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Stanley Nelson's FREEDOM SUMMER Coming to PBS Tonight
by TV News Desk - June 24, 2014 The Freedom Summer story reminds us that the movement that ended segregation was far more complex than most of us know,' says American Experience Executive Producer Mark Samels....
LOVE AND HIP HOP ATLANTA Stars Benzino and Althea Set for Rolling Out Magazine
by Caryn Robbins - September 15, 2014 “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” stars Althea Heart and Benzino should be used to that kind of nakedness. But today, they're trying out a different, slightly more literal, kind of nakedness: as they bare all for Rolling Out's camera, in an exclusive photo shoot....
Cast Announced for Jessica Dickey's THE GUARD at Ford's Theatre This Fall
by BWW News Desk - July 06, 2015 Ford's Theatre Society today announced that Tim Getman (Round House's Rapture, Blister, Burn; Fool for Love), Mitchell Hebert (Ford's The Laramie Project), Josh Sticklin (Keegan Theatre's Midsummer Night's Riot), Kathryn Tkel (Kennedy Center's Mockingbird) and Craig Wallace (Ford's The Laramie Proje...
CUNY TV's ASIAN AMERICAN LIFE to Feature KUNG FU's Cole Horibe, Begin. 3/7
by Tyler Peterson - March 04, 2014 CUNY TV's monthly ASIAN AMERICAN LIFE series - recently nominated for a New York Emmy® Award for Best Public/Current/Community Affairs Series - returns in March with an all-new interview with actor Cole Horibe, star of David Henry Hwang's Kung Fu, a new play about the late Bruce Lee, now in an exten...
American Experience to Present EDISON Edison
by Anna Bencivengo - December 17, 2014 By the time he died in 1931, Thomas Alva Edison was one of the most famous men in the world. The holder of more patents than any other inventor in history, Edison had amassed a fortune and achieved glory as the genius behind such revolutionary inventions as sound recording, motion pictures, and elec...
ASASSINS to Open Warner Stage Company's 2015-16 Next Month
by Tyler Peterson - August 04, 2015 Assassins lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the United States, in a one-act historical 'revusical' that explores the dark side of the American experience....
WSU and Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Team Up for FENCES Readings Today
by BWW News Desk - January 25, 2014 Wayne State University's Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance will present a staged reading of August Wilson's Tony-award winning play, Fences, at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. The readings take place at 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. tonight, January 25, 2014, and ...
PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Presents Cold War Roadshow to Premiere 11/18
by Caryn Robbins - October 07, 2014 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Presents Cold War Roadshow premieres Tuesday, November 18, 2014 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET on PBS...
Rory Kennedy's LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM Airs on Detroit Public TV Tonight
by TV News Desk - April 28, 2015 There have been many movies and documentaries produced about the war in Vietnam, but none as inspiring and heart-wrenching as Rory Kennedy's Oscar-nominated film, Last Days in Vietnam, airing on Detroit Public Television/Ch. 56 tonight, April 28 at 9 p.m. Presented by American Experience, the film t...
The Washington Ballet Presents the World Premiere of SLEEPY HOLLOW, 2/18-22
by BWW News Desk - January 08, 2015 The Washington Ballet presents Sleepy Hollow, the third installation in its ongoing “The American Experience” series of developing original full-length ballets based on iconic American literary masterworks....
CUNY TV's ASIAN AMERICAN LIFE to Feature KUNG FU's Cole Horibe, Begin. 3/7
by Tyler Peterson - March 04, 2014 CUNY TV's monthly ASIAN AMERICAN LIFE series - recently nominated for a New York Emmy® Award for Best Public/Current/Community Affairs Series - returns in March with an all-new interview with actor Cole Horibe, star of David Henry Hwang's Kung Fu, a new play about the late Bruce Lee, now in an exten...
The Washington Ballet Presents the World Premiere of SLEEPY HOLLOW, Now thru 2/22
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2015 The Washington Ballet presents Sleepy Hollow, the third installation in its ongoing "The American Experience" series of developing original full-length ballets based on iconic American literary masterworks....
