Television Premiere Dates: July

July

Wednesday, July 1
10:00 pm: Extant (CBS)

Thursday, July 2
8:00 pm: Food Fighters (NBC)

Monday, July 6
8:00 pm: Penn & Teller: Fool Us (CW)

9:00 pm: Whose Line Is It Anyway? (CW)
              Chasing Life (ABC Family)

10:00 pm: Becoming Us (ABC Family)

Tuesday, July 7
10:00 pm: Hollywood Game Night (NBC)

Wednesday, July 8
10:00 pm: Key & Peele (Comedy Central)
             Catfish (MTV)              

10:30 pm: Why? with Hannibal Buress (Comedy Central)

Thursday, July 9
9:00 pm: Dates (CW)
10:00 pm: Teen Mom 2 (MTV)
               Dominion (Syfy)
11:00 pm: One Bad Choice (MTV)

Friday, July 10

8:00 pm: Masters of Illusion (CW)

Saturday, July 11
10:00 pm: 7 Days in Hell (HBO)

Sunday, July 12
9:00 pm: Ray Donovan (Showtime)
10:00 pm: Masters of Sex (Showtime)
               The Strain (FX)

Monday, July 13
10:00 pm: Monica the Medium (ABC Family) 
               Running Wild with Bear Grylls (NBC)
               Cuban Chrome (Discovery)

Wednesday, July 15

10:00 pm: The Jim Gaffigan Show (TV Land)
10:30 pm: Impaster (TV Land)
11:00 pm: The Exes (TV Land)

Thursday, July 16
10:00 pm: Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll (FX)
10:30 pm: Married (FX)
11:30 pm: Geeks Who Drink (Syfy)

Friday, July 17
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (Netflix)
BoJack Horseman (Neflix)

Saturday, July 18
9:00 pm: Hell on Wheels (AMC)

Sunday, July 19
8:00 pm: Welcome to Sweden (NBC)

Tuesday, July 21
9:00 pm: Knock Knock Live (Fox)

Wednesday, July 22
9:00 pm: Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (Syfy)
              Last Comic Standing (NBC)
              Home Free (Fox)
              Dating Naked (VH1)
10:00 pm: Twinning (VH1)

Sunday, July 26
8:00 pm: I Am Cait! (E!)
9:00 pm: Who Do You Think You Are? (TLC)
              Stewarts & Hamiltons (E!)

Tuesday, July 28
9:00 pm: Face Off (Syfy)

Wednesday, July 29
9:00 pm: The Game (BET) - Series Finale
11:00 pm: Candidly Nicole (VH1) 
               America's Best Dance Crew All-Stars: Road to the VMAs (MTV)

Thursday, July 30
10:00 pm: Review (Comedy Central)

Friday, July 31
8:00 pm: Cold Justice (TNT)
9:00 pm: Cold Justice: Sex Crimes (TNT)

The 2015 Tony Awards

The American Theatre Wing's 69th Annual Tony Awards, held at Radio City Music hall and broadcast live on CBS, were hosted by On the Twentieth Century star Kristin Cheonweth and The Emcee himself, Alan Cumming.  These two phenoms brought not only wit and humor to their hosting, but also an amazing chemistry within their banter.  This year was also the first year the awards hosted a live-stream of the Red Carpet which was hosted by Laura Osnes, Darren Criss and Sierra Boggess.  They were fantastic Red Carpet hosts, and here's hoping they host many more Red Carpet events in the future! 

Every year, the Tony nominees seem to be somehow more impressive than in previous years.  This year's nominees are exceptional! Broadway legend (even though she doesn't want to be quantified as a legend) Chita Rivera returned to Broadway at the age of 82 in Kander and Ebb's The Visit, An American in Paris is the perfect combination of ballet and musical theatre that tells a beautiful love story, Fun Home has taken what is possible on the contemporary Broadway stage to a new level with a powerful story told by incredibly talented leading ladies, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime  brought to life what it is like to experience the world on the Autism spectrum, and anyone who has seen Something Rotten! and Hand to God can attest to the quality and compelling nature they bring to the stage. There are so many amazing shows and everyone in the industry has been scrambling to see them all! 

  
Kristin and Alan's opening monologue involved Alan as The Emcee, talk of Wicked, and Dame Helen Mirren.  Something Rotten! was the first performance of the night with an excellent performance of "A Musical!" Immediately following the performance Tony nominee Bradley Cooper awarded Best Actress in a Play to Dame Helen Mirren for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience.  Anna Chlumsky and Debra Messing awarded Best Actor to Richard McCabe for his role as British Prime Minister Harold Wilson in The Audience. 



