CBS News legend Mike Wallace, the 60 MINUTES' pit-bull reporter whose probing, brazen style made his name synonymous with the tough interview - a style he practically invented for television more than half a century ago - died last night. He was 93 and passed peacefully surrounded by family members at Waveny Care Center in New Canaan, Conn., where he spent the past few years.
TV Land announced today that the beloved casts of 'Laverne & Shirley' (Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Michael McKean and David L. Lander) and 'One Day At A Time' (Valerie Bertinelli, Bonnie Franklin, Mackenzie Phillips, Glenn Scarpelli and Pat Harrington Jr.) as well as pop culture phenomenon 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' will be honored at the 'TV Land Awards' 10th Anniversary celebration. The star-studded awards show, which honors classic television, film and music icons, will be held at the Lexington Avenue Armory at Gramercy Park on Saturday, April 14th and air on Sunday, April 29th at 9pm ET/PT. More honorees will be announced in coming weeks. They join previously announced honoree Aretha Franklin (Music Icon Award) and second-time host Kelly Ripa for the special decade ceremony.
Francesca Woodman, the most comprehensive exhibition of the artist's work since Woodman's untimely death in 1981 at the age of 22, will be on view at the Guggenheim Museum from March 16 through June 13, 2012.
Seattle Opera today announced its 2012/13 season, featuring six operas that explore the infinite variety of love: obsession, true love, false love, love at first sight, marital love, and love born of hatred.
The 2012 Miss America Pageant promises to be a vibrant, colorful and exciting event, and the esteemed panel of national judges provides a diverse team from the worlds of entertainment, beauty, fitness and journalism.
Grammy Award-winning Judy Collins has thrilled audiences worldwide with her unique blend of interpretive folk songs and contemporary themes for half a century.
Grammy Award-winning Judy Collins has thrilled audiences worldwide with her unique blend of interpretive folk songs and contemporary themes for half a century.
Roundabout Theatre Company has just announced the full cast of a new production of John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger, directed by Roundabout Associate Artist Sam Gold. The cast will feature Adam Driver as 'Cliff,' Sarah Goldberg as 'Allison,' Anastasia Griffith as 'Helena,' and Matthew Rhys as 'Jimmy'.
Renowned actress, producer and humanitarian Mary Tyler Moore will receive Screen Actors Guild (SAG)'s most prestigious accolade - the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. Moore created a new paradigm for female leads in television, won top honors for her courageous performances in film, television and on stage, produced some of the most lauded television programs of all time, and for thirty years, has served as a tireless advocate giving hope to all those afflicted with Type 1 diabetes.
In the days that followed the 9/11 attacks, Circle leaders and members of the Assassins production team were forced to consider closing the show (included in Sondheim's musical is the character of Samuel Byck, an unsuccessful presidential assassin who talks vividly about flying an airplane into the White House to kill President Richard Nixon in 1968. As Circle leaders discussed whether to shutter the show for a weekend, or to cancel the remaining three weeks of the show's run, the show's cast members debated whether or not they could justify to themselves, their friends and their families their own decision to continue with the show in the days just after the deadliest attack ever on American soil.
Tony Kushner's THE INTELLIGENT HOMOSEXUAL'S GUIDE TO CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM WITH A KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES presented by The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Interim Executive Director Joey Parnes) and Signature Theatre Company (Founding Artistic Director James Houghton; Executive Director Erika Mallin) in association with the Guthrie Theater (Joe Dowling, Director) will begin its final week of performances on Tuesday, June 7.
AIDS activist Larry Kramer is the featured subject of the next installment of Iconography, an exclusive series that honors the life, career, and impact of iconic personalities on SiriusXM's 24/7 LGBT channel OutQ (channel 108). Iconography: Larry Kramer offers an intimate look at the life and work of playwright, author, public health advocate, and LGBT rights activist.
The Open Fist Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the second production of its 2011 Season, the Los Angeles premiere of a newly revised version of Sam Shepard's CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS, directed by Scott Paulin (who played Wesley in Magic Theatre's production where Mr. Shepard was playwright-in-residence).
