Stage and Screen Legend Dick Van Patten Releases Memoirby BWW News Desk - Oct 22, 2009Eighty is Not Enough, the first memoir by former Eight Is Enough star Dick Van Patten, is more than the autobiography of one actor - it is a look at 80 years of American entertainment history through the eyes of an actor who has experienced it all. Phoenix Books publishes in November. (more...)
The St. Charles Singers Conclude Season With MUSIC FOR A WHILE, 5/19by BWW News Desk - May 3, 2012The St. Charles Singers will conclude its twenty-eighth concert season this month when founder and artistic director Jeffrey Hunt leads the professional chamber choir in a program of soothing sounds for spring titled 'Music for a While.' (more...)
St. Charles Singers Conclude Season With MUSIC FOR A WHILE in Chicago Tonight, 5/19by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2012The St. Charles Singers will conclude its twenty-eighth concert season this month when founder and artistic director Jeffrey Hunt leads the professional chamber choir in a program of soothing sounds for spring titled 'Music for a While.' (more...)
2010-11 Theatre World Award Winners Announced - Barkin, Hemingway, Larroquette, Miller, Quinto, Sheldon, Motherf**cker & Moreby BWW News Desk - May 10, 2011The 67th annual Theatre World Award winners for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performances during the 2010-2011 theatrical season are:
Ellen Barkin, The Normal Heart, Desmin Borges, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Halley Feiffer, The House of Blue Leaves, Grace Gummer, Arcadia, Rose Hemingway, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, John Larroquette, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Heather Lind, The Merchant of Venice, Patina Miller, Sister Act, Arian Moayed, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Jim Parsons, The Normal Heart, Zachary Quinto, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes and Tony Sheldon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert
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STAGE TUBE: Reeve Carney Sings 'O Mistress Mine' for Taymor's 'Tempest' Filmby BWW News Desk - Dec 20, 2010Check out this video of Reeve Carney, star of Julie Taymor's original Broadway production, SPIDERMAN: Turn Off The Dark, and of her new film The Tempest, singing 'O Mistress Mine.' This song is featured on The Tempest's soundtrack! (more...)
Photo Flash: A.C.T. Celebrates 100 Yearsby BWW News Desk - Dec 15, 2009On Saturday, January 9, we will throw open the doors of the American Conservatory Theater from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for a FREE daylong celebration of craft, design, and performance. (more...)
BWW Reviews: 'If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On' in Quantum Theatre's TWELFTH NIGHT, Through 8/21by Alexandra Strycula - Aug 4, 2011The comedic stakes of William Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT have been raised to a whole new level in Quantum Theatre's summer production, playing now through August 21 under the Millvale Avenue Bridge in Bloomfield. Founded in 1990 by Karla Boos (who is also the show's director), Quantum Theatre is known for staging site-specific productions in 'found' settings, having performed past years' shows at places like the Strip District's Gage Building and even The Pittsburgh Zoo. In the case of TWELFTH NIGHT, Quantum's is a somewhat contemporary re-imagination of Shakespeare's original text staged at a dead-end, vacant hospital facility. (more...)
BWW Reviews: 'If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On' in Quantum Theatre's TWELFTH NIGHT, Through 8/21by BWW
News Desk - Aug 20, 2011The comedic stakes of William Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT have been raised to a whole new level in Quantum Theatre's summer production, playing now through August 21 under the Millvale Avenue Bridge in Bloomfield. Founded in 1990 by Karla Boos (who is also the show's director), Quantum Theatre is known for staging site-specific productions in 'found' settings, having performed past years' shows at places like the Strip District's Gage Building and even The Pittsburgh Zoo. In the case of TWELFTH NIGHT, Quantum's is a somewhat contemporary re-imagination of Shakespeare's original text staged at a dead-end, vacant hospital facility. (more...)
Holderness and Gaminara To Star In Rattigan's LESS THAN KIND UK Tourby BWW News Desk - Apr 11, 2013Following a successful UK tour last year Less Than Kind will be at the Oxford Playhouse from Tuesday May 14 for one week and will tour the UK for a further 7 weeks to Saturday 29 June 2013. (more...)