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The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted last night to present the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-director Francis Ford Coppola and Honorary Awards to historian and preservationist Kevin Brownlow, director Jean-Luc Godard and actor Eli Wallach.
Talk Show Listings for Friday, August 20, 2010.
Road Less Traveled Productions' Emanuel Fried New Play Workshop announces a special staged reading of Den Of Thieves, the first produced work by RLTP's 2011 American Theatre Master Stephen Adly Guirgis.
Road Less Traveled Productions' Emanuel Fried New Play Workshop announces a special staged reading of Den Of Thieves, the first produced work by RLTP's 2011 American Theatre Master Stephen Adly Guirgis.
Bolstered by a phenomenal title track, with an ache and a surfy twang that wouldn't be out of place substituting a Nancy Sinatra song on a Quentin Tarantino soundtrack, Eilen Jewell's latest album Sea of Tears caused quite a stir in the roots/Americana world in 2009. This whip-smart, charismatic Boston-area singer appears following a set by The Sacred Shakers, a who's who of all-star roots musicians (including Eilen) revisiting the bluesy gospel material that inspires them. Fri Jul 31, 8pm.
Road Less Traveled Productions' Emanuel Fried New Play Workshop announces a special staged reading of Den Of Thieves, the first produced work by RLTP's 2011 American Theatre Master Stephen Adly Guirgis.
Bolstered by a phenomenal title track, with an ache and a surfy twang that wouldn't be out of place substituting a Nancy Sinatra song on a Quentin Tarantino soundtrack, Eilen Jewell's latest album Sea of Tears caused quite a stir in the roots/Americana world in 2009. This whip-smart, charismatic Boston-area singer appears following a set by The Sacred Shakers, a who's who of all-star roots musicians (including Eilen) revisiting the bluesy gospel material that inspires them. Fri Jul 31, 8pm.
Spike TV has announced another honor to be presented during its 'Guys Choice' event, as the original sci-fi action thriller 'Inception' will be crowned Most Man-ticipated movie of 2010. Most Man-ticipated will be presented to 'Inception' writer, director, producer Christopher Nolan and film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Taping Saturday, June 5 at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA, 'Guys Choice' premieres Sunday, June 20 (10:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT).
Welcome to 99 AND UNDER THE RADAR: A LOOK AT INDIE THEATER'S MOVERS AND SHAKERS, BroadwayWorld's new weekly series that showcases standout productions and production companies from the independent theater scene in New York City. Each week, independent producer Michael Roderick will be discussing the latest goings on in the theatrical wings, highlighting those with potentially bright futures. This Week's Topic: Getting to the 'Source' of the Indie Theatre Community.
Spike TV has announced another honor to be presented during its 'Guys Choice' event, as the original sci-fi action thriller 'Inception' will be crowned Most Man-ticipated movie of 2010. Most Man-ticipated will be presented to 'Inception' writer, director, producer Christopher Nolan and film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Taping Saturday, June 5 at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA, 'Guys Choice' premieres Sunday, June 20 (10:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT).
Spike TV has announced another honor to be presented during its 'Guys Choice' event, as the original sci-fi action thriller 'Inception' will be crowned Most Man-ticipated movie of 2010. Most Man-ticipated will be presented to 'Inception' writer, director, producer Christopher Nolan and film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Taping Saturday, June 5 at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA, 'Guys Choice' premieres Sunday, June 20 (10:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT).
New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Founding Executive Directors) today announced that Dominic Fumusa (Fault Lines, Take Me Out, 'Nurse Jackie') has joined the cast of the New York premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play (In The Next Room... or the vibrator play) and directed by Mark Wing-Davey (The Singing Forest).
WaterTower Theatre (WTT) and Producing Artistic Director Terry Martin are proud to announce the 2010-2011 season for WTT's Main Stage Series. WTT's new season promises to entertain and engage audiences with a rousing mix of musicals, classic dramas, side-splitting comedies and highly anticipated regional premieres.
According to Variety, Quentin Tarantino will be 'honored' by the 2010 Friars Club on October 1 in one of thier famed roasts. The roast will be held at the New York Hilton.
According to Variety, Samuel L. Jackson and Neil LaBute are set to develop an as-of-yet unnamed television series together with the Showtime network.
It's time to man up for the biggest boys night of the year! Spike TV announced today the fourth annual 'Guys Choice' - a one-night-only event for guys where the year's most hotly debated rivalries from the world of sports, comedy, film and more go up against one another mano-a-mano with original categories that embody everything that matters in 'guydom.' The two-hour event pays homage to the things guys love most: superstar athletes, the ladies we love, hilarious comedic performances and legendary rockers. Scheduled to tape Saturday, June 5 at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA, 'Guys Choice' premieres Sunday, June 20 (10:00 PM-Midnight, ET/PT) on Spike TV.
Today, we present the final section of the Sondheim Palooza for this week with a discussion of Sondheim's work in the last two decades. The shows themselves stand as solid proof that this is a composer/lyricist still at the absolute height of his abilities and at the top of his game, as we can very clearly hear in the scores for ASSASSINS, PASSION, THE FROGS and ROAD SHOW...
New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Founding Executive Directors) today announced that Dominic Fumusa (Fault Lines, Take Me Out, 'Nurse Jackie') has joined the cast of the New York premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play (In The Next Room... or the vibrator play) and directed by Mark Wing-Davey (The Singing Forest).
Japan Society's spring Globus Film Series Mad, Bad... & Dangerous to Know: Three Untamed Beauties of Japanese Cinema celebrates some of the most radical portrayals of Japanese women in film history by three iconic actresses. From March 31 through April 18, the 13-film series unfolds in three parts over three weeks: Ayako Wakao: Passion Made Flesh, Meiko Kaji: A Mad, Bad Unholy Easter Weekend; and Mariko Okada: The Discreet Charm of the Adulteress. General admission to each screening is $11/$7 Japan Society members, students & seniors. Tickets to the March 31 opening screening, Tattoo (Irezumi) are $15/$10 Japan Society members, students & seniors, and include entry to the DRESSED TO KILL! after party.
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