Emma Thompson to Host Angela Lansbury Documentary Airing 8/30 on BBC
by Caryn Robbins
- Aug 18, 2016
In a heartfelt and revealing conversation between two well-known British actresses (and firm friends), Emma Thompson meets one of Hollywood and Broadway's most legendary figures, Dame Angela Lansbury, to discuss her 70-year show business career.
VTA Summer Films to Continue with 'ROCKY HORROR' and CASABLANCA
by BWW
News Desk
- Aug 12, 2016
Victoria Theatre Association continues the summer of 2016 with the Cool Films Series presentation of Oscar-winning classic CASABLANCA, Aug. 12-14 and the Reel Late at the Vic showing of the cult film THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, Aug. 13 at the historic Victoria Theatre.
VTA Summer Films to Continue with 'ROCKY HORROR' and CASABLANCA
by BWW News Desk
- Aug 2, 2016
Victoria Theatre Association continues the summer of 2016 with the Cool Films Series presentation of Oscar-winning classic CASABLANCA, Aug. 12-14 and the Reel Late at the Vic showing of the cult film THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, Aug. 13 at the historic Victoria Theatre.
Mint Theater Company to Hold 'Further Reading' of WATERS OF THE MOON
by BWW News Desk
- Aug 2, 2016
Mint Theater Company will present a one-night "Further Reading" of Waters of the Moon by N.C. Hunter on Monday August 15th (7pm) at The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row (home to Mint's current production, Hunter's A Day By The Sea, opening August 25).
Photo Flash: Remembering Marni Nixon
by Walter McBride
- Jul 28, 2016
As BroadwayWorld sadly reported earlier this week, Marni Nixon, perhaps best known for dubbing the singing voices of the leading actresses in films, including THE KING AND I, WEST SIDE STORY and MY FAIR LADY, passed away from breast cancer on July 24th. She was 86.
Sigourney Weaver to Receive 2016 Donostia Award at San Sebastian Festival
by Caryn Robbins
- Jul 19, 2016
Weaver will receive a Donostia Award at the gala screening of the film on September 21st in the Kursaal Auditorium. The Festival's most important honorary award acknowledges the career of the North American actress whose name has presided over some of the biggest productions in the last few decades
VTA Sets 2016 Cool Films Series
by Tyler Peterson
- Mar 31, 2016
Victoria Theatre Association's annual Summer Cool Films Series continues 2016's celebration of Victoria Theatre's 150th Anniversary with a special line up of films celebrating the time when generations of Daytonians came to the "Victory" to see the latest movie release. The Summer Cool Films Series runs July 8-August 28 and includes Reel Late at the Vic late night movies and daytime Family Films! Beginning July 8, VTA will set out the popular FREE popcorn and FREE soda plus some FREE nostalgia at the historic Victoria Theatre. Passbooks for the series are on sale now at Ticket Center Stage. Call (937) 228-3630, toll free (888) 228-3630 or purchase online at www.ticketcenterstage.com.
Abby Books Launches Movie Poster Books Webstore
by Christina Mancuso
- Mar 30, 2016
Abby Books, publisher of more than 40 movie poster books starring Hollywood's legendary and iconic film stars, has opened an exclusive webstore to market its unique product line.
Founded in 2014, Abby Books' popular full-color movie poster books feature such stars as Julie Andrews, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Charlie Chaplin, Sean Connery, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Kirk Douglas, Harrison Ford, Judy Garland, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, Rock Hudson, Veronica Lake, Laurel & Hardy, Jerry Lewis, Marx Brothers, Marilyn Monroe, Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Elvis Presley, Randolph Scott, James Stewart, Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley Temple and John Wayne.
The Indiana-based publisher also offers movie poster books on the films of famous private detectives, Sherlock Holmes and Charlie Chan, and great silent film western stars, as well as on such genres as silent films, sound westerns of 1930-1935, and film noir of the early 1940s.
Each book is printed on 8 x 10 white paper. Page lengths and quantity of movie posters included vary by book.
Authors of most of the series of books are Greg and Jake Lenburg.
Greg Lenburg is best known for the best-selling book, The Three Stooges Scrapbook-Updated Edition. He is also Abby Books' founder.
Jake Lenburg is author of the Great Silent Comedians Movie Poster Book, Charlie Chaplin Movie Poster Book, Great Silent Comedians Poster Art Book and Great Silent Comedians Movie Poster Book - Revised Edition.
Abby Books new webstore is at www.classicmovieposterbooks.com.
Limelight Theatre to Stage GASLIGHT
by Tyler Peterson
- Feb 24, 2016
A MYSTERY of dimming gaslight and footsteps in the night, matched with the timeless theme of marital manipulation, form the basis of a popular Victorian thriller on show at Limelight Theatre this autumn.
Stage Tube: Owen Teale Discusses GASLIGHT
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 28, 2016
GASLIGHT premiered in London in 1938 and immediately became an international success. In 1944, it was adapted into an iconic film starring Ingrid Bergman. Since then, the play has become a staple of theatre companies in Britain but rarely seen in North America. This brand new production will be mounted in the U.K. before travelling across the Atlantic to the Ed Mirvish Theatre.
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