BWW Review: THE HOT LIST! What's Hot on Stage Now
by Ellen Dostal - January 30, 2018 So many productions are happening all over the city. Here's what made the Hot List: Bugaboo & the Silent One, The Hothouse, Cabaret, Pirates of Penzance, Shakespeare in Love, Disney's Aladdin. Go see a show!...
Michael Moore Calls for 'A World Without Harveys'
by Julie Musbach - October 13, 2017 Michael Moore is never one to remain silent on salient issues. Now the filmmaker and social activist is speaking out against the sexual harassment scandal surrounding producer Harvey Weinstein....
CHARLIE'S WAITING By Mêlisa Annis Starring Tony-Nominee Xanthe
by A.A. Cristi - March 01, 2019 Parity Productions, the New York based theater company dedicated to producing new work and filling at least 50% of the creative positions (playwrights, directors, and designers) with women and/or trans and gender nonconforming (TCNG) artists, has announced the full cast and crew for their world prem...
Factory Announces 2018 – 2019 Season, 'Canada At Your Doorstep'
by Stephi Wild - May 29, 2018 Artistic Director Nina Lee Aquino presents "Canada at Your Doorstep" the 2018 - 2019 Factory Season; six provocative works that challenge and interrogate popular narratives of Canadian identity....
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (LATINX) Returns to LA in January
by Julie Musbach - December 17, 2018 After a sold out run last fall, the recent revival of The Diary of Anne Frank, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett and newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman ('97 Broadway version) will return for a limited engagement previewing January 11, 2019....
Redtwist Theatre's FROST/NIXON Opens April 21
by Stephi Wild - April 04, 2018 Redtwist Theatre presents Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan, and directed by Scott Weinstein, featuring Redtwist company member & Jeff Award-winner Brian Parry as Richard Nixon. The show opens Saturday, April 21, 2018, at 3pm (this is also the press opening) and runs Thu, Fri, Sat at 7:30pm; Sun at 3pm, t...
Theater For The New City Presents Xoregos Performing Co.'s Production of Racine's BRITANNICUS
by Stephi Wild - April 17, 2018 Theater for the New City and The Xoregos Performing Company are presenting Jean Racine's Britannicus, a classic French play with contemporary echoes related to politics and power, in May....
Museum Of Art And Design At MDC To Launch Performance Series & Program, Living Together
by Stephi Wild - December 14, 2017 Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) at Miami Dade College (MDC) is pleased to announce Living Together, an exciting cross-disciplinary series of programs that will galvanize Miami audiences with thoughtful and challenging performances and exhibitions that draw from art, music, theater, politics, and poe...
ANOMALY Explores A Different Perspective In The #MeToo Era
by Stephi Wild - October 31, 2018 Anomaly is the unsettling debut play from Liv Warden exploring sisterhood, reputation and loyalty. It is a provocative and timely glimpse into fame, fathers and how the abuse of power can scratch far beyond the surface. Post-Weinstein, this is a story that is ready to be told....
State Of The Arts NYC presents Talk On The Sexual Harassment Crisis In The Art World
by A.A. Cristi - November 01, 2017 Sexual harassment allegations have now hit the visual art world. Art Forum co-publisher Knight Landesman has resigned amid several allegations. More women have come forward. An open letter, begun by 10 members of a Whats App group, grew to 125 people within 24 hours, has been signed by luminaries in...
20 PORNOGRAPHIES Comes to Performance Space New York This October
by A.A. Cristi - September 12, 2018 Performance Space New York continues its second themed season of performances and events-the Posthuman Series-with the U.S. Premiere of choreographer and dancer Mette Ingvartsen's 21 pornographies(October 3-5). The solo performance expands on Ingvartsen's body of work exploring an all-pervasive sexu...
Gibney Dance Releases Statement on Sexual Harassment, Announces Programming
by A.A. Cristi - December 21, 2017 Ensuring that our space is safe for all who enter is a top priority for Gibney. In light of the recent public discourse regarding sexual assault and harassment in the arts and entertainment industries, we wanted to take a moment to address these topics with you, our community....
TIME'S UP Names Lisa Borders President & CEO
by Julie Musbach - October 02, 2018 TIME'S UP announced Tuesday that Lisa Borders will serve as the first-ever President and CEO of the organization. Launched by a group of women in the entertainment industry on January 1, 2018, TIME'S UP has since grown to other industries and geographies, representing women of all kinds across race,...
Theater For The New City Presents Racine's BRITANNICUS
by Julie Musbach - April 16, 2018 Theater for the New City and The Xoregos Performing Company are presenting Jean Racine's Britannicus, a classic French play with contemporary echoes related to politics and power, in May....
Former Emergency Physician Exposes Gender Bias in Medical Field in New...
by Robert Diamond - October 25, 2018 ...
BWW Review: MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Pop-up Globe Auckland
by Monica Moore - March 11, 2019 How apt being here just after the celebrations of International Women's Day! All feminists need to see this and those who are not, also need to see this. It is bawdy so leave the under 16's at home. Although billed a comedy ( and it is certainly very funny), there is a great commentary about how wo...
Classical Theatre Company Presents THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR By Nikolai Gogol
by A.A. Cristi - March 19, 2018 Classical Theatre Company returns to Russia for the first time since producing Chekhov's The Bear & The Proposal in 2016, this time via Russian literary master, Nikolai Gogol. Gogol's overt criticism of the rampant corruption he saw permeating the government in 1836 takes the form of his scathing sa...
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Q&A- Velvet
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 26, 2018 BWW catches up with Tom Ratcliffe to talk about bringing Velvet to the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....
Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Loses $375K Federal Funding Following Harassment Allegations
by Alan Henry - February 20, 2018 The CBC reports that the Canada Council for the Arts has voted to withhold a planned $375K increase in federal funding from Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre following allegations of sexual harassment by four actresses against artistic director Albert Schultz. ...
UK Theatres Release Joint Statement on 'Abuse of Power' in the Industry
by BWW News Desk - October 23, 2017 Led by the National Theatre, a group of the UK's top stages have joined together to release the following statement in relation to the recent allegations against former Royal Court artistic director and UK theatre director Max Stafford-Clark, and the ever-burgeoning controversy surrounding Hollywood...
Seattle Opera Unveils 2019/20 Season
by A.A. Cristi - January 02, 2019 With a mix of new and traditional takes on opera, Seattle Opera unveils a 2019/20 Season that offers something for everyone. Audiences will experience new-to-Seattle productions of Rigoletto, Cinderella, and Eugene Onegin; the company premiere of Charlie Parker's Yardbird; and the return of a belove...
Shakespeare BASH'd Explores a Dangerous Leader with RICHARD III
by Julie Musbach - December 20, 2017 Shakespeare BASH'd explores the current relevance of the rise of a dangerous leader in Richard III...
Get Ready to Mosh! Attila to Lead Metalcore Lineup at White Eagle Hall
by BWW News Desk - November 03, 2017 Fresh off a featured spot in the 2017 Warped Tour Line up, the masters of metalcore, Attilla will play a more intimate venue when they headline a not-to-be missed, alt-metal lineup at White Eagle Hall in Jersey City on December 8....
Get Ready to Mosh! Attila to Lead Metalcore Lineup at White Eagle Hall
by BWW News Desk - December 08, 2017 Fresh off a featured spot in the 2017 Warped Tour Line up, the masters of metalcore, Attilla will play a more intimate venue when they headline a not-to-be missed, alt-metal lineup at White Eagle Hall in Jersey City on December 8.... |