From the Sondheim Theatre on Broadway, Ms. Hughes, founder and chairperson of Radio One, discusses the emotional and unforgettable show and interviews the all-star cast that includes Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Vanessa Williams.
Signature Theatre Extends JOHN
by Tyler Peterson - July 21, 2015
Signature Theatre has announced a one-week extension for John, written by Pulitzer Prize winner-Annie Baker (The Flick) and directed by Tony Award-winner Sam Gold (Fun Home). The production, which kicks off Signature's 25th Anniversary Season, will now play through Sunday, September 6. John begins ...
by Tyler Peterson - July 21, 2015
Signature Theatre has announced a one-week extension for John, written by Pulitzer Prize winner-Annie Baker (The Flick) and directed by Tony Award-winner Sam Gold (Fun Home). The production, which kicks off Signature's 25th Anniversary Season, will now play through Sunday, September 6. John begins ...
A&E Networks Launches LIFETIME MOVIE CLUB
by Caryn Robbins - July 02, 2015
A+E Networks® announced the launch of Lifetime® Movie Club, the network's first direct-to-consumer subscription service which grants subscribers access to a library of Lifetime Movies without commercial interruptions...
by Caryn Robbins - July 02, 2015
A+E Networks® announced the launch of Lifetime® Movie Club, the network's first direct-to-consumer subscription service which grants subscribers access to a library of Lifetime Movies without commercial interruptions...
Vanessa Williams to Guest on USA's ROYAL PAINS
by Tyler Peterson - May 13, 2015
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tony Nominee Vanessa Williams will soon head to USA Network's ROYAL PAINS....
by Tyler Peterson - May 13, 2015
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tony Nominee Vanessa Williams will soon head to USA Network's ROYAL PAINS....
Sierra Stages and Miners Foundry Presents THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL Tonight
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2015
Tonight, April 29, Miners Foundry Cultural Center and Sierra Stages present, 'The Trip to Bountiful', the next installment of Theater By The Book, a series of informal play readings for the community....
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2015
Tonight, April 29, Miners Foundry Cultural Center and Sierra Stages present, 'The Trip to Bountiful', the next installment of Theater By The Book, a series of informal play readings for the community....
Billy Lewis Jr., Emily Padgett and Adam Kantor Join G'DAY BROADWAY' at the Met Room Tonight
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2015
Glee star Billy Lewis Jr., Adam Kantor (Rent, The Last 5 Years), Emily Padgett (Side Show, pictured), Amma Osei (Rock of Ages), Ryann Redmond (Bring it On, If/Then), Heather Brorsen (Avenue Q) and Ashley Loren (Jekyll & Hyde) will join G'Day Broadway! The Music of Matthew Lee Robinson at The Metropo...
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2015
Glee star Billy Lewis Jr., Adam Kantor (Rent, The Last 5 Years), Emily Padgett (Side Show, pictured), Amma Osei (Rock of Ages), Ryann Redmond (Bring it On, If/Then), Heather Brorsen (Avenue Q) and Ashley Loren (Jekyll & Hyde) will join G'Day Broadway! The Music of Matthew Lee Robinson at The Metropo...
Billy Lewis Jr., Emily Padgett and Adam Kantor Join G'DAY BROADWAY' at the Met Room, 4/29
by BWW News Desk - April 23, 2015
Glee star Billy Lewis Jr., Adam Kantor (Rent, The Last 5 Years), Emily Padgett (Side Show, pictured), Amma Osei (Rock of Ages), Ryann Redmond (Bring it On, If/Then), Heather Brorsen (Avenue Q) and Ashley Loren (Jekyll & Hyde) will join G'Day Broadway! The Music of Matthew Lee Robinson at The Metropo...
by BWW News Desk - April 23, 2015
Glee star Billy Lewis Jr., Adam Kantor (Rent, The Last 5 Years), Emily Padgett (Side Show, pictured), Amma Osei (Rock of Ages), Ryann Redmond (Bring it On, If/Then), Heather Brorsen (Avenue Q) and Ashley Loren (Jekyll & Hyde) will join G'Day Broadway! The Music of Matthew Lee Robinson at The Metropo...
