Pearson centers around the world of recently disbarred NYC powerhouse lawyer Jessica Pearson as she adjusts to down and dirty Chicago politics. Newly appointed as Chicago Mayor Bobby Novak's right hand fixer, Jessica is quickly embroiled in a crooked and dangerous new world where every action has far-reaching consequences. With her compulsion to win, Jessica is forced to reconcile her unstoppable drive with her desire to do the right thing – two things very much at odds.
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Gay Wartime Love Story FLOWER OF IOWA Selected For Finals Gala On Theatre Row
by A.A. Cristi - September 18, 2018
Flower of Iowa, a bold new World War I drama about an unexpected and forbidden love between two soldiers - one American, one British - has been selected as one of the seven finalists at the 2018 New York New Works Theatre Festival, from a field of nearly 50 productions. Judging was determined by a p...
Photo Flash: Sail the High Seas with Argyle Theatre's PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
by Julie Musbach - September 14, 2018
Long Island's newest theatrical venue The Argyle Theatre presents the Tony Award-winning hit Broadway play Peter and the Starcatcher written by Rick Elice, based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, with music by Wayne Baker at The Argyle Theatre...
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER Begins Tomorrow at Babylon's Argyle Theatre
by Julie Musbach - September 12, 2018
Long Island's newest theatrical venue The Argyle Theatre (Evan Pappas, Artistic Director) presents the Tony Award-winning hit Broadway play Peter and the Starcatcher written by Rick Elice, based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, with music by Wayne Baker at The Argyle Theatre (34 West M...
Hub Theatre Co Announces PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
by Julie Musbach - September 12, 2018
Hub Theatre Company of Boston will close its critically acclaimed sixth season with the five-time Tony Award-winning play Peter and The Starcatcher by Rick Elice, with music by Wayne Barker, based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. The show will be directed by award winning local favorit...
Photo Flash: First Look at EASTERN STAR at Tara Theatre
by Stephi Wild - September 12, 2018
8th August, 2018, marks the 30th anniversary of the 1988 student uprising against the military dictatorship in Burma (now Myanmar), and Guy Slater in association with Tara Arts is proud to announce the casting for its World Premiere production of Eastern Star, to be performed at Tara Theatre from 11...
Mountain Play Association Announces New Executive Leadership
by A.A. Cristi - September 05, 2018
The Board of Directors of the Mountain Play Association, San Francisco Bay Area's unique outdoor theater experience, is pleased to announce the selection of a new Executive Director/Artistic Producer. This position will be filled by the current Artistic Producer, Eileen Grady, who will be replacing ...
Spencer Bang to Lead Argyle's PETER AND THE STARCATCHER; Full Cast
by Julie Musbach - September 04, 2018
Long Island's newest theatrical venue The Argyle Theatre presents the Tony Award-winning hit Broadway play Peter and the Starcatcher written by Rick Elice, based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, with music by Wayne Baker at The Argyle Theatre ...
Lyric Ross Promoted to Series Regular for Season 3 of THIS IS US
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 27, 2018
NBC has promoted Lyric Ross to a series regular for the upcoming third season of THIS IS US, according to Variety....
Gay Love Story in Wartime FLOWER OF IOWA Set to Premiere at New Works Festival
by Julie Musbach - August 16, 2018
A bold new drama about World War I and an unexpected and forbidden love between two soldiers - one American, one British - will have its world premiere at the 2018 New York New Works Theatre Festival....
Pangdemonium's PETER AND THE STARCATCHER Opens in Singapore this September
by Rachel Katz - August 13, 2018
Pangdemonium brings the heartwarming sequel to Peter Pan, Peter and the Starcatcher, to Singapore from September 28 to October 20 at the Drama Centre Theatre!...
New Research Finds YouTube, Video Drives Generation Z Learning Preference
by Robert Diamond - August 08, 2018
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BWW Review: ANDROMEDA BREAKS AND THE CITY OF... at Capital Fringe
by Hannah Land - July 22, 2018
Andromeda Breaks and The City Of... are two great pieces of new writing to add to your Fringe schedule!...
Photo Flash: Underscore Theatre's Hit Musical HAYMARKET Transfers to Theater Wit for Additional Four Weeks Of Performances
by Julie Musbach - July 18, 2018
Following a successful five-week run at The Den Theatre's Heath Main Stage, Underscore Theatre Company, in association with Theater Wit is pleased to announce a transfer and extension of its hit musical HAYMARKET, the true story of Chicago's infamous Haymarket riot. HAYMARKET will play an additional...
