Jazz Icon Esperanza Spalding Comes to the Mayo Center This Fall
by BWW News Desk - August 24, 2016 Jazz icon Esperanza Spalding comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center as she presents Emily's D+Evolution on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at 8 pm....
ESPN Audio Sets Monthly Record for Podcast Impressions for 4th Consecutive Month
by Caryn Robbins - July 07, 2016 In June and for the fourth consecutive month, ESPN Audio broke its record for the number of podcast impressions –47,555,864....
Communist Daughter's 'Therapeutic' New Track 'Balboa Bridge' Streaming Exclusively via Stereogum
by Richard Best - October 04, 2016 After songwriting comparisons to Bruce Springsteen (“Hold Back”), Nirvana, and Fleetwood Mac (“Roll a Stone”), Communist Daughter is debuting another single from the upcoming sophomore album via Stereogum: the misleadingly upbeat “Balboa Bridge.”...
espnW to Present Full Slate of Original Content & Programming This March
by Caryn Robbins - March 01, 2017 Today marks the beginning of Women's History Month, and espnW will kick off ESPN's robust celebration with a full slate of dedicated original content and programming built around the theme of “Women Making History.”...
ESPN Signs espnW Writer and ESPN Radio Host Sarah Spain to Multiyear Extension
by Caryn Robbins - September 20, 2016 ESPN has signed the talented espnW writer and versatile ESPN Radio host Sarah Spain to a multiyear extension. Spain will continue in her role as a featured reporter and columnist for espnW on multiple ESPN platforms...
Award-Winning Journalist Jeff Darlington Joins ESPN as Reporter
by Caryn Robbins - August 31, 2016 Jeff Darlington, an award-winning journalist who has covered the NFL and other sports since 2004, has joined ESPN in a reporting role that will include SportsCenter and multiple ESPN platforms. He begins his new duties Sept. 1....
Meet THE ADDAMS FAMILY of Athens Theatre
by Liz Cearns - September 29, 2016 This weekend will be the first of Athens Theatre's run of 'The Addams Family: A New Musical', and here are just a few of the reasons they're so proud of the show: their cast! On Friday, September 30, the audience can join the company for their traditional - and free! - Opening Night champagne toast...
ESPN's FIRST TAKE to Present Live Performance by Platinum-Selling Rapper Wale, 1/3
by Caryn Robbins - December 29, 2016 When FIRST TAKE, ESPN's weekday morning studio debate show featuring commentators Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman with host Molly Qerim, moves to ESPN at 10 a.m. ET beginning Tuesday, Jan. 3, they will be joined by special guests throughout the week....
BWW Review: A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS Reaches Back 150 Years to Bring Us a New, More Nuanced Holiday Story, at Artists Rep
by Krista Garver - December 01, 2016 Holiday shows can be pretty cliche -- someone learns the true meaning of Christmas and then everyone breaks into song. Now, don't get me wrong, I look forward to watching Mickey's Christmas Carol and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (cartoon version) every year. But during a time when new societal fau...
YAGI Film Inc. Announces Screenings of Documentary BEHIND THE COVE
by Ashlee Latimer - November 26, 2016 YAGI Film Inc. announces the U.S. premiere of Behind THE COVE, a documentary film rebuttal to the Oscar-winning film The Cove with week-long screenings in New York and Los Angeles, in late November (11/25/16 – 12/1/16) and early December (12/2/16 – 12/8/16), respectively....
The Stephen A. Smith Show Returns to ESPN Radio's New York & LA Stations
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2017 On Today, Jan. 17, The Stephen A. Smith Show will return to ESPN's owned and operated radio stations in Los Angeles – ESPN LA710 – and New York – 98.7FM. The same day, the two-hour program will debut on ESPN's SiriusXM Channel 80....
Max Kellerman Joins ESPN2's FIRST TAKE Beg. 7/25
by Caryn Robbins - July 11, 2016 A new era of FIRST TAKE will begin Monday, July 25, when Max Kellerman takes a seat at the desk with Stephen A. Smith and Molly Qerim on ESPN2's two-hour weekday morning (10 a.m. – noon ET) live debate show....
Award-Winning Journalist Skip Bayless Named Host of Fox Sports 1 Talk Show
by Caryn Robbins - August 01, 2016 Award-winning journalist, author and TV personality Skip Bayless joins FOX Sports as host of a new sports talk show on FS1 premiering Tuesday, Sept. 6 (10:00 AM ET). T...
