Ep55. Guiding Light's Kim Zimmer on Healing Fully, Acting Boldly, and Finding Bountiful by Lauren Van Hemert

In this heartfelt episode of Beltline to Broadway, host Lauren Van Hemert sits down with four-time Emmy Award-winning actress Kim Zimmer to discuss her latest role in The Trip to Bountiful a…

Ep54: How Suffs Changed Dana Costello’s Approach to Acting and Storytelling by Lauren Van Hemert

Dana Costello joins the pod squad to discuss how performing in Suffs built her confidence on and off the stage, the importance of regional theater, and her long-running involvement with the …

Tony Nominee Pascale Armand, Fedna Jacquet and Grey's Anatomy's Kelly McCreary to Star in Bad Kreyol by Darryn King

The previously reported world premiere production of Bad Kreyol by Dominique Morisseau (Skeleton Crew) has its full cast. The show is a co-production from Signature Theatre and Manhattan T…

Vanessa Williams Joins Producing Team of A Wonderful World Musical; Full Cast Announced for Pre-Broadway Run by Caitlin Hornik

Ahead of its New Orleans and Chicago runs set for October, A Wonderful World, A New Musical About the Life and Loves of Louis Armstrong has announced its full cast, plus the addition of Vane…

TBT: Jean Smart & Mary Steenburgen by Rob Weinert-Kendt

photo by Gary Leonard When I was starting up Back Stage West back in late 1993/early 1994, I remember someone suggesting that we do something like Interview magazine—i.e., have one celeb…

Theatre Review: ‘The Trip to Bountiful’ at Ford’s Theatre by Jeannette Mulherin

Set in the 1950s, American playwright Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful” is a meditation on memory, the search for meaning, and the need to belong. Seen through a 21st century lens…

News: Ford’s Theatre Society Announces 2022-2023 Season by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

Washington, D.C.—Ford’s Theatre Director Paul R. Tetreault today announced the Ford’s Theatre 2022-2023 season will include Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful, directed by Michael …

Historic Ford’s Theatre announces 2022/23 season by News Desk

Lineup to include Horton Foote’s ‘The Trip to Bountiful' and Cheryl L. West’s new musical about rock ‘n’ roll trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Vanessa Williams to Star in Anyone Can Whistle Concert at Carnegie Hall; MasterVoices Season Announced by Caitlin Moynihan

MasterVoices, the symphonic choir, has announced a starry lineup for its 80th anniversary season at Carnegie Hall. The three-production season includes a holiday concert, Vanessa Williams st…

Broadway Veteran Actor Arthur French Has Died at Age 89

French's many Broadway credits include The Trip To Bountiful, Dividing The Estate, Mule Bone, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Design For Living, You Can’t Take It With You, Death Of A Salesman…

Scenes from the Vault—"The Trip to Bountiful" (Introduced by Blair Underwood) by Center Theatre Group

In recognizing the recent passing of legendary actress Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood joins us to reflect on his performing alongside her and Vanessa Williams at the Ahmanson Theatre in 2014 …

Saying Goodbye to a Legend, Cicely Tyson Dies at 96 by Matthew Wexler

A Tony winner for 'The Trip to Bountiful', Cicely Tyson dazzled audiences in all mediums, leaving behind a legacy of work spanning seven decades. The post Saying Goodbye to a Legend, Cicely …

'Incredible and inspirational': Cicely Tyson remembered by Vanessa Williams by As Told To Chris Wiegand

Tyson, who has died aged 96, was the talk of Broadway in 2013 when she was in The Trip to Bountiful. Her co-star pays tribute to a calming mentor with an uproarious sense of humour I grew up…

Cicely Tyson, Tony-Winning Star of The Trip to Bountiful and More, Is Dead at 96 by Robert Viagas

On screen, Ms. Tyson is remembered for acclaimed performances in such works as Sounder, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Roots, and How to Get Away With Murder.

Tony and Emmy Award-Winning Actor Cicely Tyson Passes Away at 96

Cicely Tyson won a 2013 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in The Trip to Bountiful and was also nominated for an Emmy Award for the 2014 television movie version.