Broadway playwright Lanford Wilson passed away this morning, March 24. He was 73 years old. Considered one of the founders of the Off-Off-Broadway theater movement, Wilson received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1980, was elected in 2001 to the Theater Hall of Fame, and in 2004 was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
The first preview of Tony Kushner's THE INTELLIGENT HOMOSEXUAL'S GUIDE TO CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM WITH A KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES has been postponed a day to provide the cast and crew with an additional dress rehearsal. The production will now begin performances on Wednesday, March 23 at The Public Theater (425 Lafayette Street). The production is presented by The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Interim Executive Director Joey Parnes) and Signature Theatre Company (Founding Artistic Director James Houghton; Executive Director Erika Mallin) in association with the Guthrie Theater (Joe Dowling, Director). Michael Greif, who directed the world premiere at the Guthrie in April 2009, directs the New York premiere, which opens on Thursday, May 5 and runs through June 12.
Alain Resnais (b. 1922), the French New Wave director whose distinctive films explore themes of time, memory, history, and desire, will be the subject of a major retrospective at Museum of the Moving Image, closing March 20, 2011.
Alain Resnais (b. 1922), the French New Wave director whose distinctive films explore themes of time, memory, history, and desire, will be the subject of a major retrospective at Museum of the Moving Image from February 25 through March 20, 2011.
Alain Resnais (b. 1922), the French New Wave director whose distinctive films explore themes of time, memory, history, and desire, will be the subject of a major retrospective at Museum of the Moving Image from February 25 through March 20, 2011.
Off-Broadway's eleven-time Obie Award-winning Soho Rep -called a "downtown powerhouse" by The New York Times - will add two additional performances, on Wednesday January 12 at 7:30pm and Saturday, January 15 at 10:00pm, to the critical and popular hit JOMAMA JONES * RADIATE, it has been announced by Soho Rep.
Off-Broadway's eleven-time Obie Award-winning Soho Rep -called a "downtown powerhouse" by The New York Times - will add two additional performances, on Wednesday January 12 at 7:30pm and Saturday, January 15 at 10:00pm, to the critical and popular hit JOMAMA JONES * RADIATE, it has been announced by Soho Rep.
Off-Broadway's eleven-time Obie Award-winning Soho Rep -called a "downtown powerhouse" by The New York Times - will add two additional performances, on Wednesday January 12 at 7:30pm and Saturday, January 15 at 10:00pm, to the critical and popular hit JOMAMA JONES * RADIATE, it has been announced by Soho Rep.
Off-Broadway's eleven-time Obie Award-winning Soho Rep will continue FEED - its popular literary and humanities program, with four slated events surrounding JOMAMA JONES * RADIATE - which begins previews at Soho Rep (46 Walker Street) on December 29 prior to officially opening on January 4, 2011 - including talks with playwright and actor Taylor Mac, singer Nona Hendrix (one third of the seminal female singing group 'Labelle'), a record release party held at Soho Rep for RADIATE, and more, it has been announced by Soho Rep Artistic Director Sarah Benson.
Off-Broadway's eleven-time Obie Award-winning Soho Rep - which the New York Times calls the "downtown powerhouse" - continues its 2010-2011 season with JOMAMA JONES « RADIATE - a once in a lifetime performance event, directed by Kym Moore with music direction by Bobby Halvorson.
Off-Broadway's eleven-time Obie Award-winning Soho Rep will continue FEED - its popular literary and humanities program, with four slated events surrounding JOMAMA JONES * RADIATE - which begins previews at Soho Rep (46 Walker Street) on December 29 prior to officially opening on January 4, 2011 - including talks with playwright and actor Taylor Mac, singer Nona Hendrix (one third of the seminal female singing group 'Labelle'), a record release party held at Soho Rep for RADIATE, and more, it has been announced by Soho Rep Artistic Director Sarah Benson.
Off-Broadway's eleven-time Obie Award-winning Soho Rep will continue FEED - its popular literary and humanities program, with four slated events surrounding JOMAMA JONES * RADIATE - which begins previews at Soho Rep (46 Walker Street) on December 29 prior to officially opening on January 4, 2011 - including talks with playwright and actor Taylor Mac, singer Nona Hendrix (one third of the seminal female singing group 'Labelle'), a record release party held at Soho Rep for RADIATE, and more, it has been announced by Soho Rep Artistic Director Sarah Benson.
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