Ford's Theatre Presents Free LARAMIE PROJECT Shows at New Venue During Government Shutdown, Beg. Today
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2013 Due to the government shutdown, all Ford's Theatre Society (FTS) performances of The Laramie Project at Ford's Theatre National Historic Site through October 6 have been canceled. The Society has found an alternative space to present two free performances of the play The Laramie Project while the Na...
Ford's Theatre Society Presents New Wildhorn Musical, FREEDOM'S SONG: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE CIVIL WAR
by Sally Henry Fuller - February 27, 2015 The Ford's Theatre Society 2014-2015 season continues with the musical Freedom's Song: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, directed by Jeff Calhoun, March 13 through May 20, 2015, at the historic Ford's Theatre (511 Tenth Street NW, Washington, D.C.). A new adaptation of the Broadway musical The Civi...
The Weinstein Company to Develop THE HOUR OF PERIL Miniseries
by Tyler Peterson - August 12, 2013 According to Variety, TWC has landed the TV rights to the piece, which follows the detective Allan Pinkerton working to prevent the assassination of President-Elect Abraham Lincoln Pre-Civil War, the help of America's first female private eye, Kate Warne. A miniseries format is being planned....
Eagle Theatre Stages THE CIVIL WAR: THE MUSICAL Through Oct 11
by BWW News Desk - September 30, 2014 The Eagle Theatre's professional regional area premiere of The Civil War: The Musical, starring Broadway performer Derrick Cobey, is officially a Theatre Philadelphia Barrymore-recommended hit....
Mary Elizabeth Winstead Joins John Goodman in J.J. Abrams' THE CELLAR
by Matt Tamanini - August 26, 2014 According to Deadline Hollywood, Mary Elizabeth Winstead ('Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,' 'Live Free or Die Hard') has been tapped to star alongside John Goodman in the new J.J. Abrams film 'The Cellar.' The story of the film revolves around a young woman who is in a car accident and wakes up liv...
Phantom Writers Guild Member Christopher Benedict Releases Debut Book of Essays
by Robert Diamond - September 16, 2013 The personal chronicle of one man's struggles with depression and life itself, 'Perfectly Rational Lunacy' is a patchwork of confessional essays and prose poetry. This book of 'oxymoronic writings' also includes biographical profiles of Mike Tyson, Marlon Brando, sideshow performer Frances O' Connor...
National Players' MACBETH to Play Lincoln Amphitheatre, 9/13-14
by Tyler Peterson - September 10, 2013 Lincoln Amphitheatre will host the National Players', America's longest running touring company, presentation of William Shakespeare'sMacbeth on September 13 and 14....
Ford's Theatre Presents Free LARAMIE PROJECT Shows at New Venue During Government Shutdown, Beg. Today
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2013 Due to the government shutdown, all Ford's Theatre Society (FTS) performances of The Laramie Project at Ford's Theatre National Historic Site through October 6 have been canceled. The Society has found an alternative space to present two free performances of the play The Laramie Project while the Na...
Ford's Theatre Society to Open 'SILENT WITNESSES' Lincoln Assassination Artifact Exhibition, 3/23
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2014 Ford's Theatre Society announced that a hallmark museum exhibition, Silent Witnesses: Artifacts of the Lincoln Assassination, will return a priceless collection of items that were in the Theatre or carried by Abraham Lincoln the night of his assassination to the Center for Education and Leadership (...
Teresa Palmer to Join Benjamin Walker in Film Version of Nicholas Sparks' THE CHOICE?
by Movies News Desk - September 30, 2014 Earliery today, BWW reported via Deadline that Benjamin Walker will star in the upcoming film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' THE CHOICE, penned by Bryan Sipe. Now, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Teresa Palmer is in talks for the female lead....
Reza Aslan's New Book On Jesus Stirs Up Controversy
by Ben Peltz - August 02, 2013 Reza Aslan's new book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth has reached No. 1 on Amazon.com and is expected to debut on the New York Times bestseller list this weekend. Aslan wants to 'show the power of Jesus as a flesh-and-blood human being, rather than the savior of the world.' However, ...
An Important New Book Concerning Correction of the Deepening Ills of World Society is Now Available
by Tyler Peterson - August 08, 2014 At Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that 'it is for us the living' to solve human problems if we are to achieve peaceful coexistence. The new book, 'It Is For Us The Living: Pandora And The Secretary General' (ISBN: 978-1478730507) by John F. Brinster, is a work of fiction. It describes how th...
