TBS Brings Fan Experiences, Conan O'Brien and More to New York Comedy Festival
by TV News Desk - February 02, 2017 Turner's TBS is partnering with the New York Comedy Festival (NYCF) to amplify the week-long comedy event that will run Tuesday, Nov. 7, through Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017, with over 200 comedians performing in more than 60 shows in the most prestigious venues across New York City....
Executive Director Erika Mallin to Step Down After 10 Years at Signature Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 07, 2017 Signature Theatre Board Chairman Edward Norton and incoming Board President Nina Matis announced today that Executive Director Erika Mallin will step down from the company after 10 years to pursue new opportunities....
Gyre & Gimble Return with THE HARTLEPOOL MONKEY
by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2017 The puppeteers who brought War Horse to life and who co-designed the Lorax for the Old Vic production introduce Napoleon, the anarchic chimpanzee who is put on trial on suspicion of being a French spy....
TBS's FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE Earns 7 Emmy Nominations
by Caryn Robbins - July 14, 2017 The hit TBS series FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE, television's #1 ad-supported late-night show, earned its first primetime Emmy(R) nomination for Outstanding Variety Talk Series this morning, less than 18 months after its launch....
STAGE TUBE: TBS & TNT Get Into the Holiday Spirit with SURPRISE! Instant Xmas Carol
by A.A. Cristi - December 06, 2016 This holiday season, Turner's TBS & TNT are going to turn the Christmas spirit on full blast with SURPRISE! Instant Xmas Carol, an all-new music special that puts a unique twist on the caroling tradition. The one-hour special – featuring such celebrity carolers as Conan O'Brien, Rashida Jones, Charl...
Block St Theatre Co to Premiere FLAMINGO & DECATUR This Winter at Theater Wit
by BWW News Desk - October 30, 2017 You know Las Vegas - spinning wheels, neon lights, slinky dresses. But do you really know the city and its almost two million inhabitants? Poker pro turned playwright Todd Taylor takes you inside the real Sin City in Block St Theatre Co's darkly comedic new play FLAMINGO & DECATUR, directed by Kevin...
TBS to Present 'Alien-Ish Week' Leading up to Season Two PEOPLE OF EARTH Premiere
by Caryn Robbins - July 17, 2017 While fans await the highly anticipated second season of TBS's hit comedy series PEOPLE OF EARTH, the network will present Alien-ish Week, an entire week of sci-fi, geek, alien and monster-themed programming starting Monday, July 17....
BWW Review: STORMDANCER by Jay Kristoff
by Bonnie Lynn Wagner - August 07, 2017 Looking for a fantasy series as deadly and somber at times as Game of Thrones? Look no further because The Lotus Wars Trilogy by Jay Kristof will leave you just as emotionally wrecked as a book from George R. R. Martin does!...
Comedy Trio THE DRESS UP GANG Coming to TBS in All-New Series
by Caryn Robbins - May 17, 2017 TBS has greenlit a new series from the comedy trio THE DRESS UP GANG, whose viral videos include the popular My Roommate, My Friend series....
OCPA Presents New Plays in Lake Forest
by Julie Musbach - October 20, 2017 The Orange County Playwrights Alliance concludes its 2017 season of new theatre with staged readings of four new one-act plays from dramatists who have been produced locally and across the U.S., featuring skilled actors from across the Southland. Women figure prominently in all four plays....
BWW Review: An Elegant Revival of THE LAST FIVE YEARS Soars in La Mirada
by Ellen Dostal - January 25, 2017 Jason Robert Brown's THE LAST FIVE YEARS is the kind of musical you often find produced in small theaters and black boxes. Written for a cast of two, it can be done very simply without much in the way of a set or props making it a popular choice for those with a limited budget or other technical con...
Sneak Peek - Season Three of Original Amazon Kid Series TUMBLE LEAF Premieres 8/15
by Caryn Robbins - June 28, 2017 On Tuesday, August 15, award-winning Amazon Original Series TUMBLE LEAF is set to debut its third season with 12 new episodes on Prime Video in the US and UK....
