Liza Lapira Will Star on THE EQUALIZER Reboot With Queen Latifah
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 25, 2020 Deadline reports that Liza Lapira has joined 'The Equalizer,' which also stars Queen Latifah. The series is described as a re-imagining of the one from the 1980s....
New York Theatre Workshop Announces Schedule Change for ON SUGARLAND
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 25, 2022 New York Theatre Workshop announced today a change to the performance schedule for On Sugarland. Previews, which were set to begin on Wednesday February 2, 2022, will now start on Thursday February 3 to allow the team more time for technical rehearsals. Additionally, the performance on Friday Februa...
THE POWER OF HOPE Director Kalia Love Jones Receives The PAFF Youth Visionary Award
by A.A. Cristi - June 11, 2021 Kalia Love Jones, 14-year old director of 'The Power of Hope' animated short film receives the prestigious Youth Visionary Award from the 29th Annual Pan African Film and Arts Festival. Laya DeLeon Hayes, actress in the CBS drama, 'The Equalizer' and the voice of Doc on 'Doc McStuffins' on Disney Ju...
World Premiere of HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN SON Starring Cristela Alonzo to be Presented at Arizona Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 18, 2022 Arizona Theatre Company's final production of the 54th season, written by ATC Artistic Associate, christopher oscar peña, is a coming-of-age comedy about a father and son who are living two different versions of the American dream, and how they navigate the difficult realities surrounding citizenshi...
Meet the Cast of THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH
by Stephi Wild - April 01, 2022 Previews begin tonight, April 1, for Lincoln Center Theater's production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Skin of Our Teeth. The production opens on Monday, April 25 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Meet the cast here!...
Queen Latifah Will Star on EQUALIZER on CBS
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 28, 2020 According to The Hollywood Reporter, Queen Latifah-led CBS series 'The Equalizer' has received a pilot pickup....
VIDEO: Queen Latifah Talks About Performing a SUPER BOWL Halftime Show on THE LATE SHOW
by Sarah Leiber - February 09, 2021 Queen Latifah performed at the 1998 Super Bowl halftime show and she describes how amazing and nerve wracking it felt to be in the stadium. You can see more of Queen Latifah in the new CBS series, 'The Equalizer.'...
THE EQUALIZER Season Two Sets DVD Release Date
by Michael Major - July 05, 2022 Starring Golden Globe® and Emmy® Award winner, and Academy Award® nominee Queen Latifah (Chicago), THE EQUALIZER: SEASON TWO follows the story of Robyn McCall, an enigmatic woman with a mysterious background. The four-disc collection features 18 action-packed episodes and exclusive bonus content, in...
Vistas Media Capital's Animation Studio Paperboat Unveils Debut Feature Animation Slate
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 20, 2022 Paperboat Animation Studios, the Toronto headquartered animation studio recently acquired by Singapore based global media content and technology company Vistas Media Capital Pte. Ltd., today unveiled its debut animation slate consisting of the thee diverse projects for the global market. ...
Eve Hewson and Eva Green Join the Cast of BBC's THE LUMINARIES
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 26, 2018 BBC Two has announced that leading actresses Eve Hewson (Robin Hood, The Knick, Bridge of Spies) and Eva Green (Casino Royale, Penny Dreadful, Sin City, A dame to Kill For) will join the cast of six-part drama series, The Luminaries....
Off-Broadway Premiere of MR. PARKER to be Presented at Theatre Row
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 05, 2022 Penguin Rep Theatre announced today the Off-Broadway premiere of Mr. Parker, a new play written by Michael McKeever and directed by Joe Brancato. Performances will begin Wednesday, June 1, 2022, for a limited engagement through June 25, 2022, at Theatre Row – Theatre 1 (410 West 42nd Street). Openin...
The Academy Invites 842 To Membership; 50% Are Women
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 02, 2019 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 842 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. The 2019 class is 50% women, 29% people of color, and represents 59 countries. Those...
