Wayne Miller News

VOTES by Jacqueline S. Salit and Fred Newman, composed by leading pop/country tunesmith Annie Roboff, is an 'outsider' musical with a canny view of the Clintons as a political couple. Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42nd Street, will present the work's world premiere April 1 to May 8, directed by Gabrielle L. Kurlander.

Jim Wayne Miller (1936–1996) was a prolific writer, a revered teacher and scholar, and a pioneer in the field of Appalachian studies. During his thirty-three-year tenure at Western Kentucky University, he helped build programs in the discipline in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio, and worked tirelessly to promote regional voices by presenting the work of others as often as he did his own. An innovative poet, essayist, and short story writer, Miller was one of the founding fathers and animating spirits of the Appalachian renaissance. “Jim was the first person I ever heard talk about such a thing as Appalachian writing,” said novelist Robert Morgan.

Ugly Sweater Productions presents the Second Annual UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER CABARET on Monday, December 16th at 9:30 pm at The Duplex. A benefit for the 25th Annual New York Cares Coat Drive, the cabaret will be hosted by Vanessa Hidary, aka 'The Hebrew Mamita', and will feature Bobby Cronin, Catherine Porter, Frank Pizzaro, Wayne Miller and Cheo Bourne of pop vocal group The Platters, Erik Sisco, Fiona Pui Shan Hui, Brett Dameron, Maria Maloney and Alison Rose Munn. Kimberly Faith Hickman directs, with musical direction by William Demaniow.

Sequential Brands Group (Nasdaq:SQBG) ('Sequential' or the 'Company'), announced today several initiatives for its brand Ellen Tracy(R) that include new international distribution in South Korea, renewed partnerships with three licensees, and a new category extension. In addition, to mark the 65th year of the brand's founding next year, a fully integrated marketing campaign is set to launch in 2014 that is expected to add momentum, strengthen visibility and expand the consumer base, while preserving the brand's timeless heritage.

With an impressive box office and receptive audiences during the opening weekend of BEHIND THE HEDGEROW: Eileen Slocum and the Meaning of Newport Society, the Jane Pickens Theater has added ten more screenings of the documentary about Newport's last grand dame.

With an impressive box office and receptive audiences during the opening weekend of BEHIND THE HEDGEROW: Eileen Slocum and the Meaning of Newport Society, the Jane Pickens Theater has added ten more screenings of the documentary about Newport's last grand dame.

Following a sellout Newport premiere on Saturday, Aug. 14, 'Behind the Hedgerow: Eileen Slocum and the Meaning of Newport Society' heads to the Jane Pickens Theater this Friday, Aug. 20, for the start of a nine-day run in the popular downtown Newport theater.

Tickets are now on sale for the World and Newport premieres of BEHIND THE HEDGEROW: Eileen Slocum and the Meaning of Newport Society, the exclusive and first-ever movie about the secret world of old-money aristocratic Newport and one of its -- and Rhode Island's and America's -- most prominent families.

Tickets are now on sale for the World and Newport premieres of BEHIND THE HEDGEROW: Eileen Slocum and the Meaning of Newport Society, the exclusive and first-ever movie about the secret world of old-money aristocratic Newport and one of its -- and Rhode Island's and America's -- most prominent families.