YIPPIE FEST Returns to Chicago
by Julie Musbach - July 11, 2018
YIPPIE FEST (www.yippiefest.com) will return with its second annual "happening" of acts on two stages for three days on - August 17th to the 19th, 2018 - presenting theater, comedy, music, short film and more on two stages at the PROP THTR, 3502 North Elston Ave, Chicago. YIPPIE FEST began in 2017 a...
BWW Review: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER at Contemporary Theater Company
by Barb Burke - July 05, 2018
If you go see the Contemporary Theater Company's current production of Peter and the Starcatcher, prepare to be enchanted. This production - at times poignant, at times delightfully silly - casts a spell over the viewer with the imaginative ways it tells the backstory of Peter Pan. The play, adap...
Photo Flash: Undercore Theatre & The Den Theatre Present HAYMARKET
by Julie Musbach - June 18, 2018
Underscore Theatre and The Den Theatre are pleased to present an all-new staging of the Jeff Award-nominated Best New Musical HAYMARKET (formerly Haymarket: The Anarchist's Songbook) the true story of Chicago's infamous Haymarket massacre. With book, music and lyrics by Alex Higgin-Houser and David ...
Book Explores Consciousness to Solve the Big Problems of Life
by Robert Diamond - June 15, 2018
Author Susan Pearson explores why humans seem unable to solve the universal problems of disease, poverty, insecurity and injustice. In her debut book, 'i didn't do It, I did' (published by Balboa Press AU), she reveals that we actually resist transcending our problematic state of consciousness, but ...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 Presents the World Premiere of LET'S INHERIT THE EARTH
by A.A. Cristi - June 01, 2018
For this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe Dogstar has teamed up with one of Sweden's leading independent theatre companies, Profilteatern , to present a new comedy Let's Inherit the Earth, by Morna Pearson, addressing perhaps our greatest existential threat outside The White House - climate change. ...
USA Gives SUITS Spinoff Official Title
by Tori Hartshorn - May 14, 2018
According to Deadline, the new spinoff of the hit series SUITS will be titled SECOND CITY. Centered on powerhouse lawyer Jessica Pearson (Torres) as she adjusts to the dirty world of Chicago politics, this new drama hails from Universal Cable Productions (UCP) and is executive produced and written...
Photo Flash: Underscore Theatre and The Den Theatre Present HAYMARKET
by Julie Musbach - May 14, 2018
Underscore Theatre and The Den Theatre are pleased to present an all-new staging of the Jeff Award-nominated Best New Musical HAYMARKET (formerly Haymarket: The Anarchist's Songbook) the true story of Chicago's infamous Haymarket massacre. With book, music and lyrics by Alex Higgin-Houser and David ...
Photo Flash: Citadel Theatre Goes Wild with THE EXPLORER'S CLUB
by Julie Musbach - May 09, 2018
Nell Benjamin's comedy THE EXPLORERS CLUB is a spoof of all those bold Victorian adventurers who ravaged foreign lands and annihilated indigenous cultures in the name of science. It's London 1879 and the prestigious Explorers Club is in crisis: a brilliant, beautiful woman who has discovered a legen...
Photo Flash: MADE TO DANCE IN BURNING BUILDINGS Comes to Joe's Pub
by A.A. Cristi - April 26, 2018
Made to Dance in Burning Buildings by Anya Pearson played to a sold-out house at Joe's Pub on Tuesday, April 24 at 7:00 pm....
UofSC Theatre to Celebrate Aviation's Female Pioneers in FLIGHT
by Julie Musbach - March 29, 2018
The University of SC Department of Theatre and Dance will present Flight, an original drama based on the real histories of women who pioneered the field of aviation, April 22-29 at the Center for Performance Experiment....
Casts and Directors Announced For Theatre Odyssey's 2018 Ten-Minute Play Festival
by Stephi Wild - March 28, 2018
Theatre Odyssey announced the casts and directors for the thirteenth annual Ten-Minute Play Festival being held May 3-6 at the Cook Theatre (Asolo/FSU Center for the Performing Arts). For tickets, click here....
Take A Journey Into Imagination And Surprise at The Actors' Hub
by A.A. Cristi - March 27, 2018
TWO stories filled with adventure, difficulty, soul-searching and discovery are set to blossom at The Actors' Hub in April....
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