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Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin, explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th Century's most consequential and compelling personalities.

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CHRIS MARCH'S BUTT-CRACKER SUITE Premieres Off-Broadway at HERE Arts Center Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 24, 2012

HERE presents the World Premiere of Chris March's Butt-Cracker Suite! Written, directed, and designed by Chris March ('Project Runway' and Bravo's 'Mad Fashion'), previews begin tonight, November 24. Opening of this limited run Off-Broadway engagement is set for November 30 at HERE....


The Actors’ NET of Bucks County Presents THE MAN WHO BOUGHT A COUNTRY, Beginning 8/17
by Kelsey Denette - August 14, 2012

The Actors' NET of Bucks County celebrates "A Revolutionary Weekend" in the Borough of Morrisville with an encore production of Joe Doyle's epic musical The Man Who Bought a Country, chronicling the life and times of Founding Father Robert Morris, for whom the borough was named. ...


Cirque du Soleil Presents TOTEM on Camden Waterfront; Tickets Go On Sale 12/7
by Kelsey Denette - November 19, 2012

Cirque du Soleil returns to the Philadelphia area with a new big top production TOTEM. Written and directed by Robert Lepage, TOTEM premieres on May 30, 2013 for a limited engagement under the blue-and-yellow Big Top at its new location on Camden's Waterfront across the River from Philadelphia. ...


Photo Flash: Dr. Ruth Visits Freud's Last Session
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 08, 2011

America's most iconic sex therapist, Dr. Ruth, taped an onstage interview December 3rd for her newly launched YouTube channel with Martin Rayner, who stars as Sigmund Freud in FREUD'S LAST SESSION....


Caramoor Kicks Off 4th of July with Music at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
by BWW News Desk - July 04, 2011

Caramoor International Music Festival kicks off the holiday weekend by transporting audiences to the American revolutionary era with an original program entitled Thomas Jefferson's Music at Monticello....


STAGE TUBE: Highlights from Ford's Theatre's 1776!
by Nicole Rosky - April 06, 2012

Ford's Theatre Society just opened the Tony-winning musical 1776, directed by Peter Flynn, on March 9. The production runs though May 19, 2012. With 'quick-witted dialogue and a playful score,' 1776 dramatizes the impassioned debates of Philadelphia's Second Continental Congress and the writing of t...


Freud's Last Session Announces December Events
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 01, 2011

Playwright Mark St. Germain and the stars of his hit Off-Broadway play, FREUD'S LAST SESSION, will host special post performance discussions Friday, December 2nd and Sunday matinee, December 4th at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street)....


FREUD’S LAST SESSION Welcomes Back Mark H. Dold and Martin Rayner, 5/2
by Kelsey Denette - April 24, 2012

The original cast of Off-Broadway's FREUD'S LAST SESSION, is returning to the New York production on Wednesday, May 2nd at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). Original cast members Mark H. Dold and Martin Rayner, as C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud respectively, will be ending their run in the Chi...


Octavarius and CNGM Pictures Launch I MADE AMERICA
by Kelsey Denette - February 02, 2012

Octavarius, a Chicago comedy company, and CNGM Pictures, a Chicago independent film organization, partner for transmedia project 'I Made America.'...


New-York Historical Society Continues Independence Day Exhibition Through 7/15
by Kelsey Denette - June 28, 2012

The New-York Historical Society has announced that a rare copy of the "Stone" facsimile of the Declaration of Independence -one of approximately fifty in existence-will be added to the displays in the Judith and Howard Berkowitz Sculpture Court beginning July 3 in honor of Independence Day. The docu...


Photo Flash: Robert Cuccioli, Brooks Ashmanskas & More Open in Ford Theatre's 1776 Tonight, 3/9
by Jessica Lewis - March 09, 2012

Ford's Theatre Society is opening the Tony-winning musical 1776, directed by Peter Flynn, tonight, March 9. The production runs though May 19, 2012. With 'quick-witted dialogue and a playful score,' 1776 dramatizes the impassioned debates of Philadelphia's Second Continental Congress and the writing...


American INSIGHT's Free Speech Film Festival Set for 5/16
by Kelsey Denette - May 10, 2012

American INSIGHT's first annual Free Speech Film Festival on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, will take place in the Benjamin Franklin Hall of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, PA. ...


