Filming for 'John Adams' begins Thursday in Williamsburg.

Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA);  February 21, 2007 ;     315 words ......miniseries, John Adams is scheduled...Thursday in Colonial Williamsburg at two locations...who plays John Adams in the HBO...Although Colonial Williamsburg is the starting point for John Adams, HBO said...

TV REVIEW: 'John Adams' makes for compelling historical drama

University Wire;  March 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ......modern times in HBO's historical drama John Adams. Though the events took place well over...and Shiites. Whatever the producers of John Adams intended to draw parallels to, what can...history of the American Revolution and John Adams' struggles to create the United States...

Book about John Adams wonderful

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  September 27, 2001 ;     329 words ......a word appearing in the book titled, "John Adams" by David McCullough). A book on long ago. Yes. An early history of the USA when John Adams was our second president, following the...speech, so different from today's, the John Adams family must have recorded much that was...

'John Adams,' Second To None; HBO Can Claim Victory With Bold Miniseries...

The Washington Post;  March 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ......take a brave, glorious gamble. "John Adams" dramatizes the life of the second...hn's brother Sam (Danny Huston). But John Adams stands fast even against mob rage...the part at an amusement park like Colonial Williamsburg (where some of the film's scenes...location in Hungary, about ...

Profile: Music of John Adams

NPR Morning Edition;  January 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ......NPR) 01-12-2004 Profile: Music of John Adams Host: RENEE MONTAGNE Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon RENEE MONTAGNE, host: John Adams is one of the most performed and...artists and their inspirations, John Adams spoke with NPR's Ketzel Levine about...

Discover the Times of John Adams in Colonial Williamsburgs Historic Area

U.S. Newswire;  March 31, 2008 ;     548 words ......Contact: Jim Bradley of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, +1-757- 220-72...television miniseries, John Adams, in the very places where...War actually occurred. Colonial Williamsburg today preserves and presents...filming of the miniseries, John Adams, based on David ...

Composer John Adams Discusses His Music

NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday;  June 2, 1996 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Liane Hansen speaks with composer John Adams about his award-winning violin concerto...composer become a household name, but John Adams has managed to do it. A pioneer of the...than sensational. Today, the music of John Adams is the most frequently programmed of...

Interview: David McCullough discusses his new biography "John Adams"

Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR);  June 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ......McCullough discusses his new biography John Adams Host: SCOTT SIMON Time: 12:00 Noon-1...EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. John Adams is the missing profile in American history...Sixty years ago the US Postal Service put John Adams face on the two-cent stamp. Since then...

Starring as Boston: Virginia; None of HBO's miniseries about John Adams...

The Boston Globe;  March 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ......HBO's new miniseries "John Adams," the nation's second-president...hospital grounds in Colonial Williamsburg. In fact, while Boston...In the case of "John Adams," she said, the producers...offered the use of Colonial Williamsburg for free. "It's a...came too late for ...

PATRIOT PLACE ; HBO seven-part miniseries 'John Adams' is an important...

The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  March 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the entire run of HBO's seven-part miniseries "John Adams" (beginning at 8 p.m. Sunday). OK, it's not...got all the ink for it, but then along came "John Adams," David McCullough's best- selling biography...inevitable. Like the book on which it is based, "John Adams" (co-produced by ...

TV REVIEW: Take a ride down freedom trail with 'John Adams'

University Wire;  March 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Boston premiere of the new HBO miniseries "John Adams." Not only were the surroundings impeccable...the Boston library is also home to the John Adams Library, housing around 3,500 different...this continuity of direction helps make "John Adams" less like a television show and more...

GIAMATTI SHINES AS 'JOHN ADAMS'.(LIFESTYLE)(MEDIA MUSINGS)(Column)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  March 18, 2008 ;     693 words ...Byline: Jane Burns Poor John Adams. He signed the Declaration of Independence...for knowledge about the man. HBO's John Adams delivers its story with grace and...aging makeup. Paul Giamatti stars as John Adams, and Laura Linney co-stars as his...

Truly historic `John Adams' brims with life and texture

The Boston Globe;  March 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Television Review John Adams Starring: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney...noble earnestness to politics, HBO's "John Adams" should be as stiffly grand as a gallery...celebrating the birth of a nation, "John Adams" also conveys a daunting, haunting...

Revolutionary role; Paul Giamatti plays emotional, law-loving John...

The Boston Herald;  March 16, 2008 ;     385 words ...Byline: TENLEY WOODMAN John Adams' face might not be plastered on beer...United States in the HBO miniseries John Adams, starting March 18. Giamatti, himself...a leader of the Sons of Liberty, John Adams represented and won aquittal for...

A FITTING TRIBUTE TO JOHN ADAMS

The Boston Globe;  February 26, 2005 ;     531 words ......the Old Suffolk County Courthouse, the John Adams Courthouse on Boston's historic Pemberton...story of freedom and the rule of law. John Adams's first love was Abigail and their family...second president of the United States. John Adams's role on the national and international...