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On the heels of top comedy touring rep Mike Berkowitz, five agents have walked from Agency for the Performing Arts to join William Morris Endeavor. Two Apa department directors and numerous support staff have followed them. Marcus Levy, Amy Lynch and Andrew Russell are all from Berkowitz’s comedy team at Apa, where he mounted arena tours for acts like Kevin Hart and Amy Schumer. Levy specializes in focused acts like one-man shows and theatrical specials, and brings to the table relationships with casinos, comedy clubs and smaller theaters nationwide. His clients include Chris Gethard, Colin Quinn and Damon Wayans Jr. Also Read:.

In a move that follows last week’s hiring of top Apa comedy touring agent Mike Berkowitz as partner, Wme has brought in five more agents from Apa and two support staffers. Apa agents Marcus Levy, Amy Lynch and Andrew Russell have joined the agency's comedy touring team. Also coming are agents Danielle Esparza and Tommy Pucciani and Apa's marketing director Jillian Doyle and financial director Cara Nordberg. They will complement Berkowitz, who is overseeing the Wme comedy…...

In a move that follows last week’s hiring of top Apa comedy touring agent Mike Berkowitz as partner, Wme has brought in five more agents from Apa and two support staffers. Apa agents Marcus Levy, Amy Lynch and Andrew Russell have joined the agency's comedy touring team. Also coming are agents Danielle Esparza and Tommy Pucciani and Apa's marketing director Jillian Doyle and financial director Cara Nordberg. They will complement Berkowitz, who is overseeing the Wme comedy…...

Tony-winning resident theatre, Intiman Theatre in Seattle, Wa, has announced that its 2016 festival will focus specifically on black women playwrights. The 2016 lineup, co-curated by director Valerie Curtis-Newton and the theatre’s artistic director Andrew Russell, will feature work by Lydia R. Diamond, Alice Childress, and Adrienne Kennedy. “Intiman is one of my artistic homes so doing this work with them is a special joy,” Curtis-Newton said in a statement. “Together, we are going to create a moment worthy of national attention. One that says, ‘These writers are valued - even in the fifth whitest city in the country. Look at how rich the fabric of our...

Long before the devil wore Prada -- 20 years ago, in fact -- the story of the irrepressible Diana Vreeland first commanded the stage of the Globe in a world premiere in 1995. Oscar and Tony Award winner Mercedes Ruehl The Fisher King, Lost in Yonkers now brings 'The Empress of Fashion' back in Full Gallop. Written by Mark Hampton and Mary Louise Wilson and directed by Andrew Russell, Full Gallop runs now through October 25, 2015, with opening night tonight, October 1 at 800 p.m., in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center.

Long before the devil wore Prada -- 20 years ago, in fact -- the story of the irrepressible Diana Vreeland first commanded the stage of the Globe in a world premiere in 1995. Oscar and Tony Award winner Mercedes Ruehl The Fisher King, Lost in Yonkers now brings 'The Empress of Fashion' back in Full Gallop. Written by Mark Hampton and Mary Louise Wilson and directed by Andrew Russell, Full Gallop runs now through October 25, 2015, with opening night tomorrow, October 1 at 800 p.m., in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. BroadwayWorld has a first look at Ruehl onstage below...

Long before the devil wore Prada -- 20 years ago, in fact -- the story of the irrepressible Diana Vreeland first commanded the stage of the Globe in a world premiere in 1995. Oscar and Tony Award winner Mercedes Ruehl The Fisher King, Lost in Yonkers now brings 'The Empress of Fashion' back in Full Gallop. Written by Mark Hampton and Mary Louise Wilson and directed by Andrew Russell, Full Gallop will run tonight, September 26, through October 25, 2015, with opening night on Thursday, October 1 at 800 p.m., in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center.

Long before the devil wore Prada --20 years ago, in fact --the story of the irrepressible Diana Vreeland first commanded the stage of the Globe in a world premiere in 1995. Oscar and Tony Award winner Mercedes Ruehl The Fisher King, Lost in Yonkers now brings The Empress of Fashion back in Full Gallop. Written by Mark Hampton and Mary Louise Wilson and directed by Andrew Russell, Full Gallop will run September 26 through October 25, 2015, with opening night on Thursday, October 1 at 800 p.m., in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center.

The Sopranos was named the best-written show in television history by the Writers Guild of America, edging out an eclectic collection of some of the most beloved and admired series. Members of the Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) voted online for the 101 Best Written TV Series, with David Chase’s iconic “family” drama topping Seinfeld, The Twilight Zone, All in the Family, and M*A*S*H*.

“At their core, all of these wonderful series began with the words of the writers who created them and were sustained by the writers...

