BWW Review: Funny and Accessible SCAPIN at Ten Thousand Things
by Karen Bovard - October 21, 2018 Ten Thousand Things is a treasure: a company dedicated to bringing live theater to marginalized and underserved audiences for free. Founding Director Michelle Hensley retired in June of 2018. So this production is the first in new Artistic Director Marcela Lorca's inaugural season, and is directed...
The Kitchen to Present the Work of Maryanne Amacher in ADJACENCIES
by BWW News Desk - August 30, 2017 The Kitchen will present Adjacencies, the next installment of Blank Forms' ongoing investigation into the work of Maryanne Amacher, from September 29-30....
BWW Review: PLAYHOUSE CREATURES at City Theatre
by Jesse Griffith - July 18, 2018 The time is approximately 1670 and women are now officially allowed to perform on the English stage. Playhouse Creatures is based on the real lives of women actors from that era as derived from the extant writings that still survive. Despite this opportunity, these women still have few life choices ...
Pride Films and Plays Announces the Great Trans* Play Contest^
by A.A. Cristi - March 21, 2017 The Chicago-based performing arts company Pride Films and Plays announces its inaugural The Great Trans* Play Contest. The international competition is open exclusively to playwrights who are transgender, gender queer, gender fluid, non-binary, or of other gender nonconforming identities, all referr...
Photo Flash: RedWit Theatre's IN THE NEXT ROOM (or The Vibrator Play)
by Stephi Wild - December 15, 2018 RedWit Theatre ??presents "In the Next Room (Or the Vibrator Play)"?? by Sarah Ruhl, ?January 16?? -27??, ??in the Tarragon Theatre Extraspace....
Casting Complete for Groundbreaking Series MARVEL'S INHUMANS on ABC
by Caryn Robbins - March 06, 2017 Eme Ikwuakor, Isabelle Cornish, Mike Moh, Sonya Balmores, and Ellen Woglom will round out the cast of MARVEL'S INHUMANS television series for ABC. This completes the casting for key roles in this groundbreaking series....
New, Female-Driven Cultural Institution Town Stages Opens in Tribeca
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2017 Town Stages is now open at 221 West Broadway, NYC. Located in the heart of Tribeca, TOWN is New York's premier venue to celebrate, collaborate and put on a show....
BACK FOR GOOD: Time To Revive A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
by Gary Naylor - April 16, 2018 In our new series, BroadwayWorld UK writers nominate the shows they'd love to see revived!...
Stages Repertory Theatre Presents The World Premiere Of Mickey Fishers' REPLICA
by Julie Musbach - May 08, 2018 For the final production of its 40th Anniversary Season, Stages Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Mickey Fisher's Replica, running May 23 - June 10, 2018. Replica is the fourth world premiere Stages has produced this season (in addition to Balls, A Midnight Clear: A Musical Tale of Ch...
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Will Offer $10 Tickets For New York City Public Middle And High School Students
by Julie Musbach - October 30, 2018 The upcoming Broadway production of Harper Lee's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, a new play by Aaron Sorkin, starring Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch, has announced a partnership with the New York City Department of Education which will make $10 tickets available to middle and high school students throughout t...
WATCH: Sneak Peek Of Upcoming All New TIMELESS Promo 'Hollywoodland'
by Tori Hartshorn - March 23, 2018 WATCH: Sneak Peek Of Upcoming All New TIMELESS Promo 'Hollywoodland'...
The Shut-Ups Return After 8 Years To Debut New Perfect Power-Pop Track DON'T GET ME STARTED
by Tori Hartshorn - March 05, 2018 The Shut-Ups, the Atlanta-Athens quintet known for unreliable narrators and reliably catchy New-Wavish arrangements, have emerged from an uncharacteristically long period of studio silence with their punchiest, most concise album to date. Just Another Generation, the band's fifth album, is a whirlwi...
Extant And Yellow Earth Theatre Present FLIGHT PATHS
by A.A. Cristi - January 10, 2019 Two of Britain's leading theatre companies, Extant and Yellow Earth have joined forces to present an ambitious exciting new play called Flight Paths. The production will tour the UK in spring 2019, from Tuesday 5 February starting at Harlow Playhouse Theatre and ending on Tuesday 5 March at The Aren...
