Viola Davis to Star in Harriet Tubman Movie for HBO
Deadline writes that VIOLA Davis will portray the iconic Harriet Tubman in an upcoming film for HBO....
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Page 13
The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. Rather, it consisted of many individuals -- many whites but predominently black -- who knew only of the local efforts to aid fugitives and not of the overall operation. Still, it effectively moved hundreds of slaves northward each year -- according to one estimate, the South lost 100,000 slaves between 1810 and 1850.
LDG Releases New 'Underground Railroad' Music Video
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...
ERE AWORAN is Released
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 ...
Kimmel Center Names New Director of Media Relations & Communications
The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts has announced the appointment of Leslie Patterson-Tyler as its new Director of Media Relations & Communications....
BWW Reviews: Premier Arts Opens World Premier of HARRIET THE MUSICAL
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...
SAFE HOUSE Continues The Rep's 2014-15 Studio Theatre Series, Now thru 2/8
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 to Air New Historical Mini-Series FREEDOM RUN Produced by Stevie Wonder
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...
SAFE HOUSE Continues The Rep's 2014-15 Studio Theatre Series, 1/21-2/8
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 ...
Unpublished Lincoln Documents Including The Prairie File and Abe's African Dream Up for Auction, 1/6
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...
THE VAMPIRE PRESERVATION SOCIETY is Released
Ocala, FL (PRWEB) December 13, 2014...
BStreet Theatre Presents World Premiere of THE FLYING MACHINE, Now thru 11/09
BStreet Theatre presents THE FLYING MACHINE, today, October 4-November 9, 2014. To invent an airplane is nothing....
BStreet Theatre Presents World Premiere of THE FLYING MACHINE, 10/04-11/09
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...
WGN Greenlights New Scripted Drama Series TITANS
Expanding its slate of original programming, WGN America today announced its next straight-to-series order for the scripted drama 'Titans,'...
The Rep Announces 2014-2015 Studio Theatre Season
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) is proud to announce its 2014-2015 season of performances in the Studio Theatre....
THE BIG C, THE FOSTERS and More Receive 7th Annual Television Academy Honors; Full List!
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 Presents WE WILL RISE: SELECTIONS FROM AFGHAN WOMEN'S WRITING PROJECT This Weekend
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 ...
Irondale & AOP Present Lines of Freedom, A Celebration of Black History Month, Now thru 3/1
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 to Present WE WILL RISE: SELECTIONS FROM AFGHAN WOMEN'S WRITING PROJECT, 3/7-8
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...
BWW Reviews: First Stage Fights for Freedom in A MIDNIGHT CRY
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...
Irondale & AOP to Present Lines of Freedom, A Celebration of Black History Month, 2/20-3/1
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 - ...
Pushcart Players to Present LET FREEDOM RING
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...
Robert A. Miles's New Book Reveals the History of the American Southwest
The history of the Southwest is both colorful and exciting. The country was expanding. It was growing; there were many heroes, many battles and many tragedies. It was like a glass of water sitting in the frigid cold. It froze and began to expand, the expansion could not be stopped, and soon, the gla...
ELEMENO PEA and More Set for B Street Theatre's Winter 2014 Season
The B Street Theatre presents Elemeno Pea, Molly Smith Metzler's sharply funny comedy. Elemeno Pea was first presented at the Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival on March 10, 2011....
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