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 ART Mirrors Life
January 31, 2012
Tony Award-winning play by Yasmina Reza takes a penetrating look at the fragility of friendship in a thought-provoking production at the New Rep in Watertown
 'GOD OF CARNAGE' IS HIT AND MISS
January 30, 2012
Boston premiere of 2010 Tony Award-winning play GOD OF CARNAGE at the Huntington Theatre is full of laughs but short on deeper satisfactions
 AMERICAN IDIOT Jolts the Senses
January 27, 2012
National tour of 2010 Tony-nominated rock musical 'Green Day's American Idiot' electrifies Boston with hard-driving message of alienation and finding one's way back home
 RED Paints the Artistry and Anguish of a Brilliant Mind
January 17, 2012
Thomas Derrah gives a tour de force performance as the noted but troubled artist Mark Rothko in a crackling SpeakEasy Stage Company production of John Logan's Tony Award-winning play
 BWW Reviews: New LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Tour Is More Leather Than Lace
December 14, 2011
National tour of Tony Award-winning revival starring George Hamilton and Christopher Seiber is a naughty but nice Christmas present to Boston through December 18
 BWW Reviews: HIGH Expectations, Disappointing Results
December 8, 2011
National tour of failed Broadway production of 'High,' Matthew Lombardo's muddled new play about addiction and the role of faith in recovery, opens in Boston with stars Kathleen Turner and Evan Jonigkeit reprising their roles
 Ogunquit's 'Miss Saigon' Pulses with Urgency of Life and Death
October 14, 2011
Riveting revival of 1990s pop opera 'Miss Saigon' feels fresh and new in a breathtaking production at Maine's Ogunquit Playhouse
 Nominations for 2011 Boston BroadwayWorld.com Awards Are Now Open
October 6, 2011
It's that time of year again! Nominations are now open for the 2011 Boston BroadwayWorld.com Awards. This is your chance to put your favorite stars and shows in the spotlight by submitting them on the new, streamlined nomination form.
 BWW Reviews: Huntington's 'Candide' Is Quite Possibly the Best of All Possible
October 2, 2011
Director/adapter Mary Zimmerman brings Leonard Bernstein's gloriously satirical musical of blind faith and unblinking optimism to life with vivid clarity, joyful exuberance, and thrilling poignancy in a pitch-perfect production at Boston's Huntington Theatre
 BWW Reviews - SOUTH PACIFIC Feels 'South Pathetic'
September 29, 2011
National tour of 2008 Broadway revival now in Boston is a lame facsimile of the Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center Theatre production lauded as 'some enchanted evening'
 BWW Reviews: SpeakEasy Stages a Crisp NEXT FALL
September 27, 2011
Religion and homosexuality make strange bed fellows in SpeakEasy Stage's tender and taut production of Geoffrey Nauffts compelling 'Next Fall'
 BWW Reviews: Norm Lewis and Audra McDonald Illuminate PORGY & BESS at A.R.T.
