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Center Theatre Group Announces Digital Stage Schedule for February 15 – February 21 Currently on demand is The Stratford Festival’s “Romeo and Juliet", The first episode of Not a Moment, But a Movement and more.by BWW News Desk Matthew Bourne's "Romeo and Juliet" is premiering Thursday, February 18 at 5:00 p.m. and streaming Friday, February 19 at 5 and 8 pm; Saturday, February 20 at 2, 5 and 8 p.m. and Sunday, February 21 at 1 and 6:30 p.m. (all times Pacific). Available for $10 at www.centertheatregroup.org/digitalstage/premium-events/matthew-bourne-romeo-and-juliet/. A production ...

February 9, 2021 Priscilla Page The University of Michigan department of theater and drama, and departmental student-faculty culturally conscious casting committee will host a roundtable discussion on culturally conscious casting and theater, with a panel of experts in the field on Friday, Feb. 12, at noon. The roundtable is inspired by the book “Casting a Movement: The Welcome Table Initiative.” Panelists include: Daniel Banks, co-editor of “Casting a Movement” and co-director of DNAWORKS, an arts and service organization dedicated to using the arts as a catalyst for dialogue and he...

Courtesy Walter Reuther Library/Wayne State University Who knew that the movie 9 to 5 was inspired by Cleveland secretaries? Or that clerical workers at the University of Cincinnati and Cuyahoga Community College played a pivotal role in the "9to5" grassroots labor movement of the 1970s and '80s to get equal pay and benefits for women office workers? Those were some of the surprises to me in 9to5: The Story Of A Movement, a 90-minute documentary by Emmy- and Oscar-winning filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar airing Monday Feb. 1 on PBS' Independent Lens (10 p.m., Channels 48, 54)....

8 Steps That Paved the Way to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was landmark legislation that required decades of actions—and setbacks—to achieve. Author: Universal History Archive/Getty Images The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was landmark legislation that required decades of actions—and setbacks—to achieve. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. When it was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964, it was a major victory for the civil rights movement in ...

Quick Take A viral meme presents quotes from some Democratic lawmakers to misleadingly suggest they were advocating violence. They were supporting protests over various issues. Full Story Days after a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, a meme featuring some out-of-context quotes from Democratic lawmakers started spreading widely on social media. The meme featured four quotes paired with pictures of four lawmakers looking angry. One version includes text that says, “DEMOCRATS NOT IMPEACHED FOR INCITING VIOLENCE.” Others were shared with text such a...