Limited Edition BIG BANG THEORY/STAR TREK Merchandise Now Available

In a bold twist to bring The Big Bang Theory to a new frontier, Warner Bros. and CBS Consumer Products are launching an exclusive, limited edition co-branded collection of The Big Bang Theory/Star Trek merchandise for the first-time ever (more...)

'The Showtune Mosh Pit' for May 15th, 2013

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. RIP 'Smash,' plus the seven local shows closing soon, replaced by BET's 'Howlin Wolf' show, LOW's 'Pinafore' and the five fall touring shows, plus benefits for Midwest New Musicals, Porchlight, Pride Plays and more! (more...)

New Memoir Documents HOMER'S SON: AN UNUSUAL LIFE

Jack Watson's new memoir "Homer's Son: An Unusual Life" (published by iUniverse) is both a narrative and an instruction manual to overcoming life's obstacles and creating a multimillion dollar career. (more...)

Author Max Taylor Announces New Release, INSIDE THE WORLD OF MIRRORS

Many think the world of special intelligence operations is a work in fiction, simply made up for Hollywood and Ian Fleming novels. But this is the world that former special operations serviceman and debut author J. Max Taylor lived in for almost a decade. (more...)

Photo Coverage: Lloyd Webber Unveils Drury Lane Restoration

On the 350th anniversary of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Lord Lloyd Webber and The Really Useful Theatres Group are delighted to announce the stunning restoration of the Rotunda, Royal Staircases and Grand Saloon. (more...)

SENSE & SENSIBILITY THE MUSICAL Hits Full Capacity; 5/26 Performance Added

Eager fans have bought up every seat for the rest of the run of the world premiere SENSE & SENSIBILITY THE MUSICAL, with tickets to the hit show now as hard to find as a Jane Austen heroine without a romantic secret. (more...)

Author Carmen L. Lewis Releases CALLED TO SERVE

Compelling and inspirational, Called to Serve shares a biographical account of Gerald Austin Beasley and Clara Pauline Smith, two people who united as one, parented six children and propagated generations of Christian service. Created by author Carmen L. Lewis, the daughter of Beasley and Smith, this book shares eye-opening insights that allow readers to appreciate the value of endurance amidst times of adversity and trials. (more...)

The Lonesome Travelers Come to the Lobero Theatre, 5/27-28

Celebrate Memorial Day next Monday at the Lobero Theatre with an evening of great American folk music, beginning at 7:30 p.m., preceded by a buffet from Woody's Bodacious BBQ at 5:30 p.m. in the tent behind the Lobero. There's a second performance on Tuesday evening, May 28 at 7:30 p.m. 'The Lonesome Travelers in Concert' is a musical event that takes audiences on a journey down the rivers and streams of American Folk -- from the hills of Appalachia to the nightclubs of San Francisco and New York; from the 1920s to the 1960s. (more...)

BELLA'S DREAM Begins 6/16 in NYC

BELLA'S DREAM, a new play with dance written and choreographed by Dana Boll, follows the true life story of Bella and Raymond Boll (the playwright's paternal grandparents), who heeding the advice of a dream, left their home in Poland, weeks before the Nazis invasion. Directed by Jessica Ammirati BELLA'S DREAM begins performances June 16 prior to an official press opening of June 18 at the Flamboyan Theater located at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center (107 Suffolk Street) in Manhattan. (more...)

Michael McDonald, Bob Phillips and More Among Directors, Designers for 2013 PA Shakespeare Festival

From a manor house outside of London to the halls of power in Vienna to the vast plains of Oklahoma, designs for the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's 22nd season reflect the diversity of the programming: Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and King Henry VIII, Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, Patrick Barlow's The 39 Steps and Rodgers and Hammerstein's legendary musical, Oklahoma! (more...)

