Broadway's Current Revival Becomes Longest-Running Production of PORGY & BESS

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Broadway's Porgy and Bess to Now Close September 23

Tony-Winning Revival of Porgy and Bess, Starring Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis, to Close Earlier Than Expected

Tony-Winning The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess Will Conclude Broadway Run Sept. 23

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Porgy and Bess to Close Early

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Broadway's 'Porgy and Bess' sets show's final date

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Broadway's Porgy and Bess Revival Sets Closing Date

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'Porgy and Bess' to end Broadway run

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The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess to End One Week Early

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'Porgy and Bess' set to close Sept. 23

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First Lady Michelle Obama Visits Porgy and Bess and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

PHOTO CALL: War Horse, Porgy and Bess, Phantom, Stomp and Spider-Man in Bryant Park

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The Broadway Collection Wins at the 2012 Tony Awards

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Casts of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, PORGY AND BESS, STOMP to Perform at Broadway in Bryant Park, 7/12

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Black theater talent wins multiple awards

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Audra McDonald on fifth Tony Award, Broadway

Audra McDonald Discusses Fifth Tony, Vocal Rest and More July 5 on "Good Day New York"

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Tonys Dance: Who Should Win?

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Exclusive: David Alan Grier on Porgy and Bess: "It's Like a Tyler Perry Movie!

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Exclusive: Audra McDonald on Same-Sex Marriage and the Black Community

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Exclusive: Porgy and Bess Star Audra McDonald: "It's Been an Emotional, Fulfilling Journey"

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Exclusive: Porgy and Bess Star Norm Lewis, the Sexiest Man on Broadway

DIVA TALK: Catching Up With Tony Winners (and 2012 Nominees) Audra McDonald and Judy Kaye

Gold Derby
Experts predict Audra McDonald ('Porgy & Bess') to win record-tying fifth Tony Award

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KC has a stake in Sunday's Tonys

Examiner
'Porgy And Bess' cast album successfully translates visuals to audio format

THE LEADING MEN: David Alan Grier, the Tony-Nominated Sporting Life of Porgy and Bess

Jason Danieley, Joshua Henry, Norm Lewis Will Join Liz Callaway for Debut of Even Stephen at Town Hall

Leap of Faith's Leslie Odom Jr. and Porgy and Bess' Lisa Nicole Wilkerson Win 2012 Astaire Awards

Porgy and Bess' David Alan Grier on Pimps, Vodka Enemas and the Power of YouTube

PORGY & BESS' Wilkie Ferguson to Play the Triad, 6/11

PORGY AND BESS' Wilkie Ferguson Plays 'Just A Piano' Series, 6/11

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Diane Paulus on How Theaters Should Engage Audiences

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Contemporary A.R.T. History

'Lilly' Awards Given to Arianda, Paulus, Hall and More

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Interview with Audra McDonald - Lead Actress, "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess"

Detroit News
Michigan talent courts Tony

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'Porgy & Bess,' 'Pina,' 'The Artist' Win Astaire Awards

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Leslie Odom, Jr., Lisa Nicole Wilkerson Win Astaire Awards

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'Project Runway' designer Emilio Sosa nominated for a Tony Award

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Audra McDonald Leads "Porgy & Bess" Cast to 10 Tony Noms

Tony Awards promise a full night of performances

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Theater Diary: When Reactions Speak Louder Than Words

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Porgy And Bess Take Home The 2012 Tony Award For Best Revival Of A Musical!

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Check Out The Porgy And Bess Medley From The 2012 Tony Awards HERE!