Intiman Theatre has met its pledge goal of 1 million., and as a result the Intiman Board of Trustees has voted to reopen Intiman and move forward with production of the 2012 Intiman Theatre Festival. The vote of the Trustees enables Artistic Director, Andrew Russell, to proceed in the production of the Theatre's new festival model - a four-play summer festival season curated from a collective of local artists and performed by a repertory company of 12 local actors. All money pledged to date will go directly towards supporting the 2012 production season.Check out a short video from the Intiman team below...

New York — For anyone who missed the star-studded, one-night-only Broadway debut of the gay marriage play "8" or can't get to Los Angeles this spring to see George Clooney lead a West Coast version, there's hope: The play is coming to a theater near you.

The only bad news – no Clooney.

The pro-gay marriage American Foundation for Equal Rights and partner Broadway Impact are sponsoring dozens of productions of Dustin Lance Black's play starring local actors across the country this election year. It'll be shown in states where marriage battles loom, including Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire and North Carolina.

Adam Umhoefer, the foundation's project director, said the glitzy Broadway show and upcoming California counterpart help fund getting the play mounted elsewhere. "Those big tent-pole shows bring attention to the play so that all these other groups across the country can work on their productions," he said.

The play is mostly...

AMC Image from “Hell on Wheels.”

The tale of the building of the transcontinental railroad, the steel band that wed the metropolitan East to the frontier West, is among the greatest in American history.

“It was the moon launch of its time,” says Chuck Vollan, assistant professor of history at South Dakota State University — an epic feat of engineering, human effort and national resolve. William G. Thomas, history professor at University of Nebraska and author of the new book “The Iron Way,...

Pop culture publisher GeekChicDaily has just made a strategic transaction with Thomas Tull’s Legendary Pictures, and is closing on an investment round led by Revolution Studios Founder Joe Roth and Seattle investor and internet pioneer Mike Slade. New investors include Gamespy founder Mark Surfas, Legendary Digital President Kathy Vrabeck, who is leaving that post at the end of the month, and Machinima Chairman/CEO Allen DeBevoise. Existing investor and Clear Channel Chairman of Media and Entertainment Robert Pittman and his partner Andrew Russell will also join the round. Proceeds will beef up the daily publication that focuses on comics, vidgames, film, TV, toys and collectibles. GeekChicDaily was launched in late 2009 by Peter Levin and Gareb Shamus with initial investors that included Pittman and former Sony Pictures Entertainment head and current Mandalay Entertainment boss Peter Guber.

What do names like Rachel Shelley, Alice Patten, Paul Blackthorne, Ilene Hamann, Sarah Thomson Kane and Barbara Mori have in common? They are foreign actors who came to act in Bollywood films. Sadly, few of them could send Indian hearts aflutter, even fewer bagged more projects. Twf Correspondent Shoma A. Chatterji tries to find out why

Rachel Shelley, a British television actress, portrayed Elizabeth Russell in Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Lagaan. Paul Blackthorne played her villainous and racist brother Captain Andrew Russell. Having spent his early childhood on British Military bases in both England and Germany Blackthorne’s.

Former AOL Time Warner COO Robert Pittman and his partner Andrew Russell have joined the investor roster of GeekChicDaily, the fanboy-geared website founded last fall by web entrepreneur Peter Levin, Wizard Entertainment's Gareb Shamus and Mandalay Entertainment Group CEO Peter Guber. Pittman's investment is low six-figures. Pittman was an early investor in Daily Candy, hatched by Pete Sheinbaum and sold last year to Comcast for $125 million. Sheinbaum also joined the GeekChicDaily board.

For the first time in nearly 40 years of broadcasting, PBS has signed on as a weekly Nielsen subscriber, a move that will allow the public television service to provide clients with a more accurate look into its audience deliveries.

PBS is not ponying up for overnight ratings, but the weekly Nielsen NPower data will offer sponsors a more timely read on programming performance.

Although PBS does not run traditional call-to-action advertising, it does solicit marketers to underwrite its programming expenses through sponsorships. Rather than a 30-second spot shilling a product or service, PBS sponsors are identified by short creative that runs immediately before and after the supported program.

In the past, sponsors backed PBS programs for a 52-week run. This spring, the broadcaster began accepting shorter commitments, some as brief as a week. The decision to loosen the sponsorship guidelines reflects clients' increasing desire for greater flexibility -- a phenomenon...

An off-duty police officer reportedly spotted three mysterious figures near a newly-made crop circle. The unnamed man approached the possible extraterrestrials at the site near Avebury, Wiltshire, according to Metro. Investigating crop circle researcher Andrew Russell said: "At first the officer thought they were forensic officers as they were dressed in white coveralls. He stopped his car and approached the field. "The figures were all over 6ft and had blonde hair. They seemed to be inspecting the crop. When he got to the edge of the field he heard what he believed to be a sound not (more)...