DFA's Eric Copeland Drops 'Rip It'; 'Black Bubblegum' LP Out This July
by Caryn Robbins - June 07, 2016 'Black Bubblegum shifts his warped focus onto pop music and somehow brings to mind the singular deconstructions of Arthur Russell and the drugged-out trickery of Ween....
Charles Ives Opera Prize and Virgil Thomson Award Winners Announced
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2016 The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced today the winners of our country's two largest prizes for composers of vocal music: the Charles Ives Opera Prize of $50,000 and the Virgil Thomson Award of $40,000....
Cher, Anjelica Huston & More Set for New Original Movies on Lifetime
by Caryn Robbins - March 22, 2017 Lifetime's mission to lead entertainment through female-centric storytelling continues with the greenlight of three new high-profile movies: Flint, starring Cher; Watcher in the Woods, starring Anjelica Huston; and I Am Elizabeth Smart featuring Elizabeth Smart as executive producer and on-screen na...
Lifetime Orders New Seasons of UnREAL and MARY KILLS PEOPLE
by Caryn Robbins - July 28, 2017 Lifetime ups its premium scripted content with new season greenlights of the critically-acclaimed drama series UnREAL for a fourth season and freshman drama Mary Kills People for a season two, it was announced today by Liz Gateley, EVP and Head of Programming for Lifetime....
Capital Stage Presents Tony Award & Pulitzer Prize Winning AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
by A.A. Cristi - September 28, 2016 Capital Stage continues its 12th season Love + War with Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize Winner August: Osage County. Tracy Letts' masterpiece will be directed by Benjamin T. Ismail and will feature Capital Stage favorites such as Janis Stevens, Jamie Jones and Amy Resnick....
Review Roundup: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Starring Annaleigh Ashford, Danny Burstein, and More at Shakespeare in the Park
by Review Roundups - August 01, 2017 The Public Theater is currently presenting its Free Shakespeare in the Park production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, directed by Lear deBessonet with choreography by Chase Brock. The show officially opened last night, Monday, July 31 and runs through Sunday, August 13. Let's see what the critics had...
Review Roundup: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
by Review Roundups - April 27, 2016 LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, starring Jessica Lange, began on April 3, 2016, and officially opens tonight, April 27, 2016, on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway. Let's see what the critics had to say......
BWW Review: Kelli O'Hara, Bill Irwin, Christopher Fitzgerald and Lauren Worsham in MasterVoices' BABES IN TOYLAND
by Michael Dale - May 02, 2017 After producer Fred Hamlin christened Columbus Circle's Majestic Theatre with a spectacular musical extravaganza based on L. Frank Baum's 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' (The show had nothing to do with the classic MGM film.), he sought to follow up with another memorable production with a family-frien...
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of BPA's AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2017 Bainbridge Performing Arts (BPA) presents AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, running March 17 - April 2. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in character below!...
Glenn Morrison Releases lLong Player 'Into The Deep'
by Caryn Robbins - December 14, 2015 A deluge of heavy-hitting support from some of the most legendary titans in dance music marks the return of award-winning Canadian producer Glenn Morrison to the dance floor....
BWW Recap: Liza's Twisted Love Triangle Gets Even Twistier When Worlds Collide on YOUNGER
by Matt Smith - November 16, 2016 Wow! What a week it's been! And I'm not just talking about what you think I'm talking about. It's messy for Liza this week... made all the worse by the fact that she's essentially drugged up and knocked out while all the action's going on (so she's oblivious to basically everything). A freak acciden...
2016 Play Reading Series to Close with Pulitzer Prize-Winning and Tony Award-Winning Masterpiece Drama
by A.A. Cristi - October 27, 2016 The Little Theatre of Manchester will close its 2016 Evenings@7 Playreading Series with the winner of five TONY® Awards & the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, August: Osage County by Tracy Letts....
Mad Cat Live! to Kick Off 18th Season with BLACK SABBATH VOL. 4
by BWW News Desk - September 18, 2017 Mad Cat kicks off their 18th season with their popular concert series Mad Cat Live performing Black Sabbath's Vol. 4....
