We've taken you around the world exploring behaviors and lifestyles that are acceptable in some cultures but forbidden, illegal or reviled in others. But this season, we're looking in our own backyard. Taboo USA goes behind the closed doors and picket fences of America
Will Raúl Esparza Make Way Back to Broadway?
by Marissa Sblendorio - August 25, 2017
At last night's premiere of PRINCE OF BROADWAY, BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge had the pleasure of speaking to some of Broadway's best, including Raul Esparza. After chatting about their love and appreciation for Harold Prince, Richard asked Raul when he would be making his way back to Broadway...
Toronto Film Festival Announces Four International Participants for Rising Stars Programme
by Caryn Robbins - August 17, 2017
The Toronto International Film Festival® announced today four outstanding actors who will participate in the newly expanded TIFF Rising Stars programme....
BWW Interview: Renown Actress of the Screen and Stage, Harriet Harris, On Arsenic and Old Lace and Letting Yourself Laugh
by Courtney Savoia - August 15, 2017
Renown actress of the screen and stage, Harriet Harris (Tony Award; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Bebe Glazer on the hit show, Frasier) joins Berkshire Theatre Group this summer in the classic Joseph Kesselring's play, Arsenic and Old Lace. A play that has gone down in history for its dark humor, Arseni...
Toronto International Film Festival Announces Documentary Lineup
by Caryn Robbins - August 01, 2017
The Toronto International Film Festival's® 2017 documentary programme presents a distinct collection of works from award-winning directors with an increased number of World Premieres and potential awards contenders....
Casting Announced for PAGEANT at the Camden Fringe
by BWW News Desk - July 18, 2017
Legendary musical writer and director Bill Russell (Side Show, Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens) reunites with actor Miles Western for a brand new production of Pageant, which ran in the West End and won Western an Olivier for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical....
by BWW News Desk - July 18, 2017
Legendary musical writer and director Bill Russell (Side Show, Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens) reunites with actor Miles Western for a brand new production of Pageant, which ran in the West End and won Western an Olivier for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical....
Nine FX Network Series Receive EMMY Nominations in 35 Categories
by Caryn Robbins - July 14, 2017
FX Networks today received 55 Primetime Emmy(R) Award nominations, the most of any basic cable network for the fourth consecutive year. It was also the fourth consecutive year that FX Networks finished in the Top 5 for total nominations for all networks and streaming services....
by Caryn Robbins - July 14, 2017
FX Networks today received 55 Primetime Emmy(R) Award nominations, the most of any basic cable network for the fourth consecutive year. It was also the fourth consecutive year that FX Networks finished in the Top 5 for total nominations for all networks and streaming services....
VIDEO: THE GREAT COMET's Lulu Fall Enlists Denee Benton and More for 'Pretty For A Dark Girl' Single
by BWW News Desk - June 28, 2017
D.C.-born vocalist/composer Lulu Fall, actress in the Broadway musical Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, and Kris Johnson, director of Jazz Studies at the University of Utah; trumpeter, soloist, and arranger with the Count Basie Orchestra, have just released the music video and single f...
by BWW News Desk - June 28, 2017
D.C.-born vocalist/composer Lulu Fall, actress in the Broadway musical Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, and Kris Johnson, director of Jazz Studies at the University of Utah; trumpeter, soloist, and arranger with the Count Basie Orchestra, have just released the music video and single f...
Yugoslavian War Drama CHEERS TO SARAJEVO to Play Winter Season at the Alexander Upstairs
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2017
CHEERS TO SARAJEVO, a drama written by Aimée Goldsmith and Lidija Marelic and directed by Ashleigh Harvey, will play a winter season at the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre. The war drama is performed by Aimee Goldsmith, Stephen Jubber and Lamar Bonhomme, and runs from 26 June - 8 July at 19:00....
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2017
CHEERS TO SARAJEVO, a drama written by Aimée Goldsmith and Lidija Marelic and directed by Ashleigh Harvey, will play a winter season at the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre. The war drama is performed by Aimee Goldsmith, Stephen Jubber and Lamar Bonhomme, and runs from 26 June - 8 July at 19:00....
