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A&E Network Expands 'Secrets of' Franchise With The Return of 'Secrets of Playboy' & Photo A&E Network Expands 'Secrets of' Franchise With The Return of 'Secrets of Playboy' & Two New Limited Series
by Michael Major - June 08, 2023

Through in-depth interviews with insiders on all levels, rare archival footage, and exclusive content, series under the “Secrets Of” banner delve into complex worlds through a modern-day lens that examines how these brands, organizations, and figures have molded our culture’s view of power and sexua...
Mint Theater to Present American Premiere of Noël Coward's THE RAT TRAP & World Premi Photo Mint Theater to Present American Premiere of Noël Coward's THE RAT TRAP & World Premiere of BECOMES A WOMAN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 30, 2022

The Mint Theater company will be presenting the American Premiere of Noel Coward's The Rap Trap, and the world premiere of Becomes a Woman by Betty Smith (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)....
Feature: Is AI the Future of Live Theatre? Not Yet. Photo Feature: Is AI the Future of Live Theatre? Not Yet.
by Cindy Marcolina - May 02, 2023

The launch of ChatGPT has been received with general apprehension, if not frantic worry, by writers worldwide. If you can train Artificial Intelligence to deliver copy as profound, correct, and well-written as it’s humanly possible, does it mean that writing is soon to be an obsolete profession? ...
'Heartbreaking, breathtaking and powerful': Kenley Smith's FAN ME WITH A BRICK Provid Photo 'Heartbreaking, breathtaking and powerful': Kenley Smith's FAN ME WITH A BRICK Provides a Fascinating Portrait of an American Family
by Jeffrey Ellis - July 13, 2023

Post-pandemic Nashville theater audiences have witnessed a groundswell of creativity as local companies have made the production of original works part of their programming initiatives. While the result might best be described as hit-or-miss depending on perspective, one company’s efforts have been ...
Curio Theatre Company Begins 2022-2023 Season With GIDION'S KNOT Photo Curio Theatre Company Begins 2022-2023 Season With GIDION'S KNOT
by Stephi Wild - October 20, 2022

Curio Theatre Company begins the season with a play that deals with an incredibly timely issue that is currently in the headlines. Curio begins the season with Gidion's Knot, a play that brings to light the question of who, if anyone, is responsible when a juvenile makes a tragic decision....
Review: The Stage Austin's HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH - A Magnificent Triumph Photo Review: The Stage Austin's HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH - A Magnificent Triumph
by Lynn Beaver - August 22, 2022

I urge you to grab your tickets for the final weekend before it’s completely sold out, it will be. HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH made its debut Off Broadway in 1998, an in-your-face rock musical with a non-hetero-normative central character that shocked audiences with its raw narrative. Looking back at...
Review: Storytelling Floods The Basement When Aaron David Gleason Brings COME HELL AN Photo Review: Storytelling Floods The Basement When Aaron David Gleason Brings COME HELL AND HIGH WATER To 54 Below
by Stephen Mosher - July 27, 2022

It may have taken Aaron David Gleason a few decades to tell his own story in a solo show but those years just gave him and his stories time to grow into the art form....
Review: THE SUSPICIONS OF MR WHICHER, The Watermill Theatre Photo Review: THE SUSPICIONS OF MR WHICHER, The Watermill Theatre
by Mickey-Jo Boucher - May 10, 2023

The ever enchanting Watermill Theatre in Newbury could hardly have hoped for more atmospheric weather to mark the opening night of their latest show, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher. The distant thunderclaps and bucketing rain seemed perfectly placed to instill a disquieting mood as the audience arrive...
Berkeley Repertory Theatre's The Ground Floor to Celebrate 10th Anniversary With Upco Photo Berkeley Repertory Theatre's The Ground Floor to Celebrate 10th Anniversary With Upcoming Residency Lab
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 04, 2022

Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer and Director of the Ground Floor Madeleine Oldham announced the Residency Lab participants and the return to full capacity of the Residency Lab portion of The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New W...
The Shaw's 2024 Casts and Creative Teams Revealed Photo The Shaw's 2024 Casts and Creative Teams Revealed
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 09, 2023

The cast and creative teams have been revealed for the Shaw Festival’s 62nd season....
BIRTH OF A MURDERER Heads Into Final Weekend At Desert Stages Photo BIRTH OF A MURDERER Heads Into Final Weekend At Desert Stages
by A.A. Cristi - June 05, 2023

Birth of a Murderer will complete its run at Desert Stages at Scottsdale Fashion Square, June 9 and June 10. ...
Review: THE MARVELOUS MARILYN MAYE Makes History And Legend At Carnegie Hall Photo Review: THE MARVELOUS MARILYN MAYE Makes History And Legend At Carnegie Hall
by Stephen Mosher - March 27, 2023

Steven Reineke and The New York Pops were energized by a ninety-five-year-old Carnegie Hall solo show neophyte last week....
Givēon & Drake Pen New Single 'Time' for AMSTERDAM Movie Soundtrack Photo Givēon & Drake Pen New Single 'Time' for AMSTERDAM Movie Soundtrack
by Michael Major - September 28, 2022