Off Broadway Theatre Presents DOCTOR U, 2/8-3/16
by Kelsey Denette - January 22, 2013

Sci-Fi is alive at the Off Broadway Theatre! We are proud to present: "Doctor U." Travel through time and space with the Doctor and his companion, all the way to Utah… circa 2013 (and beyond)… for an adventure that spans nearly two hours. The Doctor's arch-nemesis has returned with an evil undertaki...


Photo Flash: Robert Cuccioli, Brooks Ashmanskas & More Open in Ford Theatre's 1776 Tonight, 3/9
by Jessica Lewis - March 09, 2012

Ford's Theatre Society is opening the Tony-winning musical 1776, directed by Peter Flynn, tonight, March 9. The production runs though May 19, 2012. With 'quick-witted dialogue and a playful score,' 1776 dramatizes the impassioned debates of Philadelphia's Second Continental Congress and the writing...


Peter Husmann, John Butz, Jeff Drushal Lead 1776 At Glendale Centre Theatre
by Gabrielle Sierra - June 02, 2011

Under the helm of sought after Los Angeles theatre Director Todd Nielsen, the Tony Award-winning Musical 1776 will be presented at the Glendale Centre Theatre June 23 - August 13, 2011. ...


FREUD'S LAST SESSION Celebrates 600th Performance Tonight
by James T Harding - February 20, 2012

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the play by Mark St. Germain, will celebrate its 600th performance tonight, February 20th at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street)....


Cabrillo Music Theatre Presents 1776, 10/19-10/28
by Sierra Fox - October 15, 2012

The Tony Award-winning musical 1776 will make its Cabrillo Music Theatre and Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza debut from Friday, October 19 through Sunday, October 28. The musical about the writing of the Declaration of Independence brings the most significant moment in American history to life with w...


Metropolitan Playhouse Presents 8 New Works and More in Founders Festival, Now thru 1/27
by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2013

Metropolitan Playhouse, Obie Award winner for exploring American culture through theater, hosts The Founder's Festival, the theater's eighth annual Living Literature Festival of performances inspired by the lives and works of the individuals who helped to shape America. The Festival is a collection ...


STAGE TUBE: I MADE AMERICA's Alexander Hamilton Responds to Lin Manuel-Miranda's 'Evening of Poetry' Slam
by Stage Tube - April 03, 2012

On May 12, 2009, Lin-Manuel Miranda performed a poem about Alexander Hamilton, titled 'The Hamilton Mixtape,' at the White House's 'An Evening of Poetry, Music & the Spoken Word.' Alexander Hamilton, from Chicago comedy company Octavarius' transmedia project 'I Made America' recently saw this video....


STAGE TUBE: Highlights from Ford's Theatre's 1776!
by Nicole Rosky - April 06, 2012

Ford's Theatre Society just opened the Tony-winning musical 1776, directed by Peter Flynn, on March 9. The production runs though May 19, 2012. With 'quick-witted dialogue and a playful score,' 1776 dramatizes the impassioned debates of Philadelphia's Second Continental Congress and the writing of t...


Kate Turnbull Completes Cast of Painting Churches
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 22, 2011

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Damon Chua, Executive Director) today announced that Kate Turnbull would join Kathleen Chalfant and Richard Easton for Tina Howe's Painting Churches, the 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Keen Artistic Director Carl Fors...


STAGE TUBE: I Made America Present FOUNDING FATHERS PICK-UP LINES
by James T Harding - March 14, 2012

'I Made America' uses many media platforms--from weekly webisodes and social media to street performances and local bar sightings--to tell one story. Six Founding Fathers of the United States of America were kidnapped from the 18th Century and brought to 2012 to be used as props in the upcoming elec...


Robert Cuccioli, Brooks Ashmanskas, et al. Set for Ford's Theatre's 1776
by Nicole Rosky - February 09, 2012

Washington D.C.'s Ford's Theatre has just anounced the cast for their upcoming production of 1776. Featuring direction by Peter Flynn and choreography by Michael Bobbitt, the production will run March 9 through May 19. The star studded cast will include Robert Cuccioli as John Dickinson, Brooks Ashm...


Octavarius and CNGM Pictures Launch 'I Made America' Project
by Kelsey Denette - January 18, 2012

Octavarius, a Chicago comedy company, and CNGM Pictures, a Chicago independent film organization, partner for transmedia project 'I Made America,' launching on January 18, 2012....


Painting Churches Performances Begin at Keen Company
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2012

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Damon Chua, Executive Director) today announced that Kate Turnbull would join Kathleen Chalfant and Richard Easton for Tina Howe's Painting Churches, the 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Keen Artistic Director Carl Fors...






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