John McCain News

October 30, 2018 kicked of the return of Garth Fagan Dance to New York City. Their season at The Joyce Theater was full of new work and old revivals. This internationally-acclaimed company continues to use dance as a platform to honor and pay tribute to the African diaspora through the pioneering vision of Mr. Fagan and contemporary dance.

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) have announced the nominees for the third annual Critics' Choice Documentary Awards. The winners will be presented their awards at a gala event, hosted by science educator and television personality Bill Nye, on Saturday, November 10 at BRIC in Brooklyn, New York.

The Sandler Center Foundation and Virginia Arts Festival are pleased to welcome Renee Fleming back to Hampton Roads on February 23, 2019 as she takes to the Sandler Center stage in Virginia Beach. One of the most beloved and celebrated singers of our time, soprano Renee Fleming captivates audiences with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry, and compelling stage presence. At a White House ceremony in 2013, President Obama awarded her the National Medal of Arts, America's highest honor for an individual artist.

By transforming the political into the personal, OSLO wittily reveals the peacemaking process of the historic 1993 Israeli-Palestinian accord. The play is not only successful theater, it is engrossing and enriching.

Today, SHOWTIME announced that prominent political strategist and commentator Steve Schmidt will join the network's heralded weekly political docuseries THE CIRCUS as a recurring on-air contributor when the show returns on Sunday, September 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Schmidt has made previous appearances on THE CIRCUS, offering trenchant insight based on his more than two decades working at the highest levels of national Republican politics. In the show's fall run, Schmidt will join hosts John Heilemann, Alex Wagner and Mark McKinnon as they crisscross the country covering the most high-stakes midterm elections in modern history — with titanic implications for the presidency of Donald Trump.

Internationally acclaimed Garth Fagan Dance returns to The Joyce Theater with two vibrant world premieres and three stirring revivals from the company's rich archive.  For close to half a century, Garth Fagan - the Tony, Olivier and Bessie award-winning choreographer of The Lion King - has created an innovative signature technique that seamlessly blends the gravity of modern dance, the speed and precision of ballet and the energy and physicality of Afro-Caribbean rhythms and movements.

ABC News' “Nightline” ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.067 million), Adults 25-54 (400,000) and Adults 18-49 (319,000), during the week of Aug. 27, 2018, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. 

There is a legend that once every hundred years in the Scottish Highlands the village of BRIGADOON awakens - for one day only. Its centennial bewitches with mystery, delightful characters speaking in enchanting Scottish brogue, kilts, sword dancing and, of course, a love story.

Opera singer and Broadway performer Renee Fleming gave a moving rendition of 'Danny Boy' at the late senator's funeral yesterday, August 31, on the Washington National Cathedral.

ABC News announced special coverage of Senator John McCain's private memorial service and ceremonies on Saturday, Sept. 1, beginning at 9:00 a.m. EDT, on The ABC Television Network.

NBC News and MSNBC will provide special coverage of the Washington D.C. funeral events for Sen. John McCain beginning Friday, August 31. NBC News senior national correspondent Kate Snow will anchor NBC News' coverage of Friday's ceremony when Sen. McCain's body arrives to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

HISTORY(R)'s definitive original documentary, 'Watergate,' from Academy Award(R)-winning director Charles Ferguson ('Inside Job'), will make its theatrical debut on Friday, October 12 in New York at Cinema Village and in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Monica Film Center. The theatrical release of 'Watergate' will follow premieres at the Telluride Film Festival and the New York Film Festival.

Following the death of Senator John McCain who had been battling aggressive brain cancer since last year, a special edition of “20/20” gives an in-depth look at his legendary public, professional and personal life. The special features footage from the ABC News archives including a 1967 interview with McCain when he was a Lieutenant Commander in the Vietnam War and interviews with anchors Diane Sawyer, Barbara Walters and more. The hour includes heartfelt tributes from those who knew him well including Senator Lindsey Graham; David Petraeus, former director of the CIA; William Cohen, former senator; Mark Salter, speechwriter who worked closely with McCain; Elaine Povich, who wrote multiple biographies on McCain; and more. “John McCain: Remembering A Maverick” airs on a special edition of “20/20” only on the West Coast, Saturday, Sept. 1 (10:00 – 11:00 p.m. PDT), on ABC. (Rebroadcast. ABC OAD: 8/25/18)

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Former Senator John McCain passed away yesterday, August 25. To remember him, Paul Galanti, a former Navy pilot who was held alongside McCain in a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp, shared his story with People.

THE CIRCUS Returns to Showtime on 8/16 at 8 PM ET/PT

THE CIRCUS Returns to Showtime on 8/16 at 8 PM ET/PT

As the country readies for one of the most consequential midterm elections in recent history, the third season of the groundbreaking political documentary series THE CIRCUS returns with nine new episodes starting on Sunday, September 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME. Hosted by John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon and Alex Wagner, THE CIRCUS launched the first part of its third season this past spring recording the series' biggest premiere week ever, growing 10 percent in its second week and delivering a series high of 1.3 million viewers, topping its election week total in 2016. 

According to Variety, Super LTD has acquired Jack Bryan's documentary “Active Measures,” which details the decades-long connection between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, has been acquired by Super LTD. A release date has been set for August 31st.