Matilda Joslyn Gage Presents QUOTING MATILDA
by Christina Mancuso - October 30, 2014 SYRACUSE, N.Y....
A.C.T. to Welcome John Lahr in Conversation with Carey Perloff, 10/6
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2014 American Conservatory Theater, in association with The Commonwealth Club of Northern California, will present John Lahr in Conversation with Carey Perloff on the occasion of the release of his newest biography, "TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh" on Monday, October 6 at 7 p.m. at A.C.T...
Sydney Writers' Festival Set for Glen Street Theatre
by Tyler Peterson - April 20, 2015 Join in Australia's largest annual celebration of literature and ideas! Experience the magic of the Sydney Writers' Festival at Glen Street Theatre with inspiring talks by Martin Edmond, award-winning non-fiction author, screenwriter and poet, and Paul West, author and star of River Cottage Australi...
Shortlist Announced for The Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography 2015
by Marianka Swain - February 24, 2016 The Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography 2015 shortlist has been revealed. The contenders are Peter Whitebrook for John Osborne Anger is not about..., James Shapiro for 1606 William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear, David Hare for The Blue Touch Paper, Qais Akbar Omar and Stephen Landrigan fo...
New Biography 'Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep' Coming This April
by Caryn Robbins - December 03, 2015 Amazon.com reports that a new Meryl Streep biography will be released by Harper on April 26, 2016. Written by Michael Schulman, the book is called 'Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep.'...
MAGGIE SMITH: A BIOGRAPHY Released Today
by BWW News Desk - December 29, 2015 MAGGIE SMITH: A BIOGRAPHY is set for release today, December 29, 2015....
John Lahr Wins 8th Annual Sheridan Morley Prize for TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: MAD PILGRIMAGE OF THE FLESH Biography
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2015 At a ceremony at the Garrick Club today, John Lahr was awarded the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography for Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh....
Robert F. McCabe Sr. and William J. McCabe Launch Debut Book, VAL
by Christina Mancuso - January 19, 2015 ...
VIDEO: HAMILTON Biographer Ron Chernow Talks Broadway Hit & More on CBS
by Caryn Robbins - February 24, 2016 CBS News correspondent Chip Reid speaks to Ron Chernow, author of the Hamilton biography that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda to write his hip-hop musical....
Soprano Sarah Fox Records Mozart's 'Il Re Pastore'
by Christina Mancuso - October 16, 2015 Leading English soprano Sarah Fox has been winning high praise for a string of recordings of late. Her last two classical CDs (a Vaughan Williams symphony CD for Sir Mark Elder and the Halle Orchestra on the Halle's own label and, more Vaughan Williams, 'Dona nobis pacem' for Andrew Litton and the C...
New Joan Rivers Biography Slated for 2016 Release
by Caryn Robbins - September 17, 2014 Vanity Fair and New York Times journalist Leslie Bennetts has signed on to write the new biography 'Joan Rivers: A Life.'...
New Madeline Kahn Biography in the Works
by Tyler Peterson - August 07, 2015 Stage and film actress MADELINE KAHN is the subject of a new biography, MADELINE KAHN: Being the Music • A Life (University Press of Mississippi), by William V. Madison. The biography explores both the career & personal life of the award-winning actress....
MAGGIE SMITH: A BIOGRAPHY Set for Release, 12/29
by Christina Mancuso - August 27, 2015 MAGGIE SMITH: A BIOGRAPHY is set for release on December 29, 2015....
Loretta Wade Releases 5th Novel WHERE THE WILLOWS WEEP
by Christina Mancuso - July 10, 2015 Alabama's own Loretta Wade has just released her 5th novel. 'Where The Willows Weep' is a sentimental journey that is sure to captivate any reader. The story is told in Loretta's signature southern style and it centers around a caretaker's struggle to help her patient fight through his serious il...
N-Y Historical Society's 'History Makers' Gala to Honor HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda and Biographer Ron Chernow
by BWW News Desk - July 13, 2015 HAMILTON composer and star Lin-Manuel Miranda and Alexander Hamilton biographer Ron Chernow will be honored on Monday, November 9, 2015, at the New-York Historical Society's 2015 History Makers Gala at Cipriani Wall Street....
John Lahr Wins 8th Annual Sheridan Morley Prize for TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: MAD PILGRIMAGE OF THE FLESH Biography
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2015 At a ceremony at the Garrick Club today, John Lahr was awarded the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography for Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh....
Tennessee Williams Biographer John Lahr Coming to Steppenwolf, 10/13
by Tyler Peterson - October 01, 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, Monday, October 13 at 7pm in the Downstairs Theatre. Lahr, who served as senior drama critic for...
Rodgers and Hammerstein Biography Will Hit Shelves in 2018
by Nicole Rosky - June 29, 2015 According to the New York Times, Henry Holt will publish Todd S. Purdum's 'Rodgers and Hammerstein' in 2018- the 75th anniversary of the composing team's first musical, Oklahoma!. The biography will follow both their contributions to musical theatre, as well as their personal lives....
John Lahr, Kika Markham & More Make Shortlist for 2015 Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography
by Tyler Peterson - March 04, 2015 The shortlist is announced today for the eighth annual Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography - the nominees are Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh by John Lahr, Our Time of Day: My Life with Corin Redgrave by Kika Markham, What do I Know?: People, Politics and the Arts by Richard ...
Simon Russell Beale to Lead MR FOOTE'S OTHER LEG at Hampstead This Autumn
by BWW News Desk - March 12, 2015 The Daily Mail writes that Simon Russell Beale will star in Ian Kelly's MR FOOTE'S OTHER LEG at the Hampstead Theatre this fall....
VIDEO: LES MISERABLES' Kyle Jean-Baptiste Sings LES MIS With Lin-Manuel Miranda at #Ham4Ham Lottery
by Sally Henry Fuller - August 15, 2015 It got so real in front of the Richard Rodgers Theatre this afternoon....
Casting Spells Productions Announces Cast of 'FRANKIE & JOHNNY'
by Tyler Peterson - October 05, 2015 Casting Spells Productions announces the late fall production of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNally at Minneapolis Theatre Garage Nov. 5 - Dec. 6, 2015 (preview Nov. 4) starring Shanan Custer as Frankie and Charles Hubbell as Johnny. Voice of Radio Announcer will be played b...
Douglas V. Mastriano Wins Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award
by Matt Smith - May 22, 2015 Lexington, KY—University Press of Kentucky author Douglas V. Mastriano has been named the recipient of the 2014Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for Biography for his book Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne. The AHF recognizes six books and three articles eac...
Medium James Van Praagh Coming to the State Theatre in October
by Tyler Peterson - September 10, 2014 James Van Praagh is considered a spiritual pioneer and one of the world's most celebrated and respected spiritual teachers working today. He has brought a mind-full awareness to the subject of 'communication with the dead' into the public psyche for the past thirty years. He will do so at the State ...
Cy Coleman's YOU FASCINATE ME SO Now Available
by Pat Cerasaro - May 26, 2015 Celebrate Cy Coleman with a new collection!... |