First Polish Netflix Original Series, 1983, Is Currently in Production
by Tori Hartshorn - March 07, 2018 Netflix, the world's leading internet entertainment service, continues its investment in Europe with the announcement today of 1983, its first Polish original series. Directed by Academy Award(R)-Nominee Agnieszka Holland as well as Kasia Adamik, Olga Chajdas and Agnieszka Smoczynsk, the eight-episo...
51Fest Announces Inaugural Lineup
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 27, 2019 51Fest, presented by Women in the World and IFC Center, today unveiled the lineup for the inaugural event. Celebrating the voice, vision and stories of the female majority through compelling screenings and conversations, all by or about women, the first annual 51Fest will be held July 18-21 in New Y...
Q&A with David Byrne Among Public Programs for Seattle Rep's HERE LIES LOVE
by BWW News Desk - April 20, 2017 With great excitement, Seattle Repertory Theatre is set to celebrate the opening of the most anticipated show of the season this week, Here Lies Love, the work of culture and music icons David Byrne (Talking Heads) and Fatboy Slim....
Craft Recordings To Release 'The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions' Box Set on November 9
by Tori Hartshorn - September 14, 2018 Craft Recordings is proud to announce the release of The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions 5-LP and 5-CD box sets on November 9, 2018. Compiled here in their entirety and original format for the first time, the five volumes of Panart's Cuban Jam Session albums were recorded over a span of almost a decade,...
Haitian Group RAM Tours U.S, to Co-Headline Solstice 2017
by A.A. Cristi - June 14, 2017 Celebrated Haitian group RAM continue on their U.S. Tour, comnig to Cleveland to co-headline Solstice 2017, at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Saturday, June 24. Showtime: 8:00pm to 1:00am. (Event is sold out). Info: (216) 421-7350 or http://www.clevelandart.org/events/special-events/solstice-2017....
The Mayfair Hotel's Grand Opening Draws Capacity Crowd From Los Angeles Art Community
by Stephi Wild - August 23, 2018 The newly re-opened The Mayfair Hotel has become one of the hottest new destinations to Los Angeles downtown after a packed grand opening this past weekend. Among the packed to the capacity crowd were many of the exhibiting artists such as Stephen Vanasco, Chaz, Cryptic, Herbie Fletcher and Risk, as...
York Symphony Orchestra Presents The Eroica On Oct. 6
by Julie Musbach - September 24, 2018 The York Symphony Orchestra will present The Eroica on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Appell Center for the Performing Arts in York....
Walter Jung Pens THE FUGITIVE
by Christina Mancuso - August 08, 2016 One man wanders about China and Mongolia, chased by the combined units of the local police and the resolute North Korean secret police, after being blindly accused of disloyalty from the ruling Kim Empire and fearing for his own life. With his clever and rough escape, he has become an enemy of the r...
2019 Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Festival Announces Line-Up
by Tori Hartshorn - June 12, 2019 Celebrating its 37th anniversary, Outfest - the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization promoting equality by creating, sharing, and protecting LGBTQ stories on the screen - today announced the complete programming lineup for the 2019 Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival, presented by HBO. The n...
BWW Review: SUBMISSION at Scena Theatre
by Sarah Murphy - January 22, 2019 DC's Scene Theatre presents the US premiere adaption of French author Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel 'Submission'. Through the lens of middle-aged academic, Francois, Houellebecq masterfully interweaves real-life and fantasy, imagining a political showdown between far-right National Front ...
Theodore Josiha Haig Announces THE KIMBERLEY ARRANGEMENT
by Christina Mancuso - March 09, 2016 Theodore Josiha Haig, a traveler, devoted writer and published author, has completed his newest work 'The Kimberly Agreement': a gripping and potent journey of intrigue, mystery and manipulation with several unexpected moments....
BWW Review: SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY CONCERT at Jacobs Music Center
by Ron Bierman - November 08, 2018 Guest Ccnductor David Danzmayr led the San Diego Symphony with unusual intensity in a program of one new work and two familiar favorites. Forceful skyward thrusts demanded full power when needed, and an active left hand called for expressive playing. The orchestra responded with performances that br...