Sierra Stages and Miners Foundry to Present THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL Next Week
by BWW News Desk - April 22, 2015
On Wednesday, April 29, Miners Foundry Cultural Center and Sierra Stages present, 'The Trip to Bountiful', the next installment of Theater By The Book, a series of informal play readings for the community....
by BWW News Desk - April 22, 2015
On Wednesday, April 29, Miners Foundry Cultural Center and Sierra Stages present, 'The Trip to Bountiful', the next installment of Theater By The Book, a series of informal play readings for the community....
FINDING NEVERLAND Takes Home the Most Wins at the IRNE Awards
by Anna Bencivengo - April 14, 2015
The Independent Reviewers of New England announced the winners of the 19th Annual IRNE Awards last night at the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts....
by Anna Bencivengo - April 14, 2015
The Independent Reviewers of New England announced the winners of the 19th Annual IRNE Awards last night at the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts....
Tony Sheldon, Donna Vivino and More to Sing Matthew Lee Robinson Tunes at the Met Room, 4/29
by BWW News Desk - April 03, 2015
G'DAY Broadway! The Music of Matthew Lee Robinson will be presented at The Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street) on Wednesday April 29th at 7pm....
by BWW News Desk - April 03, 2015
G'DAY Broadway! The Music of Matthew Lee Robinson will be presented at The Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street) on Wednesday April 29th at 7pm....
Tony Nominee Condola Rashad to Join George Clooney in MONEY MONSTER
by Caryn Robbins - March 11, 2015
Tony-nominated actress Condola Rashad (Broadway's Stick Fly and The Trip To Bountiful) has signed on to play George Clooney's assistant in the big screen thriller Money Monster, directed by Jodie Foster....
by Caryn Robbins - March 11, 2015
Tony-nominated actress Condola Rashad (Broadway's Stick Fly and The Trip To Bountiful) has signed on to play George Clooney's assistant in the big screen thriller Money Monster, directed by Jodie Foster....
Matthew Scott, George Merrick, Julia Coffey and More to Lead POWER PLAYS Reading
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2015
Matthew Scott (Sondheim on Sondheim; A Catered Affair; Jersey Boys) will star in a private reading of Jeff Stolzer's Power Plays, a new comedy-drama, at the Dramatists Guild's Loewe Room in Manhattan....
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2015
Matthew Scott (Sondheim on Sondheim; A Catered Affair; Jersey Boys) will star in a private reading of Jeff Stolzer's Power Plays, a new comedy-drama, at the Dramatists Guild's Loewe Room in Manhattan....
Westport Country Playhouse to Host FLYIN' WEST Playreading, 3/9
by Tyler Peterson - February 26, 2015
Continuing its 2014-15 Script in Hand playreading series featuring women playwrights, Westport Country Playhouse will present Pearl Cleage's humorous and gripping "Flyin' West," on Monday, March 9, at 7 p.m. Director is Anne Keefe, Playhouse associate artist and curator of the playreading series. ...
by Tyler Peterson - February 26, 2015
Continuing its 2014-15 Script in Hand playreading series featuring women playwrights, Westport Country Playhouse will present Pearl Cleage's humorous and gripping "Flyin' West," on Monday, March 9, at 7 p.m. Director is Anne Keefe, Playhouse associate artist and curator of the playreading series. ...
Daniel Davis, Lisa O'Hare & More Set for GTG/Project Shaw's WIDOWERS' HOUSES Tonight
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2015
Celebrating its 10th year, Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW, under the leadership of Founding Artistic Director David Staller, presents its 101st production, Shaw's 1892 comedy Widowers' Houses, tonight, February 23 at 7pm, at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2895 Broadway at 95...
