Lakeshore Records to Release SMASHED Film Soundtrack 10/9by BWW
News Desk - Oct 9, 2012 Lakeshore Records will release the Smashed - Original Soundtrack digitally on Tuesday, October 9, 2012. The album features original music by Andy Cabic (the band Vetiver) and Eric D. Johnson (Ceremony, Nature Calls, the band Fruit Bats) and songs by Richard and Linda Thompson, Smog, La Tentazion and Dark Meat.
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Eric Bogosian, Maria Dizzia and More Join Playwrights Horizons' STORIES ON 5 STORIES, 10/22by BWW News Desk - Oct 22, 2012Acclaimed theater company Playwrights Horizons recently announced additional performers participating in the return of its popular benefit evening STORIES ON 5 STORIES: Poetic Justice this evening, October 22. (more...)
Eric Bogosian, Maria Dizzia and More Join Playwrights Horizons' STORIES ON 5 STORIES; Full Cast Announced!by BWW News Desk - Oct 19, 2012Acclaimed theater company Playwrights Horizons has announced additional performers participating in the return of its popular benefit evening STORIES ON 5 STORIES: Poetic Justice on Monday evening, October 22. (more...)
Alan Wasser, Allan Williams, Aaron Lustbader and Mark Shacket Form Foresight Theatricalby BWW News Desk - Oct 15, 2012Longtime theatrical colleagues Alan Wasser, Allan Williams, Aaron Lustbader and Mark Shacket announced today the formation of Foresight Theatrical LLC, a new company which will provide general management and executive producing services for Broadway, off-Broadway, touring theatrical productions and other live entertainment. (more...)
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Opens at Broadway's Booth Theatre Tonight, October 13by BWW News Desk - Oct 13, 2012Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opens this evening, Saturday, October 13, 2012, at the Booth Theatre (222 West 45th Street), exactly 50 years to the day of the play's original Broadway opening on Saturday, October 13, 1962. (more...)
NAMT Announces 24th Annual Festival of New Musicals, 10/11-12by BWW
News Desk - Oct 12, 2012The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) announced today the eight musicals selected to be part of the 24th Annual Festival of New Musicals at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). (more...)
BWW Interviews: Denise Devin on the Evolution of a Limecatby Ellen Dostal - Nov 29, 2012How does a theater company that produces some of the best Horror productions in Los Angeles one day decide to present original children's shows? You might be surprised. Director and writer Denise Devin talks about the humble beginnings of the Limecat Family Theatre and gives us the scoop on their latest holiday production, THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE MAKE A HOLIDAY WISH, opening December 2nd. (more...)
Anneliese van der Pol to Lead New Musical JANE AUSTEN'S EMMA at Arizona Theatre Companyby BWW News Desk - Nov 26, 2012Arizona Theatre Company presents the Arizona Premiere of "Jane Austen's Emma" a new romantic musical comedy that brings Jane Austen's masterpiece to life. "Jane Austen's Emma" plays at the Temple of Music and Art and runs from December 1, 2012 - December 22, 2012. It continues its run in Phoenix at the Herberger Theater Center from December 31, 2012 - January 20, 2013. "Jane Austen's Emma" is sponsored by Shirley Estes. ATC's season sponsors are I. Michael and Beth Kasser. (more...)
Theater Wit Receives $60,000 from the MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at Princeby BWW News Desk - Nov 14, 2012Chicago's Theater Wit has announced that The MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at Prince has awarded the company a three-year, $60,000 grant for general operating support. (more...)
Photo Flash: First Look at Taproot Theatre's BACH AT LEIPZIG, Opening Tonightby BWW News Desk - May 17, 2013With shows like American Idol, The Voice and America's Got Talent all the rage, Taproot Theatre brings the original 18th century reality show to the stage as Itamar Moses' Bach at Leipzig opens tonight, May 17. Associate Artistic Director Karen Lund directs Bach at Leipzig, which runs through June 15. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below! (more...)
THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE Musical Coming to Public Theater in 2014-15 Seasonby BWW News Desk - Mar 4, 2013The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced today that it will continue its collaboration with Dallas Theater Center to co-produce the new musical THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE in 2014. Following the success of the musical Giant, THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, based upon the bestselling novel by Jonathan Lethem, will premiere at Dallas Theater Center in March and continue in New York as part of The Public's 2014-15 Season at Astor Place. (more...)
