George H.W. Bush News

Although modern dancer Martha Graham claimed, a?oeI am not political,a?? she and her company performed at the behest of the State Department on five continents during the administrations of eight U.S. presidents.

Tony Award®-winning actress Ali Stroker (Oklahoma, Deaf West's Spring Awakening, The Glee Project) narrates the audiobook of JUST ASK: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You (Listening Library; on sale January 21, 2020), written by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Sotomayor plays herself alongside Stroker, as well as narrates her introduction and author's note. In the book, Sotomayor uses her own experiences as a child to write about kids with all sorts of challenges, and the special powers those children have as well.

Lee Greenwood is a Grammy award winner, a CMA award winner, an ACM award winner, a Presidential appointee to the National Endowment for the Arts and has an undeniable catalog of 7 number one singles, 20 Top 10 singles, and 38 hit singles to his credit. Now in 2020, Greenwood is bringing those hits to stages across North America as he will embark on “The Hits Tour 2020,” presented by ABC Supply Co. Inc.

Keep your 2019 holiday season going strong with lots of la a?" la a?" la a?" laughter as City Theatre Austin brings back the hit southern comedy A Tuna Christmas, the show with two actors, twenty-two characters and so much holiday small-town fun you don't want to miss.

During November, the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) joins more than 900 community foundations across the United States to celebrate Community Foundation Week.  The NNJCF, a nonprofit organization observing its 21st anniversary, serves the region and promotes cooperation and civic engagement in the community to address prevailing issues.

Set sail on HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest and most advanced warship ever built in Great Britain, in Smithsonian Channel's RISE OF THE SUPERCARRIER. Filmed over three years, with exclusive and unprecedented access, the new three-part series takes viewers on an intimate and extraordinary journey with the Royal Navy, as 700 sailors learn the intricacies of the new warship and are pushed to their breaking points. RISE OF THE SUPERCARRIER premieres Sunday, October 13 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel.

American Blues Theater opens its 2019-2020 Season by welcoming home Ensemble member Rick Cleveland with the Chicago Premiere of his play Five Presidents, directed by Ensemble member Marty Higginbotham. Five Presidents runs September 6 - October 19, 2019 at Stage 773, 1225 W Belmont Ave in Chicago.  The official press opening is Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.

American Blues Theater opens its 2019-2020 Season by welcoming home Ensemble member Rick Cleveland with the Chicago Premiere of his play Five Presidents, directed by Ensemble member Marty Higginbotham. Five Presidents runs September 6 - October 19, 2019 at Stage 773, 1225 W Belmont Ave in Chicago.  The official press opening is Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.

Hot on the heels of a successful, award-winning run at the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival, the comedydrama SON OF A BITCH returns to Hollywood for a special two-performance extension at The Broadwater Black Box.

Each year, to honor and celebrate the legacy of first lady Betty Ford, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation hosts the America's First Ladies Luncheon Series. This year's presentation, “Inside the White House: Behind the Scenes of the First Lady's Office,” will feature Anita McBride, former chief of staff to first lady Laura Bush; Tina Tchen, former chief of staff to first lady Michelle Obama; and Chef Roland Mesnier, former White House pastry chef. 

Sinatra & Mercer....What a perfect pair! While International Sinatra Tribute Singer Richard Shelton, takes you on a journey of Sinatra with his music and stories, 'Opera Great turned Jazz Great' Rose Kingsley, returns to Lincoln Center, with songs and stories of the Great Johnny Mercer. All Mercer songs have been arranged for Rose by, Bob Corwin, who was Johnny Mercer's Musical Director and Pianist for 20 years. This special event is supported by the Mercer Family in an effort to keep his music alive for future generations.

Diana Miller has been named Executive Producer of CBS THIS MORNING. Miller has been with the program since 2014 and currently serves as Senior Broadcast Producer. She assumes full oversight of the broadcast immediately and will report to Susan Zirinsky, President and Senior Executive Producer of CBS News.  

Written and performed by two-time Obie Award winner Heidi Schreck (Grand Concourse, 'I Love Dick') and directed by Obie Award winner Oliver Butler (The Amateurs, The Light Years), What the Constitution Means to Me opens tonight, March 31, 2019, at the Helen Hayes Theater (240 W 44th Street, New York, NY).

The Legendary Soul Man Sam Moore was announced as a guest collaborator on Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member, and world-renowned Nashville-based keyboardist, Reese Wynans first-ever solo album, Sweet Release. Moore makes his guest appearance on the album's first single, 'Crossfire,' providing his signature vocals on the classic song, once sung by Stevie Ray Vaughan.

From Wednesday, February 6 through Thursday, February 14 BAM presents Race, Sex & Cinema: The World of Marlon Riggs, the first stop in an ongoing, international celebration of the groundbreaking artist. Riggs (1957-94) was an American filmmaker, professor, poet, and gay rights activist, who wrote, produced, and directed provocative, formally innovative meditations on representation, race, gender, and sexual identity in American culture. Organized by BAM's senior repertory and specialty film programmer Ashley Clark in collaboration with documentary filmmaker and longtime Riggs collaborator Vivian Kleiman, the series marks the 25th anniversary of Riggs' death from AIDS-related complications, and the 30th anniversary of the premiere of his landmark work, Tongues Untied, a poetic reflection on the experiences of black, gay men in America.

You'd be hard pressed to find a seasonal outing quite so much fun, a Christmas party more tantalizingly outrageous or performances more outlandish than in A Tuna Christmas, the holiday-themed comedy that features the denizens of Tuna, the third-smallest town in Texas, in all their Lone Star State finery, searching for a missing husband, attempting to ferret out "the Christmas Phantom" and hoping for that perfect photograph for next year's greeting cards.

After a highly successful 2018 12-event arena tour across 10 cities, Live Nation and Crown Publishing, a part of Penguin Random House, are pleased to announce that additional dates and cities have been added to Becoming: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama.

NBC News' Jenna Bush Hager will host a one-hour personal tribute to her grandfather, entitled Remembering George H.W. Bush: A Love Letter to Gampy, airing Saturday, December 8 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT/7:30 p.m. PT/7 p.m. MT on NBC. The special broadcast captures an intimate look at 41's life and legacy, in his own words and from those closest to him. Bush Hager sits down with former President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, the late Barbara Bush, former President Bill Clinton, and many more who knew the former president beyond politics, to share never-before-heard stories about the former president's time as a navy pilot, his term at the White House and the epic love story he had with his wife.

HISTORY will pay tribute to the life and legacy of a man who dedicated his life to public service in the special event, 'History Remembers George H.W. Bush,' premiering Today, December 5 at 10PM ET/PT.