WGN America's acclaimed series UNDERGROUND, which follows a courageous group of American heroes who attempt a daring flight to freedom from slavery, has teamed with the 107th NAACP Annual Convention, July 17-18 in Cincinnati, Ohio....
A crowd of cheering fans greeted WGN America's UNDERGROUND stars Aldis Hodge ('Noah'), Alano Miller ('Cato') and Amirah Vann ('Ernestine'), and director and executive producer Anthony Hemingway, as the celebrated group took center stage at the 2016 Essence Festival...
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is celebrating its 30th Anniversary with an array of performances that represent the range of music, dance and theater that have been seen and heard on its stages since opening night of September 29, 1986....
The celebrated stars and director of WGN America's Underground Railroad thriller 'Underground,' one of the most highly acclaimed television series of the year, will take center stage at the 2016 Essence Festival, the nation's premier showcase for African American music and culture. Aldis Hodge (Noah...
The Atlanta Musical Theatre Festival is thrilled to announce the selections for the inaugural Atlanta Musical Theatre Festival (AMTF), which will be held August 1 and 2, 2016, at Actor's Express and Synchronicity Theatre. The AMTF will be two days and nights of original musical theatre performances ...
Simpatico Theatre Project's Season 11 exploration of progress and freedom continues this June with the commissioned world premiere of TIME IS ON OUR SIDE by R. Eric Thomas at our brand new home at the Theatre at the Drake....
The pulse-pounding season one finale of WGN America's hit Underground Railroad thriller UNDERGROUND, was the #1 scripted original series on cable last Wednesday night among sought-after demos Adults 25-54...
PBS announced today that MERCY STREET is adding new actors and directors to the series' robust talent list for Season Two, which is currently in production in Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia....
MENDHAM, N.J., April 26, 2016 /PRNewswire-iReach/ 'I was shocked to read about how many people have criticizedHarriet Tubmanand her son's claims over how many slaves were actually saved by Mrs. Tubman,' said authorMichael Jay Nusbaum. 'I was so happy to learn that Mrs. Tubman had actually saved over...
WGN America's Underground Railroad thriller UNDERGROUND, among the most widely praised series of the year and the network's most-watched original program ever, has been renewed for a second season...
Simpatico Theatre Project's Season 11 exploration of progress and freedom continues this June with the commissioned world premiere of TIME IS ON OUR SIDE by R. Eric Thomas at our brand new home at the Theatre at the Drake....
WGN America's Underground Railroad thriller 'Underground,' among the most widely praised series of the year and the network's most-watched original program ever, has been renewed for a second season, it was announced today by Matt Cherniss, President and General Manager, WGN America and Tribune Stud...
In addition to thanking Lin-Manuel Miranda for giving us Broadway's smash hit HAMILTON, Americans should be grateful that he has also sparked a lively debate over which historical figures from U.S. history deserve their face on our official currency....
The Story: In Lincoln's Bodyguard, an alternative version of American history, President Lincoln is saved from assassination. Though he prophesied his own death-the only way he believed the South would truly surrender-Lincoln never accounted for the heroics of his bodyguard, Joseph Foster. A biraci...
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the full list of participating artists for CPT's third annual Station Hope event-a jubilant community event inspired by the Underground Railroad and Cleveland's social justice heritage, and featuring over ...
Legendary soprano Kathleen Battle, who starred in more than 220 Met performances over the course of her career, will make her first appearance at the Met in more than 20 years with the recital Kathleen Battle: Underground Railroad – A Spiritual Journey on Sunday, November 13 at 4 p.m. Battle will ...
From the Academy Award-winning producer of “Schindler's List” comes a true story about the fight against child sex-trafficking in “The Abolitionists.”...
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) presents ROAD TO HOPE at Christ Episcopal Church on Saturday, April 9th from 6:00pm-9:00pm, 3445 Warrensville Center Road, Cleveland OH, in the east inner suburb of Shaker Heights. Road to Hope at Christ Episcopal Church is the third of a series of performing arts ev...
L. Van Stelle, a first time author, has completed her new book, 'Carry Me Home': a daring and bold journey of a group of slaves traveling on the Underground Railroad. Will they all make it alive? While in her early teens, L. Van Stelle lived in a farm house in the Kalamazoo, Michigan area with her ...
WGN America announced today that UNDERGROUND, the highly-anticipated original series, will premiere tonight, March 9....
Executive produced by John Legend and created by Misha Green and Joe Pokaski, WGN America's highly anticipated original drama 'Underground,' premiering WEDNESDAY, March 9 (10:00 p.m. ET/PT) follows a courageous blacksmith Noah (Aldis Hodge) as he covertly organizes a small group of his fellow slaves...
Cleveland Public Theatre Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce ROAD TO HOPE at LAKEVIEW TERRACE, one of a series of free performing arts events-inspired by the triumphs of the Underground Railroad-that celebrate hope, honor Cleveland history and engage with contemporary soc...
On Monday, February 22, WGN America's highly anticipated original series UNDERGROUND will be screened at the White House, as part of the White House Office of Public Engagement's Black History Month event...
The release date for Civil War film Union Bound has been pushed back to April 22nd following positive buzz generated from early screenings. The inspiring film from Uptone Pictures, Moving Box Entertainment and Weathervane Productions and distributed by Hannover House/Medallion Releasing/Universal, i...
Historic Newton, a non-profit organization that encourages exploration of Newton, MA within the broad context of American history will present Grammy-Award winning vocalist Lisa Fischer with the band Grand Baton in a fundraising concert on Friday, April 1, 2016 at Newton North High School. Tickets...
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