NATIONAL TREASURE: KIRI, FAMOUS IN LOVE, THE CROSSING, & More New To Hulu This Month
by Macon Prickett - April 03, 2018 Check out what's new to Hulu!...
Downtown Urban Arts Festival Announces Finalists For 2019 Season
by Stephi Wild - November 30, 2018 In Spring 2019, the Downtown Urban Arts Festival (DUAF) will return for its much-anticipated 17th annual season. Reg E. Gaines, Tony-nominated for Bring in da Noise Bring in da Funk, is back as the Artistic Director of the festival. After his evaluation of scripts that were received from across the...
Aden Young and Sam Trammell Headline Cast of RECKONING as Filming Commences in Sydney Australia
by Tori Hartshorn - July 11, 2018 Aden Young and Sam Trammell Headline Cast of RECKONING as Filming Commences in Sydney Australia...
Photo Flash: Corrib Theatre presents the Northwest Premiere of LIFEBOAT
by A.A. Cristi - January 12, 2018 With a bracing true story of determination and hope, Corrib Theatre and Northwest Children's Theater present Nicola McCartney's Lifeboat. Directed by Avital Shira and starring Kayla Lian and Britt Harris, this riveting play by an award-winning Irish playwright runs for four weeks, January 12 throug...
BWW Feature: National Book Awards 2017 Winners Announced
by Bonnie Lynn Wagner - November 16, 2017 The 2017 National Book Award Winners were announced on Wednesday. One of the winners, Jesmyn Ward, became the first female to win two National Book Awards, first for SALVAGE THE BONES in 2011, and now for SING, UNBURIED, SING. Only seventeen women have won the National Book Award for Best Fiction in...
Love Is Celebrated In Times Square On Valentine's Day
by A.A. Cristi - February 11, 2019 The Times Square Alliance will be hosting a full day celebration of love and romance on Valentine's Day. Love birds will flock to the Crossroads of the World and share fairy tale moments from weddings to surprise proposals, and finally culminating in a large vow renewal ceremony on February 14th on ...
The Crossing Releases Lansing McLoskey: ZEALOT CANTICLES Out September 28, 2018
by Macon Prickett - July 17, 2018 The Crossing, winner of the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance, releases its next album, Lansing McLoskey: Zealot Canticles on September 28, 2018 on Innova Recordings. Based on Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka's 'Twelve Canticles for the Zealot' - a strangely beautiful and terrifying ...
Adelheid Roosen and Nazmiye Oral's NO LONGER WITHOUT YOU Set for FIAF's Crossing the Line Festival Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2017 The French Institute Alliance Fran aise (FIAF), New York's premiere French cultural center, will conclude the 2017 edition of its celebrated Crossing the Line Festival with the US Premiere of No Longer Without You, from Dutch theater-maker Adelheid Roosen and journalist and performer Nazmiye Oral, t...
The Crossing Gives World Premiere Performances of Julia Wolfe's FIRE IN MY MOUTH in New York Philharmonic Debut
by Julie Musbach - December 12, 2018 Winner of the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance, The Crossing makes its New York Philharmonic debut in world premiere performances of Julia Wolfe's Fire in my mouth on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 7:30 p.m., Friday, January 25, 2019 at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 8:00 p...
ABC's AMERICAN IDOL Grows on Monday and Ranks as the Most Social Show
by Tori Hartshorn - April 10, 2018 ABC Monday Prime (8:00-11:00 p.m. - 6.6 million and 1.3/5 in AD18-49): With 'American Idol' and 'The Crossing,' ABC finished a competitive 2nd on Monday in Adults 18-49 (1.3/5) to 'The Voice'-led NBC, holding a 38% advantage over CBS' all-original lineup (0.8/3). ABC and NBC tied for No. 1 on Monda...
BWW Review: BIG RIVER at Argenta Community Theater
by Theresa Bertram - July 23, 2018 Nestled at 405 Main Street in North Little Rock, the Argenta Community Theater deserves its spot amongst the other 'artsy' venues and clubs taking residence in the Argenta district. Though it isn't a very big setting (not as small as a black box theater, but definitely not auditorium size), they imp...
BWW Review: RIGOLETTO at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
by Maria Nockin - May 13, 2018 On May 12, 2018, Los Angeles Opera presented a searing rendition of RIGOLETTO, Giuseppe Verdi's dark tale of curses and murder. Recently, General Director Placido Domingo said of this work, 'I can think of no opera that better demonstrates the power of deeply emotional music melded with incredibly g...
