New Productions of NEXT TO NORMAL, THE WIZ, & More Lead Arkansas Rep Season
by Kelsey Denette - March 15, 2011 Arkansas Repertory Theatre (The Rep), the state's largest professional nonprofit theatre, is proud to announce its 36th MainStage Season. The new season has been specially prepared for a newly renovated theatre, and will include new musicals and dramas, plus timeless classics to form a season that e...
Murphy, Huffington et al. Honored with 2010 Hetrick-Martin Emery Awards, 11/9
by Jessica Lewis - October 19, 2010 The Hetrick-Martin Institute celebrates the 2010 Emery Awards on Tuesday, November 9, by reflecting on its 31-year history and looking forward to the next generation of leadership and creative minds to empower the LGBTQ youth of today and change public understanding and acceptance of the community t...
Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds Headlines 1st Annual Reggae Rhythm & Blues Festival in NYC
by Gabrielle Sierra - July 20, 2011 The inaugural Reggae Rhythm & Blues Festival is set to rock the millions of residents and visitors from around the world that will be in the Big Apple for Labor Day weekend. ...
BROTHERS FROM THE BOTTOM Opens at Billie Holiday Theatre Thru 12/19
by BWW Photo Special - November 11, 2010 The award-winning Billie Holiday Theatre launches its 39th season on October 15, with the world premiere of Jackie Alexander's play Brothers from the Bottom. The Equity production, also directed by Jackie Alexander, will open October 28 and run through December 19 at the 200-seat Billie Holiday The...
Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival Kicks Off 8/17
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 03, 2010 The first annual Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival is set to rock North America with a late summer trek featuring a stellar active rock lineup including multi-platinum headliners Disturbed and Avenged Sevenfold, along with Stone Sour and Halestorm featured on the main stage....
BROTHERS FROM THE BOTTOM Opens at Billie Holiday Theatre Thru 12/19
by BWW News Desk - December 19, 2010 The award-winning Billie Holiday Theatre launches its 39th season on October 15, with the world premiere of Jackie Alexander's play Brothers from the Bottom. The Equity production, also directed by Jackie Alexander, will open October 28 and run through December 19 at the 200-seat Billie Holiday The...
Amway Global Sponsors 'Pops On Independence' Concert 7/2
by BWW News Desk - July 02, 2010 Mayor Nutter announced June 9th that, due to the generous support of Amway Global, Peter Nero and the Philly Pops will return to celebrate America's birthday in a special 'POPS on Independence' performance in front of Independence Hall on Friday, July 2 at 8:00 p.m. One of Philadelphia's most popula...
Pacific Symphony to Kick Off Summer Festival 2013 with Music of Neil Diamond, 7/4
by BWW News Desk - June 10, 2013 Heartfelt songs made famous by one of America's most beloved performers-Neil Diamond-along with rousing band marches and meaningful, award-winning film music drum up feelings of celebration and American pride at Pacific Symphony's 'July 4 Extravaganza,' featuring tribute band Super Diamond. ?...
Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival Kicks Off 8/17
by BWW News Desk - August 16, 2010 The first annual Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival is set to rock North America with a late summer trek featuring a stellar active rock lineup including multi-platinum headliners Disturbed and Avenged Sevenfold, along with Stone Sour and Halestorm featured on the main stage....
Cutting Ball Ends Extension of ...AND JESUS MOONWALKS THE MISSISSIPPI 4/25
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2010 San Francisco's cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater will close the once-extended production of it's roof-raising production of ...AND JESUS MOONWALKS THE MISSISSIPPI, a new play by Marcus Gardley on April 25th....
The Matrix Theatre Co Presents NEIGHBORS, Previews 8/19
by Gabrielle Sierra - July 27, 2010 Subtitled 'A Play with Cartoons,' Neighbors is guaranteed to be the most provocative play you'll see this year. Following on the heels of last season's multiple award-winning production of Stick Fly, Joseph Stern's Matrix Theatre Company is back with Brenden Jacobs-Jenkins' shocking, explosive, and ...
ANGELS IN AMERICA, OUR CLASS, et al. Set for Wilma Theatre's 2011-12 Season
by Nicole Rosky - March 10, 2011 The Wilma Theater is pleased to announce the four plays that will make up its upcoming 2011 - 2012 Season....
