Stage Directors And Choreographers Society Concedes “Own Responsibility” In Lack Of Broadway Jobs For Its Members Of Color

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe Obie Awards, Off Broadway’s most prestigious honor, has rescheduled its prerecorded 65th annual award ceremony for July 14 on YouTube. The original premiere date of June 4 was scratched amid nationwide upheaval following the police killing of George Floyd.The Obies, presented by the American Theatre Wing and awards founder The Village Voice, will be hosted by comedian, actor and writer Cole Escola (Difficult People, Mozart in the Jungle).

Brad Paisley opened 2020's re-imagined Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular on NBC with a good dose of country, performing "American Saturday Night" live from the Grand Ole Opry."American Saturday Night," off of Paisley's 2009 album of the same name, set a feel-good tone for the night's program, which was hosted in New York City but featured musical performances from artists around the country.

Loch Ness monster has been spotted for the fifth time this year.Kalynn Wangle claims to have seen the mythical creature on June 3.The 27-year-old's sighting has since been confirmed by the Official Loch Ness Monster register.It comes not long after a walker allegedly spotted the beast and took the 'best snap ever' of her.Kaylnn didn't see Nessie in real life.The Loch Ness monster enthusiast, from Oregon, United States, was watching Urquhart Bay via webcam.She claims Nessie appeared for around

 The budget for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” a historical epic about a conspiracy to steal oil rights from Osage Native Americans, had ballooned to $200 million. The film was set to star Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro and was to be directed by Martin Scorsese, but period pieces, even those with A-list talent, are dicey commercial propositions.

Kelly Clarkson gushed about the experience of being a mother less than two weeks after she and Brandon Blackstock called it quits.“There is no greater gift than being a mama, and that comes with countless roles,” the American Idol alum, 38, told viewers during Carter’s ShowHER Love virtual baby shower on Thursday, June 18.

Gabby Barrett has a lot to celebrate — and there will be pizza, Netflix and dessert involved!The 20-year-old singer released her highly anticipated debut album, Goldmine, on Friday. «It's definitely emotional,» the American Idol alum exclusively tells ET. «It's exciting mostly, but it also makes me feel so blessed and grateful for the journey that brought me to this place.

Gabby Barrett is on a long list of former competition singing show performers who have managed to turn reality TV appearances into stardom. The 20-year-old country singer placed third on “American Idol” in 2018 as an 18-year-old dreamer and has maintained the momentum, becoming the first solo female songstress since Carly Pearce in 2017 to reach No.

Peter Bart Editor-At-LargeRonald Reagan once famously asked, “How could anyone be president of the United States without having first been an actor?” His question was not entirely rhetorical. Reagan understood the importance of celebrity cool and celebrity power, and if he were around at this moment, he’d predict a massive detonation in the coming presidential election – one that likely will be history’s most contentious, as befits the era of Donald Trump.Louis B.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Momentum Pictures has bought North American rights to Stage Mother, Thom Fitzgerald’s comedy starring Jacki Weaver and Lucy Liu, and has set an August 21 day-and-date release for the pic.The movie debuted at Palm Springs International Film Festival in January. Brad Hennig wrote the screenplay, which follows a conservative Texas church choir director who inherits her recently deceased son’s drag club and tries to save it from bankruptcy.

featuring politician, lawyer and author Stacey Abrams. The doc comes from Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Liz Garbus and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lisa Cortés, and the plan is for Amazon to release the doc in theaters prior to this year’s US Presidential election.

Also Read: Stacey Abrams to Produce CBS Drama Based on Her Romance Novel 'Never Tell'With the perspective and expertise of Abrams, the former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, the documentary will offer an insider’s look into laws and barriers to voting that most people don’t even know is a threat to their basic rights as citizens of the United States.Both Garbus and Cortés produced the film along with Abrams and “Icarus” producer Dan Cogan.“Raising the alarm about voter

Machine Head have released two new songs that were finished in response to the killings of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery in the US — you can watch the gritty video for ‘Stop The Bleeding’, a collaboration with Killswitch Engage‘s Jesse Leach, below.‘Stop The Bleeding’ is the A-side of the two-song digital release, while ‘Bulletproof’ serves as the B-side.

Lisa and Usman dropped plenty of bombshells about their relationship on part two of this season's tell-all, which aired Monday night on TLC.This season showed 53-year-old Lisa's journey to Nigeria to meet her 30-year-old fiancé, Usman, in person after communicating online for two years. Usman is a famous entertainer and musician in Nigeria better known by his stage name, «SojaBoy,» and said that his dream was to come to the United States.