The Handmaid's Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism in its militarized
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Jade Anouka, Clare Dunne & More Join Cast of Phyllida Lloyd's All-Female HENRY IV at Donmar
by Tyler Peterson - August 15, 2014
In 2012, Phyllida Lloyd's all-female production of Julius Caesar at the Donmar Warehouse placed the play in a women's prison. It stunned audiences on both sides of the Atlantic and challenged the idea of 'who owns Shakespeare?' In one of the schools workshops around the production, teachers heard on...
by Tyler Peterson - August 15, 2014
In 2012, Phyllida Lloyd's all-female production of Julius Caesar at the Donmar Warehouse placed the play in a women's prison. It stunned audiences on both sides of the Atlantic and challenged the idea of 'who owns Shakespeare?' In one of the schools workshops around the production, teachers heard on...
Amazon Launches Kindle Unlimited- Like Netflix But for Books
by Courtnie Mele - July 19, 2014
Yesterday, Amazon.com introduced Kindle Unlimited-a new subscription service which allows customers to freely read as much as they want from over 600,000 Kindle books, and listen as much as they want to thousands of Audible audiobooks, all for only $9.99 a month. Finding a great book is easy, and th...
by Courtnie Mele - July 19, 2014
Yesterday, Amazon.com introduced Kindle Unlimited-a new subscription service which allows customers to freely read as much as they want from over 600,000 Kindle books, and listen as much as they want to thousands of Audible audiobooks, all for only $9.99 a month. Finding a great book is easy, and th...
Kindle Unlimited Subscription Service Launches
by Christina Mancuso - July 18, 2014
(NASDAQ:AMZN)-Amazon.com today introduced Kindle Unlimited-a new subscription service which allows customers to freely read as much as they want from over 600,000 Kindle books, and listen as much as they want to thousands of Audible audiobooks, all for only $9.99 a month. Finding a great book is eas...
by Christina Mancuso - July 18, 2014
(NASDAQ:AMZN)-Amazon.com today introduced Kindle Unlimited-a new subscription service which allows customers to freely read as much as they want from over 600,000 Kindle books, and listen as much as they want to thousands of Audible audiobooks, all for only $9.99 a month. Finding a great book is eas...
Hux Productions Stages GILEAD as Part of Brighton Fringe, Now thru May 9
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2014
Hux Productions will present the original play Gilead at Friends' Meeting House today 7th, Thursday 8th and Friday 9th May 2014. Gilead will be presented as part of Brighton Fringe....
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2014
Hux Productions will present the original play Gilead at Friends' Meeting House today 7th, Thursday 8th and Friday 9th May 2014. Gilead will be presented as part of Brighton Fringe....
Hux Productions to Stage GILEAD as Part of Brighton Fringe, May 7-9
by Diana Heisroth - April 30, 2014
Hux Productions will present the original play Gilead at Friends' Meeting House on Wednesday 7th, Thursday 8th and Friday 9th May 2014. Gilead will be presented as part of Brighton Fringe....
by Diana Heisroth - April 30, 2014
Hux Productions will present the original play Gilead at Friends' Meeting House on Wednesday 7th, Thursday 8th and Friday 9th May 2014. Gilead will be presented as part of Brighton Fringe....
World Premiere of THE SUN SHINES EAST Opens Tonight at Deane Little Theatre
by Hilary Kelly - January 31, 2014
Shining East Productions presents The Sun Shines East, based on a true story written by Corinne Chateau* about an adoptive mother's struggle to break through deep personal barriers and international politics to bring home her daughter. Pat Golden directs a cast of 5 including Karen Christie-Ward*, T...
by Hilary Kelly - January 31, 2014
Shining East Productions presents The Sun Shines East, based on a true story written by Corinne Chateau* about an adoptive mother's struggle to break through deep personal barriers and international politics to bring home her daughter. Pat Golden directs a cast of 5 including Karen Christie-Ward*, T...
