FX is developing “Heist 88,” a crime drama from executive producers Courtney B. Vance and Dwayne Johnson-Cochran. Under the script development deal between FX and the producers, Emmy-winner Vance is set to star in the project should it be picked up to series.
Set in 1988, “Heist 88” tells the true story of arch-criminal and master manipulator Armand Moore, who persuaded four young, African-American employees of First National Bank of Chicago to steal $70 million via a sophisticated take down of the banking wire system. Vance would star as Moore.
Johnson-Cochran, who co-created the NBC series “Minor Adjustments” and directed the HBO film “Love and Action in Chicago,” will write and serve as exec producer. Also executive producing alongside Vance and Johnson-Cochran are Pam Veasey and Hemingway Taylor Productions’ Anthony Hemingway and Mark Taylor.
Vance won the 2016 Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a limited series for his performance as attorney Johnnie Cochran in FX’s “American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson.” His most recent acting credits include the feature films “Office Christmas Party” and “The Mummy” and the HBO film “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” To read full article, go to: http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/courtney-b-vances-heist-88-1202623626/
It was indeed a good night for black actors at the 2013 Tony Awards event, broadcast Sunday evening on CBS,with Neil Patrick Harris hosting once again, as a total of five black artists took home trophies. Four wins by black actors happens to be the 2ndtime in the Award’s 66-year history that that many black actors have taken home trophies in the same year – 2013and 1982. 2013’s winners were: – Cicely Tyson, for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (The Trip To Bountiful). – Billy Porter, for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Kinky Boots). – Patina Miller,for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (Pippin). – Courtney B. Vance, for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Lucky Guy). Last night’s fifth black winner was not an actor, but Ron Simons, one of the producers of – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike – won the Tony Award for Best Play. This is Ron’s first nomination and win.
The 2013 Tony Awards will be broadcast on CBS tonight, starting at 8pm, with Neil Patrick Harris hosting. Here’s a list of the African-Americans up for awards tonight:
– Cicely Tyson, nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (A Trip To Bountiful) – Billy Porter, nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Kinky Boots) – Valisia LeKae, nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (Motown The Musical), – Patina Miller,nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (Pippin) – Courtney B. Vance, nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Lucky Guy) – Shalita Grant, nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) – Condola Rashad,nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (The Trip to Bountiful) – Charl Brown, nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (Motown, The Musical) –Keala Settle, nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Hands on a Hardbody) – George C. Wolfe, nominated for Best Direction of a Play (Lucky Guy) For the full list of all the nominees, see below:
Patina Miller stars in “Pippin”on Broadway. (AP Photo/Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Joan Marcus) Cicely Tyson’s return to Broadway indeed proved “Bountiful,” as she is among the contenders for best actress in a play for her starring role in “The Trip to Bountiful.’’ The others in Tyson’s category are Laurie Metcalf for “The Other Place,’’ Amy Morton for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,’’ Kristine Nielsen for “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,’’ and Holland Taylor for “Ann.’’ The revival of “Pippin” “Motown: The Musical” each garnered several awards, among them nominations for their respective lead actresses, Patina Miller and Valisia LeKae. Courtney B. Vance also garnered a nomination for his supporting role in “Lucky Guy,” as did Tyson’s “Bountiful” co-star Condola Rashad for hers. The full list of nominees is below: Best play “The Assembled Parties” by Richard Greenberg “Lucky Guy” by Nora Ephron “The Testament of Mary” by Colm Toibin “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” by Christopher Durang Best musical “Bring It On, The Musical” “A Christmas Story, The Musical” “Kinky Boots, The Musical” “Matilda, The Musical” Best book of a musical “A Christmas Story, The Musical” Joseph Robinette “Kinky Boots” Harvey Fierstein “Matilda, The Musical” Dennis Kelly Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” Douglas Carter Beane Best revival of a play “Golden Boy” Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten “Orphans” “The Trip to Bountiful” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” RELATED: 10 Tony nomination plot twists