Offbeat Festival Announces Music Programme In Partnership With BBC Introducing Oxford
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2017 Offbeat today announces the festival's music programme in partnership with BBC Introducing Oxford. The line-up features Oxford's best up and coming bands, wordsmiths and singer song-writers performing over four days across two stages, the Gallery Stage and the Festival Stage, at the Old Fire Statio...
Diego Luna & Vincente Fox Set for 'CONAN Without Borders: Made in Mexico' on TBS
by Caryn Robbins - February 08, 2017 Star Wars: Rouge One star Diego Luna and former Mexican President Vincente Fox will join Conan O'Brien during the late-night host's newest primetime special, CONAN Without Borders: Made in Mexico....
Comedy Central Announces One-Hour Sketch Comedy Special from 'Goatface' Comedy Quartet
by Caryn Robbins - July 25, 2017 Sketch comedy quartet Goatface will bring their wide-ranging brand of humor to Comedy Central for a one-hour special, it was announced today by Kent Alterman, President, Comedy Central....
TBS's CONAN Heads to Israel for Special Primetime Episode Airing This September
by Caryn Robbins - August 18, 2017 TBS's CONAN will take the show internationally for the seventh time in two years as the popular host travels to Israel. CONAN Without Borders: Israel will be a primetime special premiering Tuesday, September 19 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT) on TBS....
TBS Orders Anthology Comedy MIRACLE WORKERS, Starring Daniel Radcliffe and Owen Wilson
by Caryn Robbins - May 17, 2017 Turner's TBS has greenlit MIRACLE WORKERS, an anthology comedy series starring Daniel Radcliffe (Swiss Army Man, Now You See Me 2, Harry Potter Films) and Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris, Masterminds)....
Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks Set for New TBS Animated Series THE COPS
by Caryn Robbins - January 16, 2017 Turner's TBS has greenlit ten episodes of the animated series THE COPS (working title), starring and co-created by Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks....
Review Roundup: LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL, Starring Audra McDonald, Opens in the West End
by Review Roundups - June 28, 2017 Last night, Audra McDonald, the Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning singer and actress, made her long-awaited West End debut as jazz legend Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill. Let's see what the critics had to say!...
St. John School of the Arts Announces SCHOOL TO SCHOOL Hurricane Irma Benefit
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2017 A School-to School benefit performance for the children of St. John after the devastating Hurricane Irma will be presented on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2017 at the PROFESSIONAL CHILDREN'S SCHOOL, 132 West 60th Street, New York, NY....
Snoop Dogg to Host TBS's Reimagined Iconic Game Show THE JOKER'S WILD
by Caryn Robbins - May 17, 2017 Turner's TBS is teaming up with entertainment icon and actor Snoop Dogg to refresh and update the classic game show THE JOKER'S WILD....
STL Opera Collective presents TESLA'S PIGEON and TO HELL AND BACK, 9/8 & 9/9
by A.A. Cristi - August 11, 2017 STL Opera Collective is thrilled to present the St. Louis premiere of Tesla's Pigeon by Melissa Dunphy and To Hell and Back by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer on September 8 & 9, 2017 at 7:30pm at the Kranzberg Arts Center Studio Theater, 501 N Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63103. Tickets are $18 and are av...
VIDEO: First Look New TBS Animated Comedy FINAL SPACE
by - December 05, 2016 Turner's TBS has greenlit the new animated series FINAL SPACE, an interstellar comedy created by independent filmmaker, actor, comedian and entrepreneur Olan Rogers. ...
National Theatre of London Puts a New Twist on Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT in an Encore at The Ridgefield Playhouse on 4/24
by A.A. Cristi - March 23, 2017 The National Theatre brings an inventive new take and gender-fluid approach to Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in which the classic male role of Malvolio is to be reimagined as Malvolia, played by Tamsin Greig. The Ridgefield Playhouse and Craig's Fine Jewelry Live in HD Series brings this classic comed...
BWW Review: LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL, Wyndham's Theatre
by Marianka Swain - June 27, 2017 One American great inhabits another in this superior cabaret, as the Broadway legend Audra McDonald slips into the skin - and unforgettable voice - of jazz icon Billie Holiday. The emotional sensitivity makes it far more than just an immensely skilful impersonation, and makes McDonald's delayed West... |