The track is written by Drake, GIVĒON and Daniel Pemberton. Pemberton also produced the record with Jahaan Sweet. Directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker David O. Russell, and starring Academy Award winner Christian Bale, John David Washington, Margot Robbie, Chris Rock, Taylor Swift, Zoe Sald...
Review: Nashville Story Garden's U.S. Premiere of Lucy Kirkwood's THE WELKIN Will Hav Photo Review: Nashville Story Garden's U.S. Premiere of Lucy Kirkwood's THE WELKIN Will Have Audiences Talking
by Jeffrey Ellis - September 24, 2022

Nothing engages the theaterati in Nashville and the surrounding provinces as the production of an eagerly anticipated new play no one’s done before in these parts, but about which we’ve read glowing reviews. The very promise of something new to energize the cultural zeitgeist – particularly under th...
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley to Present 19th Annual New Works Festival in November Photo TheatreWorks Silicon Valley to Present 19th Annual New Works Festival in November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 29, 2022

This Fall, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will present the 19th Annual New Works Festival, providing Bay Area theatre lovers an advance look at tomorrow’s hits. The festival runs November 6-13, 2022 at Montalvo Arts Center....
Towne Street to Present FAILURE TO PROTECT Reading in October Photo Towne Street to Present FAILURE TO PROTECT Reading in October
by Blair Ingenthron - September 17, 2022

On Sunday, October 9, 2022, at 4:00 pm, Towne Street will present a staged reading performance of FAILURE TO PROTECT, the latest courtroom thriller by best-selling author Pamela Samuels Young....
Film at Lincoln Center Announces Jordan Peele Curation Photo Film at Lincoln Center Announces Jordan Peele Curation
by Michael Major - December 22, 2022

Widely hailed as one of this century’s great directorial debuts, Jordan Peele’s era-defining Get Out injected new life into horror with its witty subversion of racial politics and elitist social mores. Two years later, his wildly entertaining Us plumbed everything from isolationist fears and late-ca...
Review: DID YOU SEE WHAT WALTER PAISLEY DID TODAY? Scares Up Tons of Laughs in La Mir Photo Review: DID YOU SEE WHAT WALTER PAISLEY DID TODAY? Scares Up Tons of Laughs in La Mirada
by Michael Quintos - March 25, 2023

An admirable, absurdly funny first full production of a brand new musical, WALTER PAISLEY, is perhaps one of the most enjoyable work-in-progress shows this reviewer has seen in a long time. This delightful world premiere production---filled with madcap antics and a humorously pulpy plot---continues ...
Review: SWEPT AWAY at Arena Stage Photo Review: SWEPT AWAY at Arena Stage
by Jake Bridges - December 08, 2023

What did our critic think of SWEPT AWAY at Arena Stage?...
REVIEW: THE INFERIOR SEX at Trinity Repertory Company Photo REVIEW: THE INFERIOR SEX at Trinity Repertory Company
by Christopher Verleger - March 26, 2023

Directed with intricacy and precision by Tatyana Marie-Carlo, 'The Inferior Sex' takes place in 1972, when Vietnam, Watergate and women's lib dominated the headlines, and Shirley Chisholm (portrayed with an eloquent ferocity by Jackie Davis), the first Black woman elected to Congress, is making a hi...
Review: LOCUSTS HAVE NO KING at New Conservatory Theatre Center Photo Review: LOCUSTS HAVE NO KING at New Conservatory Theatre Center
by Steve Murray - April 21, 2023

What did our critic think of LOCUSTS HAVE NO KING at New Conservatory Theatre Center?...
HILLSONG: A MEGACHURCH EXPOSED Docu-Series to Air on TLC Photo HILLSONG: A MEGACHURCH EXPOSED Docu-Series to Air on TLC
by Michael Major - December 05, 2022

TLC is set to debut an all-new fourth episode of the docuseries, HILLSONG: A MEGACHURCH EXPOSED, revealing new details and facts surrounding the star-studded Hillsong megachurch’s shocking scandal and fall from grace. The docuseries stunned audiences when it originally aired its first three parts on...
VIDEO: Mila Kunis Stars in Netflix's LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE Trailer Photo VIDEO: Mila Kunis Stars in Netflix's LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE Trailer
by Michael Major - September 06, 2022

Watch the new video trailer for Luckiest Girl in the World. The film stars Mila Kunis, Finn Wittrock, Chiara Aurelia, Scoot McNairy, Thomas Barbusca, Justine Lupe, Dalmar Abuzeid, Alex Barone, Carson MacCormac with Jennifer Beals and Connie Britton. Luckiest Girl Alive centers on Ani FaNelli who is ...
Review: A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 at Christiania Theater Photo Review: A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 at Christiania Theater
by Christian Ranke - November 01, 2023

When it was announced that the next big production at Christiania theater would be a play with the nifty title 'Et dukkehjem 2 (A Doll's House, Part 2)' I didn't know what to think. I had next to no knowledge of the piece, other than it was a Broadway play which ran during the 2017 season. Was it a ...
Disney to Release LIGHTYEAR on Digital, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD Photo Disney to Release LIGHTYEAR on Digital, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD
by Michael Major - July 25, 2022

From Disney and Pixar comes an animated sci-fi action-adventure — the definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear (voice of Chris Evans), the hero who inspired the toy. Lightyear follows the legendary Space Ranger on an intergalactic adventure alongside ambitious recruits, Izzy, Mo and Darby, and his ...




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