Stage Door Theatre to Present SAME TIME NEXT YEAR, 4/15-5/22
by Carol Kassie - April 08, 2016 Comedy, drama, history, and romance: Bernard Slade's Same Time Next Year, provides a fascinating - and often very funny - look at two ordinary people who grow and change over an extended period of time. The Tony and Drama Desk award-winning play will open at Stage Door Theatre on April 15th, and run...
Jim Squadrito and Arlene Violet Share DANCE OF THE CHAMELEON
by Christina Mancuso - January 18, 2016 Jim Squadrito, a veteran, decorated medic, successful businessman, activist for veterans and various charities and writer has completed his new book with the assistance of Arlene Violet. Arlene Violet is the first woman elected state attorney general, a published author, prior talk show host and att...
HAIR at the Ephrata Performing Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - February 08, 2017 Fight the power! What better way to fight the man than with long hair and rock and roll? Claude, Berger, Sheila and the hippies of the big apple come together to fight against the war draft. But when Claude gets a one-way ticket to Vietnam, he has a tough decision to make....
Dr. Robert William Curtis Launches PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO: POST CLOSURE
by Christina Mancuso - September 08, 2015 In recent decades, the military has been trying to save money by completing rounds of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), the congressional process of closing underutilized military installations within the United States....
Street Theatre Company to Present DOGFIGHT
by Tyler Peterson - May 19, 2015 Street Theatre Company, continuing to meet its goal to stage Nashville premieres, opens its second show of the 2015 season with the Off-Broadway musical DOGFIGHT. The show originally opened in New York in 2012 and, after receiving rave reviews and numerous awards, made its way to the London stage in...
Jeffrey Donovan Nabs Role of John F. Kennedy in Rob Reiner's LBJ Biopic
by Caryn Robbins - September 15, 2015 Actor Jeffrey Donovan will take on the role of John F. Kennedy in Rob Reiner's LBJ....
CONDEMNED PROPERTY is Released
by Christina Mancuso - January 19, 2016 AURORA, Ohio, Jan. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Welcome home. Thank you for your serviceare common sayings that the first combatants of the Gulf War would hear from fellow Americans when they returned home. These words were NOT shared with returning warriors of the Vietnam War...until forty-five years late...
Author's Novel Focuses on the Evacuation of Saigon
by Robert Diamond - April 25, 2015 Almost 40 years ago, the world watched as the fate of Saigon sealed the fate of Vietnam. The hotly contested politics of those years, the tragic moments of those last days and the heroic evacuation of not only Americans but tens of thousands of Vietnamese plays a vital role in the newest book in aut...
The Mori Art Museum Presents DINH Q. LÊ: MEMORY FOR TOMORROW, Now thru 10/12
by BWW News Desk - July 25, 2015 Mori Art Museum is pleased to present “Dinh Q. Le?: Memory for Tomorrow” from tonight, July 25 through Monday, October 12, 2015, marking the first solo exhibition by Vietnamese artist, Dinh Q. Le?, to be held in Japan....
New York City Dance Performance VOICES TRANSPOSED Addresses Refugee Crisis
by Marianka Swain - May 26, 2016 VOICES TRANSPOSED: THE REFUGEE CRISIS, a benefit performance concert, is the collective response of 12 dance companies to the ongoing plight of displaced persons worldwide. Two nights of groundbreaking performances will raise awareness of the refugee humanitarian crisis, currently occurring in Syria...
Rick McElroy Releases CONQUERING HEROES
by Christina Mancuso - August 30, 2016 Rick McElroy, a veteran of the United States Navy, husband, former teacher, and current general contractor has completed his new book 'Conquering Heroes': a gripping and potent journey of intrigue, mystery and manipulation with several unexpected moments! This book is the perfect read for any histor...
