It's Hector's 40th birthday, and his wife is throwing him a big party with lots of friends, family and food for what will undoubtedly be a happy, celebratory day. Or so they think. As Hector tries to navigate family politics, awkward friendships and the younger woman he's secretly seeing on the side, the built-up tension explodes when Hector's hotheaded cousin slaps another couple's misbehaving child. Everyone is understandably stunned, and the party abruptly ends - with the child's parents vowing legal action as they leave. But what the hosts and guests don't know is that this moment will ignite a chain of events that will uncover long-buried secrets within this group of friends and family... and vigorously challenge the core values of everyone involved.
From Writer Jon Robin Baitz ("Brothers & Sisters"), Executive Producers Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald ("Gladiator," "Men in Black" franchise) and Director Lisa Cholodenko ("The Kids Are All Right"), comes this unflinching look at how one little slap... can have a huge impact.
From Writer Jon Robin Baitz ("Brothers & Sisters"), Executive Producers Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald ("Gladiator," "Men in Black" franchise) and Director Lisa Cholodenko ("The Kids Are All Right"), comes this unflinching look at how one little slap... can have a huge impact.
Amphibian Stage will Kick Off its 21st Season with the World Premiere of HANS & SOPHIE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 13, 2020
Kathleen Culebro, Artistic Director of Amphibian Stage, today announced that Hans & Sophie, a new play created by New York-based trio Sean Hudock, Illana Stein and Deborah Yarchun, will have its world premiere at the Fort Worth, TX theatre February 5 - March 1, 2020. Illana Stein, who helmed Amphibi...
THE CRY Debuts on DVD from Acorn on January 7
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 02, 2020
Acorn features the DVD debut of the British psychological thriller and Sundance Now Original Series THE CRY on January 7, 2020. Based on the novel of the same name by Helen Fitzgerald, The Cry stars Jenna Coleman (Victoria, Doctor Who) as Joanna Lyndsay, a schoolteacher whose four-month old ...
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...
ITV Announces Details for WHITE HOUSE FARM
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 10, 2019
ITV's six part factual drama, White House Farm, produced by New Pictures revolves around one fateful night in August 1985 when five members of the same family were murdered at an Essex farmhouse; Sheila Caffell, her twin six-year-old sons, Daniel and Nicholas, and her parents, Nevill and June Bamb...
Witness Downriver Actors Guild Presents EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL
by A.A. Cristi - September 30, 2019
Witness Downriver Actors Guild - Theatre on the Edge as they bring back to the stage Evil Dead: the Musical to life for two blood-soaked weekends. The musical, based on the Sam Raimi Evil Dead trilogy, combines all three movies into an unforgettable night of chainsaws, demons, and plenty of laughs....
BWW Interview: Terra Taylor Knudson Talks WILLY'S LIL VIRGIN QUEEN
by Don Grigware - August 26, 2019
Actress/Playwright Terra Taylor Knudson is about to open her award-winning solo show Willy's Lil Virgin Queen at the Garage Theatre in Long Beach after Labor Day. In our conversation she talks about why Shakespeare's work is so important to her and gives welcome advice to our readers on how to fully...
Thomas Sadoski to Star Opposite Edie Falco in TOMMY on CBS
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 06, 2019
Thomas Sadoski is set to star in a series-regular role opposite Edie Falco in the upcoming CBS midseason drama series Tommy in a recasting, according to Deadline....
Exclusive Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine- More with Marin Ireland
by Little Known Facts w/ Ilana Levine - July 22, 2019
In this week's episode, Ilana chats with Marin Ireland! Marin Ireland has been seen on Broadway in Big Knife, After Miss Julie, reasons to be pretty (Tony nom, Theatre World Award). Selected Off-Broadway: Blue Ridge (Atlantic), Summer and Smoke (Transport Group/CSC), Three Sisters (CSC), Marie An...
Wake Up With BWW 7/16: First Listen to PRINCE OF EGYPT, New Disney Shows For Licensing, and More!
by Stephi Wild - July 16, 2019
Today's top stories: Get a first listen to The Prince of Egypt in an all new video, read about the new Disney shows soon available for licensing, and more!...
Exclusive Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Marin Ireland
by Little Known Facts w/ Ilana Levine - July 15, 2019
In this week's episode, Ilana chats with Marin Ireland! Marin Ireland has been seen on Broadway in Big Knife, After Miss Julie, reasons to be pretty (Tony nom, Theatre World Award). Selected Off-Broadway: Blue Ridge (Atlantic), Summer and Smoke (Transport Group/CSC), Three Sisters (CSC), Marie An...
