Give the Gift of Amazon Prime this Holiday Season
by BWW News Desk - November 22, 2013 (NASDAQ:AMZN) - Millions of members already enjoy the benefits of Amazon Prime. In the US, that includes unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on more than 15 million items, instant streaming of over 41,000 movies and TV episodes through Prime Instant Video and over 350,000 books to borrow through the Kin...
Amazon Greenlights Pilot MOZART IN THE JUNGLE & More for Full Seasons
by Caryn Robbins - March 31, 2014 Amazon Studios today announced that The After, Bosch, Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street, Mozart in the Jungle, Transparent and Wishenpoof! will become the next Amazon Original Series...
BBC America's ORPHAN BLACK & More Now Available Exclusively on Prime Instant Video
by Caryn Robbins - March 07, 2014 Amazon.com, Inc. today announced a content licensing agreement that will make Prime Instant Video the exclusive online-only subscription home for streaming Season One and future seasons of Orphan Black....
Hosokawa's MATSUKAZE, Old Vic & Handspring Puppet Company's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Verdi's MESSA DE REQUIEM and More Set for Spoleto Festival USA 2013, Now thru 6/9
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2013 Festival General Director Nigel Redden presents the 2013 artistic lineup for Spoleto Festival USA, which showcases nationally and internationally acclaimed artists in a celebration of opera, theater, dance, physical theater, music, and visual arts. The 37th annual Festival, to be held in historic Ch...
Clear Channel to Share Broadcast & Digital Radio Revenue on Fearless Records Label
by Caryn Robbins - June 03, 2013 Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, the leading media company in America with a greater reach than any other radio or television outlet, and Fearless Records, an independent music label specializing in up-and-coming rock bands...
Jeremiah James Joins the Cast of Off-Broadway's THE FANTASTICKS Today
by Tyler Peterson - October 29, 2013 West End star and international recording artist Jeremiah James will be joining the cast of The Fantasticks, the world's longest running musical, on Tuesday, October 29th, just weeks after its milestone celebration of 20,000 performances in New York. Mr. James will assume the role of El Gallo, which...
Hosokawa's MATSUKAZE, Old Vic & Handspring Puppet Company's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Verdi's MESSA DE REQUIEM and More Set for Spoleto Festival USA 2013, Now thru 6/9
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2013 Festival General Director Nigel Redden presents the 2013 artistic lineup for Spoleto Festival USA, which showcases nationally and internationally acclaimed artists in a celebration of opera, theater, dance, physical theater, music, and visual arts. The 37th annual Festival, to be held in historic Ch...
Clear Channel to Share Broadcast & Digital Radio Revenue on Fearless Records Label
by Caryn Robbins - June 03, 2013 Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, the leading media company in America with a greater reach than any other radio or television outlet, and Fearless Records, an independent music label specializing in up-and-coming rock bands...
MTV to Broadcast Tomorrowland 2014 Across Its International Channels
by Caryn Robbins - April 02, 2014 MTV today announced it will be the exclusive international broadcast partner for Tomorrowland 2014, the world's premier electronic dance music festival....
Spoleto Festival USA Announces 2013 Theater Program
by Kelsey Denette - April 25, 2013 Internationally recognized for its adventurous programming, Spoleto Festival USA offers a robust lineup of theater for its 37th season. In addition to the American premieres of Bristol Old Vic/Handspring Puppet Company's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Steven Berkoff's modern adaptation ...
Amazon Orders New Pilots THE COSMOPOLITANS & HAND OF GOD
by Caryn Robbins - April 09, 2014 Amazon Studios today announced it has greenlit two new pilots - the half hour dramatic comedy The Cosmopolitans, from Whit Stillman, and one hour drama Hand of God...
Josie Rourke's THE WEIR Revival Transfers to Wyndham's Theatre Tonight
by BWW News Desk - January 16, 2014 Josie Rourke's Donmar Warehouse production of Conor McPherson's THE WEIR will be transferring to Wyndham's Theatre in the West End, beginning tonight, January 16, 2014, for a January 22nd opening. The show stars Risteard Cooper, Brian Cox, Dervla Kirwan, Peter McDonald and Ardal O'Hanlon....
MAYDAY MAYDAY Welcomes Tristan Sturrock
by Samantha Vega - March 27, 2013 St. Ann's Warehouse (Artistic Director, Susan Feldman; Executive Director, Andrew D. Hamingson) is pleased to welcome back Tristan Sturrock, the leading man of Kneehigh's Brief Encounter (and a longtime member of the company), for the American premiere of Mayday Mayday. Written and performed by Stur...