Kelli O'Hara, Ken Watanabe and Ruthie Ann Miles lead the company of The King and I in a brilliant medley of songs from the show. Followed by Alan Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth reenacting the performance, at least in terms of attire. Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale presented the award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical to Christian Borle for his role in Something Rotten!. Jim Parsons and Taylor Schilling presented the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play to Annaleigh Ashford for her role in You Can't Take it With You.

The cast of On the Town performed a medley which highlighted the spectacular dance numbers from the show. Alan and Kristin led a performance in honor of Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and 10 time Tony winner, Tommy Tune. Tommy Tune then announced the award for Best Direction of a Musical to Sam Gold for Fun Home. The company of Gigi performed "The Night They Invented Champagne" from the show.

Sydney Lucas stole the whole show with an incredible performance of "Ring of Keys!" If that didn't convince you that you need to see Fun Home, I don't know what will. The company of Am American in Paris performed a wonderful song and dance medley from the show; the choreography in that show is spectacular!



Corey Stoll and Sutton Foster presented the award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical to Ruthie Ann Miles for her Broadway debut in The King and I. Kristin Chenoweth led the company of On the Twentieth Century in a medley from the show.

The incomparable Chita Rivera led the company of The Visit in a performance "Love and Love Alone" and "I Would Never Leave You." Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski presented the award for Best Revival of a Play to Skylight. The cast of Finding Neverland took to the stage to sing "Stronger." Harry Conick Jr. presented the award for Best Revival of a Musical to The King and I.

Lisa Howard sang "Jenny's Blues" from It Shoulda Been You. Judith Light presented Alex Sharp, who gave a moving acceptance speech, with the Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.

Josh Groban sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" during the In Memoriam and he was joined by the casts of all of the season's new musicals on Broadway to finish out the song. This moment made history as the largest amount of performer's on the Tony's stage at one time. Bernadette Peters presented the award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical to Michael Cerveris for Fun Home. Neil Patrick Harris presented the award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical to Kelli O'Hara for her role in The King and I with her first win in the category and her 6th nomination.

Fun Home took home the top award of the night presented by Larry David and Jason Alexander!

Credit: Fun Home Twitter

The night's biggest winners include Fun Home ,The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, and An American in Paris. Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori made history tonight by being the first female duo to win Best Score and Lisa Kron also took home the Tony for Best Book of a Musical! Congratulations to all of the wonderfully talented Tony nominees and winners!  Marianne Elliot won the Tony for Best Direction of Play for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime and the show also took home the awards for Best Scenic Design of a Play and Best Play. An American in Paris took home awards for Best Orchestration, Best Scenic Design of a Musical, and Best Lighting Design of a Musical.

A full list of tonight's winners can be found here. 

Ingrid Michaelson's A Summer Night Out Tour

Last night, Ingrid Michaelson brought her latest tour to the recently renovated The Ritz in Raleigh, NC. On her A Summer Night Out Tour, she is playing a different city almost every night during the month of June and playing songs she hasn't performed often on past tours. Her set included some of her more recent songs off of Lights Out, as well older fan favorites including "The Way I Am," "You and I," "Keep Breathing" and "Overboard."

To Raleigh, she brought with her Oh Honey and Jukebox the Ghost.  Both openers brought something warm and fun to the stage, but Jukebox the Ghost in particular rocked. I didn't have an extensive knowledge of them before last night, but they made me a fan. Along with their songs, they covered "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen and it was awesome! They brought an energy to the stage that pulsated through the crowd and made audience members take notice.

If you've seen Ingrid Michaelson live before, you know that she's an incredible performer.  When she plays and sings it is obvious that she has something to say through her songs and you don't want to miss a minute of it.  Her voice can be light and airy hanging on to the softest notes and be charged and powerful in the next song, or event the next verse. She interacts with the audience and makes the concert even more fun, and makes each stop along her tour a unique experience for concert goers.  Last night, she brought up an audience member (selected from submitted videos) to sing "The Chain" with her and guitarist Allie Moss which was a fun experience not only for the guy who got to sing on stage with her, but for the whole audience.

Bottom line, if you have the chance to see Ingrid live on the A Summer Night Out Tour, don't miss the opportunity!

If you live in Raleigh and did miss this concert, there are still many more great shows coming to The Ritz this summer! Check out their event schedule for details!

