In June, Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announced a national call for three-minute monologues held in conjunction with the world premiere of Our War, a dynamic new theatrical event and collection of short stories by 25 esteemed playwrights that explores--through diverse perspectives--the historical memory and present-day reverberations of the U.S. Civil War. The open monologue contest inspired by Our War brought in more than 150 entries from around the world, and the theater is pleased to announce the three winning monologues: Tree by Dave Lankford of New York, NY; Mary/Marcus by Sarah Pitard of London, UK; and The Peacock's War by Lisa Sillaway of Wichita, KS.
Park Square opens its season this month with Michele Riml's delightful comedy, SEXY LAUNDRY tonight, September 12 through September 28. A critically acclaimed playwright from Vancouver, British Columbia, Riml turns the rom com on its head and paints a moving and hilarious portrait of a marriage on the rocks. Twin Cities favorites Charity Jones* and John Middleton return to Park Square as the married couple in crisis.
'Oprah's The Life You Want Weekend,' an eight-city arena tour and transformational weekend featuring Oprah Winfrey and a team of special guests, announced today an initiative to reward and inspire outstanding educators and mentors throughout the country with complimentary tickets to attend the life-changing weekend event. In each of the eight U.S. cities the tour will visit this fall, pairs of tickets will be distributed via Discovery Education, leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, and Step Up, the nonprofit that inspires women to inspire teen girls to fulfill their potential. Discovery Education will distribute tickets to deserving educators in and around each city, while Step Up will target member mentors.
Park Square opens its season next month with Michele Riml's delightful comedy, SEXY LAUNDRY September 12-28 (with previews: September 5-11). A critically acclaimed playwright from Vancouver, British Columbia, Riml turns the rom com on its head and paints a moving and hilarious portrait of a marriage on the rocks.
Oprah Winfrey's 'Oprah's The Life You Want Weekend,' an eight-city arena tour and transformational weekend powered by WME Live, announced today that Amy Purdy will join the tour's lineup.
In the 75th anniversary year of MGM's classic film version of The Wizard of Oz, Baby Gumm Productions is bringing a sort of sequel, Emerald City, to the 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival.
Tonight was the 41st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards and the winners have been announced. It was a big night for The Young and the Restless, which took home 6 Emmys. CBS also managed to take home 8.
Last night, June 20, The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the winners of the 41st Annual Daytime Entertainment Creative Arts Emmy Awards in a sold-out, grand gala for over 1,200 attendees at the Westin Bonaventure, in downtown Los Angeles. Scroll down for the full list of winners!
In the 75th anniversary year of MGM's classic film version of The Wizard of Oz, Baby Gumm Productions is bringing a sort of sequel, Emerald City, to the 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival.
In 1994, Bette Midler returned to New York after nearly 20 years in Los Angeles, and started the New York Restoration Project, a non-profit organization devoted to bringing abandoned and neglected parks, gardens, and open spaces in all five boroughs back to life. NYRP includes the beautiful New Leaf Cafe in Fort Tryon Park as part of its success, and is committed to helping restore parks and gardens devastated by Hurricane Sandy. The organization just held its 13th Annual Spring Picnic and you can check out full coverage below!
Marlo Thomas newly released book, 'It Ain't Over...Till It's Over: Reinventing Your Life--and Realizing Your Dreams--Anytime, at Any Age' book will be featured on Dr. Oz today (3pmET) as one of his book picks.
Dr. Oz was joined by American comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, author and talk show host Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi reveals her decades long addiction to smoking cigarettes
LOS ANGELES, May 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ Axiom Foods, whose Oryzatein enzyme-extracted, brown rice protein is supplied to food and beverage manufacturers throughout the U.S., Europe and other countries, is embarking on a campaign to educate consumers about the reality of heavy metals in plant foodAs Dr. Oz said in a recent segment, the people have the right to know the truth. It is important to know that those whose diets consist mostly of vegetables have a naturally higher heavy metal contribution to their bodies* than those who ingest an animal-based diet, especially with the sharp rise in vegetarianism and veganism in the U.S. (Google Trends reported a doubling of veganism since 2010). Axiom, an ethically-based food ingredient provider, has been on a mission to educate consumers on all of the aspects of how and why metals naturally occur in vegetables that grow in healthy soil, so they can make informed decisions about their intake and understand if and when those levels are toxic to the organs and other parts of the body.
The three-time Emmy® award-winning, The Dr. Oz Show is bringing the cool factor back to science for America's youth with the kick-off of Dr. Oz's Celebrity Science Fair on Thursday, May 15th.
Stacy London, best known for her co-host role for more than a decade on fashion reality show, What Not To Wear, and author of The Truth About Style, and Hollywood Fashion Secrets (HFS), the creator of Fashion Tape and the Style Essentials category with its range of beauty and fashion solutions to help women solve their pesky styling challenges, announced that they have signed an agreement for London to serve as its Style Ambassadress, a unique role to reveal well-kept style secrets to women everywhere.
Today, NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution announced that band leader Everett Bradley and show announcer Jon Harris have joined 'The Meredith Vieira Show' premiering in national syndication on September 8, 2014.
Today, the three-time Emmy® award-winning, critically-acclaimed and nationally-syndicated The Dr. Oz Show received its fifth nomination for Outstanding Informative Talk Show
