BWW Reviews: PARK CENTRAL NEW YORK Hotel - Modern Elegance in the Heart of the Big AppleJanuary 24, 2014Located in the heart of Manhattan, Park Central New York Hotel is merely steps away from Central Park, Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Carnegie Hall, and all your favorite New York City attractions. Once host to Jackie Gleason, Mae West, Eleanor Roosevelt and Tommy Dorsey, Park Central has since gracefully evolved from the Roaring 20's to now the most modern generation.
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Opening in Brisbane, Tonight!January 8, 2014Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show is back! Fish out the fishnets and sharpen those stilettos for the rockiest ride of your life! Producers Howard Panter and John Frost today announced that the much loved iconic musical will open tonight, January 8, 2014 in Brisbane followed by seasons at the Crown Theatre, Perth in February, and the Festival Theatre, Adelaide in March. This fresh production is currently playing in the UK to sell out houses, and our exciting new production will feature a sexy and very surprising all-Australian star cast. Check out a sneak peek below!
STAGE TUBE: 'Tiger Mom' Author Sparks Ethnic Controversy with New BookJanuary 7, 2014Amy Chua has returned with a new book co-written by her husband Jed Rubenfeld. According to a scathing New York Post preview, The Triple Package: Why Groups Rise and Fall in America argues that some cultural and ethnic groups have innate qualities that make them more successful.
STAGE TUBE: Die Fledermaus: 'All I Want Is More Champagne'January 6, 2014A new production of Johann Strauss Jr.'s New Year's Eve classic, the comedic operetta Die Fledermaus, will open at the Met tonight, December 31, with two Broadway stars appearing. Check out the excerpt from Act II of Johann Strauss's 'Die Fledermaus' with Jane Archibald (Adele), Anthony Roth Costanzo (Orlofsky), Christopher Maltman (Eisenstein).
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Huntington Theatre's VENUS IN FUR, Opening Tomorrow!January 2, 2014Huntington Theatre Company kicks off 2014 with David Ives' sexy Broadway smash hit Venus in Fur, deemed '90 minutes of good, kinky fun,' by The New York Times. Daniel Goldstein (God of Carnage) returns to the Huntington to the direct the 2012 Tony Award nominee for Best Play. Performances will begin on January 3 at the Avenue of the Arts / BU Theatre. Check out a sneak peek below!
STAGE TUBE: Behind-the-Scenes with Kathleen Turner & More in Arena Stage's MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDRENJanuary 2, 2014Artistic Director Molly Smith tackles a unique, in-the-round staging of Bertolt Brecht's powerhouse anti-war play Mother Courage and Her Children at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Iconic stage and screen actress and Academy Award nominee Kathleen Turner returns to Arena Stage following her sold-out run of Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins to make her professional singing debut as the tough-as-nails matriarch Mother Courage-a single mother determined to keep her family alive and her business afloat during war. Using the David Hare translation, the show fuses politics and satire to paint an unforgettable and provocative portrait of war, incorporating more than 10 pieces of original music composed in a rollicking, gypsy-punk style and performed by cast members doubling as musicians. Mother Courage and Her Children runs January 31-March 9, 2014 in the Fichandler Stage.
Review Roundup: The Met's DIE FLEDERMAUSJanuary 6, 2014A new production of Johann Strauss Jr.'s New Year's Eve classic, the comedic operetta Die Fledermaus, opened at the Met on December 31,starring Broadway performers, Danny Burstein and Betsy Wolfe as the drunken jailer, Frosch, and Adele's sister, Ida, respectively.
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Theatre Rhino's ROAD SHOWJanuary 2, 2014Theatre Rhinoceros presents the Bay Area Premiere of the Stephen Sondheim Musical ROAD SHOW, featuring Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and Book by John Weidman, and running today, January 2 - 19, 2014. Check out a sneak peek below!
STAGE TUBE: Osvaldo Golijov on BSO's 'La Pasion Segun San Marcos'December 31, 2013Atlanta Symphony Orchestra music director Robert Spano, whose ties to the BSO go back two decades, returns to lead a work given its United States premiere by the BSO under his direction in 2001-Osvaldo Golijov's La Pasion segun San Marcos ('The Passion According to St. Mark'). The Jewish, Latin American-raised Golijov was one of four composers from different religious and musical traditions asked to compose a Passion setting to mark the 250th anniversary of Bach's death and the end of the second millennium. Golijov's vibrant, immediate, pan-Latin American approach draws on multiple musical and Christian traditions in presenting this universal narrative. The BSO is joined by a cast of stylistically diverse performers central to the original creation of this remarkable piece.
STAGE TUBE: First Look at Highlights of THE GERSHWINS' PORGY AND BESS National TourDecember 27, 2013Winner of the 2012 TONY AWARD® FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess is hitting the road with award-winning members of the Broadway cast in this stunning and stirring new staging. Accompanied by a lush 23-piece orchestra, this re-envisioned Broadway production includes such legendary songs as 'Summertime,' 'It Ain't Necessarily So,' and 'I Got Plenty of Nothing.' Check out highlights of the production below!