Queen Latifah stars as legendary blues singer Bessie Smith in this HBO Films presentation, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Dee Rees from a screenplay by Dee Rees and Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois. With a story by Dee Rees and Horton Foote, the film focuses on Smith
Long Wharf Theatre and Hartford Stage to Present HAVING OUR SAY
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2016
Long Wharf Theatre, in co-production with Hartford Stage, presents HAVING OUR SAY: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, by Emily Mann, directed by Jade King Carroll, from February through April....
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2016
Long Wharf Theatre, in co-production with Hartford Stage, presents HAVING OUR SAY: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, by Emily Mann, directed by Jade King Carroll, from February through April....
Photo Flash: First Look at Zonya Love in THE DEVIL'S MUSIC, Opening Tonight at Milwaukee Rep
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2016
Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents THE DEVIL'S MUSIC: THE LIFE AND BLUES OF BESSIE SMITH. Sining a score of recognizable hits, the legendary Blues performer comes to life in the Stackner Cabaret from tonight, January 22, through March 20, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the stars in action...
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2016
Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents THE DEVIL'S MUSIC: THE LIFE AND BLUES OF BESSIE SMITH. Sining a score of recognizable hits, the legendary Blues performer comes to life in the Stackner Cabaret from tonight, January 22, through March 20, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the stars in action...
The Tiffany Austin Quintet to Make Feinstein's at the Nikko Debut, 1/30
by BWW News Desk - December 22, 2015
Join the Tiffany Austin Quintet in celebrating Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone with Bessie, Billie and Nina: Celebrating the Queens of Swing on Saturday, January 30 at 7 p.m. at Feinstein's at the Nikko....
by BWW News Desk - December 22, 2015
Join the Tiffany Austin Quintet in celebrating Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone with Bessie, Billie and Nina: Celebrating the Queens of Swing on Saturday, January 30 at 7 p.m. at Feinstein's at the Nikko....
I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING BETTER Set for PS122's COIL16
by Tyler Peterson - December 11, 2015
As part of the eleventh edition of the COIL festival, Performance Space 122 and The Chocolate Factory present I Understand Everything Better, by recent Bessie Award Winner David Neumann. I Understand Everything Better is a deeply personal reflection on the consciousness of dying and interrupted narr...
by Tyler Peterson - December 11, 2015
As part of the eleventh edition of the COIL festival, Performance Space 122 and The Chocolate Factory present I Understand Everything Better, by recent Bessie Award Winner David Neumann. I Understand Everything Better is a deeply personal reflection on the consciousness of dying and interrupted narr...
Gibney Dance to Celebrate Bessie Schonberg and Louise Roberts with EYE ON DANCE Screening, 12/14
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2015
Gibney Dance presents EYE ON DANCE LIVE!, celebrating Bessie Schonberg and Louise Roberts, on Monday, December 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Gibney Dance, 280 Broadway (entrance at 53A Chambers Street). Free admission!...
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2015
Gibney Dance presents EYE ON DANCE LIVE!, celebrating Bessie Schonberg and Louise Roberts, on Monday, December 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Gibney Dance, 280 Broadway (entrance at 53A Chambers Street). Free admission!...
New York Live Arts Hosts NYC Premiere of Pavel Zustiak's CUSTODIANS OF BEAUTY This Week
by BWW News Desk - December 02, 2015
Merging dance, live music and visual arts, Choreographer/Director Pavel Zuštiak examines the multiplicity of concepts of beauty and its permanence within art in CUSTODIANS OF BEAUTY....
by BWW News Desk - December 02, 2015
Merging dance, live music and visual arts, Choreographer/Director Pavel Zuštiak examines the multiplicity of concepts of beauty and its permanence within art in CUSTODIANS OF BEAUTY....
Homegrown Opera for Local Voices in Cape Town Opera's FOUR:30 at the Artscape Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 25, 2015
Cape Town Opera's FOUR:30, presented in collaboration with UCT Opera School, pairs up four notable South African composers with four acclaimed writers to create half hour works that are powerful and innovative, telling contemporary African stories in imaginative new ways....
by BWW News Desk - November 25, 2015
Cape Town Opera's FOUR:30, presented in collaboration with UCT Opera School, pairs up four notable South African composers with four acclaimed writers to create half hour works that are powerful and innovative, telling contemporary African stories in imaginative new ways....
Homegrown Opera for Local Voices in Cape Town Opera's FOUR:30 at the Artscape Theatre
by David Fick - November 16, 2015
Cape Town Opera's FOUR:30, presented in collaboration with UCT Opera School, pairs up four notable South African composers with four acclaimed writers to create half hour works that are powerful and innovative, telling contemporary African stories in imaginative new ways....
by David Fick - November 16, 2015
Cape Town Opera's FOUR:30, presented in collaboration with UCT Opera School, pairs up four notable South African composers with four acclaimed writers to create half hour works that are powerful and innovative, telling contemporary African stories in imaginative new ways....
