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THE CHALLENGER DISASTER


The Challenger Disaster, Science Channel's first feature film starring William Hurt, premieres Saturday, Nov. 16 @ 9PM e/p. It chronicles Feynman's efforts on the Presidential Commission to uncover the cause of the devastating 1986 Challenger exp ...

National Geographic: Symphony for Our World to Kick Off North American Leg of World T Photo National Geographic: Symphony for Our World to Kick Off North American Leg of World Tour in L.A. on Oct. 27
by Macon Prickett - July 10, 2018

National Geographic and Jason Michael Paul Entertainment, Inc. are presenting the all-new and dazzling National Geographic: Symphony for Our World, which thrilled audiences with a special sold-out preview in San Francisco on Earth Day, April 22. The North American leg of the worldwide tour kicks off...
Review: COME FROM AWAY Comes To Broadway On Tour at the SAFE Credit Union Performing Photo Review: COME FROM AWAY Comes To Broadway On Tour at the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center
by Courtney Symes - September 21, 2022

Once in a while, an event occurs that is so viscerally powerful that you will always remember exactly what you were doing when it happened.  Most people over 70 will remember what they were doing when John F. Kennedy was assassinated.  People my age remember the Challenger disaster vividly (I was in...
The Rentals Honor The Astronauts of Space Shuttle Challenger in New Video Photo The Rentals Honor The Astronauts of Space Shuttle Challenger in New Video
by Abigail Charpentier - January 28, 2020

Today marks the 34th Anniversary of the Challenger disaster. To honor the fallen Space Shuttle Astronauts, The Rentals are releasing “Great Big Blue”, a song based directly on the tragedy....
BWW Review: Politically Incorrect with Nazi Musical THE PRODUCERS is Hysterical at Ca Photo BWW Review: Politically Incorrect with Nazi Musical THE PRODUCERS is Hysterical at Carrollwood Players Theatre
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - September 08, 2019

At the close of the performance, my face hurt from laughing, but what else would you expect from a musical with the name Mel Brooks attached. This over-the-top and exquisitely offensive masterpiece, with everything from the producer's casting couch, grossly stereotypical ultra-sexy foreign female se...
Long Beach Opera's Three Tales At The Ernest Borgnine Theater Photo Long Beach Opera's Three Tales At The Ernest Borgnine Theater
by A.A. Cristi - October 08, 2018

Three Tales by Steve Reich, with visuals by Beryl Korot, will open the Long Beach Opera's 40th Anniversary Season, for two performances Saturday, November 3 at 6pm and Sunday, November 4 at 2:30pm at the Ernest Borgnine Theater, Scottish Rite Event Center, in Long Beach, CA.  The production is sung ...
Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre Presents Fantasy Play DEFYING GRAVITY Photo Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre Presents Fantasy Play DEFYING GRAVITY
by Stephi Wild - January 20, 2018

Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre kicks off the new year with DEFYING GRAVITY, a clever and uplifting fantasy written by Jane Anderson, with ear catching musings about art, religion and the outer limits of human possibility. MET's production is directed by Bob Stewart, featuring: Bailey Rose Steinke, La...
2021 Jonathan Larson Grant Recipients Announced
by Stephi Wild - February 11, 2022

The Jonathan Larson Grant is an unconditional annual investment in individual talent. The grant is awarded to musical theatre composers, lyricists, and librettists, or writing teams, early in their career, to support artistic endeavors and safeguard long-term music writing careers....
The HISTORY Channel Announces New I WAS THERE Series Photo The HISTORY Channel Announces New I WAS THERE Series
by Michael Major - January 26, 2022

Expert interviews include Emmy Award-winning journalist and “Nightline” co-anchor Byron Pitts, “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” author Ron Hansen, the FBI’s Chief Explosives Specialist Kirk Yeager, former NASA astronaut Winston Scott, Hood College’s Dr. Terry Anne Scott, ...
PREMIERE ROUNDUP: Find Out When Your Favorite Fall TV Shows Return Photo 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!...
Third Rail Rep Screens THE TRAGEDY OF KING RICHARD THE SECOND and ANTONY AND CLEOPATR Photo Third Rail Rep Screens THE TRAGEDY OF KING RICHARD THE SECOND and ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
by Julie Musbach - March 01, 2019

On March 9th, Third Rail Repertory Theatre will screen The Tragedy of King Richard the Second and Antony & Cleopatra at the World Trade Center in downtown Portland. The performances were live-captured at London's National Theatre and will be screened in high-definition as part of Third Rail's Nation...
National Geographic: Symphony for Our World 2018 Worldwide Tour Dates Announced Photo National Geographic: Symphony for Our World 2018 Worldwide Tour Dates Announced
by Macon Prickett - March 08, 2018

National Geographic andJason Michael Paul Entertainment, Inc.haveformed a new partnership topresentthe all-newNational Geographic: Symphony for Our World, which will begin touring in April 2018.Combining stunning National Geographic natural history footage with an original symphony and theme created...
Disney Plus to Premiere Documentary Special THE REAL RIGHT STUFF Photo Disney Plus to Premiere Documentary Special THE REAL RIGHT STUFF
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 14, 2020

Nearly six decades after NASA successfully sent its first astronaut into space, restoring the world’s faith in the U.S. space program....
Kyra Sedgwick Launches Big Swing Productions Photo Kyra Sedgwick Launches Big Swing Productions
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 13, 2018

