When the ’60s procedural “Ironside” is revived on NBC this fall, the setting will move from San Francisco to New York and the lead character will be African-American. But one thing hasn’t changed: The actor playing Ironside can still walk from his wheelchair when the director yells cut. The colorblind casting is ironic to some…
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New selection process for Kennedy Center Honors is announced
- May 20th, 2013
The Kennedy Center announced Thursday revisions to the selection process for the annual Kennedy Center Honors after a seven-month internal review of how artists are chosen for the annual awards ceremony. The Kennedy Center hopes to bring greater transparency to a selection process that has been largely opaque in past years. Last year, some national…
Join Washington National Opera for M&M’S® Opera in the Outfield at Nationals Park!
- May 9th, 2013
This is a “First” !!! The live broadcast will be shown on the jumbotron that usually serves as a scoreboard during a game. The Captioning will be showing right up there on the jumbotron!!!!!! You’ll be able to see it from any seat in the stadium or in the outfield (where many people sit to…
Regal is having nearly 6,000 screens equipped this month with closed-captioning glasses developed by Sony.
- May 8th, 2013
By Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times Raymond Smith Jr. has been trying for nearly two decades to make the movie industry listen to the needs of the deaf and hard of hearing. This month, the senior executive at Regal Entertainment Group will come closer to his goal. His company, the nation’s largest theater chain, will…
Introducing the RESIDENT THEATER PROGRAM at Victory Gardens
- May 8th, 2013
For the last 38 years, Victory Gardens has worked to become an artistic home for Chicago’s diverse communities. Whether cultivating new voices (Ignition Festival, Playwright’s Ensemble) or developing public programming to reach new audiences (Dig Deeper, Access Project, Fresh Squeezed), we aspire to represent and dialogue with the city’s population through its stage. Through the Resident…