FDR is executive produced by world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize®-winning, bestselling author Doris Kearns Goodwin, Academy Award®-nominated producer Bradley Cooper, under his production company Lea Pictures, and Academy Award-winning creative production company RadicalMedia, in association with GroupM Motion Entertainment.
The new three-night documentary event will provide an epic portrait of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, unpacking how his own fight with polio prepared him for the challenges of leading the United States through the Great Depression and World War II. Based upon Goodwin's New York Times bestseller, Leadership: In Turbulent Times, viewers will experience a most harrowing, yet heroic time in history when through grit, commitment and shared sacrifice FDR was the right man at the right time to lead the U.S. and the allied nations, projecting confidence in himself and America.
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TimeLine Theatre Company Announces Online Programming Inspired By CAMPAIGNS, INC.
by A.A. Cristi - October 06, 2020
TimeLine Theatre has announced online public programs and related virtual content inspired by its production of Campaigns, Inc. by Will Allan. ...
BWW Review: LOOKING OVER PRESIDENT'S SHOULDERS at Tabard Theater, San Jose
by Paul Bolton - August 09, 2020
Drama revolving around the behind-the-scenes White House from the perspective of the Butler. Looking Over President's shoulder at the Tabard Theater San Jose, CA starring James Creer...
Infinithéâtre to Present Live World Premiere of Paul Van Dyck's KING OF CANADA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 29, 2020
Infinithéâtre Artistic Director Guy Sprung has announced that the company will kick-start live theatre with the world premiere of Paul Van Dyck's play, King Of Canada, directed by Zach Fraser at the KIN Gallery, October 19 to November 1....
History Announces Slate of Premium Historical Programming, Including a Documentary Series with Bill Clinton
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 07, 2020
HISTORY announced today a slate of premium historical programming, including a documentary series with President Bill Clinton that will explore the history of the American presidency and the struggle for a more perfect union....
BWW Review: The Central New York Playhouse Presents ANNIE for the Holiday Season
by Natasha Ashley - December 09, 2019
The family-friendly show that the Central New York Playhouse brings to their stage every holiday season is always something to look forward to and this time around, it's a definite audience favorite. Featuring spot-on direction by Shannon Tompkins, this production of Annie is, without a doubt, the b...
BWW Review: Harvey Fierstein Tips His Hat To The Iconic Abzug in BELLA BELLA
by Michael Dale - October 22, 2019
a?oeThis boy's club crap can't last. One day women will figure this out... And the whole world will change on that day when women take hold of their power.a??...
BWW Review: ASSASSINS at Little Theatre Of Mechanicsburg
by Andrea Stephenson - October 19, 2019
Anyone who has undertaken a show by Stephen Sondheim knows that the music is seriously difficult, often including dissonant cords, tricky intervals, and overlapping lines. Assassins is no exception. Written by John Weidman and Sondheim, it was first produced at Playwrights Horizons in 1990 and hit B...
South Brooklyn's Oldest Theater Company Celebrates 50 Year Anniversary
by A.A. Cristi - October 10, 2019
Ridge Chorale, south Brooklyn's oldest continuous performing arts company, will celebrate 50 years of entertaining Brooklyn with a concert and retrospective on Saturday October 26th at 8:00 PM and Sunday October 27th at 3:00 PM....
House of Vans Announces Pop-Up in Philadelphia, Oct. 10-13
by Abigail Charpentier - September 24, 2019
House of Vans announces its latest destination arriving in Philadelphia, PA October 10-13, 2019. Vans will transform the industrial warehouse at 404 N. 2nd Street, 19123, into a cultural hub to celebrate art, music, action sports and street culture bringing Vans' “Off The Wall” ethos to life. Wi...
Anthony Ramos, Andrea Martin, James Monroe Iglehart to Guest Star on Season Three of ELENA OF AVALOR
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 17, 2019
Princess Elena receives new magical powers and, keeping her focus on the future of Avalor, proves herself ready to become Queen—but must first face the ultimate test of courage and character—in the third season of the animated 'Elena of Avalor,' premiering MONDAY, OCT. 7 (12:30-1:00 p.m. EDT), o...
BWW Review: FALSE WITNESS: THE TRIAL OF HUMANITY'S CONSCIENCE At ReinART Productions
by Zoe Burke - September 12, 2019
In a hypothetical eternal court, Hitler is tried for his crimes against humanity. His defense? Martin Luther. The prosecutor? Anne Frank. So begins False Witness: The Trial of Humanity's Conscience by Robert Krakow, currently running at The Swan Theatre....
Riverside Center Welcomes Sally Struthers As Miss Hannigan In ANNIE
by A.A. Cristi - September 11, 2019
Leaping Lizards! Riverside Center for the Performing Arts presents Annie, starring Sally Struthers as Miss. Hannigan, opening Wednesday, September 25 and running until Sunday, November 17....