Uma Thurman to Perform World Premiere of Previn and Stoppard's PENELOPE
by Julie Musbach - July 10, 2019
The Boston Symphony Orchestra will move forward with presenting the world premiere of Andre Previn and Tom Stoppard's Penelope at Tanglewood's Ozawa Hall on Wednesday, July 24 at 8 p.m. New to the performance lineup is Boston-born actress Uma Thurman, who will take on the newly created part o...
BWW Review: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, Shakespeare's Globe
by Laura Jones - May 29, 2019
There's something magical about watching Shakespeare at the Globe theatre, especially on a sunny summer evening. The Merry Wives of Windsor is an intricate play with various subplots and a multitude of characters and in this production, director Elle While places a 1930s spin on things....
Brian Setzer Announces 'Rockabilly Riot!' U.S. Summer Tour Dates
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 25, 2019
Iconic guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and three-time Grammy Award-winnerBRIAN SETZER will be doing double duty this summer, touring with The STRAY CATS as well kicking off his 2019 'ROCKABILLY RIOT!' Summer Tour....
Full Cast And Creative Team Announced For JUNK At Arena Stage
by A.A. Cristi - February 06, 2019
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the full company for Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author Ayad Akhtar's (Arena's Disgraced) timely tale Junk. Inspired by the real junk bond giants of the 1980s, Akhtar explores how the riveting, hostile takeover of a family-owned...
BWW Review: Lakeland Civic Theatre 's FREAKY FRIDAY is missing the freaky!
by Roy Berko - February 03, 2019
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BWW Interview: ON YOUR FEET's Alma Cuervo
by Kristen Hirsch Montag - January 22, 2019
Get to know a little about Alma Cuervo and how she knows Sondheim, Wasserstein and what it's like to be WICKED....
Shakespeare Theatre Co Announces Casting For Adaptation VANITY FAIR
by Julie Musbach - January 15, 2019
Following the success of her Sense and Sensibility at the Folger Theatre in 2016, Wall Street Journal's Playwright of the Year 2017 Kate Hamill, returns to D.C. with her adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic novel Vanity Fair. Hamill's vibrant and colorful tale about society's foibles ...
ARBUS & WEST Comes to Arts Centre Melbourne
by Stephi Wild - January 14, 2019
Diana Glenn (The Slap) stars as enigmatic photographer Diane Arbus opposite Melita Jurisic (The House of Bernarda Alba) as the formidable Mae West in the world premiere of Stephen Sewell's Arbus & West, opening on Thursday 28 February at Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio....
Arts Centre Melbourne Presents A Little Ones Theatre Production MERCILESS GODS
by A.A. Cristi - November 13, 2018
Fresh from a sold out Sydney season, Arts Centre Melbourne presents Dan Giovannoni's Green Room Award winning adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas ' Merciless Gods. The two-hour production is a brutal and tender examination of queer immigrant experiences in Australia, and will take over the Fairfax St...
New York Stage & Film's Annual Gala to Honor Patricia Wettig, Ken Olin, And Johanna Pfaelzer
by Julie Musbach - November 05, 2018
New York Stage and Film is thrilled to announce that its annual Winter Gala will honor playwright and Emmy award-winning actress Patricia Wettig (F2M, 'Brothers and Sisters,' 'thirtysomething') and Executive Producer/director/actor Ken Olin ('This Is Us,' 'Alias,' 'Brothers & Sisters,' 'thirtysometh...
Meet the Cast of THE WAVERLY GALLERY- Now in Previews!
by Julie Musbach - September 25, 2018
Preview performances begin tonight, Tuesday, September 25, for The Waverly Gallery on Broadway! Get to know the cast below!...
Diane Lane To Star In New FX Drama Based On DC Comics, Plus Additional Casting Announced
by Tori Hartshorn - July 11, 2018
Award-winning actor Diane Lane has signed on to star in the drama series pilot Y, headlining an ensemble cast also starring Barry Keoghan, Imogen Poots, Lashana Lynch, Juliana Canfield and Marin Ireland, it was announced today by Eric Schrier and Nick Grad, Presidents of Original Programming for FX...
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...
Atlantic Theater Company's announces Middle Eastern MixFest
by Julie Musbach - June 25, 2018
Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) will present Middle Eastern MixFest, a series of free readings co-curated by playwrights Mona Mansour and Heather Raffothat will run Wednesday, August 8th through Thursday, August 16th at Atlantic Stage 2 (330...
Cast And Creative Team Announced For LITTLE ROCK At The Sheen Center
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2018
Rebel Theatrical Management, LLC (Harvey Butler, producer), in association with The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, have announced, today, the cast and the creative team for the New York premiere of the new play Little Rock, written and directed by Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj. Performances are set ...
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