New Exhibit Honors U.S. Army Combat Photographers
by Christina Mancuso - September 23, 2015 Original photographs and motion pictures by the men of Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO) are at the center of a new exhibit by the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on the Vietnam War, to be unveiled Thursday at a free public reception. The event will begin at 4:30 p.m. at ...
CBS SUNDAY MORNING Posts Largest Audience Since May
by Caryn Robbins - October 29, 2015 CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD posted its largest audience since May 31, 2015, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Oct. 25....
Pontine to Welcome Bread & Puppet Theatre's 'THE SITUATION', 6/2
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2015 Tuesday 2 June at 7pm, Pontine presents the world-famous Bread & Puppet Theater in a new work, Public Access Center for the Obvious Presents: The Situation, written and directed by Peter Schumann....
Sondra Ray Pens SPIRITUAL INTIMACY
by Christina Mancuso - October 12, 2015 Sondra Ray, first round Peace Corps volunteer in the Kennedy era, US Air Force Nurse during the Vietnam War, inspiring spiritual teacher loved the world over, devoted author of 20 books on healing, spiritual practices and relationships, has completed her newest work 'Spiritual Intimacy - What You Re...
IT WASN'T LIKE NOTHING is Released
by Christina Mancuso - August 11, 2015 What was it really like to fight in the Vietnam War?...
PBS Airs ON TWO FRONTS: LATINOS & VIETNAM Tonight
by TV News Desk - September 22, 2015 ON TWO FRONTS: LATINOS & VIETNAM, premiering on PBS during Hispanic Heritage Month, captures a complex aspect of the Vietnam War: the legacy of Latino veterans and their families during the conflict....
New Military Thriller, DRAGON FORCE is Released
by Christina Mancuso - November 16, 2016 Take it from a general, this taut Vietnam-era thriller offers one heck of a ride!...
Swedish Marsha Songcome Takes Over the Role of Gigi in MISS SAIGON
by Isa Ponturo - November 23, 2015 The Swedish current castmember, Marsha Songcome takes over the role of Gigi Van Tranh in Claude-Michel Schonberg & Alain Boublil's MISS SAIGON from 14 December 2015 to the closing date 27 February 2016 at the Prince Edward Theatre in London. She succeeds Natalie Mendoza....
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 7/13/15- HAIR
by Nicole Rosky - July 13, 2015 Today in 2011, the return engagement of the second Broadway revival of HAIR opened at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 67 performances. Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of...
New York Playwright Allston James Wins 2015 British Theatre Challenge with SURIBACHI
by BWW News Desk - October 30, 2015 SURIBACHI, a play by American playwright Allston James, has won the 4th Annual British Theatre Challenge's Audience Appreciation Award....
TV: The Heat Is Back On! Meet the Company of MISS SAIGON
by Nicole Rosky - February 15, 2017 Rehearsals are underway for Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed new production of Boublil and Schonberg's legendary musical Miss Saigon, which will return to its original home, The Broadway Theater (1681 Broadway) beginning performances Wednesday, March 1. The original production of Miss Saigon opened at...
PBS to Air ON TWO FRONTS: LATINOS & VIETNAM, 9/22
by Caryn Robbins - June 26, 2015 ON TWO FRONTS: LATINOS & VIETNAM, premiering on PBS during Hispanic Heritage Month, captures a complex aspect of the Vietnam War: the legacy of Latino veterans and their families during the conflict....
Pontine Welcomes Bread & Puppet Theatre's 'THE SITUATION' Tonight
by BWW News Desk - June 02, 2015 Tonight 2 June at 7pm, Pontine presents the world-famous Bread & Puppet Theater in a new work, Public Access Center for the Obvious Presents: The Situation, written and directed by Peter Schumann....
Retired Airline Captain John W. Van Kleeff Releases TURBULENCE
by Christina Mancuso - August 07, 2015 John van Kleeff grew up without a consistent home. Faced with personal and cultural obstacles, he focused on his passion for flying and let it be his guide through struggle.... |