Bloomberg Business Week
'Once' Wins Best Musical Tony, 'Clybourne' Top Play

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Cape Fear High graduate NaTasha Yvette Williams performs in 'The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess' on Broadway

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Broadway Finally Ready for "Porgy and Bess"

SFGate.com
Album review: 'The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess'

Audra McDonald sidelined from 'Porgy and Bess' due to illness

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Behind the Curtain: Understudy to replace Audra at 'Porgy,' more

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Audra McDonald on Vocal Rest; Out of 'Porgy and Bess' Til July 3

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Audra McDonald takes rest from 'Porgy and Bess'

Broadway's Best Shows
Audra McDonald Takes Leave of Absence Due to Vocal Inflammation

Audra McDonald Will Be Out of 'Porgy and Bess' Until July 3

Chicago Tribune
'Once' tops Tony Awards: 'Clybourne,' 'Porgy' also take trophies

The Daily Beast
'Porgy' Wins Best Musical Revival

TimesLeader.com
'Once,' 'Porgy and Bess' among Tony winners

The Washington Times
New 'Porgy and Bess' wins musical revival Tony

Once, Clybourne Park, Porgy and Bess, Audra McDonald, Salesman Win 2012 Tony Awards

Examiner.com
2012 Tony Awards: 'Once', 'Porgy and Bess' win for best musical and revival

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Tony Awards: Porgy and Bess, Clybourne Park Win

Black Enterprise
Audra McDonald Wins Best Actress at 2012 Tony Awards

‘Once’ Basks in Glow of 8 Tony Awards

‘Porgy and Bess’ wins musical revival Tony

BWW TV Special: 2012 Tony Nominees - Diane Paulus on the Director's Dream That Was PORGY AND BESS!

BWW TV Special: 2012 Tony Nominees - Phillip Boykin Overjoyed to Make it to Broadway in PORGY & BESS!

Porgy and Bess Tony Nominee David Alan Grier Talks Awards Season on Good Day New York

Theater Mania
PHOTO FLASH: Diane Paulus and Randy Weiner at Music-Theatre Group Event

New York Post
'Porgy & Bess' pulls off Tony upset

Tony Awards: 'Porgy and Bess' beats 'Follies' for musical revival

2012 Tony Awards: Audra McDonald, Condola Rashad And Adrienne Warren Step Out In Style (PHOTOS)

David Alan Grier Interview: Tony-Nominated 'Porgy And Bess' Star On Broadway vs Hollywood

Norm Lewis Interview: 'The Gershwin's Porgy And Bess' Star On The Tony-Nominated Remake

Oregon Live
At Tonys, 'Once' wins again and again

Philly.com
List of winners for 2012 Tony Awards

'Once' crowned best musical at the Tony Awards

Identity quest drives Tony nominees

The Post and Courier
'The Gershwins: Porgy and Bess' named best musical revival at Tony Awards

Photos of the Winners

USA Today
And the Tony goes to

Identity quest drives Tony nominees

MontrealGazette.com
Best Revival of a Musical Tony Goes to Porgy and Bess, not JC Superstar

Perez Hilton
Check Out The Porgy And Bess Medley From The 2012 Tony Awards HERE!

NPR.com
'Once' Crowned Best Musical At The Tony Awards

Tony Awards 2012: Your ballot to make picks and keep score of Broadway's annual awards

Tony Awards 2012: 'Newsies,' 'Once,' Andrew Garfield among the big stories

Detroit Free Press
Julie Hinds: Neil Patrick Harris hosts the Tonys, plus funny stuff from Jimmy Fallon and Adam Corolla

The Gershwin WarsShadow and Act
'Porgy & Bess,' 'Streetcar,' 'Stick Fly,' 'Clybourne' Compete For Broadway's Highest Honor Tonight

Tablet Magazine
The Gershwin Wars

Theatre Aficionado
“Porgy and Bess”

Capital New York
A sometime thing: The history of 'Porgy and Bess,' as complex as the history of race in America

Bernadette Peters, Audra McDonald, Ricky Martin, Danny Burstein, Norm Lewis Will Be Featured on Tonys

NPR
David Alan Grier's Sporting Life on Broadway

Wall Street Journal
The 57th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards Ceremony Takes Place Tonight at Webster Hall

THE LEADING MEN: Philip Boykin, the Tony-Nominated Force of Nature of Porgy and Bess

PLAYBILL BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Joshua Henry, the "Good-Natured" Jake of Porgy and Bess