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2015
Celebrating its 10th year, Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW, under the leadership of Founding Artistic Director David Staller, presents its 101st production, Shaw's 1892 comedy Widowers' Houses, tonight, February 23 at 7pm, at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2895 Broadway at 95...
VIDEO: Tony Winner Cicely Tyson Kills It On HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
by TV News Desk - February 20, 2015
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL Tony winner Cecily Tyson appeared on last night's episode of ABC's HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER as Annalise's (Viola Davis) mama, Ophelia Harkness. In the clip below, watch her 'blow into the Keating home like a cyclone' and positively kill (couldn't resist) her entrance!...
by TV News Desk - February 20, 2015
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL Tony winner Cecily Tyson appeared on last night's episode of ABC's HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER as Annalise's (Viola Davis) mama, Ophelia Harkness. In the clip below, watch her 'blow into the Keating home like a cyclone' and positively kill (couldn't resist) her entrance!...
Lifetime's THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL Wins Three NAACP Image Awards
by Tyler Peterson - February 11, 2015
On the heels of record-breaking theatrical engagements in Boston and Los Angeles, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL continues to be showered with acclaim, with the Lifetime telefilm earning three NAACP Image Awards when the prestigious awards were handed out on February 5th....
by Tyler Peterson - February 11, 2015
On the heels of record-breaking theatrical engagements in Boston and Los Angeles, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL continues to be showered with acclaim, with the Lifetime telefilm earning three NAACP Image Awards when the prestigious awards were handed out on February 5th....
Raven Theatre to Screen Lifetime's THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL with Cicely Tyson
by Tyler Peterson - February 04, 2015
Raven Theatre Company, currently performing the Chicago Premiere of Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate, is presenting a free screening of the new film version of The Trip to Bountiful, arguably Foote's best-known play. The film, which was produced by Lifetime Films and aired on Lifetime Television i...
by Tyler Peterson - February 04, 2015
Raven Theatre Company, currently performing the Chicago Premiere of Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate, is presenting a free screening of the new film version of The Trip to Bountiful, arguably Foote's best-known play. The film, which was produced by Lifetime Films and aired on Lifetime Television i...
Daniel Davis, Lisa O'Hare & More Set for GTG/Project Shaw's WIDOWERS' HOUSES, 2/23
by Tyler Peterson - February 02, 2015
Celebrating its 10th year, Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW, under the leadership of Founding Artistic Director David Staller, presents its 101st production, Shaw's 1892 comedy Widowers' Houses, on Monday, February 23 at 7pm, at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2895 Broadway at ...
by Tyler Peterson - February 02, 2015
Celebrating its 10th year, Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW, under the leadership of Founding Artistic Director David Staller, presents its 101st production, Shaw's 1892 comedy Widowers' Houses, on Monday, February 23 at 7pm, at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2895 Broadway at ...
Raven Theatre to Stage Midwest Premiere of Horton Foote's THE OLD FRIENDS in 2016
by Tyler Peterson - January 22, 2015
Michael Menendian, co-founding Artistic Director of Raven Theatre, has announced that Raven has been granted rights to mount the only new production of Horton Foote's The Old Friends since its World Premiere staging in fall 2013 by the Signature Theatre Company in New York. Raven Theatre's productio...
by Tyler Peterson - January 22, 2015
Michael Menendian, co-founding Artistic Director of Raven Theatre, has announced that Raven has been granted rights to mount the only new production of Horton Foote's The Old Friends since its World Premiere staging in fall 2013 by the Signature Theatre Company in New York. Raven Theatre's productio...
Nashville Actor/Director Marianne Clark Dies After Heart Attack
by Jeffrey Ellis - January 14, 2015
Marianne Clark, longtime leader of Nashville's theater community, died Wednesday while doctors attempted to bring her out of a drug-induced coma after she suffered a heart attack Sunday night at home....
by Jeffrey Ellis - January 14, 2015
Marianne Clark, longtime leader of Nashville's theater community, died Wednesday while doctors attempted to bring her out of a drug-induced coma after she suffered a heart attack Sunday night at home....
