SAMUEL'S JOURNEY Brings to Light the Tale of the Underground Railway
by Christina Mancuso - September 13, 2013 Emma Marie Trusty, who published 'The Underground Railroad: Ties that Bound Unveiled' in 1999, continues her exploration of an underground network of American citizens involved in helping fugitive slaves escape and live as free men in her outstanding new novel 'Samuel's Journey: Another Surprise.' F...
Louis Langree's First Concerts with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Set for 11/8-10
by Tyler Peterson - September 25, 2013 The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra officially welcomes its new Music Director, Louis Langrée, with an inaugural concert program on November 8-10, 2013 that honors the Orchestra's rich history and ushers in an exciting new era for the CSO. Dr. Maya Angelou, one of the most inspiring voices of our time...
THE BIG C, THE FOSTERS and More Receive 7th Annual Television Academy Honors; Full List!
by TV News Desk - April 30, 2014 The Television Academy today announced this year's honorees for the Seventh Annual Television Academy Honors. For using the power of television to bring awareness to important social issues, this year's honorees include The Big C: hereafter, Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor, The Fosters, Mea M...
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST & More Set for B Street Theatre's 10th Anniversary Family Series
by Tyler Peterson - August 20, 2013 The B Street Theatre, Sacramento's Resident Professional, New Works Theatre, is pleased to announce its 2013-14 Family Series season. Students and families from all over Northern California flock to the B Street Theatre every season to enjoy the theatre's vibrant, whimsical Family Series productions...
SAFE HOUSE Continues The Rep's 2014-15 Studio Theatre Series, 1/21-2/8
by Tyler Peterson - January 06, 2015 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis continues the 2014-2015 Studio Theatre series with Safe House by Keith Josef Adkins and directed by Melissa Maxwell. This compelling production will be performed in the Emerson Studio Theatre of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on ...
Planet Connections Theatre Festivity Stages New Musical WALDEN, Now thru 6/23
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2013 The Planet Connections Theatre Festivity presents Walden, a story-theatre style musical adaptation of Thoreau's best seller, featuring his work on the underground railroad and his star-crossed romance. Six performances for Walden will be held at the Robert Moss Theatre, 440 Lafayette Street, NYC fro...
Pushcart Players to Present LET FREEDOM RING
by Tyler Peterson - January 13, 2014 Pushcart Players, New Jersey's acclaimed touring theatre for young and family audiences presents "Let Freedom Ring" throughout the school year in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and California. This robust musical celebrates the nation's birth and development with authentic folk songs and an anima...
NBC to Air New Historical Mini-Series FREEDOM RUN Produced by Stevie Wonder
by Danielle DeSisto - January 16, 2015 NBC is bringing both the heartbreaking and uplifting stories during one of America's most tumultuous periods to television in adapting author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Betty DeRamus' acclaimed book “Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories From the Underground Railroad” as an epic eight-hour miniseries title...
THIRTEEN's Great Performances Deubuts Documentary DANCING AT JACOB'S PILLOW Tonight
by TV News Desk - July 26, 2013 Winner of Best Documentary at both the San Francisco Dance Film Festival and the Dance Camera West Festival in Los Angeles, Dancing at Jacob's Pillow: Never Stand Still will have its television premiere on THIRTEEN's Great Performances tonight, July 26 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)....
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS Producer Tara Smith Joins DCPA Board of Trustees
by BWW News Desk - July 22, 2015 At its recent June Board meeting, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' (DCPA) appointed Broadway producer Tara Smith as an incoming Trustee....
CPT to Present ROAD TO HOPE at Lakeview Terrace, 2/27
by Tyler Peterson - February 19, 2016 Cleveland Public Theatre Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce ROAD TO HOPE at LAKEVIEW TERRACE, one of a series of free performing arts events-inspired by the triumphs of the Underground Railroad-that celebrate hope, honor Cleveland history and engage with contemporary soc...
VIDEO: WGN America Shares First Look at Original Escape Thriller UNDERGROUND, Premiering 3/9
by Caryn Robbins - January 25, 2016 WGN America has released a first-look featuretter for UNDERGROUND, its highly anticipated Underground Railroad escape seriesset to premiere March 9, 2016 (10pm ET/PT)....
