FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE! Begins 9/17 at 710 Main Theatre
by Tyler Peterson - August 19, 2015 The VH Theatrical Development Foundation announces that after an acclaimed Off-Broadway engagement last fall, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE! (formerly titled THE BRIGHTNESS OF HEAVEN), a new play by best-selling author Laura Pedersen FROM BUFFALO, will open the 2015-2016 Frey Electric Construction Co. Season a...
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats Release Lead Single 'Waiting for Blood'; Announce Tour Dates
by Caryn Robbins - July 27, 2015 The United Kingdom's greatest cult band Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats are to return with their fourth full-length studio album The Night Creeper on September 4 via Rise Above Records....
Elizabeth Swados Inspiration Grant Launches with Help from Diane Lane
by Tyler Peterson - May 31, 2016 Academy Award nominee and soon-to-be Broadway lead Diane Lane has committed $20,000 towards a four-year, $5,000 annual grant for NYC-based female educators vested in music in honor of composer Elizabeth Swados....
PBS Premieres Documentary DICK CAVETT'S WATERGATE Tonight
by TV News Desk - August 08, 2014 PBS and WNET today announced a new special, DICK CAVETT'S WATERGATE,an intensely personal, intimate and entertaining look back at Watergate on the 40th anniversary of the historic resignation of President Richard Milhous Nixon, the only president to resign the office....
Stephen Sondheim, Barbra Streisand, Gloria Estefan and More Honored with 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom; Ceremony Set for Next Week!
by BWW News Desk - November 16, 2015 BroadwayWorld is excited to report that among the 17 recipients of the 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom are Broadway legends Stephen Sondheim and Barbra Streisand, as well as pop star and ON YOUR FEET! creator Gloria Estefan. President Barack Obama named this year's honoreees today, and the awards...
PBS to Premiere Documentary DICK CAVETT'S WATERGATE, 8/8
by Caryn Robbins - August 01, 2014 PBS and WNET today announced a new special, DICK CAVETT'S WATERGATE,an intensely personal, intimate and entertaining look back at Watergate on the 40th anniversary of the historic resignation of President Richard Milhous Nixon, the only president to resign the office....
With Hard Knocks For The Last Broadway Revival, Martin Charnin Brings His Version Of ANNIE To NYC
by Michael Dale - November 24, 2015 The show's lyricist and original director's touring production will be the first major theatre event in Brooklyn's newly restored Kings Theatre....
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with NYMF's PROPAGANDA! THE MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2014 The New York Musical Theatre Festival presents Propaganda! The Musical, A New Musical Comedy, with Book, Music, and Lyrics by Taylor Ferrera and Matt Webster. Directed by Nathan Brewer, the show runs July 23-27, 2014 in New York City. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in rehearsal below!...
Get Swept Away By Spring: Washington, DC Blooms With Excitement
by Robert Diamond - March 23, 2016 WASHINGTON, March 23, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ Washington, DC is synonymous with spring and Destination DC, the official tourism and marketing office for the nation's capital, is prepped to help locals and visitors enjoy the season. Destination DC's social channels are packed with trip-planning ...
Thomas Hobson to Star in Falcon Theatre's THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICA (ABRIDGED)
by BWW News Desk - February 03, 2016 The Falcon Theatre is proud to present its third production of the 2015-2016 Season, THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICA (ABRIDGED), written by Adam Long, Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor and directed by Jerry Kernion....
FSLC Announces BRING ME THE HEAD OF SAM PECKINPAH Retrospective
by Caryn Robbins - February 10, 2016 The Film Society of Lincoln Center announces Bring Me the Head of Sam Peckinpah, a complete retrospective of the film work of cinema's great choreographer of blood and bullets, March 31 – April 7....
Laura Pedersen's FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE!, Formerly THE BRIGHTNESS OF HEAVEN, Plays Buffalo
by BWW News Desk - September 17, 2015 The VH Theatrical Development Foundation proudly announces that after an acclaimed Off-Broadway engagement last fall, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE! (formerly titled THE BRIGHTNESS OF HEAVEN), a new play by best-selling author Laura Pedersen, will open the 2015-2016 Theater Season at the 710 Main Street Theatre...