September 2, 2011
A.R.T.'s soaring pre-Broadway revision of 'The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess' offers many grace notes and an exquisite cast
 Interview: 'The Game' Is Afoot Again for Julianne Boyd and the Barrington Stage
August 9, 2011
Barrington Stage Company's world premiere musical 'The Game,' a 'breathtakingly beautiful' adaptation of 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses,' returns to the Berkshires for a second chance at a longer life
 BWW Reviews: Staging, Dance Give This MUSIC MAN Spark at Ogunquit
July 25, 2011
Director Ray Roderick, choreographer Jeffry Denman, and a delicious ensemble cast breathe exuberant life into Ogunquit Playhouse's fun-filled 'Music Man'
 Revamped 'Tarzan' Still a Jungle of Contradictions
July 15, 2011
David Henry Hwang's revised 'Tarzan: The Stage Musical,' getting its world premiere at North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Mass., needs more time on the vine
 Interview: Charles Shaughnessy Revisits New England and 'My Fair Lady'
June 5, 2011
Charles Shaughnessy of 'The Nanny' fame talks about his role as Henry Higgins in the North Shore Music Theatre production of 'My Fair Lady'
 'Hair,' 'West Side Story,' 'Mary Poppins,' and 'Rock of Ages' Highlight Broadway Across America – Boston's 2010-2011 Season
April 10, 2011
Music of many generations highlights the 2010-2011 Broadway Across America - Boston season
HAIR Next in Broadway Across America – Boston's 2010-2011 Season
March 20, 2011
Music of many generations highlights the 2010-2011 Broadway Across America - Boston season
 'Shrek' Spreads the Love in National Tour
February 21, 2011
Delightful cast brings an Ogre-dose of whimsical charm to the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford, CT
 SpeakEasy's 'Nine' Is Delizioso
February 17, 2011
SpeakEasy Stage in Boston delivers a lush and lively production of Kopit and Yeston's rich musical adaption of Fellini's autobiographical film '8 1/2'
'Hair,' 'West Side Story,' 'Mary Poppins,' Continue Broadway Across America – Boston's 2011 Season
February 17, 2011
Music of many generations highlights the 2010-2011 Broadway Across America - Boston season
 Hope Amidst the 'Ruined'
February 1, 2011
Huntington Theatre Company presents a gripping production of Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play that takes an unflinching look at the savagery of war and sees survival
'Hair,' 'West Side Story,' 'Mary Poppins,' and 'Rock of Ages' Highlight Broadway Across America – Boston's 2010-2011 Season
January 30, 2011
Music of many generations highlights the 2010-2011 Broadway Across America - Boston season
 Ogunquit Playhouse, Huntington Theatre Company, 'Spamalot' and 'Once on This Island' Are Fan Favorites in 2010 BroadwayWorld Boston Theatre Awards
January 12, 2011
Voting has ended and winners have been decided in the inaugural BroadwayWorld Best of Boston Theatre Awards. Results for 2010 underscore the breadth and depth of the region's outstanding theatre community, with favorites ranging from Broadway luminaries to fringe newcomers.
 Couple Brings Chemistry to 'Frankie and Johnny'
December 15, 2010
Husband and wife actors Anne Gottlieb and Robert Pemberton are 'naturals' in New Rep production of Terrence McNally's 'Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune'
 'Scoundrels' Guilty of Grand Theft Laughter at NSMT
October 5, 2010
Broadway's Brent Barrett leads a stellar cast in North Shore Music Theatre's slick and savvy production of 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'
 'Chicago' Ends Ogunquit Season with a Bang
September 24, 2010
Smart and sexy cast makes an autumn drive to Ogunquit worth the trip as the Playhouse extends its 2010 season with a six-week run of crowd favorite 'Chicago'
 Charles Shaughnessy: Playing It Straight and Earning Huge Laughs in 'Spamalot'
August 26, 2010
The dapper star of television's 'The Nanny,' 'Days of Our Lives' and 'Mad Men' finds his grail as King Arthur in Ogunquit Playhouse's sparkling production of 'Monty Python's Spamalot'
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INTO THE WOODS Film to Hit Theaters Christmas Day 2014!
NBC Reveals SMASH For Your Consideration Emmy Bids
MISS SAIGON Revival to Open in London in 2014
Breaking: James Gandolfini of THE SOPRANOS Dies in Italy
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Shailene Woodley Cut from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2; Marc Webb to Recast Mary Jane?
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for Tax Evasion
BWW CD Reviews: Andrea McArdle's 70'S AND SUNNY - LIVE AT 54 BELOW is a Fabulous Throwback to the 70s
That's a Lot of iPads - Apple Awarded $30 Million iPad Deal From LA Unified School District
STAGE TUBE: First Look at Highlights of BECOMING TRAVIATA Starring Natalie Dessay
BWW Blog: Claire van Bever - The Auditions Tips You HAVEN'T Heard
STAGE TUBE: Russell Brand Takes Over at MORNING JOE