Actors Fund Will Present A Luncheon with Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis

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Fresh Air Weekend: Audra McDonald, 'Weight Of The Nation'

The New Yorker
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Back Stage
'Porgy and Bess' Signing and Singing

Times Record News
Wichita Falls natives honored

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Preview Our World
"Porgy & Bess Revival" Star David Alan Grier

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Porgy and Bess

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Norm Lewis of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess to Perform with Broadway Inspirational Voices

Tony Flashback! Porgy Nominee Norm Lewis Recalls Taking the Stage in Tommy and Lillias White Belting 'Brotherhood of Man'

Theater Mania
Norm Lewis, Michael McElroy to Perform in Highest Praise

CD REVIEWS
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess and Sweet Little Devil

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Parham Performs in Broadway's Porgy and Bess

Other Desert Cities, Salesman, Follies, Once, Audra McDonald Are Drama League Winners

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Audra McDonald: Shaping 'Bess' On Broadway

Backstage: Porgy and Bess

New Jersey News Room
2012 Drama Desk Award nominees: The newbies and the vets

Norm Lewis, Eden Epinosa & More Join Broadway Inspirational Voices for Highest Praise Concerts

Art, Ancestry, Africa: Letting It All Bleed

Stage Scenes: Audra McDonald

Orlando Sentinel
Broadway Records CD releases: 'Bonnie & Clyde,' Nick Jonas in 'How to Succeed...'

PORGY AND BESS, GODSPELL, GHOST, et al. Set for Intrepid Fleet Week, Beg. 5/23

Russell Fischer, Maurice Murphy, Kingsley Leggs et al. Set for Lee Summers' JUST A PIANO Series

PORGY AND BESS' Wilkie Ferguson to Play the Triad, 6/11

The Wall Street Journal
Freedom to Marry Releases Video of Audra McDonald Hailing President Obama's Support for Marriage

The Wall Street Journal
Catching Up With the Tony Nominees, Part 3

Columbia University
Ten Tony Nominations for 'The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess,' Directed by Diane Paulus ('97 SOA)

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Tony award nominee starred in Dayton Opera's 'Porgy and Bess'

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Aretha Franklin Eyes Audra McDonald For Lead Role In Biopic

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ART's Production of 'Porgy and Bess' Receives 10 Tony Nominations

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Q&A: Tony Nominee Diane Paulus on "Porgy and Bess" and Breaking Through Boundaries

America Magazine
Road to Redemption

Women's Voices for Change
Tony Video Pick: A Twofer for 'The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess'

Theater Mania
CD REVIEWS: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess and Sweet Little Devil

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‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ reborn with Blair Underwood

Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker Address Streetcar Critics

Streetcar Gains Momentum/ Broadway logs steady week

A Unique Streetcar Production Lays New Tracks on Broadway

Aretha Franklin Hopes Porgy and Bess Star Audra McDonald Will Headline Biopic Gotta Dance! Lisa Nicole Wilkerson of "Porgy and Bess"

Porgy and Bess Star Audra McDonald Offers Advice to Audience Member

Harpers Bazaar
Porgy and Bess, a 'Summertime' Smash

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Managing The Gershwins' Lucrative Musical Legacy

The Columbus Dispatch
On Broadway: Riveting Audra McDonald not the only pleasure in The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Rolling Out
Why ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ a Must-See for Blacks

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A Streetcar Named Desire

Photo Coverage: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Opening Night Bows - Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker & Co.

