HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO's Katrina Lindsay Wins 2018 Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play
by BWW News Desk - June 10, 2018 Katrina Lindsay has won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play for HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO....
BWW Review: Berlioz's DAMNATION DE FAUST - Erato
by George Weinhouse - February 20, 2020 A gorgeous new recoding of Berlioz's DAMNATION DE FAUST, on the Erato label, has come my way and it is well-worth investigating. The work has entered the public consciousness with the recent revival by the Metropolitan Opera in late January and early February. ...
Toronto International Film Festival Unveils Jury for 2018 Platform Programme
by Macon Prickett - May 10, 2018 The Toronto International Film Festival® is very pleased to announce that New German Cinema legend Margarethe von Trotta, Hungarian long-take, existential master Béla Tarr, and acclaimed South Korean director and novelist Lee Chang-dong, together make up the 2018 jury for the Festival's Platform pro...
Cape Town City Ballet Presents A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Stephi Wild - November 21, 2019 Cape Town City Ballet presents a sumptuous production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL a?" THE STORY OF SCROOGE that's perfect holiday entertainment for the whole family! The production will be presented at Artscape Theatre from 14 to 24 December....
Houston Grand Opera Announces Cast Substitution
by A.A. Cristi - January 21, 2019 Houston Grand Opera (HGO) announces that baritone Mariusz Kwiecie , scheduled to sing the role of Zurga in Bizet's The Pearl Fishers, recently withdrew from the production due to personal circumstances....
Glyndebourne Festival 2019 Season To Present 6 Major Operas
by Julie Musbach - January 17, 2019 Under the leadership of Executive Chairman Gus Christie, the Glyndebourne Festival, in its 85th year, will present an exceptional collection of artists from around the globe in six major opera productions from May 18 through August 25, 2019. Surrounded by rolling English countryside, Glyndebourne is...
Patti LuPone, Jason Alexander, Santino Fontana and Michael McKean to Star in Online Reading of JUDGEMENT DAY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 12, 2020 An online reading of the new play, Judgment Day, written by Rob Ulin, directed by Matthew Penn, and starring Tony Award winners Jason Alexander, Patti LuPone, Santino Fontana and Grammy Award winner Michael McKean, will benefit Pittsfield, MA's Barrington Stage Company and The Actors Fund, it was an...
SWORD OF GOD Premieres In Film Movement's Virtual Cinema May 1
by A.A. Cristi - April 23, 2020 Get Medieval With The Dark, Enthralling Middle Ages Thriller, Sword Of God, From Oscar-nominated Director Bartosz Konopka. Premiering In Film Movement's Virtual Cinema On May 1, 2020...
BWW Review: Berlioz's DAMNATION DE FAUST - Erato
by George Weinhouse - February 20, 2020 A gorgeous new recoding of Berlioz's DAMNATION DE FAUST, on the Erato label, has come my way and it is well-worth investigating. The work has entered the public consciousness with the recent revival by the Metropolitan Opera in late January and early February. ...
Speranza Scappucci Dirige MADAMA BUTTERFLY En Ouverture de Saison de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège
by Marianka Swain - September 02, 2019 C'est un ouvrage qui n'avait plus été joué à Liège depuis 2001 qui ouvre la saison 2019.20 de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège. Sous la baguette de notre Directrice Musicale Speranza Scappucci et mis en scène par Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, Madama Butterfly de Giacomo Puccini nous emportera au Jap...
BWW Review: Demons Come to Collect in the Very Funny SOUL SURVIVOR from Hiraeth Theatre Company
by Joe Lombardi - January 19, 2020 Lisa (Anna Stefanic) opens the door to her home and switches on the light. A naked man is sprawled out on the floor with food. He 'bellows a pained roar.' She shrieks, fumbles her groceries and quickly douses the offending brightness. When she turns the light back on, a paper shopping bag has be...
BWW Review: BERLIOZ's DAMNATION OF FAUST Returns To The Met
by George Weinhouse - January 28, 2020 Saturday afternoon saw the return of Berlioz's DAMNATION OF FAUST to the Met, not seen there since 2009. Because of logistical considerations it was mounted in concert form on the stage rather than in Robert Lepage's previous staging. The concert style proved to be an extremely effective format for ...
