NewArts to Present Two Musicals This Summer
by Tyler Peterson - July 02, 2015 Broadway veterans JoAnn M. Hunter and Shannon Lewis will be the choreographers for this summer's productions (Newtown, CT) -- NewArts: Newtown Musicals, a division of the 12.14 Foundation, under the artistic direction of Michael Unger, is pleased to announce its 2015 summer season....
HAMILTON, IN JACKSON HEIGHTS Documentary Honored Today With 2016 Brendan Gill Prize
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2016 Today, May 11, The Municipal Art Society will present the 2016 Brendan Gill Prize to Broadway's HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL and the documentary film IN JACKSON HEIGHTS....
New-York Historical Society to Present SUPERHEROES IN GOTHAM, THE NIXON TAPES, and Many More Exhibitions in the Fall
by Sally Henry Fuller - September 04, 2015 The New York Historical Society has announced its exhibitions and programs for September-October 2015....
RIP! THE MUSICAL to Premiere at Rhinebeck, 7/17-19
by Tyler Peterson - June 22, 2015 Twenty years ago, Michael Berkeley and Ray Roderick mounted their Rip Van Winkle musical in Pine Plains, NY. A newly-refurbished Rip will reawaken with a revamped score and new book as Rip! The Musical at The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck July 17-19 for four special performances, sponsored...
LAFAYETTE is Released
by Christina Mancuso - February 23, 2016 He made civil disobedience cool before Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. did. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French aristocrat and military officer, fought for the United States in the American Revolutionary War and influenced America's founding fathers on items like slavery and c...
Museum Of The City Of New York Explores Hamilton and Friends: Portraiture in Early New York
by Michael Dale - February 03, 2016 An evening exploring how men like Alexander Hamilton used portraits to craft a public image....
Sharwan Smith Student Center to Host Documentary Screening of HAMILTON'S AMERICA
by A.A. Cristi - October 13, 2016 Don't throw away your shot to see a special preview screening of PBS Great Performances Documentary Hamilton's America, the story behind the revolutionary musical on Thursday, October 20th from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Church Auditorium in the Sharwan Smith Student Center at SUU. The event is free and wil...
Donald Miller Pens LAFAYETTE: HIS EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND LEGACY
by Christina Mancuso - October 06, 2015 He made civil disobedience cool before Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. made it a thing. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French aristocrat and military officer, fought for the United States in the American Revolutionary War and influenced America's founding fathers on items like s...
RIP! THE MUSICAL Premieres at Rhinebeck Today
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2015 Twenty years ago, Michael Berkeley and Ray Roderick mounted their Rip Van Winkle musical in Pine Plains, NY. A newly-refurbished Rip will reawaken with a revamped score and new book as Rip! The Musical at The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, beginning today, July 17, and continuing through J...
BWW Review: History Comes Alive in BEN FRANKLIN: AN INGENIOUS LIFE with Ray Flynt
by Kimberly Moy - January 13, 2017 Benjamin Franklin: one of America's Founding Fathers and man on the $100 bill comes to life in Ray Flynt's BEN FRANKLIN: AN INGENIOUS LIFE. Known as a philosopher, inventor, signer of the Declaration of Independence and the guy with the kite and key in thunderstorm, Ben Franklin is the stuff of lege...
REVOLUTION Comes to West Cape May Elementary School
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2017 Spies, intrigue, tea thrown overboard, and how General Washington spent the winter of 1778 - it's all part of 'Revolution!,' a compilation of nine short plays written by fifth and sixth graders under the guidance of their teacher, Ms. Calabro at West Cape May Elementary School, and Gayle Stahlhuth, ...
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek - THE AMERICAN SOLDIER to Premiere at MITF
by BWW News Desk - October 23, 2015 THE AMERICAN SOLDIER by Douglas Taurel, directed by Padraic Lillis, will play MITF's Autumn Edition Wednesday, November 18 at 7:15 p.m., Friday, November 20 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, November 22 at 3:45 p.m. at The Jewel Box Theater @ The Workshop (312 W 36th Street, NYC). Scroll down for a sneak pee...
THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE TRIPOLI PIRATES to Become Epic TV Event
by Caryn Robbins - January 20, 2016 Thinkfactory Media has slipped past the competition to secure the #2 nonfiction bestseller ten weeks and counting, THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE TRIPOLI PIRATES: The Forgotten War That Changed American History, and has set sail toward transforming this incredible-yet-true story into an epic television ev...
Photo Flash: Teen Historians Curate Free Pop-Up Exhibit on Governors Island
by BWW News Desk - July 06, 2015 The New-York Historical Society to offer free pop-up exhibition on Governors Island, researched, curated and hosted by Teen Historians. Scroll down for a sneak peek!...
Jon Foyt Releases New Historical Fiction Novel, THE MIND OF AN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY
by Christina Mancuso - October 01, 2015 Real Men may eat quiche, but do real men do Talk Therapy? That is the question Jon Foyt's historical novel asks - and answers - in 'The Mind of an American Revolutionary,' the life and motivations of one of the lesser known - but equally significant - Founding Fathers. Extensively researched, Jon...
Broadway's HAMILTON Hits One Million Tweets in 2015!
by Caryn Robbins - December 22, 2015 Hamilton uses rap and hip-hop to tell the story of Alexander Hamilton's rise to power during the American Revolution, and Hamilton fans are using Twitter expand on this story even more....
PBS Rolls Out New Dramas, Arts, Performance, History & Election Coverage This Fall
by Caryn Robbins - June 23, 2016 PBS' fall 2016 primetime schedule is rich in politics, arts, drama and political history, covering a span from the American Revolution to the upcoming Presidential election. FRONTLINE's acclaimed series “The Choice 2016” returns on September 27...
King Center's Theatre for Youth Announces 2016-2017 Season
by Nora Dominick - August 10, 2016 The Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts Theatre for Youth Program is pleased to announce its 22nd season of excellent performing arts and educational theatre opportunities for children on the Space Coast....
Mile Square Theatre to Stage THE AMERICAN SOLDIER This September
by BWW News Desk - September 09, 2016 Stage, film and television actor Douglas Taurel brings his powerful and electrifying piece THE AMERICAN SOLDIER to Mile Square Theatre September 9, 10, and 11....
Historical Haunted Trail to Debut at Liberty Hall Museum This Halloween
by BWW News Desk - October 21, 2016 A spooky new way to celebrate Halloween debuts at Liberty Hall Museum at Kean University this October....
Review Roundup - New PBS Documentary HAMILTON'S AMERICA, Premiering Tonight
by Caryn Robbins - October 21, 2016 HAMILTON'S AMERICA, the documentary film that brings history to vivid life through the lens ofLin-Manuel Miranda's pop culture Broadway phenomenon Hamilton - winner of 11 TONY AWARDS and the Pulitzer Prize - explodes onto THIRTEEN's Great Performances, tonight...
Beth Gable Hicks Shares FINDING FREEDOM IN GOD'S PROMISES
by Christina Mancuso - September 26, 2016 Trust is often hard to come by when all the people around us seem to only care about their own agendas....
FOX News Channel to Premiere Season 2 of Docu-Series LEGENDS AND LIES, 6/5
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2016 The historical episodic specials entitled LEGENDS AND LIES,: The Patriots, will debut on Sunday, June 5th at 8PM/ET. E...
Kennedy Center and WNO Seek Nominations for 2015 Marian Anderson Vocal Award
by BWW News Desk - September 17, 2015 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Washington National Opera are seeking nominations for The Marian Anderson Vocal Award, which celebrates excellence in performance by recognizing a young American singer who has achieved initial professional success in the area of opera, oratorio...
Christopher Madsen Releases ROWDY
by Christina Mancuso - August 13, 2015 SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ August 15, 2015, marks the release date for Christopher Madsen's historical biography Rowdy. Already the recipient of numerous literary awards, 5 star reviews and high profile endorsements, Rowdy is the story of Madsen's six year undertaking to rebui... |