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Opening Night Pics: A Streetcar Named Desire

From Stand-Up Routines to Sporting Life

Theater Talkback: Betty Buckley on Why She Took on 'American Idol'

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Concert recap: Joshua Henry's 'Soul Weakness' at The Triad

Broadway Remembers Whitney Benefit Concert Presented at Joe's Pub Feb. 27

THE SCREENING ROOM: Porgy and Bess Performs "It Ain't Necessarily So" on "Late Night" (Video)

PHOTO CALL: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess and Givenik Support BC/EFA With Party

PS Classics Will Record The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

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Audra McDonald of The Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS Visits 'The View' (VIDEO)

Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, David Alan Grier & Co. Will Record Two-Disc Porgy and Bess Cast Album

Broadway Cast Recording for PORGY AND BESS Set For May

TheatreAdvisor.com
Porgy and Bess, featuring Audra McDonald, will record cast album

Theatre Mania
PS Classics to Record New Broadway Cast Album of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

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THE GERSHWIN'S PORGY AND BESS Receives 11 IRNE Award Nominations

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'Porgy & Bess' Nominated for 11 IRNE Awards

Bed-Stuy Patch
Today's Pride of Bed-Stuy: Ronald K. Brown

Norm Lewis, Celia Keenan-Bolger & More Join the Public Theater's Public Sings! Lineup

Porgy and Bess Will Receive Proclamation and Keys in Honor of Black History Month

Celia Keenan-Bolger, Norm Lewis, Bobby Steggert and More Join Roster for Public Sings! Benefit

The L Magazine
Porgy and Bess' Race Problem

Master Class a Montreal (International Coverage)
PORGY AND BESS :: AUDRA MCDONALD ET NORM LEWIS SONT SPECTACULAIRES

Modern Family Star Jesse Tyler Ferguson Visits Porgy and Bess

Wilkie Ferguson, Corey Mach, Anthony Wayne Among Contestants in BROADWAY BEAUTY PAGEANT

THE SCREENING ROOM: Porgy and Bess Performs "It Ain't Necessarily So" on "Late Night" (Video)

Theatre Mania:
Joanna Gleason, Norm Lewis, Audra McDonald, Christopher Sieber Receive IRNE Nominations

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Interview with Phillip Boykin and Joshua Henry

David Alan Grier talks about Porgy & Bess on the Jimmy Kimmel Show

BWW TV Exclusive: Seth's Broadway Chatterbox With PORGY & BESS' Joshua Henry, NaTasha Yvette Williams and Nikki Renee Daniels!

DEBUT OF THE MONTH: Phillip Boykin of THE GERSHWIN'S PORGY AND BESS

THE GERSHWINS' PORGY & BESS Extends Through September 30, 2012

‘Porgy and Bess’ impresses once again in a first-rate production

Black Characters in Search of Reality

With Box Office Strong, ‘Porgy and Bess’ to Extend Its Run

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Porgy and Bess, Starring Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis, Extends Broadway Run

STAGE PORTRAIT: Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and More in Porgy and Bess

They Love You, Porgy: Ticket Period for Broadway's Porgy and Bess Extended to Fall

Theatre Mania
Broadway's Porgy and Bess to Extend Through September 30

UPI.com
'Porgy and Bess' extends run on B'way

Stu On Broadway

Review of "Porgy and Bess"

The Broadway Blog

Gun Hill Road, Social Media Coverage

Gregory Ellwood / hitfix: I thought it was good. "Nice performances. A little similar to "La Mission," but it was well made. "

John Quinones, ABC 20/20: Liked the film.

Janelle Rodriguez / CNN via Twitter: Must see film from Sundance.

Steve Ramos, freelancer, indiewire and other pubs: "Loved it. It was great."

Betsy Sharky, Los Angeles Times: "the kid is amazing, story is compelling, i'm sure it will figure into some of my sundance coverage."

Wesley Morris, The. Boston Globe, via Twitter: "I hate to do it, but Gun Hill Road will do well come awards night. Audience loved it. Too-tidy but downbeat finale wet many eyes."

Wesley Morris, The Boston Globe via Twitter: " Gun Hill Road: Ex-con w/ transgender son. Well-attuned to realness, doesn't want to be TV drama cliché. Almost makes clears bar."

Elizabeth Weitzman, The Daily News: "I really, really like it."

