VIDEO: Anthony Anderson Talks BLACKISH & TO TELL THE TRUTH on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!
by Sarah Leiber - January 27, 2021 Anthony talks about his special protective mask, our 18th anniversary, his love of gardening, his mom giving him etiquette lessons, his ABC shows “Black-ish” and “To Tell the Truth,” his mom waiting for the COVID vaccine, and Jimmy gives him a special gift....
Guest Blog: Chinonyerem Odimba On BLACK LOVE at the Kiln Theatre
by Guest Author - April 01, 2022 Black Love is... This play. It is a play borne out of my own love for telling stories but also telling stories that allow Black Love to be seen on stages....
BRILLIANT MIND to be Presented by Marin Theatre Company and Storykrapht
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 08, 2021 Today, Marin Theatre Company and Storykrapht announced Brilliant Mind, a groundbreaking live and interactive digital experience created and written by Egyptian-American playwright Denmo Ibrahim. Brilliant Mind performs May 11–June 6, 2021. Single tickets ($30) are on sale now....
Mary Trump Will Tour Australia in June 2023
by Stephi Wild - November 28, 2022 American psychologist and author Mary L. Trump, niece of former US president Donald Trump, will tour Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney in June next year. In MARY TRUMP: LIVE ON STAGE, hosted by Ray Martin, Trump will delve into her life at the centre of world events. ...
Janelle James to Host ABC'S THE FINAL STRAW Competition Series
by Michael Major - May 23, 2022 The stakes are high as four teams of colorful contestants face off to combat tremendous tipping towers. Each life-sized themed tower is chock full of various objects ranging from basketballs to small kitchen appliances as contestants try to successfully pull items from the stack without tipping it o...
RATINGS: ABC Wins 6th Straight Thursday This Summer in Adults 18-49
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 30, 2020 ABC Thursday Prime Time (8:00-11:00 p.m. – 4.0 million and 0.8/5 in AD18-49): With “Holey Moley,” “Don't” and “To Tell the Truth,” ABC ranked as the night's No. 1 network in Total Viewers (4.0 million) and Adults 18-49 (0.8/5), winning its 6th straight Thursday this summer...
PITY + FEAR Opens in May at Grapefruit Lab
by Stephi Wild - May 02, 2022 Pity+Fear (a travesty), the latest original show from Grapefruit Lab, is an intimate and darkly-comic modern Greek tragedy, exploring what it means to be alive, to tell the truth, and to change over time. Written and performed by Miriam Suzanne (JANE/EYRE, 10 Myths on the Proper Application of Beaut...
ABC Picks Up New Unscripted Comedy Series THE PRANK PANEL
by Michael Major - November 01, 2022 Johnny Knoxville, Eric Andre and Gabourey Sidibe form the all-star panel of “pranxperts,” taking viewers behind the scenes as they help to plot and plan elaborate and diabolical schemes. The Panelists serve as mentors and saboteurs, with celebrity guests sometimes joining the fun. ...
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Laverne Cox, Sterling K. Brown and More Will Appear on THE EMMYS
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 16, 2020 ABC and the Television Academy have announced additional talent who will be making special appearances during the “72nd Emmy® Awards.” ...
Ron Funches Comes to Comedy Works South, October 15 - 17
by A.A. Cristi - September 23, 2020 Comedy Works has announced that Ron Funches will perform at Comedy Works South at the Landmark. LIVE (in-person) and Comedy Works Live (streaming) tickets available! ...
ABC Is Thursday's No. 1 Network and Builds to a 5-Week High in Adults 18-49
by Robert Diamond - August 18, 2020 ...
New Fortune Theatre Announces West Coast Premiere Of PUBLIC ENEMY
by A.A. Cristi - May 01, 2023 New Fortune Theatre announces Tthe West Coast premiere Of Henrik Ibsen's 'Public Enemy' in a version by David Harrower directed by Richard Baird....