Barnes Fringe Festival Returns for Third Year Next Month, Line Up Announced
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2017 The Barnes Fringe is back on 9-15 July for its third year, featuring a stellar line-up of household names and rising stars, previewing their material before they head up to the Edinburgh Fringe....
Sherlock Holmes To Investigate Mystery At Morris-Jumel Mansion In June
by BWW News Desk - June 08, 2018 The Morris-Jumel Mansion will followup their sold-out run of Dracula with a beloved classic mystery in June. From the sordid streets of Victorian London, the game is afoot as literature's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes arrives at the Morris-Jumel Mansion. Adapted for the stage by Steven Dietz a...
NBC's SHADES OF BLUE Will Premiere 10-Episode Final Season Beginning June 17
by Macon Prickett - April 04, 2018 'Shades of Blue,” which stars Jennifer Lopez and Ray Liotta, will premiere its 10-episode third season on Sunday, June 17 at 10 p.m. ET/PT....
RedWit Theatre Presents IN THE NEXT ROOM (OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY)
by Julie Musbach - December 12, 2018 RedWit Theatre presents 'In the Next Room (Or the Vibrator Play)'by Sarah Ruhl, a play about the importance of including women in the room of invention, January 16th-27th, 2019 in the Tarragon Theatre Extraspace....
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Will Offer $29 Rush Tickets
by Julie Musbach - October 31, 2018 Beginning with its first preview tomorrow (Thursday, November 1), a limited number of balcony seats will be sold as rush tickets, priced at $29, to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, the new play by Aaron Sorkin, directed by Bartlett Sher, and starring Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch. Rush tickets wi...
UCSD to Stage Post-Apocalyptic, Feminist Adaptation of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
by BWW News Desk - March 03, 2017 The UC San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance presents The Taming of the Shrew(d), an adaptation of Shakespeare's original text by Kristen Tregar and Kyle Donnelly, directed by Kyle Donnelly....
Harper Lee's 'TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD' Voted America's Best-Loved Novel
by Stephi Wild - October 24, 2018 PBS revealed tonight that TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD was voted America's best-loved novel during this evening's GREAT AMERICAN READ "Grand Finale". The final episode, taped in front of a live audience at the Masonic Hall in New York City, counted down all 100 novels, which were first announced to the pub...
Groundbreaking Study To Identify And Evaluate Historic LGBT Sites In NYC Announced
by A.A. Cristi - November 05, 2018 A new, groundbreaking study has been published as a framework for researching and evaluating sites of potential LGBT significance in New York City, the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project announced today, following an October-long celebration of national LGBT History Month....
NBC to Debut New Supernatural Thriller MIDNIGHT, TEXAS at San Diego Comic Con
by Caryn Robbins - July 10, 2017 NBC and Universal Television head to San Diego Comic-Con with a star-studded panel for the anticipated new supernatural thriller MIDNIGHT, TEXAS and take-over the entire Gaslamp Square with one of the largest interactive fan experiences yet. “Midnight, Texas” premieres immediately following Comic-Co...
BWW Review: Going Down Under with JOHN HOLIDAY in the Crypt
by Richard Sasanow - April 30, 2018 John Holiday is a countertenor for people who don't usually appreciate countertenors--or think of them as “an acquired taste.” Holiday is definitely not that. He has a gorgeous, expressive voice, that somehow balances sweetness and power, whether he's singing Baroque, gospel, American songbook or ja...
Free From Legal Battles, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Will Play the Shubert Theatre on Schedule
by Julie Musbach - May 10, 2018 An agreement has just been reached between Rudinplay and the Harper Lee Estate regarding the new Aaron Sorkin penned stage adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. The play will go forward as scheduled, opening at Broadway's Shubert Theatre in December....
Wandsworth Arts Fringe Festival Reflects Issues of Contemporary Britain
by BWW News Desk - April 21, 2017 The Wandsworth Arts Fringe takes over South West London for two weeks in May with a rich array of shows that tackle some of the most pertinent issues of our time.... |