BWW Interview: Playwright Samuel Garza Bernstein On His Truth's-Stranger-Than-Fiction Alter Ego DANNY LOPEZ
by Gil Kaan - August 25, 2021 Samuel Garza Bernstein’s autobiographical THE SECRET WORLD OF DANNY LOPEZ opens September 10, 2021 at The Two Roads Theater. This one-man show comedically covers issues on religion, ethnicity, wealth, transient poverty, and gender nonconformity, all within sixty minutes. Had the chance to pepper Sam...
Audible and Broadway Video to Present New Slate of Star-Studded Scripted Comedy Podcasts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 09, 2022 Audible Inc. has announced a new slate of original comedy podcasts with longtime collaborators, Broadway Video Enterprises. In addition to new originals, Audible greenlit the second season of the hit Audible Original, Hot White Heist....
The Marsh Hosts MarshStream International Solo Fest
by A.A. Cristi - March 03, 2022 The Marsh announces the line-up for its second digital global festival, MarshStream International Solo Fest, presenting performers from across the nation and around the world in a three-day online marathon of 36 global works. ...
Audible and Broadway Video to Present New Slate of Star-Studded Scripted Comedy Podcasts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 09, 2022 Audible Inc. has announced a new slate of original comedy podcasts with longtime collaborators, Broadway Video Enterprises. In addition to new originals, Audible greenlit the second season of the hit Audible Original, Hot White Heist....
LINER NOTES ON LOVE AND MUSIC to Play The Green Room 42
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 29, 2021 Seasoned songwriter Ruby Burns is burnt out and struggling to find inspiration after a crushing loss. Rising star Alex Greene is looking for direction and can’t shake the feeling he’s a fraud. After a chance meeting, the two of them begin an artistic collaboration that leads to a relationship unlike...
Berkeley Repertory Theatre's The Ground Floor to Celebrate 10th Anniversary With Upcoming Residency Lab
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 04, 2022 Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer and Director of the Ground Floor Madeleine Oldham announced the Residency Lab participants and the return to full capacity of the Residency Lab portion of The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New W...
Photos: Theater 555 Presents A TURTLE ON A FENCE POST
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 08, 2021 A Turtle on a Fence Post, a new musical comedy, is currently playing at the newly renamed Theater 555 (555 W. 42nd Street) with opening night set for November 14....
Discovery Networks Announce Over 100 Hours of New Holiday Content
by Michael Major - October 14, 2021 Discovery’s portfolio of networks, led by Food Network, HGTV and OWN, launch the first-ever discovery+ Holiday Central hub on November 1st, giving fans access to over 300 hours of content, 100 of which will be brand-new premieres....
Ramcy Diek Releases New Dramatic Thriller OVERLAND
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 18, 2020 Author Ramcy Diek has announced the release of her new dramatic thriller, Overland. Released by Acorn Publishing on November 10, 2020, the book is already receiving rave reviews from readers and reviewers....
VIDEO: WE tv Drops KOLD X WINDY Supertease
by Michael Major - December 08, 2022 “Kold” Wise (Sh’Kia Augustin, Black Lightning)'s group member Renee “Windy” Johnson (Nijah Brenea, Rap Sh!t), is a rapper dedicated to the city streets. As Malika’s career begins to ignite, the challenges she faces start to stack up. Her credit card fraud catches up with her, and rival artists view ...
BWW Review: Funny But Flawed TOOTSIE Musical Adaptation Sashays Into OC's Segerstrom Center
by Michael Quintos - June 08, 2022 What did our critic think of Tootsie in Costa Mesa? Despite a still problematic central premise, the non-equity national tour of the stage adaptation of TOOTSIE---now playing at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through June 12, 2022---is, for the most part, a funny but flawed musical spr...
A TURTLE ON A FENCE POST Will Close This Sunday
by Stephi Wild - November 16, 2021 A Turtle on a Fence Post, a new musical comedy, will close on Sunday, November 21 at Theater 555 (555 W. 42nd Street). At the time of closing, the show will have played 18 previews and 9 performances. A Turtle on a Fence Post has a book by Prisoner #11RO731*, music by Austin Nuckols, and lyrics by L...
