All Arts’ upcoming non-fiction feature “Manhattan Theatre Club, a Home for Artists” will explore the 50-year history of one of the most impactful off-Broadway theaters in New York. Helmed by the club’s very own Lynne Meadow and Barry Grove, the film stitches together archival footage and photos and interviews with stars like Laura Linney, Edie Falco, Sam Waterston and Sarah Jessica Parker.
“Through their stewardship of Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow and Barry Grove have left an indelible mark on the theatrical landscape for decades to come,” said Joe Harrell, executive producer of All Arts, a Wnet group streaming platform and broadcast channel based in New York. “Their story champions the vital role of nonprofit theaters in allowing artists to take risks, explore innovative ideas and challenge conventions.”
The Manhattan Theatre Club was founded in 1970 at Stage 73 but took off under the guidance of Meadow as artistic director and Grove as executive producer.
“Through their stewardship of Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow and Barry Grove have left an indelible mark on the theatrical landscape for decades to come,” said Joe Harrell, executive producer of All Arts, a Wnet group streaming platform and broadcast channel based in New York. “Their story champions the vital role of nonprofit theaters in allowing artists to take risks, explore innovative ideas and challenge conventions.”
The Manhattan Theatre Club was founded in 1970 at Stage 73 but took off under the guidance of Meadow as artistic director and Grove as executive producer.
- 9/13/2023
- by Sophia Scorziello
- Variety Film + TV
The hunter who got video of a black bear attacking him got his revenge ... he went back and killed the animal. Richard Wesley tells TMZ ... if the bear attacked him it would surely attack others ... possibly his wife and kids, who also spend time at the family's campsite in ultra-rural Ontario. His family is full of experienced hunters, and he says it's unusual for a black bear to attack a human. [[tmz:video id="0_d37e8u94"]] Richard says the experience reminded him of "The Revenant.
- 5/27/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Have you noticed that non-romantic pairings of actors in Hollywood movies in recent years have largely followed the ‘big star/little star’ pattern? Mel Gibson and a young Robert Downey Jr. in Air America, Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett in Hollywood Homicide, Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg in 2 Guns – sometimes, it’s almost as if filmmakers are afraid the screen can’t hold more than one megastar at a time. Back in the day, we’d enjoy Robert Redford and Paul Newman together in the frame, or Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby. Now, Nicholas Stoller (Neighbors) and Adam McKay (Anchorman) are attempting to re-capture that level of mega-wattage by re-making the 1974 film, Uptown Saturday Night.
Originally written by Richard Wesley – the first screenplay by the successful playwright – Uptown Saturday Night was directed by Sidney Poitier, who also starred in the project alongside Bill Cosby and Harry Belafonte. With Poitier and Cosby as two friends,...
Originally written by Richard Wesley – the first screenplay by the successful playwright – Uptown Saturday Night was directed by Sidney Poitier, who also starred in the project alongside Bill Cosby and Harry Belafonte. With Poitier and Cosby as two friends,...
- 4/25/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Nelson Mandela on film and TV: From Sidney Poitier to Terrence Howard (photo: Sidney Poitier as Nelson Mandela in ‘Mandela and de Klerk’) (See previous post: "Nelson Mandela Movies: ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,’ ‘Invictus.’") As found on the IMDb, here are a handful of other narrative big-screen films featuring Nelson Mandela: Darrell Roodt’s Winnie Mandela (2011), with Jennifer Hudson in the title role and Terrence Howard as Nelson Mandela. Pete Travis’ Endgame (2009), with Clarke Peters’ Mandela as less a martyred saint than a skillful realpolitik negotiator. This political drama also features Chiwetel Ejiofor, William Hurt, Jonny Lee Miller, Mark Strong, and Derek Jacobi. Zola Maseko’s 1950s-set Drum (2004), in which Mandela is played — for a change — by a South African actor, Lindani Nkosi. As reported by Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian, British filmmaker Peter Kosminsky (White Oleander, Wuthering Heights) "got into hot water a couple of years ago...
