OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today premiere dates for six films to be broadcast as part of the OWN Documentary Club. The films, airing monthly on Thursdays from 9-11 p.m. ET/PT, will round out the 2011 OWN Documentary Club film slate and launch into the new year beginning with 'Life 2.0' August 25, 'Most Valuable Players' September 8, 'Miss Representation' October 20, 'Crime After Crime' November 3, 'One Lucky Elephant' December 1 and 'Louder Than a Bomb' January 5, 2012. The announcement comes on the heals of the network's first OWN Documentary Club film 'Becoming Chaz' garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Nonfiction Special, Directing and Picture Editing.
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is adding the documentary 'Miss Representation' to the OWN Documentary Film Club, it was announced today by Lisa Erspamer, chief creative officer, OWN.
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) and gala co-chairs Lesley Clement and Carlie Wilmans are proud to announce A.C.T.'s 2009-10 season gala, the Crystal Ball. San Francisco First Lady and A.C.T. Conservatory alumna Jennifer Siebel Newsom and Ken McNeely, president, AT&T California, serve as honorary co-chairs. AT&T is the presenting sponsor for the event. Headlining this special evening is one of the A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts Program's most celebrated graduates, Tony Award-winning actress Anika Noni Rose, whose credits include roles on film (the lead in Disney's The Princess and the Frog and Dreamgirls) and Broadway (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Caroline, or Change).
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) and gala co-chairs Lesley Clement and Carlie Wilmans are proud to announce A.C.T.'s 2009-10 season gala, the Crystal Ball. San Francisco First Lady and A.C.T. Conservatory alumna Jennifer Siebel Newsom and Ken McNeely, president, AT&T California, serve as honorary co-chairs. AT&T is the presenting sponsor for the event. Headlining this special evening is one of the A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts Program's most celebrated graduates, Tony Award-winning actress Anika Noni Rose, whose credits include roles on film (the lead in Disney's The Princess and the Frog and Dreamgirls) and Broadway (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Caroline, or Change).
The Bay Area community came out in droves on January 9, 2010, to celebrate the 100th birthday of the historic home of American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.).
Academy Award-nominated director Gus Van Sant's Milk, starring Academy Award winner Sean Penn as gay rights icon Harvey Milk, had its world premiere at San Francisco's historic Castro Theatre (at 429 Castro Street) tonight. The evening benefited multiple charities supporting LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) youth. Dinner and dancing followed at City Hall.
SF Playhouse opens its fifth season with John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation, directed by Bill English, beginning performances September 19, opening September 22 through November 17.
The highly anticipated film version of Rent had its world premiere last night with a glitzy opening in New York City at the Ziegfeld Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there to bring you the celebrity filled red carpet. Rent opens nationwide on November 23rd.