VIDEO: Netflix Unveils BAD VEGAN: FAME. FRAUD. FUGITIVES. Trailer
by Michael Major - February 15, 2022 Netflix has unveiled the trailer for Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives. New York’s strangest scandal exposed. Millions of dollars, immortal dogs, and secrets lead to a twisted tale of love turned criminal. The series was created by Chris Smith of Tiger King and Fyre: The Greatest Party that Never Ha...
Review: HOLIDAY at Washington's Arena Stage: Deeply Flawed Show, Flawless Performance
by Jack L. B. Gohn - October 17, 2022 They sure don't write them like Holiday anymore. A play about the foibles of a family of rich White people that supplies no meaningful social or racial context, a critique of the world of wealth which is bafflingly superficial, and a romance almost lacking in visible courtship, playwright Philip Bar...
BLITHE SPIRIT Film, Starring Judi Dench, Pushes Back Release Date to September 4
by Stephi Wild - March 17, 2020 The screen adaptation of Blithe Spirit, starring Judi Dench, has shifted its release back from May 1 to September 4, according to Baz Bamigboye of the Daily Mail....
Broadway's Craig Lucas & Pulitzer Prize Winner Beth Henley In Discussion At Black Box PAC
by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2022 Black Box PAC's 2022 Save Our Stages season continues with the world premiere production of Exposed by Beth Henley. The show runs at The Black Box Performing Arts Center - 49 East Palisade Avenue in Englewood, NJ - now through Saturday May 28. On Sunday May 22,...
Review: Timely as Ever, WICKED Defies Gravity... And Society, Too — Dr. Phillips Center
by Aaron Wallace - January 30, 2023 WICKED is a wily piece of pop. It turns 20 this year, but you'd never know that sitting in Dr. Phillips Center for the show's third tour stop in Orlando. Its shrewd indictment of society's worst instincts and most seductive assumptions still tear through a room like a twister......
HBO Announces Six-Part Documentary Series 100 FOOT WAVE
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 08, 2021 Directed and executive produced by award-winning filmmaker Chris Smith and executive produced by Emmy® and Golden Globe®-winner Joe Lewis....
Nordic International Film Festival Announces Full Lineup
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 02, 2020 The Nordic International Film Festival (NIFF), the largest Nordic film festival outside of Europe, has announced its lineup for its 6th year....
Industry Pro Newsletter: AEA Opens Up Membership, Openings and Performances Canceled in UK and US
by Alex Freeman - July 26, 2021 Last week, AEA announced that they were opening up membership to anyone who had worked professionally in the American theatre, more productions in the UK were forced to cancel performances, and Steppenwolf announced new leadership....
ITV Announces Premiere Date for TV Adaptation of James Graham's Play QUIZ
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 01, 2020 ITV has announced that the television adaptation of the James Graham play Quiz will debut on April 13....
BWW Review: Quentin Tarantino's Novelization of ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Is a Dream Book That Deepens the Original Film
by Peter Nason - July 06, 2021 It's like taking a roller coaster ride through QT's mind!...
Student Blog: You Have Always Been My True North
by Student Blogger: Caiti Ho - May 11, 2021 It has been a little over three weeks since the release of Netflix's Shadow and Bone, now is the time to share my thoughts and appreciation. I loved the books all of them. They were amazing in every way. I love fantasy and the Grishaverse was so fun and beautiful. Beautiful characters and beautiful ...
Feature: ELEVATOR FRINGE, Part Two: Performers, you have 30-seconds to sell your show... GO, GO GO!
by Bryony Rae Taylor - August 01, 2022 Performers... you're in a lift and you have 30-seconds to sell your show... GO, GO GO!...
SL Beaumont Releases New Financial Crime Thriller DEATH COUNT
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 14, 2020 Author SL Beaumont has announced the release of her new financial crime thriller, Death Count, released by Paperback Writer's Publishing on December 4, 2020. Forensic accountant Kat Munro fights corporate fraud during the day and kickboxes her demons at night.... |