A new half-hour dark comedy series, The Brink focuses on a geopolitical crisis and its effect on three disparate and desperate men: Walter Larson (played by Tim Robbins), the US Secretary of State; Alex Talbot (Jack Black), a lowly Foreign Service officer; and Zeke Tilson (Pablo Schreiber), an ace Navy fighter pilot. These three compromised souls must pull through the chaos around them to save the planet from World War Three. The show also features Aasif Mandvi, Maribeth Monroe, Carla Gugino and Eric Ladin.
The series is created by Roberto Benabib, with Kim Benabib.
The series is created by Roberto Benabib, with Kim Benabib.
HEARTBREAK HOUSE Opens August 9 At Mad Cow Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - July 30, 2019
George Bernard Shaw's classic Heartbreak House will soon hit the stage at Mad Cow Theatre....
Birmingham's Bassboy Brings Bassline to New Noise Via AWKWARD
by Tori Hartshorn - July 09, 2019
Balancing hypnotic breakdowns with club-vibrating sounds, UK producer Bassboy brings bassline music across the pond for his New Noise debut “Awkward.”...
IN THE HEIGHTS Comes to Adelaide
by Stephi Wild - June 10, 2019
Long anticipated musical In the Heights is coming to Adelaide at the Arts Theatre this September, presented by the award-winning team at Pelican Productions....
Different Stages Presents A DOLL'S HOUSE By Henrik Ibsen
by A.A. Cristi - May 21, 2019
Different Stages continues its 2018- 2019 season with Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. The play, hugely controversial when first published and performed in Copenhagen in 1879, is about the unraveling of a family. Nora and Torvald Helmer believe they are happily married and on the brink of a blissfu...
Genndy Tartakovsky Animated Series PRIMAL Heads to Adult Swim
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 14, 2019
Coming off an award-winning final season of Samurai Jack, Adult Swim reunites with creator Genndy Tartakovsky on a new animated series. Primal features a caveman at the dawn of evolution. A dinosaur on the brink of extinction. Bonded by tragedy, this unlikely friendship becomes the only hope of surv...
Anna Tivel's New Album THE QUESTION Out Now On Fluff And Gravy Records
by Tori Hartshorn - April 19, 2019
Anna Tivel's new album, The Question, is out on Portland's Fluff & Gravy Records today. NPR Music premiered the album last week saying 'on The Question, the Portland-based songwriter breathes life into her compositions by reveling in the sometimes dirty and often overlooked features of her sur...
Off-Broadway Hit MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL Comes To Napa Valley
by Sarah Hookey - April 17, 2019
Lincoln Theater is bringing the international off-Broadway hit, Menopause The Musical to Napa Valley on May 8th at 7:00pm. Inspired by a hot flash and a bottle of wine, Menopause The Musical is a groundbreaking celebration of women who are on the brink of, in the middle of, or have survived ...
Animal Planet Goes Behind The Scenes At San Diego Zoo, Safari Park in New Series
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 10, 2019
From the producers of Animal Planet's The Zoo and the upcoming The Aquarium comes THE ZOO: SAN DIEGO (WT) - an all-new series that provides Animal Planet's global audiences with a revealing, behind-the-scenes look at San Diego Zoo Global, whose mission is to save species worldwide while inspiring pa...
Director of Steve Bannon Film THE BRINK To Be Guest On Tom Needham's SOUNDS OF FILM
by A.A. Cristi - March 25, 2019
Acclaimed director, Alison Klayman, will be Tom Needham's exclusive guest this Thursday at 6 pm on WUSB's THE SOUNDS OF FILM. She will be talking about her new film, THE BRINK, which follows the embattled former White House chief strategist, Steve Bannon, as he travels around the world trying to pro...
DOG COLLAR Premieres April 4 At The Brink Lounge
by Julie Musbach - March 07, 2019
Left of Left Center announces the upcoming world premiere of Dog Collar, a new comedy written and directed by Ned O'Reilly. Dog Collar reflects the absurd conundrum of the modern economy, where unemployment is at record lows but everyone is still hunting for a better job....
THE PHLEBOTOMIST Comes to Hampstead Theatre
by Stephi Wild - February 18, 2019
Ella Road's debut play, The Phlebotomist transfers to Hampstead Theatre's Main Stage, following a sold out run Downstairs in 2018, with Jade Anouka and Rory Fleck Byrne reprising their roles as Bea and Aaron. They will be joined by Kiza Deen playing Char, Claudia Cadette playing Phlebotomist/Citizen...
