Chrissy Teigen, Kylie Jenner's 'Rise and Shine' and Andy Cohen Lead WOWie Awards Nominations
by Abigail Charpentier - November 12, 2019 World of Wonder just announced the nominees for the annual WOWie Awards, celebrating the best in this year's pop culture happenings. ...
Theater for the New City's BARABBAS Opens Thursday
by Julie Musbach - June 24, 2019 Theater for the New City, the Pulitzer Prize winning community cultural center that produces over thirty premieres of new American plays each year, is pleased to announce the world premiere of Will T.F. Carter's new play Barabbas, directed by Eduardo Machado....
Former Boston Ballet Dancer And Husband Accused Of Sexual Assault
by Stephi Wild - July 31, 2021 A former Boston Ballet dancer, and her husband, have been sued by a current dancer with the company for allegedly sexually assaulting and emotionally abusing her while she was an apprentice in the company....
Itamar Moses to Receive Theater J's Trish Vradenburg New Jewish Play Prize at November Benefit
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 04, 2022 Theater J has announced the winner of the 2022 Theater J Trish Vradenburg New Jewish Play Prize: Itamar Moses with his play The Ally. This is the third year Theater J is awarding the prize, which recognizes a new play that celebrates, explores, and/or struggles with the complexities and nuances of ...
51FEST Announces Lineup For Its Inaugural Festival July 18-21 In New York City
by A.A. Cristi - July 16, 2019 51Fest, presented by Women in the World and IFC Center, today unveiled the lineup for the inaugural event. Celebrating the voice, vision and stories of the female majority through compelling screenings and conversations, all by or about women, the first annual 51Fest will be held July 18-21 in New Y...
Belmont Theater District Will Celebrate Chicago Theatre Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 07, 2020 The Belmont Theater District (BTD), Chicago's largest theater district located in the Lakeview West and Lakeview East neighborhoods, will partner with the League of Chicago Theatres and ChooseChicago for the eighth annual Chicago Theatre Week, February 13 - 23. Tickets to a variety of shows are only...
Tina Satter's IS THIS A ROOM to Be Adapted Into New Film Starring Sydney Sweeney
by Michael Major - June 09, 2022 Tina Satter's Is This A Room, which premiered on Broadway in 2021, will be adapted into a new film. The new film will star Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney as Reality Winner. The cast is also set to include Josh Hamilton and Marchánt Davis. Satter will adapt the script for the new film with James Pau...
VIDEO: Epic Theatre Company Chats With Playwright Itamar Moses
by Stephi Wild - January 04, 2021 Epic Theatre Company's Artistic Director Kevin Broccoli recently chatted with Itamar Moses as part of its series, The Drag....
51Fest Continues to Night Three, Including BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON, AFTER THE WEDDING, and More
by Stephi Wild - July 21, 2019 51Fest, a partnership between Women in the World and IFC Center, continued its inaugural festival last night with screenings and discussions about women's stories. Saturday got to a rowdy start with the exciting documentary Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins, where director Janice Engel led...
Cast Announced For THE BAND'S VISIT at Donmar Warehouse
by Stephi Wild - August 22, 2022 The Donmar Warehouse has announced the cast for the European première of David Yazbek and Itamar Moses' multi-Tony award-winning musical The Band's Visit, directed in a new production by Donmar Warehouse Artistic Director Michael Longhurst.Cast and onstage band: Alon Moni Aboutboul, Sharif Afifi, Ja...
Chicago Humanities Festival Announces Fall Line-Up
by A.A. Cristi - September 13, 2022 This fall, the Chicago Humanities Festival is bringing some of the biggest names in film, politics, music, literature, and activism to stages across Chicago for entertaining, inspiring, and provocative conversations addressing the theme of “PUBLIC” and how we are all re-imagining our public lives....
WA's Top Performing Arts Awards Celebrates Achievements
by Stephi Wild - July 27, 2022 In what's become a vital event for the live performing arts industry in Western Australia, the annual Performing Arts WA Awards will be held on Monday 8 August at the State Theatre Centre of WA - recognising excellence in professional dance, theatre, musicals and opera....
Podcast Academy Unveils Nominees for Inaugural Awards for Excellence in Audio
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 04, 2021 The ceremony will be streamed LIVE on YouTube, Twitch and other platforms on Sunday, May 16, 2021 from Los Angeles, CA at 5PM PT/8PM ET, with a pre-show starting at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET. ...