- 12/7/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Congratulations to Ms. Octavia Spencer for winning the Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for The Help (2011). I thoroughly enjoyed her on screen passion, humor and audacity. Her irreverence shimmered like glitter, her rage took on an artistic flair, and the relationship she formed with another "outsider" in the film was telling of her humanity beyond the boundaries of race so clearly defined and articulated in the film. This week's Oscar win for Spencer, however, will no doubt reinforce and fuel the controversy about what kind of black images get supported and celebrated in Hollywood. Ms. Spencer's character, Minny Jackson, was as spunky, fearless, and charming as Hattie McDaniel's Mammy was in Gone With the Wind (1939), but therein lies the issue. James McBride articulated the problem in his essay "On Being A Maid" in this way: "On Jan. 24 President Obama, our first African American president,...
- 3/2/2012
- by Sheril Antonio
- Moviefone
Years ago, Will Smith reportedly expressed interest in remaking the Sidney Poitier/Bill Cosby 70s film, Uptown Saturday Night.
However, sadly for Smith, and despite sounding like a possible all-star African American Ocean’s Eleven-style romp, very little has actually happened on the project since he acquired the rights, even though Smith had reportedly also talked with Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, and Denzel Washington about co-starring.
A year ago, the last time we wrote about this, Warner Bros was on the hunt for a writer to rewrite the most recent draft of the script at the time, which was penned by Cop Out’s Mark and Robb Cullen.
It looked like the project would surely happen, and was only a matter of when.
Today, Variety says that Warner Bros. and Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment have brought on comedy writer Tim Dowling to rewrite the Uptown Saturday Night script, with David Dobkin (who?...
However, sadly for Smith, and despite sounding like a possible all-star African American Ocean’s Eleven-style romp, very little has actually happened on the project since he acquired the rights, even though Smith had reportedly also talked with Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, and Denzel Washington about co-starring.
A year ago, the last time we wrote about this, Warner Bros was on the hunt for a writer to rewrite the most recent draft of the script at the time, which was penned by Cop Out’s Mark and Robb Cullen.
It looked like the project would surely happen, and was only a matter of when.
Today, Variety says that Warner Bros. and Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment have brought on comedy writer Tim Dowling to rewrite the Uptown Saturday Night script, with David Dobkin (who?...
- 3/24/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Warner Bros. and Overbrook Entertainment have enlisted Tim Dowling to rewrite Uptown Saturday Night, a remake of the 1974 buddy comedy that David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers) is attached to direct as well as executive produce. Will Smith, James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz and Jada Pinkett Smith of Overbrook are producing the remake, a project in development since back in 2002 which was originally screenwritten by Mark and Robb Cullen (Cop Out). The original film was written by Nyu professor Richard Wesley and starred Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier. Uptown Saturday Night, followed two estranged friends who have their wallets stolen at a nightclub. Things get worse when the next morning they learn that one of their wallets has a winning ticket to the lottery and they set out to hunt it down...
- 3/24/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Warner Bros. and Overbrook Entertainment have enlisted Tim Dowling to rewrite Uptown Saturday Night, a remake of the 1974 buddy comedy that David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers) is attached to direct as well as executive produce. Will Smith, James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz and Jada Pinkett Smith of Overbrook are producing the remake, a project in development since back in 2002 which was originally screenwritten by Mark and Robb Cullen (Cop Out). The original film was written by Nyu professor Richard Wesley and starred Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier. Uptown Saturday Night, followed two estranged friends who have their wallets stolen at a nightclub. Things get worse when the next morning they learn that one of their wallets has a winning ticket to the lottery and they set out to hunt it down...
