gangbusters Partners With Complex Hollywood For BLACK BAG PENTALOGY
by A.A. Cristi - October 16, 2018 "If you're going to tell the truth, at least make it funny."...
RATINGS: NFL Preseason Pushes FOX in Front on Sunday
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 19, 2019 FOX (3.752 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.0, #1) pulled into the top spot on Sunday with its mix of 'Last Man Standing' (2.302 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8), another 'Last Man Standing' (2.764 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.7, #5) and primetime coverage of 'NFL Preseason...
Mike C. Erickson Announces Historical Satire PIANIST IN A BORDELLO
by Julie Musbach - August 08, 2019 Author Mike C. Erickson announces the promotion of his historical satire novel, Pianist in a Bordello....
BWW Interview: Director/Choreographer Daniel Pelzig Returns To Musical Theatre West With Irving Berlin's HOLIDAY INN!
by Jonas Schwartz-Owen - December 06, 2019 Ballet, opera and musical theater director Daniel Pelzig helms the musical version of Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn, playing at Musical Theatre West. This is Pelzig's fourth production with MTW, after My Fair Lady in 2015, Mary Poppins in 2017 and The Little Mermaid earlier this year....
Gangbusters Theatre Brings The Big Event To The Complex Hollywood
by Stephi Wild - October 20, 2018 Christian Levatino pulls three comedic plays out of his Black Bag Pentalogy--"Sunny Afternoon," "King Dick" and "…meantime at Hojo's"--to examine seminal moments in our not too distant past and their eerie similarities to today's political landscape....
The Playground Theatre Announces Summer Season
by Stephi Wild - February 24, 2020 The Playground Theatre has announced its early Summer season with three very different shows, traveling from ancient Greece, to 1940s America, to 1980s Paris. The season opens with Fragments, which pieces together a long-lost Euripides play from pieces of papyrus, followed by The Respectable Prostit...
ABC Green Lights SUNDAY FUN & GAMES Return; CELEBRITY FAMILY FUED, THE $100,000 PYRAMID, and TO TELL THE TRUTH Renewed
by TV News Desk - August 07, 2018 ABC has announced green lights for its “Sunday Fun & Games” programming block: “Celebrity Family Feud” for its fifth season, and “The $100,000 Pyramid” and “To Tell the Truth” for their fourth seasons. ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey made the announcement today at the network's Televisio...
RATINGS: L.A.'S FINEST Debuted as Top-Rated TV Drama
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 13, 2019 Season One of the Spectrum Originals hit drama L.A.'s FINEST has locked up over 3 million viewers to date. During the week of its release (May 13, 2019 week of broadcast finales), the Sony Pictures Television-produced series debuted as a top-rated TV drama, becoming the #1 drama among broadcast ser...
Sunday's Broadcast Ratings: CBS Tops Viewers, Demos
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 20, 2018 Here are the highlights of the 17 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night (8/19/18):...
ABC Announces Summer Premiere Dates Featuring an Expanded SUMMER FUN & GAMES Lineup
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 10, 2019 Building on the previous success of the “Summer Fun & Games” brand, The ABC Television Network is expanding its slate of game shows to three nights, adding four new exciting series to the upcoming schedule. In addition to bringing back the iconic “Press Your Luck” and “Card Sharks” to TV, ABC will l...
ABC and POPSUGAR Team Up to Celebrate the Record-Breaking 15th Season of GREY'S ANATOMY
by Tori Hartshorn - September 11, 2018 ABC, working with POPSUGAR, has teamed up with THNK1994 to celebrate the landmark 15 th season of “Grey's Anatomy” with a special weekend-long exhibit in West Hollywood. The exhibit will pay tribute to some of the most iconic moments throughout the show's journey while leaving fans energized for wha...
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts to Present John O'Hurley in A MAN WITH STANDARDS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 30, 2019 LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS presents 'Seinfeld' star and 'Dancing with the Stars' contestant John O'Hurley in A MAN WITH STANDARDS, one night only, Saturday, January 18, 2020 at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, 14900 La Mirada Blvd in La Mirada....