Bryce Renninger, indiewire: "'Gun hill road' is an excellent debut. Esai Morales is brilliant. Standing o for nervous newcomer star Harmony Santana."

cineclass via Twitter: Just saw Gun Hill Road.....moving....barely made it screening from the slopes

GoddessEntFilms via Twitter: "Gun Hill Road" - powerful, sentimental, beautiful, & needed - Best Narrative at #Sundance 2011

brainhound via Twitter: Someone from Gun Hill Road is getting a statue

wesley_morris via Twitter: Gun Hill Road: Ex-con w/ transgender son. Well-attuned to realness, doesn't want to be TV drama cliché. Almost makes clears bar. #sundance

ellepoindexter via Twitter: Gun Hill Road is one of the bravest, best films I've seen at the fest. #sundance

AL DIA NEWS

“Gun Hill Road” and “The Perfect Family” to Bookend 29th Outfest

Outfest announced the gala films for the 29th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. The fest will kick off with Rashaad Ernesto Green’s “Gun Hill Road” and close with “The Perfect Family,” starring Kathleen Turner

Sundance Film Festival 2011: Rashaad Ernesto Green, 'Gun Hill Road' director, shares experiences

Among this year's hopefuls is Rashaad Ernesto Green, who will be sharing his Sundance experience with Daily News readers as he premieres his drama, "Gun Hill Road," in the prestigious U.S. Dramatic Competition.

18 Sundance Films Worth Seeing Featuring Black Talent/Filmmakers

Cynematik

A listiing of films in the dramatic competition

The festival is on and this year’s 16 films were selected from 1,102 submissions. Each is a world premiere.

Lo que se verá en Sundance 2011

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Gun Hill Road: The Movie

First time filmmaker and Bronx native Rashaad Ernesto Green goes in front of the camera to tell us about "Gun Hill Road," a movie all about the Boogie Down..>>

Magnolia catches ‘Night’

Magnolia Pictures has nabbed U.S. rights to “Night Catches Us,” Tanya Hamilton’s pic about a former Black Panther that stars Anthony Mackie and Kerry Washington..>>

ND/NF 2010: Edie Falco, Tilda Swinton and Kerry Washington hit this year’s film festival

For nearly four decades, New Yorkers have been turning to ND/NF to discover, well, the title pretty much says it all.. >>

Documentaries are Sundance’s real strength

Though it didn’t win a thing, one of the most impressive of the competition’s dramas was Tanya Hamilton’s NIGHT CATCHES US..>>

The Twenty Very Best Movies at Sundance 2010

Interspersed with archival, almost mythical footage of the Black Panthers during their heyday, Tanya Hamilton’s drama, set in post-Panther Philadelphia, is a sober, surprisingly quiet look at how the past never really goes away..>>

Best of Sundance: Year of the woman

I can’t tell if I’m grading on a curve here, because director Tanya Hamilton took a full decade to get this smoldering, low-budget tragic romance made and because its subject – urban America in the Jimmy Carter era — lies close to my own experience and my own heart..>>

Sundance Film Festival focuses on respect for its indie roots

“I wrote this thing in 1999,” says writer-director Tanya Hamilton, sitting in the back of the McCarthey Gallery on Main Street, of her observant, accomplished debut, NIGHT CATCHES US..>>

Inqlings: City to see another shooting star

The King of Prussia-shot drama Blue Valentine, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, was sold to the Harvey Weinstein Co., and the Philly-shot drama NIGHT CATCHES US, from first-time director Tanya Hamilton, won plaudits for its depiction of 1976 Philly and for its soundtrack, featuring The Roots..>>

Two strikingly ambitious films

It's always a pleasant surprise then to encounter a dramatic movie here that grapples with larger historical forces, that blends the personal and the political. That's precisely what THE IMPERIALISTS ARE STILL ALIVE! and NIGHT CATCHES US - two of this year's most interesting dramatic-competition titles - set out to do..>>

Sundance Review: Night Catches Us

Writer-director Tanya Hamilton has spent over a decade working on the film, and the effort shows in her detailed recreation of a black Philadelphia neighborhood in 1976..>>

