BWW Review: HADESTOWN at The Orpheum Theatre Memphis
by AniKatrina Fageol - February 03, 2022 Way down in Memphis, there's a poor boy working on a song. If you are at all familiar with the Tony-award winning musical Hadestown, you know you can expect laughs, tears, gorgeous songs, and a story that's as ancient as, well, the gods....
Muddy Water's Son, Mud Morganfield to Release 'Portrait'
by Michael Major - October 31, 2022 Portrait offers fourteen numbers by Muddy Waters’ eldest son, Mud Morganfield, including two previously unreleased songs. Mud appears surrounded by first-rate blues musicians including Rick Kreher (Muddy Waters’ final guitarist) Billy Flynn, Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith and Barrelhouse Chuck along with ...
Florian Zeller to Write, Direct & Co-Produce THE LEHMAN TRILOGY Series Adaption
by Michael Major - September 15, 2022 Florian Zeller will make his television debut as the writer, director, and co-producer of the upcoming series adaption of The Lehman Trilogy. Florian Zeller is most known for his trilogy of plays, The Father, The Son, and The Mother. Later this year, a film adaption of The Son will be released starr...
Review Roundup: Hugh Jackman Stars in THE SON Film Adaption
by Michael Major - September 07, 2022 The new film adaption of Florian Zeller's The Son starring Hugh Jackman has made its debut at Venice Film Festival. The Son also stars Academy Award winner Laura Dern, Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins, and Academy Award nominee Vanessa Kirby. Check out the reviews from the film's premiere!...
Review: WHO KILLED MY FATHER, Young Vic
by Charlie Wilks - September 12, 2022 Èdouard Louis’ book about love and anger is loved around the world. In the story, a son returns home to his remote part of northern France. ...
BOOGIE Available on Digital May 18
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 11, 2021 “A confident feature debut” (Teo Bugbee, The New York Times) from multi-talented powerhouse Eddie Huang, BOOGIE is the coming-of-age story of Alfred “Boogie” Chin, a basketball phenom living in Queens, New York, who dreams of one day playing in the NBA....
Vanessa Kirby Joins Hugh Jackman & Laura Dern in THE SON
by TV News Desk - June 28, 2021 The Son focuses on Peter (Hugh Jackman) as his busy life with new partner Emma and their baby is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate (Laura Dern) turns up with their teenage son, Nicholas....
AMERICAN MASTERS Turns Up The Volume On The Life And Legacy Of Jazz Legend Doc Severinsen
by A.A. Cristi - March 05, 2021 After more than 30 years as the colorful bandleader of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, master trumpeter Doc Severinsen continues to defy nature well into his 90s with a grueling schedule of touring, performing and teaching. An engaging new documentary, American Masters – Never Too Late: The...
Alex Henry Foster Announces New Live Album 'Standing Under Bright Lights'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 16, 2021 The new live album, recorded at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal in 2019, has footage of previously unreleased track, The Son of Hannah released today. It’s the first track from the live recording heard only by fans who attended this epic show....
LaKeith Stanfield to Star in New Apple TV+ Drama by Kelly Marca & Annapurna
by Michael Major - August 25, 2021 Apple TV+ has confirmed a full series order for The Changeling, a new drama starring LaKeith Stanfield. Based on a 2017 novel by Victor LaVelle, the series was adapted by Kelly Marcel and will be directed by Malina Matsoukas....
Mark Collie Announces New Album 'Book of My Blues'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 11, 2021 “There are a lot of ways to describe the music, maybe Roadhouse Rock, Southern Gothic, Americana, Country, but at its core, it’s a reflection of me and many others who came before me,” explains Collie....
Award-Winning Television Director John Erman Has Passed Away at Age 85
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 30, 2021 Noted television director and producer John Erman, who directed episodes of many of the great television shows and TV movies and mini-series from the early sixties all the way into the 2000’s, died in New York on June 25th after a brief illness....
Hugh Jackman & Laura Dern Join Film Adaptation of Florian Zeller's THE SON
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 14, 2021 The Son focuses on Peter (Hugh Jackman) as his busy life with new partner Emma and their baby is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate (Laura Dern) turns up with their teenage son, Nicholas. ...
