Woodrow Wilson News

On October 15, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) will debut on Blu-ray The Untold History of the United States, a ten-part Showtime Original Series from three-time Academy Award-winning writer and director Oliver Stone.

The Coachella Valley's premiere theatrical venue, The McCallum Theatre, has added an exciting new array of offerings to its' already jam-packed upcoming seaon. Comedy, jazz, world music, country royalty, pop icons and first ladies of American song have been added to the roster of McCallum Theatre's 2013-2014 season. 'We are always looking to add performances with the broadest appeal to Valley audiences,' said Mitch Gershenfeld, President & CEO of the McCallum. 'We are pleased that several terrific shows became available after our subscription brochure went to press and delighted to add them to what is already an exciting and diverse season of world-class entertainment.'

Complementing the 2013 Mainstage season, Hangar Theatre presents a magical series of live theatre for young audiences based on favorite children's stories. The KIDDSTUFF series continues with Roald Dahl's beloved children's classic, James and the Giant Peach playing today, August 1-3 at 10am and 12pm. For tickets and information visit HangarTheatre.org or call 607.273.4497.

Complementing the 2013 Mainstage season, Hangar Theatre presents a magical series of live theatre for young audiences based on favorite children's stories. The KIDDSTUFF series continues with Roald Dahl's beloved children's classic, James and the Giant Peach playing August 1-3 at 10am and 12pm.

“Meet the Press” was the most-watched Sunday morning public affairs hour on July 7, 2013, according to Nielsen Media Research data. The NBC broadcast drew 2.352 million viewers, topping This Week by +279,000, the Face the Nation hour by +514,000, and FOX News Sunday by +1,356,000.

The Detroit Repertory Theatre's 2013/2014 Season will have a Champagne Opening and Celebration on November 07, 2013. The highlight of this 57th Opening Night at the Rep will be the Midwest Premiere comedy A FACILITY FOR LIVING by Katie Forgette. The rest of the season are all World Premiere plays that span a range of issues: a powerful story about the changing music scene in the 1960's in America as a metaphor for the race riots happening at the time; a mystery about 3 Cherokee 'blood brothers'; and finally a twisted comical romp about a professor who meets a student who has taken his teachings about animal rights literally.

Everybody knows a lawyer joke or two, but what's not as well known is the effect of the legal mind on the U.S. presidency. That's a problem, author Albert Lebowitz points out in his new book, because 27 of the 44 presidents since the nation's founding have been lawyers. For instance, although hundreds of books and articles have been written about Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, little emphasis has been placed on both of them earning degrees from Ivy League law schools, being constitutional law professors and having wives who also graduated from Ivy League law schools and practiced law.

Yesterday's “Meet the Press with David Gregory” on NBC featured the latest update on the SFO plane crash from NBC's Tom Costello and NTSB Chair Deborah Hersman; a report on the situation in Egypt from NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin and former Egyptian ambassador to the United States Nabil Fahmy.

What did Arturo Toscanini, Woodrow Wilson, Martha Graham, and Albert Einstein have in common? They all appeared at Carnegie Hall. Now, as part of the Hall's ongoing Digital Archives Project, the public can uncover this information and discover a whole lot more, thanks to a new online performance history search feature recently added to the 'History' section of Carnegie Hall's website. This new addition makes a large portion of the Hall's performance history database directly available to the public for the first time.

From Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times–bestselling author A. Scott Berg comes the definitive—and revelatory—biography of one of the great American figures of modern times.

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Princeton Summer Theater returns for its 45th Season with a strong line-up of four diverse, challenging plays, from Golden Age musical theater to contemporary drama. A full-time company of six actors, all current Princeton students or '13 graduates, fearlessly prepares to tackle this incredible range of roles and styles. PST introduces the remarkable young talents who will take the Hamilton Murray stage this summer.

The World Premiere of Ralph Accardo's play ROAMING CHARGES, a playful story about two wandering women and a roaming 13 year old girl will have its Champagne Opening tonight, May 30, 2013 at 8:30 PM at the Detroit Repertory Theatre. ?

The World Premiere of Ralph Accardo's play ROAMING CHARGES, a playful story about two wandering women and a roaming 13 year old girl will have its Champagne Opening on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 8:30 PM at the Detroit Repertory Theatre. ?

The Midwest Premiere of A THOUSAND CIRCLETS by Theroun D'Arcy Patterson will be at 8:30 PM tonight, March 28, 2013 at the Detroit Repertory Theatre. This moving family drama is about a renowned African American architect who is on the cusp of realizing his life's ambition: to build a skyscraper. But foreboding ripples threaten the seemingly smooth waters.

Silver Spring Stage presents Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan, directed by Kevin O'Connell and produced by Devon Seybert, the engrossing dramatization of how the then-washed up talk-show host David Frost convinced the disgraced Richard Nixon to be interviewed for television. Frost/Nixon will perform weekends April 5 to April 27. Silver Spring Stage is excited to announce that Jim Reston, one of the team members that prepared David Frost for the historic Frost/Nixon interviews, will participate in a post-performance discussion on Sunday April 21.