REELZ Announces Summer 2018 Slate with New Programming As Part of Its Growing Commitment to Original Programming
by Macon Prickett - Apr 23, 2018
REELZ today announced its summer 2018 programming slate including six new documentary specials, new true crime series Sex, Lies & Murder and premiere dates for six new and returning series. The new specials include the fascinating story of a pop idol in George Michael's Lonely Life along with three new Behind Closed Doors specials with host Natalie Morales showing viewers the incredible stories of Phil Hartman, Paul Walker and the wildly popular movie musical Grease which marks its 40th anniversary in June. Additional specials include a never-before-seen look at daring prison breaks in Alcatraz: The Greatest Escapes and the two part Ted Bundy: Serial Monster about the riveting real story behind the madman who some experts estimate had more than 100 victims.
Reparations365 at JACK presents The Performance Collective RAKIA!
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 16, 2017
Part of JACK's year-long series, Reparations365 The performance collective RAKIA!, led by choreographer and dancer Rakia Seaborn, inverts playground routines into the language with which a trio of dancers communicates with the black women who died too soon. This highly-stylized immortality ritual hearkens back to a care-free time of middle school talent shows, Blue Magic hair grease & 'CrazySexyCool.' Part of JACK's Reparations365 series, myeyesdontcrynomore positions reparations as freedom from a never-ending fear of another black death. What if there were something else? Endless life, endless joy.
Guest Blog: From Mormon Missions to Rydell High
by BWW
News Desk - Sep 14, 2017
Daxton Bloomquist and Eric Geil aren't the only cast members 'coming home' to Kansas City to perform in Grease, but they are the only ones who left their missions to do so!
Guest Blog: From Mormon Missions to Rydell High
by BWW
News Desk - Sep 8, 2017
Daxton Bloomquist and Eric Geil aren't the only cast members 'coming home' to Kansas City to perform in Grease, but they are the only ones who left their missions to do so!
Guest Blog: From Mormon Missions to Rydell High
by Alan Henry - Sep 6, 2017
Daxton Bloomquist and Eric Geil aren't the only cast members 'coming home' to Kansas City to perform in Grease, but they are the only ones who left their missions to do so!
BWW Interview: Pretty Little Liars' JANEL PARRISH Talks GREASE Toronto
by Taylor Long - Sep 5, 2017
GREASE says 'You're the One That I Want' to Pretty Little Liars star, Janel Parrish. With previews beginning November 1st at Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre, Parrish will be taking on the iconic role of Sandy - but did you know that she auditioned for a different role?
GREASE is the Word at Starlight Theatre
by Rebecca Russo - Sep 1, 2017
Grease is the word at Starlight Theatre now through Thursday, Sept. 14. The beloved musical that features 1950s' high school romance and rock 'n' roll will cruise across the Starlight stage like Greased Lightnin' for six performances, opening on Friday night, Sept. 8 and continuing through Sept. 14.
The Everly Brothers Experience at Ridgefield Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
by Julie Musbach - Apr 20, 2017
No one could sing harmonies like The Everly Brothers. With hits "Bye, Bye, Love," "Wake Up Little Susie," and "When Will I Be Loved" among others, The Everly Brothers' music influenced everyone from The Beatles to Simon & Garfunkel to Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. Now, the singing duo of Dylan and Zachary Zmed (sons of Grease 2 and T.J. Hooker star Adrian Zmed ) are paying tribute to Phil and Don Everly along with their band The Bird Dogs.
STAR Repertory Theatre presents GREASE
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 28, 2017
STAR Repertory Theatre, San Diego A-List Best Theatre Group 2014-Present, in collaboration with Jim Jacobs, is proud to present their production of GREASE THE MUSICAL, at the prestigious and captivating California Center for the Arts, Escondido, March 23-26, 2017. It is very difficult for a large community theatre to obtain the rights to GREASE. But STAR Rep has had the unique and very amazing opportunity to obtain those rights and to be able to work with the co-writer and creator Jim Jacobs on this production! STAR Rep has also purchased the rights to use the additional movie songs from the John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John version. Join the Pink Ladies, the T-Birds and the rest of the gang at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido, and discover why Grease is most definitely the word!