ABC Announces Summer 2021 Premiere Dates
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 07, 2021 Summer Sunday nights are synonymous with game shows. ABC welcomes “Celebrity Family Feud,” “The Chase” and “To Tell the Truth” back on SUNDAY, JUNE 6. These shows dominated 2020 ratings: During summer 2020, “Celebrity Family Feud” ranked as the No. 1 program in the Sunday 8 p.m. hour....
Pat Carroll, Stage and Screen Star and Voice of Ursula in THE LITTLE MERMAID, Dies at 95
by Stephi Wild - August 01, 2022 While she may be best known for her work on television and film, Carroll also had a stage career that included Broadway credits such as Catch a Star! (1955 - Tony Nomination), Dancing in the End Zone (1985), The Show Off (1992), and Electra (1998)....
THE MOUNTAINTOP To Open 2022 At Garden Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - December 20, 2021 Who really was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.? In The Mountaintop, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall discovers the common humanity, fears, doubts, and love inside the iconic civil rights leader. ...
The Den Announces Comedian Ron Funches, Friday, August 5
by A.A. Cristi - April 18, 2022 The Den Theatre has announced comedian Ron Funches for one night only on Friday, August 5 at 7:30 pm on The Heath Mainstage, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood....
Mary Trump To Tour Australia In June; Tickets On Sale This Week
by A.A. Cristi - February 20, 2023 Lateral Events has announced that American psychologist and author Mary L. Trump, niece of former US president Donald Trump, will tour Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney in June this year. ...
TROUBLE IN MIND Opens This Month at The Citadel Theatre
by Stephi Wild - March 07, 2023 A play within a play that gives a glimpse into the world of theatre for a Black actress in the late 1950s....
R&B Artist And Former Miss TN Tucker Nichol Releases New Music
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 25, 2022 Reaching her absolute breaking point, Nashville's Tucker Nichol is back with a new single to illustrate the emotional rollercoaster that a toxic relationship (and in this case, non-romantic) can be when it becomes entirely too unhealthy to sustain. ...
Theater for the New City's 2021 Street Theater Tour to Play to Live Audiences in All Five NYC Boroughs
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 01, 2021 Theater for the New City's Street Theater Company will return to playing for live audiences, opening its 2021 annual tour July 31 with 'Critical Care, or Rehearsals for a Nurse,' a rip-roaring original musical which tells the story of a young person studying to be a nurse who, in order to pay for tu...
RATINGS: ABC Stays on Top with Originals on Sunday
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 29, 2020 ABC (4.242 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.6, #1) remained on top on Sunday with its mix of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (4.207 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T4), 'Celebrity Family Feud' (5.499 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T1), ...
REASONABLE DOUBT to Make Broadcast Television Premiere
by Michael Major - November 03, 2022 The drama series - from writer and executive producer Raamla Mohamed, and executive producer and director Kerry Washington - is produced by ABC Signature and streams exclusively on Hulu in the U.S. Mohamed leads an all-Black writing staff on the series. “Reasonable Doubt” stars Emayatzy Corinealdi, ...
DANCING WITH THE STARS Will Return to ABC This Fall
by Michael Major - May 03, 2023 “Dancing with the Stars” will make history once again becoming the first series to simulcast across both ABC and Disney+ for its upcoming 32nd season, and will be available the next day on Hulu. Beginning this fall, the beloved show will reach audiences across multiple Disney platforms in their resp...
Review: VILLAIN, INTERRUPTED, VAULT Festival
by Kat Mokrynski - March 20, 2023 Villain, Interrupted is a fun show that gives the “villains” a chance to shine while also looking at the psychology in a world in which those who have powers are feared, separating the world into “us versus them”....
1812 Productions' Popular Yearly Political Satire THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS Returns To Live Performances
by A.A. Cristi - February 28, 2022 1812 Productions, Philadelphia's all comedy theatre company, is pleased to announce the return of live performances for their popular political satire, THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS. ... |