- 3/24/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
New York City – The Writers Guild of America, East, AFL-CIO (Wgae) announced the nominees for its Council (order determined by lot*) today. The term is for two years: 2010 – 2012. There are 10 open Council seats (six Freelance seats and four Staff seats) for this election. The 21 candidates for the six open Freelance seats are: Andrew Bergman, Robert Levi, Israel Horovitz, David Steven Cohen, Tom Jennings, Leslie Nipkow, Jeremy Pikser, John Auerbach, Susane Lee, Elizabeth Page, Walter Bernstein, Terry George, Richard Vetere, Bernardo Ruiz, Jerome Coopersmith, Gina Gionfriddo, Bobby Spillane, Fred Graver, Richard Wesley, Julian Sheppard, and [...]...
- 6/15/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
The Writers Guild of America East announced the nominees for its 10 open council seats Monday.
The 21 candidates for the six open freelance seats are Andrew Bergman, Robert Levi, Israel Horovitz, David Steven Cohen, Tom Jennings, Leslie Nipkow, Jeremy Pikser, John Auerbach, Susane Lee, Elizabeth Page, Walter Bernstein, Terry George, Richard Vetere, Bernardo Ruiz, Jerome Coopersmith, Gina Gionfriddo, Bobby Spillane, Fred Graver, Richard Wesley, Julian Sheppard and Jenny Lumet. Terms are for two years.
The 11 candidates for the four open staff seats are Andy Meppen, David Keller, Cath Twohill, Ted Schreiber, Angela Perdos, Kathy McGee, Armando Norat, Brian Morgan, Marta Gibbons, Julia Yoler and Art Daley. Those seats are also two-year terms.
Wgae members can vote by mail or in person at the annual membership meeting Sept. 16.
The 21 candidates for the six open freelance seats are Andrew Bergman, Robert Levi, Israel Horovitz, David Steven Cohen, Tom Jennings, Leslie Nipkow, Jeremy Pikser, John Auerbach, Susane Lee, Elizabeth Page, Walter Bernstein, Terry George, Richard Vetere, Bernardo Ruiz, Jerome Coopersmith, Gina Gionfriddo, Bobby Spillane, Fred Graver, Richard Wesley, Julian Sheppard and Jenny Lumet. Terms are for two years.
The 11 candidates for the four open staff seats are Andy Meppen, David Keller, Cath Twohill, Ted Schreiber, Angela Perdos, Kathy McGee, Armando Norat, Brian Morgan, Marta Gibbons, Julia Yoler and Art Daley. Those seats are also two-year terms.
Wgae members can vote by mail or in person at the annual membership meeting Sept. 16.
- 6/14/2010
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals just ruled in favor of Yahoo's appeal against punitive music royalty fees levied on its online Launchcast music service. Sounds bland? Nope--it may have a big impact on the online music industry.
Launchcast let its users cue-up songs they like into their own private "radio" station, streaming the music from the site to their PCs. The recording industry, pulling one of its famous Not Invented Here maneuvers, had previously legally pressured for Launchcast (and systems like it) to pay royalty fees on every track they "broadcast"--amounting to a significant enough financial burden that even the successful Pandora recently had to cap its free music streaming service to 40 hours per user, per month.
But Yahoo appealed the original copyright ruling, and Arista Records, Bad Boy Records, BMG Music, Capital Records, Motown Records, Virgin Records, and others (the plaintiffs in the case) have now lost their case.
Launchcast let its users cue-up songs they like into their own private "radio" station, streaming the music from the site to their PCs. The recording industry, pulling one of its famous Not Invented Here maneuvers, had previously legally pressured for Launchcast (and systems like it) to pay royalty fees on every track they "broadcast"--amounting to a significant enough financial burden that even the successful Pandora recently had to cap its free music streaming service to 40 hours per user, per month.
But Yahoo appealed the original copyright ruling, and Arista Records, Bad Boy Records, BMG Music, Capital Records, Motown Records, Virgin Records, and others (the plaintiffs in the case) have now lost their case.
- 8/21/2009
- by Kit Eaton
- Fast Company
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