Sony Movie Channel Is Rounding Up Westerns This July
by Caryn Robbins - June 19, 2013 Sony Movie Channel (SMC) is filling the screen with outlaws, horse thieves and cowboys as the channel brands July with some of the best Western films ever made....
Elephant Run District's AMERICAN GUN SHOW to Play 59E59, Now thru 7/27
by BWW News Desk - July 25, 2013 59E59 presents an Elephant Run District production: American Gun Show, written and performed by Chris Harcum and directed by Aimee Todoroff with stage manager Heather Olmstead. The theater is located at 59 East 59th Street, part of the East to Edinburgh Festival, and the production will run: tonight...
Elephant Run District's AMERICAN GUN SHOW to Play 59E59, July 25-27
by BWW News Desk - July 09, 2013 59E59 presents an Elephant Run District production: American Gun Show, written and performed by Chris Harcum and directed by Aimee Todoroff with stage manager Heather Olmstead. The theater is located at 59 East 59th Street, part of the East to Edinburgh Festival, and the production will run: Thursda...
Florida Studio Theatre Extends URBAN COWBOYS thru March 31
by BWW News Desk - January 09, 2013 Florida Studio Theatre's tribute to the toe-tapping sounds that brought Americans to their feet, Urban Cowboys, has been extended until March 31, 2013. The boot-scootin' new revue opened in Florida Studio Theatre's (FST) John C. Court Cabaret on Friday, January 4 at 7:30pm....
Donley's Wild West Town Opens for the Summer Season, 5/18
by Kelsey Denette - May 13, 2013 Donley's Wild West Town, the charming Old West theme park in Union, Illinois, announced today that their 2013 summer season will begin on May 18. A family-owned business, Larry Donley, his wife, Helene, and their sons, Mike and Randy, started Donley's Wild West Town in 1974 because of their passion...
THE LAST SALOON, PSA: THE BUDGET SHOW and More Continue Bats Theatre's Comedy Festival thru May 19
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2012 BATS Theatre is in the final week of its International Comedy Festival. Hayley Sproull and her piano are currently tuning up in the theatre for the opening of Miss Fletcher Sings the Blues. Also opening this week is WIT returning with their crazy new improvised Western The Last Saloon and the return...
Performance Network Presents DEAD MAN'S SHOES, Thru 4/8
by BWW News Desk - April 08, 2012 As part of Performance Network's mission to promote new plays and the works of local playwrights, the theatre will premiere Joseph Zettelmaier's "Dead Man's Shoes," a darkly comedic Western tale of friendship and vengeance. This co-production, which is currently running at the Williamston Theatre in...
DOKTOR LUKE'S WILD WEST SHOW Supports Pacific Theatre Tonight
by BWW News Desk - February 02, 2013 Doktor Luke Productions has announced the WILD WEST SHOW tonight, Feb. 2 at the Anza Club, a fundraiser for Pacific Theatre (Doubt, Playland, My Name is Asher Lev)....
Largest Phonograph and Music Box Show Returns to Donley's Wild West Town Today
by BWW News Desk - June 08, 2013 With hundreds of antique phonographs, high quality music boxes, and vintage radios, thousands of rare records from the 1890's to the 1950's and more, the 38th Annual Phonograph and Music Box Show at Donley's Wild West Town will once again bring international acclaim to the village of Union, Illinois...
The 8th Annual Charlotte Shakespeare Festival Kicks Off 5/30
by Kelsey Denette - May 17, 2013 The Charlotte Shakespeare Festival returns for an 8th year beginning May 30. The 2013 festival will feature full-length productions of Taming of the Shrew and MacBeth, a pre-show performance series and educational workshops for young people. All performances and workshops are free, but donations are...
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at the Star of Cutting Ball Theater's SIDEWINDERS, Beg. Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2013 Cutting Ball Theater opens its 15th season with the World Premiere of SIDEWINDERS by Basil Kreimendahl. M. Graham Smith makes his main stage directing debut at Cutting Ball with SIDEWINDERS, featuring DavEnd, Sara Moore, Donald Currie, and Norman Muñoz. SIDEWINDERS plays tonight, October 18 through ...
TV Star Walt Willey is 'WILD BILL! An Evening of James Butler Hickok' at Fox Valley Rep October 25-26
by Robert Diamond - October 08, 2013 Fox Valley Repertory presents a trip to the Wild West with All My Children star Walt Willey and his one-man show for all ages, 'Wild Bill! An Evening with James Butler Hickok' on Friday, October 25, 2013 at 2pm and Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 8pm on the Pheasant Run Resort Mainstage (4051 E. Main ...
