ANYTHING GOES National Tour To Make Its St. Louis Premiere At The Fabulous Fox Theatre, 5/28by BWW News Desk - May 8, 2013The national tour of Roundabout Theatre Company's ANYTHING GOES, the new Broadway revival of Cole Porter's timeless classic musical theatre masterpiece, will make its St. Louis premiere May 28 - June 9 at the Fabulous Fox Theatre. (more...)
Julie Taymor to be Honored at the 2013 Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art First Awards at Brooklyn Museumby BWW News Desk - May 8, 2013Award-winning theatre, opera, and film director Julie Taymor will be honored at the 2013 Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art First Awards at the Brooklyn Museum on June 13 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The award, which honors women who have broken gender barriers to make remarkable contributions in their fields, will be bestowed on Taymor, winner of the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical in 1998. It will be presented by Museum Trustee Elizabeth A. Sackler and followed by a conversation between Taymor and feminist icon Gloria Steinem. (more...)
Benny Benassi Launches "#Virtualchoir" Video Campaignby BWW News Desk - May 8, 2013Following a massive performance at this year's Coachella, world-renowned Italian producer and DJ BENNY BENASSI storms the digital world with the official launch of his “#VIRTUALCHOIR” video campaign in partnership with cutting-edge social media platform Talenthouse. (more...)
Regional Orchestra of the Week: Park Avenue Chamber Symphony, NYby BWW Features - May 7, 2013The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony brings quality classical symphonic concerts to audiences in New York City, performing music across four centuries--from Bach through Twenty First Century Composers including Bruce Adolphe, Chris Caswell and John Mackey. (more...)
Benny Benassi Launches Online Choir Campaignby BWW News Desk - May 7, 2013Following a massive performance at this year's Coachella, world-renowned Italian producer and DJ BENNY BENASSI storms the digital world with the official launch of his '#VIRTUALCHOIR' video campaign in partnership with cutting-edge social media platform Talenthouse. (more...)
Stage Left Theatre Seeks Submissions for DrekFest 2013; Deadline 6/24by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2013Stage Left Theatre in association with ComedySportz, the interactive improv experience, announces DrekFest 2013, Stage Left's Annual National Contest for the Worst Ten-Minute Play. (more...)
BWW Reviews: 2012 MetroStar Talent Champ BILLIE ROE Delivers a Gritty, Winning Tribute to Tom Waitsby Stephen Hanks - May 18, 2013You probably don't have to feel sorry for a mature, experienced female singer who decides to tackle the gritty music of Tom Waits and calls her show 1978 NYC Underground, but it was still tough not to feel for Billie Roe as she performed this week at the Metropolitan Room. Roe, who in 2011 offered the highly-praised Dangerous Women: Life In Film Noir, admittedly has yearned to present a Waits songbook for 35 years, but just a couple of months before her four-show run which ends tonight at 9:30 pm (her prize for winning the 2012 MetroStar Challenge Competition at the Met Room), rising cabaret star Marissa Mulder staged a Tom Waits-themed show that was close to perfect in every way and earned rave reviews from the New York Times and BroadwayWorld.com. (more...)
Carnival Sunshine Returns From Inaugural 12-Day Voyage Following Massive $155 Million Makeoverby BWW News Desk - May 17, 2013Carnival Sunshine which recently underwent a groundbreaking $155 million renovation that added a host of new features and facilities arrived today in Barcelona, Spain, following its inaugural 12-day cruise from Venice, Italy.
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ANYTHING GOES Comes to the Kennedy Center, 6/6by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2013The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents the national tour of Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes in the Kennedy Center Opera House from June 11 to July 7, 2013. Winner of the 2011 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes sails direct from Broadway under the direction of Kathleen Marshall, who won the 2011 Tony Award for Best Choreography. The production features music and lyrics by Cole Porter; original book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse; and new book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman. Press opening night is Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. (more...)