Second Stage Theater to Honor Lynn Nottage and Debra Martin Chase at 2021 Gala
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 08, 2021 Second Stage Theater’s 2021 Fall Gala will honor Producer DEBRA MARTIN CHASE and Playwright LYNN NOTTAGE at a one-night-only celebration on Monday, November 15, 2021 at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers. Ms. Chase and Ms. Nottage are both members of Second Stage Theater’s Board of Directors....
Cast Announced For Shakespeare & Company's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Outdoors
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 29, 2022 Shakespeare & Company has announced the cast of Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, to be staged outdoors at the Company's New Spruce Theatre, July 2 through August 14....
Regina Taylor and Karen Ziemba Join La Femme Theatre Productions As They Inaugurate Two Developmental Initiatives
by Stephi Wild - March 29, 2022 La Femme Theatre has announced two initiatives - Women on the Verge, The Gladys and Mary Dohmen Reading Series, which will showcase emerging female artists, and A Woman's Storyland, a script development program that will develop diverse stories about the universal female experience....
New York Theatre Workshop Announces New Opening and Closing Dates for ON SUGARLAND
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 14, 2022 New York Theatre Workshop announced today that due to positive COVID tests in the company, all performances of On Sugarland by Obie Award winner Aleshea Harris (Is God Is, What to Send Up When It Goes Down) have been cancelled through Sunday February 20, 2022. Performances will resume Tuesday Febru...
VIDEO: Queen Latifah Talks About Performing a SUPER BOWL Halftime Show on THE LATE SHOW
by Sarah Leiber - February 09, 2021 Queen Latifah performed at the 1998 Super Bowl halftime show and she describes how amazing and nerve wracking it felt to be in the stadium. You can see more of Queen Latifah in the new CBS series, 'The Equalizer.'...
BLACK PANTHER Leads Nominations for the NAACP IMAGE AWARDS
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 13, 2019 The nominees for the 50th NAACP Image Awards were exclusively announced today at the Television Critics Association's (TCA) TV One's joint press conference with Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP and Alfred Liggins, Chairman and CEO of TV One. The winners will be revealed during the Two...
New Titles Coming to Amazon Prime Video and Prime Video Channels in November 2018
by Tori Hartshorn - October 16, 2018 New Titles Coming to Amazon Prime Video and Prime Video Channels in November 2018...
PREMIERE ROUNDUP: Find Out When Your Favorite Fall TV Shows Return
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 29, 2020 After a long, uncertain spring, TV is back, for the most part!...
Antoine Fuqua Will Direct New Film Adaptation of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 21, 2021 The play centers on Brick, a former athlete turned alcoholic, his sexually frustrated wife Maggie, and Big Daddy, the ailing and wealthy family patriarch....
Cast Announced For Johnny G. Lloyd's PATIENCE at Second Stage
by Stephi Wild - July 07, 2022 Second Stage Theater has announced casting for the upcoming world premiere production of PATIENCE by JOHNNY G. LLOYD. The production is directed by Zhailon Levingston and will feature Justiin Davis, Jonathan Burke, Nemuna Ceesay, Zainab Barry, and Mary E. Hodges....
Complete Cast Announced For Pre-Broadway A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL Starring Will Swenson
by Stephi Wild - May 02, 2022 Meet the complete cast for A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical, as rehearsals began in New York ahead of the musical's world premiere, pre-Broadway engagement this summer at Boston's Emerson Colonial Theatre....
World Premiere of Jessica Dickey's NAN AND THE LOWER BODY to be Presented at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 25, 2022 TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will present the World Premiere of Jessica Dickey’s Nan and the Lower Body, an audience favorite at TheatreWorks’ 2019 New Works Festival....
Taraji P. Henson Named As Host For 2021 BET AWARDS
by TV News Desk - June 14, 2021 Additionally, the “BET AWARDS” will be honoring Queen Latifah with this year’s Lifetime Achievement BET Award.... |