Natalie Merchant Debuts New Single 'Tower of Babel'
by Michael Major - Mar 30, 2023
The track features arrangements by trombone player Steve Davis, and follows the first single and video, “Come On, Aphrodite”—featuring Abena Koomson-Davis—from Merchant’s forthcoming album Keep Your Courage. Produced by Merchant, Keep Your Courage is the artist’s ninth solo studio album, and the latest new material since 2014’s self-titled record.
Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber to Open 2017 Women and War: Exodus Festival
by BWW News Desk - Jun 29, 2017
Hurried Steps is a hard hitting, powerful text by award-winning Italian writer, Dacia Maraini. It will open 2017's Women and War: EXODUS festival at Streatham Hill Theatre, with an all-star cast, featuring Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber. To start the evening, Madhav Sharma will read Your Voice by Mark Ravenhill.
Gattelli & Flaherty's IN YOUR ARMS, Featuring 10 Dance Vignettes by Iconic Writers, Begins Tonight at The Old Globe
by BWW News Desk - Sep 16, 2015
The Old Globe opens its 2015-2016 Season with IN YOUR ARMS, a World Premiere dance-theatre musical featuring direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Christopher Gattelli (Newsies, Godspell, Lincoln Center Theater's The King and I and South Pacific) and original music by Tony Award winner Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once on This Island; two-time Oscar nominee for Anastasia). The production begins tonight, September 16, with an opening slated for September 24, and runs through October 25, 2015.
BWW Reviews: ROOTED IN PEACE Meets The Aquarian Conspiracy
by Herbert Paine - Feb 26, 2015
Rooted in Peace chronicles Greg Reitman's odyssey to answer these crucial questions: Why are we so crazy? Does pop culture teach us how to be violent? Is there a peace game? How do we transcend the collective trauma that we derive from our constant exposure to violence? Why is peace so difficult to achieve? In due course, he learns about the keys to enlightenment and transformation.
'The Psychopath Will See You Now' Shares Insights as a Veteran Foreign Correspondent
by Christina Mancuso - Nov 11, 2013
Human society can be described as a chaotic hotpot of competing ideas and temperaments, as history continues to demonstrate. In 'The Psychopath Will See You Now,' Graham Barrett shares his insights as a veteran foreign correspondent and his views on a world in which he has been a witness to history as it is being made. He sees human nature at its best - and at its worst.
ABC Announces 'Dancing With the Stars' Cast: David Arquette, Nancy Grace & More
by TV News Desk - Sep 19, 2011
A dynamic lineup of stars - including a U.S. veteran, an NBA champion, a film and TV star, a TV host and journalist, a Grammy-nominated singer, a supermodel, a reality TV star, a showbiz legacy and activist, and a World Cup star -- will take the stage for the two-hour season premiere of 'Dancing with the Stars,' MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
ABC Announces 'Dancing With the Stars' Cast: David Arquette, Nancy Grace & More
by Kelsey Denette - Aug 29, 2011
A dynamic lineup of stars - including a U.S. veteran, an NBA champion, a film and TV star, a TV host and journalist, a Grammy-nominated singer, a supermodel, a reality TV star, a showbiz legacy and activist, and a World Cup star -- will take the stage for the two-hour season premiere of 'Dancing with the Stars,' MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
Obama Awards Angelou, Ma, et al. with Medals of Freedom
by Nicole Rosky - Nov 17, 2010
Today, President Barack Obama named fifteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Medal of Freedom is the Nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. The awards will be presented at a White House ceremony early next year.