NBC Puts the Brakes on Adam Levine's Musical Drama Series THE 1970's
NBC has pulled the plug on Adam Levine's period musical limited drama series 'THE 1970's'...
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They've thrilled us, horrified us, and devastated us. They've raised questions about our past and given us hope for a brighter future. They are five of Hollywood's biggest hits, all works of fiction, but all inspired by real events more dramatic than anything a screenwriter could dream up. Join us as we go behind the scenes of "Live Free or Die Hard," "Scream," "Platoon," "The Da Vinci Code," and "Star Trek," and uncover the actual characters and true stories that inspired some of Hollywood's most famous blockbusters.
NUTCRACKER! THE MUSICAL Set for Pleasance Theatre
Nutcracker! The Musical takes the classic ETA Hoffmann tale and Tchaikovsky's soaring classical music - familiar to fans of The Nutcraker ballet - and gives them a thrilling moden twist, with enchanting new Musical Theatre arrangements and a book and lyrics by multiple Emmy Award winner Nancy Holson...
New GPS Audio Tour Entertains Road-Trippers from LA to Vegas
Just Ahead (http://www.justahead.com/), the award-winning smartphone app synonymous with road tripping through national parks, has just added one of the country's most popular open-road drives to its audio-tour map....
Meet the Stars of NYMF: India Carney of HELD MOMENTARILY
New York Musical Theatre Festival is in full swing and BroadwayWorld has taken the time to sit down with some of the stars of this years NYMF musicals. Like any great art form, musical theatre is shaped by the events and philosophies of the day. The strength and vitality of musical theatre lie in...
Smithsonian Channel Greenlights New Series SPORTS DETECTIVES
SPORTS DETECTIVES, comprised of six one-hour episodes, is scheduled to premiere in 2016...
ASSASSINATION THEATER to Run 8/11-11/7
Even after 50 years, Americans still question who shot JFK and why. Investigative reporter and author Hillel Levin reveals the most persuasive proof to date - and sheds light on the Windy City's pivotal connection - in the world premiere of ASSASSINATION THEATER: Chicago's Role in the Crime of The C...
Gretchen Carlson Releases New Inspiring Book #GettingReal
In GETTING REAL celebrity news anchorwoman Gretchen Carlson opens up the conversation of what it means to be an ambitious career woman in America today...
VIDEO: Cast of MOTOWN THE MUSICAL Treats Fellow Passengers to Impromptu Performance!
The talented cast of MOTOWN THE MUSICAL treated unsuspecting passengers to an impromptu performance on a Virgin Air flight to Detroit....
BWW Reviews: RUMORS Has It!
A bullet train of laughs is reverberating across the Opening Night walls of Desert Stages Theatre, thanks to the deft direction of Virginia Olivieri and Gary Zaro and the quirky comic thespians who breathe fire into the script of Neil Simon's elegant farce, RUMORS....
BWW Reviews: Fringe Review: R&J, a Gender-Reversed ROMEO AND JULIET
I confess to being very confused by the production. In this modern twist on Shakespeare's classic Romeo and Juliet, women play men and men play women. Or rather, women play male characters as men and men play female characters as women…I think....
Lionsgate Will Release New Movie on THE SOUND OF MUSIC's Von Trapp Family Later this Year
Just in time for the 50 th anniversary of the worldwide box office blockbuster The Sound of Music, Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a premier next generation global content leader, has acquired all U.S., Canadian and UK distribution rights to Tele Munchen Group's The von Trapp Family A Life of Music, the two ...
'ASSASSINATION THEATER' Set for Museum of Broadcast Communications, 8/11-11/7
Even after 50 years, Americans still question who shot JFK and why. Investigative reporter and author Hillel Levin reveals the most persuasive proof to date - and sheds light on the Windy City's pivotal connection - in the world premiere of ASSASSINATION THEATER: Chicago's Role in the Crime of Th...
MOTOWN THE MUSICAL Sets Dates at West End's Shaftesbury Theatre
As previously announced, MOTOWN THE MUSICAL will be shakin' it in the West End next spring. And now The Daily Mail has revealed the musical's dates at the Shaftesbury Theatre. Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, the show is set to begin previews on February 11, with an opening slated for March 8,...
Jeremy Benton Directs SWEET SWING! Reading in New York 4/20
Broadway triple threat Jeremy Benton adds the role of 'developing director' to his already laudable resume when he stages an upcoming industry reading of the new musical, Sweet Swing!, in New York City next week. Benton directs and choreographs the six-person musical, which has book and music by Dia...
BWW Reviews: STAGEright's Minimalist INTO THE WOODS Alive with Character
All too often in musical theater the performers have pretty voices but do the standard "park and bark" and just belt out those tunes with no character or story behind it. Such is not the case with the 12 person ensemble of STAGEright's current production of "Into the Woods" who not only sang the So...
BWW Reviews: JERSEY BOYS National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Set in the 1960's, Jersey Boys is presented in a documentary-style format that dramatizes the formation, success and eventual breakup of The Four Seasons. The musical is structured as four 'seasons', where each member of the group narrates giving their own perspective on the story....
THE BOOK OF BUNDY, THE CHRONICLES OF A WELFARE COWBOY is Available Now
The Book of Bundy, the Chronicles of a Welfare Cowboy, is now available from Amazon.com and through a link at its publisher www.LetsTalkNevada.com....
MOTOWN THE MUSICAL to Hit the West End's Shaftesbury Theatre Next Spring
After hinting at a summer run in London, it looks like MOTOWN THE MUSICAL will be shakin' it in the West End next spring....
Tavis Smiley, Kenny Leon Adapting Maya Angelou Memoir for the Stage
According to the Associated Press, Tavis Smiley is teaming with Kenny Leon to adapt his memoir MY JOURNEY WITH MAYA into a stage play....
Lance Shabazz Releases BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS
JAMAICA, N.Y....
Smithsonian Channel to Honor Leonard Nimoy with Re-Broadcast of THE REAL STORY: STAR TREK
Smithsonian Channel will commemorate acting great Leonard Nimoy by airing encore presentations this week of THE REAL STORY: STAR TREK, which features interviews with the late actor....
STAGE TUBE: Cast of MOTOWN Dances Off Broadway to Pharrell's 'Happy'
MOTOWN THE MUSICAL may have given its final bow on Broadway, but the cast, crew, and stage management team have gone out in the most 'Happy' way possible! Check out a video of the group dancing to Pharrell's hit song, created by cast member Lisa Nicole Wilkerson, below!...
STAGE TUBE: MOTOWN Tour Cast 'Never Can Say Goodbye' to MOTOWN Broadway Cast
The touring production of MOTOWN the Musical sent a special 'Happy Trails' to the Broadway Production of MOTOWN, closing today, Sunday Jan. 18. With direction and arrangement by Jesse Nager (Smokey Robinson) the video features Julius Thomas III (Berry Gordy), Allison Semmes (Diana Ross), Jarran Muse...
Second Skin Theatre to Present PHOENIX
40 years after his mysterious death, singer/songwriter Alan Phoenix has become a hero to millions. A young journalist, Chloe (JO SHIRLEY), obsessed with learning the real story behind Phoenix's tragic life and death because it mirrors that of her brother, finds that the people who knew Phoenix have ...
