Mental Notion Society to Stage THE RUSSIAN PLAY, 5/27-6/17by BWW News Desk - May 6, 2013The Mental Notion Society presents 'The Russian Play: an Improvised Black Comedy.' Directed & Conceived by Sam Roos, The Russian Play is an improvised one-act play about a citizen's journey in trying to 'make it' in the cruel world of Soviet-era Russia. Roos makes his Chicago Directing debut as 'The Russian Play: an Improvised Black Comedy' makes its 4-week run, every Monday at 10:00 pm from May 27th thru June 17th, 2013, at Studio BE, 3110 N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago, IL. (more...)
Pride Films and Plays to Present GAY PLAY WEEKEND, 5/17-19by BWW News Desk - May 2, 2013Five thrilling new works will be showcased in Pride Films and Plays Gay Play Weekend May 17 to 19 at Center on Halsted's Hoover-Leppen Theater. They include: (more...)
BBC America Renews ORPHAN BLACK for Second Seasonby TV News Desk - May 2, 2013BBC AMERICA has renewed highly acclaimed original series, Orphan Black, for a second season to return as part of Supernatural Saturday in 2014. The conspiracy clone thriller starring Tatiana Maslany has been re-commissioned with a 10-episode order from Temple Street Productions, ahead of its season one finale on Saturday, June 1. (more...)
Todd Waite Leads Alley Theatre's SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUICIDE CLUBby BWW News Desk - May 14, 2013Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd announces the cast and creative team for Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of The Suicide Club. Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Suicide Club" and featuring beloved characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jeffrey Hatcher (Mrs. Mannerly, 2010) crafts a smart new Sherlock Holmes mystery. Having played Sherlock Holmes in The Crucifer of Blood (2009) and Sherlock Holmes (2003), Alley Theatre Company Artist Todd Waite will again play the iconic and illustrious detective in a spectacular, lavish production. (more...)
Now Playing Onstage in Orlando - Week of 3/31/2013by BWW - Mar 31, 2013Upcoming Shows - Week of 3/31/2013 for Orlando (more...)
Photo Flash: BBC America's New Series ORPHAN BLACK Debuts Tonightby TV News Desk - Mar 30, 2013The new BBC America drama series ORPHAN BLACK premieres tonight, March 30, 9:00pm ET/PT, as part of BBC AMERICA's Supernatural Saturday. Check out key art for the series below! (more...)
SHERLOCK HOLMES Returns to Park Square in Julyby BWW News Desk - Mar 27, 2013Park Square closes its season June 2013 with the beguiling thriller SHERLOCK HOLMES AND The Suicide CLUB, a new script by Jeffrey Hatcher. A fast-paced mash-up of the unforgettable characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and 'The Suicide Club' by Robert Louis Stevenson, this script has its roots in Park Square's last wildly popular homage to the great sleuth, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily (2010). "David Ira Goldstein (Artistic Director of the Arizona Theatre Company, former Artistic Director of Actor's Theatre of Saint Paul) and Jeff Hatcher were in the audience at that show," explains Park Square Artistic Director Richard Cook. "Jeff boasted he could write an even better Sherlock and David Ira said 'then I'll commission it.'" David Mann directs and Steve Hendrickson returns once again as the absurdly smart Holmes, this time in a thriller with multiple murders in which Holmes is either target or suspect. (more...)
BWW Reviews: TheaterUCF's SPRING AWAKENING Hits Homeby Kimberly Moy - Mar 26, 2013The Suicide of a University of Central Florida student, which made national headlines this week, makes this University's production of SPRING AWAKENING eerily timed, but a necessary discussion. Meant to provoke discussion about taboos like sex, abortion, homosexuality, child abuse, and suicide, the show is edgy and modern. (more...)
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Watch the Opening Scene from BBC America's Original Series ORPHAN BLACKby TV News Desk - Mar 19, 2013Below, check out the opening scene of BBC AMERICA's new Original Series ORPHAN BLACK before the World Premiere airs on Saturday March 30 at 9pm/8c as part of Supernatural Saturday, only on BBC America. (more...)
