USA Network's Character Approved Blog (characterblog.com) has chosen Lady Gaga, Alexander McQueen, Foursquare, Food Trucks, eBooks and the feature film The Social Network among many others as some of the biggest cultural influencers, trends and ideas of 2010. Each of the eleven experts who contribute weekly updates to the blog handpicked ten people, places and/or things that have had the greatest impact in 2010 across architecture, art, design, fashion, film, food, music, social good, technology, theatre, and writing. The lists also include events whose effects reach far beyond their designated category, such as the freeing of Aung San Suu Kyi, the introduction of the text 'Haiti' campaign, the release of the documentary Waiting For Superman and the success of the nonprofit Making It Right New Orleans. The year-end content was announced today by Alexandra Shapiro, USA's senior vice president, brand strategy and digital.
Roger Ebert News
Legendary actor Leslie Nielsen has passed away from complications of pneumonia at the age of 84, according to various news reports. Nielsen was surrounded by his wife and friends in a hospital near his Fort Lauderdale home.
The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded $450,000 to 30 U.S. film festivals for the 2011 calendar year, Festival Grants Committee Chair Buffy Shutt announced today.
Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) will begin previews for AFTER TE REVOLUTION on Thursday, October 21 at 7:30 PM. With an Opening Night set for November 10, the limited engagement will play through Sunday, November 28 at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street). AFTER THE REVOLUTION will be the second production of the theater company's 40th Anniversary Season.
Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced complete casting for the New York premiere of AFTER THE REVOLUTION, a new play by Amy Herzog (Missed Connections, 508 at Ars Nova, Hungry at EST). Directed by Carolyn Cantor (Essential Self-Defense at PH, Pumpgirl, Orange Water Flower), the production will begin previews Thursday, October 21 at 7:30 PM. With an Opening Night set for Tuesday, November 9 at 7PM, the limited engagement will play through Sunday, November 28 at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street). AFTER THE REVOLUTION will be the second production of the theater company's 40th Anniversary Season.
The Ny International children's festival presents AZUR & ASMAR at IFC In English - Recommended ages 6 to adult
With such a glowing history, and as one of Disney's crown jewels, why would the studio now decide to re-release 'Beauty and the Beast' in 3D? Sure, Disney's theatrical history is built on the concept of re-releasing an animated classic into the movie houses every few years. However, 3D is already overused, and has some analysts speculating that the visual technology is losing steam, fast...
On Wednesday, June 16th, 2010, the University Club of Chicago Board of Directors will present their Annual Cultural Award to Chicago Opera Theater (COT) General Director Brian Dickie.
Yesterday, June 14, BJ Novack hosted the 14th Annual 'Webby Awards' at Cipriani, Wall Street in New York City. The 'Webby Awards' is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. The Webbys were established in 1996 during the Web's infancy. The Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which includes a 750-member body of leading web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities, and associate members who are former 'Webby Award' winners and nominees and other internet professionals. BroadwayWorld brings coverage of the event below.
This play will take place at Pinecrest Gardens Banyan Bowl, 11000 SW 57 Avenue Miami FL 33156, May 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30, June 5 and 6 at 2:00 PM. Tickets can be purchased online at www.pinecrestrep.org through the Theatermania link.
New York's sexiest revue, EROTIC BROADWAY - Vintage Variety, will welcome Radio City Rockette Rachel Borgman, Andrew Fitch, Lynette Toomey, and Wicked's Jessica Walter for the May 27th show at 9:30PM.
New York's sexiest revue, EROTIC BROADWAY - Vintage Variety, will welcome Radio City Rockette Rachel Borgman, Andrew Fitch, Lynette Toomey, and Wicked's Jessica Walter for the May 27th show at 9:30PM. Upcoming performance dates are Wed, June 30th at 8pm, Wed, July 14th at 7:30pm, and Wed, Aug. 18th at 8pm.
This play will take place at Pinecrest Gardens Banyan Bowl, 11000 SW 57 Avenue Miami FL 33156, May 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30, June 5 and 6 at 2:00 PM. Tickets can be purchased online at www.pinecrestrep.org through the Theatermania link.
New York's sexiest revue, EROTIC BROADWAY - Vintage Variety, will welcome Radio City Rockette Rachel Borgman, Andrew Fitch, Lynette Toomey, and Wicked's Jessica Walter for the May 27th show at 9:30PM. Upcoming performance dates are Wed, June 30th at 8pm, Wed, July 14th at 7:30pm, and Wed, Aug. 18th at 8pm.
Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, is proud to announce four additional productions for its 2010/2011 40th Anniversary Season. The three World Premieres and one New York premiere join the previously-announced New York premiere of Edward Albee's ME, MYSELF & I.
New York's sexiest revue, EROTIC BROADWAY, which enjoyed a sold out run in the summer and fall of last year, will return to New York on March 27th at 11PM with a new edition of the show titled 'Vintage Variety,' which is currently scheduled to play once a month at The Triad Theater through August with additional upcoming performances on April 24th, May 29th, June 26th, July 31st, and August 28th.
New York's sexiest revue, EROTIC BROADWAY, which enjoyed a sold out run in the summer and fall of last year, will return to New York on March 27th at 11PM with a new edition of the show titled 'Vintage Variety,' which is currently scheduled to play once a month at The Triad Theater through August with additional upcoming performances on April 24th, May 29th, June 26th, July 31st, and August 28th.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment offers music lovers a backstage pass to witness the King of Pop plan and create what would have been his electrifying and triumphant return to the stage when MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT debuts on Blu-ray, DVD and PSP this January 26, 2010.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment offers music lovers a backstage pass to witness the King of Pop plan and create what would have been his electrifying and triumphant return to the stage when MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT debuts on Blu-ray, DVD and PSP this January 26, 2010.
Even as Berkeley Repertory Theatre scorches the stage with the world premiere of American Idiot, it welcomes the prodigal return of Passing Strange.