Philadelphia Debut of Prison Drama V TO X
by Sally Henry Fuller - August 29, 2015 According to the 2010 U.S. census, for every 100 black women age 25-54, there are approximately 83 black men in society....
PBS to Air ON TWO FRONTS: LATINOS & VIETNAM, 9/22
by Caryn Robbins - June 26, 2015 ON TWO FRONTS: LATINOS & VIETNAM, premiering on PBS during Hispanic Heritage Month, captures a complex aspect of the Vietnam War: the legacy of Latino veterans and their families during the conflict....
Ovation TV Begins Production on Original Documentary FORD'S THEATRE: AMERICA'S PLAYHOUSE
by Caryn Robbins - March 04, 2015 Ovation TV, America's only arts network, has commenced production on a new, original documentary film that will celebrate the history of Ford's Theatre as one of the nation's most iconic cultural institutions....
Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre to Present JITNEY, 3/5-22
by Tyler Peterson - February 18, 2015 Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre presents August Wilson's Jitney for a three week run Thursday, March 5 through Sunday, March 22....
Irish Rep's Reading Series Continues with THE FLOOD Tomorrow
by Tyler Peterson - March 27, 2014 The Irish Repertory Theatre continues the eighth season of its Reading Series with Daniel McCabe's play THE FLOOD, which will take place on Friday, March 28 at 3pm on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage of the Irish Repertory Theatre (132 W. 22nd Street). The reading is free and open to the public....
VIDEO: First Look - PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: WALT DISNEY, Premiering 9/14
by Caryn Robbins - June 04, 2015 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE offers an unprecedented look at the life and legacy of one of America's most enduring and influential storytellers in Walt Disney, a new two-part, four-hour film premiering Monday and Tuesday, September 14-15, 2015...
South Bend Civic Theatre to Welcome Michael J. Miles, 5/29-30
by Tyler Peterson - April 30, 2015 South Bend Civic Theatre welcomes master banjo player Michael J. Miles for one weekend only May 29-30, as he performs an evening of music and memories of the American experience....
Rory Kennedy's LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM Airs on Detroit Public TV Tonight
by TV News Desk - April 28, 2015 There have been many movies and documentaries produced about the war in Vietnam, but none as inspiring and heart-wrenching as Rory Kennedy's Oscar-nominated film, Last Days in Vietnam, airing on Detroit Public Television/Ch. 56 tonight, April 28 at 9 p.m. Presented by American Experience, the film t...
Stanley Nelson's FREEDOM SUMMER Coming to PBS, 6/24
by Caryn Robbins - April 24, 2014 The Freedom Summer story reminds us that the movement that ended segregation was far more complex than most of us know,' says American Experience Executive Producer Mark Samels....
Nimbus Dance Works Coming to Barrow Mansion, 11/8
by Tyler Peterson - October 17, 2014 Jersey City resident Samuel Pott's Nimbus Dance Works will celebrate its Tenth Anniversary Season on November 8 at 7PM with a benefit performance at the Barrow Mansion, located at 83 Wayne Street in Historic Downtown Jersey City. This performance will include some of its most beloved repertory work...
WSU and Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Team Up for FENCES Readings, 1/25
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2014 Wayne State University's Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance will present a staged reading of August Wilson's Tony-award winning play, Fences, at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. The readings take place at 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. on Saturday, January 25, 2014, ...
Maria Bartiromo to Host ITALIAN AMERICANS OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY on WLIW21, THIRTEEN & NJTV
by Tyler Peterson - February 05, 2015 The largest Italian American population in the United States is found in New York and New Jersey. The new two-part series Italian Americans of New York and New Jersey - premiering on Tuesday, February 17th and 24th at 8 p.m. on THIRTEEN, Sunday, February 15th and 22nd at 9 p.m. on WLIW21 and on Thur...
Readings, Opera Excerpts and More Set for 'NOW HE BELONGS TO THE AGES' at Ford's Theatre Tonight
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2015 Ford's Theatre Society hosts Now He Belongs to the Ages: A Lincoln Commemoration, a moving tribute to President Abraham Lincoln on the 150th anniversary of his assassination -- tonight, April 14, 2015, at 9 p.m.... |
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