Amazon Studios Debuts 10 New Original Pilots Today
by Caryn Robbins - February 06, 2014 Seduction in the symphony…murder in the first degree…magic and ingenuity. Starting today, these are just a few of the stories viewers will be thrown into with 10 new pilots launching exclusively on Prime Instant Video in the U.S. and LOVEFiLM in the UK....
National Puppetry Conference Kicks Off 23rd Season at the O'Neill Today
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2013 The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center has announced the 23rd Annual National Puppetry Conference. The Conference begins today, June 5, 2013 and culminates with public performances June 15 & 16. Pre-Conference intensive workshops run today, June 5 - 7....
Amazon Studios Greenlights Season 2 of Original Comedy Series ALPHA HOUSE
by Caryn Robbins - March 31, 2014 After generating more than 6,000 five-star reviews, customers' beloved Senators-turned-roomies will once again be shaking hands, kissing babies and bunking up. A...
Award-Winning HBO Programming Heading to Amazon Prime Instant Video
by Caryn Robbins - April 23, 2014 Amazon.com, Inc. today announced a content licensing agreement with HBO, making Prime Instant Video the exclusive online-only subscription home for select HBO programming....
Hosokawa's MATSUKAZE, Old Vic & Handspring Puppet Company's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Verdi's MESSA DE REQUIEM and More Set for Spoleto Festival USA 2013, Now thru 6/9
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2013 Festival General Director Nigel Redden presents the 2013 artistic lineup for Spoleto Festival USA, which showcases nationally and internationally acclaimed artists in a celebration of opera, theater, dance, physical theater, music, and visual arts. The 37th annual Festival, to be held in historic Ch...
Nickelodeon & Amazon.com to Launch Three Nick-Themed Boutiques for Holidays
by Caryn Robbins - November 26, 2013 Nickelodeon and Amazon.com celebrate the holiday shopping season with the launch of three Nick-themed boutiques inspired by Latina heroine, Dora the Explorer; pop culture phenomenon, SpongeBob SquarePants; and the crime-fighting heroes in a half shell, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles....
Photo Flash: First Look at Lesley Manville, Jack Lowden and More in GHOSTS at the Almeida Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 30, 2013 Richard Eyre has adapted and will direct Ibsen's Ghosts, running at the Almeida Theatre now through 23 November 2013, with Press Night on 3 October. Designs are by Tim Hatley with lighting by Peter Mumford and sound by John Leonard. The full cast is Lesley Manville (Helene Alving), Brian McCardie (J...
Richard Eyre's GHOSTS to Continue West End Theatre Series at Cinemas Across the UK and Ireland, June 26
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2014 The WEST END THEATRE SERIES is delighted to announce its third title; Richard Eyre's five-star, multi award-winning revival production of Ibsen's Ghosts. The Almeida Theatre production will be screened in over 200 cinemas across the UK and Ireland for one night only, Thursday 26 June '14 (www.westen...
Walt Disney Records to Release PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 7/15
by Caryn Robbins - June 30, 2014 Award-winning composer Mark Mancina, who won a Grammy for Best Soundtrack Album (with Phil Collins) for his work on Disney's 1999 feature 'Tarzan,' produced and composed the score for 'Planes: Fire & Rescue.' The Planes: Fire & Rescue original motion picture soundtrack takes off July 15....
Hard Rock Calls for Entries to Global 'Hard Rock Rising' Competition; Deadline 1/27
by BWW News Desk - January 08, 2014 Hard Rock is on the search for rising rock stars to take the stage in the heart of the Roman Empire! Hard Rock Rising, the world's largest and most far-reaching battle of the bands competition, will give one local band the chance of a lifetime - an all-expenses paid trip to Rome, Italy to perform at...
AMERICAN PSYCHO Musical to Debut at Almeida Festival, Directed by Rupert Goold; 2013 Lineup Announced!
by BWW News Desk - April 20, 2013 From 9 July - 9 August 2013, the Almeida Festival returns with a packed programme of fresh collaborations, award-winning artists and brand new shows. The most ambitious and extensive Almeida Festival to date, the line-up features ground-breaking artists presenting shows at different stages of progre...
Broadway's Hannah Yelland and Tristan Sturrock to Lead Kneehigh's BRIEF ENCOUNTER at the Wallis, Beg. 2/15
by BWW News Desk - January 27, 2014 The Broadway Cast - led by Hannah Yelland and Tristan Sturrock - will appear in the internationally celebrated Kneehigh production of Noel Coward's Brief Encounter, which will have a 43-performance limited engagement at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts February 15 to March 23, 201... |