New York Live Arts to Host NYC Premiere of Pavel Zustiak's CUSTODIANS OF BEAUTY, 12/2-5
by BWW News Desk - October 28, 2015
Merging dance, live music and visual arts, Choreographer/Director Pavel Zuštiak examines the multiplicity of concepts of beauty and its permanence within art in CUSTODIANS OF BEAUTY....
by BWW News Desk - October 28, 2015
Merging dance, live music and visual arts, Choreographer/Director Pavel Zuštiak examines the multiplicity of concepts of beauty and its permanence within art in CUSTODIANS OF BEAUTY....
Photo Flash: First Look- Shattered Globe's MARVIN'S ROOM
by Sally Henry Fuller - October 24, 2015
Shattered Globe Theatre is pleased to open its 25th season with a 25th anniversary production of MARVIN'S ROOM, Chicago playwright Scott McPherson's award-winning, mordantly funny dark comedy about putting family first, directed by Producing Artistic Director Sandy Shinner. Check out a first look at...
by Sally Henry Fuller - October 24, 2015
Shattered Globe Theatre is pleased to open its 25th season with a 25th anniversary production of MARVIN'S ROOM, Chicago playwright Scott McPherson's award-winning, mordantly funny dark comedy about putting family first, directed by Producing Artistic Director Sandy Shinner. Check out a first look at...
Jacob's Pillow and MASS MoCA Present Katie Workum & Kimberly Bartosik Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 24, 2015
Cultural partners Jacob's Pillow Dance and MASS MoCA present two innovative and independent New York-based contemporary dance artists, Katie Workum and Kimberly Bartosik, in a one-night-only engagement, tonight, October 24 at 8pm at the Hunter Center....
by BWW News Desk - October 24, 2015
Cultural partners Jacob's Pillow Dance and MASS MoCA present two innovative and independent New York-based contemporary dance artists, Katie Workum and Kimberly Bartosik, in a one-night-only engagement, tonight, October 24 at 8pm at the Hunter Center....
2015 Bessie Award Winners Announced!
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2015
The NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, New York City's premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, announced the complete list of 2015 award recipients tonight at the 31st Annual Bessie Awards ceremony. Produced in partnership with Dance/NYC, The Bessies were hel...
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2015
The NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, New York City's premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, announced the complete list of 2015 award recipients tonight at the 31st Annual Bessie Awards ceremony. Produced in partnership with Dance/NYC, The Bessies were hel...
2015 Bessie Awards Held Tonight; AN AMERICAN IN PARIS Star Robert Fairchild Among Nominees
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2015
The New York Dance and Performance Awards (The Bessies), New York City's premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, celebrate the winners from the 2014-15 season at its annual ceremony tonight, October 19....
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2015
The New York Dance and Performance Awards (The Bessies), New York City's premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, celebrate the winners from the 2014-15 season at its annual ceremony tonight, October 19....
Jock Soto & Carmelita Tropicana to Host 31st Annual Bessie Awards
by Tyler Peterson - October 07, 2015
The NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, New York City's premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, announce the lineup of special guests for the 2015 ceremony. Acclaimed former New York City Ballet principal Jock Soto and performance artist and playwright Carmeli...
by Tyler Peterson - October 07, 2015
The NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, New York City's premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, announce the lineup of special guests for the 2015 ceremony. Acclaimed former New York City Ballet principal Jock Soto and performance artist and playwright Carmeli...
THE ALCOHOLIC MOVIE MUSICAL! Runs Now thru 10/31 at Bushwick Starr
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2015
From the mind of acclaimed performance artist Cynthia Hopkins comes The Alcoholic Movie Musical!, an experiment in live musical filmmaking that draws equal inspiration from Trapped in the Closet andDancer in the Dark. A comedy routine about alcoholism delivered by Ms. Hopkins rapidly evolves into...
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2015
From the mind of acclaimed performance artist Cynthia Hopkins comes The Alcoholic Movie Musical!, an experiment in live musical filmmaking that draws equal inspiration from Trapped in the Closet andDancer in the Dark. A comedy routine about alcoholism delivered by Ms. Hopkins rapidly evolves into...
BWW Review: AWAKE AND SING!- An Intense Evening's Journey into Guilt & Emotional Abuse
by Gil Kaan - October 04, 2015
The 20th anniversary revival of the Odyssey production of Clifford Odets' classic AWAKE AND SING! receives a raw and reverential mounting. As directed by Elina de Santos, most characters in this two-hour-and-fifteen-minute three-act portray their roles in bold black-and-whites with little shades of ...
by Gil Kaan - October 04, 2015
The 20th anniversary revival of the Odyssey production of Clifford Odets' classic AWAKE AND SING! receives a raw and reverential mounting. As directed by Elina de Santos, most characters in this two-hour-and-fifteen-minute three-act portray their roles in bold black-and-whites with little shades of ...