Favorites from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival

Here are the ones that captured my attention: In the Dramatic Competition: Tanya Hamilton’s feature film debut, NIGHT CATCHES US, peels back the intricately layered lives of former Black Panthers to reveal the personal contradictions tugging away at political convictions..>>

2010 Sundance film festival diaries: Day six

Hamilton conjures the period in vivid detail and it's an important time from African-American history that hasn't been overdone on film. Mackie and Washington, two of the best young actors working today, are exceptional, especially when they get a chance to share the screen..>>

Sundance Film Festival 2010: Day Four

This is a ’simple’ film in the most positive sense. The story is deep but easy to follow, the acting excellent, the direction impressive and the scripting tight..>>

Exclusive Sundance Interview: Night Catches Us Director Tanya Hamilton

NIGHT CATCHES US in some ways is a small movie, a quiet drama about two people trying to fall in love amid the fallout of the Black Panther movement. But for Tanya Hamilton, who developed this project as part of the Sundance Labs, it’s a 10-year labor of love that’s finally found a well-deserved premiere at the Sundance Film Festival..>>

Hurt Locker Star: Kerry Washington Has Made Me Very Popular

And this weekend, the 31-year-old New Orleans native is heading to the Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of NIGHT CATCHES US, a drama about a former Black Panther (Mackie) who reunites with an old friend (Kerry Washington)..>>

Anthony Mackie: ‘Hollywood Cares More About Hobbits Than the World In Which They Live’

The last year's been good to Anthony Mackie. Not only did he star in one of the most acclaimed and awarded movies of 2008, Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq War thriller The Hurt Locker, but he's got NIGHT CATCHES US at Sundance, where he acts opposite Kerry Washington as a former Black Panther..>>

The Betty Interview: Kerry Washington

The actress, who has not one - but two! - films debuting at this year's Sundance Film Festival, tells BettyConfidential about her Gossip Girl-style high school years, her ties to the White House, and which female celeb is dying to make out with her..>>

Tanya Hamilton’s ‘Night Catches Us’ captures a point in time

The writer-director’s debut feature film, about what’s left in the wake of the black power movement, delves into her interest in ‘the price you pay for dedication to a political movement.’..>>

Night Catches Us

NIGHT CATCHES US is part love story between two people with a complicated history, part examination of an era just after a surge of social change that was stymied, leaving its hopefuls adrift and uncertain..>>

Interview with director Tanya Hamilton

No doubt writer and director Tanya Hamilton's film NIGHT CATCHES US, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend, is going to be the film we are most anxious to see and discuss as Precious was a few months ago..>>

Night Catches Us — Film Review

Bottom Line: An incisive look at a neglected piece of American history both informs and entertains..>>

24 Frames

Director Tanya Hamilton’s NIGHT CATCHES US is one of the many in the Sundance awards hunt under the U.S. Dramatic Competition banner..>>

PRODUCER RON SIMONS ON PREMIERING NIGHT CATCHES US

The last two days have been a symphony of interviews and press meetings. The day of the premiere our PR firm (Fatdot - a great PR firm by the way!) shuffled Tanya (our director) and I off to TV interviews, photo shoots and a taping for the Sundance Channel, among others..>>

Familiar backdrop, and a fresh start for Sundance

Also of interest is NIGHT CATCHES US, Tanya Hamilton's debut drama about former Black Panthers in 1976 Philadelphia. It looks gorgeous. It's deeply intelligent, and where Kerry Washington and Anthony Mackie are
concerned, it's sexy..>>

Opinion: Anthony Mackie

Critically-acclaimed actor Anthony Mackie tells us how he chooses a role and why, in particular, he wanted to star in Tanya Hamilton’s potent first feature NIGHT CATCHES US, about the Black Panthers in Philadelphia..>>

Exclusive Sundance Interview: Anthony Mackie

I talked to Mackie before the festival started (and before I’d seen NIGHT CATCHES US) about his ongoing career in indie films, his personal attachment to the history of the Black Panthers, and working with Matt Damon on his next movie, The Adjustment Bureau..>>

Sundance Spin for 1/24

The Reviews Are In for Tanya Hamilton’s NIGHT CATCHES US, starring Anthony Mackie and Kerry Washington as reunited Black Panthers: Boston Globe’s Wesley Morris is disappointed, not by the film, but by the attendance for its premiere and calls it, “the movie I wanted — either a wildly ambitious work or an intensely intimate one. The movie we have is weighted with academic import.”..>>

Where was everybody?

