Oprah Winfrey Becomes Honorary Oscar Award Recipient
by Caryn Robbins - November 14, 2011 People magazine reports that talk show giant Oprah Winfrey is the recipient of an honorary Oscar Award. The Academy of Motion Picture's Arts & Science's bestowed the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for Winfrey's outstanding philanthropic efforts....
Gracye Productions Presents THE ASPHALT CHRISTMAS
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 11, 2011 Gracye Productions is set to present THE ASPHALT CHRISTMAS this holiday season....
Mart Crowley's 'The Boys In The Band' Comes To Rising Action Theatre
by Beau Higgins - November 05, 2010 In 1968, Mart Crowley's viciously funny play 'The Boys in the Band' opened off-Broadway and created a sensation among New York theatre-goers. It stimulated a new awareness of Gay Culture, which became a catalyst for the Stonewall riots a few months later, and we've never been the same since! In 1970...
Dramatic License Productions Presents THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON 8/5-22
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2010 Which actor in the movie The Exorcist also wrote the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON to be presented by Dramatic License Productions, August 5-22? The answer: Jason Miller (who played Father Damien Karras in the 1973 movie) won the Tony, the Pulitzer and the New...
Mary McDonough, Alison Arngrim to Appear at Santa Monica Library, 10/16
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2011 TV's Good Girl, Erin Walton, and TV's Bad Girl, Nellie Oleson, come together on one stage for a Waltons' vs. The Little House on the Prairie discussion and Q&A about the differences and similarities of growing up on both. The actresses will be appearing at the Santa Monica Library - 601 Santa Monica...
John Doyle's THE EXORCIST to Hit Broadway this Fall Starring Brooke Shields?
by James T Harding - June 22, 2012 Producers Ben Sprecher and Sonia Friedman may bring their production of THE EXCORCIST, adapted from the 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty by John Pielmeier, to the John Golden Theatre on Broadway this fall, according to the New York Post....
Mart Crowley's 'The Boys In The Band' Comes To Rising Action Theatre, Opens 11/5
by Beau Higgins - November 03, 2010 In 1968, Mart Crowley's viciously funny play 'The Boys in the Band' opened off-Broadway and created a sensation among New York theatre-goers. It stimulated a new awareness of Gay Culture, which became a catalyst for the Stonewall riots a few months later, and we've never been the same since! In 1970...
James Earl Jones, Dick Smith, Oprah Winfrey To Receive Governors Awards
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 03, 2011 The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted tonight to present Honorary Awards to actor James Earl Jones and makeup artist Dick Smith and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to philanthropist Oprah Winfrey....
WILLY NILLY Begins Its Run At FringeNYC On 8/14
by BWW News Desk - August 14, 2009 Piper McKenzie presents the world premiere of Trav S.D.?s Willy Nilly, a Musical Exploitation of the Most Far Out Cult Murders of the Psychedelic Era in the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival....
GOOD PEOPLE to Make West Coast Debut at Geffen Playhouse in 2012
by Nicole Rosky - July 06, 2011 The West Coast premiere of Good People by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire will open at the Geffen Playhouse in April of 2011 as part of the theater's 11/12 season. The 2010 Tony Award nominee for Best Play joins the following previously announced productions in the Gil Cates Theater at th...
Ellen Burstyn to visit Kean University 12/5
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2011 Kean University continues the Premiere Artists series with a visit by Academy Award-winning actress and best-selling author Ellen Burstyn on Monday, December 5....
Warner Brothers Photos Spotlighted in Academy Exhibition, 9/16
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2010 Warren Beatty, Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Steve McQueen, Marilyn Monroe, Brad Pitt, Barbra Streisand, Elizabeth Taylor and the stars of the 'Harry Potter' films are but a few of the subjects featured in the 165 photographs that will next grace the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' G...
LA's Geffen Playhouse to Premiere Doyle-Helmed THE EXORCIST & More in '11-'12
by Jessica Lewis - May 12, 2011 Next season the Geffen Playhouse is introducing Angelenos to acclaimed new works - including the previously announced Red Hot Patriot: The Kick Ass Wit of Molly Ivins featuring Kathleen Turner, Pulitzer Prize nominee The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity by Kristoffer Diaz and Tony Award nominee Next...
