HAIR Opens Tonight at Town Hall Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2013
Start the summer of 2013 off right! You don't want to miss Hair at Town Hall Arts Center with a live band lead by Town Hall favorite Donna K. Debreceni (2012 Henry Award winner for Outstanding Musical Direction for The Who's Tommy) on keyboards. Keeping her company are Mitch Jervis (PHAMALY & Magic Moments) on guitars, Scott Alan Smith (ONSOMBLEY) on bass/guitars, and Larry Ziehl (Lannie Garrett and The Patsy Decline Show) on drums. (more...)
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Viking Theater Presents AWAKE AND SING! Reading at The Actors' Temple Today
by BWW News Desk - Apr 21, 2013
Director/producer April James has secured the rights and gathered a high-powered cast for a special presentation of the classic Odets melodrama, Awake and Sing! on April 21, 2013. The play, set in The Bronx during the depression, centers on the conflicts of an impoverished Jewish family. The parents manipulate the children to their own ends while the children fight to gain control of their dreams. The play's message still comes across loud and clear during the current economic upheaval whose ramifications have been called hauntingly similar to those of the Great Depression. (more...)
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Viking Theater to Present AWAKE AND SING! Reading at The Actors' Temple, 4/21
by BWW News Desk - Mar 02, 2013
Director/producer April James has secured the rights and gathered a high-powered cast for a special presentation of the classic Odets melodrama, Awake and Sing! on April 21, 2013. The play, set in The Bronx during the depression, centers on the conflicts of an impoverished Jewish family. The parents manipulate the children to their own ends while the children fight to gain control of their dreams. The play's message still comes across loud and clear during the current economic upheaval whose ramifications have been called hauntingly similar to those of the Great Depression. (more...)
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Stephanie Blythe Makes Her Carnegie Hall Recital Debut, 3/11
by BWW News Desk - Feb 07, 2013
On Monday, March 11, at 8:00 p.m., the versatile and commanding mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, joined by frequent collaborator, pianist Warren Jones, makes her Carnegie Hall recital debut in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage with a deeply personal program of American song. Ms. Blythe's program features Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, a set of songs written for her by the late composer James Legg, and Samuel Barber's Three Songs, Op. 10, powerful settings of three poems by James Joyce. Also featured are songs by Tin Pan Alley songwriters Ray Henderson, Cole Porter, and Irving Berlin. (more...)
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BWW Reviews: Chaffin's Barn's THE ODD COUPLE Surprises and Entertains for a Midsummer Treat
by Jeffrey Ellis - Jul 14, 2012
In fact, Wilkinson's new and fresh version of The Odd Couple comes down to one thing: Casting. Sure, Oscar is still a slovenly and slobby, even if quick-witted, mess, and Felix is an effete fussbudget (and, if I were a psychologist, I could have a field day with all the subtext going on in that hot NYC apartment in the mid-1960s), but their friends seem different thanks to the director's choice of actor for each role. (more...)
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Road Theatre Company Extends THAT GOOD NIGHT Through 8/4
by BWW News Desk - Jun 28, 2012
THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY and Taylor Gilbert, Founder/Artistic Director together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director, today announced that their critically-acclaimed, smash-hit, world premiere production of THAT GOOD NIGHT, written by Andrew Dolan (The Many Mistresses of Martin Luther King) and directed by Scott Alan Smith (Lady) is EXTENDING through Saturday, August 4 at the Historic Lankershim Arts Center, 5108 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood, CA. (more...)
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Street Theatre Company Presents The Comedy SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE, 6/8-6/24
by BWW
News Desk - Jun 23, 2012
SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE by Ralph Pape tells the story of life, dreams, high school reunions and Devil Dogs. It is New York City, 1976, and we meet five members of the first Television Generation: Jerry, a struggling actor, his girlfriend Ginny, a secretary, Steve, a prankish would-be poet and television writer, Bobby, a musician who has been scraping by with dates in small clubs in suburban New Jersey, and his girlfriend, Catherine, a beautiful and rather kinky airline stewardess. (more...)
