London Calling with Champagne Charlie - 'Rookery Nook' Star Lynda Baronby Charlie Salem - May 26, 2009'Rookery Nook' is currently packing in audiences at the Chocolate Menier Factory. This ex chocolate factory has been converted into a theatre with a number of hit productions including its Tony Nominated production of 'Sunday in the Park with George' and it's multiple Oliver nominated / winning version of 'Little Shop of Horrors'. (more...)
Beharie, Gilliam, Johnson Cast In FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS At The Publicby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2009The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) announced complete casting and creative team today for FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (PARTS 1, 8 & 9), the final play of the 2008-2009 Public LAB season. Written by Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Jo Bonney, FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (PARTS 1, 8 & 9) will begin performances on Friday, June 5 and run through Sunday, June 28. Tickets are $10 for all performances and are on-sale now.
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Broadway by the Year: 1944by Jena Tesse Fox - May 19, 20091944 only had one real hit musical, but there were lots of worthy songs from that year... (more...)
New Victory Theater Presents THE QUEEN OF COLORS Puppet Show 5/1-5/17by BWW News Desk - May 1, 2009The New Victory Theater Presents Erfreuliches TheatErfurt
The Queen of Colors. Color Takes on a Giant Rainbow of Meaning in a Smart and Sweet Shadow Puppet Tale for Young Children
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BWW INTERVIEWS: THE PHILANTHROPIST's Steven Weber by Joseph F. Panarello - Jun 9, 2009There's something special about hearing the natural sound of human voices in the theater. They become a symphony of verbosity akin to a chamber ensemble performing in a first rate concert hall. There are nuances and colors that are to be detected without the aid of amplification. Such is the case with the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of THE PHILANTHROPIST which is currently on stage at the American Airlines Theatre. (more...)
A Few Days of Shows In Las Vegas: Buddy Holly, Richard Lewis & Susie Essmanby Ellen Sterling - Jun 8, 2009On Friday and Saturday nights Richard Lewis and Susie Essman performed at the Venetian Theatre. It was vintage Las Vegas ? very funny and very, very blue. They are a perfect combination. He is burdened by tons of psychological baggage and she carries nothing, just lets it all out. It was great fun and I hope they return very, very soon (more...)
FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (Parts 1,8 & 9) Plays The Public 6/5-6/28by BWW News Desk - Jun 5, 2009The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will present the world premiere of FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (PARTS 1, 8 & 9), the fifth and final play of the 2008-2009 Public LAB season. Written by Public Theater Master Writer Chair Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Jo Bonney, FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (PARTS 1, 8, & 9) will begin performances on Friday, June 5 and run through Sunday, June 28. (more...)
Loomer, Rebeck and Henley Part Of Bay Street's 'Motherhood Out Loud' Play Projectby BWW News Desk - Jun 4, 2009Motherhood Out Loud, a new American play, conceived by Susan R. Rose and Joan Stein, produced by Ms. Rose, Ms. Stein, Renee Landegger and Judith Resnick, directed by Lisa Peterson, and written by more than 15 writers, will have a special work-in-progress, 3-performance engagement as part of Bay Street Theatre's 2009 'Bay Street at the Parrish' season. Motherhood Out Loud plays July 30 - August 1 at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, NY. (more...)
THE EELWAX JESUS SHOW Brings 3d Pop Music To HERE Arts Center 7/8-7/11by BWW News Desk - Jun 26, 2009Sometimes something is just entirely too weird, quirky & brilliant for words to describe-but for lack of a better method, we're still obligated to try. Such is the case with The Eelwax Jesus Show. The brainchild of a group of professional stage and film actors with a penchant for underground rock and severely overactive imaginations, Eelwax Jesus is an audiovisual mad scientist's experiment-a Frankensteinian endeavor that fuses theater, live music, and visual art into an unprecedented and entirely unforgettable new organism. (more...)
Jackie Mason's The Ultimate Jew: Live on Broadway DVD Released 6/23by BWW News Desk - Jun 23, 2009Eagle Rock Entertainment has announced the release of a special DVD/CD set -- Jackie Mason's The Ultimate Jew: Live on Broadway, written and directed by the master humorist himself, on June 23, 2009. (more...)