I was disappointed to not see a mad press fest at the red carpet event for director Tanya Hamilton’s film NIGHT CATCHES US..>>

Sundance 2010 Review: NIGHT CATCHES US

A politically driven, not to mention race driven, film like NIGHT CATCHES US comes at an all too perfect time in our nation, as many look to a future of hope and change in this Obama-age of living..>>

Review: “Night Catches Us”

The past haunts two former soldiers in the Black Panther movement, in this soulful drama by writer-director Tanya Hamilton..>>

Derrick Ashong Experience

Producer Ron Simons and Director Tanya Hamilton discuss Tanya’s new film, Night Catches Us with Derrick Ashong..>>

New radio show, 1st at Sundance

Derrick will also be joined by actor Jamie Hector and director Tanya Hamilton of NIGHT CATCHES US..>>

Director Tanya Hamilton's "Night Catches Us" Cuts Close to Home

Director and writer Tanya Hamilton has nabbed some big industry names for her debut NIGHT CATCHES US. The film stars Anthony Mackie (riding high on the success of "The Hurt Locker"), Independent Spirit Award nominee Kerry Washington, and features original music by The Roots..>>

The 15 Must See Movies of Sundance 2010

It wouldn't be my Sundance list with some kind of period piece. This one is set in 1976, stars Anthony Mackie and Kerry Washington (two great young talents) and follows the story of a neighborhood where the Black Panthers
are thriving..>>

Kerry Washington: The Sundance Interview

As the 2010 Sundance Film Festival beings today, Kerry Washington's accomplished the the indie cred-burnishing feat of having two buzzy films here. The first is Tanya Hamilton's Night Catches Us, where Washington reunites with her She Hate Me costar Anthony Mackie in the story of two ex-Black Panthers..>>

NIGHT CATCHES US PRODUCER RON SIMONS BLOGS FROM SUNDANCE

What a trip so far! At every stage of the process from casting to pre-production to wrapping to editing, I kept saying: "Well now at least, the hard part is done." I now realize the error of my ways and just shut the hell up!..>>

Sundance Preview 2010: Movies We’re Dying To See

This is nothing more than a gut feeling. Director Tanya Hamilton has worked with the Sundance labs as a screenwriter, Mackie and Washington are both enormous talents, and the subject matter is both fascinating and
under-explored..>>

Sundance 2010: Best of times, worst of times, repeat

While I don’t expect Tanya Hamilton’s Sundance 2010 feature “Night Catches Us” - set in Philadelphia’s African-
American community, circa 1976 - to replicate the “Precious” phenomenon, I can guarantee it’ll get a lot of attention..>>

Eight Films at Sundance With Musical Connections

I have no idea how they found the time between playing for Jimmy Fallon, producing their heroes and working on their next album, but hometown boys The Roots wrote the soundtrack for this coming-of-age story set in race-torn Philadelphia in 1978..>>

The Imperialists Are Still Alive! among Film Sales Company Sundance slate

Herwitz has picked up sales rights to Tanya Hamilton's Dramatic Competition film NIGHT CATCHES US starring Anthony Mackie as pivotal former figure in the Black Panther movement who returns to his neighbourhood to settle the past. Kerry Washington also stars..>>

Ten Films Were Psyched to See at Sundance

Pulling off a successful period piece on a low budget is a tricky proposition, but that didn't dissuade first-time director Tanya Hamilton. Set in the Bicentennial summer of 1976, Hamilton's film concerns an ex-Black Panther who returns to his Philadelphia neighborhood in hopes of rebuilding his life..>>