The Flea Premieres A CAUTIONARY TAIL, Previews Begin May 29by BWW News Desk - Apr 9, 2013The Flea Theater will present the world premiere of a cautionary tale by playwright christopher oscar peņa. Directed by Flea Resident Director Benjamin H. Kamine (Thomas Bradshaw's Job), previews begin May 29 with opening night set for June 10. (more...)
Theatre Group at SBCC to Present BECKY'S NEW CAR, 4/24-5/11by BWW News Desk - Apr 9, 2013The Theatre Group at SBCC will present the new comedy BECKY'S NEW CAR by Steven Dietz as the final play in the 2012/2013 season. Directed by Katie Laris, Becky's New Car will run April 24-May 11, 2013 in the intimate Jurkowitz Theatre. (more...)
THE BOOK OF MORMON National Tour Cast Unveiled - Creel, Gertner, Ware, Henson, Mambo & More!by BWW
News Desk - Apr 8, 2013Original Broadway cast member Jared Gertner will star as Elder Cunningham in the First National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, launching in Denver from August 14-September 2 at The Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Gertner will join previously announced Gavin Creel as Elder Price. Samantha Marie Ware joins as Nabulungi, as well as Grey Henson as Elder McKinley and Kevin Mambo as Mafala Hatimbi.
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Now Playing Onstage in Orlando - Week of 4/07/2013by BWW - Apr 7, 2013Upcoming Shows - Week of 4/07/2013 for Orlando (more...)
BWW Reviews: An Actorly SPRING AWAKENING at Towsonby Jack L. B. Gohn - Apr 28, 2013This was an undergraduate audience, clearly, and they were rapt and engaged. Yet it was a knowing engagement. By that, I do not mean that the kids came in knowing the tunes and humming along, in fact it was obvious from the laughs and the gasps when funny or shocking things occurred that a large part of the contingent on hand had no idea what was coming. What I mean is, the viewers got it, they understood it on both intellectual and instinctive levels, agreed and approved; the raucous curtain calls demonstrated this, and the audience's identification with what they were seeing. (more...)
Now Playing Onstage in Orlando - Week of 4/28/2013by BWW - Apr 28, 2013Upcoming Shows - Week of 4/28/2013 for Orlando (more...)
THE BOOK OF MORMON National Tour Cast Unveiled - Creel, Gertner, Ware, Henson, Mambo & More!by BWW
News Desk - Apr 27, 2013Original Broadway cast member Jared Gertner will star as Elder Cunningham in the First National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, launching in Denver from August 14-September 2 at The Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Gertner will join previously announced Gavin Creel as Elder Price. Samantha Marie Ware joins as Nabulungi, as well as Grey Henson as Elder McKinley and Kevin Mambo as Mafala Hatimbi.
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Roosevelt Theatre Announces 2013-14 Performancesby BWW News Desk - Apr 26, 2013The Midwest premiere of Ripper, a romantic thriller based loosely on the case of murders by Jack the Ripper, will be one of the highlights of the 2013-2014 performance season announced this month by the Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University. (more...)
Theatre Group at SBCC Presents BECKY'S NEW CAR, Now thru 5/11by BWW News Desk - Apr 24, 2013The Theatre Group at SBCC will present the new comedy BECKY'S NEW CAR by Steven Dietz as the final play in the 2012/2013 season. Directed by Katie Laris, Becky's New Car will run tonight, April 24-May 11, 2013 in the intimate Jurkowitz Theatre. (more...)
Now Playing Onstage in Orlando - Week of 4/21/2013by BWW - Apr 21, 2013Upcoming Shows - Week of 4/21/2013 for Orlando (more...)
Now Playing Onstage in Orlando - Week of 4/14/2013by BWW - Apr 14, 2013Upcoming Shows - Week of 4/14/2013 for Orlando (more...)
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