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Lantern Theater Company to Continue 30th Anniversary Season With FAITH HEALER By Brian Friel
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 16, 2024

Lantern Theater Company continues its 30th anniversary season with Brian Friel's masterpiece play, Faith Healer. Directed by Peter DeLaurier and featuring Anthony Lawton, Ian Merrill Peakes, and Geneviève Perrier, Faith Healer explores memory, belief, and the stories we tell ourselves.

The Tank Announces Initial Programming in Honor of Pride Month 2020
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 16, 2020

The Tank has announced a full slate of programming for its annual PrideFest. Every year in June, The Tank opens its stages to a wide variety of performances and discussions surrounding the topics of sexuality, gender, equality, old battles and new ways of fighting them.

BLACK PANTHER Leads Nominations for the NAACP IMAGE AWARDS
by Kaitlin Milligan - Feb 13, 2019

The nominees for the 50th NAACP Image Awards were exclusively announced today at the Television Critics Association's (TCA) TV One's joint press conference with Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP and Alfred Liggins, Chairman and CEO of TV One. The winners will be revealed during the Two-Hour LIVE TV special airing on TV One on Saturday, March 30, 2019.

Lifetime Unveils Expanded Programming Slate with 75 Movie Titles for 2019
by Tori Hartshorn - Jul 26, 2018

Lifetime Unveils Expanded Programming Slate with 75 Movie Titles for 2019

BWW Review: THE STRING QUARTET'S GUIDE TO SEX AND ANXIETY, Theatre Royal Brighton
by Fiona Scott - May 24, 2018

The Mental Health Foundation reports that there were 8.2 million cases of anxiety in the UK in 2013. All of us may feel stressed at some point in our lives, but it can be an unwanted and overwhelming strain on many people's day-to-day activities.

Birmingham Repertory Theatre Presents THE STRING QUARTET'S GUIDE TO SEX AND ANXIETY
by Stephi Wild - Apr 23, 2018

The tempestuous relationship between sex, anxiety and music comes to a head in a remarkable new production from one of Europe's most exciting theatre directors, Calixto Bieito.

Victoria Christopher Murray's Novel Stand Your Ground Comes to the BATC Stage
by Stephi Wild - Jan 10, 2018

National bestselling and award-winning author Victoria Christopher Murray's brings her novel, Stand Your Ground, to the BATC stage in our first Speaker Series of the season. Ms. Murray speaks to the themes of her book, race, motherhood, marriage, and vigilante justice, in this forum to bring a deeper awareness of the fragile relationships facing families of color and civil enforcement.

Richard Gere, NORMAN Screening to Open 34th Annual Miami Film Festival; Lineup Announced!
by BWW News Desk - Mar 3, 2017

Acclaimed box office star, producer and humanitarian Richard Gere will open the 34th edition of Miami Dade College's Miami Film Festival on March 3, 2017, followed by an Opening Night Gala screening of his new film, Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer, directed by 2-time Oscar-nominated Israeli filmmaker Joseph Cedar, with the KORBEL Opening Night Party to follow at Miami's Historic Alfred I. Dupont Building.

Richard Gere, NORMAN Screening to Open 34th Annual Miami Film Festival; Lineup Announced!
by Movies News Desk - Jan 26, 2017

Acclaimed box office star, producer and humanitarian Richard Gere will open the 34th edition of Miami Dade College's Miami Film Festival on March 3, 2017, followed by an Opening Night Gala screening of his new film, Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer, directed by 2-time Oscar-nominated Israeli filmmaker Joseph Cedar, with the KORBEL Opening Night Party to follow at Miami's Historic Alfred I. Dupont Building.

Mel Gibson Drama Among Lineup for 73rd Annual Venice Film Festival
by Caryn Robbins - Jul 28, 2016

The line up for the 73rd Venice Film Festival was announced today. Among the films to be featured will be entries directed by Denis Villeneuve, Pablo Larrain, Derek Cianfrance, Tom Ford, and Terrence Malick.

Review Roundup: THE TEMPTATIONS and THE FOUR TOPS Come to Broadway
by Review Roundups - Dec 30, 2014

Motown legends, THE TEMPTATIONS and THE FOUR TOPS, began their special one-week engagement on Broadway last night, December 29, 2014. The show runs through January 4, 2015. Let's see what the critics had to say...

