Park Bench is a new kind of "talking show" straight from the mind of born and bred New Yorker and host, Steve Buscemi. Featuring a mix of surprise celebrity appearances and spontaneous interviews with people on the street, Park Bench will convey Steve
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Neil Patrick Harris, Rosie Perez Among Winners of 2014 MADE IN NY Awards
by Caryn Robbins - November 11, 2014
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Media & Entertainment Commissioner Cynthia López will today present the 2014 “Made in NY” Awards, celebrating excellence in the New York City creative community and recognizing the achievements of individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to...
by Caryn Robbins - November 11, 2014
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Media & Entertainment Commissioner Cynthia López will today present the 2014 “Made in NY” Awards, celebrating excellence in the New York City creative community and recognizing the achievements of individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to...
Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts' Love in the Lobby Benefit Set for 11/21
by Tyler Peterson - November 07, 2014
The Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts' critically acclaimed Live in the Lobby music series has announced LOVE IN THE LOBBY: A BENEFIT CONCERT & FOOD DRIVE on Friday, November 21 at 7:30 PM. Ten Long Island singer-songwriters will perform one of their own songs and one by the songwriter that ...
by Tyler Peterson - November 07, 2014
The Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts' critically acclaimed Live in the Lobby music series has announced LOVE IN THE LOBBY: A BENEFIT CONCERT & FOOD DRIVE on Friday, November 21 at 7:30 PM. Ten Long Island singer-songwriters will perform one of their own songs and one by the songwriter that ...
Bookworks Presents Today's Shelf Awareness for Readers
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2014
When Simon and Garfunkel were considering old friends sitting on their park bench like bookends in 1968, I was 18 and devouring Graham Greene's The Quiet American for the first of many times....
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2014
When Simon and Garfunkel were considering old friends sitting on their park bench like bookends in 1968, I was 18 and devouring Graham Greene's The Quiet American for the first of many times....
American Opera Projects and Adelphi University to Present New Opera INDEPENDENCE EVE
by Tyler Peterson - November 04, 2014
(American Opera Projects) and Adelphi University present Independence Eve, a new chamber opera in three scenes that explores the troubled journey of race relations in America. The concert performances will take place on Thursday, November 13 at 7:30PM at the Concert Hall of the Performing Arts Cente...
by Tyler Peterson - November 04, 2014
(American Opera Projects) and Adelphi University present Independence Eve, a new chamber opera in three scenes that explores the troubled journey of race relations in America. The concert performances will take place on Thursday, November 13 at 7:30PM at the Concert Hall of the Performing Arts Cente...
Tony Cleaver Releases New Book, GREYHOUND GEORGE
by Matt Smith - October 08, 2014
George Potts is an unremarkable, middle-aged accountant for the city council who lives a predictable, humdrum existence…until an unsettling encounter with a vivacious young woman and her dog changes his life forever....
by Matt Smith - October 08, 2014
George Potts is an unremarkable, middle-aged accountant for the city council who lives a predictable, humdrum existence…until an unsettling encounter with a vivacious young woman and her dog changes his life forever....
Blackfriars Theatre to Present I'M NOT RAPPAPORT!
by Tyler Peterson - October 02, 2014
Blackfriars Theatre continues its 65th Season with Herb Gardner's compelling comedy I'm Not Rappaport! Nat Moyer, a feisty Jewish retiree with a tendency to exaggerate, and elderly Midge Carter, a half-blind African-American building superintendent spend their afternoons sharing a park bench and a r...
by Tyler Peterson - October 02, 2014
Blackfriars Theatre continues its 65th Season with Herb Gardner's compelling comedy I'm Not Rappaport! Nat Moyer, a feisty Jewish retiree with a tendency to exaggerate, and elderly Midge Carter, a half-blind African-American building superintendent spend their afternoons sharing a park bench and a r...