New Collection of Confessional Poetry Spanning 15 Years by Australian Poet
by Robert Diamond - May 26, 2017
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by Robert Diamond - May 26, 2017
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Harris Dickinson Cast as J. Paul Getty III in FX's Series TRUST
by Caryn Robbins - May 15, 2017
Harris Dickinson has joined the cast of FX's TRUST. Dickinson will star as J. Paul Getty III, J. Paul Getty's idealistic yet rebellious teenage grandson, who increasingly feels the burden of his famous name....
by Caryn Robbins - May 15, 2017
Harris Dickinson has joined the cast of FX's TRUST. Dickinson will star as J. Paul Getty III, J. Paul Getty's idealistic yet rebellious teenage grandson, who increasingly feels the burden of his famous name....
Inner Demons (literally) Come to Life in THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: A TRAUMEDY
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2017
LA Based Activist, Writer, and Solo Performer Bonnie Joy Sludikoff is back with her third one-woman show, The Magic School Bus: A Traumedy....
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2017
LA Based Activist, Writer, and Solo Performer Bonnie Joy Sludikoff is back with her third one-woman show, The Magic School Bus: A Traumedy....
Final Performances for Louise Orwin's OH YES OH NO This Week
by Julie Musbach - May 07, 2017
The final three performances of the world premiere season of Louise Orwin's hit Oh Yes Oh No take place this week on Tuesday 9, Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 May. The show, which has been appearing at Camden People's Theatre as the headliner to the Hotbed Festival of Sex will tour in 2018....
by Julie Musbach - May 07, 2017
The final three performances of the world premiere season of Louise Orwin's hit Oh Yes Oh No take place this week on Tuesday 9, Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 May. The show, which has been appearing at Camden People's Theatre as the headliner to the Hotbed Festival of Sex will tour in 2018....
New Show Headlines Camden People's Theatre's Hotbed Festival of Sex
by BWW News Desk - April 27, 2017
'I'm about to talk to you about sex, not the sex of cheap mass produced erotica, not the oh-god-oh-yes-oh-no performance sex of porn, not the sex that men want and women aren't sure if they want it or not because they've never known anything else, but real sex, with real bodies. And in this conversa...
by BWW News Desk - April 27, 2017
'I'm about to talk to you about sex, not the sex of cheap mass produced erotica, not the oh-god-oh-yes-oh-no performance sex of porn, not the sex that men want and women aren't sure if they want it or not because they've never known anything else, but real sex, with real bodies. And in this conversa...
Hilary Swank Joins Cast of Upcoming FX Drama TRUST
by Caryn Robbins - April 26, 2017
Two-time Academy Award(R) and Golden Globe(R) winner Hilary Swank has joined the cast of FX's TRUST....
by Caryn Robbins - April 26, 2017
Two-time Academy Award(R) and Golden Globe(R) winner Hilary Swank has joined the cast of FX's TRUST....
Louise Orwin Gets Real About Sex in OH YES OH NO at Camden People's Theatre
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2017
In OH YES OH NO Louise Orwin will attempt to tackle these problems, asking audiences to consider why these conversations are still taboo, and, crucially, by putting women's voices at the centre of the conversation....
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2017
In OH YES OH NO Louise Orwin will attempt to tackle these problems, asking audiences to consider why these conversations are still taboo, and, crucially, by putting women's voices at the centre of the conversation....
Author B. Strong Releases 'The Intersect.... Memoirs of an Addict's Mom'
by Christina Mancuso - March 17, 2017
'The Intersect.... Memoirs of an Addict's Mom': a searing revelation of the agony drug addiction inflicts upon the lives it touches. 'The Intersect.... Memoirs of an Addicts Mom' is the creation of published author B. Strong, a fierce warrior dressed in everyday clothes who is fighting a devastating...
by Christina Mancuso - March 17, 2017
'The Intersect.... Memoirs of an Addict's Mom': a searing revelation of the agony drug addiction inflicts upon the lives it touches. 'The Intersect.... Memoirs of an Addicts Mom' is the creation of published author B. Strong, a fierce warrior dressed in everyday clothes who is fighting a devastating...
FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN is FX's Most-Watched New Program Premiere Since 'People vs OJ'
by Caryn Robbins - March 13, 2017
FEUD: Bette and Joan, the critically-acclaimed new limited series, debuted as FX's most-watched new program premiere since The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story....
by Caryn Robbins - March 13, 2017
FEUD: Bette and Joan, the critically-acclaimed new limited series, debuted as FX's most-watched new program premiere since The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story....