The 10th Annual African American Literary Awards Comes to Harlem, 10/26
by Christina Mancuso - Oct 16, 2014

Harlem, New York

RIBBON OF LIFE Opens Today at Acting Artists Theater
by Courtnie Mele - Jun 14, 2014

Ribbon of Life is a comedy. Mostly. It is Savannah's 25th birthday and the party erupts when she comes clean with her parents: Her friend, Ezmae, is really a transgender woman - and they are in love.

RIBBON OF LIFE to Open 6/14 at Acting Artists Theater
by BWW News Desk - Jun 14, 2014

Playwright Steve Julian dives into the world of transgender acceptance with his new work Ribbon of Life, directed by Alexis Jacknow, SDC. The play depicts Savannah's efforts to get her parents to accept Ezmae, a transgender woman, as her life partner. It might be easy if it were not for confusion, ignorance and abhorrence of non-conservative values.

RIBBON OF LIFE to Open 6/14 at Acting Artists Theater
by Tyler Peterson - May 29, 2014

Playwright Steve Julian dives into the world of transgender acceptance with his new work Ribbon of Life, directed by Alexis Jacknow, SDC. The play depicts Savannah's efforts to get her parents to accept Ezmae, a transgender woman, as her life partner. It might be easy if it were not for confusion, ignorance and abhorrence of non-conservative values.

Beyonce, Kerry Washington, Don Cheadle & More Among 45th NAACP IMAGE AWARDS Nominees; Full List Revealed!
by Tyler Peterson - Jan 9, 2014

The nominees for THE 45TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS were announced today during a live press conference at the TV One presentation to the Television Critics Association during its Winter 2014 Press Tour in Pasadena, CA. David Oyelowo ('Lee Daniels' 'The Butler'), Joe Morton (ABC's 'Scandal'), Keke Palmer (VH1's 'CrazySexyCool'), Bresha Webb (TV One's 'Love That Girl') and Gina Torres (USA's 'Suits') announced the categories and nominees with NAACP Image Awards Committee Chairman, Leonard James and President and CEO of TV One, Alfred Liggins.

David Pichette, Jack Fleischmann & More to Lead 5th Avenue Theatre's OLIVER!; Full Cast Announced
by Tyler Peterson - Nov 5, 2013

This winter The 5th Avenue Theatre presents a singing and dancing spectacular not to be missed: Lionel Bart's beloved classic, Oliver!, the holiday treat that will have audiences saying "Please sir, I want some more." The iconic musical returns to the celebrated 5th Avenue stage for the first time in 20 years, and will feature stunning costumes, dazzling sets, and a massive local cast of 66 (including 36 youngsters), singing and dancing their way through the streets and alleys of Victorian London. Based on the classic Charles Dickens novel, Oliver! is filled with memorable tunes including "Who Will Buy?", "I'd Do Anything," and "As Long As He Needs Me." Oliver! features direction by David Armstrong and will starDavid Pichette as Fagin, Grayson Smith as the Artful Dodger, Hans Altwies as Bill Sikes, and Merideth Kaye Clark as Nancy. Oliver Twist will be played by Jack Fleischmann and Mark Jeffrey James Weber at alternating performances.

Photo Flash: Loretta Swit and More at NEVER THE SAME Premiere at LA's Museum of Tolerance
by Movies News Desk - Aug 22, 2013

Stage, screen and television personality, Loretta Swit, and Producer, Jan Thompson, co-hosted the premiere Never The Same: The Prisoner of War Experience at The Museum of Tolerance, in Los Angeles. Scroll down for photos from the event!

Dr. Raye Mitchell Attends NBCC to Introduce New Fictional Book Series Today
by BWW News Desk - Aug 2, 2013

San Francisco Bay Area author, social entrepreneur and real life 'Fixer' Dr. Raye Mitchell, arrives in Atlanta on August 2nd to attend the 11th annual National Book Club Conference (NBCC), which is taking place today, August 2-4, 2013 at the Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Conference Center.

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