NYMF Announces Special Events and Concerts, Including Kerrigan-Lowdermilk Live, Natalie Joy Johnson and Moreby BWW News Desk - May 15, 2013The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced the lineup of special events, concerts, student productions, and free developmental readings for its 10th annual festival. The festival also announced three additional full productions. This year's Festival will begin July 8th and continue through July 28th. (more...)
The Nashville Public Library Presents the 2013 Nashville International Puppet Festival, Beginning 6/21by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2013This summer, renowned puppeteers and performers from all over the world will make their way to the Nashville Public Library for the 2013 Nashville International Puppet Festival, underwritten by the Nashville Public Library Foundation and the Nashville Public Library. (more...)
PBS Announces Premiere Date for DOWNTON ABBEY - Season 4!by TV News Desk - May 14, 2013One of the most talked about shows on television has an official premiere date: DOWNTON ABBEY Season 4 will begin on MASTERPIECE on PBS on Sunday, January 5, 2014. (more...)
Carrie Underwood-Led SOUND OF MUSIC to Premiere on NBC 12/5by TV News Desk - May 13, 2013Country music icon and American Idol star Carrie Underwood will portray the role of Maria von Trapp in NBC's upcoming live holiday broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC. The network announced today that the show, executive produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, will premiere on Thursday, December 5, 2013. (more...)
NBC Announces Comedies and Dramas for 2013-14 Primetime Scheduleby TV News Desk - May 13, 2013NBC has announced a new lineup of primetime shows for the 2013-14 season that provide a winning combination of popular returning series, fresh new comedies, compelling new dramas and the latest season of "The Voice," the top reality program on television. (more...)
FACT Theatre to Present THE SONG OF EDDIE KING Reading at Roy Arias Theatre, 5/20by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2013THE SONG OF EDDIE KING, a modern day Oedipus, will be presented as a reading by FRIENDS ALWAYS CREATING (FACT) THEATRE as part of a benefit evening being held Monday, May 20th at 7:00PM at Roy Arias Theatre, 300 West 43rd Street. The evening will consist of an hour long reading of the new play, an auction and raffle and wine and a talk back with the author of the play, Jamesai Schempp. (more...)
Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge Comes to Niagara Falls, 6/22by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2013We are proud to announce the Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge will be coming to the area in a few weeks. The event is being offered to promote the physical fitness of firefighters, and will be part of the 20-plus Challenge tour to be held throughout the United States in 2013. (more...)
Lauren Post and Ana Laura Nicolicchia Share Title Role in Raven Theater's EVITA, 6/21-7/14by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2013Director John DeGaetano thought he'd have trouble finding one Evita for a production opening June 21 at the Raven Performing Arts Theater. Instead, he found two. (more...)
Richard Isen's CHANCE to Make World Premiere at Alcove Theater, 7/5-28by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2013After its workshop production at the York Theatre in NYC in Nov. 2011, Chance - A Musical Play about Love, Risk & Getting it Right -will be having the its world premiere staging at The Alcove Theatre in SF. July 5 -28, 2013. (more...)
SCR Announces Summer Eventsby BWW News Desk - May 10, 2013A carnival midway of magic, mischief and theatrical thrills! Amanda Dehnert, celebrated throughout the American theatre for re-imagining classics, has added a multitude of visual delights and fantastical illusions to the original charm and beautiful ballads (like the haunting "Try to Remember") of The Fantasticks. When two scheming fathers conspire with the mysterious El Gallo to keep their daughter and son apart (to be sure they'll fall in love!) the dewy-eyed lovers venture into the real world. But as fantasy turns to reality, El Gallo is there to remind them that "without the hurt, the heart is hollow" in one of the most popular musicals of all time, which the Washington Postcalls, "Fresh and alive again." (more...)
Jane's Addiction to Release 'LIVE IN NYC,'6/25by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2013Jane's Addiction has always thrown THE most provocative and extravagant parties in rock, mixing a fierce musicality and streetwise lyrics with a theatrical flair. (more...)
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