FLANAGAN'S WAKE Opens Off-Broadway

FLANAGAN'S WAKE, The Hilarious, Interactive Irish Wake that has been running 17 smash years in Chicago, has finally hit the Big Apple, Off-Broadway! (www.FlanagansWakeNYC.com) Directed by Amy Binns-Calvey with Musical Direction by Bonnie Shadrake. (more...)

Photo Flash: First Look at Profiles Theatre's IN THE COMPANY OF MEN by Neil LaBute

Profiles Theatre Artistic Directors Darrell W. Cox and Joe Jahraus present the World Premiere of Resident Artist Neil LaBute's revised stage version of In the Company of Men. In the Company of Men, directed by Profiles Resident Artist and Steppenwolf ensemble member Rick Snyder, runs now through June 30, 2013 with the press opening tonight, May 16 at 8:00pm. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below! (more...)

60 MINUTES to Explore Facial Recognition Software, 5/19

The odds are you are not just a face in the crowd any longer. Even if your picture isn't plastered all over social networking and photo-sharing sites, facial recognition technology in public places is making it harder, if not impossible, to remain anonymous. Lesley Stahl reports on the new ways this technology is being used that even has one of its inventors calling it too intrusive. Her 60 MINUTES report will be broadcast Sunday, May 19 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. (more...)

The CW Announces 2013-14 Fall Schedule; Five New Dramas Plus Returning Favorites!

The CW Network presented its 2013-14 broadcast schedule today to advertisers, affiliates and national media at the New York City Center in New York City. The Swedish DJ duo Icona Pop opened the show with their smash Top Ten hit "I Love It." (more...)

Jacob's Pillow to Unveil New Seats in Both Theatres This Summer

Jacob's Pillow, National Historic Landmark, National Medal of Arts recipient, and home to America's longest-running dance festival, will soon unveil new seats in its historic Ted Shawn Theatre (1942) and Doris Duke Theatre (1989). The new seats are part of a $1,000,000 challenge grant from The Kresge Foundation, enabling the Pillow to implement long-needed improvements to its theatres and residential buildings and to seed a facility reserve designed to address long-term maintenance issues. The new seats in the Ted Shawn Theatre will be officially unveiled at the Pillow's June 9 Member Appreciation Film Event, highlighting the final months of the "Name a Seat, Sustain a Landmark" fundraising campaign. (more...)

Tommy Hilfiger Launches Surf Shack Summer Program with Art Production Fund

The Tommy Hilfiger Group, which is wholly owned by PVH Corp. [NYSE: PVH], celebrated the launch of its limited edition Surf Shack capsule collection and collaboration with Art Production Fund (APF) - an ongoing partner of the Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation - at No. 8 in New York City. The event also announced the cross-continent Surf Shack bus tour starting in San Diego in June. The customized Surf Shack bus will travel to cities across North America, opening up as a mobile pop-up shop to sell the capsule collection, the artist-designed surf boards and other specialty product. (more...)

Way Off Broadway Presents LEGALLY BLONDE, Beginning 6/14

The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre's 2013 Season is the year Broadway and Hollywood meet with all of the productions at the theatre being hits both on the silver screen and Great White Way. The season kicked off with the funny and heartwarming Steel Magnolias, followed by Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 - The Musical. Beginning June 14th, the theatre is going pink when it opens Legally Blonde for its summer run. (more...)

Marin Alsop Leads BSO in Film Score and Screening of WEST SIDE STORY, 6/13-16

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) Music Director Marin Alsop leads the BSO in a performance of the film score from Bernstein's legendary West Side Story on Thursday, June 13 at 8 p.m. at the Music Center at Strathmore,Friday, June 14 and Saturday, June 15 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, June 16 at 3 p.m. at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Bernstein's brilliant score will accompany a screening of the 10-time Academy Award-winning motion picture. Please see below for complete program details. Watch the webumentary here. (more...)

BrightSide Theatre Presents RENT, 6/14-30

BrightSide Theatre closes their Second Season with the entertaining and enlightening Modern MasterpieceJonathon Larson's Pulitzer and Tony Award winning rock opera, "RENT". (more...)

Westchester Broadway Theatre Opens THE SOUND OF MUSIC, 6/20

One of the world's best loved musicals, based on the memoir of Maria Von Trapp; The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. Maria is a young, aspiring but quirky, nun whose love of freedom makes it obvious to her superiors that she is not suited for religious life. Thus, she is sent off to be the governess to Captain von Trapp's seven troublesome children. Unlike previous governess', Maria becomes friends with the children due to their mutual love of music. She fills the lives of the Von Trapp children with "The Sound of Music" and captures the heart of their stern and lonely father. But, will their harmonious lives be torn apart when their beautiful homeland is ravaged by war? Rodgers and Hammerstein's Tony Award-winning musical delights audiences with the uplifting story and an irresistible score: "Climb Every Mountain," "Do-Re-Mi," "Edelweiss" and "My Favorite Things." (more...)

