Theatre at the Center's Theatre for Young Audiences, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, IN, recognized for presenting exciting, fun and educational productions, is thrilled to announce their 2015-2016 season....
At its recent June Board meeting, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' (DCPA) appointed Broadway producer Tara Smith as an incoming Trustee....
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Jane Chu announced 69 Our Town awards totaling almost $5 million through the Our Town program's fifth year of funding. Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is one of those recommended organizations and will receive $150,000 for Station Hope 2016. The NEA re...
MENDHAM, N.J., June 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ 'Racism is deeply rooted in the history of slavery in America,' said Michael Jay Nusbaum. 'We need to fight against Racism with the same combined efforts that were used to fight against slavery. Ere Aworan tells of a time when we came together to fight for g...
Deadline writes that VIOLA Davis will portray the iconic Harriet Tubman in an upcoming film for HBO....
Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes presents the release of the 'Underground Railroad' Music Video by LDG. This visual project is currently available to view on the Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes website. This is the first single off of the New Album 'Someone to Believe In' Available on itunes May 5th! Underground Railr...
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 ...
The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts has announced the appointment of Leslie Patterson-Tyler as its new Director of Media Relations & Communications....
On February 27, 2015, the Premier Arts located in Elkhart, Indiana opened the musical, "Harriet The Musical" for the world to see for the very first time. This new musical, with an all-local creative team, impressed the audience with its original score, and original book. This musical presented a Hi...
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 ...
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 t...
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 ...
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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BStreet Theatre presents THE FLYING MACHINE, today, October 4-November 9, 2014. To invent an airplane is nothing....
BStreet Theatre presents THE FLYING MACHINE, October 4-November 9, 2014. To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything! On December 17, 1903 at 10:35am, the world changed. Wilbur and Orville Wright, two great American inventors are brought to life in the World...
Expanding its slate of original programming, WGN America today announced its next straight-to-series order for the scripted drama 'Titans,'...
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) is proud to announce its 2014-2015 season of performances in the Studio Theatre....
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...
Know Theatre of Cincinnati presents We Will Rise: Selections from The Afghan Women's Writing ProjectAdapted by Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek Know Theatre is pleased to announce our next production, We Will Rise: Selections from The Afghan Women's Writing Project. This staged reading will again ...
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, today, Februar...
Know Theatre of Cincinnati presents We Will Rise: Selections from The Afghan Women's Writing ProjectAdapted by Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek Know Theatre of Cincinnati presents We Will Rise: Selections from The Afghan Women's Writing ProjectAdapted by Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek Know The...
What does the public or young people remember about slavery---pre or post Civil War? Last weekend, James DeVita's poignant play A Midnight Cry returned to First Stage at the Todd Wehr Theatre after premiering in 2003. A young Missouri slave, Lida June Anderson, must escape through the Underground Ra...
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