Billy Porter Will Release Autobiography, UNPROTECTED, This Fall
by Nicole Rosky - May 28, 2021 Tony and Emmy winner Billy Porter made headlines last week when he revealed his HIV status. Now the star has announced that he will discuss it even more in a new autobiography. Unprotected will be released by Abrams Press on October 19, 2021....
Finalists Selected for the 2018 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
by Nicole Rosky - January 29, 2018 The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced 10 Finalists for its prestigious playwriting award, the oldest and largest prize awarded to women playwrights writing in the English language. Chosen from over 150 nominated plays, the Finalists are:...
EPIX's Stand-Up Series UNPROTECTED SETS Returns Oct. 16
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 13, 2020 Unprotected Sets returns for a second season, with an all new class of killer comedians....
Cast Complete for Nina Raine's TRIBES at Sheffield Theatres
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2017 Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres Robert Hastie today announces full casting for Kate Hewitt's production of Tribes by Nina Raine. Kate Hewitt, winner of the inaugural RTST Director Award Scheme, directs Ciaran Stewart (Billy), Emily Howlett (Sylvia), Simon Rouse (Christopher), Lindy Whiteford...
Connie Britton, Nina Dobrev, Becky G Among Additional Co-Hosts & Performers Announced for Global Citizen
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 27, 2019 International advocacy organization Global Citizen today announced that Connie Britton, Nina Dobrev, Becky G, Dakota Johnson, Becky Lynch, Aasif Mandvi, Bridget Moynahan, Kal Penn, Erin Richards, Seth Rollins, Savannah Sellers, David Gray, and NCT 127 will join the 2019 Global Citizen Festival, a fr...
Symphony Space Announces Full Programming for 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 06, 2021 Symphony Space will welcome audiences back into its New York City home this season for a wide range of memorable events that take place for one night only, and only at Symphony Space....
Jack Bannon to Star in PENNYWORTH on Epix
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 15, 2018 Jack Bannon has been cast in the lead role of Alfred Pennyworth in the upcoming EPIX drama series PENNYWORTH, from Warner Horizon Scripted Television and based on the characters from DC....
VIDEO: Watch Teaser Trailer for NIA AND ANWAR!
by Oliver Oliveros - November 16, 2018 Meet childhood friends Nia and Anwar! Gloria de Dapitan, along with Gloria's Fantasyland, has just shared a teaser trailer for the new original Filipino musical "Nia And Anwar: The Tale of the Great Gray Whale."...
HBO Announces Documentary Lineup For First Half Of 2020
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 15, 2020 HBO has confirmed their slate of captivating documentaries for the first half of 2020, including ATLANTA CHILD MURDERS (working title), a documentary series reexamining the missing and murdered children of Atlanta in the late-'70s and early-'80s in collaboration with Show of Force, Roc Nation and Ge...
HBO to Debut KILL CHAIN: THE CYBER WAR ON AMERICA'S ELECTIONS
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 05, 2020 In advance of the 2020 Presidential election, KILL CHAIN: THE CYBER WAR ON AMERICA'S ELECTIONS, debuting THURSDAY, MARCH 26 (9:00-10:35 p.m. ET/PT), takes a deep dive into the weaknesses of today's election technology, investigating the startling vulnerabilities in America's voting systems and the a...
LAPSIS Director Noah Hutton Up Next On Tom Needham's SOUNDS OF FILM
by A.A. Cristi - February 09, 2021 Noah Hutton, the writer/director/composer of LAPSIS, joins Tom Needham for a fascinating conversation about robots, gig workers, surveillance concerns, and filmmaking on Thursday's SOUNDS OF FILM....
LISTEN: Billy Porter Releases New Single 'Children'
by Stephi Wild - October 15, 2021 Billy Porter has released a brand new single entitled “Children” today. The single marks Billy's debut under his newly minted joint partnership with Island UK and Republic Records....