Ford's Theatre to Present Two Free LARAMIE PROJECT Shows at New Venue During Government Shutdown, 10/4 & 8
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2013 Due to the government shutdown, all Ford's Theatre Society (FTS) performances of The Laramie Project at Ford's Theatre National Historic Site through October 6 have been canceled. The Society has found an alternative space to present two free performances of the play The Laramie Project while the Na...
About Face Theatre's Full 2014-15 Season to Include A KID LIKE JAKE, METHTACULAR! & More
by Tyler Peterson - August 21, 2014 About Face Theatre has announced its full line-up of 2014-15 programming, kicking off this fall with the Chicago premiere of METHTACULAR!, Steven Strafford's hilarious and harrowing autobiographical account of his three year crystal meth addiction in Chicago. In the winter, AFT presents the Chicago ...
NBC May Face FCC Fines for MILEY CYRUS: BANGERZ TOUR Special
by Caryn Robbins - August 05, 2014 NBC may be facing FCC fines for its recent primetime broadcast special of Miley Cyrus: Bangerz Tour....
Lakewood Theatre Company to Present A. LINCOLN, 2/17
by Tyler Peterson - January 27, 2014 Lakewood Theatre Company will present at 7:00 PM on Monday, February 17, 2014, for one night only, the play A. Lincoln....
Norm Lewis, Stephen Lang Set for Met Museum's LINCOLN-DOUGLASS Debate, 2/13
by Tyler Peterson - January 29, 2014 The Metropolitan Museum of Art will host The Unknown 'Lincoln-Douglass' Debate on Thursday, February 13, 6:00 pm at The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium....
VIDEO: Trailer for HALF OF A YELLOW SUN with Thandie Newton & Chiwetel Ejiofor
by Tyler Peterson - May 05, 2014 The U.S. trailer for HALF OF A YELLOW SUN, an adaptation of celebrated Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's best-selling novel of the same title, has been released. The film stars BAFTA award winner Thandie Newton and three-time Golden Globe nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor. Check it out below!...
Theatre for Young America's STARRING ABE LINCOLN Opens 2/3
by Tyler Peterson - January 23, 2015 On the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Theatre for Young America celebrates his life with Starring Abe Lincoln. Starring Abe Lincoln opens February 3, 2015 and runs through February 14, 2015. Performances take place on the on the H&R Block City Stage located on level B in Uni...
Frank Wildhorn's New Musical FREEDOM'S SONG and More Set for Ford's Theatre's 2014-15 Season
by BWW News Desk - March 18, 2014 Ford's Theatre Director Paul R. Tetreault today announced that the Ford's Theatre 2014-2015 season will include mainstage productions of Driving Miss Daisy, headlined by Nancy Robinette and Craig Wallace, the return of Edward Gero as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, the world premiere of The Widow Linc...
Sarah Hyland and Benjamin Walker Join the Cast of HAIR at the Hollywood Bowl; Cast Complete!
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2014 Casting has been completed for the Hollywood Bowl's upcoming production of HAIR, the American Tribal Love-Rock musical, which won the Tony and Drama Desk Award for best revival of a musical in 2009. The additional cast members announced are Sarah Hyland as Chrissy, Mario as Hud, Jonah Platt as Woof...
Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation to Present THE WIT AND WISDOM OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 2/9
by BWW News Desk - December 30, 2013 Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation is bringing one of the world's preeminent Abraham Lincoln actors, playwrights and scholars to Sandy Springs for a special President's Day Celebration appearance on Sunday, February 9th at 7:00 pm....
Stage and Screen Vet Anthony Mackie to Star as Sprinter Jesse Owens in Upcoming Passion Project?
by Movies News Desk - May 28, 2014 Deadline writes that stage and screen actor Anthony Mackie is looking to play Olympic sprinter Jesse Owens in an upcoming passion project with writer/producer Jamie Linden (We Are Marshall) and scribe George Olson....
STAGE TUBE: Go Inside Rehearsal for Frank Wildhorn's FREEDOM'S SONG at Ford's Theatre!
by Nicole Rosky - March 11, 2015 The Ford's Theatre Society 2014-2015 season continues with the musical Freedom's Song: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, directed by Jeff Calhoun, March 13 through May 20, 2015, at the historic Ford's Theatre (511 Tenth Street NW, Washington, D.C.). A new adaptation of the Broadway musical The Civi... |
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