Met Announces Three-Week Schedule For Nightly Met Opera Streams
by Stephi Wild - August 20, 2020 The Met has announced a specially-curated, three-week schedule for its Nightly Met Opera Streams, a free series of encore Live in HD presentations and classic telecasts streamed on the company website during the coronavirus closure. The schedule includes an All-Verdi week, a 20th-Century Classics we...
Tony Talk: Best Costume Design of a Play, Katrina Lindsay
by Nicole Rosky - June 10, 2018 Katrina Lindsay has won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play for HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO....
WNO's Presents Gounod's FAUST
by Stephi Wild - February 11, 2019 A man who sells his soul for worldly gain finds a perfect home in the Beltway as Washington National Opera stages Charles Gounod's 1859 opera Faust,performed in French with projected English titles. After a 25-year absence from its stage, WNO resurrects the French classic filled with depression, dam...
CIRCLE OF SHIT: A New Play By Nathan Dennis Announced At Dixon Place
by A.A. Cristi - March 13, 2019 Inspired by Dante's vision of Hell, Circle of Shit is a dark, philosophic comedy about a group of sinners' descent through The Inferno....
REVIVAL: THE RESURRECTION OF SON HOUSE at Geva Theatre
by Colin Fleming-Stumpf - May 05, 2019 To close out their 2018-2019 season Rochester's Geva Theatre chose a piece with deep historical, musical, and local significance. Revival: The Resurrection of Son House was commissioned by Geva in 2015 and received a staged reading that year at their festival 'Journey to the Son: A Celebration of So...
BWW Review: BIG RIVER at Hale Centre Theatre, The Great American Musical Shines in Gilbert
by Timothy Shawver - April 18, 2019 Hale Centre Theatre's production of BIG RIVER, running through May 11th in Gilbert, AZ, is confirmation that BIG RIVER is among the Great American Musicals....
Uniform Announce New Album THE LONG WALK On Sacred Bones
by Macon Prickett - June 21, 2018 Uniform hit us with their most powerful, most emotional and bleakest endeavor yet....
Pittsburgh Symphony Announces Eighth Fellow In Training Program For African American Musicians
by Julie Musbach - May 06, 2019 The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce the appointment Shantanique Moore, flutist, as the next recipient of the symphony's two-year fellowship designed to enable one young African American musician the ability to dedicate him or herself to the pursuit of an orchestral career. Ms. M...
Tara Erraught To Sing Marguerite In Pittsburgh Symphony's DAMNATION OF FAUST
by A.A. Cristi - March 04, 2019 Mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught to sing Marguerite in Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra'S Damnation of Faust March 8-10 New York - International Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught will step in this week with the acclaimed Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at Heinz Hall, where she will perform Marguerite in th...
Photo Flash: Resonance Works Presents RUSALKA
by Julie Musbach - May 03, 2018 RESONANCE WORKS closes its fifth season with a fully staged production of Dvo?ak's opera Rusalka on Friday, May 11, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, May 13, at 3 p.m. Performances will be held at the Charity Randall Theatre in Oakland, continuing an exciting partnership with the University of Pittsburgh's Dep...
VIDEO: CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA Part 3 Premieres January 24
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 09, 2019 The Wait is Over, Witches! Sabrina Spellman is back for more Chilling Adventures January 24, announced over the weekend during a panel at Argentina Comic Con....
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique to Perform Two All-Berlioz Concerts in October
by Julie Musbach - September 20, 2018 This October, Artistic Director and Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique (ORR) return to Carnegie Hall with two all-Berlioz concerts in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. On Sunday, October 14 at 3:00 p.m., the program features the overture to Le Corsaire...
Resonance Works Ends Season With Pittsburgh Premiere Of Dvorak's RUSALKA
by Stephi Wild - April 03, 2018 RESONANCE WORKS closes its fifth season with a fully staged production of Dvoak's opera Rusalka on Friday, May 11, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, May 13, at 3 p.m. Performances will be held at the Charity Randall Theatre in Oakland, continuing an exciting partnership with the University of Pittsburgh's Depa... |