Ojai Playwrights Conference Comes To L.A. With Benefit Celebration IMAGINING AMERICA
by A.A. Cristi - March 09, 2020
The Ojai Playwrights Conference is coming to Los Angeles for the first time with a benefit celebration, a?oeImagining America,a?? to take place on Saturday, May 2, 2020, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. ...
RATINGS: WORLD NEWS TONIGHT Wins Largest February Sweep Victory Over NBC in 24 Years & CBS in 28 Years
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 28, 2020
ABC News' “World News Tonight with David Muir” won the February 2020 sweep across the board: Total Viewers (9.200 million), Adults 25-54 (1.810 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.181 million), based on Most Current Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” ranked No. 1 in al...
RADIUM GIRLS Comes to Metropolitan Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - February 22, 2020
Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents the New York premiere of D.W. Gregory's RADIUM GIRLS, newly revised for a limited run from March 19 through April 12, 2020, at the Playhouse home: 220 E 4th Street. Laura Livingston (State of the Union, The Jazz Singer) directs....
Native American Producer David Strickland Releases New Single 'Turtle Island'
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 20, 2020
Legendary Grammy and JUNO Award-winning Indigenous multidisciplinary artist and producer, David Strickland, brings an all-encompassing project to life with new single, 'Turtle Island'. The song is from his forthcoming album, Spirit Of Hip Hop, set for release June 29 via Entertainment One. Premie...
RATINGS: NIGHTLINE Outdelivers CBS' THE LATE LATE SHOW in Adults 25-54 & 18-49 for 7th Consecutive Week
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 11, 2020
ABC News' “Nightline” averaged 1.021 million Total Viewers, 333,000 Adults 25-54 and 249,000 Adults 18-49 during the week of Feb. 3, 2020, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “Nightline” beat CBS' “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (284,000 and 197,000, respect...
RATINGS: NBC's CHICAGO MED, FIRE & P.D. are the #1-2-3 Most-Watched Dramas Of The Feb. 3-9 Primetime Week
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 11, 2020
NBC has averaged a 0.7 rating in adults 18-49 and 4.1 million viewers overall for the primetime ratings week of Feb. 3-9, for week-to-week gains of +17% in 18-49 rating (0.7 vs. 0.6) and +19% in total viewers (4.1 million vs. 3.4 million), according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen M...
AMERICANO! Gains Bipartisan Acclaim and Nears Box Office Record
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 07, 2020
It takes a lot in this political age to bring disparate sides of the political and cultural spectrum together. Americano! - a new, groundbreaking musical in Phoenix - is accomplishing that by generating enthusiastic reviews from both Republicans and Democrats despite the white-hot topic at the mu...
VIDEO: Watch Philip Rucker & Carol Leonnig Interviewed on THE LATE SHOW
by Sarah Leiber - February 05, 2020
The authors of 'A Very Stable Genius,' Washington Post journalists Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, join Stephen Colbert to discuss their new book and their impressions of Trump's State of the Union address....
VIDEO: Al Franken Talks Trump, Health Care & Impeachment on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE
by Sarah Leiber - February 05, 2020
Al talks about the Iowa Caucuses, watching the State of the Union, what Trump is trying to do to the Affordable Care Act, texting with former Senate colleagues during the impeachment trial, the crazy way he met Donald Trump in NY, and his podcast....
RATINGS: NBC, CBS Top Charts with State of the Union Address on Tuesday
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 05, 2020
NBC (4.365 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.9, #1) was the demp champ on Tuesday with its mix of 'Ellen's Game of Games' (5.005 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.0, #1), 'State of the Union' (4.388 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T2) and 'State of the Union Analysis' (3.017 mi...
BritBeat 'A Multimedia Concert Journey Through Beatles Music History' Returns To The Marcus Center
by Stephi Wild - February 05, 2020
BritBeat - 'A Multimedia Concert Journey Through Beatles Music History' tells the story of the Beatles from their early days at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, their dynamic debut on the Ed Sullivan Show, the attendance busting concert at Shea Stadium, onward to the psychedelic Sgt. Pepper era and fin...
Wake Up With BWW 2/5: PLAZA SUITE Begins Pre-Broadway Run in Boston and More!
by Stephi Wild - February 05, 2020
Today's top stories: Plaza Suite, starring Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, begins its pre-Broadway run in Boston, and more!...
