Wake Up With BWW 7/1: New HAMILTON Documentary Announced, and More!
Today's top stories: Read the reviews for Hamilton on Disney+, a new Hamilton documentary featuring the original cast will premiere on July 3, and more!...
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Sense8 (a play on the word sensate /?s?nse?t/, meaning aware) is an upcoming American science fiction drama series created, co-written and co-directed by The Matrix trilogy creators Andy and Lana Wachowski. Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski will executive produce and co-write the series, which will be streamed on Netflix in June 5, 2015. The series revolves around eight strangers from different parts of the world who suddenly become mentally and emotionally linked and it will explore the themes of identity, sexuality, gender, persecution, bigotry, and fear.
TheatreWorks Will Stream PANDORA Next Week
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will stream a benefit online workshop reading of Pandora, an intriguing new work by acclaimed playwright Laurel Ollstein....
VIDEO: Watch the 1985 'Rum Tum Tugger' Music Video From CATS Featuring Terrence Mann
In 1985 a music video was released for The Rum Tum Tugger, from Cats. The video aired on MTV, and featured Terrence Mann in the role....
Emmy Award-Winner Barbara Keegan Joins MISTAKES WERE MADE At Santa Monica Playhouse
Santa Monica Playhouse announces the extension of the hit comedy Mistakes Were Made - coulda-woulda-shoulda and the addition of award-winning actress Barbara Keegan to the cast, returning to the Playhouse in her third Jerry Mayer hit. Mistakes Were Made now playing through April 26....
Brian J. Smith Joins MATRIX 4
Deadline reports that Broadway and screen actor Brian J. Smith has joined the upcoming 'Matrix' film, from Lana Wachowski....
Vadhir Derbez Will Star in THE SEVENTH DAY
Deadline reports that 'Sense8' star Vadhir Derbez has joined the cast of 'The Seventh Day,' alongside Guy Pearce....
Terrence Mann Joins Cast of Apple Series FOUNDATION
Terrence Mann, Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey, Laura Birn and Cassian Bilton have joined the cast of the new Apple series Foundation as series regulars, according to Deadline. ...
VIDEO: Showtime Releases Trailer for New Comedy Series WORK IN PROGRESS
SHOWTIME has released the official poster and trailer for its new half-hour comedy series WORK IN PROGRESS, created by Chicago improv mainstays Abby McEnany and Tim Mason and co-written by Lilly Wachowski (The Matrix, Sense8), premiering on Sunday, December 8 at 11 p.m. ET/PT. A funny and uniquel...
New York's Leading LGBTQ Film Festival 'Newfest' Announces Full Lineup
New York's leading LGBTQ film festival, NewFest, has announced the full lineup of their 31st annual celebration of the year's best LGBTQ films from around the world. As announced earlier this week, the festival will kick off the festival's 31st edition with the New York premiere of Mike Doyle's Manh...
National Hispanic Foundation For The Arts Announces 23rd NOCHE DE GALA
The National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts is proud to present the 2019 Raul Julia Award for Excellence to former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development JULIAN CASTRO. Additionally, NHFA will present the Spotlight Award to JUSTINA MACHADO; MELISSA BARRERA and ALFONSO a?oePONCHOa...
Naveen Andrews to Star in Film Adaptation of THE STORIED LIFE OF A.J. FIKRY
Naveen Andrews has come on board to star in a film adaptation of Gabrielle Zevin's runaway bestseller THE STORIED LIFE OF A.J. FIKRY. Hans Canosa will direct from Zevin's adaptation of her own novel. Canosa, Zevin and Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra and Brian Keady of BCDF Pictures are producers....
Wake Up With BWW 7/1: Bette Midler and More Perform for World Pride!
Today's top stories: Bette Midler and more perform for World Pride!...