VIDEO: James Corden Talks President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Quid Pro Quo
by Abigail Charpentier - September 26, 2019 James Corden recaps the news of the day, dominated by the unfolding scandal around the alleged quid pro quo between President Donald Trump and Ukraine's president brought to life by a whistleblower, and is now the subject of an impeachment inquiry. And James is excited to share some exclusive audio ...
Review Roundup: Critics Weigh in on IS THIS A ROOM
by Julie Musbach - October 24, 2019 See what critics thought of IS THIS A ROOM at the Vineyard Theatre. A true story, still unfolding. June 3, 2017. A 25-year-old former Air Force linguist named Reality Winner is surprised at her home by the FBI, interrogated, and then charged with leaking evidence of Russian interference in U.S elect...
Blood Lemon Shares New Single 'Whistleblower'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 31, 2021 Blood Lemon’s self-titled debut is a flinty 40-minute affair that, thanks to mastering work of Mell Dettmer (Earth, Sunn O))) and Black Mountain) and inspiration from Sleater-Kinney, Hole, Earth and The Breeders, is heavy in many ways....
CAP UCLA Presents Max Richter
by A.A. Cristi - October 07, 2019 UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents Max Richter on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 8 p.m. at Royce Hall. Tickets for $28a?"$59 are available now at cap.ucla.edu, 310-825-2101 and the Royce Hall box office....
RATINGS: NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT Wins Another Straight Month, Increases Demo Lead Over ABC
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 02, 2019 NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt is the #1 most-watched evening newscast in September and continues to widen its demo lead over ABC, according to Nielsen Media Research. Nightly News wins its fifth straight September in the key demo and posts its biggest A25-54 demo advantage over ABC in eleven mon...
CAP UCLA Presents Rachel Fuller's Animal Requiem
by Julie Musbach - September 03, 2019 UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) in collaboration with Harvey Goldsmith and Live Nation presents Rachel Fuller's Animal Requiem on Saturday, October 26, at 8 p.m. at Royce Hall. Tickets for $29a?"$99 go on-sale today at 10 am at cap.ucla.edu, 310-825-2101 and the Royce Hall box of...
Visible Announces Full Cast and New Dates For FIVE CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP
by Stephi Wild - February 02, 2022 ViSiBLE, a theatre company dedicated to creating work focused on later life, today announce the full cast and new dates for the world première of Five Characters in Search of a Good Night's Sleep, devised by Mike Alfreds and Sonja Linden with the company - Geraldine Alexander, Andrew Hawkins, Sally ...
CAP UCLA Presents Max Richter
by A.A. Cristi - October 07, 2019 UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents Max Richter on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 8 p.m. at Royce Hall. Tickets for $28a?"$59 are available now at cap.ucla.edu, 310-825-2101 and the Royce Hall box office....
Virtual Theatre Today: Friday, May 14- Next On Stage College Top 15, and More!
by Nicole Rosky - May 14, 2021 Today (May 14) in live streaming: The Next on Stage College Top 15, 'Stand Up' for Asian Americans, and more!...
THE WHISTLEBLOWER Will Be Performed at The Hollywood Film Festival 2021 Next Month
by Stephi Wild - July 28, 2021 As kids prepare to be welcomed back to the classroom this fall Johnny Avila's The Whistleblower is a true tale about finding your true calling then having to risk everything in order to try to save it. Based on true events, the play is written and performed by Johnny Avila and developed and directed...
The 2019 Philly Fringe Festival Curated Programming Announced
by A.A. Cristi - June 12, 2019 FringeArts announced the curated component of the 2019 Fringe Festival today, featuring eleven theater, dance, music, and interdisciplinary engagements at FringeArts' home on the Delaware Waterfront and in venues around the city September 5-22. Tickets are currently on sale to FringeArts Members, an...
Guest Blog: Artistic Director Kris Nelson On LIFT 2020
by Marianka Swain - March 11, 2020 'Continuity and rupture': this phrase has been rolling around my head ever since I became LIFT's Artistic Director and CEO just under two years ago. In our business, when you're a leader new in post, people are always keen to know what you're going to do next and where the change is coming from. Rup... |