ERE AWORAN is Released
by Christina Mancuso - April 07, 2015 MENDHAM, N.J., April 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ 'I was shocked to read about how many people have criticized Harriet Tubman and her son's claims over how many slaves were actually saved by Mrs. Tubman,' said author Michael Jay Nusbaum. 'I was so happy to learn that Mrs. Tubman had actually saved over 700 ...
TV Star Walt Willey is 'WILD BILL! An Evening of James Butler Hickok' at Fox Valley Rep This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - October 25, 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' today, October 25, 2013 at 2pm and Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 8pm on the Pheasant Run Resort Mainstage (4051 E. Main St.,...
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS Producer Tara Smith Joins DCPA Board of Trustees
by BWW News Desk - July 22, 2015 At its recent June Board meeting, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' (DCPA) appointed Broadway producer Tara Smith as an incoming Trustee....
WGN's Highly Anticipated Series UNDERGROUND to Screen at the White House
by Caryn Robbins - February 19, 2016 On Monday, February 22, WGN America's highly anticipated original series UNDERGROUND will be screened at the White House, as part of the White House Office of Public Engagement's Black History Month event...
Cape May Stage to Present A CAPE MAY CHRISTMAS, Opening 11/27
by Tyler Peterson - November 16, 2015 Cape May history comes to life at Cape May Stage this holiday season at the world premiere of 'A Cape May Christmas,' opening Friday, November 27. Cape May Stage is located at 405 Lafayette Street in Cape May. On Saturday, November 28, Cape May Stage will also present 'The Twelve Dates of Christma...
Viola Davis to Star in Harriet Tubman Movie for HBO
by Movies News Desk - April 27, 2015 Deadline writes that VIOLA Davis will portray the iconic Harriet Tubman in an upcoming film for HBO....
VIDEO: WGN Shares First Look at New Scripted Series UNDERGROUND
by Caryn Robbins - November 24, 2015 WGN America has shared a dynamic first-look teaser spot for UNDERGROUND, the gripping original scripted series scheduled to debut early next year....
BWW Reviews: Completely Blind-Sighted in Central Square Theatre's THE OTHER PLACE
by Alex Lonati - September 17, 2013 The Other Place by Sharr White, presented by the Underground Railroad Theater and the Nora Theatre Company at the Central Square Theater is about a middle-aged scientist faced with a crumbling marriage, an estranged daughter, and a mystery illness that she is trying to self-diagnose. The story is de...
Irondale & AOP to Present Lines of Freedom, A Celebration of Black History Month, 2/20-3/1
by Tyler Peterson - January 14, 2014 The Irondale Ensemble Project and AOP (American Opera Projects) bring 2 works of exciting musical theater and opera to the stage in celebration of the rich heritage of abolitionism and the Underground Railroad, in repertory at the Irondale Center, 85 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY, February 20 - ...
BWW Reviews: Vienna Carroll's SINGIN WID A SWORD IN MA HAN
by Elisa Kimble - November 05, 2013 The West Harlem Library Series and Green Gurl Productions presented Singin Wid a Sword in Ma Han on Saturday October 26, 2013 at the George Bruce Branch library....
THIRTEEN to Present DANCING AT JACOB'S PILLOW, 7/26
by Caryn Robbins - July 22, 2013 Winner of Best Documentary at both the San Francisco Dance Film Festival and the Dance Camera West Festival in Los Angeles, Dancing at Jacob's Pillow: Never Stand Still will have its television premiere on THIRTEEN's Great Performances...
Unpublished Lincoln Documents Including The Prairie File and Abe's African Dream Up for Auction, 1/6
by Christina Mancuso - December 30, 2014 YONKERS, N.Y., Dec. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ A group of eight Illinois manuscripts, signed by Lincoln in 1842, begins just two years after receiving his law license. Other signers include James Matheny, best man at Lincoln's wedding that year, best friend Joshua Speed, and Stephen A. Douglass, future o... |
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