Annex Theatre Presents WOMEN IN PERIL, 4/29-5/20
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2011 Annex Theatre serves up a saucey satire of the Lifetime television genre in a new late night show WOMEN IN PERIL written by Joel Steinpreis & Craig Trolli and directed by Jason Sharp....
South Camden Theatre Presents Go Irish: The Purgatory Diaries of Jason Miller
by Gabrielle Sierra - March 07, 2011 The South Camden Theatre Company, a nonprofit professional theatre organization located in Camden, New Jersey is hosting a special three show production of "Go Irish: The Purgatory Diaries of Jason Miller". ...
Dramatic License Productions Presents THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON 8/5-22
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2010 Which actor in the movie The Exorcist also wrote the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON to be presented by Dramatic License Productions, August 5-22? The answer: Jason Miller (who played Father Damien Karras in the 1973 movie) won the Tony, the Pulitzer and the New...
BWW Polls: What Horror Film Would You Like to See on the Stage?
by BWW - May 18, 2012 It was announced yesterday that stage and screen stars Brooke Shields and Richard Chamberlain will take on the iconic roles of Chris MacNeil and Father Merrin in playwright John Pielmeier's world premiere of The Exorcist at the Geffen Playhouse. Helmed by acclaimed director John Doyle, who won a Ton...
James Earl Jones, Dick Smith, Oprah Winfrey To Receive Governors Awards
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2011 The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted tonight to present Honorary Awards to actor James Earl Jones and makeup artist Dick Smith and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to philanthropist Oprah Winfrey....
BWW Reviews: GOOD GOODS Possesses Too Many Unexorcised Ideas
by Lauren Yarger - February 15, 2012 'What was that about?' seemed to be the main question theatergoers were asking after experiencing Christina Anderson's play Good Goods receiving its world premiere at Yale Repertory, Well, it's about a family dry goods store, a mysterious factory town, finding love, finding sexual identity, and oh, ...
Photo Flash: First Look at Brooke Shields, Richard Chamberlain, Emily Yetter et al. in THE EXORCIST at Geffen Playhouse!
by BWW News Desk - July 03, 2012 The Geffen Playhouse's world premiere stage adaptation of The Exorcist features Brooke Shields and Richard Chamberlain in the iconic roles of Chris MacNeil and Father Merrin, respectively, as well as Broadway actor David Wilson Barnes as the troubled young priest Father Damien Karras, Tony Award nom...
John Turturro and More Present SVA's 23rd Annual Dusty Film & Animation Awards Tonight, 5/9
by Movies News Desk - May 09, 2012 The BFA Film, Video and Animation Department at the School of Visual Arts (SVA), home of the 23rd Annual Dusty Film & Animation Festival, previously announced that 5-time Billboard Award winner and celebrity interviewer Valerie Smaldone would be the Master of Ceremonies for the Dusty Film & Animatio...
Mary McDonough brings 'Lessons...' to NY in September
by Kelsey Denette - August 05, 2011 Join award-winning actress, writer and director, Mary McDonough at Barnes & Noble (UPWS), as she signs copies of Lessons From the Mountain: What I Learned From Erin Walton (Kensington Publishers). Ms. McDonough's recent appearances at DOLLYWOOD (with Dolly Parton), the Country Tonite Theatre (With L...
Summer Stages: BWW's Top Summer Theatre Picks - Los Angeles Part 2!
by Michael L. Quintos - June 07, 2012 The summer months will not only usher in perfect beach weather for Los Angeles (and surrounding enclaves), but they will also offer up some entertaining theatrical offerings--some exclusive only to the Southland! Browse through our Top 5 Big Summer Picks below, plus a few more shows worth checking o...
James Earl Jones, Dick Smith, Oprah Winfrey To Receive Governors Awards
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 03, 2011 The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted tonight to present Honorary Awards to actor James Earl Jones and makeup artist Dick Smith and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to philanthropist Oprah Winfrey....
Teller and Sir John Tavener Join THE EXORCIST Creative Team
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2012 In addition to an accomplished cast, the Geffen Playhouse's world premiere stage adaptation of The Exorcist showcases an award-winning design team - including world-renowned creative consultant Teller and internationally acclaimed spiritual composer Sir John Tavener - to bring playwright John Pielme... |
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