BWW Feature: Ford's Theatre Brings DC's Theatrical Rite of Spring ONE DESTINY Off the Stage and Into Your Homes
by Elliot Lanes - February 16, 2021 As the pandemic wears on I have been thinking about what I am going to miss as spring approaches. Certain things such as being able to view the cherry blossoms in person, giving directions to the National Zoo as a lost tourist stands in front of a sign saying “Zoo this way” are just two examples.... 
Servant Stage Presents THE CIVIL WAR in Concert
by Stephi Wild - January 07, 2021 Servant Stage will bring a virtual production of the Broadway musical The Civil War to the community. This thrilling dramatic theatrical concert draws on letters, diaries, firsthand accounts, and the words of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Walt Whitman to put a human face on the greatest t... 
NBC to Develop Series Based on ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER Character
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 11, 2018 NBC is developing a series based on a “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' character, according to Variety....
Ford's Theatre Society Honors President Abraham Lincoln at Annual Gala
by Julie Musbach - June 04, 2017 Ford's Theatre Society honored the legacy of President Abraham Lincoln at its Annual Gala on Sunday evening, June 4, 2017, at Ford's Theatre (511 10th Street NW). For more than 40 years, the Society has hosted this bi-partisan event, which provides crucial support to the non-profit's theatrical and ...
Best-selling Author Brad Meltzer Launches Campaign to Bring Amelia Earhart Playset to Lego
by Christina Mancuso - March 26, 2016 NY Times best-selling author Brad Meltzer has launched a campaign to bring an Amelia Earhart playset to the Lego company. ... 
Stage and Screen Actor Hal Holbrook Dies at 95
by Stephi Wild - February 02, 2021 BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen actor Hal Holbrook has died at 95 years old....
Johnny Depp's Anti-Trump Sentiments Rock Conservatives
by A.A. Cristi - June 23, 2017 Johnny Depp is under fire from conservatives this this week for comments he made joking that he endorsed the assassination of Donald Trump... 
Photo Flash: Arena Stage's JQA Celebrates Opening Night
by Julie Musbach - March 19, 2019 Arena Stage's JQA celebrated opening night on March 15, 2019. Check out photos from the evening below!... 
LINCOLN 2020 Comes To The Hollywood Fringe Festival
by Stephi Wild - June 02, 2019 Announcing 'Lincoln 2020,' a sharp, interactive political comedy that satirizes our current political situation without ever using the T-word, premiering June 6th as part of the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival.... 
LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT In Concert Comes to Cooper Union April 8
by Julie Musbach - February 21, 2019 Letters to the President is a multi-composer song cycle in development with The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. A concert presentation of the new work is set for Monday, April 8, 2019 at 7pm in the historic Great Hall at Cooper Union.... 
Stream the Theatrical Production Of NECESSARY SACRIFICES, A West Coast Premiere
by A.A. Cristi - August 10, 2020 In the summer of 1863, at the height of the Civil War, Frederic Douglass and Abraham Lincoln confront each other at the White House in two searing, no-holds-barred sessions that forever change the course of history. Originally commissioned by Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., NECESSARY SACRIFICES ... 
BWW Review: A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL at 1st Stage
by Hannah Wing - December 04, 2018 1st Stage's A Civil War Christmas, directed by Deidra Lawan Starnes with musical direction by Markus Williams, is a riveting musical helmed by a strong diverse cast of twelve actors and beautifully done production design.... 
Tina Packer, Dennis Krausnick, Jayne Atkinson, Michel Gill & Chris Tucci Take Part in LINCOLN SPEAKS at Chesterwood
by BWW News Desk - August 09, 2017 Art and history, as vividly recalled in both the public oratory and private thoughts of Abraham Lincoln, will come alive at Chesterwood today, Aug. 9 at 5 p.m., with the return of 'Lincoln Speaks,' a program of dramatic readings held in Daniel Chester French's Stockbridge studio alongside the sculpt... 
Discovery Channel Presents New Series MUMMIES UNWRAPPED
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 26, 2019 For centuries, mummies have fascinated, terrified and even enlightened. They not only hold the key to unlocking our ancient past, but also to solving mysteries that have confounded historians for hundreds, even thousands of years. In an all-new, ground-breaking Discovery Channel series, MUMMIES UNWR... 