Tony-Winning Stage, Television, and Film Actor Cicely Tyson Dies at 96

Tyson earned her first Tony Award in 2013 for her starring role in Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful.

Dramaworks Kicks Off Holiday Reading Series: Bountiful, Ballyhoo & Xmas Carol by Bill Hirschman

Palm Beach Dramaworks postponed its live on stage season, but it continues an aggressive online parade theatrical presentations for free in November and December with a three-play Home for …

Tony Winner Cicely Tyson Receives Peabody Career Achievement Award by Caitlin Moynihan

Tony winner Cecily Tyson has been named this year's recipient of the Peabody Awards’ Career Achievement Award. Every year, the award is given to individuals whose work and commitment to br…

Video Flashback: Cicely Tyson in a Clip From THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL at the Ahmanson in 2014

Center Theatre Group is curating a collection of scenes from some of their most beloved productions for your viewing pleasure.

Scenes from the Vault: "The Trip to Bountiful" by Center Theatre Group

Vanessa Williams to Make West End Debut in Donmar Transfer of City of Angels by Andy Lefkowitz

Vanessa Williams, beloved star of Broadway and Hollywood, will take to the stage of London's West End for the first time next year, as Carla/Alaura in a revival of the 1990 Tony-winning mus…

Kristine Nielsen, Aidan Quinn & More Set for The Young Man From Atlanta at Signature by Andy Lefkowitz

Full casting is here for the upcoming off-Broadway revival of Horton Foote's The Young Man From Atlanta. Michael Wilson will direct the previously announced production of Signature Theatre, …

No Regrets: Taking 500 L.G.B.T Teenagers to ‘The Prom’ on Broadway by Ben Widdicombe

And “Killing Eve” celebrates Season 2 with intimate cocktails on Central Park West.

VIDEO: Uma Thurman, NETWORK's Tony Goldwyn Star in the Trailer for Netflix's CHAMBERS by Stage Tube

A young heart attack survivor becomes consumed by the mystery surrounding the heart that saved her life. However, the closer she gets to uncovering the truth about her donor's sudden death, …

BWW TV: Catch All The Red Carpet Action at the 2019 Olivier Awards! by BroadwayWorld TV

BroadwayWorld UK reporters Jamie Body and Debbie Gilpin went along to the Royal Albert Hall to cover the 2019 Olivier Awards.

Guest Blog: Tabitha Mortiboy On THE AMBER TRAP by BroadwayWorld

I started writing The Amber Trap over two years ago while I was living in Brighton in a little flat by the sea. I knew that I wanted to write a story which uncovered some of the labyrinthine…

OneTwoThreeOneTwo review at Sadler’s Wells, London – ‘tame deconstruction of flamenco’ by Rachel Elderkin

This is not a flamenco piece. On that point, Albert Quesada and Zoltan Vakulya are very clear. But flamenco is present in

Fanny Davenport: An American Bernhardt by Trav S.D.

19th century stage actress Fanny or Fannie Davenport (Fanny Lily Gypsey Davenport, 1850-1898) was born of an April 10. Born in London, she was the daughter of actors Edward Loomis Davenport …

Cuba Gooding Jr. Makes a Razzle-Dazzle Return to Broadway's Chicago by Andy Lefkowitz

All he cares about is love...and heading back to Broadway! Oscar winner and main-stem alum Cuba Gooding Jr. reprises his recent Broadway turn as smooth-talking lawyer Billy Flynn in the awar…

Actor-Director-Writer Peter Masterson (‘Best Little Whorehouse In Texas’) Dead At 84 by Artsjournal1

He played key supporting roles in The Stepford Wives, In The Heat of the Night, and The Exorcist, and he directed the film adaptation of The Trip to Bountiful, but his biggest impact was pro…

Peter Masterson, 84, a ‘Best Little Whorehouse’ Creator, Is Dead by Richard Sandomir

Mr. Masterson helped turn a magazine article about a bordello into a hit Broadway musical. He later directed the movie “The Trip to Bountiful.”