The Actors Fund has announced guest stars for this week's live-streamed talk-show 'Humpday with Hampshire' hosted by 'Schitt's Creek' star, award-winning actress and Screen Actors Guild Nominee Emily Hampshire.
Human To Human, a Facebook Live Benefit, has announced the final line up for this weekend's event. The virtual festival, meant to inspire hope in a time when it is needed most, will take place this Saturday, April 11th from noon to midnight ET.
Based on Crystal Moselle's critically acclaimed feature “Skate Kitchen,” HBO's new six-episode half-hour series BETTY, debuts FRIDAY, MAY 1 (11:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.
In response to the current pandemic, the OBIE-winning HERE has announced additional free online programming designed to uplift audiences during these challenging times.
THE INCOHERENTS will be releasing on DVD and VOD later this month on Tuesday, April 28th.
Emerging singer, songwriter and musician Tenille Townes' new song, “The Most Beautiful Things,” is debuting today. Listen below! In celebration of the release, Townes performed the song from her home last night as part of the official “ACM Presents: Our Country” pre-show. Watch the performance below!
Sue Simmerling, owner of costume design company Carry on Costumes, is doing her bit to help the NHS in its battle against COVID-19. Sue was contacted by fellow designer Dulcie Scott, who started the crowdfunding group 'Helping Dress Medics'. The group's aim is to purchase fabrics that are then made into scrubs for the NHS medics dealing with the virus in hospitals.
Emerging singer, songwriter and musician Tenille Townes is releasing a special new performance video of Bill Withers' iconic song, “Lean On Me,” today as a symbol of support and unity during these difficult times. Recorded remotely from their homes, the video features performances from fellow country artists Abby Anderson, Kassi Ashton, Keelan Donovan, Alex Hall, Adam Hambrick and Caylee Hammack.
BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the best film musicals since the sound era began; see if your favorites made the list!
A series of new interstitial messages, from kids' favorite Disney Channel stars, designed to offer reassurance and a sense of community during the present global health crisis premieres FRIDAY, MARCH 27, on Disney Channel and Disney Channel YouTube. The series includes over 35 Disney Channel stars who each filmed their message from their homes and around their neighborhoods, sharing how they stay positive, active and, with the help of parents and family members, navigate through this uncertain time. The series is designed to demonstrate for viewers age 6-14 that they are not alone in this experience, and we are all in this together (#WAITT).
Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of BC/EFA has launched a special online fundraising campaign to create an emergency assistance fund.
Celebrating their ninth year with their most ambitious work to date, the Danielle Georgiou Dance Group will premiere a new, experimental opera, THE SAVAGE SECONDS, at Undermain Theatre in the summer of 2020.
More than 20 Broadway producers are offering a $1 million challenge match to double the impact of donations to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund.
Today, the almighty composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim turns 90 - happy birthday from all of us at BroadwayWorld! Here, BWW reviewers share some of the reasons why we adore his work.
Today, SHOWTIME announced that it will offer a 30-day free trial to new customers available now. Viewers who sign up before May 3 can access the network's original series, documentaries, specials and movies online via the SHOWTIME streaming service by going to SHOWTIME.com or the SHOWTIME app, available on all supported devices. Subscribers can catch up on the network's No. 1 drama HOMELAND, which will continue to air new episodes of its final season through its series finale on April 26. Many of the network's streaming partners and traditional TV providers will also offer a 30-day free trial to SHOWTIME.
The Sonnet Response Series is a collaborative performance art project conceived and developed by Shea Donovan for Indigo Arts Collective. The piece asks 154 participants to transform Shakespeare's sonnets into personal, interdisciplinary creative acts.
Waiting on deck in Downtown Arlington's Cultural Arts District is the Theatre Arlington's musical, Damn Yankees by Douglass Wallop and George Abbott, with music and lyrics by Jerry Ross and Richard Adler.
SHOWTIME has announced a pilot order for the drama series AMERICAN GIGOLO, starring Jon Bernthal (Ford v Ferrari, The Walking Dead) and written and directed by Emmy nominee David Hollander (RAY DONOVAN). Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced the original film, will executive produce along with Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed. Bernthal also serves as a producer. The project is a production of Paramount Television Studios. The announcement was made today by Gary Levine, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.
Flying Over Sunset is officially in previews on Broadway! The musical, with book and direction by James Lapine, music by Tom Kitt, and lyrics by Michael Korie, and choreography by Michelle Dorrance will open Thursday, April 16.
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