First Look: PBS Premieres WEEKEND IN HAVANA WITH GEOFFREY BAER, 7/18
by Caryn Robbins - June 08, 2017 Produced by WTTW Chicago, directed by Leo Eaton, co-written by Eaton and Geoffrey Baer, and produced by Donn Rogosin, Dan Soles and Hugo Perez, WEEKEND IN HAVANA WITH GEOFFREY BAER premieres Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 8:00-9:00 p.m....
MOONCHILDREN By Michael Weller Comes to Theatre 54 At Shetler Studios
by Stephi Wild - June 19, 2018 MOONCHILDREN by Michael Weller will be performed July 20th-22nd at Theatre 54 at Shetler Studios....
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: EDGES, C
by Amy Hanson - August 12, 2017 Edges is the first musical from Pasek and Paul, now better known for La La Land and Dear Evan Hansen. More of a song cycle, it is a collection of numbers on the theme of coming of age, from growing apart from siblings via dating and breakups to parenthood....
Alec Baldwin Talk Show is Coming to ABC
by Stephi Wild - February 28, 2018 According to Deadline, ABC has ordered Sundays with Alec Baldwin, a talk show based on Baldwin's radio show and podcast Here's the Thing with Alec Baldwin....
Crowded Outlet Presents BEEP BOOP at HERE This September
by Julie Musbach - July 25, 2018 Crowded Outlet announces its next production, beep boop, a multimedia clown show created by physical comedian Richard Saudek (Balls at 59E59), TV and film composer Jesse Novak ("BoJack Horseman," "The Mindy Project") and director Wes Grantom (Lone Star Spirits, Eager to Lose). beep boop will play a ...
TBS Renews SEARCH PARTY & THE LAST O.G. For New Seasons
by Tori Hartshorn - April 23, 2018 According to Variety, TBS today has renewed SEARCH PARTY and THE LAST O.G. for new seasons. SEARCH PARTY is currently in its second season on the network, and THE LAST O.G. recently premiered to high critical acclaim. Read more about it from Variety here!...
Crowded Fire to Present Christopher Chen's A TALE OF AUTUMN
by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2017 Crowded Fire Theater (CFT) In his inaugural commission as Crowded Fire's Playwright-in-Residence, Christopher Chen tackles the power structures inherent in large corporations. Set in a parallel world, A TALE OF AUTUMN is a psychological rise-to-power fable....
Karen Rodriquez Releases New Single & Video 'No Me Veras Llorar
by Caryn Robbins - October 13, 2017 With several new projects on the horizon, New York-native and singer-songwriter, Karen Rodriguez, continues to stand out in the crowded Latin music marketplace. Her new single and music video, 'No Me Ver s Llorar,' premiered today worldwide. Download/Stream No Me Ver s Llorar...
Crowded Fire Theater Announces 2017 IGNITE FUND Recipients Granting $10,000 to Bay Area Designers and Technicians
by A.A. Cristi - August 22, 2017 Crowded Fire Theater (CFT), known as a vital home for new play development and production on the West Coast, announced Sara Huddleston, Heather Kelly-Laws, Alice Ruiz, and Randy Wong-Westbrooke as the second year IGNITE FUND awardees. The IGNITE FUND awards $10,000 in total annually to support the g...
STREET SCIENCE Returns to Science Channel for Season 2, Today
by BWW News Desk - November 15, 2017 Kevin Delaney, known to millions as the science expert on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, is back to build, execute, and nail the science behind larger-than-life experiments when a new season of Science Channel's STREET SCIENCE returns....
Review Roundup: Critics Weigh In On ANNIHILATION
by Tori Hartshorn - February 23, 2018 Based on Jeff VanderMeer's best-selling Southern Reach Trilogy, Annihilation stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny and Oscar Isaac. It was written and directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina, 28 Days Later)....
Crowded Room Presents THE LISTENING ROOM at Gerry's Studio Space at Theatre Royal Stratford East
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2017 Crowded Room return with the sold out, critically acclaimed verbatim play The Listening Room....
REASONABLE DOUBT Returns to Investigation Discovery Profiling Questionable Courtroom Convictions
by Tori Hartshorn - May 18, 2018 In a justice system that's not always so just, families can be tormented by the question of guilt or innocence of their convicted loved ones. REASONABLE DOUBT returns with all-new episodes profiling the gut-wrenching process of re-exploring murder cases where the perpetrators convicted of the crime ...