ESPN2 to Premiere New Show for Hispanic Sports Fans NACION, 9/26
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2016 ESPN today announced the debut of NACION ESPN, a new interactive sports talk show dedicated to covering the most relevant and diverse sports news and information tailored to young, bilingual U.S. Hispanic sports fans....
The Industry Presents A Showcase of Six New Operas, And New Opera BONNIE & CLYDE, 2/24-25
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2017 The Industry presents the third installment of FIRST TAKE, a biennial workshop of new American operas - the only showcase of its kind on the West Coast. Saturday, February 25 (8 - 10 pm) brings the debut of SECOND TAKE, presenting an entire performance of a new opera first heard on the previous FIR...
Super Bowl Champ Shannon Sharpe Joins FOX Sports
by Caryn Robbins - August 09, 2016 Three-time Super Bowl Champion and Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe joins FOX Sports to face his biggest opponent yet: Skip Bayless....
BWW Preview: Choreographer Pat Birch is Candid on New CANDIDE at City Opera, Opening January 6 at the Rose Theatre
by Richard Sasanow - January 04, 2017 Leonard Bernstein's CANDIDE has had more lives than that proverbial cat--the latest being New York City Opera's new take on it, opening on January 6 for a ten-performance run at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theatre. It is, once again, helmed by director Hal Prince and choreographer Pat Birch, who w...
ESPN's FIRST TAKE to Present Live Performance by Platinum-Selling Rapper Wale, 1/3
by Caryn Robbins - December 29, 2016 When FIRST TAKE, ESPN's weekday morning studio debate show featuring commentators Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman with host Molly Qerim, moves to ESPN at 10 a.m. ET beginning Tuesday, Jan. 3, they will be joined by special guests throughout the week....
ESPN2 to Premiere New Show for Hispanic Sports Fans NACION, 9/26
by Caryn Robbins - September 19, 2016 ESPN today announced the debut of NACION ESPN, a new interactive sports talk show dedicated to covering the most relevant and diverse sports news and information tailored to young, bilingual U.S. Hispanic sports fans....
Chris Harrison Returns as Host for 97th MISS AMERICA COMPETITION
by Caryn Robbins - July 24, 2017 The Miss America Organization, dick clark productions and ABC announced today that TV personality and fan favorite Chris Harrison (ABC's “The Bachelor” franchise and “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”) will return as host of the 97th MISS AMERICA COMPETITION....
Live Weekday Morning Show FIRST TAKE to Move to ESPN Beg. 1/3
by Caryn Robbins - November 11, 2016 FIRST TAKE, ESPN's lively weekday morning studio debate show featuring Stephen A. Smith, Max Kellerman and host Molly Qerim, will move to ESPN at 10 a.m. ET beginning Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017....
ESPN to Honor Veterans, Active Military with Week-Long Initiative
by Caryn Robbins - November 07, 2016 ESPN dedicates a week of multiplatform content November 7-13 as part of the eighth annual America's Heroes: A Salute to Our Veterans initiative....
Live Weekday Morning Show FIRST TAKE to Move to ESPN Beg. Today
by BWW News Desk - January 03, 2017 FIRST TAKE, ESPN's lively weekday morning studio debate show featuring Stephen A. Smith, Max Kellerman and host Molly Qerim, will move to ESPN at 10 a.m. ET beginning Today, Jan. 3, 2017....
The Industry Presents A Showcase of Six New Operas, And New Opera BONNIE & CLYDE, 2/24-25
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2017 The Industry presents the third installment of FIRST TAKE, a biennial workshop of new American operas - the only showcase of its kind on the West Coast. Today, February 25 (8 - 10 pm) brings the debut of SECOND TAKE, presenting an entire performance of a new opera first heard on the previous FIRST ...
The Industry's HOPSCOTCH Opera Recording Set for Release on Key-Shaped USB Drive
by BWW News Desk - December 16, 2016 On Friday, January 13, more than two hours' worth of music from Hopscotch will be issued by The Industry Records as a car key-shaped USB drive or digital download available via Bandcamp and other outlets. Simultaneously, a new interactive website about the opera, with animations, images, and audio, ... |