Brave Spirits Theatre Presents THE INCEST REP
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2017
Theatre for the Game of Thrones fan: In two plays from Shakespeare's contemporaries, brothers and sisters defy the greatest taboo and fall in love. Incestuous passion threatens to overcome reason, but to very different results. Brave Spirits Theatre pairs John Ford's gruesome tragedy,'Tis Pity She's...
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2017
Theatre for the Game of Thrones fan: In two plays from Shakespeare's contemporaries, brothers and sisters defy the greatest taboo and fall in love. Incestuous passion threatens to overcome reason, but to very different results. Brave Spirits Theatre pairs John Ford's gruesome tragedy,'Tis Pity She's...
FX Greenlights Season Season of Hit Drama Series TABOO
by Caryn Robbins - March 08, 2017
TABOO, the drama series executive produced by and starring Tom Hardy, who also co-created the series alongside Steven Knight and Chips Hardy, has been renewed for a second season by FX and BBC One....
by Caryn Robbins - March 08, 2017
TABOO, the drama series executive produced by and starring Tom Hardy, who also co-created the series alongside Steven Knight and Chips Hardy, has been renewed for a second season by FX and BBC One....
BWW Interview: Actor Leo Bill on A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at the Young Vic
by Marianka Swain - February 02, 2017
Leo Bill's work includes Laura Wade's Posh, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire at the National, the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring Hamlet at the Barbican, and, on screen, Mike Leigh's Vera Drake and TV series Taboo. He's currently playing Bottom in Joe Hill-Gibbins's dark production of A Midsummer Nig...
by Marianka Swain - February 02, 2017
Leo Bill's work includes Laura Wade's Posh, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire at the National, the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring Hamlet at the Barbican, and, on screen, Mike Leigh's Vera Drake and TV series Taboo. He's currently playing Bottom in Joe Hill-Gibbins's dark production of A Midsummer Nig...
TV: Euan Morton of HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH National Tour
by Jeffrey Kare - January 27, 2017
Coming to the Durham Performing Arts Center from January 31st-February 5th is the national touring production of Hedwig & the Angry Inch....
by Jeffrey Kare - January 27, 2017
Coming to the Durham Performing Arts Center from January 31st-February 5th is the national touring production of Hedwig & the Angry Inch....
Premiere of FX Drama TABOO Among Highest-Rated Drama Premieres of Past Year
by Caryn Robbins - January 17, 2017
The premiere of TABOO, the new FX drama series starring Tom Hardy, is among the highest-rated new cable drama premieres of the past year and the most time-shifted FX series premiere ever among Adults 18-49....
by Caryn Robbins - January 17, 2017
The premiere of TABOO, the new FX drama series starring Tom Hardy, is among the highest-rated new cable drama premieres of the past year and the most time-shifted FX series premiere ever among Adults 18-49....
Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks Set for New TBS Animated Series THE COPS
by Caryn Robbins - January 16, 2017
Turner's TBS has greenlit ten episodes of the animated series THE COPS (working title), starring and co-created by Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks....
by Caryn Robbins - January 16, 2017
Turner's TBS has greenlit ten episodes of the animated series THE COPS (working title), starring and co-created by Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks....
Chromolume Theatre to Stage ZANNA, DON'T! This Winter
by BWW News Desk - January 13, 2017
Chromolume Theatre at the Attic has announced the first production in its 2017 Season of Musicals, the off-Broadway hit Zanna, Don't! Opening today, January 13 at 8pm, the show will play a strictly limited engagement through February 5. Zanna, Don't! has book, music, and lyrics by Tim Acito with...
by BWW News Desk - January 13, 2017
Chromolume Theatre at the Attic has announced the first production in its 2017 Season of Musicals, the off-Broadway hit Zanna, Don't! Opening today, January 13 at 8pm, the show will play a strictly limited engagement through February 5. Zanna, Don't! has book, music, and lyrics by Tim Acito with...
FX to Premiere New Drama Series TABOO, Starring Tom Hardy, Today
by BWW News Desk - January 10, 2017
FX has set the premiere date for TABOO, the new drama series starring Tom Hardy and created by Steven Knight with Hardy and his father Chips Hardy, today, January 10 at 10 PM et/pt....
by BWW News Desk - January 10, 2017
FX has set the premiere date for TABOO, the new drama series starring Tom Hardy and created by Steven Knight with Hardy and his father Chips Hardy, today, January 10 at 10 PM et/pt....
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