Viola Davis News

Erika Smith is an actress, music artist and writer, who is releasing her first studio album 'Calendar Girls,' in collaboration with Calvin Gaines and Mark Wilson, who are the producers.

The new anthology drama stars Oscar®, Emmy® and Tony winner Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom), as former first lady Michelle Obama, Oscar and Emmy nominee Michelle Pfeiffer (French Exit) as Betty Ford and Emmy and Screen Actors Guild® winner Gillian Anderson (The Crown) as Eleanor Roosevelt.

Redhouse Arts Center continues its 2022 portion of the season and will feature the previously much anticipated play, August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize winning American masterpiece, Fences.

Academy Award and Tony-winning actor Denzel Washington has revealed that he hopes to take on the role of Shakespeare's King Lear as his next project.

Lincoln Center Theater's Intimate Apparel, a new opera with music by Ricky Ian Gordon and libretto by Lynn Nottage, based off of her play of the same name, and direction by Bartlett Sher just opened at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. 

Kiefer Sutherland today announced a US tour shortly after the release of his third studio album ‘Bloor Street.' During the 12 date tour, An Evening with Kiefer Sutherland will feature special guest performers Marc Copely and Rocco DeLucca. Check out the new tour dates now!

Trinity Repertory Company's next production in the 2021-22 Season is August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean, the first play chronologically in the iconic playwright's American Century Cycle. Directed by resident company member Jude Sandy, Gem of the Ocean features a multigenerational cast of local artists.

Multi-Grammy® winner and NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis, joined by the Branford Marsalis Quartet is coming to Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall on Wednesday, February 23.

The New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy and Artistic Director Michael Tilson Thomas have announced I Dream a World: The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond, a multi-disciplinary, multi-tiered festival that celebrates the history and influence of this cultural movement.

New Jersey Youth Symphony member Ryoma Takenaga of New Providence, NJ from the Academy for Information Technology, has received a 2022 YoungArts award in Jazz. Takenaga has been recognized at the Honorable Mention level, the organization's second highest honor.

Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Emerald Fennell, and Sarah Jessica Parker, have been inducted into the Variety 500 list. Previous members of the list include Lin-Manuel Miranda, Billy Porter, Hugh Jackman, Emma Stone, Nicole Kidman, Viola Davis, James Corden, Jim Parsons, Sam Mendes, and more.

AP Entertainment has announced Rachel Zegler and Adrienne Warren as part of their list of  Breakthrough Entertainers of 2021. Other members of the 2021 class include Damson Idris, Simu Liu, Rauw Alejandro, Saweetie, Anupam Tripathi and Sydney Sweeney.

YoungArts announces the 2022 YoungArts award winners—720 of the most accomplished young visual, literary and performing artists from across the country.

The national tour of A CHRISTMAS CAROL lands at the Ahmanson November 30, 2021. Winner of five Tony Awards, this perennial holiday classic stars Bradley Whitford, Kate Burton and Alex Newell, with a supporting cast which includes Chante Carmel, Dashiell Eaves, Brandon Gill, Evan Harrington, Chris Hoch, Sarah Hunt, Alex Nee, Sebastian Ortiz, Cade Robertson, Brett Ryback, Harry Thornton, Glory Yepassis-Zembrou and Grace Yoo. Had a lovely phoner with Glory on what led her to this, her debut Equity gig.

Second Stage Theater's 2021 Fall Gala honored Producer DEBRA MARTIN CHASE and Playwright Lynn Nottage at a one-night-only celebration on Monday, November 15, 2021 at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers. Ms. Chase and Ms. Nottage are both members of Second Stage Theater's Board of Directors.

Second Stage Theater’s 2021 Fall Gala will honor Producer DEBRA MARTIN CHASE and Playwright LYNN NOTTAGE at a one-night-only celebration on Monday, November 15, 2021 at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers. Ms. Chase and Ms. Nottage are both members of Second Stage Theater’s Board of Directors.

Released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime, Ruth Slater (Sandra Bullock) re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past. The film also features Linda Emond, Rob Morgan, Emma Nelson, and Viola Davis. Watch the new trailer now!

In this intimate conversation STOPTIME:Live in the Moment host Lisa Hopkins speaks with NY Times best selling author Jodi Picoult about her creative process, the importance of stewardship and her new passion for collaboration and writing for the musical stage.

From new releases to the return of some classics, this month's list of releases includes a Rita Moreno documentary, an album of new symphonic suits from Andrew Lloyd Webber, and new additions to the Seth Rudetsky Concert Series. movies, television, music, and concerts you should tune into this October!

Warren and Olivier Award-Winner Sheila Atim join the previously announced Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, John Boyega, Sheila Atim, and Lashana Lynch in the new feature from TriStar.