Kyra Sedgwick has partnered with Meredith Bagbyand Valerie Stadler to launch Big Swing Productions, according to Deadline.  The company already has number of film and television projects in the works. Big Swing is “committed to celebrating new heroes and amplifying bold voices, focusing on inclusive...
Interview: Maury Yeston of TITANIC THE MUSICAL at Cineplex Photo Interview: Maury Yeston of TITANIC THE MUSICAL at Cineplex
by Ilana Lucas - November 15, 2023

Maury Yeston and Peter Stone’s TITANIC, winner of five 1997 Tony Awards including Best Musical, sails to Toronto in film form for two showings via Cineplex on November 16th and 19th. BroadwayWorld spoke to Maury Yeston, the show’s award-winning composer and lyricist, in advance of its arrival in Tor...
National Geographic Presents APOLLO: MISSIONS TO THE MOON Photo National Geographic Presents APOLLO: MISSIONS TO THE MOON
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 06, 2019

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong climbed down a small ladder to place a foot onto the moon's surface and proclaimed, 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.' On that fateful day, with more than half a billion people worldwide watching on television, Apollo 11 became the first spa...
Long Beach Opera's Three Tales At The Ernest Borgnine Theater Photo Long Beach Opera's Three Tales At The Ernest Borgnine Theater
by A.A. Cristi - October 08, 2018

Three Tales by Steve Reich, with visuals by Beryl Korot, will open the Long Beach Opera's 40th Anniversary Season, for two performances Saturday, November 3 at 6pm and Sunday, November 4 at 2:30pm at the Ernest Borgnine Theater, Scottish Rite Event Center, in Long Beach, CA.  The production is sung ...
PBS to Premiere New Series RETRO REPORT Photo PBS to Premiere New Series RETRO REPORT
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 28, 2019

RETRO REPORT on PBS, a new one-hour magazine format series hosted by journalist Celeste Headlee and artist Masud Olufani and featuring New Yorker humorist Andy Borowitz, premieres Monday and Tuesday, October 7-8, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS, pbs.org and the PBS App. Presented by...
X Ambassadors Joins Bleeding Fingers Music for Nat Geo WILD's Earth Day Special SYMPH Photo X Ambassadors Joins Bleeding Fingers Music for Nat Geo WILD's Earth Day Special SYMPHONY FOR OUR WORLD
by Tori Hartshorn - March 29, 2018

Nat Geo WILD announced today that multiplatinum-selling rockers X Ambassadors are teaming up with Emmy- and BAFTA-nominated Bleeding Fingers Music on the original composition created for the network's Earth Day special Symphony for Our World....
Smithsonian Channel Announces BLACK IN SPACE: BREAKING THE COLOR BARRIER Photo Smithsonian Channel Announces BLACK IN SPACE: BREAKING THE COLOR BARRIER
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 21, 2020

The race to get to space is long over, but buried in time is the revelatory story of the world's first black astronauts. For many Americans, the 20th-century Space Race was a Cold War competition over rocketry and technological feats, but the world's two superpowers were also engaged in another high...
ArtFields Returns To Lake City For Sixth Edition Featuring More Than 400 Artists And Photo ArtFields Returns To Lake City For Sixth Edition Featuring More Than 400 Artists And 40 Venues
by Stephi Wild - March 15, 2018

The sixth annual ArtFields competition and exhibition, sponsored by the Lake City Creative Alliance (LCCA), will return to Lake City, S.C. April 20-28, 2018, where it will showcase the works of more than 400 Southeastern artists, who are competing for prizes totaling $120,000, including a grand priz...
National Geographic: Symphony for Our World to Kick Off North American Leg of World T Photo National Geographic: Symphony for Our World to Kick Off North American Leg of World Tour in L.A. on Oct. 27
by Macon Prickett - July 10, 2018

National Geographic and Jason Michael Paul Entertainment, Inc. are presenting the all-new and dazzling National Geographic: Symphony for Our World, which thrilled audiences with a special sold-out preview in San Francisco on Earth Day, April 22. The North American leg of the worldwide tour kicks off...
World Premieres by Jose Cruz Gonzalez, Matthew Lopez & Lauren Yee Headline 2018 Color Photo World Premieres by Jose Cruz Gonzalez, Matthew Lopez & Lauren Yee Headline 2018 Colorado New Play Summit
by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2017

The Theatre Company at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) has announced playwrights, dates and details for the 2018 Colorado New Play Summit....
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for CHALLENGER: THE FINAL FLIGHT Photo VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for CHALLENGER: THE FINAL FLIGHT
by Sarah Leiber - September 02, 2020

Executive produced by J.J. Abrams and Glen Zipper, CHALLENGER: THE FINAL FLIGHT is a four-part docuseries that examines the 1986 Challenger space shuttle, which tragically broke apart 73 seconds after launch as millions of Americans—many of them schoolchildren— watched live on television. The series...
National Geographic Greenlights Innovative Docu-Series: IN THEIR OWN WORDS (WT) Photo National Geographic Greenlights Innovative Docu-Series: IN THEIR OWN WORDS (WT)
by Tori Hartshorn - April 19, 2018

On the heels of the success of National Geographic's Diana: In Her Own Words and its Emmy award-winning Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes, the network once again partners with Tom Jennings for an immersive documentary series, In Their Own Words....
National Geographic: Symphony For Our World Premieres This Earth Day Photo National Geographic: Symphony For Our World Premieres This Earth Day
by Stephi Wild - March 26, 2018

SHN announced today that National Geographic and Jason Michael Paul Entertainment, Inc. have formed a new partnership to present the all-new National Geographic: Symphony for Our World, which will begin touring in April 2018. Combining stunning National Geographic natural history footage with an ori...





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