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BWW Reviews: Crockarell Shines in SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE at Street Theatre Company
by Jeffrey Ellis - Jun 15, 2012
Set in 1976, Ralph Pape's Say Goodnight, Gracie deftly blends wistful nostalgia with tinges of regret that always tend to surface when you're faced with a high school reunion. And smoking pot; smoking pot makes anything seem more complex and redolent with hidden meaning and deeper regret than when you're thinking about them straight. I say this from personal experience. I did not, however, inhale. (more...)
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MUSIC CITY CONFIDENTIAL: Offstage, Onstage, Backstage and Beyond With Tennessee's Theaterati
by Jeffrey Ellis - Jun 13, 2012
Just when you thought it was safe to go to the theater once again, we welcome you to the debut installment of Music City Confidential, all the news that's fit to print (or not-depending on your perspective) from Nashville's ever-growing, ever-fascinating (okay, so we obviously don't have enough to occupy ourselves) live theater industry (we're trying that out-does it work? Let us know, theaterati!) Here amid the florid prose and flowery praise, you'll find all the stories that don't quite fit elsewhere, some of 'em kind of gossipy, some of 'em stone-cold serious, some of 'em just lists of names you need to know. You'll also find photos from our new "Intermission@" series, details about the latest cast parties and various and sundry minutiae-the veritable flotsam and jetsam-from backstage, onstage, offstage and beyond… (more...)
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Street Theatre Company Presents The Comedy SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE, Now thru 6/24
by BWW News Desk - Jun 08, 2012
SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE by Ralph Pape tells the story of life, dreams, high school reunions and Devil Dogs. It is New York City, 1976, and we meet five members of the first Television Generation: Jerry, a struggling actor, his girlfriend Ginny, a secretary, Steve, a prankish would-be poet and television writer, Bobby, a musician who has been scraping by with dates in small clubs in suburban New Jersey, and his girlfriend, Catherine, a beautiful and rather kinky airline stewardess. (more...)
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SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE Kicks Off Summer Season for Nashville's Street Theatre Company Tonight, 6/8
by Jeffrey Ellis - Jun 08, 2012
Ralph Pape's Say Goodnight, Gracie tells the story of life, dreams, high school reunions and Devil Dogs. It is New York City, 1976, and we meet five members of the first Television Generation: Jerry, a struggling actor, his girlfriend Ginny, a secretary, Steve, a prankish would-be poet and television writer, Bobby, a musician who has been scraping by with dates in small clubs in suburban New Jersey, and his girlfriend, Catherine, a beautiful and rather kinky airline stewardess. (more...)
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Oscar Productions' THE LAST FIVE YEARS Plays Hollywood Fringe, Now thru 6/23
by BWW News Desk - Jun 07, 2012
Oscar Productions presents The Last Five Years, with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, directed by Peter Berube, with music direction by Lauren Fraley. One preview performance plays tonight, June 7th at 7:15pm and the show runs Saturday, June 16th, 17th, 22nd, and 23rd at 5:30pm. All performances are presented as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival. (more...)
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The Road Theatre Company Presents THAT GOOD NIGHT, Now thru 7/21
by BWW News Desk - Jun 01, 2012
THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY and Taylor Gilbert, Founder/Artistic Director together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director, are thrilled to announce in this, their 21st season, the world premiere of THAT GOOD NIGHT, written by Andrew Dolan (The Many Mistresses of Martin Luther King) and directed by Scott Alan Smith (Lady). THAT GOOD NIGHT opens tonight, Friday, June 1 at 8pm and runs through Saturday, July 21 at the Historic Lankershim Arts Center, 5108 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood, CA. (more...)
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SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE Kicks Off Summer Season for Nashville's Street Theatre Company
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 10, 2012
Ralph Pape's Say Goodnight, Gracie tells the story of life, dreams, high school reunions and Devil Dogs. It is New York City, 1976, and we meet five members of the first Television Generation: Jerry, a struggling actor, his girlfriend Ginny, a secretary, Steve, a prankish would-be poet and television writer, Bobby, a musician who has been scraping by with dates in small clubs in suburban New Jersey, and his girlfriend, Catherine, a beautiful and rather kinky airline stewardess. (more...)
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