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Michael Jackson Interactive Game Debuts at G2E Exhibit
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2011

Bally Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BYI) unveils games featuring popular icons Michael Jackson, Betty Boop and the cast of the hit move Grease at the 2011 Global Gaming Expo Oct. 4-6 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on the Las Vegas Strip....


BWW Reviews: Looking through a Different Lens in ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Buffalo Laboratory Theatre
by Nathan Miller - September 25, 2012

A review of Buffalo Laboratory Theatre's production of Tom Stoppard's ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD,running through 9/29....


ABC's THE GLASS HOUSE Season Finale to Air 8/20
by Caryn Robbins - August 15, 2012

After ten weeks of contestants' residing under the same roof with their living conditions decided by viewers online, along with physical and mental competitions, the $250,000 winner chosen by viewers will be announced on the Season Finale of THE GLASS HOUSE, MONDAY, AUGUST 20 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET),...


Dolly Parton Gets Her Own Signature Slot Machines; to Be Unveiled 10/2-4
by Robert Diamond - September 13, 2012

Iconic singer, songwriter, musician, actress and philanthropist Dolly Parton continues her creative entrepreneurialism with her latest endeavor: a series of three Dolly Parton slot machines. ...


Jeremy Piven in Talks to Star in ITV Series MR. SELFRIDGE
by Caryn Robbins - March 08, 2012

As first reported on Deadline.com, actor Jeremy Piven is currently in talks to take on the lead role in the ITV drama series MR. SELFRIDGE. The series comes from 'Bridget Jones' Diary creator Andrew Davies....


Gil Shaham to Play Brahms Violin Concerto with Orpheus at Jorgensen Center, 10/14
by Kelsey Denette - October 07, 2011

Grammy-decorated violin virtuoso Gil Shaham will solo for the player-led Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with a program that includes the Brahms Violin Concerto and a new work by Cynthia Wong, a Project 440 winner, on Friday, Oct. 14, at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts....


Disney XD Announces Launch of MOTORCITY Racer Game
by Caryn Robbins - March 26, 2012

In anticipation of the upcoming Disney XD series Motorcity, Disney ABC Television Group's Digital Media Team announces the launch of 'Motorcity: Drive', a six-level, 3D racing, shooter game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, available now on the App Store....


Arts on the Waterfront Hosts Musicians, Visual Arts, ROMEO AND JULIET and More, Now thru 7/1
by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2012

Mickey Rowe and Laurie Roberts, Arts on the Waterfront coordinators, hope to revitalize and reinvent this event to include both theater and visual art as well as of course the live music that made the series such a staple of the Seattle scene years ago. Arts on the Waterfront will be located next do...


CW Orders New Reality Series THE HUNT & PERFECT SCORE
by Caryn Robbins - December 12, 2012

Continuing to add more year-round original programming, The CW has ordered two new reality series: THE HUNT, a thrilling, one-hour competition series, and PERFECT SCORE, a unique twist on finding the ideal mate....


Photo Flash: First Look - NBC's TAKE IT ALL, Premiering 12/10
by Tyler Peterson - December 06, 2012

NBC will debut Howie Mandel's TAKE IT ALL (formerly "Howie Mandel's White Elephant"), an exciting new game show to be stripped throughout the holiday week of December 10-14 (9-10 p.m. ET all nights) and to conclude on Monday, December 17 in back-to-back episodes (9-10 p.m. and 10-11 p.m. ET). Check ...


Anne Archer, Jessica Barden Join Cast of LULLABY
by Caryn Robbins - July 12, 2012

Academy Award nominee Anne Archer, Jessica Barden and Daniel Sunjata have joined Garrett Hedlund, Richard Jenkins Jessica Brown Findlay, Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard and Amy Adams in LULLABY....


NOW PLAYING: The Festival Playhouse Presents Elvis Presley, Stepson of Frankenstein thru 10/28
by Michael Mulhern - October 12, 2012

Julie, who possesses one hair from the head of the King, wants an Elvis clone!...


Bay Area Cabaret Presents Actor/Singer Peter Gallagher 10/22
by BWW News Desk - October 22, 2011

Bay Area Cabaret continues its 2011-2012 season on October 22, 2011 with renowned veteran of stage, screen and film, Tony-nominated actor/singer Peter Gallagher in the West Coast premiere of his critically acclaimed cabaret show SONGS AND STORIES....