Theater Wit Extends Itamar Moses's COMPLETENESS Six Weeks thru 5/4by BWW News Desk - Mar 11, 2013Theater Wit has announced a six-week extension of its current hit play, Completeness. Wit' Chicago premiere of Itamar Moses's smart, sexy new romantic comedy will now run through May 4, 2013. (more...)
Theater Wit Presents COMPLETENESS, 2/7-3/24by BWW News Desk - Jan 9, 2013Modern romance is more complex than any scientific problem ever in Itamar Moses's smart, sexy new comedy Completeness, receiving its Midwest premiere in a Theater Wit production at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. Previews begin Feb. 7, 2013. Press opening is Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 7 pm. Performances run through March 24. Regular show times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 pm; and Sunday at 2 pm. No show Thursday, Feb. 21. Tickets are $18-$36. For tickets and information, visit TheaterWit.org or call 773.975.8150. (more...)
BWW Interviews: JERSEY BOYS' Jason Kappusby Heidi Scheuermann - Jan 7, 2013Coming to the Mahalia Jackson Theater on January 8 is the national tour of the hit show JERSEY BOYS, which allows audiences a close up look at Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons' rise to stardom. The show features hit songs "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," and "Walk Like a Man." I recently spoke with Jason Kappus, who plays Four Seasons member Bob Gaudio, about the show, the music, and life on tour. (more...)
BWW Interviews: AMERICAN IDOL's Keith Urban Talks Season 12!by Caryn Robbins - Feb 27, 2013Keith Urban recently spoke about his AMERICAN IDOL experience thus far and shared who he believes has the greatest chance to nab this year's prize. (more...)
BWW Interviews: Kim Tobin, John Gremillion, and Kay Allmand Talk Stark Naked Theatre's GOD OF CARNAGEby David Clarke - Feb 11, 2013Sitting down with any member of the Houston theatre community is one of the true perks of writing for BroadwayWorld. Recently, I got to sit down with three of the four cast members in Stark Naked Theatre's upcoming production of Yasmina Reza's GOD OF CARNAGE. Kim Tobin (playing Veronica), John Gremillion (playing Alan), and Kay Allmand (playing Annette) all talked to me about the show and why Houston audiences will love it. (more...)
bergenPAC Presents THE QUEEN EXTRAVAGANZA, 1/15by BWW News Desk - Dec 27, 2012After making their television debut in front of 20 million viewers on American Idol earlier this year and wrapping up an incredibly successful coast to coast U.S. and Canadian tour last summer, the Queen Extravaganza have announced the first leg of their 2013 tour at Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood New Jersey on Tuesday January 15, 2013 at 8PM, reserve tickets now at Ticketmaster.com or by calling the box office at 201 227 - 1030 or visit the Box Office at 30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, New Jersey. (more...)
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Taproot Theatre's BACH AT LEIPZIGby BWW News Desk - Apr 25, 2013With shows like American Idol, The Voice and America's Got Talent all the rage, Taproot Theatre brings the original 18th century reality show to the stage as Itamar Moses' Bach at Leipzig opens on May 17. Associate Artistic Director Karen Lund directs Bach at Leipzig, which runs through June 15, with previews on May 15 and 16. There is a Pay What You Can performance on May 22. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast below! (more...)
UNDER THE STREETLAMP Comes to the State, 5/4by BWW News Desk - Apr 18, 2013Retro never sounded so now! UNDER THE STREETLAMP, America's hottest new vocal group, performs an electrifying evening of classic hits from the American radio songbook. Exuding the irresistible rapport of a modern day Rat Pack, the quartet - recent leading cast members of the Tony Award winning musical Jersey Boys - deliver an evening of unforgettable entertainment. You'll hear Doo-Wop, Motown, old time Rock 'n' Roll and all of your favorite songs from The Drifters, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Four Seasons, and many others. (more...)
Taproot Theatre Begins BACH AT LEIPZIG, 5/17by BWW News Desk - Apr 12, 2013With shows like American Idol, The Voice and America's Got Talent all the rage, Taproot Theatre brings the original 18th century reality show to the stage as Itamar Moses' Bach at Leipzig opens on May 17. Imagine, Leipzig, 1722. Germany's most renowned music director is dead at the keyboard. As the country's greatest organists descend to vie for the job, melodies of rivalry, trickery and blackmail compose a fugue of plots and counterplots. Rooted in history but reveling in flights of fiction, Bach at Leipzig is deliciously scored with wild and witty revelations. Associate Artistic Director Karen Lund directs Bach at Leipzig, which runs through June 15, with previews on May 15 and 16. There is a Pay What You Can performance on May 22. (more...)
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