Ailey II Launches International Tour 5/18 In Germany
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 19, 2010 Recently hailed as 'second to none' by Dance Magazine, Ailey II, the celebrated junior company of America's cultural ambassador to the world, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, will embark on its first international tour, giving over 35 performances throughout Europe in Germany, Austria, France, an...
NYC Opera's VOX Returns in 2012-13 as Part of OPERA America's New Works Forum
by Harmony Wheeler - March 09, 2012 New York City Opera announces that VOX, the company's workshop for new American operas, will be presented in conjunction with OPERA America's New Works Forum for New York City Opera's 2012-13 season. Composers are invited to submit works-in-progress or completed, previously unproduced works to this ...
Southwest Airlines Breaks Ground At Houston Hobby
by Robert Diamond - September 30, 2013 Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) broke ground Monday on a new international terminal at William P. Hobby Airport (HOU), marking the official start of construction on the $156 million project....
BBC America Greenlights New Series NO KITCHEN REQUIRED For Spring 2012
by Caryn Robbins - November 22, 2011 BBC AMERICA's General Manager, Perry Simon, today gave the green light for the new adventure cooking competition series, No Kitchen Required, which will premiere in Spring 2012. ...
The Matrix Theatre Co Presents NEIGHBORS, Previews 8/19
by BWW News Desk - October 24, 2010 Subtitled 'A Play with Cartoons,' Neighbors is guaranteed to be the most provocative play you'll see this year. Following on the heels of last season's multiple award-winning production of Stick Fly, Joseph Stern's Matrix Theatre Company is back with Brenden Jacobs-Jenkins' shocking, explosive, and ...
Pacific Symphony Kicks Off Summer Festival 2013 with Music of Neil Diamond Tonight
by BWW News Desk - July 04, 2013 Heartfelt songs made famous by one of America's most beloved performers-Neil Diamond-along with rousing band marches and meaningful, award-winning film music drum up feelings of celebration and American pride at Pacific Symphony's 'July 4 Extravaganza,' featuring tribute band Super Diamond....
Jacob's Pillow Receives National Medal of Arts at the White House 3/2
by Kelsey Denette - March 01, 2011 The National Medal of Arts is awarded to individuals or organizations who 'are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support and availability of the arts in the United States.' Named a National Historic Landmark in 2003, Jacob's Pill...
TV: NYC Public School Kids Surprise MEMPHIS with 'Steal Your Rock & Roll' Dance
by Jessica Lewis - February 05, 2011 World-renowned watchmaker Audemars Piguet partnered with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) and the Tony Awards on Thursday, to host more than 1,000 underserved New York City Public School Students at their very first Broadway show. Through 'Inspire Change,' an initiative launched by the pro...
Murphy, Huffington et al. Honored with 2010 Hetrick-Martin Emery Awards, 11/9
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2010 The Hetrick-Martin Institute celebrates the 2010 Emery Awards on Tuesday, November 9, by reflecting on its 31-year history and looking forward to the next generation of leadership and creative minds to empower the LGBTQ youth of today and change public understanding and acceptance of the community t...
Arthur Yorinks' AMERICAN SONG Continues at The Flea in April
by Kelsey Denette - March 01, 2013 The Flea Theater in association with Four Arts Media will present the next 4 plays of the AMERICAN SONG 13 play series. Following the previous four plays that brought us from the turn of the century to 1939, the upcoming presentations forge ahead through World War II and end after the cultural and p...
BBC America Greenlights New Original Series WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN
by Caryn Robbins - February 21, 2012 BBC AMERICA, OLN, and Channel 5 announced today that production is underway for their newest original travel-adventure series, WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN (8 x 60). ...
Travel Channel Premieres New Original Series BURGER LAND Tonight
by TV News Desk - April 15, 2013 George Motz, a self-proclaimed hamburger expert hosts Travel Channel's new original series BURGER LAND, premiering tonight, April 15 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT (series moves to its regular 9:00 p.m. ET/PT time slot beginning Today, April 29)....
BBC America Orders Full Season of THE NERDIST with Chris Hardwick
by Tyler Peterson - December 19, 2012 BBC AMERICA's General Manager Perry Simon today ordered a full season of The Nerdist, a comedy-variety talk show based on comedian, writer, Doctor Who evangelist and web pundit Chris Hardwick's hit Nerdist Podcast. The season will premiere in Spring 2013 as part of the channel's signature Supernatu... |