BWW Review: Children Lead Innovocative Theatre's THE HUNDRED DRESSES at Stageworks - A Play That Tackles Bullying and the Dangers of Inaction
by Peter Nason - August 04, 2019
Although set in 1938, it's still so sadly relevant today....
PIT Presents Premiere Production Of Plucky Paul Ryan Parody AYNNIE THE LIL' ORPHAN OBJECTIVIST
by Stephi Wild - July 28, 2019
The People's Improv Theatre (PIT) will host the premiere production of Paul Ryan Presents: Aynnie: The Lil' Orphan Objectivist, an irreverent, comedic mashup of the musical Annie, Ayn Rand, and a desperate former Speaker of the House....
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's ANNIE
by Jeffrey Kare - July 24, 2019
Based on Harold Gray's comic strip titled Little Orphan Annie, this musical tells the story of a little orphan with equal measures of pluck and positivity who charms everyone's hearts, despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930's New York City. She is determined to find her parents who abandoned her ye...
BWW Review: ANNIE Is Looking Swell and Spiffy in Sparkling Chaffin's Barn Revival
by Jeffrey Ellis - July 22, 2019
If there is a more perfect pooch to portray Annie's Sandy than Rufus Stewart, then his humans should produce said canine for an upcoming production of the beloved Broadway musical post-haste. Until such time as that occurs, we are simply going to claim Rufus as the quintessential canine co-star for ...
VIDEO: Get A First Look At THE DROWSY CHAPERONE at Broadway at Music Circus
by Alan Henry - July 11, 2019
The third show in the 2019 season is the Broadway At Music Circus premiere of the award-winning musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone is now on stage, starring writeractorcomedian Bruce Vilanch and featuring a cast of Broadway veterans. The show runs Tuesday, July 9 through Sunday, July 14 at the Well...
A.C.T. Announces Recipients Of ArtShare For 2019–20 Season
by A.A. Cristi - June 13, 2019
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Literary Manager Allie Moss announced today the recipients of ArtShare-A.C.T.'s community space-sharing initiative-for the 2019-20 season. Created in 2012, ArtShare provides free performance space for independent artists and small to mid-sized companies without...
BWW Review: ANNIE at Theatre In The Park
by Alan Portner - June 08, 2019
TTIP's Annie' is a solid, Tim Bair, community theatre production of a show that has inspired thousands of little girls to get up on a stage for the first time and belt 'The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow.'...
Immersive Political Comedy CONVENTION To Get World Premiere At Brooklyn's Irondale
by A.A. Cristi - May 09, 2019
After three years of development, beginning immediately after the 2016 Presidential election that left the democratic constituency of the United States in a state of shock, the new immersive comedy Convention will make its world premiere this summer at Brooklyn's very own Irondale (85 S. Oxford Stre...
Reston Community Players Presents Family Musical Classic ANNIE
by A.A. Cristi - April 04, 2019
Leapin' Lizards! Reston Community Players welcomes everyone's favorite orphan as it concludes its 52nd season with the classic family musical Annie. The beloved story of the tough orphan, her search for her parents and her chance encounter with a New York she's never known runs April 26-May 18 at th...
Clocktower Players Present ANNIE March 9-17
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2019
Little Orphan Annie will charm the hearts of all when she takes to the Irvington Town Hall Theater stage March 9-17. Clocktower Players, the award-winning community theater of the Rivertowns presents the beloved classic musical with a cast that's sure to bring smiles and happiness to the community....
Clocktower Players Present ANNIE March 9-17
by Alan Henry - February 26, 2019
Little Orphan Annie will charm the hearts of all when she takes to the Irvington Town Hall Theater stage March 9-17. Clocktower Players, the award-winning community theater of the Rivertowns presents the beloved classic musical with a cast that's sure to bring smiles and happiness to the community....
Clocktower Players Present ANNIE March 9-17
by Julie Musbach - February 14, 2019
Little Orphan Annie will charm the hearts of all when she takes to the Irvington Town Hall Theater stage March 9-17. Clocktower Players, the award-winning community theater of the Rivertowns presents the beloved classic musical with a cast that's sure to bring smiles and happiness to the community....
Cape Fear Regional Theatre Presents ANNIE
by BWW News Desk - February 02, 2019
CAPE FEAR REGIONAL THEATRE, winner of BroadwayWorld's Award for Best Musical two years running, is pleased to announce the opening of the hit production, 'ANNIE,' with Book by Thomas Meehan, Music by Charles Strouse and Lyrics by Martin Charnin, based on 'Little Orphan Annie'. The production is dire...
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