World Premiere of THE SUN SHINES EAST to Open 1/31 at Deane Little Theatre
by Hilary Kelly - January 10, 2014
Shining East Productions presents The Sun Shines East, based on a true story written by Corinne Chateau* about an adoptive mother's struggle to break through deep personal barriers and international politics to bring home her daughter. Pat Golden directs a cast of 5 including Karen Christie-Ward*, T...
by Hilary Kelly - January 10, 2014
Shining East Productions presents The Sun Shines East, based on a true story written by Corinne Chateau* about an adoptive mother's struggle to break through deep personal barriers and international politics to bring home her daughter. Pat Golden directs a cast of 5 including Karen Christie-Ward*, T...
MCC of Toronto Presents the 24th Annual Christmas Eve Service, 12/24
by Christina Mancuso - December 23, 2013
Led by Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes, Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto is known nation-wide as the church that presided over former Leader of the Opposition Jack Layton's state funeral in 2011. This Tuesday evening, Dr. Hawkes and the noted, inspirational Choir of MCC will celebrate Christmas Eve a...
by Christina Mancuso - December 23, 2013
Led by Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes, Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto is known nation-wide as the church that presided over former Leader of the Opposition Jack Layton's state funeral in 2011. This Tuesday evening, Dr. Hawkes and the noted, inspirational Choir of MCC will celebrate Christmas Eve a...
Fiona Shaw Stars in US Debut of THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER at BAM, Now thru 12/22
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2013
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and directed by Phyllida Lloyd, composed by Mel Mercier, with lighting design by Jean Kalman and Mike Gunning, set design by Chloe Obolensky and choreography by Kim Brandstrup, will play the BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St), tonight, Decem...
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2013
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and directed by Phyllida Lloyd, composed by Mel Mercier, with lighting design by Jean Kalman and Mike Gunning, set design by Chloe Obolensky and choreography by Kim Brandstrup, will play the BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St), tonight, Decem...
Margaret Atwood Celebrates Latest Novel MADDADDAM at Montreal's Rialto Theatre Today
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2013
To celebrate the publication of her latest novel MaddAddam - the final book in her critically acclaimed and best-selling Dystopian trilogy that began with Oryx & Crake (2003) and The Year of the Flood (2009) - Librairie Drawn & Quarterly and the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada are extremely...
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2013
To celebrate the publication of her latest novel MaddAddam - the final book in her critically acclaimed and best-selling Dystopian trilogy that began with Oryx & Crake (2003) and The Year of the Flood (2009) - Librairie Drawn & Quarterly and the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada are extremely...
Margaret Atwood to Celebrate Latest Novel MADDADDAM at Montreal's Rialto Theatre, 12/4
by BWW News Desk - November 15, 2013
To celebrate the publication of her latest novel MaddAddam - the final book in her critically acclaimed and best-selling Dystopian trilogy that began with Oryx & Crake (2003) and The Year of the Flood (2009) - Librairie Drawn & Quarterly and the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada are extremely...
by BWW News Desk - November 15, 2013
To celebrate the publication of her latest novel MaddAddam - the final book in her critically acclaimed and best-selling Dystopian trilogy that began with Oryx & Crake (2003) and The Year of the Flood (2009) - Librairie Drawn & Quarterly and the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada are extremely...
Fiona Shaw to Star in US Debut of THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER at BAM, 12/10-22
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2013
The inimitable Olivier Award winner and Tony Award nominee Fiona Shaw (Medea, 2002 Next Wave; Happy Days, 2008 Spring Season; John Gabriel Borkman, 2011 Spring Season) and dancer Daniel Hay-Gordon perform one of the best loved poems in the English language, Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic The Rime of...
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2013
The inimitable Olivier Award winner and Tony Award nominee Fiona Shaw (Medea, 2002 Next Wave; Happy Days, 2008 Spring Season; John Gabriel Borkman, 2011 Spring Season) and dancer Daniel Hay-Gordon perform one of the best loved poems in the English language, Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic The Rime of...
