'Across the Mekong River' Wins Four Independent Book Awards
by Christina Mancuso - July 25, 2013 Competing with books from small and university presses as well as other independent publishers, author Elaine Russell's novel, 'Across the Mekong River,' won four 2013 independent publishing book awards for multicultural fiction over the past few months:...
Street Theatre Company Presents HAIR for a One-weekend In Concert performance!
by Robert Diamond - October 26, 2013 Street Theatre Company brings Nashville the hit musical HAIR as its sixth "In Concert" production. After closing on Broadway in the early 1970s, it was revived and won the 2009 Tony for Best Revival of a Musical. Defining the genre of a Rock Musical, HAIR tells the story of a politically active grou...
Military Pilot Releases Autobiographical Journey During the Vietnam War
by Christina Mancuso - January 07, 2014 The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. It was the longest war in American history and the most unpopular American war of the ...
Walt Williams Releases 'White Lion'
by Christina Mancuso - October 08, 2013 Vivid and realistic nightmares about a man serving in Vietnam led Walt Williams realize that this man's life paralleled his own....
Stepping Into Tomorrow: The Awakening By Sebastain Cor-Dova is Released
by Christina Mancuso - January 08, 2014 The struggles of the African American community throughout the history of the United States are no secret. According to Sebastain Cor-Dova, the negative effects of social and economic disparities continue to impact and shape modern society....
Teatro Paraguas to Present LOVE'S LONELY HIGHWAY, Begin. Tonight
by BWW News Desk - July 05, 2013 Love's Lonely Highway, written by acclaimed Latina Playwright Patricia Crespin and directed by Maggz Gallegos, will play Teatro Paraguas Studio, 3205 Calle Marie, beginning tonight, Friday 7/5 & Saturday 7/6 at 8pm; Sunday 7/7 at 2pm. Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 seniors an students, $8 ch...
Photo Flash: First Look at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University's MISS SAIGON
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2013 This August will see Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University's Final Year Musical Theatre students in the fully staged production of Miss Saigon. The production will run from tomorrow 9 through 17 August 2013 at Conservatorium Theatre, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, South Bank,...
Teatro Paraguas to Stage Reading of LOVE'S LONELY HIGHWAY, 7/14
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2013 Teatro Paraguas presents a staged reading of New Mexico playwright Patricia Crespin's new play Love's Lonely Highway by Patricia Crespin, a new play about Viet Nam vets, directed by Argos MacCallum, on Sunday, July 14 at 6:00 pm in the Teatro Paraguas Studio, 3205 Calle Marie....
Russell J. Jewett's New Book Recounts USMC Exploits in Vietnam
by Christina Mancuso - June 10, 2013 Over the past ten years, author and veteran Russell J. Jewett has been attending reunions with the members of the United States Marine Corp's Third Battalion Lima Company, a group also known as Ripley's Raiders. Inevitably, war stories are traded during these gatherings, but the details of these acc...
TheatreWorks Offers Stage Two Program Free to Teens; HAIR Auditions Set for 7/8
by BWW News Desk - June 27, 2013 Thanks in part to an anonymous donor, the TheatreWorks Stage Two Teen Program is now being offered FREE OF CHARGE to all teens ages 14 to 19....
Vietnam Era Whistleblower Releases New Memoir - 'Goodbye Junie Moon'
by Robert Diamond - July 13, 2014 A curvaceous Australian dancer entertains the troops in Vietnam. She uncovers a get rich quick scheme involving the sergeants running the American Army clubs. Discovering that she has reported them to the CID, they place a high price on her head. She learns they are watching the only airport out, pr...
MISS SAIGON Kicks Off the New Season of Broadway in Detroit
by Katie Laban - September 23, 2013 The beloved musical, Miss Saigon, kicks off Broadway in Detroit's season Tuesday at the Fisher Theatre. The classic show that is fan favorite tells the tale of forbidden love, the tragedies of war, and the sacrifices made to achieve the American Dream....
Video: MISS SAIGON Revival Releases Teaser!
by Oliver Oliveros - June 28, 2013 Cameron Mackintosh Ltd.'s highly-anticipated 25th anniversary production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's beloved mega-musical 'Miss Saigon' has just released the show's first teaser....
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Students to Stage MISS SAIGON, 9-17 August
by Tyler Peterson - August 07, 2013 This August will see Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University's Final Year Musical Theatre students in the fully staged production of Miss Saigon. The production will run from 9 - 17 August 2013 at Conservatorium Theatre, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, South Bank, Queensland....
ROLLING THUNDER VIETNAM, Starring Wes Carr, to Kick Off National Tour Aug 14
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2014 The powerful new Australian concert drama Rolling Thunder Vietnam will world premiere in Brisbane on 14 August 2014 prior to a national tour....
New Military Fiction Book, 'A P Alley' by Terry Yurick, is Released
by Christina Mancuso - June 11, 2014 Las Vegas, NV...
David Nardi Releases RIPPED TO SHREDS
by Christina Mancuso - August 08, 2013 Closet hippie, staunchly-disciplined Roman Catholic, a soldier's soldier, David Nardi re-imagines the atmosphere of the Vietnam War and its era in American history. The main narrative will have readers seeing the war through the eyes of a young lieutenant in Ripped To Shreds. He calls it 'a tale of ...
ROLLING THUNDER VIETNAM to Premiere in Brisbane this August Before Launching National Tour
by Tyler Peterson - May 15, 2014 The powerful new Australian concert drama Rolling Thunder Vietnam will world premiere in Brisbane on 14 August 2014 prior to a national tour....
Jim Pepper Reflects on Vietnam War in New Book
by Christina Mancuso - May 10, 2013 In his new war memoir, "Not Your Ordinary Vietnam War Stories" (published by AuthorHouse), Jim Pepper gives readers a humorous and self-effacing look into what it was like fighting in the war. He hopes to present a bigger picture of the situation as he experienced it, showing readers how history imp...
VIDEO: First Look - Christopher Plummer, Benjamin Walker Star in HBO's 'MUHAMMAD ALI' Biopic
by Caryn Robbins - August 14, 2013 HBO Films new drama Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight from director Stephen Frears is coming to the cable network on Saturday, October 5th at 8 pm....
VIDEO: First Trailer for THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI Debuts
by Tyler Peterson - August 03, 2013 The first trailer for the Tribeca hit The Trials of Muhammad Ali, directed by Bill Siegel, has just been released - check it out below!...
ROLLING THUNDER VIETNAM, Starring Wes Carr, to Kick Off National Tour Aug 14
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2014 The powerful new Australian concert drama Rolling Thunder Vietnam will world premiere in Brisbane on 14 August 2014 prior to a national tour....
Robert Redford to Portray Newsman Dan Rather in TRUTH AND DUTY
by Caryn Robbins - July 10, 2014 Robert Redford will play famed newsman Dan Rather in the upcoming film TRUTH AND DUTY....
CONDEMNED PROPERTY?, by Dusty Earl Trimmer, is Available Now
by BWW News Desk - January 21, 2014 Veterans of the Vietnam War, now in their mid-60s to early 70s, made it through that dreadful conflict but were changed forever. Some tried to push their memories away, only to be haunted by what happened in South Vietnam, while others want to speak but find few who will listen. This new book by Dus... |