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BrightSide Theatre Opens GOD OF CARNAGE Tonight
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2013

BrightSide Theatre continues its Second Season with the entertaining Modern Masterpiece and Tony Award winning comedy 'God of Carnage' by Yasmina Reza, and translated by Christopher Hampton....


AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Opens at The Keegan Theatre, 8/3
by BWW News Desk - August 03, 2012

Closing out Keegan's 2011-12 season is Tracy Letts' Pulitizer Prize-winning and Tony Award-winning play, August: Osage County. Letts' jaw-dropping masterpiece opens on Friday, August 3 and runs through September 2, 2012, at the company's home on Church Street in Dupont Circle. Curtain is 7:30 pm on ...


VIDEO: First Look - New TV Spot for THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
by Caryn Robbins - October 11, 2013

Warner Bros Pictures has released an all-new TV spot for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Get a first look below!...


PBS Unveils Diverse Summer Line-Up of Programming
by Caryn Robbins - May 02, 2013

PBS today unveiled a summer line-up that features a diverse array of new programming. A summer of intrigue presents new episodes of MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! productions....


PBS Announces Premiere Date for DOWNTON ABBEY - Season 4!
by Caryn Robbins - May 14, 2013

One of the most talked about shows on television has an official premiere date: DOWNTON ABBEY Season 4 will begin on MASTERPIECE on PBS on Sunday, January 5, 2014....


BWW Reviews: LES MISERABLES From Stage to Screen
by Victoria Noe - March 04, 2013

What looks deceptively like just a pretty book is love letter to the talented artists who brought Victor Hugo's tale to life. Nightingale and Palmer have created a fitting homage to one of the most important musicals in theatre history and its ground-breaking film version....


IGGY AND THE STOOGES to Perform on Tonight's COLBERT REPORT
by Caryn Robbins - April 29, 2013

Having just slayed a live and online audience with a Sunday matinee NPR First Listen Live from New York City (http://n.pr/17dKrYc), Iggy and the Stooges will make their debut appearance on The Colbert Report tonight, April 29....


DOWNTON ABBEY Season 3 Finale Draws 8.2M Viewers
by Tyler Peterson - February 19, 2013

PBS and WGBH announced today that the conclusion of the breakout hit 'Downton Abbey, Season 3' on MASTERPIECE CLASSIC captivated an average audience of 8.2 million viewers (Nielsen Fast National data, 5.2 household rating). The Season 3 finale's average audience was 50 percent above the Season 2 fin...


Smash's Jack Davenport to Star in New Medical Drama BREATHLESS
by Caryn Robbins - June 20, 2013

ITV Studios and MASTERPIECE on PBS/WGBH have announced a co-production agreement for Breathless, a stylish and compelling new medical drama set in London in 1961, starring Jack Davenport as a brilliant surgeon who believes he can make a difference in womens' lives....


WOLF HALL Mini-Series, Starring Tony-Winner Mark Rylance, Officially Headed to PBS in 2015
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2013

The New York Times has confirmed earlier reports that Hilary mantel's novels WOLF HALL and BRING UP THE BODIES are being adapted as a six-part television drama for PBS' 'Masterpiece' and will star Tony and Olivier-winner Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell....


FOYLE'S WAR to Return to PBS's MASTERPIECE MYSTERY Summer 2013
by Caryn Robbins - September 12, 2012

Acorn Media, MASTERPIECE/WGBH, ITV and Eleventh Hour Films have released the first images from the set of the new series of FOYLE'S WAR. The three new episodes will air as part of the MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! season on PBS in summer of 2013....


Teaser Clip from Brown University's PHAEDRA; Opens Tonight!
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2013

Jean Racine's 1677 PHAEDRA grows out of a landscape inspired from Greek mythology and infused with possibilities of the spectacular to become what critics have deemed to be a radically modern tragedy. Directed by Spencer Golub, PHAEDRA opens tonight and runs thru March 10 at the Stuart Theatre. Get ...


