Conservationists are trying to spare the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois from loggers. Shawnee Forest Defense’s efforts are detailed in the documentary “Shawnee Showdown: Keep the Forest Standing.” The 2021 film was produced by Cade Bursell, a film professor at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. The documentary will airRead More →
UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television (UCLA TFT) Acting Dean Brian Kite and Theater Department Chair J. Ed Araiza today announced that the multi-hyphenated storyteller and educator Jennifer Chang joined the school as an associate professor on July 1, 2022 and will begin teaching this fall. “Dean Kite, theRead More →
The British director known for his famous adaptation of Mahabharata died on Saturday The British director known for his famous adaptation of mahabharata died Saturday “I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks through this empty space while someone else watches, and that’sRead More →
LONDON – Peter Brook, a British theater and film director known for an influential and distinguished career that brought him worldwide fame, has died. He was 97 years old. The two-time Tony Award winner, who moved to France decades ago, made the film adaptations of his best stage works asRead More →
Peter Brook, a British theater and film director known for an influential and distinguished career that brought him worldwide fame, has died. He was 97 years old. The two-time Tony Award winner, who moved to France decades ago, made the film adaptations of his best stage works as well asRead More →
LONDON – Peter Brook, a British theater and film director known for an influential and distinguished career that brought him worldwide fame, has died. He was 97 years old. The two-time Tony Award winner, who moved to France decades ago, made the film adaptations of his best stage works asRead More →
LONDON — Peter Brook, a British theater and film director known for an influential and distinguished career that brought him worldwide fame, has died. He was 97 years old. The two-time Tony Award winner, who moved to France decades ago, made the film adaptations of his best stage works asRead More →
CODA Star Troy Kotsur will deliver the commencement address for the UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television this year as part of the university’s 75th annual ceremony, it was announced Friday. The event, which will take place June 10 at UCLA’s Royce Hall, will be chaired by the school’sRead More →
Oscar-winning actor Troy Kotsur (CODA, The Mandalorian) will deliver the commencement address at the upcoming UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television commencement ceremony. Writer-Producer Amy Aniobi (Insecure) will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award at the event. Brian Kite, acting dean of UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film and Television, gaveRead More →
Eileen Heckart was a star of theatre, film and television. The Columbus native was born Anna Eileen Heckart on March 29, 1919. Heckart’s son, Luke Yankee, said that even after his mother rose to fame, she was still known as Anna Eileen when she visited Columbus. “She didn’t like theRead More →
In a public lecture he gave in New York in 1973 (via Wellesnet), “Citizen Kane” composer Bernard Herrmann revealed that the original copy of the film confused audiences. First printings of the film, approved by Welles, had no main title card or credit sequence. It went from a few secondsRead More →
Tony Walton, award-winning Broadway and film designer and resident of Sag Harbor, died peacefully Wednesday, March 2 from complications of a stroke. He was 87 years old. Walton was an award-winning director and production designer for Broadway, Off-Broadway, film, television, ballet and opera. He was nominated for 16 Tony AwardsRead More →
Journal Staff Tanya Manus Travel the world in March as concerts, theater and a film festival take you on an international tour of entertainment. Take a dream musical vacation through Scotland, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic when the Black Hills Symphony Orchestra performs “22 Countries in 2 Hours”, atRead More →
Show hours are 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sunday to January 30. Cost: $ 18, $ 20. Season tickets are available. Call 937-424-8477 or visit www.daytonplayhouse.org. 2) Home show If you’re looking to remodel your home in 2022, the Greater Dayton Home Show has professionals inRead More →
The show times are at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. on Sundays until January 30. Cost: $18, $20. Season passes are available. Call 937-424-8477 or visit www.daytonplayhouse.org. 2) Living room of the house If you’re looking to remodel your home in 2022, Greater Dayton HomeRead More →