SESAME STREET's Alan Muraoka to Direct Lyric's THE KING AND I, 6/9-13

Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma hasn't presented the beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical THE KING AND I since 1983, but this summer the production will return with a vengeance, featuring a powerful cast and creative team, July 9-13 at the Civic Center Music Hall, as part of Lyric's 50th Anniversary Season. THE KING AND I will be directed by 'Sesame Street' star Alan Muraoka, known as Al on the show. (more...)

SJStage Announces 2013 Bay Area HS Musical Theartre Stage Top Honor Nominees

San Jose Stage Company has announced the nominations for the 2013 Bay Area High School Musical Theatre Stage Top Honor Awards. (more...)

BWW Exclusive: Jenny Powers and Rob McClure to Star in The Muny's MARY POPPINS!

The Muny announced principal casting for the sixth show of its fantastic 95th Season, Disney and Cameron Mackinstosh's Mary Poppins the Musical, directed by Gary Griffin and choreographed by Alex Sanchez. Mary Poppins the Musical is sponsored by Ameren. (more...)

BWW Interviews: Behind the Scenes with the Director & Cast of SDMT's THE SOUND OF MUSIC

It's not every day that we get the 'inside take' on the personal journeys of Equity performers and Directors in a professional regional stage production. Here are some intimate, insightful tidbits about favorite scenes, songs, motivations, thoughts, special moments and/or difficulties they shared with me about San Diego Musical Theatre's current production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'The Sound of Music', (May 10th through May 26th) at the Birch North Park Theatre. (more...)

Katya Campbell, Matt Stadelmann and More Join Colt Coeur's DENTAL SOCIETY MIDWINTER MEETING Reading, 5/20

Colt Coeur's Play Hotel reading series will present an industry reading of Laura Jacqmin's Dental Society Midwinter Meeting on Monday, May 20th at 3pm at TheaterLab, 357 West 36th Street, 3rd Floor in Manhattan. Directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt (Recall, Fish Eye, Seven Minutes in Heaven), the cast includes Matt Stadelmann, Katya Campbell (The Big Knife, Broadway), Adam Harrington (HIT-LIT, Queens Theater), Sue Jean Kim (Water By the Spoonful, 2nd Stage), Hubert Point-Dujour (A Map of Virtue, 13P) and Kate Cullen Roberts (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Broadway). (more...)

BWW Interviews: Nature Theatre Of Oklahoma's Kristin Worrell

The critically acclaimed New York Theatre Company Nature Theater of Oklahoma will be making their eagerly anticipated UK debut at the Norfolk & Norwich Festival this May. (more...)

BWW Blog: Leah Edwards - Evolving Art

On January 13, 1910, the first American public radio broadcast aired, featuring Enrico Caruso live from the stage of The Metropolitan Opera. On April 15, 1923 came the first commercial screening of a motion picture with sound-on-film. Although it was not the original intent of either, these events made the concept of "popular music" possible. (more...)

Lewis Black 'The Rant is Due Tour' Tickets on Sale, 5/17

Following the highly successful spring leg of his 2013 'The Rant is Due Tour'; tickets for Lewis Black's 2013 fall leg go on-sale Friday, May 17(th) at www.livenation.com. (more...)

BWW Flashback: 'Here's to the Night' - A Toast to JEKYLL & HYDE, Closing on Broadway Today

The new Broadway production of JEKYLL & HYDE, starring Constantine Maroulis and Deborah Cox, plays its final performance today, May 12, 2013, after 15 previews and 30 regular performances at the Marquis Theatre. Direct from a 25-week national tour which launched in October 2012, JEKYLL & HYDE began previews on Broadway on April 5 and opened on April 18, 2013. The production was originally scheduled to run through June. Below, BroadwayWorld takes you back through the musical's journey across the country and onto the Great White Way! (more...)

BWW Interviews: Jessica Humphrey of Dutch Apple's CATS

She's a singer, a ballet dancer, and though only recently out of college she's been everything from a spirit in the Temple of Wisdom to a dame at sea. Jessica Humphrey talks about opera, CATS, and the current state of arts education. (more...)

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