Audible Releases Comedic Video Featuring Billy Crystal Performing His New Book STILL FOOLIN' 'EM
by Rosie Hertzman - September 11, 2013
The world's largest seller and producer of downloadable audiobooks and other digital spoken-word entertainment, Audible, Inc., released a comedic video today created in collaboration with Billy Crystal about the downloadable audio version of Crystal's new memoir, Still Foolin' 'Em....
by Rosie Hertzman - September 11, 2013
The world's largest seller and producer of downloadable audiobooks and other digital spoken-word entertainment, Audible, Inc., released a comedic video today created in collaboration with Billy Crystal about the downloadable audio version of Crystal's new memoir, Still Foolin' 'Em....
San Francisco Reads: Dana and THE LEFTOVERS
by Karen Biscopink - June 30, 2013
San Francisco Reads: Dana and THE LEFTOVERS...
by Karen Biscopink - June 30, 2013
San Francisco Reads: Dana and THE LEFTOVERS...
33rd Annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Finalists Announced
by BWW News Desk - February 21, 2013
Today the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes announced the 2012 finalists for honors to be handed out at a public ceremony the evening of April 19th at the University of Southern California's Bovard Auditorium. The event is the prelude to the 18th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the largest p...
by BWW News Desk - February 21, 2013
Today the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes announced the 2012 finalists for honors to be handed out at a public ceremony the evening of April 19th at the University of Southern California's Bovard Auditorium. The event is the prelude to the 18th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the largest p...
Photo Flash: First Look at Cincinnati Shakespeare's RICHARD II
by BWW News Desk - January 11, 2013
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Cincinnati's stage for the classics, presents William Shakespeare's poetic history 'Richard II', playing from tonight, January 11- February 3, 2013. This production is directed by Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Producing Artistic Director Brian Isaac Phillips and feat...
by BWW News Desk - January 11, 2013
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Cincinnati's stage for the classics, presents William Shakespeare's poetic history 'Richard II', playing from tonight, January 11- February 3, 2013. This production is directed by Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Producing Artistic Director Brian Isaac Phillips and feat...
Cincinnati Shakespeare Stages RICHARD II, Now thru 2/3
by BWW News Desk - January 11, 2013
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Cincinnati's stage for the classics, presents William Shakespeare's poetic history 'Richard II', playing from tonight, January 11- February 3, 2013....
by BWW News Desk - January 11, 2013
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Cincinnati's stage for the classics, presents William Shakespeare's poetic history 'Richard II', playing from tonight, January 11- February 3, 2013....
LORD OF THE RINGS Among Locus' “Best Novels of 20th and 21st Century”
by Caryn Robbins - December 24, 2012
In November 2012 Locus Online hosted a poll for the best novels and short fiction of the 20th and 21st centuries, with five categories in each century: SF novel, fantasy novel, novella, novelette, and short story....
by Caryn Robbins - December 24, 2012
In November 2012 Locus Online hosted a poll for the best novels and short fiction of the 20th and 21st centuries, with five categories in each century: SF novel, fantasy novel, novella, novelette, and short story....
Cincinnati Shakespeare to Stage RICHARD II, 1/11-2/3
by BWW News Desk - December 20, 2012
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Cincinnati's stage for the classics, presents William Shakespeare's poetic history 'Richard II', playing from January 11- February 3, 2013. This production is directed by Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Producing Artistic Director Brian Isaac Phillips and features CSC ...
by BWW News Desk - December 20, 2012
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Cincinnati's stage for the classics, presents William Shakespeare's poetic history 'Richard II', playing from January 11- February 3, 2013. This production is directed by Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Producing Artistic Director Brian Isaac Phillips and features CSC ...
