BWW Review: GOOD STANDING Premiere at Plan-B Theatre
by Blair Howell - October 19, 2018 Augmenting an impressive resume, GOOD STANDING's solo actor Austin Archer establishes an immediate bond with audience members in his typical genial fashion. I was anticipating a more forceful reaction given the final severity of the court, but with artistic director Jerry Rapier helming as director,...
Animus Theatre Company Announces Schedule and Final Casting For Beth Henley 12-Hour Reading Festival
by Stephi Wild - July 17, 2018 Animus Theatre Company (Jonathan Judge-Russo, Founding Artistic Director) in association with the Circle in the Square Professional Workshop, has announced the schedule and casting for its annual 12-Hour Reading Festival, which returns to Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre this Thursday, July 1...
Tickets Now On Sale For Cinema Screening Of RED, Starring Alfred Molina and Alfred Enoch
by Stephi Wild - August 15, 2018 Tickets are now on sale for Michael Grandage Company's critically acclaimed production of John Logan's Red, starring Alfred Molina and Alfred Enoch. The show will be presented by Trafalgar Releasing in selected cinemas across North America and the UK on Wednesday, November 7, 2018....
Darren Criss, Bradley Cooper Receive SAG AWARDS Nominations - See the Full List!
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 12, 2018 The nominations for the 25th Annual SAG Awards were announced by Awkwafina and Laverne Cox on TNT, TBS, and truTV live from the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California....
TRANSFIGURATION, A Solo Play By Michael Miller Coming Up In The United Solo Festival
by A.A. Cristi - October 03, 2018 The United States, above all other countries, is beset with an epidemic of random killing, usually by a weapon which seems to have held a mythic aura in the American psyche since the arrival of the first Europeans. The gun is the weapon of choice for Americans who want to do harm, especially semi-au...
Breaking: Annette Bening and Tracy Letts to Star in ALL MY SONS on Broadway
by Julie Musbach - September 20, 2018 Roundabout Theatre Company announces a new Broadway production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons starring Golden Globe winner and Academy, Tony & Emmy nominee Annette Bening as "Kate Keller" and Tony Award winner Tracy Letts as "Joe Keller," directed by Tony Award winner Gregory Mosher....
Qurrat Kadwani's New Sci-Fi Solo Play About Rape INTRUSION Comes St. Luke's Theatre
by Julie Musbach - July 27, 2018 INTRUSION, a new sci-fi solo play written by Award-Winning actress and activist Qurrat Ann Kadwani and directed by Constance Hester, will be making its Off-Broadway Premiere August 9th through September 27th at St. Luke's Theatre (308 West 46thStreet). www.intrusionshow.com...
THE HANDMAID'S TALE, WESTWORLD, Among 2018 EMMY AWARDS Nominees; Full List
by Macon Prickett - July 12, 2018 This morning, Samira Wiley (“The Handmaid's Tale,” “Orange Is the New Black”) and Ryan Eggold (“New Amsterdam,” “BlackKklansman”) announced the nominations for the 70TH PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS from the WOLFTheatre at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center. ...
John Logan Will Pen Script for Untitled Michael Jackson Movie
by Nicole Rosky - November 22, 2019 According to Deadline, Tony-winning playwright John Logan has signed on to write the screenplay for a new film about the life of Michael Jackson. Logan, who is currently represented on Broadway with Moulin Rouge, joins Bohemian Rhapsody producer Graham King for the project....
More Rotating Guest Actors Announced For Barrow Street Theatricals' NASSIM
by A.A. Cristi - March 21, 2019 Barrow Street Theatricals announced today the rotating cast of guest actors through mid-March for the American premiere of the Nassim Soleimanpour and Bush Theatre production of NASSIM by celebrated Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour (White Rabbit Red Rabbit), featuring direction by Omar Elerian...
BMI Celebrates The Composers Featured At The Future Is Female Concert
by Stephi Wild - August 23, 2018 Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), the global leader in rights management, is a proud co-sponsor of the 2nd Annual Future Is Female Concert presented by KCRW in association with Live Nation & The Alliance for Women Composers. This incredible night will highlight the musical works of twelve outstanding wom...
Cynthia Erivo Stars in New HBO Drama Series THE OUTSIDER
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 12, 2019 Based on Stephen King's bestselling novel of the same name, THE OUTSIDER is a new drama series that explores the investigation into the gruesome murder of a local boy and the mysterious force surrounding the case....
Tony Nominee Carrie Coon Joins Steppenwolf Ensemble
by Julie Musbach - January 09, 2019 Award-winning actor Carrie Coon to the world-renowned Steppenwolf ensemble....
