A sketch show inspired by the long running cultural icon Soul Train, from writer-performers Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle. The show will travel through time via music and comedy drawn from the forty-year library of a legendary, but fictional, musical variety show called, Sherman's Showcase.
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VIDEO: John Legend Shares Live Performance of 'Wonder Woman'
by Michael Major - February 10, 2023
Vevo, the world's leading music video network, announces the release of John Legend's live performance of 'Wonder Woman' off his latest album, LEGEND. 'Wonder Woman' follows John Legend's previous live performance of 'I Don't Love You Like I Used To.' Watch the new video performance now!...
HAMILTON, MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM, Debbie Allen, Viola Davis and More Nominated for 52nd NAACP Image Awards
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 02, 2021
The full-list of nominees for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards were announced today in a special virtual event on NAACP Image Awards’ Instagram channel hosted by Tony-award winning actress and singer Anika Noni-Rose, actress and singer Chloe Bailey, actress Erika Alexander, actor, dancer, and chor...
Jenifer Lewis, Dyllón Burnside, Bernard David Jones and Thomas Hobson Will Lead Reading of ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE For National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
by Stephi Wild - January 14, 2021
The Black Leadership AIDS Crisis Coalition (BLACC) powered by AIDS Healthcare Foundation, announced today the partnership with iN-Hale Entertainment and All Tea, No Shade Productions in support of the National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on February 7, 2021 with the theme of “Stigma Gotta Go.” ...
BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW Bonus Episodes Added to Final Season
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 02, 2020
IFC’s critically acclaimed Baroness von Sketch Show has one more surprise for its final season – bonus episodes! ...
Fountain Theatre Streams 12-Part THE GAZE...NO HOMO
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 16, 2020
The Gaze... No Homo will begin streaming on Friday, Nov. 20, with episodes four, five and six going online Friday, Nov. 27; episodes seven, eight and nine on Friday, Dec. 4; and the final three episodes becoming available on Friday, Dec. 11. ...
Ron Perlman Joins Groundlings For Upcoming Online Event
by Stephi Wild - July 24, 2020
The Groundlings Theatre and School has announced the continuation of their online programming with more events featuring current Groundlings joined by special guests in film and television. ...
AMC & IFC Pick Up Variety Series SHERMAN'S SHOWCASE for a Second Season
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 18, 2020
AMC and IFC announced today the renewal of the Critics' Choice Awards-nominated variety series Sherman's Showcase for a second season ahead of the show's one-hour “Black History Month Spectacular” premiering this Friday, June 19th at 10PM ET/PT on AMC and 11PM ET/PT on IFC. Six all-new, 30-...
SHERMAN'S SHOWCASE to Return with 'Black History Month Spectacular'
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 14, 2020
AMC and IFC announced today that the Critics' Choice Award-nominated Sherman's Showcase will officially return on June 19 – Juneteenth – with a one-hour “Black History Month Spectacular” on both networks, premiering at 10PM ET/PT on AMC, followed by an 11PM ET/PT premiere on IFC....
SHERMAN'S SHOWCASE Returns to IFC for Hour-Long 'Black History Month Spectacular'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 16, 2020
IFC announced today that the Critics' Choice Award-nominated Sherman's Showcase will return with a one-hour “Black History Month Spectacular” this summer (yes, you read that right). Created by and starring Bashir Salahuddin (Top Gun: Maverick, South Side) and Diallo Riddle (Marlon, South Side), ...
AMC Network Announces Spring Premiere Dates
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 16, 2020
AMC Networks announced today from the Television Critics' Association (TCA) Press Tour spring premiere dates for several new and returning original series, including the highly anticipated debuts of AMC's The Walking Dead: World Beyond and three-part series Quiz, a third season of BBC AMERICA's awar...
Comedian Dulcé Sloan Is Heading to The Second City's UP Comedy Club Stage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 06, 2019
Comedy Central's vibrant voice Dulcé Sloan will grab the mic for three nights of stand-up at The Second City's UP Comedy Club January 3-5. The show will be hosted by three-time Second City NBCUniversal Break Out Comedy Festival performer Alex Kumin and will feature another Comedy Central face, Dave...
SHERMAN'S SHOWCASE Comes to Hulu on December 11
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 05, 2019
IFC's critically-acclaimed Sherman's Showcase comes to Hulu Wednesday, December 11. Created by Emmy-nominated writers Diallo Riddle (Marlon, Rise) and Bashir Salahuddin (GLOW, Snatched) and executive produced by John Legend, Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorius at Get Lifted Film Co. & Frank Scherma a...
AMC Networks Announces Premiere Dates for New, Returning Series and Seasonal Events Such as FEARFEST, BEST CHRISTMAS EVER
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 25, 2019
AMC Networks announced today from the Television Critics' Association (TCA) Press Tour premiere dates for several new and returning original series, including IFC's Baroness von Sketch Show, which has been picked up for a fifth season, and programming events, including AMC's FearFest and newly expan...
IFC, Mad Decent Partner to Release Songs from SHERMAN'S SHOWCASE
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 23, 2019
IFC announced today that the network has partnered with Mad Decent to drop the official soundtrack for its upcoming variety sketch series Sherman's Showcase, premiering Wednesday, July 31st at 10pm ET/PT. Sherman's Showcase (Original Soundtrack), featuring full-length versions of the songs fr...
VIDEO: IFC Releases Trailer for SHERMAN'S SHOWCASE
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 11, 2019
Created, executive produced, written and starring Bashir Salahuddin (GLOW, Snatched, South Side) and Diallo Riddle (Marlon, Rise, South Side), each episode of Sherman's Showcase is hosted bySherman McDaniels (Salahuddin) as he takes viewers through time via music and comedy drawn from the 40-...
John Legend, Tiffany Haddish, Common to Guest Star on IFC's SHERMAN'S SHOWCASE
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 07, 2019
IFC announced today the star-studded guest star roster for Sherman's Showcase, the network's new variety sketch series created by and starring Diallo Riddle (Marlon, Rise) and Bashir Salahuddin (GLOW, Snatched) and executive produced by John Legend's Get Lifted Film Co. and RadicalMedia. Th...
AMC Networks Announces Summer 2019 Premiere Dates
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 08, 2019
AMC Networks announced today the premiere dates for several new and returning original series, including second seasons of AMC's mystic modern-day fable Lodge 49 and horror-infused anthology The Terror: Infamy, IFC's new musical variety sketch comedy Sherman's Showcase and SundanceTV's Close Up with...
IFC Greenlights Musical Variety Sketch Show SHERMAN'S SHOWCASE to Series
by Tori Hartshorn - May 04, 2018
IFC Greenlights Musical Variety Sketch Show SHERMAN'S SHOWCASE to Series...
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