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Review: HAMILTON Brings the Revolution to The Bushnell

June 22nd through July 10th, The Bushnell is The Room Where It Happens. On Tuesday evening, I had the pleasure of seeing the Hamilton National Tour alongside a fully packed house of diehard fans, who bopped along in their seats with delight and delivered a well-deserved standing ovation. I know it’s cliché to say Hamilton is excellent, but it’s excellent.

George Packer, Karen Armstrong, Didier Eribon and Raphaël Glucksmann Will Be on the Writers & Thinkers' Stage

Bozar brings a number of exceptional voices from the 21st century to its Writers & Thinkers stage. A richly filled series of talks and debates that take you into in-depth discussions on the cutting edge of art and society. The most important writers and thinkers of tomorrow elaborate on the big themes of today. From democracy to diversity to beauty and consolation.

PEN World Voices Festival 2019 Announces Full Lineup

PEN America today announces the full lineup of events for the 2019 PEN World Voices Festival: Open Secrets (May 6-12), focusing on the dissolving boundary between the public and the private in the literary, cultural, social, and political realms.

Announcing PEN World Voices Festival 2019: Open Secrets

PEN America presents the 2019 PEN World Voices Festival: Open Secrets (May 6-12), focusing on the dissolving boundary between the public and the private in the literary, cultural, social, and political realms.  A flowering of the genres of literary memoir and personal testimony has been accompanied by increased digital avenues for story-telling, revelation, and expose before both designated and public audiences.

Author Bob Woodward Comes To The Fox Theatre, 10/28

On October 28 Bob Woodward will provide an inside look of the Trump presidency during a moderated discussion with Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editor, Kevin Riley. His appearance is not to be missed.

Author Bob Woodward Comes to the State Theatre This December

Hennepin Theatre Trust announced that two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, international best-selling author and associate editor of The Washington Post BOB WOODWARD will provide an inside look into the Trump presidency at the historic State Theatre (805 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis) on Monday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. The event will be moderated by Minnesota Public Radio's Kerri Miller.

Documentary THE DIPLOMAT to Debut Exclusively on HBO, 11/2

Ambassador Richard Holbrooke died unexpectedly from heart COMPLICATIONS on Dec. 13, 2010. Shortly afterward, his eldest son, David Holbrooke, attempted the seemingly impossible: capturing the legacy of his influential father 'to understand him better in death,' while traveling across the globe to reveal a behind-the-scenes view of U.S. foreign policy.

Christine Baranski at Joe's Pub & More Among Public Theater's Fall Public Forum Offerings

The Public Theater announced the 2015 Fall Public Forum season, featuring an exciting line-up of one-night-only performances and conversations that connect dramatic literature to the way we live now. Now in its sixth year, the popular Public Forum series presents the theater of ideas: conversations and performances with leading voices in politics, media, and the arts.

Culture Project to Stage Dan Hoyle THE REAL AMERICANS, Mike Albo's THE JUNKET, Begin. 3/13

Culture Project will examine contemporary American mores with two journalistic theater pieces in rep. Straight from Joe's Pub, The Real Americans, a compelling and uniquely galvanizing new work written and performed by Dan Hoyle, will join The Junket, a new, hilariously scandalous solo show based on scandalous actual events, written and performed by Mike Albo, coming to Culture Project from an extended run at Dixon Place. Performances begin March 13rd and run until April 20th at the Lynn Redgrave Theater (45 Bleecker Street, NYC).

Deep Dish Theatre & Chapel Hill Public Library Hosts DOWN THE UP ESCALATOR Book Discussion Today

Deep Dish Theater Company and the Chapel Hill Public Library invite you to join a lively, informal discussion of Down the Up Escalator; How the 99% Live in the Great Recession by Barbara Garson today, Monday, September 9, at 7 pm in the Library's Meeting Room D. The conversation, presented in conjunction with the theater's acclaimed production of Good People, will be led by Evelyn Daniel and is free and open to the public.

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