Julia Garner and Juno Temple Join Cast of Bravo Media's DIRTY JOHN
by Tori Hartshorn - July 12, 2018 Julia Garner ('Ozark') and Juno Temple ('Vinyl,' 'Wonder Wheel,' 'Black Mass') have joined the cast of Bravo Media's 'Dirty John' as the daughters of Debra Newell (Connie Britton), who are both skeptical about their mother's relationship with John Meehan (Eric Bana). Joining the previously announced...
Sofia Alvarez To Open Pipeline Series Of New Plays At Dorset Theatre Festival
by Stephi Wild - June 22, 2019 Dorset Theatre Festival, under the leadership of Artistic Director Dina Janis and Producing Director Will Rucker, will open its acclaimed Pipeline Series of three one-night-only presentations of new work with Panelists by Sofia Alvarez on Tuesday, July 2. Alvarez was the screenwriter for the recent ...
Immersive FringeNYC Show TOGETHER... Transports Audience To A Support Group With Two Grieving Parents
by Julie Musbach - September 12, 2018 TOGETHER WE ARE MAKING A POEM IN HONOR OF LIFE by Dean Poynor (MFA Carnegie Mellon) will be produced in NYC in October as part of FringeNYC with performances 10/14-10/28. The immersive play follows two parents, Rebecca and Brian, as they navigate a series of support group meetings following the loss...
USA Network Renews SINNER for Third Season, Matt Bomer Joins Cast
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 06, 2019 USA Network today announced a third season pickup of its critically acclaimed limited series, THE SINNER. Bill Pullman returns to reprise his role as Detective Harry Ambrose. Alongside Pullman, new series regular Matt Bomer ('Doom Patrol,' 'Will & Grace' and the upcoming film 'Papi Chulo') is set to...
Zoe Kazan, Adrian Grenier & More Announced to Star in CLICKBAIT on Netflix
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 02, 2019 Netflix has announced that Zoe Kazan, Betty Gabriel, Adrian Grenier, and Phoenix Raei will star in the new series Clickbait. An eight-episode scripted limited series, Clickbait is a character-based thriller which explores the ways in which our most dangerous and uncontrolled impulses are fueled in t...
Production Begins on Starz's Crime Drama HIGHTOWN
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 29, 2019 Starz, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), announced today that production has commenced on the new STARZ Original Series 'Hightown,' from Rebecca Cutter ('Gotham'), Gary Lennon (STARZ Original Series 'Power') and Jerry Bruckheimer TV. 'Hightown' stars Monica Raymund ('Chicago Fire') and James...
UCSB Theater/Dance Will Present LAUNCH PAD's WHAT MARTHA DID
by Stephi Wild - November 01, 2019 Stage and screen actress Enid Graham will enjoy the first full production of one of her own plays when What Martha Did is presented in the Performing Arts Theater at UC Santa Barbara on November 15-24. What Martha Did is the 15th Preview Production to come out of LAUNCH PAD, UCSB's innovative labora...
De'Adre Aziza, Karl Green, and More to Lead The Public's EVE'S SONG
by Julie Musbach - September 12, 2018 The Public Theater announced complete casting today for the world premiere of EVE'S SONG, written by The Public's Emerging Writers Group alum and 2017-18 Tow Playwright-in-Residence, Patricia Ione Lloyd....
De'Adre Aziza, Karl Green, and More to Lead The Public's EVE'S SONG
by BWW News Desk - November 07, 2018 The Public Theater announced complete casting today for the world premiere of EVE'S SONG, written by The Public's Emerging Writers Group alum and 2017-18 Tow Playwright-in-Residence, Patricia Ione Lloyd....
Pasadena's Free Reading Festival Returns July 26-28!
by A.A. Cristi - July 02, 2019 A Noise Within (ANW) is proud to announce the return of its Words Within Resident Artist Reading Festival from July 26 through July 28, 2019. ANW will partner with three Los Angeles-based theatre companies, Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble, East West Players, and Latino Theater Company, for the free rea...
Sarah Siddons Society Names Tracy Letts Actor of the Year
by Julie Musbach - February 25, 2019 Tracy Letts, award winning actor, playwriter and screenwriter will accept the 2019 'Actor of the Year' Award in New York this coming April. Among his many accomplishments in theatre and film, Tracy Letts received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play August Osage County and a Tony for his p...
Cast Announced For West End Transfer Of GHOST STORIES
by Stephi Wild - September 23, 2019 Casting is today announced for Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson's worldwide cult phenomenon Ghost Stories which is set to play a strictly limited engagement at The Ambassadors Theatre from Thursday 3rd October 2019 until Saturday 4th January 2020. Simon Lipkin, performing as Professor Goodman, Garry Coop... |