MURROW Opens in Texas This Month
by Stephi Wild
- Apr 4, 2024
Murrow, a one-character drama about the life of legendary broadcaster Edward R. Murrow by a member of The Theater Project’s playwrights’ workshop, will open at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas, TX, on April 11.
Museum Of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial To The Holocaust Announces September Reopening
by Stephi Wild
- Aug 11, 2020
As New York enters the next phase of reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust today announced plans to reopen its doors-pending City and State approval-on a reduced schedule in September and extend the internationally acclaimed and popular exhibition, Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.,
Boston Public Library And American Ancestors To Host Author Larry Tye
by A.A. Cristi
- Jul 17, 2020
On Thursday, July 23, at 6:00 p.m., the Boston Public Library (BPL), in collaboration with American Ancestors | NEHGS, will present a virtual conversation between best-selling New York Times author and former Boston Globe reporter Larry Tye, and BPL President David Leonard.
Check Out the Lineup for This Year's FRIGID Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jan 30, 2020
Now in its fourteenth year, FRIGID is an open and uncensored theatre festival that gives artists an opportunity to let their ingenuity thrive in a venue that values freedom of expression and artistic determination. In true support of our Indie Theater Community, 100% of box office proceeds will go directly to the artists whose work is being presented. FRIGID is here to chill out the New York independent theatre scene's ideas of what a theatre festival can be!
A GOOD AMERICAN FAMILY by Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist David Maraniss
by Marina Kennedy
- Jun 11, 2019
David Maraniss, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and bestselling author, has been chronicling American life and now with 'A Good American Family,' he turns the lens on his own family to examine the politics of the 1950s McCarthy era with this powerfully resonant book.
Glenn Close to Narrate THE LAVENDER SCARE on PBS
by Kaitlin Milligan
- May 14, 2019
Narrated by Glenn Close and featuring the voices of Cynthia Nixon, Zachary Quinto, T. R. Knight and David Hyde Pierce, THE LAVENDER SCARE tells the little-known story of an unrelenting campaign by the federal government to identify and fire employees suspected of being homosexual. Produced and directed by Josh Howard and based on the award-winning book by David K. Johnson, THE LAVENDER SCARE premieres Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS, pbs.org and the PBS Video App.
BWW Review: Atlantis Theatrical Crafts A Polished Rendition of MILLENNIUM APPROACHES
by Robert Encila-Celdran
- Mar 28, 2019
Acclaimed playwright Sarah Ruhl began her career as an avid consumer of other people's works. A church in Chicago was the unlikely venue of her first encounter with 'Angels in America,' where she gushed about Tony Kushner's work for its 'seriousness, endurance, political engagement, and language.'
Review: FINKS Centers on a Terrifying Time and No-Win Situation for Artists in America
by Shari Barrett
- Dec 5, 2018
Rogue Machine, known for its mission to present original and provocative programming, is now presenting the West Coast premiere production of FINKS, a New York Times Critic's Pick which was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. The play brings together writer Joe Gilford and director Michael Pressman, friends since childhood and both children of Blacklisted artists. In it, Gilford documents the struggle his parents, entertainers Jack Gilford and Madeline Lee Gilford, endured when they were called to testify, with actual testimony or published statements by those who appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee used in the play.
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