Freeform Announces the KICKOFF TO CHRISTMAS Starting November 1
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 04, 2019 As the Halloween season comes to a close, Freeform will continue to be the home for all holiday viewing with the second year of the “Kickoff to Christmas” programming event, starting on Friday, Nov. 1. With a month full of holiday fun, this year will also include two new Freeform originals. The film...
2020: A FANTASY Comes To Theatre 54 October 16
by A.A. Cristi - September 18, 2019 Strange Bird Productions presents '2020: A Fantasy', a new dark comedy by Raven Petretti starting October 16th at Theatre 54. Ken Wolf directs Gabrielle Wagner* and Timothy Babcock* in a satirical look at the relationship of a married couple with opposing political views as the contentious upcoming ...
VIDEO: The Six George Washingtons of HAMILTON Strike a Pose
by Stephi Wild - October 17, 2019 The moment you've been waiting for...George Washington(s)!...
SHOWTIME Picks Up Hit Drama Series THE CHI For Third Season
by Tori Hartshorn - April 30, 2019 SHOWTIME has picked up the hit drama series THE CHI for a third season. Created and executive produced by Emmy® winner Lena Waithe (Boomerang, Master of None) and executive produced by Academy Award®, Emmy and Golden Globe® winner Common (Selma), THE CHI is a timely coming-of-age story centering on ...
Sasha Hutchings Joins AMC's DESMASCUS Series Starring Okieriete Onaodowan
by Michael Major - August 15, 2022 Sasha Hutchings will reunite with her Hamilton co-star Okieriete Onaodowan in AMC's new Demascus series. The series is a character-driven exploration of life as an ordinary Black man in America. Hutchings will play the tech-smart Budhi Banks, who was been in a relationship with Demascus (Onaodowan) ...
VIDEO: Showtime Shares THE CHI Season Five Trailer
by Michael Major - May 04, 2022 Watch the new trailer now for this season on THE CHI which delves deeply into the many joys and complications of Black love: relationships, children, career, community and self. Emmett (Jacob Latimore) and Tiff (Hannaha Hall) forge ahead as co-parents, while Tiff grows closer with Rob (Iman Shumpert...
English-Language Premiere Of Hit Quebec Play MOB Announced
by A.A. Cristi - February 04, 2020 Centaur Theatre proudly presents the English-language premiere of the Quebecois hit MOB, written by French TV and film star, Catherine-Anne Toupin. La meute, the original French production, first played at Théâtre La Licorne in January 2018, to immediate critical and box office success - so much so ...
DOCUMENTAIRE EN DERIVE Exhibition On View at Montréal, Arts Interculturels) March 17 – April 16
by A.A. Cristi - February 24, 2022 The exhibition Documentaire en dérive by Lebanese-Montreal visual artist Nayla Dabaji will be presented in the MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) gallery from March 17 to April 16, 2022. ...
THE CHI Will Return for a Fourth Season
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 08, 2021 THE CHI is a timely coming-of-age story centering on a group of residents on the South Side of Chicago who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption....
The Paley Center For Media Announces A Salute To Black Achievements In Television
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 16, 2020 The Paley Center for Media will present A Salute to Black Achievements in Television Presented by Citi from February 1-March 1. This monthlong celebration will include an interactive exhibit focusing on comedy, spotlight BET Network's 40th anniversary, as well as family activities, education classes...
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anne Hathaway Among Special Guests on SESAME STREET: ELMO'S PLAYDATE Special
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 08, 2020 WarnerMedia announced it will air the half-hour special, SESAME STREET: ELMO'S PLAYDATE, simultaneously across HBO, HBO Latino, TBS, TNT, truTV, Cartoon Network and Boomerang on TUESDAY, APRIL 14 (7:00-7:30 p.m. ET/PT). The special will also air on PBS KIDS at the same time, and will later air inter...
Theodore Witcher Makes His Directorial Return With AMC Networks' Upcoming Series DEMASCUS
by Michael Major - July 22, 2022 In addition to directing, Witcher serves as a Consulting Producer on the series starring Okieriete Onaodowan (Jack Ryan, Station 19) as Demascus a 33-year-old Black man who goes on a journey of self-discovery using an innovative new technology that allows him to experience different versions of his ...
Boomerang Presents LIFEGUARD By Kristen Palmer
by A.A. Cristi - April 12, 2021 Boomerang Theatre Company presents a one night only streaming presentation of LIFEGUARD, a new play written by Kristen Palmer and directed by Kelly O'Donnell....
