Dustin Lance Black News

The divisive world of Washington D.C. politics moves to center stage of the Bram Goldsmith Theater at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts when Anthony Giardina's searing political comic drama THE CITY OF CONVERSATION opens for a limited run in May.

ABC Studios has cast the epic event limited series 'When We Rise,' written and created by Academy Award winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black. Starring in the event limited series are Guy Pearce ('Memento,' 'L.A. Confidential') as LGBT activist Cleve Jones, Mary-Louise Parker ('Weeds,' 'Angels in America') as women's rights leader Roma Guy and Rachel Griffiths ('Brothers and Sisters,' 'Six Feet Under') as her wife, social justice activist Diane. The roles of African American community organizer Ken Jones and transgender activist Cecelia Chung are still to be cast, among others.

Dustin Lance Black will reteam with 'Milk' director Gus Van Sant on an eight-hour miniseries for ABC which will follow the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community's civil rights movement.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Christmas weekend's big news: MAURICE HINES TAPPIN' THRU LIFE begins tonight at New World Stages, and be sure to check back with us for Broadway's holiday weekend schedule and '12 Days' countdown!

Last night's episode of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL's Matt Bomer rocking out to Drake's summertime hit 'Hotline Bling'.

Darcey Bussell CBE, Tom Daley and David Walliams are today, 1 December 2015, announced as patrons of Matthew Bourne's charity Re:Bourne.

AHS: HOTEL star Matt Bomer has signed on for the lead role Amazon Studios' drama pilot THE LAST TYCOON,  based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's final unfinished novel.

Oppressed in Heels and A Letter for You presents THE TROJAN WOMEN, a new devised work pulled from interviews of women dealing with war in its many ravaging forms weaved into the narrative of Euripides' classic text. Nathaniel P. Claridad (the original company of Here Lies Love) directs and serves as head writer for the new investigative theatre piece that will play October 23rd through November 1 at the Access Theatre.

The highly-anticipated documentary PROPHET'S PREY will make its world television premiere tonight, October 10th at 9 PM ET/PT on SHOWTIME.

Oppressed in Heels and A Letter for You presents THE TROJAN WOMEN, a new devised work pulled from interviews of women dealing with war in its many ravaging forms weaved into the narrative of Euripides' classic text. Nathaniel P. Claridad (the original company of Here Lies Love) directs and serves as head writer for the new investigative theatre piece that will play October 23rd through November 1 at the Access Theatre.

SHOWTIME is laying out an ambitious new documentary slate for late 2015. Scheduled for this fall are uncensored looks at such fascinating figures as Marlon Brando, Jimi Hendrix, Suge Knight, Barney Frank and Warren Jeffs

The highly-anticipated documentary PROPHET'S PREY will make its world television premiere on Saturday, October 10th at 9 PM ET/PT on SHOWTIME.

?In Association with Macha Theatre, Professional Sexologist, Dr. Stephanie Torres, and acclaimed playwright, director and musical guru, Kate Sullivan Gibbens, collaborate on a provocative new musical, "SEX, LOVE, & YOGA" making its world premiere at MACHA Theatre in West Hollywood, August 15th, 2015 http://www.sexloveandyoga.com

Rejoice! This morning the U.S Supreme Court ruled that Same-Sex Marriage is now legal in all 50 states. The new ruling states that refusing to grant marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples violates the Constitution.

Matt Bomer has signed on to the all-star cast of director Antoine Fuqua's upcoming western THE MAGNIFICENT SEVENT.

For the first time in network history, SHOWTIME will bring two highly-anticipated films, LISTEN TO ME MARLON and PROPHET'S PREY to theaters nationwide, under the newly created SHOWTIME DOCUMENTARY FILMS banner.

Can there be laughter in the healing process after sexual assault? That's the question Antonia Lassar, the playwright/performer behind 2013 FRIGID Festival Favorite God Box and the 2014 hit FRIGID show Tina and Amy, is asking in her new solo show Post Traumatic Super Delightful.

Can there be laughter in the healing process after sexual assault? That's the question Antonia Lassar, the playwright/performer behind 2013 FRIGID Festival Favorite God Box and the 2014 hit FRIGID show Tina and Amy, is asking in her new solo show Post Traumatic Super Delightful.

Matt Bomer has won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series, or Television Film for THE NORMAL HEART, HBO's film adaptation of the Broadway play.