Yolanda Adams & Serayah to Lead Kirk Franklin-Produced BET+ Series KINGDOM BUSINESS
by Michael Major - December 07, 2021 Michael Beach, Michael Jai White and Chaundre A. Hall-Broomfield join Adams and Serayah as series regulars in the new music-driven, gospel drama, which is currently in production. Kingdom Business is an eight-episode series that will take viewers behind the scenes and into the world of the gospel mu...
HBO Documentary ICAHN: THE RESTLESS BILLIONAIRE Sets Premiere
by Michael Major - February 02, 2022 HBO documentary Icahn: the Restless Billionaire, directed by Bruce David Klein, explores the fascinating contradictions at the heart of the famed financier, Carl Icahn. Amassing close to $20 billion dollars and at the forefront of some of the most legendary business deals of our times, Icahn, is of...
QUEER CANNABIS Episode Highlights Intersection from Queer Drag to Hip Hop Culture
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 20, 2020 For the full month of October, the QueerX festival is streaming as Revry’s newest live channel–QueerX TV –a free, 24/7 TV channel which hosts Revry’s newest POC-driven panel series, Amplify Voices. ...
Supernatural Thriller THE SUMMONED to Be Released on VOD Thursday
by Michael Major - July 05, 2022 Directed by Meir with a script by Jewish-Ukrainian writer Yuri Baranovsky, THE SUMMONED's powerful cast features J. Quinton Johnson (Hamilton on Broadway, AMC's The Son), Emma Fitzpatrick (THE SOCIAL NETWORK), Salvador Chacon (FX's Mayans M.C.), Angela Gulner (Netflix's GLOW), and Freddy Douglas (Ha...
VIDEO: Jon Favreau May Be Working on a New Skywalker Character For Upcoming STAR WARS Reboot
by Stephi Wild - April 11, 2021 Rumors are circulating that Jon Favreau may be working on a new Skywalker character for an upcoming Star Wars reboot....
BWW Review: THE GLASS MENAGERIE at Alhambra Theatre And Dining
by Jordan Higginbotham - February 27, 2021 Well, after almost one year, the media is back to limited shows in Jacksonville, FL! The Alhambra Theatre and Dining has done all they could to keep the arts alive during this turbulent time. Round of applause to the wait staff, directors, producers, actors, and everyone involved. I am thrilled to b...
VIDEO: Hugh Jackman Reveals He Saw a NYC Marathon Runner in THE MUSIC MAN Audience on GOOD MORNING AMERICA
by Michael Major - November 07, 2022 Hugh Jackman appeared on Good Morning America to discuss his new film The Son and to make a special announcement that The Music Man woudl extend on Broadway for two additional weeks. Jackman discussed that he noticed a NYC Marathon runner in the audience of the show yesterday after he had run the ma...
TOP GUN: MAVERICK to Stream on Paramount+ Next Month
by Michael Major - November 22, 2022 Produced by Paramount Pictures, Skydance and Jerry Bruckheimer Films, TOP GUN: MAVERICK stars Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Bashir Salahuddin, Monica Barbaro, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez, Greg Tarzan Davis with Ed Harris and Val Kilm...
Levar Burton Will Appear on CBS SUNDAY MORNING
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 25, 2021 “Roots” featured an all-star cast, but it was the then-newcomer Burton, who became the face of the miniseries that began with the kidnapping and enslavement of the Mandinka tribesman. ...
VIDEO: New TOP GUN: MAVERICK Trailer Released
by Michael Major - March 29, 2022 A new trailer for Top Gun: Maverick has been released. The film features Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Bashir Salahuddin, Monica Barbaro, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez, Greg Tarzan Davis with Ed Harris and Val Kilmer....
NBA Legend Charles Barkley And RTG Features To Produce The Line Scripted Series
by A.A. Cristi - November 06, 2020 RTG Features, the newly established sister studio to basketball media leader SLAM, has announced that it is partnering with NBA legend Charles Barkley's Round Mound Media to produce the serialized one-hour scripted show “The Line,” based on the bestselling book Scandals of '51 from author Charley Ro...
Vieux Farka Touré Releases New Single 'Ngala Kaourene'
by Michael Major - May 11, 2022 Touré—who is known as the “Hendrix of the Sahara” and the son of the late Desert Blues pioneer Ali Farka Touré—spent two years making Les Racines, representing a deep reconnection with the Songhai music of Northern Mali known as Desert Blues, made famous by his father. Watch the music video for the ... |