LISTEN: Billy Porter Releases New Single 'Children'
by Stephi Wild - October 15, 2021 Billy Porter has released a brand new single entitled “Children” today. The single marks Billy's debut under his newly minted joint partnership with Island UK and Republic Records....
New Comedy W.H.I.P.S Arrives at BET
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 23, 2019 Deadline reports that Wanda Sykes and Page Hurwitz are developing a new comedy at BET. Its working title is 'W.H.I.P.s.' ...
Ben Aldridge Cast in Epix's PENNYWORTH
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 15, 2018 Ben Aldridge has been cast in the lead role of Thomas Wayne in the upcoming EPIX drama series PENNYWORTH, from Warner Horizon Scripted Television and based on the characters from DC....
MGM & Audio Up Launch Season Two of 'Unprotected Sets'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 01, 2021 In each of the second season’s 12 episodes, listeners will laugh at killer comedians and hear exclusive confessions chronicling how they turned their personal lives into public performances....
Donmar Warehouse Announces Full Casting For SWEAT
by Stephi Wild - October 18, 2018 The Donmar Warehouse today announces full casting for Lynette Linton's production of Sweat by Lynn Nottage. Casting includes Leanne Best, Patrick Gibson, Osy Ikhile, Wil Johnson, Stuart McQuarrie, Clare Perkins, Martha Plimpton, Sule Rimi and Sebastian Viveros....
VIDEO: Black Broadway Artists Call on the Community to Do Better in 'Are You Listening, Broadway'
by Stephi Wild - June 07, 2020 A group of Black Broadway artists have created a video, titled 'Are You Listening, Broadway.' The video was posted to YouTube by Timothy Oliver Reid....
PBS to Air Documentary About the Bronx, DECADE OF FIRE
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 07, 2019 In the 1970s, the Bronx was on fire. Left unprotected by the city government, nearly a quarter-million people were displaced as their close-knit, multiethnic neighborhood burned to the ground, reducing the community to rubble. While insidious government policies caused the devastation, it was the Af...
Purchase Dance Company Spring Concert Includes World Premieres And Live Music
by A.A. Cristi - April 22, 2019 From May 3-5, the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, SUNY, will present a compelling program of world premieres and modern and contemporary masterpieces accompanied by live music....
World Premiere Of STEAL BACK THE LIGHT FROM THE VIRTUAL Comes To 107 Redfern
by Stephi Wild - April 15, 2019 East Coast Theatre Company (ECTC) will present the World Premiere of Steal Back Light from the Virtual, a prescient play by the renowned multi award winning contemporary playwright Caridad Svich. A unique and uncompromising voice who has never previously been produced in Australia, Svich was born in...
Photo Flash: First Look at Regeneration's 'COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME' at The Workshop Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2017 Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean - the first professional revival of Ed Gracyzk's play began its run this past weekend thanks to Regeneration Theatre. Running the gamut of hot button topics, Jimmy Dean explores transgenderism, breast cancer, religion, infertility, unprotected s...
BACHELOR Share New Single 'Sick of Spiraling'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 22, 2021 Written and recorded in Topanga, CA over the course of two weeks in January of 2020, pre-pandemic, Doomin’ Sun is a record steeped in friendship....
Polly Walker Joins PENNYWORTH In A Recurring Role
by Tori Hartshorn - December 04, 2018 Polly Walker has joined the cast in the recurring role of “Peggy Sykes” for the upcoming EPIX drama series PENNYWORTH. PENNYWORTH is from Warner Horizon Scripted Television and based on the characters from DC....
E! Orders New Unscripted Comedy DATING #NOFILTER
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 12, 2018 E! expands its original nightly programming line-up with a 20-episode order of the new unscripted comedy blind dating series, “Dating #NoFilter,” to air Monday through Thursday starting Monday, January 21st at 10:30p ET/PT. From Lime Pictures and All3Media America, “Dating #NoFilter” is a fresh and... |