Frances McDormand News

The stars of the new horror film, Come Play, play the new game, 'Sorry, Bye,' where they have to pick one item out of a grouping to get rid of forever.

The League of Professional Theatre Women will present an Oral History Project event with the award-winning composer, lyricist, playwright, and actress Micki Grant on Monday, November 16 at 6pm on Zoom. Admission to the event is FREE. The interview with Ms. Grant has been prerecorded, and will be followed by a live Q&A.

The Virginia Film Festival announced today that director Chloé Zhao will be honored with their American Perspectives Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinema.

The 33rd Annual Virginia Film Festival announced today a program of more than 50 films, conversations, and special events that will include a series of virtual conversations and a series of Drive-In Movies presented in two safe and socially-distanced settings. 

Searchlight Pictures “Nomadland” will have its New York premiere as the Centerpiece Selection of the 58th New York Film Festival, presented by Film at Lincoln Center, this Saturday, September 26th, with two drive-in screenings in Queens at the New York Hall of Science and Brooklyn located at the Brooklyn Army Terminal.

The re-imagined 2020 San Diego International Film Festival (October 15-18) produced by the San Diego Film Foundation, announced today that the Film Festival will open with the third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, NOMADLAND.

The Wooster Group's 2017 production of The B-Side: 'Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons,' A Record Album Interpretation is now available to stream for free on the company's website through Monday, September 14.

NOMADLAND will come to theaters on December 4th, 2020.

Film at Lincoln Center announces the 25 films that comprise the Main Slate of the 58th New York Film Festival, September 17 - October 11.

TIFF and Bell Media today unveiled that television audiences can tune in to the 2020 TIFF Tribute Awards, to be broadcast on Tuesday, September 15 at 8pm ET/PT on CTV and everywhere CTV content can be found, during the 45th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.

As the last reading in their online Play-at-Home series of free online theatrical experiences, all designed to entertain our community during the stay-at-home orders, Torrance Theatre Company presented GOOD PEOPLE, written by David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by Sasha Stewart Miller on Sunday, August 9 The production was originally scheduled to be seen onstage in the middle of March 2020 at the groupa??s intimate theater, located at 1316 Cabrillo Ave. in downtown Torrance, until COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the show just prior to its opening. The original as well as the online presentation featured cast members, Danielle Montreal, Melodie S. Rivers, Don Schlossman, Christine Seibert, Johnathan Strand, and Wendy Way.

Searchlight Pictures Chairmen Nancy Utley and Steve Gilula announced today a series of global screenings to commemorate Chloé Zhao's upcoming feature film NOMADLAND's invitations to Venice, Toronto, Telluride, and New York Film Festivals.

BroadwayWorld has an exclusive clip of Tony & Grammy Award Winner Renee Elise Goldsberry in DreamWorks Animation's “Dragons Rescue Riders Secrets of the Songwing” musical special!

Today's top stories: a petition has launched to rename to Longacre Theatre after Nick Cordero, and more!

The cast of the beloved film Almost Famous will reunite for a five-part podcast celebrating the film's 20th anniversary.

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the 101 greatest scenes in cinema from 1901 to 2020. See if your favorite movie moments made the list!

The 52nd Street Project pivoted their annual gala fundraiser from an in-person fête to a digital party featuring many famous faces. We chatted with this year's honorees, Brandon Dirden and Crystal Dickinson, about why The 52nd Street Project is a crucial part of New York City's theater community.

A mini 3-minute episode of Good Omens has been released on YouTube, in honor of the 30th Anniversary of the original publication of Good Omens.

Theater of War Productions will premiere The Oedipus Project via a live Zoom presentation on May 7, 2020 at 7pm ET. The cast includes: Frances McDormand, John Turturro, Oscar Isaac, Jeffrey Wright , Frankie Faison, David Strathairn, and NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams.

During this time when productions all over the world have been put on pause, we are coming together to celebrate plays that have left their mark on theater history.