ABC Announces May Sweeps Programming, Airing Through Today
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2018 The ABC Television Network announces May sweeps programming, airing through May 23, including series finales of 'Once Upon a Time,' airing May 18; and 'The Middle,' which completes its nine-year run with a special one-hour episode on May 22....
KEVIN (PROBABLY) SAVES THE WORLD Star Jason Ritter Achieves World Record
by TV News Desk - October 09, 2017 At 11:48 a.m. EDT, live, on ABC's The View, it was declared by an official adjudicator that Jason Ritter, star of ABC's Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, achieved the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for Most hugs given in one minute by an individual....
Dutch Producer Eelke Kleijn Shares New Single PUNTA CANA From Forthcoming Album
by Macon Prickett - July 19, 2018 World-renowned Dutch producer and deep house virtuoso Eelke Kleijn has released his latest single “Punta Cana,” out now on his DAYS like NIGHTS imprint. The release falls as the second single off his impending 'Moments of Clarity' project and lands in the midst of his most extensive North American t...
BWW Review: Nurturing the Next Generation through Ailey's CHOREOGRAPHY UNLOCKED FESTIVAL
by Caryn Cooper - October 15, 2018 Friday, October 12, 2018 kicked off the first of two weekends of Ailey's Choreography Unlocked Festival featuring an array of panel discussions, conversations, master classes and performances. All programs and events will take place at Ailey's home at The Joan Weill Center for Dance in New York City...
BWW News: Hannigan Shows She's 'Got Rhythm' in Grammy Win for CRAZY GIRL CRAZY
by Richard Sasanow - January 29, 2018 Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan took the Grammy's Best Classical Solo Vocal Album Sunday night with her mash-up of George Gershwin, Alban Berg and Luciano Berio, “CRAZY GIRL CRAZY”--not only singing but conducting the Ludwig Orchestra....
wild Up / of Ascension Celebrates the Legendary Album by Jazz Great John Coltrane
by A.A. Cristi - October 31, 2018 LA-based music collective, wild Up, returns to the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts with of Ascension, the first Jazz Club performances for the 2018/19 season on November 8 & 10, 2018. of Ascension, co-commissioned by The Soraya, is a musical journey inspired by John Coltra...
BWW Review: Countertenor JAKUB JOZEF ORLINSKI Goes for Baroque at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall Debut
by Richard Sasanow - February 04, 2019 It wasn't so long ago that countertenors were still considered an oddity; today, you can't turn around without tripping over one, or more. Last year, for instance, when the English Concert did Handel's RINALDO at Carnegie Hall there were, indeed, three countertenors. One of them was the young Polish...
Top Musicians Celebrate South African Legend, Johnny Clegg
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 06, 2018 Over 50 prominent musical artists, including Dave Matthews, Peter Gabriel and Mike Rutherford, have come together to record a tribute to Johnny Clegg, a true South African legend who has made and continues to make an indelible mark on music history. Last night, the recording was revealed to Johnny C...
ABC Releases The Pilot Episode of Its Upcoming New Drama THE CROSSING
by Macon Prickett - March 19, 2018 The pilot episode of ABC's much anticipated new drama, “The Crossing,” is available now for all viewers on abc.com and the ABC app, for subscribers on Hulu and electronic sell-through platforms, as well as on demand across MVPD and digital MVPD providers. This exclusive opportunity is available Marc...
National WWI Museum And Memorial to Host 'Diggers And Doughboys' Special Exhibition, Night At The Tower & Presentation From New York Times Bestselling Author
by Stephi Wild - September 06, 2018 The opening of a special exhibition exploring the military relationship between the United States and Australia through art, the fourth annual Night at the Tower gala and a presentation from New York Times best-selling author Neal Bascomb are among the September events at the National WWI Museum and...
The Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2018 Award Winners
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 17, 2018 The Toronto International Film Festival ® announced its award winners at the closing ceremony at TIFF Bell Lightbox today, hosted by Piers Handling, CEO and Director of TIFF, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of TIFF. The 43rd Festival wraps up this evening....
Instrumental Rock Novel 'Into The Great Divide' Due Out 1/26
by Caryn Robbins - November 28, 2017 'The unknown beckons us to take leave of the norm and embark on journeys of all kinds.' And so begins the journey into the instrumental progressive rock novel INTO THE GREAT DIVIDE, due out January 26, 2018....
The Crossing Adds Performance to Sold Out Run of arms and the man at Park Avenue Armory
by Julie Musbach - August 30, 2018 Winner of the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance, The Crossing, led by conductor Donald Nally, performs of arms and the man on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. and Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at New York's Park Avenue Armory. The evenings feature the ... |