BWW Recap: MASTERS OF SEX Looks Ahead to the Future in Their Season Finale
by Aimee Curameng - September 29, 2014
Here it is, folks. We've hit the end of the road for season two in another great season of MASTERS OF SEX. I can't believe it's over until next year! Let's savor these last few moments we have together and talk about all the twists and turns the season finale had for us....
by Aimee Curameng - September 29, 2014
Here it is, folks. We've hit the end of the road for season two in another great season of MASTERS OF SEX. I can't believe it's over until next year! Let's savor these last few moments we have together and talk about all the twists and turns the season finale had for us....
BWW Reviews: Get Acquainted with Old Friends in I'M NOT RAPPAPORT at Westport Community Theatre
by Cindy Cardozo - September 26, 2014
More than just the story of a couple of old guys meeting daily on a park bench, I'M NOT RAPPAPORT is a touching look at an unlikely friendship and a glimpse into the psychological struggle to keep our sense of self while railing against the physical changes and emotional hardships of old age....
by Cindy Cardozo - September 26, 2014
More than just the story of a couple of old guys meeting daily on a park bench, I'M NOT RAPPAPORT is a touching look at an unlikely friendship and a glimpse into the psychological struggle to keep our sense of self while railing against the physical changes and emotional hardships of old age....
Angela Lansbury to Star in BLITHE SPIRIT at the Ahmanson, Beginning December 9
by BWW News Desk - September 18, 2014
Following the internationally acclaimed production with sold-out engagements on Broadway and in London's West End, television legend, Oscar recipient and five-time Tony Award-winner Angela Lansbury returns to the stage in Noel Coward's smash-hit comedic play 'Blithe Spirit' in an exciting North Amer...
by BWW News Desk - September 18, 2014
Following the internationally acclaimed production with sold-out engagements on Broadway and in London's West End, television legend, Oscar recipient and five-time Tony Award-winner Angela Lansbury returns to the stage in Noel Coward's smash-hit comedic play 'Blithe Spirit' in an exciting North Amer...
Petition for Robin Williams Statue on the GOOD WILL HUNTING Bench Nears 15,000 Signatures
by Movies News Desk - August 16, 2014
Fans of Robin Williams have started an online petition to create a bronze statue of the actor to place on the 'GOOD WILL HUNTING bench', which is featured in an iconic scene from the 1997 drama starring Williams, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck....
by Movies News Desk - August 16, 2014
Fans of Robin Williams have started an online petition to create a bronze statue of the actor to place on the 'GOOD WILL HUNTING bench', which is featured in an iconic scene from the 1997 drama starring Williams, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck....
BWW Reviews: PHILIP GLASS PORTRAIT TRILOGY: EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH Radically Reinvents Opera
by Barry Lenny - August 11, 2014
The opera has no plot or narrative, but offers sketches, suggests thoughts and, perhaps could be best described as an impressionist opera....
by Barry Lenny - August 11, 2014
The opera has no plot or narrative, but offers sketches, suggests thoughts and, perhaps could be best described as an impressionist opera....
MadLab Kicks Off 2014 Young Writers Short Play Festival Today
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2014
MadLab will present The Young Writers Short Play Festival, a collection of ten short plays written by eleven Columbus area high school students. MadLab is a non-profit organization that provides an artistic haven for the creation and experience of original works. Part of that effort involves giving ...
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2014
MadLab will present The Young Writers Short Play Festival, a collection of ten short plays written by eleven Columbus area high school students. MadLab is a non-profit organization that provides an artistic haven for the creation and experience of original works. Part of that effort involves giving ...
BWW Reviews: Two-Hander Sketch Comedy, Anyone? DATING: ADULTS EMBRACING FAILURE Opens at the Royal George Theatre
by Paul W. Thompson - June 23, 2014
Chicago's improv and sketch comedy scene is justifiably world-famous, and attracts young talents from across the country as surely as sugar attracts bees. Such institutions as The Second City, iO and the Annoyance Theatre train, entertain and inspire performers, writers and audiences with a variety ...
by Paul W. Thompson - June 23, 2014
Chicago's improv and sketch comedy scene is justifiably world-famous, and attracts young talents from across the country as surely as sugar attracts bees. Such institutions as The Second City, iO and the Annoyance Theatre train, entertain and inspire performers, writers and audiences with a variety ...