SOM PRODUCE estrenará WEST SIDE STORY en 2018
by Juan-Jose Gonzalez - Feb 13, 2017
La productora ha anunciado la adquisición de los derechos de este clásico y también la renovación de los derechos de GREASE, para la cual se pondrá en pie una nueva producción
HAMILTON Helmer Thomas Kail Sets Up New Production Company at FOX TV
by Caryn Robbins - Aug 8, 2016
Acclaimed Emmy Award-nominated and Tony Award-winning director Thomas Kail, recently responsible for the critical and ratings smash GREASE: LIVE, as well as the theatrical phenomenon “Hamilton,” has created a production pod housed within Twentieth Century Fox Television.
Stage Experience 2016 Starts Up at the New Alexandra Theatre With GREASE
by Nora Dominick - Aug 5, 2016
?The New Alexandra Theatre is delighted to present its annual Stage Experience production for 2016, Grease The Musical. The show features all of the iconic songs from the universally adored 1978 motion picture that starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton John including; Grease Lightnin', We Go Together, You're The One That I Want and many more. Dazzling choreography, stunning costume and set pieces will light up the New Alex stage when the musical opens on Wednesday 17th August.
Hunter Foster and Jen Cody Direct & Choreograph NC Theatre's GREASE, Starting Tonight
by - Feb 9, 2016
North Carolina Theatre, the region's premiere nonprofit professional regional theatre producing Broadway musical revivals, welcomes Broadway couple Hunter Foster and Jennifer Cody for this month's production of GREASE as director and choreographer, respectively. The power couple starred together in the 1994 Tony-nominated Broadway revival of GREASE for several years, during which the two were married.
Sing Along with GREASE at Schimmel Center Before FOX's Live Production Today
by BWW News Desk - Jan 30, 2016
Today, Saturday, January 30th, Schimmel Center at Pace University hosts SING-A-LONG-A GREASE after a wildly successful run in the fall of 2014. Audiences can sing along to the great movie musical, complete with on-screen lyrics and the chance to become a T-Bird or Pink Lady for the night and enter the costume competition.
Arena Stage's THE CITY OF CONVERSATION, Starring Margaret Colin, Begins Performances Today
by BWW News Desk - Jan 29, 2016
Anthony Giardina's Off-Broadway smash hit THE CITY OF CONVERSATION, about a Georgetown political hostess, makes its Washington, D.C. debut at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater beginning tonight, January 29. Following his direction of the 2014 world premiere at Lincoln Center Theater, Tony Award winner Doug Hughes returns to direct this political drama spanning three decades, from Carter's presidency through the Reagan era and ending with Obama's inauguration. THE CITY OF CONVERSATION runs through March 6, 2016 in the Fichandler Stage.
Sing Along with GREASE at Schimmel Center Before FOX's Live Production
by BWW News Desk - Jan 6, 2016
On Saturday, January 30th, Schimmel Center at Pace University will host SING-A-LONG-A GREASE after a wildly successful run in the fall of 2014. Audiences will sing along to the great movie musical, complete with on-screen lyrics and the chance to become a T-Bird or Pink Lady for the night and enter the costume competition.
John Arthur Greene & Emily Behny to Lead North Carolina Theatre's Production of GREASE!
by Jeffrey Kare - Dec 16, 2015
North Carolina Theatre, the region's premiere nonprofit professional regional theatre producing Broadway musical revivals, is ready to electrify audiences this February with the world's favorite musical, Grease! Directed by Broadway veteran Hunter Foster, choreographed by his wife, Jennifer Cody, leading the cast of this upcoming production is Raleigh native John Arthur Greene as Danny Zuko and Emily Behny as Sandy Dumbrowski.
Full Cast Set for Arena Stage's D.C. Premiere of THE CITY OF CONVERSATION
by BWW News Desk - Dec 11, 2015
Anthony Giardina's Off-Broadway smash hit THE CITY OF CONVERSATION, about a Georgetown political hostess, makes its Washington, D.C. debut at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Following his direction of the 2014 world premiere at Lincoln Center Theater, Tony Award winner Doug Hughes returns to direct this political drama spanning three decades, from Carter's presidency through the Reagan era and ending with Obama's inauguration. THE CITY OF CONVERSATION runs January 29-March 6, 2016 in the Fichandler Stage.