How Now, Dow Jones With Litzsinger, Hanlon, Berman In Development For Fringeby BWW News Desk - Jun 16, 2009UnsungMusicalsCo. is proud to announce the development of a new production of How Now, Dow Jones (www.HowNowDowJones.com) starring Sarah Litzsinger (Beauty and the Beast), Colin Hanlon (Rent) and Fred Berman (The Normal Heart). With book by Max Shulman, music by Academy Award winner Elmer Bernstein and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Carolyn Leigh, this newly revised version will be presented as part of the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival. (more...)
THE EELWAX JESUS SHOW Brings 3d Pop Music To HERE Arts Center 7/8-7/11by BWW News Desk - Jul 8, 2009Sometimes something is just entirely too weird, quirky & brilliant for words to describe-but for lack of a better method, we're still obligated to try. Such is the case with The Eelwax Jesus Show. The brainchild of a group of professional stage and film actors with a penchant for underground rock and severely overactive imaginations, Eelwax Jesus is an audiovisual mad scientist's experiment-a Frankensteinian endeavor that fuses theater, live music, and visual art into an unprecedented and entirely unforgettable new organism. (more...)
Tin Pan Alley Theatre Company Presents TRIUMPH OF LOVE, Free To Public 8/7-22by BWW News Desk - Jul 21, 2009Times are hard. Money is tight. What can Tin Pan Alley Theatre Company offer? Well, free sex and one hot musical night. That is right - Tin Pan Alley is making Portland Theater history by offering the Northwest premiere of the riotous 1997 Tony nominated Broadway musical, Triumph of Love absolutely FREE! There is a strong need for entertainment these days that does not break the bank. (more...)
HOW NOW, DOW JONES With Paige, Hanlon, Berman Opens At Minetta Lane Theatre 8/15-23by BWW News Desk - Jul 20, 2009The new developmental production of How Now, Dow Jones (www.HowNowDowJones.com) starring Cristen Paige (Spelling Bee, The Visit, Cry-Baby), Colin Hanlon (Rent, I Love You Because) and Fred Berman (The Normal Heart, Room Service) will be presented at the Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane) as part of the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival. (more...)
BROADWAY WINNERS At Town Hallby Jena Tesse Fox - Jul 19, 2009On Monday, Broadway's best singers gathered on the Town Hall stage to perform some of the funniest, most dramatic, most rousing and most poignant showstoppers from musicals. Ably directed by Scott Thompdon and musically guided by musical director Fred Barton (who must surely have an aging portrait locked in at attic somewhere, and who performed mere days after sustaining injuries in a car accident), the evening represented songs ranging from jazz standards by Eubie Blake to this year's Tony winner for best score, Next to Normal. (more...)
Tin Pan Alley Theatre Company Presents TRIUMPH OF LOVE, Free To Public 8/7-22by BWW News Desk - Aug 7, 2009Times are hard. Money is tight. What can Tin Pan Alley Theatre Company offer? Well, free sex and one hot musical night. That is right - Tin Pan Alley is making Portland Theater history by offering the Northwest premiere of the riotous 1997 Tony nominated Broadway musical, Triumph of Love absolutely FREE! There is a strong need for entertainment these days that does not break the bank. (more...)
SketchFest Fundraiser '09 Held At Seattle's Theatre Off Jackson 8/13by BWW News Desk - Aug 5, 2009Join us at Seattle's Theatre Off Jackson for a night of comedy, snacks, cocktails, auctions, prizes and fun bene?ting the SketchFest Seattle Comedy Festival! (more...)
HOW NOW, DOW JONES With Paige, Hanlon, Berman Opens At Minetta Lane Theatre 8/15-23by BWW News Desk - Aug 5, 2009The new developmental production of How Now, Dow Jones (www.HowNowDowJones.com) starring Cristen Paige (Spelling Bee, The Visit, Cry-Baby), Colin Hanlon (Rent, I Love You Because) and Fred Berman (The Normal Heart, Room Service) will be presented at the Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane) as part of the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival. (more...)
SketchFest Fundraiser '09 Held At Seattle's Theatre Off Jackson 8/13by BWW News Desk - Aug 11, 2009Join us at Seattle's Theatre Off Jackson for a night of comedy, snacks, cocktails, auctions, prizes and fun bene?ting the SketchFest Seattle Comedy Festival! (more...)
EDINBURGH FESTIVAL 2009: BWW Interviews THE GREAT BRITISH SOAP OPERA's Jake Brungerby Carrie Dunn - Aug 1, 2009The writer of Jet Set Go! talks to Carrie Dunn about his new show, premiering in Edinburgh this month. (more...)
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