HBO Debuts HERBLOCK: THE BLACK & THE WHITE Tonight
by TV News Desk - January 27, 2014 HBO Documentary Films has acquired the U.S. television rights to HERBLOCK: THE BLACK & THE WHITE...
Joshua Rosenblum's MARK FELT, SUPERSTAR Comes to the Triad, 4/16-25
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2015 The Triad Theater will present the first New York performances of 'Mark Felt, Superstar,' a new musical about Watergate's infamous Deep Throat, with book, music and lyrics by Joshua Rosenblum....
THE MEN AT SYLVIA'S DOOR AND THE 'AGENT' WITH DIRTY FINGERNAILS by J. Timothy Gratz and Mark Howell is Available Now
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2014 'Great information. This is the first time I ever heard it. Wow! We would have done the addition investigation (ids) ... had we known it,' says G. Robert Blakely, Former Chief Counsel and Director,The United States House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)....
NIXON BY NIXON: IN HIS OWN WORDS Debuts 8/4 on HBO
by Tyler Peterson - July 21, 2014 On Aug. 9, 1974, Richard Milhous Nixon became the first American president to resign from office. From 1971 to 1973, he had secretly recorded his private conversations, purportedly 'for the purpose of historical record,' but in the wake of the Watergate Scandal the revelation of the tapes led to his...
BWW Reviews: The East Coast Premiere Of FIVE PRESIDENTS At The Bay Street Theatre
by Melissa Giordano - July 01, 2015 I always say that the mark of a good story can make us alter the way we think. In attending the East Coast premiere of Five Presidents at the Bay Street Theatre, by way of the Arizona Theatre Company and Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, I actually found myself sympathizing, if slightly, for people that ...
CBS News Veteran Bruce Morton Dies at 83
by Tyler Peterson - September 05, 2014 Bruce Morton, an award-winning political correspondent for CBS News who also covered the Vietnam War and the space program, died today at his home in Washington, D.C., after a battle with cancer. He was 83....
SONDHEIM UNSCRIPTED and More Set for Falcon Theatre's 2015-16 Season
by BWW News Desk - June 10, 2015 Falcon Theatre Founder, Garry Marshall, is thrilled to announce the Falcon Theatre's 2015-2016 5-Play Subscription Season....
Vagabond Players Set 2016-17 Season: AVENUE Q, ALL MY SONS & More
by Tyler Peterson - May 20, 2016 The Vagabond Players has announced its historic 101st consecutive season for 2016-17. The Vagabonds first opened in 1916 as a part of the Little Theatre Movement that was sweeping the country at the time. Whereas most of those theatres eventually closed or went dark for several seasons, The Vag...
Second Season of FX's FARGO to Be Set in Late '70's; More Details Revealed
by Caryn Robbins - July 22, 2014 The new season will take place in the year 1979 and feature a younger Lou Solverson who has just returned from the Vietnam War....
Barbra Streisand Presents Chaplin Award to Robert Redford at Film Society of Lincoln Center Gala Tonight
by Movies News Desk - April 27, 2015 The Film Society of Lincoln Center previously announced that Barbra Streisand (recipient of the 40th Chaplin Award) would present the 42nd Chaplin Award to Academy Award-winner Robert Redford, director, actor, producer, environmentalist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival and Institute, honor...
BWW Interviews: Hal Holbrook of MARK TWAIN TONIGHT, Coming to Riverside's Fox Performing Arts Center
by Audrey Liebross - January 12, 2015 Tony and Emmy award winner Hal Holbrook is bringing MARK TWAIN TONIGHT to Riverside's Fox Performing Arts Center for one performance, on Saturday evening, January 17, 2015. BroadwayWorld interviewed him by email....
BWW Interviews: Hal Holbrook of MARK TWAIN TONIGHT, Coming to Riverside's Fox Performing Arts Center
by Audrey Liebross - January 12, 2015 Tony and Emmy award winner Hal Holbrook is bringing MARK TWAIN TONIGHT to Riverside's Fox Performing Arts Center for one performance, on Saturday evening, January 17, 2015. BroadwayWorld interviewed him by email.... |