Steve Martin to Receive AFI Life Achievement Award on TBS, 6/13
by Caryn Robbins
- May 18, 2015
The Emmy(R)-winning television event, which this year will celebrate the career of actor, comedian, author, playwright, screenwriter, producer and musician Steve Martin, will continue premiering on TNT or TBS through 2018, with encores each year on sister network Turner Classic Movies (TCM).
BLAKE MORGAN to Speak at Canadian Music Week Global Forum
by Danielle DeSisto
- May 1, 2015
?Blake Morgan is a fighter. Sure, as a celebrated singer-songwriter, and founder and CEO of ECR Music Group, as well as being the driving force behind #IRespectMusic, he's a lover too: of music, musicians, and their rights to be treated with fairness and respect.
Ridgefield Playhouse Welcomes Wanda Sykes Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- May 1, 2015
Emmy Award-winning actor/writer/comedian Wanda Sykes has been called 'one of the funniest stand-up comics' by her peers and ranks among Entertainment Weekly's 25 Funniest People in America. She works regularly with the likes of Larry David, Chris Rock and Gary Trudeau on such shows and films as Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Chris Rock Show, Pootie Tang, and the Amazon Prime series Alpha House. Her HBO stand up special I'ma Be Me was nominated for two Primetime Emmy awards. This amazingly funny lady will headline at The Ridgefield Playhouse tonight, May 1, at 8 p.m. This show is for mature audiences only. Special guest is stand-up comedian and comic actor Keith Robinson. This event is part of the Clark Construction Comedy Series.
Amphibian Stage Productions to Welcome Special Guest Baron Vaughn
by Tyler Peterson
- Apr 27, 2015
The soon-to-be breakout star of the new Netflix show Grace and Frankie, Baron Vaughn is bringing his absurdist take on such subjects as race, relationships, Cocoa Puffs and credit scores to Fort Worth for a special two-night standup comedy event at Amphibian Stage Productions.
John Waters, Rita Mae Brown to Be Honored at the 27th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
by Christina Mancuso
- Apr 22, 2015
Lambda Literary is pleased to announce that John Waters will receive Lambda's Trustee Award for Excellence in Literature an Rita Mae Brown will receive the Pioneer Award at the 27th Annual Lambda Literary Awards ('Lammys'). Waters and Brown will be honored along with the winning authors of 24 separate LGBT literary categories as determined by over 90 judges. The Lammys bring together over 450 attendees, sponsors and celebrities to celebrate excellence in LGBT literature, making it the most glamorous and prestigious LGBT literary event in the world. The awards will be hosted for the fourth year in a row by comedienne Kate Clinton on Monday, June 1st in New York City at The Great Hall at Cooper Union (7 East 7th St @ 3rd Ave, New York City) with a pre-ceremony reception presented by Penguin Random House. A VIP After-Party presented by Scholastic will immediately follow the ceremony.
New-York Historical Society to Celebrate Al Hirschfeld with New Exhibition, Book
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 14, 2015
Al Hirschfeld immortalized celebrities, politicians, Broadway productions, films, television shows and beyond with his iconic linear drawings for nine decades, establishing himself as one of the most important contemporary portrait artists. Over a decade since the legendary artist drew his final line drawing, he continues to inspire. This spring, Hirschfeld will be celebrated with the publication of a new book and a major exhibition at the New-York Historical Society.
Nick Cordero, Diane Davis, Kathryn Kates and Liv Rooth to Star in Labyrinth's NICE GIRL This Summer
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 14, 2015
Labyrinth Theater Company announces casting and creative team for the world premiere of Melissa Ross's Nice Girl. The production, May 7-June 7, reunites the Labyrinth Theater Company member with director Mimi O'Donnell, who worked together on the 2011 production of Thinner Than Water. Thinner Than Water marked both the playwriting debut of Ross and the directorial debut of O'Donnell.
M*A*S*H's Mike Farrell Joins ON GOLDEN POND at Alhambra Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 1, 2015
Known to two generations of M*A*S*H fans as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt, Mike Farrell will move from operating theater to live theater when he takes the starring role in the Alhambra Theatre & Dining's production of On Golden Pond. Opening tonight, April 1 for just four weeks, Farrell will join other M*A*S*H legends Gary Burghoff, Jamie Farr and Loretta Switt among Alhambra's prominent list of guest stars.
JANITA Releases New Album 'Didn't You, My Dear?' Today
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 31, 2015
Most singer-songwriters, when building up to releasing their breakthrough new album, are getting publicity photos taken, proofreading lyrics on their album booklet, and readying to hit the media circuit.
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