2019 Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Festival Announces Line-Up
Celebrating its 37th anniversary, Outfest - the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization promoting equality by creating, sharing, and protecting LGBTQ stories on the screen - today announced the complete programming lineup for the 2019 Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival, presented by HBO. T...
Photo Flash: Terrence Mann Directs MAMMA MIA! At Connecticut Repertory Theatre
Connecticut Repertory Theatre presents the first production of the 2019 Nutmeg Summer Series: "Mamma Mia!," the Tony Award-nominated musical based on the songs of ABBA. ...
SHOWTIME Orders Comedy Series WORK IN PROGRESS
SHOWTIME has ordered an eight-episode season of the new half-hour comedy series WORK IN PROGRESS, created by Abby McEnany and Tim Mason. McEnany stars in the series, expected to premiere later this year. Mason directed the pilot. Lilly Wachowski (The Matrix, Sense8) will co-write the first season an...
Cast Announced For J'OUVERT At Theatre503
Nicole Lecky (Superhoe, Royal Court Theatre; C4's Fresh Meat, Channel 4; SENSE8, Netflix), Annice Boparai (17, The Vaults; Trojan Horse, Edinburgh) and Yvette Boakye (Girls, UK tour and Soho Theatre; Heroine & Kanye The First, HighTide Festival) will bring to life J'Ouvert, the debut play from one o...
Connecticut Repertory Theatre Announces Cast Of Terrence Mann-Directed MAMMA MIA!
Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) announces casting for the first production of the 2019 Nutmeg Summer Series: "Mamma Mia!," the Tony Award-nominated musical based on the songs of ABBA. The cast includes Broadway actors Jessica Hendy (Broadway's "Cats," "Aida"), Jennifer Cody (Broadway's "Shrek"...
LOST IN SPACE Season One to be Released on Digital, Blu-ray, DVD June 4
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents LOST IN SPACE, The Complete First Season, arriving on Blu-ray and DVD June 4....
Pasadena Playhouse Announces Spring 2019 New Works Festivals
Pasadena Playhouse, State Theatre of California, continues their exciting partnerships with Caltech Theatre and the USC School of Dramatic Arts this Spring, with MACH 33: The Caltech|Pasadena Playhouse Festival of New Science Driven Plays, presented by Caltech Theater and Pasadena Playhouse May 9 -...
Full Cast Revealed for 5th Ave's New Ahrens and Flaherty Musical MARIE, DANCING STILL
The 5th Avenue Theatre has announced full casting for its production of Marie, Dancing Still - A New Musical, the gorgeous new work from Tony Award-winning authors Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once On This Island) and five-time Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroma...
Netflix Announces Additional Casting for CURSED
Devon Terrell (Barry), Gustaf Skarsgård (Westworld, Vikings), Daniel Sharman (Fear the Walking Dead, Medici), Peter Mullan (Ozark), Lily Newmark (Pin Cushion), Shalom Brune-Franklin (The State, Our Girl), Sebastian Armesto (Poldark, Broadchurch), Emily Coates (Flack), Catherine Walker (Versailles, ...
THE FAVOURITE, SCHITT'S CREEK Among Nominees for the GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS
GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced today the nominees for the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards live from the Sundance Film Festival. The 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards are presented by Delta Air Lines, Gilead, and Ke...
Ethics, Power and Race at Forefront of BTE's Staging at the MAC
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE), the professional Equity company in residence at the McAninch Arts Center, 425 Fawell Blvd. on the campus of College of DuPage (COD) presents "Defiance" by John Patrick Shanley, directed by BTE Ensemble Member Kurt Naebig, Jan. 31-March 3. There will be a preview Thur...
Full Casting Announced For Steppenwolf's THE CHILDREN
Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents the Chicago premiere of The Children written by Lucy Kirkwood and helmed by celebrated Chicago director Jonathan Berry. The cast includes previously announced ensemble members Ora Jones (Rose) and Yasen Peyankov (Robin), with acclaimed actress Janet Ulrich Brooks...
