Eason, directed by Artistic Dire...
CUNY TV Celebrates Arthur Gelb in Rebroadcast of 1999 Interview Today
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2014
Arthur Gelb, the much beloved Managing Editor of The New York Times, a champion of theater coverage there as early as the 1950s and beyond, and co-author, with his wife Barbara, of a massive three-volume biography of American playwright Eugene O'Neill, is celebrated in the CUNY TV rebroadcast of a 1...
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2014
Arthur Gelb, the much beloved Managing Editor of The New York Times, a champion of theater coverage there as early as the 1950s and beyond, and co-author, with his wife Barbara, of a massive three-volume biography of American playwright Eugene O'Neill, is celebrated in the CUNY TV rebroadcast of a 1...
CUNY TV to Celebrate Arthur Gelb in Rebroadcast of 1999 Interview, 5/30
by BWW News Desk - May 28, 2014
Arthur Gelb, the much beloved Managing Editor of The New York Times, a champion of theater coverage there as early as the 1950s and beyond, and co-author, with his wife Barbara, of a massive three-volume biography of American playwright Eugene O'Neill, is celebrated in the CUNY TV rebroadcast of a 1...
by BWW News Desk - May 28, 2014
Arthur Gelb, the much beloved Managing Editor of The New York Times, a champion of theater coverage there as early as the 1950s and beyond, and co-author, with his wife Barbara, of a massive three-volume biography of American playwright Eugene O'Neill, is celebrated in the CUNY TV rebroadcast of a 1...
TV: First Look at Highlights of Writers Theatre's DAYS LIKE TODAY
by Christina Mancuso - May 23, 2014
Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce Writers Theatre's World Premiere production of Days Like Today, inspired by the plays of Charles L. Mee with music and lyrics by Alan Schmuckler and book by Laura Eason, directed by Artistic Director Michael Halbe...
by Christina Mancuso - May 23, 2014
Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce Writers Theatre's World Premiere production of Days Like Today, inspired by the plays of Charles L. Mee with music and lyrics by Alan Schmuckler and book by Laura Eason, directed by Artistic Director Michael Halbe...
Eastern National Park History is Uncovered in New Book
by Christina Mancuso - May 14, 2014
Boxford, Mass....
by Christina Mancuso - May 14, 2014
Boxford, Mass....
Creative Partners Publishing to Release Daniel Radcliffe Fan Book
by Christina Mancuso - May 14, 2014
Celebrity biographer Randy Jernigan has been contracted to write a series of 'fan books' for his publisherthe first to be spotlighted in the series is Harry Potter actor, Daniel Radcliffe. The book is expected to cover Radcliffe's early childhood years, little known facts about the actors private...
by Christina Mancuso - May 14, 2014
Celebrity biographer Randy Jernigan has been contracted to write a series of 'fan books' for his publisherthe first to be spotlighted in the series is Harry Potter actor, Daniel Radcliffe. The book is expected to cover Radcliffe's early childhood years, little known facts about the actors private...
MET Presents TRUTHPASTE: A BLOTTO BIOGRAPHY Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2014
Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) will present the original one man show TruthPaste: A Blotto Biography. The show, created by and starring MET Artistic Director Tad Janes, made its World Premiere at MET last March to high praise. In DC Metro Arts' five star review Mike Spain wrote, 'Truthpaste: A B...
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2014
Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) will present the original one man show TruthPaste: A Blotto Biography. The show, created by and starring MET Artistic Director Tad Janes, made its World Premiere at MET last March to high praise. In DC Metro Arts' five star review Mike Spain wrote, 'Truthpaste: A B...
MET to Present TRUTHPASTE: A BLOTTO BIOGRAPHY, 5/8-9
by Tyler Peterson - April 23, 2014
Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) will present the original one man show TruthPaste: A Blotto Biography. The show, created by and starring MET Artistic Director Tad Janes, made its World Premiere at MET last March to high praise. In DC Metro Arts' five star review Mike Spain wrote, 'Truthpaste: A B...
by Tyler Peterson - April 23, 2014
Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) will present the original one man show TruthPaste: A Blotto Biography. The show, created by and starring MET Artistic Director Tad Janes, made its World Premiere at MET last March to high praise. In DC Metro Arts' five star review Mike Spain wrote, 'Truthpaste: A B...
New Book Explores the Ten Commandments' Dogma
by Christina Mancuso - April 16, 2014
In 'Moses, the Ten Commandments, and Me,' Reverend and author Hal H. Eaton re-excavates the familiar turf of the Ten Commandments to highlight their undeniable relevance to modern lives, illuminating the writing of Moses within the contexts of language, history, and Moses' life experiences....
by Christina Mancuso - April 16, 2014
In 'Moses, the Ten Commandments, and Me,' Reverend and author Hal H. Eaton re-excavates the familiar turf of the Ten Commandments to highlight their undeniable relevance to modern lives, illuminating the writing of Moses within the contexts of language, history, and Moses' life experiences....
University of Louisville Yarmuth Book Award Winners Presented with SUBVERSIVE SOUTHERNER by Catherine Fosl
by BWW News Desk - March 27, 2014
University Press of Kentucky title, Subversive Southerner: Anne Braden and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Cold War South by Catherine Fosl, was chosen to be presented to the recipients of the 2014 University of Louisville Yarmuth Book Award. The award, which began in 1987, recognizes Kentuck...
by BWW News Desk - March 27, 2014
University Press of Kentucky title, Subversive Southerner: Anne Braden and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Cold War South by Catherine Fosl, was chosen to be presented to the recipients of the 2014 University of Louisville Yarmuth Book Award. The award, which began in 1987, recognizes Kentuck...