Charles Ives Opera Prize and Virgil Thomson Award Winners Announced
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2016 The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced today the winners of our country's two largest prizes for composers of vocal music: the Charles Ives Opera Prize of $50,000 and the Virgil Thomson Award of $40,000....
Peter Hussey Releases THE WINDS OF WILL
by Christina Mancuso - April 11, 2016 Peter Hussey, a retired radiological control technician, science enthusiast, family-man, devoted writer and author, has completed his new book 'The Winds of Will': a gripping and potent journey of intrigue, mystery and manipulation with several unexpected moments....
BWW Review: Drawing On The Comedy Of 1920's Silent Films THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Is A Lighthearted Opera Filled With Familiar Music
by Jade Kops - February 06, 2016 Opera Australia's THE BARBER OF SEVILLE is presented with the wonderful slapstick physical humor of the early movies as the comic tale unfolds....
Photo Flash: First Look at AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, Opening Tonight at Bainbridge Performing Arts
by BWW News Desk - March 17, 2017 Bainbridge Performing Arts (BPA) presents AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, running tonight, March 17, through April 2. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!...
SLAP to Play Theatre Royal, Stratford East
by Tyler Peterson - September 29, 2015 Welcome to the world of Dominique, a glamorous transsexual hooker, in the throes of an emotional meltdown, caught between a rock and a hard face, juggling a stalker client and her cute, chavved out, drugged up boyfriend who hasn't got out of the bath in a week. ...
BWW Review: Revolutionary HAIR Still Wows at GLOW Lyric Theatre
by Neil Shurley - July 18, 2017 Director Jenna Tamisiea and music director Christian Elser put a talented cast through a physical and emotional journey that still feels revolutionary. They'll wow you with their stamina, their marvelous musicianship (including a crack live band), and their raw emotional power....
BWW Review: LUNA GALE Expertly Places the Spotlight on the Child Welfare System at the Cleveland Play House
by Roy Berko - March 14, 2016 As revealed in the CPH program: 43 percent of children placed in the child welfare system in Ohio are eventually returned to their families, 24 percent are taken in by relatives ('kinship care'), 15 percent are adopted and 14 percent stay in the system until they become adults....
BWW Review: Risky and Innovative AMERICAN IDIOT at ArtsWest Pays Off
by Jay Irwin - September 14, 2015 ArtsWest has taken on a huge risk by putting up the Green Day musical 'American Idiot' on their intimate stage. Not only by trying to fit this large spectacle in their space but also literally reconfiguring their floor plan and utilizing multiple areas within their theater to create an immersive ex...
The Tubes Return for November 2017 UK Tour
by Caryn Robbins - September 01, 2017 The Tubes, the San Francisco-based rock band, whose eponymous 1975 debut album included the rock anthem 'White Punks on Dope', celebrate their return to the UK in November 2017 for six club dates, plus five arena concerts where they will support Alice Cooper....
Myriam Norton Releases UNDER THEIR CLAWS
by Christina Mancuso - July 13, 2016 In 'Under their Claws: A Testimony of My Kidnapping' (published by Trafford Publishing), author Myriam Norton's new biography, readers are taken into a frightening period of Norton's life, when she was kidnapped and held by Colombian FARC terrorists....
BWW REVIEW: Presented With Heart and Humour, Hope Rises Out Of Bleak Existence In THE NIGHT ALIVE
by Jade Kops - September 17, 2017 In the tradition of resorting to humour to handle weighty and desperate situations, Conor McPherson's THE NIGHT ALIVE considers the hope that can come from having the right outlook when life keeps throwing setbacks and challenges....
Mixed Blood Theatre Kicks Off 2016/2017 Season With Subversive Comedy BARBECUE
by A.A. Cristi - September 02, 2016 BARBECUE is a darkly funny new play that turns the traditional family comedy on its head, forcing hilarious and uneasy revelations about the assumptions we make about poverty, race and social class.... |