Celebrate Valentine's Day With Shakespeare's Most Intense Lovers at Madison Shakespeare Co
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2019
Madison Shakespeare Company announces the upcoming premiere of A Valentine's Affair 2019, directed by Emily Morrison Weeks. The limited run of these love scenes from the works of William Shakespeare spans just three dates: February 12 at Capital Brewery in Middleton, February 13 at The Brink Lounge ...
Celebrate Valentine's Day With Shakespeare's Most Intense Lovers at Madison Shakespeare Co
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2019
Madison Shakespeare Company announces the upcoming premiere of A Valentine's Affair 2019, directed by Emily Morrison Weeks. The limited run of these love scenes from the works of William Shakespeare spans just three dates: February 12 at Capital Brewery in Middleton, February 13 at The Brink Lounge ...
Book Now For ROSMERSHOLM, Starring Hayley Atwell & Tom Burke
by Marianka Swain - February 04, 2019
Ian Rickson directs Tom Burke and Hayley Atwell in the West End premiere of Duncan Macmillan's startling new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's gripping and piercingly relevant work of personal and political passion Rosmersholm....
Outer Gaea Company Presents The NYC Premiere Of THE BALLERINA
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2019
Outer Gaea Company makes its US debut with a visually provocative production of Anne-Sophie Marie's new play, 'The Ballerina', directed by James Scotland. Runs January 24th - 27th, 2019....
Lin Manuel-Miranda's IN THE HEIGHTS Takes The Stage In Pittsburgh's West End
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2019
Pittsburgh Musical Theater continues the 2018-2019 Seize the Stage Season and Rockin' West End Series with Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights at the Gargaro Theater, located at 327 S Main Street in the city's West End....
VIDEO: On This Day, January 9: IN THE HEIGHTS Closes Up Shop On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - January 09, 2019
Before there was Hamilton, there was Lin-Manuel Miranda's cutting edge musical masterpiece In the Heights....
THE SOUND OF MUSIC Comes To Civic Arts Plaza 1/31 - 2/1
by Alan Henry - January 09, 2019
THE SOUND OF MUSIC is coming to Thousand Oaks, California on January 31st and February 1st, 2019....
Lin Manuel-Miranda's IN THE HEIGHTS Takes The Stage In Pittsburgh's West End
by Julie Musbach - January 04, 2019
Pittsburgh Musical Theater continues the 2018-2019 Seize the Stage Season and Rockin' West End Series with Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights at the Gargaro Theater, located at 327 S Main Street in the city's West End....
Outer Gaea Company Presents The NYC Premiere Of THE BALLERINA
by BWW News Desk - December 27, 2018
Outer Gaea Company makes its US debut with a visually provocative production of Anne-Sophie Marie's new play, 'The Ballerina', directed by James Scotland. Runs January 24th - 27th, 2019....
MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL is On Sale Now at the Palace Theater
by Julie Musbach - December 12, 2018
GFour Productions, winners of 56 Drama Desk and 44 Tony Awards are proudly bringing the international hit show Menopause The Musical to WATERBURY and will play the PALACE THEATER for 1 performance, MARCH 23. Menopause The Musical is a groundbreaking celebration of women who are on the brink of, in t...
BWW Interview: James S. Murray Sits Down To Discuss His Book Trilogy and IMPRACTICAL JOKERS
by Danielle Taylor - December 11, 2018
James S. Murray? Does that name ring any bells? How about Impractical Jokers? He's the one of four who stars on the hit TruTV television series along with his best friends since high school Joe Gatto, Sal Vulcano, and Brian Quinn. Together, they dare each other to do outrageous things in public and...
Outer Gaea Company Presents The NYC Premiere Of THE BALLERINA
by A.A. Cristi - December 06, 2018
Outer Gaea Company makes its US debut with a visually provocative production of Anne-Sophie Marie's new play, 'The Ballerina', directed by James Scotland. Runs January 24th - 27th, 2019....
RICHARD III Comes to Roosevelt Island
by Stephi Wild - December 06, 2018
Blunt Ensemble and the Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance present a stripped-down 6 woman adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play. Director Rachel Matusewicz uses her all-female cast to explore the dynamics of power in the patriarchal society of Richard's England, in a play full of political mach...
Rialto Chatter: Is GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Headed For Broadway?
by A.A. Cristi - November 29, 2018
According to the New York Post, the new musical The Girl From the North Country, is eyeing a limited Broadway run this winter....
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