Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band to Perform at Madison Square Park
by BWW News Desk - July 27, 2017 Latin GRAMMY and EMMY Award winners Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band will perform a free concert at Madison Square Park today, July 27, as part of their summer tour. Showtime is 10:30 am, on the Farrugut Lawn. This is one of the park's weekly eclectic lineup of family acts. All ages are invited....
BWW Review: UK UNDERDOG Writer/Performer Steve Spiro Donates all Solo Show Proceeds to START Rescue and Anti-Bullying Groups
by Shari Barrett - October 25, 2018 In UK UNDERDOG, Steve Spiro tells his autobiographical story as a young Jewish boy in London who transforms himself, through sheer force of will (and plenty of chutzpah) from a bullied underdog to martial artist, boxer, community leader and animal rights activist. Along the way, he portrays not only...
Travel to L.A. with Antaeus Theatre Company's ZIP CODE PLAYS Podcast Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 13, 2020 Celebrate the culture and history of the diverse neighborhoods of Los Angeles from the safety of your home. Antaeus Theatre Company presents The Zip Code Plays: Los Angeles, a series of six original audio plays, each set in a different L.A. zip code. ...
SAG-AFTRA Members March And Rally To #StrikeBBH
by A.A. Cristi - January 23, 2019 Nearly 1,000 SAG-AFTRA members and allies marched and rallied today at the La Brea Tar Pits' Great Lawn. SAG-AFTRA National President Gabrielle Carteris, Secretary-Treasurer and Los Angeles Local President Jane Austin, National Executive Director David White and local union and elected officials joi...
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association Announces Edgerton Foundation Performance Hall
by Julie Musbach - October 22, 2019 The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association has received a $4 million grant commitment from the Edgerton Foundation, on behalf of their donor-advised fund at the California Community Foundation....
Nadine Sutherland, Julien Believe to Headline Thanksgiving Weekend Events at New Vibe Lounge
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 25, 2019 Jamaican reggae songstress Nadine Sutherland and Bahamian 'Music Ambassador' Julien Believe will headline a Caribbean Thanksgiving weekend entertainment lineup at the New Vibe Lounge in Rockville Centre, Long Island starting this Friday November 29....
Photo Flash: First Look at Playwrights Arena's TAR
by Stephi Wild - June 07, 2018 Playwrights' Arena, Jon Lawrence Rivera, Artistic Director, the first and oldest theater dedicated to discovering, nurturing, and producing original works for the stage written exclusively by Los Angeles playwrights, is presenting the World Premiere of TAR by Tom Jacobson. It is directed by Edgar La...
REDCAT Announces Fall 2018 Calendar Of Premieres
by A.A. Cristi - August 02, 2018 REDCAT, CalArts' downtown center for contemporary arts, announces adventurous international and LA performances featured in the ambitious new Fall 2018 season at REDCAT, including stunning stagecraft and object theater from Rotterdam, the world premiere of a new dance and video work by LA company Da...
Freeform's GROWN-ISH Returns for Fifth Season With BLACK-ISH Star Marcus Scribner Joining the Cast
by Michael Major - March 07, 2022 As the final season of “black-ish” comes to a close and the current “grown-ish” class graduates Cal U, the beloved “-ish” universe continues with Emmy®-nominated “grown-ish” picked up for a fifth season. “black-ish” star Marcus Scribner heads over to join his TV sister Yara Shahidi on the Freeform s...
Photo Flash: First Look at JEWS, CHRISTIANS, AND SCREWING STALIN at the Matrix
by Stephi Wild - August 18, 2018 Acclaimed TV and film actor John Pleshette(Knots Landing, Murder One, Curb Your Enthusiasm) and stand-up comedian and actress Cathy Ladman (I'm Dying Up Here, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Scandal) - a late-night favorite who has made numerous appearances on The Tonight Showand has her own HBO One Night Sta...
Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band to Perform at Madison Square Park
by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2017 Latin GRAMMY and EMMY Award winners Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band will perform a free concert at Madison Square Park on Thursday, July 27, as part of their summer tour. Showtime is 10:30 am, on the Farrugut Lawn. This is one of the park's weekly eclectic lineup of family acts. All ages are inv...