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anne Hathaway Among Special Guests on SESAME STREET: ELMO'S PLAYDATE Special
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 08, 2020 WarnerMedia announced it will air the half-hour special, SESAME STREET: ELMO'S PLAYDATE, simultaneously across HBO, HBO Latino, TBS, TNT, truTV, Cartoon Network and Boomerang on TUESDAY, APRIL 14 (7:00-7:30 p.m. ET/PT). The special will also air on PBS KIDS at the same time, and will later air inter...
Outside Edge Theatre Company Will Workshop LESSONS FOR DRIVING
by Stephi Wild - July 21, 2021 Lessons for Diving by Silas Parry, directed by Matt Steinberg will be workshopped 19-24 July, with showcase on 24 July and performed by Sebastián Capitán Viveros, Patrick McNamee and Dan Wolff. This will be followed by Kristian Phillips' Drift, directed by Matt Steinberg and performed by Tom Rhys Ha...
NBC Announces Midseason Schedule, Including Return of MANIFEST & BROOKLYN NINE-NINE
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 08, 2019 Following another winning fall, the network heads into the new year with a crop of prestige shows that combine top talent with creative storytelling. With more new shows launching in 2020 than the fall, NBC's robust winter and spring slate fuels a long-term strategy and features a completely reimagi...
BWW Review: BAGDAD CAFE, Old Vic
by Emma Watkins - July 29, 2021 It’s a beautiful thing for the theatre community to be able to be together and connect again. And connecting, in a human sense, is the key theme of Emma Rice’s production of Bagdad Cafe....
Boomerang Theatre Company Announces Workshop Of TRIPLE THREATS
by A.A. Cristi - February 25, 2021 Boomerang Theatre Company has announced a workshop of TRIPLE THREATS, a new musical with book by Tracey Conyer Lee and music/lyrics by Lee and Nehemiah Luckett. ...
Boomerang Presents A MURDER OF CROWS By Dan Marshall
by A.A. Cristi - April 29, 2021 Boomerang Theatre Company presents a one night only streaming presentation of A MURDER OF CROWS, a new play written by Dan Marshall and directed by Scott Ebersold. The performance streams live on Zoom Friday May 7th at 7pm, with playback for 48 hours after the curtain time. Tickets are $10, and w...
The 6th Act Presents A World Premiere Comedy THE $5 SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
by A.A. Cristi - January 15, 2020 THE 6th ACT presents a world premiere comedy, a heartfelt love letter to all things 99-seat theatre, THE $5 SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, written by Matthew Leavitt (The Boomerang Effect) and directed by Joel Zwick (a?oeMy Big Fat Greek Wedding,a?? Serrano The Musical). THE $5 SHAKESPEARE COMPANY will open o...
Artemisia Theatre Announces Virtual World Premiere of Lauren Ferebee's GOODS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 10, 2021 Two intergalactic trash collectors, both women, one Black, one white, are hurtling through space toward the finish of their anniversary route, ready to celebrate their return to Earth. But a surprising job sends them back out to the asteroid belt and forces them to make a devastating choice....
Michael Ouweleen Named President of Adult Swim
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 29, 2020 Michael Ouweleen, who is currently serving as the interim head of the Warner Bros. Kids, Young Adults and Classics Division, has been named President, Adult Swim, it was announced today by Ann Sarnoff, Chair and CEO, Warner Bros., to whom Ouweleen reports in the dual role....
Casey Cott & Neal McDonough Set For Ben Cory Jones' Football Drama BLACK SPARTANS
by Michael Major - August 15, 2022 eal McDonough (THE FLASH, CAPTAIN AMERICA) and Casey Cott (RIVERDALE) are set to headline the sports drama BLACK SPARTANS, which is directed and written by Ben Cory Jones (INSECURE, BOOMERANG). The film is scheduled to shoot this fall in Atlanta, Georgia....
Boomerang Theatre Company to Return to Live, In-Person Performances with COMEDY OF ERRORS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 13, 2021 BOOMERANG THEATRE COMPANY has announced their triumphant return to live in-person theater with William Shakespeare’s COMEDY OF ERRORS, directed by Scott Ebersold. COMEDY OF ERRORS will play four performances only at The Tea Room at The Prince George Hotel (15 East 27th Street, NYC)....
VIDEO: Watch the Official Trailer for James Gunn's THE SUICIDE SQUAD
by Sarah Leiber - March 26, 2021 Warner Bros. Pictures Presents An Atlas Entertainment/Peter Safran Production, A James Gunn Film, “The Suicide Squad.” The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.... |