Things Get Steamy In This ‘Night Catches Us’ Still

I haven’t heard an awful lot about “Night Catches Us,” but researching it for this post has landed it squarely in the center of my radar..>>

Kristin Chenoweth’s Lesbian Dream May Come True

And speaking of making out, that’s exactly what Washington got to do with hot stuff Hurt Locker star Anthony Mackie in NIGHT CATCHES US, an independent drama premiering later this month at the Sundance Film Festival..>>

Sundance unveils competition lineup

“NIGHT CATCHES US” – Directed and written by Tanya Hamilton, which focuses on the eventful return of a young man to the race-torn Philadelphia neighborhood…>>

Sundance Tries Some Risky Business

The film, from the first-time director Tanya Hamilton, is an ambitious period piece set in 1978 Philadelphia; a young man returns to the race-torn neighborhood where he had come of age during the Black Power movement…>>

Philadelphia To Own Sundance Once More?

This year, Philadelphia makes its presence known with Tanya Hamilton's NIGHT CATCHES US-previously known as STRINGBEAN AND MARCUS-starring Anthony Mackie and Kerry Washington…>>

Kerry Washington, Anthony Mackie Reunite in NIGHT CATCHES US

While promoting his latest feature, THE HURT LOCKER, Anthony Mackie told Black Voices that he will reunite with Kerry Washington in his next film, NIGHT CATCHES US. The two starred in Spike Lee's 2004 film, SHE HATE ME. Tanya Hamilton, who developed the project with the Sundance Institute, wrote the script and will direct the project…>>

SimonSays Entertainment Wraps First Feature NIGHT CATCHES US

SimonSays Entertainment, a new multi-faceted entertainment company based in New York, has just completed principal photography on its first project, the feature film NIGHT CATCHES US…>>

Sundance Preview - NIGHT CATCHES US (Anthony Mackie & Kerry Washington are Former Panthers in Love)

It's called NIGHT CATCHES US—previously known as STRINGBEAN AND MARCUS! It stars Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Jamie Hector, and Wendell Pierce…>>

NIGHT CATCHES US 2010 SUNDANCE SELECTION

December 9, 2009

Still from NIGHT CATCHES US

SimonSays Entertainment’s first feature film, Night Catches Us, will premiere in the Dramatic Competition of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

Official selection, 2010 Sundance Film Festival

In 1976, after years of mysterious absence, Marcus (Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker), returns to the Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age in the midst of the Black Power movement. While his arrival raises suspicion among his family and former neighbors, he finds acceptance from his old friend Patricia (Kerry Washington, Ray, Lift) and her daughter. However, Marcus quickly finds himself at odds with the organization he once embraced, whose members suspect he orchestrated the slaying of their former comrade-in-arms. In a startling sequence of events, Marcus must protect a secret that could shatter everyone’s beliefs as he rediscovers his forbidden passion for Patricia.

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VARIETY MAGAZINE–SUNDANCE UNVEILS COMPETITION LINEUP

December 3, 2009

Photo of article featuring nIght Catches Us in Daily Variety

Night Catches Us was featured in the Thursday, December 3 edition of Daily Variety. The movie stars Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Jamie Hector, Amari Cheatom, and introduces newcomer Jamara Griffin.

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WORKING WITH THE ROOTS

November 20, 2009

Photo of The Roots

We are thrilled to be working with The Roots to create the soundtrack for Night Catches Us. The Roots are a Grammy Award-winning, American hip-hop band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their debut album was released in 1993 and they have collaborated with a wide range of artists from different genres, including Roy Ayers and Cody Chesnutt. The Roots have generated a great deal of critical acclaim and influenced numerous rap and R&B acts.

HIGHWAY TO NOWHERE WINS 2009 ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

October 16, 2009

Atlanta Film Festival Logo

Congratulations to Lanre Olabisi! Lanre’s screenplay for Highway to Nowhere has been selected as one of the six winning screenplays for the 2009 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition. Lanre writes: “We won! First step of many on the prize circuit.”

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