Photo Bast from the Past: Elizabeth McGovern
by Walter McBride - November 05, 2012
Today, we're featuring Elizabeth McGovern in 1985. In 1981 McGovern earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Evelyn Nesbit in the film Ragtime. In 1984, she starred in Sergio Leone's gangster epic Once Upon a Time in America as Robert De Niro's romantic interes...
by Walter McBride - November 05, 2012
Today, we're featuring Elizabeth McGovern in 1985. In 1981 McGovern earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Evelyn Nesbit in the film Ragtime. In 1984, she starred in Sergio Leone's gangster epic Once Upon a Time in America as Robert De Niro's romantic interes...
Casting Complete for All-Female JULIUS CAESAR at the Donmar Warehouse
by Kelsey Denette - October 29, 2012
Today the full cast is announced for Phyllida Lloyd's all female production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. The cast are Jade Anouka (Calpurnia/Metellus Cimber), Frances Barber (Julius Caesar), Ishia Bennison (Casca), Helen Cripps (Cinna the Poet), Clare Dunne (Portia/Octavius Caesar), Jen Joseph (T...
by Kelsey Denette - October 29, 2012
Today the full cast is announced for Phyllida Lloyd's all female production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. The cast are Jade Anouka (Calpurnia/Metellus Cimber), Frances Barber (Julius Caesar), Ishia Bennison (Casca), Helen Cripps (Cinna the Poet), Clare Dunne (Portia/Octavius Caesar), Jen Joseph (T...
Kate Wetherhead, Howie Michael Smith, et al. Set for I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE at Engeman Theater, Now thru 8/19
by BWW News Desk - July 07, 2012
The John W. Engeman Theater previously announced the cast and creative team for the hilarious I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE. Previews began on Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.; with the official opening tonight, Saturday, July 7 at 8:00 p.m. and running through August 19, 2012....
by BWW News Desk - July 07, 2012
The John W. Engeman Theater previously announced the cast and creative team for the hilarious I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE. Previews began on Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.; with the official opening tonight, Saturday, July 7 at 8:00 p.m. and running through August 19, 2012....
Kate Wetherhead, Howie Michael Smith, et al. Set for I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE at Engeman Theater
by Nicole Rosky - June 25, 2012
The John W. Engeman Theater has just announced the cast and creative team for the hilarious I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE. Previews begin on Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.; with the official opening on Saturday, July 7 at 8:00 p.m. and running through August 19, 2012....
by Nicole Rosky - June 25, 2012
The John W. Engeman Theater has just announced the cast and creative team for the hilarious I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE. Previews begin on Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.; with the official opening on Saturday, July 7 at 8:00 p.m. and running through August 19, 2012....
CSC's GRAPES OF WRATH Opens 3/30
by BWW News Desk - March 30, 2012
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company continues its eighteenth season with John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" in an adaptation by Frank Galati. This production features CSC Ensemble Members Justin McCombs, Sherman Fracher and Drew Fracher and is directed by Brian Isaac Phillips. "The Grapes of Wrath" o...
by BWW News Desk - March 30, 2012
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company continues its eighteenth season with John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" in an adaptation by Frank Galati. This production features CSC Ensemble Members Justin McCombs, Sherman Fracher and Drew Fracher and is directed by Brian Isaac Phillips. "The Grapes of Wrath" o...
CSC's GRAPES OF WRATH Opens 3/30
by Kelsey Denette - March 14, 2012
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company continues its eighteenth season with John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" in an adaptation by Frank Galati. This production features CSC Ensemble Members Justin McCombs, Sherman Fracher and Drew Fracher and is directed by Brian Isaac Phillips. "The Grapes of Wrath" o...
by Kelsey Denette - March 14, 2012
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company continues its eighteenth season with John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" in an adaptation by Frank Galati. This production features CSC Ensemble Members Justin McCombs, Sherman Fracher and Drew Fracher and is directed by Brian Isaac Phillips. "The Grapes of Wrath" o...
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