2014 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Winners Announced - Chita Rivera, Christine Ebersole, Vanessa Williams & More!
by BWW Special Coverage - January 14, 2015
Votes are cast; polls are closed; and results have been tabulated! This was our biggest year yet! After a record number of voters in more than 60 regions worldwide, BroadwayWorld is very excited to announce the 2014 Los Angeles winners! Thanks to all who voted, and huge congratulations to all the wi...
by BWW Special Coverage - January 14, 2015
Votes are cast; polls are closed; and results have been tabulated! This was our biggest year yet! After a record number of voters in more than 60 regions worldwide, BroadwayWorld is very excited to announce the 2014 Los Angeles winners! Thanks to all who voted, and huge congratulations to all the wi...
Hallie Foote Speaks About Father's Legacy, DIVIDING THE ESTATE & More at the Raven Tonight
by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2015
Hallie Foote, an actress best known for playing some of her father's most memorable characters both on and off Broadway and in feature films, will visit Raven Theatre tonight, January 14, to discuss the legacy of her father, the playwright Horton Foote, author of Raven's upcoming Chicago premiere of...
by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2015
Hallie Foote, an actress best known for playing some of her father's most memorable characters both on and off Broadway and in feature films, will visit Raven Theatre tonight, January 14, to discuss the legacy of her father, the playwright Horton Foote, author of Raven's upcoming Chicago premiere of...
Condola Rashad Joins Showtime Pilot BILLIONS
by TV News Desk - January 08, 2015
Deadline writes that Condola Rashad is the latest stage vet to sign on for Showtime's drama BILLIONS....
by TV News Desk - January 08, 2015
Deadline writes that Condola Rashad is the latest stage vet to sign on for Showtime's drama BILLIONS....
Alice Ripley & Aaron Lazar Lead Today's WONDERFUL MR. AND MRS. O'LEARY Reading
by BWW News Desk - January 08, 2015
A reading of the new play The Wonderful Mr. and Mrs. O'Leary will be performed today, January 8, 2015 at Shetler Studios....
by BWW News Desk - January 08, 2015
A reading of the new play The Wonderful Mr. and Mrs. O'Leary will be performed today, January 8, 2015 at Shetler Studios....
Hallie Foote to Speak About Father's Legacy, DIVIDING THE ESTATE and More at the Raven, 1/14
by BWW News Desk - January 06, 2015
Hallie Foote, an actress best known for playing some of her father's most memorable characters both on and off Broadway and in feature films, will visit Raven Theatre on Wednesday, January 14, to discuss the legacy of her father, the playwright Horton Foote, author of Raven's upcoming Chicago premie...
by BWW News Desk - January 06, 2015
Hallie Foote, an actress best known for playing some of her father's most memorable characters both on and off Broadway and in feature films, will visit Raven Theatre on Wednesday, January 14, to discuss the legacy of her father, the playwright Horton Foote, author of Raven's upcoming Chicago premie...
Charlie Hofheimer, Robin Gammell & Dion Mucciacito to Star in HERO Theatre's WAITING FOR LEFTY
by Tyler Peterson - January 02, 2015
HERO Theatre announced today the full cast of its upcoming production of Clifford Odets' "Waiting for Lefty'. Charlie Hofheimer ("Mad Men"), Robin Gammell ("How to Get Away with Murder") and Dion Mucciacito (Lincoln Center's "Golden Boy") are part of a cast that includes Elisa Bocanegra (Roundabout'...
by Tyler Peterson - January 02, 2015
HERO Theatre announced today the full cast of its upcoming production of Clifford Odets' "Waiting for Lefty'. Charlie Hofheimer ("Mad Men"), Robin Gammell ("How to Get Away with Murder") and Dion Mucciacito (Lincoln Center's "Golden Boy") are part of a cast that includes Elisa Bocanegra (Roundabout'...
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