Brian Kite, Acting Dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT) today announced that actress, screenwriter, director and activist Michelle Krusiec (Hollywood, Float) has been named Regents’ Lecturer at the Department of Theater of the School of Theater, Film and Television at UCLA. His appointment, forRead More →
Zillow Every few months, a Milwaukee or the Milwaukee area real estate ad captures the city’s imagination. Sometimes it’s a house which is also a bar. Sometimes it’s a bar which is also a bowling alley. Sometimes it is Screech’s house. And sometimes-this weather — this is a bungalow withRead More →
Rehearsals are underway for in-person classes this fall. After a year of fully online courses, the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television has prepared a variety of courses for a hybrid or in-person environment that will allow students to engage in an interactive environment. While the selection of taughtRead More →
Rehearsals are underway in preparation for in-person classes this fall. After a year of entirely online classes, the UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television has prepared a variety of courses for a hybrid or in-person setting that will allow students to engage in an interactive environment. While the selectionRead More →
PHILADELPHIA – Two new curated film series arrive at the Philadelphia Film Society Drive-In at Navy Yard and the Film Society’s Film Center, showing films such as “Legally Blonde,” “Indiana Jones,” “The Lord of the Rings,” and more. The Philadelphia Film Society has announced the launch of the 20th AnniversaryRead More →
More from “Mal Dead” Several months after treating audiences online to live commentary at a virtual screening of the cult horror classic “The Evil Dead,” actor Bruce Campbell will speak to viewers through a virtual screening of the sequel, “Evil Dead II “. At 9:00 p.m. Saturday, CAPA will hostRead More →
The Times Square coronavirus vaccination site serving the Broadway theater industry opened today with an open invitation to city film and television workers. In a press conference this morning, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio expanded the reach of the previously announced Times Square site to include the city’sRead More →
St. Mary’s City, MD- “Checking In,” an original play about healing powers during a COVID-19 lockdown, opens with a recorded Zoom performance Thursday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. Presented by St. Mary’s College of Maryland Theatre, Film and Media Studies, the show runs until Sunday, April 18, with a finalRead More →
Art and Culture Centers in the Phoenix area are working hard to deliver exciting new art exhibits and performances in the safest way possible despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Theaters, including the Herberger Theater Center, have set up their stages outside. The Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will hostRead More →
Tyler perryRising from poverty to become one of entertainment’s most successful filmmakers is an incredible feat of determination. He is the personification of the American dream bathed in Black Excellence. Perry, who once lived in his car, is now on the Forbes Distinguished List as a billionaire. His climb toRead More →
The winter season traditionally offers a full plate of theater, dance and other artistic events. But with the COVID-19 restrictions still firmly in place, businesses have had to pivot to provide theater and film audiences with new opportunities to enjoy performances. While some organizations are still finalizing plans and deliveryRead More →
BINGHAMTON, NY – The latest installment in the VISION film series which was shot inside the Goodwill Theater features a Binghamton native whose personal story and name were the inspiration. Binghamton High School graduate Angel Desai stars in “Lady Apsara”, a 16 minute film produced by the Prospect Theater CompanyRead More →
Brian Kite, Acting Dean of the UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television (UCLA TFT), today announced the appointment of an award-winning lighting designer Chi Chu Tower, and researchers Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and Amy Villarejo as tenured UCLA TFT professors. “I am very happy to welcome Lap, Kriss and Amy toRead More →
The members of the Strawdog Theater ensemble are determined people. They must be, have survived and thrived for over 30 years on the Chicago theater scene. But like so many of their colleagues, they had to reconsider how to continue making art when the COVID-19 pandemic forced theaters to close.Read More →
BUDAPEST, Hungary – Thousands of students, professors and supporters of the Hungarian University of Theater and Film Arts formed a human chain between their institution and parliament on Sunday to protest against the measures taken by the government which decrease its autonomy. Those present at the demonstration passed from handRead More →
