Josh Thomas News

Participant Media announced today that Hulu has acquired the exclusive streaming rights for seasons one and two of its critically acclaimed series PLEASE LIKE ME, which airs on its television network, Pivot.

Pivot announced today that the highly anticipated season three of Participant Media's award-winning scripted comedy “Please Like Me,” premieres on Friday, October 16 at 10 p.m. ET.

Glass Mind's flagship play festival returns! This year, inspired by the city's expression of unrest, 8 playwrights sat down for a week to put thoughts to paper, using a tweet as their inspiration. What came out the other side is a night filled with passion, anger, laughter and more. Brainstorm has always striven to be a platform for local artists to explore their craft, and this year we intend to engage Baltimore at-large to talk about the events in our city.

Pivot, Participant Media's network targeting Millennials, age 18-34, today unveiled a robust development slate, and a greenlight for 'Fortitude,' a 12-episode Sky/Pivot original series starring Stanley Tucci, Michael Gambon, Sienna Guillory, and Luke Treadaway.

From a musical comedy super group putting their own spin on Aussie tunes in Perfect Tripod: Australian Songs at Arts Centre Melbourne's Playhouse, to author Andy Griffith's children's wonderland in the stage play The 13-Storey Treehouse, the Arts Centre Melbourne is set to become a comedy hub sure to have everyone in stitches from Wednesday 26 March to Sunday 20 April.

Baz Luhrmann's THE GREAT GATSBY was among the big winners at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Thursday, January 30th.

Pivot (Pivot.tv), the TV network targeting Millennials (18-34) from Participant Media, announced today that the award-winning comedy/drama, 'Please Like Me,' created by Josh Thomas, returns for a second season with ten original half-hour episodes in August 2014.

Author Josh Thomas has always been a voracious, but curious, reader. 'I had ideas that I had never seen in any other books,' he says, when asked about what drove him to write his new novel 'Touch-Me-Not' (published by iUniverse). 'What would happen if a werewolf met a mermaid? How would a titan fare in a battle with a horde of goblins? How would an ancient vampire relate to an Egyptian sphinx?'

"The Great Gatsby" and "The Rocket" top this year's race for the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) awards.

Just days prior to the August 1st network launch and the debut of its first scripted series, 'Please Like Me,' Pivot (Pivot.tv), the new TV network from Participant Media targeting Millennials (18-34), has ordered a sophomore season with 10 original half-hours. Season 2 of the series is being co-produced by Pivot and Pigeon Fancier Productions/John & Josh International, in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's upstart digital channel ABC2, and will shoot in Australia. The announcement was made today by Evan Shapiro, President of Pivot.

The 2011 National Class Clowns Final will be held on Wednesday August 31 at the Malthouse Theatre. The event will feature Harley Breen as emcee and special feature act Smart Casual.

The 2011 National Class Clowns Final will be held on Wednesday August 31 at the Malthouse Theatre. The event will feature Harley Breen as emcee and special feature act Smart Casual.

In February-March 2011, the Overtime Theater will stage its first, full-fledged sketch comedy show: The Overtime Comedy Hour, written and performed by The Denials improv comedy troupe.

In February-March 2011, the Overtime Theater will stage its first, full-fledged sketch comedy show: The Overtime Comedy Hour, written and performed by The Denials improv comedy troupe.

In February-March 2011, the Overtime Theater will stage its first, full-fledged sketch comedy show: The Overtime Comedy Hour, written and performed by The Denials improv comedy troupe.

The Hartt School presents the Music of Stephen Michael Gryc: An Anniversary Celebration The Adaskin String Trio, along with Hartt faculty and students, perform music of Professor Stephen Michael Gryc on Sunday, November 1, at 3:00 PM in Berkman Recital Hall.

The Hartt School presents the Music of Stephen Michael Gryc: An Anniversary Celebration The Adaskin String Trio, along with Hartt faculty and students, perform music of Professor Stephen Michael Gryc on Sunday, November 1, at 3:00 PM in Berkman Recital Hall.

Three couples engage in Edward Albee?s trademark humorously wry, visceral banter at a party where the hostess happens to be dying. At the end of the first act a patrician woman claiming to be the dying woman?s mother arrives with a companion. Complications ensue. This is ?The Lady from Dubuque,? presented by Muddy Waters Theatre Company, June 12-28 at the Kranzberg Art Center in the Big Brother Big Sisters Building in Grand Center.