VIDEO: Billy Porter Delivers the LGBTQ State of the Union
by A.A. Cristi - February 04, 2020
Billy Porter delivers the LGBTQ State of the Union, reflecting on the past year and looking to the year ahead for the LGBTQ+ community....
Blues Legend Elvin Bishop To Perform In Morristown And Tarrytown
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 28, 2020
Alligator recording artist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Elvin Bishop will give a special stripped down performance with harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite and guitarist/pianist Bob Welsh at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown on Thursday, February 20 and the Tarrytown Music Hall in ...
DISABILITY MONOLOGUES Documentary Will Premiere on BBC America
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 16, 2020
BBC AMERICA has announced a new series of powerful short films, Disability Monologues (wt), focusing on challenging and changing the perception of disability. Writer and performer Mat Fraser (His Dark Materials, American Horror Story) will curate the six, 15-minute works, to be performed by himself,...
Wale Releases Video For 'Love... (Her Fault)' Feat. Bryson Tiller
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 13, 2020
Wale releases new video for 'Love... (Her Fault)' featuring Bryson Tiller. The video is curated by singer/actress/model/director Teyana Taylor's female-led production company The Aunties....
Latest Additions to 2020 Sundance Film Festival Announced
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 18, 2019
Sundance Institute adds three feature films to the 2020 Sundance Film Festival's robust slate of independent work today, alongside previously announced work. The Institute also confirmed that previously-announced Special Event, Love Fraud, will screen on Day One of the Festival. The Festival will ta...
Full Casting Announced for THE CAT IN THE HAT at The Turbine Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 04, 2019
Jonathan Ray (The Cat), Grace Kelly Miller (Sally/Fish), Nick Brittain (The Boy/Thing One), and Matt Jay Ryan (Thing Two), will star in Katie Mitchell's acclaimed stage adaptation of The Cat In The Hat, directed by Lillie Collier. Based on the much loved tale by Dr Seuss, the Turbine Theatre's festi...
THUNDER ROCK Comes to the Metropolitan Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - November 21, 2019
Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse revives Robert Ardrey's THUNDER ROCK for a limited run from January 16 through February 9, 2020, at the Playhouse home: 220 E 4th Street. Artistic Director Alex Roe directs....
Charlotte Moore Will Interview Angela Lansbury for LPTW Oral History Project at Bruno Walter Auditorium
by Stephi Wild - October 31, 2019
The League of Professional Theatre Women (Shellen Lubin and Catherine Porter, Co-Presidents), an organization which has been championing women in the professional theatre for over three decades, will present an Oral History Project event with the legendary, five-time Tony Award-winning actress, Ange...
Internet Explorers To Feature Nathan Allebach & Ryan Broderick In November
by A.A. Cristi - October 30, 2019
Mark Vigeant will reprise his monthly comedy show, Internet Explorers, taking place at Caveat on November 22, to investigate Twitter. ...
Photo Flash: First Look at The Turbine Theatre's HIGH FIDELITY
by Julie Musbach - October 23, 2019
The Turbine Theatre's first musical production, High Fidelity stars Oliver Ormson in the lead role as vinyl shop owner, Rob....
BWW Exclusive: Listen to Track from Michael Friedman's THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY Album
by Nicole Rosky - October 17, 2019
GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS and THE CIVILIANS will release the first three premiere albums of The Michael Friedman Collection- available for streaming and download on Friday, October 18. The Great Immensity, The Abominables, and This Beautiful City are all written (or co-written) and directed by Steve Cosson...
THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH Announces Live Democratic Presidential Primary Debate Coverage
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 14, 2019
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah will be live on Tuesday, October 15, providing instant analysis and late night's earliest commentary about the Democratic Party's fourth round of presidential primary debates. Alex Wagner, co-host and executive producer of Showtime's The Circus and special corres...
Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal for the UK Premiere of HIGH FIDELITY
by Stephi Wild - October 04, 2019
The Turbine Theatre has announced it's first musical production, High Fidelity and leading the ensemble is musical theatre start Oliver Ormson as vinyl shop owner, Rob. The rest of the cast will include Carl Au (Dick), Robbie Durham (Barry), Rosie Fletcher (Anna), Joshua Dever (Neil Young/Bruce Spri...
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