HARTFORD >> Richard Doyle, a Litchfield resident, a teacher at Taft School, pleaded guilty Monday to receiving and distributing child pornography, according to a statement from the US Department of Justice. Doyle, 64, was a teacher at Taft School in Watertown at the time of his arrest in December 2012.Read More →
You enter the gray, unmarked industrial building of the Los Angeles Arts District. A dark library full of diagrams, goblets, and books leads to a Gothic tavern where monochromatic-dressed moviegoers and hipsters sip cocktails before the show. At the appointed time, you are led down a hallway to a darkRead More →
Kamasi Washington released a new feature documentary in concert, Kamasi Washington Live at the Apollo Theater. The Amazon Music film, directed by Michael garber, highlights Washington’s headlining show in Harlem, New York’s Apollon Theater February 23, 2019. Kamasi Washington Live at the Apollo Theater now broadcasts exclusively on Amazon PrimeRead More →
A $ 10 million pledge from UCLA alumnus Elizabeth Reiko Kubota Whitney and Kenneth Whitney will support the revitalization of the historic Ralph Freud Playhouse at UCLA School of Drama, Film and Television. Their support will go to building a fascinating 21st century space that will allow students, faculty, staff,Read More →
UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television has a new boss. Brian Kite has been appointed interim dean of the school and will take office on January 1. He will take on the new role – succeeding outgoing Dean Teri Schwartz – after serving as Special Academic Senior Associate DeanRead More →
Paul Douglas Newman’s love for history not only led him to a successful career as a history teacher, but also propelled him into local theater productions, filmmaking, writing and home renovation. “For me, it all comes from the same kind of place,†said Newman in his Krebs Hall office atRead More →
Highlights include “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui” and the musical “Hair” The upcoming theater season at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television includes the production of Bertolt Brecht’s “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Uiâ€, the opera “Juana†– a collaboration between Opera UCLA and UCLA’s drama department –Read More →
The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Class of 2019 is scheduled for a Bond audience this week: Former 007 Pierce Brosnan will deliver his 72nd opening speech Friday at Royce Hall. REX / Shutterstock The university will also award its Distinguished Alumni Award to Star Trek original GeorgeRead More →
UCLA TFT students in “Steel Pier”, by John Kander and Fred Ebb, in 2018. LOS ANGELES: The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s drama department has announced its 2018-19 main season. Programming will include two works by Paula Vogel, the school’s first distinguished playwright-in-residence of the school’s Hearst TheaterRead More →
The San Diego Symphony kicks off a new season of its Fox Theater film series Thursday night with Buster Keaton’s classic, “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” Silent films are supposed to be accompanied by music. The San Diego Symphony continues this tradition with its Fox Theater film series. Thursday night, organist RussRead More →
Dean Teri Schwartz and Nadja Swarovski were producers of “Waterschool” UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television By appearing on Netflix, the film will be available to more than 130 million people around the world. “Waterschool,†the first feature documentary produced by theRead More →
Yiddish theater actress Zypora Spaisman and dancer / actor Felix Fibich in a scene from “Yiddish Theater: A Love Story”. (Photo provided / YIDDISHTHEATRE.NET) Contributed photo Linda cook Only a con would not like this movie. “Yiddish Theater: A Love Story” is simply wonderful, the kind of documentary that couldRead More →
Wheeler, a new character created by Tracy Letts, collapsed at the age of 50. With a marriage broken up and something to be proud of at work, he’s looking for both a lifeboat and a direction to direct him in “Linda Vista,” a play premiering next spring at the SteppenwolfRead More →
To a younger generation of fans, he was the black-caped dark arts teacher Snape, who spoke in a perpetual hiss and sneer as he spoke to Harry Potter. But for many others, British actor Alan Rickman was a famous force in theater, film and television for more than 30 years.Read More →
UCLA’s School of Drama, Film and Television created the Barbara Boyle Promising Producers Award as part of the school’s Producers Program, the school said on Tuesday. Starting in 2016, the award will be presented to a student from the UCLA TFT Producers program presenting on the annual Producers Marketplace duringRead More →