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DICKINSON Renewed for Season Three on Apple TV Plus
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Oct 8, 2020

The acclaimed Peabody Award-winning Apple Original comedy series 'Dickinson' will officially return for its second season on Friday, January 8, 2021.

DREAM OF THE RED MANSIONS Comes to The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2020

The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre presents The Dream of Red Mansions. Performances take place 21st and 22nd November 2020 at 7pm.

HBO Max Greenlights Adam McKay's THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Jan 15, 2020

HBO Max announced from the stage at the WarnerMedia Television Critics Association (TCA) Day, a greenlight for Oscar® and Emmy® Award-winning writer Adam McKay's (Succession, The Big Short) The Uninhabitable Earth. This anthology series from wiip is inspired by David Wallace-Wells' global best-selling book and New York Magazine article of the same name and will be comprised of stand-alone fictional stories covering a wide range of genres and possible futures that could result from the rapid warming of our planet. McKay, who recently closed a five-year, overall television deal with HBO and HBO Max, is attached to write and direct the first episode. The plan is for the first season to enlist top directors and writers to join in creating a provocative and entertaining series that taps into our unease with just how delicately our planet is teetering on the precipice.

Paul McCartney At Work On Musical Adaptation of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 17, 2019

Music legend Paul McCartney is currently at work on a musical adaptation of the classic holiday film. It's A Wonderful Life.

Photo Coverage: Gingold Theatrical Group's GOLDEN SHAMROCK GALA Honors Stephen Schwartz
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Mar 17, 2019

Gingold Theatrical Group held its Golden Shamrock Gala 2019, honoring humanitarian and award-winning creator of Godspell, Pippin, and Wicked, Stephen Schwartz, on Saturday, March 16th at 3 West Club (3 West 51st Street). Among some surprise guests performers were Stephen Schwartz himself, along with Claybourne Elder, Melissa Errico, and Alison Fraser.

Photo Coverage: Project Shaw Presents SHAW SONGS 2019
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Feb 12, 2019

Gingold Theatrical Group continued the 14th Season of Project Shaw, Art as Activism: A Theatrical Survival Guide, a special series of evenings of plays that embrace human rights and free speech. All of GTG's programming, inspired by the works of George Bernard Shaw, are designed to provoke peaceful discussion and activism.

Kate Winslet, Gavin O'Connor Join Brad Inglesby's MARE OF EASTTOWN
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Jan 23, 2019

Deadline reports that Kate Winslet will star in Mare of Easttown, a limited series for HBO, with Gavin O'Connor directing. Brad Ingelsby created and wrote the show and will serve as showrunner.

What's the Buzz? JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Takes Home Five Emmys!
by Kaitlin Milligan - Sep 9, 2018

NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert has won an five Emmys during the 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday night.

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Wins Emmy for Outstanding Live Variety Special!
by Kaitlin Milligan - Sep 9, 2018

NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert has won an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) during the 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

Jane Krakowski Joins, DICKINSON, the Upcoming Series on Apple
by Kaitlin Milligan - Aug 30, 2018

Jane Krakowski has joined the upcoming comedy series on Apple about Emily Dickinson, according to Variety.

Judith Light Announced to Guest Star on QUEEN AMERICA
by Julie Musbach - Jul 26, 2018

According to Variety, Judith Light has been announced as a guest star on the Facebook Watch series Queen America.

Jennifer Westfeldt And Victoria Justice Join QUEEN AMERICA On Facebook Watch
by Julie Musbach - Jul 19, 2018

Jennifer Westfeldt ('Younger,' 'Friends with Kids') and Victoria Justice ('Victorious,' 'Eye Candy') have been tapped for the freshman season of the forthcoming scripted series 'Queen America' on Facebook Watch, Facebook's new video platform. Westfeldt's status is as a recurring guest star with Justice attached to the project for dual-episodes. This new series stars Oscar and Tony award-winning actress Catherine Zeta-Jones (Vicki Ellis). 'Queen America' is created, written, and executive produced by Meaghan Oppenheimer ('Fear the Walking Dead'). Westfeldt and Justice join previously announced series regulars Belle Shouse, Teagle F. Bougere, Rana Roy, Isabella Amara, Molly Price and Megan West.

