Al Tapper, composer of the Off Broadway shows Sessions, An Evening at the Carlyle and National Pastime, has won a highly prestigious Peabody Award for his documentary Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy. Tapper produced the 90 minute show for WNET. The Peabody Award celebrates excellence in broadcasting. Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy is the first documentary film to explore the phenomenal relationship that Broadway has had with Jewish Americans. From George Gershwin to Irving Berlin to Kander and Ebb to Stephen Sondheim, the Broadway musical has been dominated by Jewish writers and composers.
The historic Omni Parker House today released 'Heaven, By Hotel Standards,' a book detailing the rich history of the hotel since Harvey Parker first opened its doors in downtown Boston in 1855. The book was written and compiled by House Historian and acclaimed author Susan Wilson.
Producer Jason Hewitt has announced the Phoenix opening of National Pastime, an original baseball musical comedy by Tony Sportiello and Al Tapper, starting March 7th and running through March 30th. The show, which originated at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater in Manhattan, has already had productions in Washington, D.C., Austin, Texas and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
It's been heartening to read about indie bookstores having such a great holiday sales season, and interesting to see which books have done particularly well.
NYC Parks Deputy Commissioner Robert L. Garafola and Bronx Parks Commissioner Hector M. Aponte today joined State Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz, Councilman-elect Andrew Cohen, and members of Community Board 7 and the Friends of Williambsbridge Oval to cut the ribbon on the newly renovated Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center in the Bronx. The Recreation Center underwent extensive interior and exterior renovations totaling $5.2 million. NYC Parks and community partner organizations celebrated the center's opening day with a 'Kids and Adult Fitness Festival' featuring a variety of free activities, events, and prizes.
Author, speaker, and parenting coach C. Lynn Williams has a gift for helping parents develop better relationships with their teenagers. She shares that gift once again with the release of the third book in her Staying Sane parenting series: "Raising Your Daughter Through the Joys, Tears and Hormones!" (220 Publishing) Williams offers the benefits of her years of experience raising two girls as well as her own experiences as a daughter to help mothers better understand the intricacies of the mother/daughter relationship.
It was a concern with the lack of communication she noticed between parents and teens in homes today that prompted Williams to write a series of books that would assist parents as they work through the challenges of raising young adults.
The author said in a recent interview, 'there is so much dissatisfaction and sometimes hatred that exists between mothers and their daughters,' it is her hope that the book 'begins a dialogue that needs to take place in households the world over.' With 'MsParentGuru,' as Williams has come to be known, and Raising Your Daughter in their corner, mothers can look forward to gaining new insights on coping with the strain that the transition of a child to an adult can bring to the dynamic of their connection with teenage daughters.
More information on and advice from Williams can be found at her parenting blog: http://www.clynnwilliams.com/ or website: www.clynnwilliams.com/
Set for general release on September 10th, Ted Williams' new film 'Houseless' documents the lives of several individuals, many of them military veterans, living in a park near Santa Barbara, California.
A bomb goes off in New York City. The course of nine lives and a nation are irrevocably changed. Sifting through the pieces of the past and the future, Somewhere Safer's provocative story examines questions of polarization, citizenship and idealism in modern America. This fast paced and fiercely intelligent play was the inaugural recipient of Square One development with On the Square Productions and was twice featured as part of the company's Write Angle Reading Series. It was also a finalist for the 2012 Old Vic/New Voices Playwrights' Exchange, and featured in Flux Theatre Ensemble's 2013 Have Another series. Atmospheric and evocative, Somewhere digs into the serious and timely questions America faces today about what kind of nation we can and should be, and who will lead us there.
Dopey Bastid is the sequel to “8” Center Field in New York, 1951- 1957, the historical fiction account of Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle and Duke Snider, as told by three thirteen year old friends in 1957. The 'best buds' discuss their baseball idols as they complete a book report in their 8th grade class.
North Coast Repertory Theatre presents THE ODD COUPLE by Neil Simon, directed by Andrew Barnicle. The show runs now through May 12, 2013, after a one-week extension!
North Coast Repertory Theatre presents THE ODD COUPLE by Neil Simon, directed by Andrew Barnicle. The show will run in previews tonight, April 10 - 12, 2013 and continues April 13 - May 5, 2013.
North Coast Repertory Theatre presents THE ODD COUPLE by Neil Simon, directed by Andrew Barnicle. The show will run in previews April 10 - 12, 2013 and continues April 13 - May 5, 2013.
Just a two years after its Broadway debut, Performance Network Theatre will engage, challenge, and inspire audiences to discover the hilarity and tragedy of hard work versus sheer luck with the 2011 Tony Nominee for Best New Play, Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire previewing tonight, February 21st-February 29th, opening with a champagne reception on March 1st with performances through March 31st.
Just a two years after its Broadway debut, Performance Network Theatre will engage, challenge, and inspire audiences to discover the hilarity and tragedy of hard work versus sheer luck with the 2011 Tony Nominee for Best New Play, Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire previewing February 21st-February 29th, opening with a champagne reception on March 1st with performances through March 31st.
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and his wife Brittany Brees' Dream Foundation will commit $1 million to help with Hurricane Sandy relief efforts in the Northeast they reveal on the next edition of CBS News' special PERSON TO PERSON to be broadcast Nov. 23, 2012 (10:00 PM ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
And you thought celebrities led dramatic lives? Just wait until they die for the real drama to begin. THE WILL: FAMILY SECRETS REVEALED returns this October, featuring the outrageousness that abounds when the famous depart. With royalties and residuals up for grabs, celebrities leave behind a lot more than a mansion full of cash - they also have managers, mom-agers, mistresses, and family members who all want a piece of the pie. This new season runs the gamut in spotlighting superstars like Ritchie Valens, an up-and-comer who died young and will-less; Jerry Garcia, whose grateful heart promised too much to too many; and even child star Gary Coleman, who left behind a messy estate plan that pitted his ex-wife against his former best friend. In the premiere episode, THE WILL examines the estate of Tammy Wynette, the queen of country music. When her four daughters realized they had been denied their inheritance, they began questioning the events surrounding their mother's death, and launched a $50-million wrongful death lawsuit against their stepfather and their mother's physician. When the personalities are big but the pocketbooks are even bigger, now that's when things get really interesting. Season three of THE WILL: FAMILY SECRETS REVEALED premieres Thursday, October 18 at 9 PM (ET) on Investigation Discovery.
When the aspiring Broadway bound musical NATIONAL PASTIME opens at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater, it will have baseball memorabilia decorating the lobby.
Crowns, written and directed by Regina Taylor and adapted from the book by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry will play June 30 - August 5, 2012 In the Albert at Theatre Goodman.
Screen Actors Guild Awards® Committee Chair JoBeth Williams announced that next award season's 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards has been scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.