ZACHARY JAMES ON BROADWAY Comes To Des Moines Metro Opera
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 19, 2019 Spend an intimate afternoon with DMMO favorite and Broadway star, bass Zachary James. Enjoy this critically acclaimed one-man show, which combines tales from his time in the Tony Award-winning revival of South Pacific at the Lincoln Center, his portrayal of 'Lurch' in the original cast of The Adda...
ONE SLIGHT HITCH Opens Tonight at Totem Pole Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - July 09, 2016 Totem Pole Playhouse, Pennsylvania's premiere summer theatre located in Caledonia State Park between Gettysburg and Chambersburg, PA, presents the local premiere of a new stage comedy from the comedic mind of Lewis Black, One Slight Hitch, running from tonight, July 9 through July 24.... 
VIDEO: Go Behind the Scenes of JESSICA JONES with Director Krysten Ritter
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 04, 2019 Continuing the tradition that Marvel's Jessica Jones has had of championing women both in front of and behind the camera, this season saw the show's star Krysten Ritter take on a new role when she had the opportunity to direct the second episode. Go behind-the-scenes as Ritter and her castmates refl... 
Chesterwood To Present Staged Reading Of Harold Holzer's THE LINCOLN FAMILY ALBUM
by Julie Musbach - July 18, 2018 Chesterwood will present a staged reading of "The Lincoln Family Album", written and moderated by noted Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer, on Wednesday, Aug. 8 at 5 p.m. in Daniel Chester French's Studio. The presentation is the third program Holzer has written and narrated for Chesterwood and follows t... 
Spike Lee to Direct FREDERICK DOUGLASS NOW Film
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 07, 2018 Variety reports Spike Lee will “Frederick Douglass Now,” his third movie adaptation of a one-man stage show by Roger Guenveur Smith, after “A Huey P. Newton Story” and “Rodney King.”... 
Tony Kushner And Sarah Vowell to Discuss Lincoln's Legacy At The Town Hall
by A.A. Cristi - February 03, 2020 The Town Hall presents Pulitzer Prize winning author Tony Kushner and best-selling author Sarah Vowell in conversation about Lincoln's Legacy on Thursday, March 5 at 8pm at The Town Hall (123 W. 43rd Street)....
Chesterwood To Present Staged Reading Of Harold Holzer's THE LINCOLN FAMILY ALBUM
by Julie Musbach - July 18, 2018 Chesterwood will present a staged reading of "The Lincoln Family Album", written and moderated by noted Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer, on Wednesday, Aug. 8 at 5 p.m. in Daniel Chester French's Studio. The presentation is the third program Holzer has written and narrated for Chesterwood and follows t...
Tina Packer, Dennis Krausnick, Jayne Atkinson, Michel Gill & Chris Tucci Take Part in LINCOLN SPEAKS at Chesterwood
by BWW News Desk - August 01, 2017 Art and history, as vividly recalled in both the public oratory and private thoughts of Abraham Lincoln, will come alive at Chesterwood on Wednesday, Aug. 9 at 5 p.m., with the return of 'Lincoln Speaks,' a program of dramatic readings held in Daniel Chester French's Stockbridge studio alongside the... 
David Rubenstein, Gen. Mattis, Rex Tillerson and More Join Ford's Theatre's CABINET CONVERSATIONS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 22, 2021 Ford’s Theatre Society announced confirmed speakers for upcoming livestreamed Cabinet Conversations events, live discussions with scholars, artists and other thought leaders about history, civics and the future of the arts....
The Adobe Theater Premieres Rich Rubin's CAESAR'S BLOOD Tonight
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2016 Playwright Rich Rubin's newest play, CAESAR'S BLOOD will have its world premiere at The Adobe Theater from tonight, March 25th, through April 17th, 2016....
Criminal Minds Actor Bill Oberst Jr To Play Jesus On Atlanta Stage
by BWW News Desk - March 31, 2016 Bill Oberst Jr, known to TV viewers as a serial killer on the CBS series Criminal Minds and to movie viewers as a zombie-fighting Abraham Lincoln, is coming to the Atlanta area to play Jesus onstage.... |
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