ABC's 'Sunday Fun & Games' Wins Over a BIG BROTHER-Fueled CBS, as THE $100,000 PYRAMID and TO TELL THE TRUTH Take the Lead from 9-11 p.m.
by Tori Hartshorn - July 30, 2018 ABC Sunday Prime Time (7:00-11:00 p.m. – 4.3 million and 0.8/4 in AD18-49): Despite airing a repeat “Celebrity Family Feud” to lead off its game show block, ABC won prime time with “Sunday Fun & Games,” beating a “Big Brother”-led CBS by 14% in Adults 18-49 (0.8/4 vs. 0.7/4). ABC scored its 9th w...
New Psychological Thriller BLOOD RUNS DEEP Debuts At Unity Theatre Next Month
by Marianka Swain - September 03, 2018 ...
New Psychological Thriller BLOOD RUNS DEEP To Make Its Debut At The Unity Theatre
by BWW News Desk - October 10, 2018 Prepare to be chilled to the bone when psychological thriller BLOOD RUNS DEEP receives its premiere in Liverpool this autumn....
MY DINNER WITH HERVE Director Sacha Gervasi Discusses His History with the Film
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 08, 2018 Inspired by director Sacha Gervasi's own experiences, MY DINNER WITH HERVE is a struggling journalist's story of his unlikely friendship with actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous knife-wielding French dwarf, as it unfolds over one wild night in LA – an encounter that will have life-chang...
Gangbusters Theatre Brings The Big Event To The Complex Hollywood
by A.A. Cristi - September 25, 2018 The famous Billy Wilder quote serves as the backbone of a poignant, ambitious and disturbingly funny project from acclaimed local playwright Christian Levatino and his gangbusters theatre company. Now in their 15th season, gangbusters is partnering with the newly reorganized Complex Hollywood to lau...
Political Satire THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS Comes to Plays & Players Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 23, 2018 American Theatre Wing, founder of the Tony Awards* (Philadelphia, PA) 1812 Productions is pleased to present its annual political comedy, and a Philadelphia favorite, This Is The Week That Is. A staple of the Philadelphia theatre season for the past 13 years, This Is The Week That Is brings to the s...
RATINGS: ABC Is Sunday's Number One Entertainment Network for the Second Straight Week
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 17, 2019 ABC Sunday Prime Time (7:00–11:00 p.m. – 3.6 million and 0.6/3 in AD18-49): Opposite Fox's coverage of the U.S. Open, ABC earned 2nd place on Sunday and ranked as the night's No. 1 entertainment network for the 2nd week in a row among Adults 18-49 (0.6/3)....
Apollo Theater Names Ta-Nehisi Coates Inaugural Artist-in-Residence
by Julie Musbach - July 01, 2019 The Apollo Theater announced today that critically acclaimed writer, artist and thinker Ta-Nehisi Coates will begin the national book tour for his latest work, The Water Dancer, at the world-famous Apollo stage. The program will take place on Monday, September 23 at 7:00 p.m. with a special guest to...
Teen Choice Awards Viewership Hits All-Time Low
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 13, 2018 According to Sunday's overnight numbers, the 2018 Teen Choice Awards viewership numbers hit an all-time low in the Nielsen ratings....
VIDEO: Chris Cuomo Talks Impeachment on THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT
by Sarah Leiber - January 24, 2020 The host of CNN's 'Cuomo Prime Time' isn't sure what members of Trump's inner circle would say if called to testify in the President's impeachment trial, but he believes they would be compelled to tell the truth....
RATINGS: NBC Tops Charts Thursday with STANLEY CUP FINALS
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 07, 2019 NBC (5.246 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.5, #1) was the top draw on Thursday thanks to its coverage of the 'Stanley Cup Finals, Game 5' (5.246 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.5, #1)....
Stage and Screen Actor Orson Bean Dies at 91
by Stephi Wild - February 08, 2020 BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen actor Orson Bean has died at age 91. According to The New York Times, his cause of death was a 'traffic accident' in Venice, CA. Capt. Brian Wendling of the Los Angeles Police Department said that Bean was struck and killed by a car on Friday...
Sleep In Heavenly Peace Because Betty Is Back! BETTY WHITE CHRISTMAS Returns To Buzzr
by A.A. Cristi - December 12, 2018 Cue chestnuts roasting on an open fire and Jack Frost nipping at someone's nose…because the holiday season has arrived. BUZZR is broadcasting its yearly homage to the queen of game shows, Ms. Betty White. Joyeux Noel, Betty White Christmas has returned - so don't get your tinsel in a tangle, please!... |