Crowded Fire Theater Names New Managing Director
by A.A. Cristi - September 19, 2017 Crowded Fire Theater (CFT), one of the Bay Area's most innovative and critically acclaimed producers of new plays, announced the hiring of Bethany Herron as the new Managing Director. Herron replaces Tiffany Cothran, Managing Director for the past ten years, who is scheduled to step down at the end ...
Shakespeare & Company to Host Holiday Reading of MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2017 Shakespeare & Company presents Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, and directed by longtime Company member and Producing Associate Ariel Bock. This funny, warm-hearted holiday story, will have a special limited run from December 15 - 17 in the Elayne P...
Discovery Announces All-New Automotive Special MAX GRUNDY
by Emily Bruno - October 26, 2017 Designer and builder Max Grundy doesn't just restore classic cars and trucks - he creates icons. With his partner-in-crime, master mechanic Wayde Lundgren, and the crew at Max Grundy Design, Max is aiming to take over the ultra-competitive custom car world with epic builds that are unlike anything e...
Shakespeare & Company Announces Casting for Holiday Reading of MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLY
by A.A. Cristi - October 03, 2017 Shakespeare & Company announces casting for Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, and directed by longtime Company member and Producing Associate Ariel Bock. This funny, warm-hearted holiday story, will have a special limited run from December 15 - 17 in...
Director Gajendra Ahire's Marathi film THE SILENCE Arrives in India Today
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2017 Come October 6th 2017 and Indian audiences will get to watch director Gajendra Ahire's THE SILENCE a powerful drama featuring Nagraj Manjule (Sairat, Fandry) , Anjali Patil...
Smithsonian Chnnel to Honor Late Princess Diana with Two New Specials
by Caryn Robbins - July 18, 2017 An enigmatic member of the British royal family, Princess Diana captured the hearts of millions worldwide in both her life and her death, and remains just as iconic today. On the 20th anniversary of her passing, Smithsonian Channel will honor the “People's Princess” with an exclusive royal event com...
Seattle Playwrights Salon Presents BUILD YOUR CITY ON FLESH AND BONE
by Julie Musbach - January 16, 2018 Seattle Playwrights Salon presents a staged reading of Build Your City on Flesh & Bone by Kat Blucker on Friday February 9 at 7 p.m. at the Conservatory, 5813 Airport Way South, Seattle 98108. Admission is free! Beer, wine, cider, and food available for purchase before and after the show, and during...
NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Presents Dolphins vs Raiders, 11/5
by BWW News Desk - November 05, 2017 NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL marks the renewal of one of the NFL's most storied rivalries, as Derek Carr and the Oakland Raiders travel to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., to face Jay Cutler and the Miami Dolphins (4-3) in the first-ever NBC SNF contest between the two franchises. Coverage b...
Former Home of The Pearl Theatre Company Up for Auction
by Julie Musbach - September 03, 2017 Previously announced in June, The Pearl Theatre Company was forced to close its doors after 33 seasons. The company's home, a 160 seat theatre located 553-555 West 42nd Street is now up for auction through Maltz Auctions....
THE CONQUEST OF THE SOUTH POLE A Play About Rumford Maine Mill Workers Comes to Snowlion Rep
by Stephi Wild - December 13, 2017 Four unemployed Rumford Maine mill workers at the very edge of despair concoct an innovative way to empower themselves amidst the hardships of their lives. Led by their magnetic leader Slupianek (Ian Carlsen), they reenact, in an attic crowded with discarded furniture and hanging sheets, Amundsen's...
Tim Federle Signs On to Pen HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL TV Series
by A.A. Cristi - May 30, 2018 Variety has reported that novelist, screenwriter, and Broadway book writer, Tim Federle, has been enlisted to pen the upcoming High School Musical TV series, currently in the works for Disney's new streaming service. ...
Kevin Rolston's DEAL WITH THE DRAGON Flies Into NCTC
by A.A. Cristi - September 27, 2017 In November, New Conservatory Theatre Center will offer a special presentation of Kevin Rolston's virtuosic solo play Deal with the Dragon, developed with and directed by M. Graham Smith. After an acclaimed run in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as well as equally acclaimed Bay Area runs at ACT Costu... |