BWW Blog: The Trojan Players' NEXT TO NORMAL - Another Day Part 2, 2/17
by Guest Blogger: NEXT TO NORMAL - February 17, 2014 Meet Charlie H. Ray and Maggie Jorgenson, who are playing the roles of Gabe and Natalie in Next to Normal. Find out why they're in love with the show, and what it's been like to live inside the dream that is Next to Normal!...
BWW Reviews: Lyric Arts Company of Anoka Does Jonathan Larson Proud with their Production of RENT
by Jill Schafer - July 15, 2014 RENT gets me every time. Seeing it for the 14th time is just as thrilling, emotional, and epic as the first time I saw it 17 years ago. I can't even put into words why it has such a strong grip on my soul. It's just such a beautiful message of love, hope, community, and life, made all the more poign...
Craig Hella Johnson Guest Conducts St. Charles Singers This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2015 Grammy Award-winning choral director Craig Hella Johnson will guest conduct the St. Charles Singers in a concert program titled “Inspired” at 8 p.m. tonight, March 7, at St. Michael Catholic Church, 310 S. Wheaton Ave., Wheaton; and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 8, at Baker Memorial United Methodist Ch...
Elements Theatre Company to Live Stream Performance at Walter Auditorium
by Tyler Peterson - January 26, 2015 Elements Theatre Company of Orleans, Mass., a professional, non-profit, resident theater company whose core mission is to educate and illuminate through the arts, brings its 2015 touring program to New York City January 25 through February 11. The company will present Shakespeare's The Merchant of V...
Cavalier Gallery Presents 'American Realism: Past and Present' Exhibition, 10/22
by Christina Mancuso - September 22, 2015 Cavalier Gallery announces an extraordinary survey of American Realist works, creating a historical show that highlights the importance and diversity of the American Realism Movement. American Realism: Past and Present will be on view at Cavalier's NYC gallery located at 3 West 57th Street, 4th fl...
Rufus Wainwright Requests Funds for New Opera, PRIMA DONNA
by Christina Mancuso - March 12, 2014 Opera singer, songwriter and composer, Rufus Wainwright, has released this personal request to his fans to raise funds to record his Bastille Day-set opera Prima Donna, with hopes of a touring concert version to follow....
Nikki Lane Releases New Album and Plays at the Mercury Lounge, 6/22
by Courtnie Mele - June 08, 2014 Hailed by Paste as a "13-song mission statement, a country record that banks on the kind of licks you'd hope to hear in Nashville without creeping into the territory of Music Row's fabricated nostalgia" and described by the AV Club as "fiery takes on rebellion, surrender and romance," Nashville rena...
Cavalier Gallery Presents 'American Realism: Past and Present' Exhibition Today
by BWW News Desk - October 22, 2015 Cavalier Gallery announces an extraordinary survey of American Realist works, creating a historical show that highlights the importance and diversity of the American Realism Movement. American Realism: Past and Present will be on view at Cavalier's NYC gallery located at 3 West 57th Street, 4th fl...
Robin Roberts & Josh Elliott to Host 'Countdown to Oscars' Special on 2/27
by Caryn Robbins - February 18, 2014 Countdown to the Oscars®” offers viewers a backstage pass to the Academy Awards, featuring interviews with this year's nominees, rarely seen footage of the nominated stars before they were famous, and a special celebration of the 20th anniversary of “Forrest Gump.”...
Dramatists Guild Releases Statement on Making Unauthorized Revisions
by Nicole Rosky - June 23, 2014 Just last week, controversy erupted when TUTS Underground got caught presenting HANDS ON A HARDBODY, but with significant and unapproved changes to the show. The Huston-based Theatre was forced by theatrical licenser Samuel French, Inc. to cancel the rest of its run. Just days later, Milwaukee's Alc...
Pigs Do Fly Productions' FLYING HIGH! Runs Now thru 10/25
by Carol Kassie - October 08, 2015 Pigs do Fly Productions will return to Ft. Lauderdale's Empire Stage with Flying High!, the second production of their second season, from October 9th through October 25th. There will be a preview performance tonight, October 8th....
Cast of LOVING REPEATING at Chapel off Chapel Set
by Tyler Peterson - November 28, 2014 a musical of Gertrude Stein is an inspired new musical about the brilliant American expatriate writer, Gertrude Stein and her passion for life, language and the thrill of romantic love....
Natasha Tsakos, Todd Robbins & More Join TEDxBroadway Event at New World Stages, 2/24
by Tyler Peterson - February 19, 2014 Today TEDxBroadway announced the final list of speakers and performers who will join in the discussion at the third annual event....