BWW Reviews: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW with a Wild West Twist at Orlando Shakespeare
by Kimberly Moy - September 24, 2013 THE TAMING OF THE SHREW is one of Shakespeare's most famous comedies. In popular culture the play was translated into the 1999 movie 10 Things I Hate About You starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles. To keep the content entertaining Orlando Shakespeare Theater staged this production in the wild west...
JOHN OLIVER'S NY STAND-UP SHOW Among Comedy Central's July Highlights
by Caryn Robbins - June 03, 2013 This July, COMEDY CENTRAL is celebrating America the right way – by getting drunk! The series premiere of “Drunk History” debuts Tuesday, July 9 at 10:00 p.m. followed by the return of “The Jeselnik Offensive” when the second season premieres at 10:30 p.m....
Discovery's New Series GHOST TOWN GOLD Premieres Today
by TV News Desk - November 15, 2012 Putting the boom back in boomtown, Discovery Channel's new series GHOST TOWN GOLD follows two modern day explorers, Brit Eaton and Scott Glaves, as they track down priceless treasures of the Old West....
Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr., Releases Historical Art Catalog
by Christina Mancuso - July 02, 2013 Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr., CEO of the R.B. Pamplin Corporation, has released a new catalog showcasing highlights from his diverse and historically significant art collection. A carefully curated selection is represented in the 2012 exhibit catalog and contains many historically significant pieces, ...
Jamie Campbell Returns to Gorilla Tango Bucktown with TIME MACHINE
by Nicole Rosky - August 22, 2013 Chicago Reader's Best Standup of 2013 Jamie Campbell presides over his returning hit, TIME MACHINE: Comedy Throughout History the first Wednesday of every month at 10pm at Gorilla Tango Bucktown (1919 N. Milwaukee). Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at www.gorillatango.com or by calling 773-598-4...
Paradise Theatre Holds Auditions for ANNIE GET YOUR GUN Today, 5/26
by BWW News Desk - May 26, 2012 Paradise Theatre is holding auditions for Irvin Berlin's ANNIE GET YOUR GUN today, May 26th starting at 1pm. The theatre asks to prepare a one minute song only. The show calls for a large cast of men, women, teens and children; there are parts for all ages. The theatre will be doing the newer reviva...
Circuit Theatre Stages 6-Hour Epic THE VALENTINE TRILOGY, Beg. Tonight
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2013 This August, the Circuit Theatre Company, a local, IRNE-nominated company run and operated by theatre artists ages 18-25 from across the country, will present the East-Coast premiere of Nathan Allen's epic trilogy of plays, 'The Valentine Trilogy.' This theatrical event features a cast of twenty, a ...
Delta Rae's 'Chasing Twisters' EP Out Today
by BWW News Desk - November 19, 2013 Delta Rae return with their first batch of new recorded music since the release of their debut album, Carry The Fire, in the summer of 2012. The Chasing Twisters - EP comes out digitally today, November 19th and includes the electric title track, which premiered today via Rolling Stone. The band is ...
Orlando Shakespeare Theater's TAMING OF THE SHREW with Wild West Twist Begins Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2013 Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF presents Central Florida audiences with a fresh take on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Set in the Wild West and directed by Orlando Shakes Artistic Director Jim Helsinger, The Taming of the Shrew begins tonight, September 11 and run...
29th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering to Begin at Western Folklife Center, Jan 28
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2013 The 29th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering -the nation's greatest celebration of the American West, its people, culture and traditions-will take place January 28 to February 2, 2013, in Elko, Nevada. Produced by the Western Folklife Center, the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering features performances o...
Smithsonian Channel's THE REAL STORY Season 4 to Premiere 7/29
by Caryn Robbins - July 23, 2012 The Smithsonian Channel original series, THE REAL STORY, which debuts its fourth season on Sunday, July 29 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, separates fact from fiction and real life from reel life....
Theatre503's THATCHERWRITE Announces Full Lineup of Plays, Running June 11-15
by BWW News Desk - June 06, 2013 Battersea's Theatre503 has announced the full line-up of short plays contributing to THATCHERWRITE - a weeklong event responding to the life and death of one the UK's most divisive Prime Ministers - Margaret Thatcher.... |