Belle Shouse, Teagle F. Bougere, Rana Roy, Isabella Amara, Molly Price and Megan West Announced as Series Regulars For QUEEN AMERICA On Facebook Watch
by Stephi Wild - Jul 10, 2018

Belle Shouse ('A Million Ways to Die in the West,' 'Secrets & Lies'), Teagle Bougere ('A Night at the Museum,' 'The Pelican Brief'), Rana Roy ('Life Sentence,' 'Switched at Birth'), Isabella Amara ('Wilson,' 'Spiderman: Homecoming'), Molly Price ('Bloodline,' 'Feud: Bette and Joan,' 'American Crime Story: Versace') and Megan West ('This is Us,' 'How To Get Away With Murder') have been cast as series regulars in the forthcoming scripted series 'Queen America,' on Facebook Watch, Facebook's new video platform. This new series stars Oscar and Tony award-winning actress Catherine Zeta-Jones (Vicki Ellis). 'Queen America' is created, written, and executive produced by Meaghan Oppenheimer ('Fear the Walking Dead').

Heari, the World's First Tailored Audio-Neckband Headphones, Launch on Kickstarter
by Macon Prickett - Jun 26, 2018

MF Jebsen Electronics has teamed up with AumeoAudio, the world's pioneer in personalized audio, to launch Heari, the world's first tailored audio-neckband headphones, on Kickstarter. The campaign is built on the success of Aumeo's Headphone Personalizer, which crowdfunded over $300,000 (USD) in 2015.

Hailee Steinfeld To Star As Emily Dickinson In New Comedy Series Picked Up By Apple
by Tori Hartshorn - May 30, 2018

According to Deadline, Apple has picked up the brand new comedy series DICKINSON. They ordered the show straight to series. Oscar nominated actress/singer  Hailee Steinfeld is set to star in the title role as poet Emily Dickinson. The half hour series comes from Paul Lee's wiip., David Gordon Green, Darlene Hunt, Michael Sugar and Anonymous Content. Read more about the news from Deadline here!

Academy Award and Tony Award-Winning Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones to Star in QUEEN AMERICA for Facebook Watch
by Tori Hartshorn - May 4, 2018

QUEEN AMERICA, a new scripted series starring multi-award-winning actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, has been given a 10-episode, straight-to-series order by Facebook's new video platform Facebook Watch.

BWW Album Review: Let The Praise Rise For JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT Original Soundtrack
by Tori Hartshorn - Apr 12, 2018

NBC's live concert staging of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR aired this past Easter Sunday. Largely sung from the perspective of Judas, listeners join THE JOURNEY through final week in the life Jesus Christ, from Palm Sunday to the arrest and crucifixion. Performed live on a set of exposed scaffolding in Brooklyn's Marcy Armory, this live musical gave cause to all of its televised musical predecessors. Masterworks Broadway released the live recording of the vivacious television event digitally on April 6th, with a physical version to follow on April 20.

Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet at the Gingold Theatrical Group Golden Shamrock Gala
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Mar 18, 2018

Gingold Theatrical Group (David Staller, Artistic Director) held the 2018 Golden Shamrock Gala on Saturday, March 17 at 3 West Club (3 West 51st Street), and honored actress and activist Martha Plimpton and actor, producer, and long-time Executive Director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Tom Viola. This year's gala was geared toward raising funds for GTG's full production of Shaw's masterpiece, Heartbreak House, which will run in New York's Theatre Row on 42nd Street from August 28 through September 29th.

BWW Review: SRO's TITANIC: THE MUSICAL Avoids Icebergs
by Paul Batterson - Feb 19, 2018

As he walked out of the Columbus Performing Arts Center after viewing SRO's production of TITANIC: THE MUSICAL, one of the patrons turned to his friend and joked, 'Wow, I never saw that ending coming.'

Photo Coverage: First Look at SRO's TITANIC
by Jerri Shafer - Feb 14, 2018

In the final hour of 14 April 1912 the RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, collided with an iceberg and 'the unsinkable ship' slowly sank. It was one of the most tragic disasters of the 20th Century. 1517 men, women and children lost their lives. Titanic performs February 16-28, 2018 at the Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215.  For more info visit http://www.srotheatre.org/

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