With high school basketball teams kicking off their seasons all over the Commonwealth, the greatest upset in the state's history gives hope to teams across Kentucky. In 1952, just one year after Coach Adolph Rupp's University of Kentucky Wildcats won their third national championship in four years, an unlikely high school basketball team from rural Graves County, Kentucky, stole the spotlight and the media's attention. Inspired by young coach Jack Story and by the Harlem Globetrotters, the Cuba Cubs grabbed headlines when they rose from relative obscurity to defeat the big-city favorite and win the state championship.
ATLANTA, Oct. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation released today its 2014 list of ten Places in Peril in the state.
Beginning October 8, get ready to witness the hilarious and almost true story about the writer of the movie "Scarface'! From the mother/son writing duo, V. Cate and Duke Ernsberger, comes "A Visit from Scarface," playing at Barter Stage II.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Noble Investment Group ("Noble") today announced the opening of Hyatt Atlanta Midtown in Atlanta. The 194-room hotel is prominently located on the corner of Peachtree Street and 10th Street in the heart of the urban Midtown Mile, Atlanta's celebrated commercial, retail and cultural walking district. Hyatt Atlanta Midtown is adjacent to Class A office tower 999 Peachtree and directly across the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank. The hotel is proximate to Georgia Tech University, Emory University Hospital Midtown and the corporate headquarters for The Coca-Cola Company, Equifax, and Invesco. Hyatt Atlanta Midtown is the newest full service hotel in Atlanta's rapidly expanding Midtown area and is walking distance from the city's major attractions including the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum, Piedmont Park and the Martin Luther King Jr. Historic Site.
American Repertory Theater of WNY's 2012-13 season concludes with Ron Hutchinson's rip-roaring MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS running from April 26th to May 18th at Bittner Hall, 16 Linwood Avenue, 8 pm. Tickets are $20 General Admission; $15 online.
American Repertory Theater of WNY's 2012-13 season concludes with Ron Hutchinson's MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS running from April 26th to May 18th at Bittner Hall, 16 Linwood Avenue, 8 pm. Tickets are $20 General Admission; $15 online.
Two questions: How hard would it be to write the screenplay to Gone with the Wind if you'd never read the Margaret Mitchell book? And how hard would it be to direct Gone with the Wind if you were pulled away from directing The Wizard of Oz to direct this Civil War era epic?
The American Repertory Theater of WNY has announced its 2012-13 season with an exciting lineup filled with WNY debuts, an original musical and a tip o' the hat to Decision 2012. ART will also be operating out of new home as the sixth season will be producing five shows at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 16 Linwood Ave (corner of North Street), where the Allentown and Linwood districts connect.
Canada's Royal Manitoba Theater Center next year will bring Margaret Mitchell's GONE WITH THE WIND to the stage, with a new adaptation by Niki Landau. As they announced earlier today, opening night is set for January 10. Casting has not yet been announced.
A headstrong southern belle, a fledgling courtroom lawyer, the long-suffering wife of Odysseus - these are just some of the passionate characters that will be treading the boards at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre next season.
Two-time Tony Award nominated costume designer Carrie Robbins, and scenic, lighting, costume designer and educator Lloyd Burlingame are among the 2012 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards recipients. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Friday, May 4, at 6:30pm, at the Hudson Theatre (145 West 44th Street). Ms. Robbins was selected to receive the 2012 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award for costume design, and Mr. Burlingame will receive the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatrical Design.
To help celebrate the launch of Fox Valley Repertory's 2012 season with the opening of the behind-the-scenes 'Gone With the Wind' comedy titled Moonlight and Magnolias, Fox Valley Rep is hosting a special screening of the classic film 'Gone With the Wind' at the historic Arcada Theater in downtown St. Charles on Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 3pm (105 E. Main Street, St. Charles, IL 60174).
To help celebrate the launch of Fox Valley Repertory's 2012 season with the opening of the behind-the-scenes 'Gone With the Wind' comedy titled Moonlight and Magnolias, Fox Valley Rep is hosting a special screening of the classic film 'Gone With the Wind' at the historic Arcada Theater in downtown St. Charles on Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 3pm (105 E. Main Street, St. Charles, IL 60174).