Television Premiere Dates: June

June

Monday, June 1
8:00 pm: Devious Maids (Lifetime)

9:00 pm: Unreal (Lifetime)

              The Whispers (ABC)

Tuesday, June 2
8:00 pm: Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family)

9:00 pm: Chrisley Knows Best (USA)

              Stitchers (ABC Family)

10:00 pm: Royal Pains (USA)

Wednesday, June 3
8:00 pm: Melissa & Joey (ABC Family)

9:00 pm: Baby Daddy (ABC Family)

10:00 pm: Girl Code (MTV)

                The Game (BET)

Thursday, June 4
10:00 pm: Hannibal (NBC)

Monday, June 8
8:00 pm: The Fosters (ABC Family)

              Odd Mom Out (Bravo)

9:00 pm: Major Crimes (TNT)

              Becoming Us (ABC Family)
10:00 pm: Murder in the First (TNT)

Thursday, June 11
8:00 pm: Beauty and the Beast (CW)

Friday, June 12
Orange is the New Black (Netflix) 

8:00 pm: Defiance (Syfy)

10:00 pm: Dark Matter (Syfy)

Saturday, June 13
10:00 pm: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (BBC America)

Tuesday, June 16
9:00 pm: Rizzoli & Isles (TNT)
10:00 pm: Proof (TNT)

               Tyrant (FX)

Thursday, June 18
8:00 pm: Astronaut Wives Club (ABC)

9:00 pm: Complications (USA)

              Mistresses (ABC)

Friday, June 19

Catastrophe (Amazon Prime)

9:00 pm: Killjoys (Syfy)

Saturday, June 20
9:00 pm: Star Wars Rebels (Disney XD)

Sunday, June 21
8:00 pm: Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)
9:00 pm: True Detective (HBO)
              The Last Ship (TNT)
              BattleBots (ABC)
10:00 pm: Ballers (HBO)
10:30 pm: The Brink (HBO)

Tuesday, June 23
10:30 pm: Another Period (Comedy Central)

Wednesday, June 24
8:00 pm: Big Brother (CBS)
9:00 pm: Suits (USA)
              Rogue (DirecTV)
10:00 pm: Mr. Robot (USA)

Thursday, June 25
8:00 pm: Boom! (Fox)
9:00 pm: Under the Dome (CBS)
10:00 pm: Graceland (USA)
               Rookie Blue (ABC)

Friday, June 26
9:00 pm: Love Thy Neighbor (OWN)

Sunday, June 28
9:00 pm: Humans (AMC)
10:00 pm: Falling Skies (TNT)

Monday, June 29
10:00 pm: Teen Wolf (MTV)

Tuesday, June 30
9:00 pm: Zoo (CBS)
              The Haves and Have Nots (OWN)
10:00 pm: Scream (MTV)
12:30 am: The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail (Comedy Central)

Netflix June 2015 Releases

Photo by Fat Movie Guy, fatmovieguy,com

Here are the new titles that are coming to Netflix streaming services for the month of June.

June 1st

• The Aviator (2004)
• Employee of the Month (2006)
• Hidden Kingdoms (2014)
• The High and the Mighty (1954)
• La Dictadura Perfecta (2014)
• The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
• R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour: Don’t Think About It (2007)
• R.L. Stine’s Mostly Ghostly (2008)
• Sex Ed (2014)
• Shaquille O’Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Atlanta (2013)
• Shaquille O’Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Las Vegas (2014)
• Shaquille O’Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Orlando (2012)

June 3rd

• The Best of Me (2014)
• Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)

June 5th

• Sense8: Season One

June 6th

• On the Road (2012)

June 7th

• Words and Pictures (2013)

June 8th

• Grace of Monaco (2014)

June 9th

• Free the Nipple (2014)
• It’s Tough Being Loved by Jerks (2008)

June 10th

• Nightcrawler (2014)
• Pretty Little Liars: Season Five
• Rosewater (2014)

June 11th

• The Legend (1993)
• The Legend 2 (1993)
• Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season Two

June 12th

• Champs (2015)
• The Cobbler (2014)
• Life of Crime (2013)
• Orange Is the New Black: Season Three

June 13th

• Antarctica: A Year on Ice (2013)
• Scandal: Season Four
• Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

June 15th

• Bindi’s Bootcamp: Season One
• Danger Mouse: Season One-Ten
• Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013)
• Really Me: Season One-Two
• Rodney Carrington: Laughter’s Good
• Team Toon: Season One
• Wizards vs. Aliens: Season One-Three

June 16th

• Backstreet Boys: Show ‘Em What You’re Made Of (2015)
• Curious George (2006)
• Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013)
• Two Days, One Night (2014)

June 17th

• Heartland: Season Six
• Point and Shoot (2014)

June 19th

• A Most Wanted Man (2014)
• Some Assembly Required (2012)

June 20th

• Cake (2014)

June 23rd

• Advantageous (2015)
  

June 24th

• Beyond the Lights (2014)

June 25th

• Ballet 422 (2014)

June 26th

• Dragons: Race to the Edge: Season One
• Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour (2015)
• What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
• Young & Hungry: Season Two

June 27th

• The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)