THE LEGEND OF YAUNA Runs 2/21-22 at BAM Fisher
by Tyler Peterson - January 24, 2014 On the nights of Friday, February 21 and Saturday, February 22, theatre-goers will experience the mind-bending fantasy and unique musical experience of THE LEGEND OF YAUNA, an incredible tale created by the Grammy award-winning composer/music director Chris Berry and staged by director/choreographer...
Annie Ross Performs Tribute & CD Release Show at The Metropolitan Room Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 14, 2014 The concept of tribute in jazz has become as common as the use of 4/4 time. But when a tribute is paid to a giant by an artist who has earned her own right to tribute through her personal accomplishments, an entirely new dimension is in play. Such is the case with Annie Ross' stunning To Lady with...
Shakespeare Theatre to Stage Reading of LIFE IS A DREAM at the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain, 6/2
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2014 SPAIN arts & culture and The Shakespeare Theatre Company present a staged reading of Life is a Dream (La vida es sueño) by Pedro Calderon de la Barca, newly translated by Helen Edmundson. In this special presentation at the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain, the philosophical masterpiece ...
BWW Reviews: HGO's MAGIC FLUTE Hits Every Note
by Guest Blogger: Bryan-Keyth Wilson - February 17, 2015 I am taken back to the first Opera I saw as a kid and the pomp and circumstance with wearing a tux and walking to the lavish theatre; this was when I fell in love with classical music. Often times we hear opera and other classical art forms are inaccessible to the people, but Houston Grand Opera's E...
Profiles Theatre Presents Midwest Premiere of GIDION'S KNOT, Now thru 3/9
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2014 Profiles Theatre continues its 25th Anniversary Season with the Midwest premiere of Gidion's Knot by Johnna Adams, directed by Artistic Director Joe Jahraus and featuring Amy J. Carle and Laura Hooper. The production runs tonight, January 17 - March 9, 2014 at The Alley Stage, 4147 N. Broadway. Plea...
BWW Interview: Ellyn Marie Marsh Gets 'Inappropriate' Before Her 54 Below Encore
by Matt Tamanini - January 26, 2015 Last week I spoke with KINKY BOOTS' Ellyn Marie Marsh about the encore performance of her solo show debut 'Inappropriate' at 54 Below. In that article we talked about how the show came to be, the songs in the show, the stories in the show, you know, the normal stuff. However, in this article, things...
Michelin Launches New Quick Reference Version Of Its Famous Restaurant Guide
by Marina Kennedy - December 16, 2014 For serious foodies mapping out their next Michelin-rated dining experience, Michelin has created a new series of premium maps to quickly find the top-rated restaurants listed in the latest editions of the U.S. MICHELIN Guides....
Stearns Matthews to Offer Sneak Peek of Album at The Duplex, 6/17 & 6/21
by Tyler Peterson - May 20, 2014 Stearns Matthews is a three-time MAC Award nominee in three different categories (Best Male Debut, 2009; Best Male Vocalist, 2011; Best Musical Comedy Performer, 2013), has appeared twice at the Mabel Mercer Foundation's Annual Cabaret Convention at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and was the first-ever fir...
BWW Reviews: Jonathan Larson's TICK...TICK...BOOM! at SoLuna Studio
by Melissa Giordano - February 25, 2015 As a “renthead”, I am thrilled to see Jonathan Larson's autobiographical musical Tick, Tick… BOOM! part of SoLuna Studio's 2015 season. The cast at the charming Long Island venue is super talented and does the show justice in a forum in which it should be presented; an intimate theatre....
'Booboo Stewart' of X-Men and Twilight Saga Joins the Cast of Historic Native American 'Red Man's View' Movie
by Caryn Robbins - August 20, 2015 Booboo Stewart best known for playing 'Seth Clearwater', a werewolf in The Twilight Saga, and 'Warpath' in the X-Men:Days of Future Past has joined the cast of the Native American film, 'Red Man's View'....
UNLEASH YOUR MOXIE is a Guide for Female Entrepreneurs
by Christina Mancuso - May 05, 2015 LOS ANGELES, May 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ Crystal O'Connor, the celeb-adored CEO of the marketing and media company Moxie Entrepreneur, officially launched her debut book 'Unleash Your Moxie: A Girls Guide to Becoming Fiercely Bold, Incredibly Happy, & Practically Superhuman' today. Already, the book is...
NIKKI LANE's New Album 'All or Nothin' Out Today
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2015 Nikki Lane is a Nashville-based South Carolina-bred songstress that as Garden and Gun exclaims 'turns the vulnerable singer-songwriter stereotype on its ears.'... |