LOMBARD, THE MARK OF A DOG'S FOOT and More Set for 2013 Northeast Indiana Playwright Festival, 5/31-6/2

Lombard by Michael B. Druxman will star Jessica Butler as Carole Lombard. Directed by Phillip H. Colglazier, the show is part of the 2013 Northeast Indiana Playwright Festival, running May 31 through June 2, 2013. (more...)

AT THE FLASH Plays Celebration Theatre, Now thru 5/26

Celebration Theatre has announced an added show to its Celebratory 30th Anniversary Season, the Los Angeles Premiere of a new play, AT THE FLASH, written by Sean Chandler and David Leeper, performed by David Leeper and directed by David Zak. AT THE FLASH began previews on Wednesday, May 15th and will open on Friday, May 17th and will perform through Sunday, May 26th at the Celebration Theatre, 7051b Santa Monica Blvd in Hollywood. (more...)

Victory Gardens to Host 2013 Chicago One-Minute Play Festival, 6/17-18

Victory Gardens and the One-Minute Play Festival (OMPF) present the Third Annual Chicago One-Minute Play Festival, an evening of micro-plays by sixty of Chicago's top playwrights, directed by ten Chicago directors. OMPF benefits the Miller Match campaign and will be presented for two performances only, Monday, June 17 and Tuesday, June 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln Park. (more...)

BWW Reviews: CUDDLES, Ovalhouse, May 15 2013

Gary Naylor sees a hard-hitting play about control and freedom (more...)

Strange Tree's THE HALF-BROTHERS MENDELSSOHN Begins 6/18

The Strange Tree Group presents the world premiere of the elaborate time travel comedy THE HALF-BROTHERS MENDELSSOHN by Elizabeth Bagby, directed by Thrisa Hodits, playing June 18 - July 20, 2013 at Signal Ensemble Theatre, 1802 W. Berenice Ave. in Chicago. The production features Strange Tree Ensemble members Cory Aiello, Kate Nawrocki, Stuart Ritter and Jenifer Starewich with Audrey Flagel, Andy Hager, Brandon Ruiter and Joe Stearns. Tickets for THE HALF-BROTHERS MENDELSSOHN are currently on sale at www.strangetree.org. The press opening is Thursday, June 20 at 8 pm. (more...)

Val Kilmer's CITIZEN TWAIN Comes to Culver City, 6/28-7/14

Val Kilmer, famous for his portrayals of iconic characters such as Jim Morrison (The Doors), Doc Holliday (Tombstone) and Batman (Batman Forever), inhabits the spirit of yet another legendary figure: Mark Twain. Kilmer continues to develop Citizen Twain, a solo show about the man considered to be the world's greatest storyteller, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, June 28 to July 14 for a limited three-week engagement, followed by this fall by performances in London's West End. (more...)

Rob Gallagher and Kim Carson to Star in SOUTH PACIFIC at John W. Engeman Theater; Full Cast Announced!

Announcing the cast and creative team for the enchanting musical, South Pacific. Sailor hijinks, the danger of war, and the passion of young love are all joined together by Rogers & Hammerstein's sensational score in one of the most powerful musicals of all time. Previews begin on Thursday, May 23 at 8:00 p.m.; with the official opening on Saturday, May 25 at 8:00 p.m. and running through July 14, 2013. (more...)

Scott Damian's Broadway-Bound COFFEE STAINS Gets Reading at Colony Theatre in LA, 5/20

A special industry 'by-invitation-only' staged reading of the new Broadway-bound play COFFEE STAINS will be presented on May 20th at the award-winning Colony Theatre in Burbank, Calif. The reading will be directed by acclaimed Ovation Award winning director Jenny Sullivan (The Geffen, Pasadena Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, Williamstown, Lucille Lortell, The Rubicon, Ensemble Theater of Santa Barbara, The Falcon). (more...)

GOLD SHOW/ROSE SHOW to Run 6/13-16 at The Off-Center in Austin

Critically acclaimed dancer/performers Heloise Gold and Julie Nathanielsz join artistic forces to showcase new, exciting work in the Gold Show/Rose Show June 13-16 at The Off-Center, 2211-A Hildalgo in Austin. (more...)

William Leavitt's HABITAT to Debut at The Kitchen, 5/24-25

On Friday and Saturday, May 24 and 25, The Kitchen will present the world premiere of artist and playwright William Leavitt's one-act play Habitat, which takes place among neighbors whose adjoining backyards are located in a small American town. Registering the psychological impact of everyday things beyond one's power to control, the play continues themes of subtly estranged domesticity seen in Leavitt's earlier plays, such as The Radio (2002) and Pyramid Lens Delta (2003/2011). This marks the first time the artist's theatrical work has been presented in New York. Performances start at 8:00 P.M. Tickets are $15. (more...)

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