Best revival of a musical “Annie” “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” “Pippin” “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theatre “A Christmas Story, The Musical” Music and Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul “Hands on a Hardbody” Music: Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green Lyrics: Amanda Green “Kinky Boots” Music and Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper “Matilda, The Musical” Music and Lyrics: Tim Minchin Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play Tom Hanks, “Lucky Guy” Nathan Lane, “The Nance” Tracy Letts, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” David Hyde Pierce, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” Tom Sturridge, “Orphans” Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play Laurie Metcalf, “The Other Place” Amy Morton, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Kristine Nielsen, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” Holland Taylor, “Ann” Cicely Tyson, “The Trip to Bountiful” Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical Bertie Carvel, “Matilda, The Musical” Santino Fontana, “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” Rob McClure, “Chaplin” Billy Porter, “Kinky Boots” Stark Sands, “Kinky Boots” PHOTOS: Hollywood stars on stage Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical Stephanie J. Block, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” Carolee Carmello, “Scandalous” Valisia LeKae, “Motown, The Musical” Patina Miller, “Pippin” Laura Osnes, “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play Danny Burstein, “Golden Boy” Richard Kind, “The Big Knife” Billy Magnussen, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” Tony Shalhoub, “Golden Boy” Courtney B. Vance, “Lucky Guy” Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play Carrie Coon, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Shalita Grant, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” Judith Ivey, “The Heiress” Judith Light, “The Assembled Parties” Condola Rashad, “The Trip to Bountiful” Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical Charl Brown, “Motown, The Musical” Keith Carradine, “Hands on a Hardbody” Will Chase, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” Gabriel Ebert, “Matilda, The Musical” Terrence Mann, “Pippin” Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical Annaleigh Ashford, “Kinky Boots” Victoria Clark, “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” Andrea Martin, “Pippin” Keala Settle, “Hands on a Hardbody” Lauren Ward, “Matilda, The Musical” Best scenic design of a play John Lee Beatty, “The Nance” Santo Loquasto, “The Assembled Parties” David Rockwell, “Lucky Guy” Michael Yeargan, “Golden Boy” PHOTOS: 2013 Tonys top nominees
Best scenic design of a musical Rob Howell, “Matilda, The Musical” Anna Louizos, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” Scott Pask, “Pippin” David Rockwell, “Kinky Boots” Best costume design of a play Soutra Gilmour, “Cyrano de Bergerac” Ann Roth, “The Nance” Albert Wolsky, “The Heiress” Catherine Zuber, “Golden Boy” Best costume design of a musical Gregg Barnes, “Kinky Boots” Rob Howell, “Matilda, The Musical” Dominique Lemieux, “Pippin” William Ivey Long, “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” Best lighting design of a play Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer, “Lucky Guy” Donald Holder, “Golden Boy” Jennifer Tipton, “The Testament of Mary” Japhy Weideman, “The Nance” Best lighting design of a musical Kenneth Posner, “Kinky Boots” Kenneth Posner, “Pippin” Kenneth Posner, “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” Hugh Vanstone, “Matilda, The Musical” RELATED: Tony nomination snubs Best sound design of a play John Gromada, “The Trip to Bountiful” Mel Mercier, “The Testament of Mary” Leon Rothenberg, “The Nance” Peter John Still and Marc Salzberg, “Golden Boy” FULL COVERAGE: 2013 Tony nominations
Best sound design of a musical Jonathan Deans & Garth Helm, “Pippin” Peter Hylenski, “Motown, The Musical” John Shivers, “Kinky Boots” Nevin Steinberg, “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” Best direction of a play Pam MacKinnon, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Nicholas Martin, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” Bartlett Sher, “Golden Boy” George C. Wolfe, “Lucky Guy” Best direction of a musical Scott Ellis, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” Jerry Mitchell, “Kinky Boots” Diane Paulus, “Pippin” Matthew Warchus, “Matilda, The Musical” Best choreography Andy Blankenbuehler, “Bring It On: The Musical” Peter Darling, “Matilda, The Musical” Jerry Mitchell, “Kinky Boots” Chet Walker, “Pippin” Best orchestrations Chris Nightingale, “Matilda, The Musical” Stephen Oremus, “Kinky Boots” Ethan Popp & Bryan Crook, “Motown, The Musical” Danny Troob, “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” Recipients of awards and honors in non-competitive categories Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Bernard Gersten Paul Libin Ming Cho Lee Regional Theatre Award Huntington Theatre Company, Boston Isabelle Stevenson Award Larry Kramer Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre Career Transition for Dancers William Craver Peter Lawrence The Lost Colony The four actresses who created the title role of “Matilda, The Musical” on Broadway – Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro article by Lori Lakin Hutcherson