PHOENIX Opens Tampa Repertory Theatre's 2012-13 Season Tonight, 10/11
by BWW News Desk - October 11, 2012

From Phoenix to Elsinore, with a stop in St. Louis, the Tampa Repertory Theatre's second season promises to engage audiences with plays new and old, but always provocative, innovative and classic. The season opens with a regional premiere: Phoenix, by Scott Organ....


Rick Fox Hosts NBA TV's First-Ever SOCIAL MEDIA AWARDS Tonight, 6/20
by TV News Desk - June 20, 2012

NBA TV announced today the first-ever NBA Social Media Awards - celebrating NBA players, teams and fans for their social engagement throughout the 2011-12 NBA regular season - will be televised tonight, June 20, at 9 p.m. ET....


Yamaha CD-N500 Network CD Player Provides Access to MP3s, Streaming Radio & More
by Robert Diamond - January 23, 2013

Yamaha Corporation of America, AV Division, today introduced the CD-N500 network CD player that offers music fans a flexible portal to their favorite content from practically any source-CDs, downloaded files such as iTunes and streamed music from PCs, NAS systems, smartphones, tablets and Internet r...


Tom Bruett and Bats Improv Host AFER Benefit Tonight, 6/11
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2012

Bay Area playwright/producer Tom Bruett of marriageequalityplays.com and BATS Improv, the Bay Area's premiere nonprofit improv theatre company, are busily preparing for a special event featuring new short plays by prominent Bay Area playwrights and an improvised short play by BATS Improv on the them...


The Wooster Group Presents HAMLET at The Performing Garage, Now thru 11/11
by BWW News Desk - October 24, 2012

The Wooster Group will present nightly performances of HAMLET at The Performing Garage during a three-week video shoot of the production. Public showings of the live performance begin the evening of tonight, October 24th and run through Sunday, November 11th, 2012. ...


Apollinaire Theatre Presents ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, Now thru 7/28
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2012

Apollinaire Theatre Company presents Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard, at Theatre in the Park in English and Spanish, tonight, July 11 through July 28, Wed.-Sun. at 7:30 Mary O'Malley Park, Commandant's Way, on the Chelsea Waterfront (Admiral's Hill)....


Whoopi Goldberg to Appear at the Van Wezel Today
by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2012

In 2002, Whoopi Goldberg became one of a very elite group of artists who have won the Grammy ("Whoopi Goldberg," 1985), the Academy Award ("Ghost," 1991), the Golden Globe ("The Color Purple," 1985 and "Ghost," 1991), the Emmy (as host of AMC's "Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel...


Darrell Hammond, Anna Chlumsky, et al. Set for HAMLET Benefit Reading, 2/21
by Nicole Rosky - February 13, 2012

Frog and Peach Theatre Co., Inc. will present an all-star benefit reading of 'Hamlet' on February 21 at The Player's Club with a cast including Darrell Hammond (Saturday Night Live) as Guildenstern, Austin Pendleton ('My Cousin Vinnie') as Claudius and the Ghost, Shirley Knight ('Our Idiot Brother,'...


ABC's THE GLASS HOUSE Season Finale Airs Tonight, 8/20
by TV News Desk - August 20, 2012

After ten weeks of contestants' residing under the same roof with their living conditions decided by viewers online, along with physical and mental competitions, the $250,000 winner chosen by viewers will be announced on the Season Finale of THE GLASS HOUSE, TONIGHT, AUGUST 20 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET)...


First Look - Trailer for NOT FADE AWAY
by Claire Hannum - October 05, 2012

Paramount Vantage has debuted the trailer to writer/director David Chase's upcoming Not Fade Away. Check it out in the player below, courtesy of iTunes Movie Trailers! The musical drama is set in 1964 when the Rolling Stones appear on television and three best friends from the suburbs of New Jersey ...


BWW Reviews: A HAMLET for Today at The Broad
by Ellen Dostal - November 19, 2012

An 8-member troupe from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre brings HAMLET to the Broad Stage in a vivid rendering that capitalizes on the traditional limitation of touring....


Internet Sports Site ROTOWORLD Surpasses 1 Billion Page Views in 2012
by Caryn Robbins - December 26, 2012

Rotoworld, the Internet's highest-trafficked fantasy sports information site, surpassed one billion page views for the year on Saturday, Dec. 22, according to Omniture, the most views for a single year in the site's 14-year history....






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