DOWNTON ABBEY on Masterpiece Classic Rates Second on Super Bowl Sunday
by Tyler Peterson - February 04, 2013

PBS and WGBH announced today that "Downton Abbey, Season 3" on MASTERPIECE CLASSICrated second only to the Super Bowl on February 3 (Nielsen Overnights data, 4.4 household rating)....


Ang Lee's LIFE OF PI Now Available on Digital HD
by Caryn Robbins - February 20, 2013

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment today announced the availability of Oscar Winning Director Ang Lee's cinematic masterpiece LIFE OF PI on DIGITAL HD five days before the 85th Academy Awards....


New York Choral Society Presents AMERICAN REFLECTIONS, 4/20
by BWW News Desk - April 20, 2012

On April 20th at 7:30pm the New York Choral Society (NYCS) closes the 2011-2012 season in a unique program entitled "American Reflections" at Carnegie Hall. ...


STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes - NYC Opera's MOSES IN EGYPT Director and Designer Michael Counts
by Stage Tube - April 13, 2013

Be among the first to see New York City Opera's all-new production of Rossini's Moses in Egypt. Below, watch scenes from the production and listen to Director and Designer Michael Counts as he talks about bringing Rossini's glorious masterpiece to cinematic life!...


BrightSide Theatre Opens GOD OF CARNAGE, 3/14
by Kelsey Denette - March 06, 2013

BrightSide Theatre continues its Second Season with the entertaining Modern Masterpiece and Tony Award winning comedy "God of Carnage" by Yasmina Reza, and translated by Christopher Hampton....


Breaking News: PBS Confirms DOWNTON ABBEY Set for Season 5 in 2015; Season 4 to Begin 1/5
by Robert Diamond - November 10, 2013

On the heels of the UK series announcing its renewal, PBS has confirmed that Downton Abbey, the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning drama will return to MASTERPIECE on PBS for a fifth season. Production will begin in 2014....


PBS to Air Second Season of Jeremy Piven-Led MR. SELFRIDGE
by Caryn Robbins - July 22, 2013

Following its ratings success in the U.S., MASTERPIECE and PBS have announced a second season of Mr. Selfridge, starring Jeremy Piven....


Ancient Bronze Sculpture on Special Loan to Met Museum, Now thru 7/15
by BWW News Desk - June 01, 2013

The celebrated over-life-size bronze statue Boxer at Rest-an exceptionally realistic ancient Greek sculpture created between the late fourth and the second century B.C., on loan from the Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massimo alle Terme-will be shown outside Europe for the first time in The Boxer:...


Indie Rockers Thriftstore Masterpiece to Release TROUBLE IS A LONESOME TOWN, 7/9
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2013

SideOneDummy Records is excited to introduce THRIFTSTORE MASTERPIECE, an all-star music collective devoted to paying homage to the underdog records of years past. The star-studded group will release its first album, a revival of Lee Hazlewood's 1963 debut Trouble Is A Lonesome Town, on July 9, 2013....


Peninsula Community Theatre Brings LES MISERABLES to Hampton Roads, Now thru 8/24
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2013

Peninsula Community Theatre is opening their 2013-2014 season tonight, August 2nd through August 24 with the Hampton Roads premier production of Les Miserables....


VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Things Go Badly Amiss On DOWNTON ABBEY Ep. 5
by Caryn Robbins - February 01, 2013

On the next episode of PBS's DOWNTON ABBEY, things go badly amiss as Robert and Cora are not speaking. The servants are shunning Matthew's mother Isobel. And Matthew and Robert have fallen out. Also, Bates takes a gamble. Below, watch an exclusive scene from Episode 5 premiering February 3rd on PBS....


Independent Theatre to Present THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, 11/8-16
by Tyler Peterson - October 09, 2013

As its final production for 2013, Independent Theatre is staging that most famous of all Irish comedies - John Millington Synge's 1907 masterpiece, The Playboy of the Western World....


TLC Premieres AMERICA'S WORST TATTOOS, NY INK Tonight
by TV News Desk - April 04, 2013

Tattoo greats meet tattoo mistakes tonight, April 4 with the series premiere of TLC's AMERICA'S WORST TATTOOS and season three premiere of NY INK....






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