VIDEO: Michael Shannon Is a Drunk on Steve Buscemi Web Series!
by Caryn Robbins - June 05, 2014
Michael Shannon plays a drunk on an all-new episode of his 'Boardwalk Empire' co-star Steve Buscemi's web series PARK BENCH....
by Caryn Robbins - June 05, 2014
Michael Shannon plays a drunk on an all-new episode of his 'Boardwalk Empire' co-star Steve Buscemi's web series PARK BENCH....
MadLab Announces 2014 Young Writers Short Play Festival, Running 7/11-26
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2014
MadLab will present The Young Writers Short Play Festival, a collection of ten short plays written by eleven Columbus area high school students. MadLab is a non-profit organization that provides an artistic haven for the creation and experience of original works. Part of that effort involves giving ...
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2014
MadLab will present The Young Writers Short Play Festival, a collection of ten short plays written by eleven Columbus area high school students. MadLab is a non-profit organization that provides an artistic haven for the creation and experience of original works. Part of that effort involves giving ...
Musical Adaptations ONCE/TWICE Open at Roy Arias Stage IV Tonight
by Louisa Brady - May 16, 2014
PASSAJJ Productions is proud to present Once/Twice, two musical adaptations by veteran composer and lyricist Paul Dick (A For Adultery, Madame Bovary). Once is an adaptation of the short play A Sunny Morning by Serafin and Joaquin Quintero, while Twice is based on The Bear by Anton Chekhov. Once/Twi...
by Louisa Brady - May 16, 2014
PASSAJJ Productions is proud to present Once/Twice, two musical adaptations by veteran composer and lyricist Paul Dick (A For Adultery, Madame Bovary). Once is an adaptation of the short play A Sunny Morning by Serafin and Joaquin Quintero, while Twice is based on The Bear by Anton Chekhov. Once/Twi...
BWW Interview: Actor-turned-Playwright Jay O. Sanders
by Adrienne Onofri - May 09, 2014
A reading of the prolific actor's play about the 1994 Rwanda genocide will stream live and include a web-assisted talkback with people in Rwanda....
by Adrienne Onofri - May 09, 2014
A reading of the prolific actor's play about the 1994 Rwanda genocide will stream live and include a web-assisted talkback with people in Rwanda....
Middlebury Community Players Present John Cariani's ALMOST, MAINE, Now thru 5/3
by BWW News Desk - May 01, 2014
John Cariani's play, ALMOST, MAINE, about the search for love in a small New England town, has been delighting audiences all across New England since it premiered in Portland in 2004. Its Off-Broadway premiere in 2006 convinced Manhattan that amour is alive and well to their north. Middlebury Commun...
by BWW News Desk - May 01, 2014
John Cariani's play, ALMOST, MAINE, about the search for love in a small New England town, has been delighting audiences all across New England since it premiered in Portland in 2004. Its Off-Broadway premiere in 2006 convinced Manhattan that amour is alive and well to their north. Middlebury Commun...
Middlebury Community Players to Present John Cariani's ALMOST, MAINE, 5/1-3
by Louisa Brady - April 11, 2014
John Cariani's play, ALMOST, MAINE, about the search for love in a small New England town, has been delighting audiences all across New England since it premiered in Portland in 2004. Its Off-Broadway premiere in 2006 convinced Manhattan that amour is alive and well to their north. Middlebury Commun...
by Louisa Brady - April 11, 2014
John Cariani's play, ALMOST, MAINE, about the search for love in a small New England town, has been delighting audiences all across New England since it premiered in Portland in 2004. Its Off-Broadway premiere in 2006 convinced Manhattan that amour is alive and well to their north. Middlebury Commun...
