Aurora Theatre Company presents its first fully staged production in the company's second stage performance space, Harry's UpStage. Award-winning Bay Area auteur Mark Jackson returns to the company to direct this sixth addition to the season, the Professional Bay Area Premiere of John W. Lowell's suspenseful psychological thriller THE LETTERS, featuring Beth Wilmurt (The Eccentricities of a Nightingale) and Michael Ray Wisely (The Arsonists). THE LETTERS plays April 17 through May 25 at Harry's UpStage, located in the Nell and Jules Dashow Wing at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley. For tickets ($28, 32) and information the public can call (510) 843-4822 or visit auroratheatre.org.
'After reviewing and prioritizing our slate of movie/mini-series development, we've decided that we will no longer continue developing the Hillary Clinton mini-series,' the network announced today - just a few hours CNN also confirmed they'd scrapped their own Clinton documentary.
Earlier today, BWW reported that after rumors of NBC's negotiations with FOX Television Studios to produce its upcoming four-hour miniseries on the life and times of Hillary Clinton, the two companies have ended their conversation. A source at FOX told The Hollywood Reporter that talks 'fell apart over deal points more than any potential fallout' politcally.
CBS has put their own project inspired by the former First Lady into development from Oscar winner Morgan Freeman and Barbara Hall, according to Deadline. To dodge any potential backlash, however, the drama will follow a fictionalized female Secretary of State - ala the 2012 Sigourney Weaver-led miniseries POLITICAL ANIMALS.
The New York Times reports that NBC is in talks with FOX Television Studios to produce its upcoming four-hour miniseries on the life and times of Hillary Clinton, starring Academy Award nominee Diane Lane as the former New York senator.
Al Jazeera America, the new American news channel that will launch on Aug. 20, today announced that former MSNBC journalist David Shuster will join Al Jazeera America as one of the channel's New York anchors.
According to the Nationalreview.com, NBC is developing a four-hour miniseries on the life and times of Hillary Clinton. Academy Award nominee Diane Lane is set to portray the former New York senator in the biopic which will air prior to the 2016 presidential elections.
Back on April 1, when he posted his third compilation of delayed cabaret reviews from shows staged during the winter, BroadwayWorld.com's lead New York cabaret reviewer promised Number 4 would come with arrival of summer. Okay, so he missed his self-imposed deadline by a couple of weeks. but here's yet another catch-up column with critiques of a half dozen spring shows performed by Bryan Batt, Dawn Derow, Lynly Forrest, Dennis McNeil, Anastasia Barzee, and Nina Hennessey.
On this morning's live broadcast of ABC's morning chat fest THE VIEW, host Barbara Walters officially announced that she will step down in summer 2014. Watch her announcement below!
On this morning's live broadcast of ABC's morning chat fest THE VIEW, host Barbara Walters officially announced that she will step down in summer 2014.
Yesterday's MEET THE PRESS WITH DAVID GREGORY featured interviews with Chair of the Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and a roundtable conversation with Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID), New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, former Clinton White House Chief of Staff John Podesta, Republican strategist Mike Murphy, and NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell. Below are highlights of the program
Yesterday's MEET THE PRESS WITH DAVID GREGORY featured interviews with NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent, Andrea Mitchell and Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY). The transcript which follows contains highlights from the program:
The Comedy Pigs, Maryland Ensemble Theatre's (MET) hilarious sketch and improv group, will be celebrating 19 years of laughter on August 24 and 25 at 8pm with their 19th Anniversary Weekend. Pigs past and present will perform audience favorites such as the Star Wars/Madonna send up 'Empirial Girl' or the cooking show 'Food for Thought', that have had audiences laughing for almost two decades.
The Road Theatre Company and Taylor Gilbert, Founder/Artistic Director together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director, have announced in this, their 21st season, FINDING FOSSILS, written by Ty DeMartino and directed by Suzanne Hunt.
The Road Theatre Company and Taylor Gilbert, Founder/Artistic Director together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director, have announced in this, their 21st season, FINDING FOSSILS, written by Ty DeMartino and directed by Suzanne Hunt.
The Road Theatre Company and Taylor Gilbert, Founder/Artistic Director together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director, have announced in this, their 21st season, FINDING FOSSILS, written by Ty DeMartino and directed by Suzanne Hunt.
When a person handles public relations for legitimate productions that are running in New York City or elsewhere, they are accustomed to setting up in-person interviews with various cast members of their shows and the media. These interviews result in positive exposure and become a vital form of publicity for the vehicle which is being promoted.
Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) is proud to present the Comedy Pigs 18th Anniversary Weekend with performances on August 26th and 27th at 8pm and its full schedule of shows for the 19th season of Comedy Pigs shows on the MET stage. Tickets to the Comedy Pigs Anniversary shows may be purchased online at marylandensemble.org, by phone at (301) 694-4744 or in person at the MET box office.
Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) will present the Comedy Pigs 18th Anniversary Weekend with performances on August 26th and 27th at 8pm and its full schedule of shows for the 19th season of Comedy Pigs shows on the MET stage.
Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) is proud to present the Comedy Pigs 18th Anniversary Weekend with performances on August 26th and 27th at 8pm and its full schedule of shows for the 19th season of Comedy Pigs shows on the MET stage. Tickets to the Comedy Pigs Anniversary shows may be purchased online at marylandensemble.org, by phone at (301) 694-4744 or in person at the MET box office.
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