Shattered Globe Presents MARVIN'S ROOM, Now thru 11/14
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2015
Shattered Globe Theatre is pleased to open its 25th season with a 25th anniversary production of MARVIN'S ROOM, Chicago playwright Scott McPherson's award-winning, mordantly funny dark comedy about putting family first, directed by Producing Artistic Director Sandy Shinner. MARVIN'S ROOM will play t...
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2015
Shattered Globe Theatre is pleased to open its 25th season with a 25th anniversary production of MARVIN'S ROOM, Chicago playwright Scott McPherson's award-winning, mordantly funny dark comedy about putting family first, directed by Producing Artistic Director Sandy Shinner. MARVIN'S ROOM will play t...
Jacob's Pillow and MASS MoCA to Present Katie Workum & Kimberly Bartosik, 10/24
by Tyler Peterson - September 28, 2015
Cultural partners Jacob's Pillow Dance and MASS MoCA present two innovative and independent New York-based contemporary dance artists, Katie Workum and Kimberly Bartosik, in a one-night-only engagement, October 24 at 8pm at the Hunter Center. Noted for her 'serious and ambitious' work by Gia Kourlas...
by Tyler Peterson - September 28, 2015
Cultural partners Jacob's Pillow Dance and MASS MoCA present two innovative and independent New York-based contemporary dance artists, Katie Workum and Kimberly Bartosik, in a one-night-only engagement, October 24 at 8pm at the Hunter Center. Noted for her 'serious and ambitious' work by Gia Kourlas...
Shattered Globe to Present MARVIN'S ROOM, 10/1-11/14
by Tyler Peterson - September 02, 2015
Shattered Globe Theatre is pleased to open its 25th season with a 25th anniversary production of MARVIN'S ROOM, Chicago playwright Scott McPherson's award-winning, mordantly funny dark comedy about putting family first, directed by Producing Artistic Director Sandy Shinner. MARVIN'S ROOM will play O...
by Tyler Peterson - September 02, 2015
Shattered Globe Theatre is pleased to open its 25th season with a 25th anniversary production of MARVIN'S ROOM, Chicago playwright Scott McPherson's award-winning, mordantly funny dark comedy about putting family first, directed by Producing Artistic Director Sandy Shinner. MARVIN'S ROOM will play O...
BESSIE, Starring Queen Latifah, Out Today on Blu-ray
by BWW News Desk - September 01, 2015
Queen Latifah is Bessie Smith!...
by BWW News Desk - September 01, 2015
Queen Latifah is Bessie Smith!...
THE ALCOHOLIC MOVIE MUSICAL! to Run 10/7-31 at Bushwick Starr
by Tyler Peterson - August 25, 2015
From the mind of acclaimed performance artist Cynthia Hopkins comes The Alcoholic Movie Musical!, an experiment in live musical filmmaking that draws equal inspiration from Trapped in the Closet andDancer in the Dark. A comedy routine about alcoholism delivered by Ms. Hopkins rapidly evolves into...
by Tyler Peterson - August 25, 2015
From the mind of acclaimed performance artist Cynthia Hopkins comes The Alcoholic Movie Musical!, an experiment in live musical filmmaking that draws equal inspiration from Trapped in the Closet andDancer in the Dark. A comedy routine about alcoholism delivered by Ms. Hopkins rapidly evolves into...
Arts House to Present BRONX GOTHIC
by Tyler Peterson - August 21, 2015
A solo creation at the intersection of theatre, dance and visual art installation, Bronx Gothic gives palpable force to the charged relationship between two girls on the verge of adolescence in 1980s outer-borough New York City - where Newport cigarettes are bought in singles at the corner bodega ...
by Tyler Peterson - August 21, 2015
A solo creation at the intersection of theatre, dance and visual art installation, Bronx Gothic gives palpable force to the charged relationship between two girls on the verge of adolescence in 1980s outer-borough New York City - where Newport cigarettes are bought in singles at the corner bodega ...
VIDEO: Queen Latifah Talks About Playing Bessie Smith on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE
by Caryn Robbins - August 20, 2015
On JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, Queen talks about playing legendary blues singer Bessie Smith....
by Caryn Robbins - August 20, 2015
On JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, Queen talks about playing legendary blues singer Bessie Smith....
VIDEO: Queen Latifah Discusses Being Naked on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE
by Caryn Robbins - August 20, 2015
On JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, Queen recalls filming a nude scene for the movie Bessie and shares her love of being naked....
by Caryn Robbins - August 20, 2015
On JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, Queen recalls filming a nude scene for the movie Bessie and shares her love of being naked....
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