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The HISTORY Channel's three-night documentary event Abraham Lincoln will be a definitive biography of the 16th president, the man who led the country during its bloodiest war and greatest crisis.

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Chicago Sinfonietta to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Mariachi Monumental de Mexico, 5/2
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2013

The fourth concert in our Encuentros Music Series celebrates Cinco de Mayo, which commemorates the victory of the Mexican army over the French at the Battle of Puebla....


LMU & Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum Present a Special Musical Event Featuring Civil War Inspired Music, 2/22
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2013

Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) and the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum (ALLM) will welcome some of the nation's top bluegrass artists for a special benefit music event at the Sam and Sue Mars Performing Arts Center of the Duke Hall of Citizenship on Friday, February 22....


TCG Books Publishes LINCOLN Screenplay
by Kelsey Denette - January 22, 2013

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) today announced the publication of Tony Kushner's critically acclaimed screenplay for Lincoln, now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. Based in part on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius ...


Amphitheatre Opens Season with Celtic Spring: Song and Dance
by Kelsey Denette - March 25, 2013

Lincoln Amphitheatre's 26th season will kick off in April featuring a Celtic concert and Irish dancers....


James McEachin Releases TELL ME A TALE: A NOVEL OF THE OLD SOUTH
by Tyler Peterson - January 16, 2013

While Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day Lewis have presented Abraham Lincoln in the film Lincoln, and Quentin Tarrantino and Jamie Foxx brings us Djamgo Unchained, actor/author James McEachin (who once wrote a screenplay with Spielberg) offers a uniquely different story of emancipation in his powerful...


Presidents' Day Family Fun Takes Place at New-York Historical Society, Beginning Today
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2013

Presidents are in residence starting today, February 16 at the New-York Historical Society's DiMenna Children's History Museum. Families explore, learn, and compete together with Presidents' Day-themed programs, including scavenger hunts, an Abraham Lincoln quiz, chocolate-making from the colonial e...


TV: First Look at Naomi Jacobson, Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris and More in Highlights of MARY T. & LIZZY K.
by BroadwayWorld TV - April 08, 2013

Tazewell Thompson's world premiere drama Mary T. & Lizzy K. throws open the doors to the Lincoln White House at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. As one woman's skilled hands work overtime, creating the most beautiful garments of her career, the other's reality continues to slip e...


Judy Collins, Andre De Shields and More to Set for THE CIVIL WAR IN WORDS AND MUSIC at Cooper Union, 2/13
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2013

Legendary folk singer Judy Collins; folk pop icon Dar Williams; Broadway star André DeShields; award winning actor Stephen Lang; and The Classical Theater of Harlem will bring the words and ideas of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass to life on Wednesday, February 13th at 6:30 p.m. in the Cooper...


THE LOVES OF MR. LINCOLN to Wrap GayFest NYC's Fifth Festival of Plays, Begin. 6/6
by Tyler Peterson - June 04, 2013

GAYFEST NYC, Inc. (Bruce Robert Harris and Jack W. Batman, Producers; Craig Wesley Divino, Associate Producer), the country's premier producer of new LGBT-themed plays, concludes the Fifth Festival of Plays, a four-week event filled with powerful theatre works spotlighting gay issues, with the Worl...


VIDEO: New International Trailer for Spielberg's LINCOLN
by - November 05, 2012

Steven Spielberg directs two-time Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis in 'Lincoln,' a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. The film will be released in limited theaters on November 9th. Check out the latest international trailer below!...


The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation Honors President Bill Clinton with the Prestigious 2013 Lincoln Leadership Prize
by Robert Diamond - May 04, 2013

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation will honor President Bill Clinton, the 42 nd President of the United States, with the prestigious 2013 Lincoln Leadership Prize, an annual prize recognizing a lifetime of service in the spirit of 16 th President Abraham Lincoln. More than 600 civic...


Tony Kushner to Appear at New-York Historical Society Screening of LINCOLN, 1/29
by Movies News Desk - December 20, 2012

Celebrating the release of Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, the New-York Historical Society presents a screening of this monumental film followed by a conversation with screenwriter and playwright Tony Kushner and Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer. On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 6:30 p.m., get ready for an ...


'Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 1864' Explores U.S. Legacy
by Conor Sheeran - May 15, 2013

A new album of twelve 19th-century campaign songs, “Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 1864,” explores the popular media that helped influence political history in the United States before the 24-hour cable news cycle, Twitter and presidential debates broadcast on YouTube, says American Pioneer Mus...