Catherine Nixon Cooke's New Biography Recognized by Rising Star Program
by Christina Mancuso - March 20, 2014
Author Catherine Nixon Cooke transports readers across continents and cultures, offering a unique glimpse of 20th-century Mexico in her new biography 'The Thistle and the Rose: Romance, Railroads, and Big Oil in Revolutionary Mexico' (published by iUniverse)....
by Christina Mancuso - March 20, 2014
Author Catherine Nixon Cooke transports readers across continents and cultures, offering a unique glimpse of 20th-century Mexico in her new biography 'The Thistle and the Rose: Romance, Railroads, and Big Oil in Revolutionary Mexico' (published by iUniverse)....
The Minnesota Opera to Announce 2014-2015 Season via Live Stream Tomorrow
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2014
Minnesota Opera will announce its 52nd anniversary season on Thursday, February 20, at3pm. For the first time in the company's history, we will do so via a live stream, which can be watched at mnop.co/live....
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2014
Minnesota Opera will announce its 52nd anniversary season on Thursday, February 20, at3pm. For the first time in the company's history, we will do so via a live stream, which can be watched at mnop.co/live....
Simon Callow, Arthur Laurents, Sue Prideaux and More Make Shortlist for 2014 Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2014
Today, the shortlist is announced for the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography, now in its sixth year -- the contenders are......
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2014
Today, the shortlist is announced for the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography, now in its sixth year -- the contenders are......
Midbar III Discusses David and Bathsheba's Story
by Christina Mancuso - February 05, 2014
In an amazing re-imagination of King David's time and place, Lynny Harris provides modern readers with a new, proto-feminist heroine in Bathsheba, David's wife through adultery, who gave King Solomon birth and is the narrator of Harris' new novel 'Midbar III.' Focusing on the psychological dimension...
by Christina Mancuso - February 05, 2014
In an amazing re-imagination of King David's time and place, Lynny Harris provides modern readers with a new, proto-feminist heroine in Bathsheba, David's wife through adultery, who gave King Solomon birth and is the narrator of Harris' new novel 'Midbar III.' Focusing on the psychological dimension...
Tap Dancer, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson Re-releases Biography
by Christina Mancuso - February 04, 2014
Bill Robinson - 'Mr. Bojangles' - is a name synonymous with tap dancing. He invented the 'stair dance,' starred in movies and on Broadway, broke the color barrier for dancers in vaudeville and performed for kings and presidents. His career in American dance was unprecedented. Even today, those unfam...
by Christina Mancuso - February 04, 2014
Bill Robinson - 'Mr. Bojangles' - is a name synonymous with tap dancing. He invented the 'stair dance,' starred in movies and on Broadway, broke the color barrier for dancers in vaudeville and performed for kings and presidents. His career in American dance was unprecedented. Even today, those unfam...
Rebecca Hall to Join Jason Sudeikis & Blythe Danner in TUMBLEDOWN
by Tyler Peterson - January 30, 2014
The film features 'Hall as a young widow unable to move on after the death of her husband, an acclaimed musician and the subject of a biography she's struggling to write. She teams with a brash New York academic (Sudeikis) who has an entirely different take on her husband's life, and death, as they ...
by Tyler Peterson - January 30, 2014
The film features 'Hall as a young widow unable to move on after the death of her husband, an acclaimed musician and the subject of a biography she's struggling to write. She teams with a brash New York academic (Sudeikis) who has an entirely different take on her husband's life, and death, as they ...
MARILYN MONROE: ON THE COUCH by Alma H. Bond is Now Available
by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2014
With consummate skill, psychotherapist Alma Bond takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the life and loves of Marilyn Monroe and mid-century Hollywood. Marilyn Monroe: On the Couch (Bancroft Press) is a fictionalized biography from a unique and revealing perspective: the couch of a renowned New York p...
by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2014
With consummate skill, psychotherapist Alma Bond takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the life and loves of Marilyn Monroe and mid-century Hollywood. Marilyn Monroe: On the Couch (Bancroft Press) is a fictionalized biography from a unique and revealing perspective: the couch of a renowned New York p...
'The Spirit of a Sultan' is Released
by Christina Mancuso - January 10, 2014
This new work guides readers along a metaphysical path as the author explores the life of one of the most venerated Sufi poets and saints, Hazrat Sultan Bahu. 'The Spirit of a Sultan' is a new novel based on the true life accounts of Sufi reverend, poet, and saint, Sultan Bahu. A historical biogr...
by Christina Mancuso - January 10, 2014
This new work guides readers along a metaphysical path as the author explores the life of one of the most venerated Sufi poets and saints, Hazrat Sultan Bahu. 'The Spirit of a Sultan' is a new novel based on the true life accounts of Sufi reverend, poet, and saint, Sultan Bahu. A historical biogr...
Applause Books to Release STELLA! MOTHER OF MODERN ACTING Biography on 4/22
by Nicole Rosky - January 06, 2014
Stella! Mother of Modern Acting by Sheana Ochoa, the first biography of Stella Adler, will be released by Applause Books on April 22, 2014.Arthur Miller decided to become a playwright after seeing her perform with the Group Theater. Marlon Brando attributed his acting to her genius as a teacher. The...
by Nicole Rosky - January 06, 2014
Stella! Mother of Modern Acting by Sheana Ochoa, the first biography of Stella Adler, will be released by Applause Books on April 22, 2014.Arthur Miller decided to become a playwright after seeing her perform with the Group Theater. Marlon Brando attributed his acting to her genius as a teacher. The...
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