New Pussy Riot Doc in the Works
by Tyler Peterson - November 23, 2015 The controversial Russian punk band 'Pussy Riot' has taken a starring role in a new 90-minute documentary film titled 'Looking For Kleptocracy,' in which an unlikely group of filmmakers and journalists are sent on an outlandish mission to uncover a mafia controlled government in a former Soviet bloc...
Gold Coast International Film Festival to Present Award-Winning Films
by Caryn Robbins - December 15, 2016 GCIFF has an established track record of picking award winning films - and this year is no exception....
Gold Coast International Film Festival to Present Award-Winning Films
by Caryn Robbins - December 15, 2016 GCIFF has an established track record of picking award winning films - and this year is no exception....
Mad Cat Continues Season with Vaclav Havel's Subversive AUDIENCE and PROTEST
by Julie Musbach - January 29, 2017 Mad Cat continues its 17th season with a production of two of Vaclav Havel's sharp political dramas AUDIENCE and PROTEST. The subversive Czechoslovakian playwright, Prime Minister & President, Vaclav Havel was a in danger of being declared a 'social parasite' by the neo-Stalinist regime of Gustav Hu...
Artists from Across the U.S. and Around the World Tapped for UNDER THE RADAR 2017
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2017 The Public Theater presents the 13th annual UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL, running today, January 4, through January 15, 2017....
BWW Review: WE LIVE IN CAIRO: You Say You Want a Revolution
by Nancy Grossman - May 25, 2019 Brothers Daniel and Patrick Lazour have found a creative home at the American Repertory Theater for the world premiere of their musical WE LIVE IN CAIRO. In collaboration with Director Taibi Magar and Choreographer Samar Haddad King, the Lazours have continued to develop the book, music, and lyrics ...
Haitian Group RAM to Tour U.S. with 2 Shows at Compas Haitian Festival
by A.A. Cristi - May 16, 2017 Celebrated Haitian group RAM embark on a U.S. Tour, kicking off with two Miami shows as part of the 19th Annual Compas Haitian Festival: Moca Cafe Lounge, 738 NE 125th St., Friday, May 19. Showtime: 11pm-1am. Tickets available through Ticketmaster. Info: (305) 945-8814 or www.facebook.com/MocaCafeLo...
BAC Announces Autumn 2018 Shows With Apples And Snakes, The Paper Cinema, Sue MacLaine And Miriam Sherwood
by Julie Musbach - May 21, 2018 Battersea Arts Centre announces nine additions to its autumn programme, including spoken word, live cinema and cabaret....
CNBC Transcript: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Speaks with CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera
by Tori Hartshorn - July 31, 2018 The following is the unofficial transcript of a CNBC EXCLUSIVE interview with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera on CNBC's “Closing Bell” (M-F 3 – 5PM) today, Monday, July 30th. Watch video of the interview on CNBC.com here!...
National Geographic Documentary Films Announces INSIDE NORTH KOREA'S DYNASTY
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 22, 2018 With North Korea's relations with the rest of the world at a new and unpredictable inflection point, National Geographic Documentary Films presents INSIDE NORTH KOREA'S DYNASTY, a groundbreaking four-episode documentary series that examines the extraordinary history of the world's only communist dyn...
THE BEAUTIFUL MACHINE – A Sci-Fi, Pop, Rock Musical Comes to the 5th Annual San Diego International Fringe Festival
by A.A. Cristi - June 19, 2017 Pop Theater is thrilled to present The Beautiful Machine - An original Sci-Fi Pop/Rock Musical- part of the 5th Annual San Diego International Fringe Festival with five performances at Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, June 24 - July 1, 2017....
2084 Brings Big Brother to Manchester
by Julie Musbach - January 24, 2019 2084 is an exciting new immersive production inspired by Orwell's dystopian novel. It takes the audience inside a totalitarian state that monitors every act, word and thought of its citizens. In the era of Facebook, Google and Amazon, when everyone is tracked, analysed and influenced, George Orwell...
Review Roundup: Maggie Smith in A GERMAN LIFE - What Did The Critics Think?
by Stephi Wild - April 13, 2019 Maggie Smith returns to the stage for the first time in twelve years in A German Life, a new play by Christopher Hampton drawn from the life and testimony of Brunhilde Pomsel (1911-2017). Maggie Smith, alone on stage, plays Brunhilde Pomsel. Directed by Jonathan Kent, A German Life runs for five-wee... |