Musical Adaptations ONCE/TWICE Open at Roy Arias Stage IV on 5/16
by Louisa Brady - April 10, 2014
PASSAJJ Productions is proud to present Once/Twice, two musical adaptations by veteran composer and lyricist Paul Dick (A For Adultery, Madame Bovary). Once is an adaptation of the short play A Sunny Morning by Serafin and Joaquin Quintero, while Twice is based on The Bear by Anton Chekhov....
by Louisa Brady - April 10, 2014
PASSAJJ Productions is proud to present Once/Twice, two musical adaptations by veteran composer and lyricist Paul Dick (A For Adultery, Madame Bovary). Once is an adaptation of the short play A Sunny Morning by Serafin and Joaquin Quintero, while Twice is based on The Bear by Anton Chekhov....
F*It Club Announces Cast and Creative Team of THE SPRING FLING: FIRST LOVE, 5/1-11
by Courtnie Mele - March 29, 2014
F*It Club, the New York Innovative Award-winning film and theatre company, continues its annual series of short, commissioned world-premiere plays with The Spring Fling: First Love, six new short plays by Halley Feiffer (How to Make Friends and Then Kill Them), Kate Gersten (Benefit of the Doubt), J...
by Courtnie Mele - March 29, 2014
F*It Club, the New York Innovative Award-winning film and theatre company, continues its annual series of short, commissioned world-premiere plays with The Spring Fling: First Love, six new short plays by Halley Feiffer (How to Make Friends and Then Kill Them), Kate Gersten (Benefit of the Doubt), J...
BWW Reviews: Thought-Provoking THE ALIENS at Dobama
by Roy Berko - January 27, 2014
Annie Baker, the 33-year old multi award winning author of THE ALIENS, now in production at Dobama, is considered by many theatre and literary critics to be one of the freshest and most talented dramatists of this decade. Baker, whose style mirrors that of Anton Chekov, one of the leaders of 20th ce...
by Roy Berko - January 27, 2014
Annie Baker, the 33-year old multi award winning author of THE ALIENS, now in production at Dobama, is considered by many theatre and literary critics to be one of the freshest and most talented dramatists of this decade. Baker, whose style mirrors that of Anton Chekov, one of the leaders of 20th ce...
Jane Seymour & Ed Asner to Guest on TBS' MEN AT WORK
by Tyler Peterson - December 16, 2013
Seymour will take on the role of 'Jane Ellis, a high-powered, elegant woman who runs a publishing house and has an affair with Milo.'...
by Tyler Peterson - December 16, 2013
Seymour will take on the role of 'Jane Ellis, a high-powered, elegant woman who runs a publishing house and has an affair with Milo.'...
BWW Reviews: World Premiere Musical THE BLACK SUITS Celebrates the Joy and Angst of Being in a Teenage Garage Band
by Shari Barrett - November 15, 2013
Set in a garage in suburban Long Island, THE BLACK SUITS tells the tale of four boys (lead singer, guitar, bass and drums) who are preparing for stardom by way of the St. Anne's Battle of the Bands. The band and the music give focus and sustenance to the boys whose lives are filled with teenage angs...
by Shari Barrett - November 15, 2013
Set in a garage in suburban Long Island, THE BLACK SUITS tells the tale of four boys (lead singer, guitar, bass and drums) who are preparing for stardom by way of the St. Anne's Battle of the Bands. The band and the music give focus and sustenance to the boys whose lives are filled with teenage angs...
Tangent Theatre Company & AboutFACE Ireland Announce 2013 NEWvember Lineup
by Tyler Peterson - October 31, 2013
Tangent Theatre Company and AboutFACE Ireland have announced the final selections for their 3rd annual NEWvember New Plays Festival (Nov. 7-10, 2013) - a showcase of original plays by promising playwrights to be held at the Carpenter Shop Theater, Tangent's 50-seat performance space in the historic ...
by Tyler Peterson - October 31, 2013
Tangent Theatre Company and AboutFACE Ireland have announced the final selections for their 3rd annual NEWvember New Plays Festival (Nov. 7-10, 2013) - a showcase of original plays by promising playwrights to be held at the Carpenter Shop Theater, Tangent's 50-seat performance space in the historic ...
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