Emily Peachey Stars in New Film FISHBOWL
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 30, 2020 Emily Peachey, known for her captivating role in the teen classic “The Fault in Our Stars,” headlines the new film drama “Fishbowl,” now available on iTunes, Apple TV and On Demand. ...
LAST WHISPERS ORATORIO Opens Friday June 14 At Ford Theatres
by A.A. Cristi - May 01, 2019 Ford Theatres presents an immersive experience: Last Whispers - Oratorio for Vanishing Voices, Collapsing Universes and a Falling Tree, on Friday, June 14 at 8:00pm. Last Whispers is simultaneously a spatially-designed sound composition and a film -- an invocation of languages that have gone extinct...
SCARLET Concept Album is Now Available
by Nicole Rosky - January 02, 2022 The first new musical of 2022 has arrived, and it fittingly spotlights both a new wave of musical theatre creators, and the increasing dangers of the global climate crisis....
*NSYNC Will Be Honored With A Star On The Hollywood Walk of Fame
by Macon Prickett - March 20, 2018 According to Variety, *NSYNC will receive a star on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame. ...
16th Annual Tribeca Film Festival Announces Juried Awards
by Caryn Robbins - April 28, 2017 The 16th Tribeca Film Festival announced the winners of its competition categories at the awards ceremony tonight at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center....
La Phil's Judith And Thomas L. Beckmen Yola Center At Inglewood Welcomes Its First Class Of Inglewood Students
by Stephi Wild - September 21, 2021 Today, three years after designs by architect Frank Gehry were unveiled, the Los Angeles Philharmonic welcomed its first class of Inglewood students to the Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center at Inglewood, the first permanent home of the YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles) program that brings fr...
Lucky Diaz Launch Summer Concert Tour and New Album
by Caryn Robbins - June 01, 2017 Latin GRAMMY and EMMY Award winners Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band embark on a busy summer of family performances around the nation. The band, led by Lucky Diaz and Alisha Gaddis, present interactive, multi-cultural, mixed language and movement based musical performances for children and adults....
Natalie Zea Joins LA BREA on NBC
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 26, 2020 Deadline reports that 'Justified' alum Natalie Zea has joined the cast of 'La Brea' on NBC....
Red Bull Theater to Stream All-Female 2019 Production of MAC BETH
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 25, 2022 Red Bull Theater has announced the streaming broadcast of their acclaimed all-female production of Mac Beth, adapted and directed by Erica Schmidt from Shakespeare, will be available for two weeks only....
Uproar Entertainment Releases Debut Stand-Up Comedy CD by Gayla Johnson
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2017 Uproar Entertainment is excited to announce the release of 'Black Wives Matter' by Gayla Johnson....
BWW Interview: Rachel Parker on her World Premiere of THE WOLFE & THE BIRD
by Shari Barrett - September 16, 2021 The need for personal isolation during 2020 appears to have led to a plethora of solo shows being developed and performed online and in person in which performers create mostly autobiographical tales meant to unify their own experience with the rest of us. So when I heard about Rachel Parker's world...
Solo Show BLACK! Shatters Stereotypes in L.A. Premiere
by Julie Musbach - August 06, 2018 Healing, funny, touching and brutally honest. British actor, playwright and storyteller Michael Washington Brown shatters stereotypes in a critically acclaimed solo work that examines race from a global perspective. "BLACK!"opens at the Zephyr Theatre on Sept. 9 for a six-week run, performing every ...
Cast & Creatives Set for WHY DREAM IN INGLEWOOD? Project
by A.A. Cristi - April 12, 2017 An artistic director, experienced actors, enthusiastic neophytes and even a violinist...these are the diverse players assembled for Why Dream in Inglewood?, a City of Inglewood Inglewood Growing Artists Performed Projects (IGAPP) initiative awarded to playwright Henry Ong. The IGAPP exposes Inglewoo...
L.A. Premiere Of BLACK! Shatters Stereotypes At The Zephyr
by Stephi Wild - September 01, 2018 Healing, funny, touching and brutally honest. British actor, playwright and storyteller Michael Washington Brown shatters stereotypes in a critically acclaimed solo work that examines race from a global perspective. "BLACK!" opens at the Zephyr Theatre on Sept. 9 for a six-week run, performing every... |