THE AVENGERS Tops DVD, Blu-Ray Rentals Once Again
by Tyler Peterson - November 12, 2012

RENTRAK CORPORATION (NASDAQ: RENT) today announced the Top-10 DVD & Blu-ray sales and rentals according to the company's Retail Essentials and Home Video Essentials tracking services which are based on estimated consumer spending per data collected for the week ending November 4, 2012. ...


Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter Slashes Its Way Onto Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray & DVD On October 23
by Robert Diamond - September 29, 2012

The election season is about to get a whole lot bloodier as a historical legend throws his hat into the ring in ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, arriving on Blu-ray™3D, Blu-ray™ and DVD October 23 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. A citizen by day and a hunter by night, this action-pack...


GayFest NYC's THE LOVES OF MR. LINCOLN Opens Tonight
by Tyler Peterson - June 06, 2013

GAYFEST NYC, Inc. (Bruce Robert Harris and Jack W. Batman, Producers; Craig Wesley Divino, Associate Producer), the country's premier producer of new LGBT-themed plays, concludes the Fifth Festival of Plays, a four-week event filled with powerful theatre works spotlighting gay issues, with the Wor...


Presidents' Day Family Fun to Take Place at New-York Historical Society, Beg. 2/16
by BWW News Desk - February 06, 2013

Presidents are in residence starting Saturday, February 16 at the New-York Historical Society's DiMenna Children's History Museum. Families explore, learn, and compete together with Presidents' Day-themed programs, including scavenger hunts, an Abraham Lincoln quiz, chocolate-making from the colonia...


Pandora Productions to Stage ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS A FAGGOT World Premiere, 3/14-24
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2013

From Pandora's 2013 New Play Project Winner Bixby Elliott comes the serio-comedy Abraham Lincoln Was a Faggot, a smart and wry take on an imaginative teenager and a big-time 'what if' regarding a revered national icon. Presented onstage last spring along with the other finalists, this winning entry ...


Judy Collins, Andre De Shields and More to Set for THE CIVIL WAR IN WORDS AND MUSIC at Cooper Union, 2/13
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2013

Legendary folk singer Judy Collins; folk pop icon Dar Williams; Broadway star André DeShields; award winning actor Stephen Lang; and The Classical Theater of Harlem will bring the words and ideas of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass to life on Wednesday, February 13th at 6:30 p.m. in the Cooper...


Judy Collins, Andre De Shields and More to Set for THE CIVIL WAR IN WORDS AND MUSIC at Cooper Union, 2/13
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2013

Legendary folk singer Judy Collins; folk pop icon Dar Williams; Broadway star André DeShields; award winning actor Stephen Lang; and The Classical Theater of Harlem will bring the words and ideas of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass to life on Wednesday, February 13th at 6:30 p.m. in the Cooper...


TCG to Publish LINCOLN Screenplay
by Kelsey Denette - December 03, 2012

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce the publication of Tony Kushner's critically acclaimed screenplay for Lincoln, now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. Inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, Team of Rivals: The Political Geniu...


Tony Kushner to Appear at New-York Historical Society Screening of LINCOLN, 1/29
by Movies News Desk - December 20, 2012

Celebrating the release of Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, the New-York Historical Society presents a screening of this monumental film followed by a conversation with screenwriter and playwright Tony Kushner and Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer. On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 6:30 p.m., get ready for an ...


HOW BOOZE BUILT AMERICA Comes to Discovery 9/19
by Robert Diamond - September 17, 2012

Mike Rowe is thirsty. Really thirsty. And after doing hundreds of dirty jobs, who can blame him? In Discovery's brand new three part series HOW BOOZE BUILT AMERICA, premiering on Wednesday, September 19th at 10pm ET/PT (and airing on the following two Wednesdays), host Mike Rowe takes a break fr...


La Muse Venale Productions' HONESTLY ABE Plays Abraham Lincoln HS Tonight
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2013

La Muse Venale Productions will bring 'Honestly Abe', the off-Broadway musical, to Abraham Lincoln High School, Brooklyn tonight, February 12, 2013, to musically celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday....


LATE SHOW's 'Top Ten 'Lame October Surprises'
by Caryn Robbins - October 25, 2012

Check out THE 'LATE SHOW' TOP TEN - 'Lame October Surprises' as presented on the Wednesday, Oct. 24 broadcast of the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, seen weeknights (11:35 PM12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network....






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