BWW Review: The Porters Take Flight with a TEMPEST On The Fly
by Ellen Dostal - May 15, 2018 A gaunt Leon Russom conjures up more pathos than normal as the aged Prospero in the Porters of Hellsgate's production of THE TEMPEST. Whether it is due to the fact that the actor has been battling pneumonia, which took him out of the show opening weekend mid-performance, or that his interpretation o...
Netflix Renews Acclaimed Series ANNE (WITH AN E) for Second Season
by Caryn Robbins - August 03, 2017 CBC and Netflix today announced they have renewed acclaimed series ANNE (WITH AN E) for a second season. Produced by Miranda de Pencier's Northwood Entertainment, the second season sees an increased order from eight hours to 10 and begins shooting this fall....
EDINBURGH 2017: BWW Q&A- Flesh and Bone
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 20, 2017 BWW speaks to Unpolished Theatre about bringing Flesh and Bone to the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....
London Holiday Engagement of SIMPLY BARBRA Starring Steven Brinberg Announced
by A.A. Cristi - November 28, 2017 Barbra Streisand plays an intimate venue in London......in the guise of world renowned impressionist Steven Brinberg as SIMPLY BARBRA'S HOLIDAY SHOW. This special engagement is Friday, December 8th at 7:30 pm at Christmas In Leicester Square (located in the centre of Leicester Square)....
Steven Brinberg Brings SIMPLY BARBRA'S BROADWAY to Don't Tell Mama Next Week
by BWW News Desk - October 31, 2017 Next week Barbra Streisand plays an intimate club in NYC......in the guise of world renowned impressionist Steven Brinberg as SIMPLY BARBRA'S BROADWAY....
BWW Exclusive: John Kander Ebbs & Flows In 3/4 Time
by Harry Haun - June 13, 2018 In the black at the back of the Vineyard Theater during one of the final previews of The Beast in the Jungle the other night sat its composer, disguising himself as a member of the audience by dispassionately drinking in the stage action and politely applauding at the appropriate places. This is-typ...
Robert O'Hara's MANKIND Begins Tomorrow at Playwrights Horizons
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2017 A friendly reminder that previews begin tomorrow, Friday, December 15 at 8PM for the Playwrights Horizons world premiere production of Mankind, a new play written and directed by two-time Obie Award winner Robert O'Hara (Bootycandy, Bella: An American Tall Tale at Playwrights; Barbecue, In the Conti...
Muny Announces Full Cast and Creative for JEROME ROBBINS' BROADWAY
by Julie Musbach - May 23, 2018 The Muny announced today its full cast, design and production teams for the theater's opening centennial season show, Jerome Robbin's Broadway. In its first production ever in the world since its original Broadway and national tour productions, Jerome Robbins' Broadway will run June 11 - 17....
BLACKBERRY SMOKE Premieres New Single BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE From Upcoming Album
by Macon Prickett - February 16, 2018 Blackberry Smoke's new song “Best Seat In The House” premiered yesterday at Yahoo! Music. Of the song, lead singer Charlie Starr comments, “That song is sort of a sarcastic complaint...we all want what we ain't got. It's not enough to get in, people want front row…”...
Danny Burstein, Rebecca Naomi Jones and More to Star in Rajiv Joseph's DESCRIBE THE NIGHT at the Atlantic
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2017 Atlantic Theater Company has announced casting for the New York premiere of Pulitzer Prize finalist and Lortel and Obie Award winner Rajiv Joseph's (Guards at the Taj) play Describe the Night, directed by Giovanna Sardelli (Animals Out of Paper)....
Washington Ballet Premieres Ethan Steifel's FRONTIER
by Molly Tracy - April 18, 2017 The Washington Ballet (TWB) presents the world premiere of Ethan Stiefel's Frontier next month, a ballet inspired by President Kennedy and his space travel aspirations for America....
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD Comes to Fox Theatre 10/5
by A.A. Cristi - May 23, 2017 "As soon as the dust settles you can see an new world / In place of where the old one had been..." A concept album to end all concepts, Murder Of The Universe is the new collection by head-bending psychedelicists King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Murder Of The Universe is a face-melting musical assau...
Chelsea Wolfe Streams Hiss Spun via NPR First Listen
by Caryn Robbins - September 15, 2017 Chelsea Wolfe's newest album, Hiss Spun is available to hear in its entirety today via NPR First Listen. Wolfe has shared a string of acclaimed singles over the past several months, tracing the outline of an album that is as eclectic as it is singularly focused....
New Faces, New Flubs! THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG to Welcome New Company This Fall
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2017 A new school year is beginning at Cornley University this fall as the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Mischief Theatre's The Play That Goes Wrong, which has inexplicably become longest-running play currently on Broadway, welcomes a new company beginning Tuesday, September 19th....
Vineyard's THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE to Feature Tony Yazbeck, Irina Dvorovenko, and More
by Julie Musbach - February 15, 2018 Artistic Directors Douglas Aibel and Sarah Stern announce that Irina Dvorovenko ('The Americans'), a former American Ballet Theatre principal dancer, Tony Award nominees Tony Yazbeck (ON THE TOWN, FINDING NEVERLAND) and Peter Friedman (RAGTIME, The Vineyard's THE SLUG BEARERS OF KAYROL ISLAND...), a...
Pleasance Theatre Trust Celebrates 33 Years at Venue 33 with an Award-Winning Festival
by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2017 Pleasance Theatre Trust celebrated 33 years at Venue 33 and 70th anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August with an ambitious, multi-award winning programme of theatre, comedy, dance and circus: an incredible 5074 performances of 258 shows in 27 venues, including a new addition of the ...
Reg Rogers to Lead New Translation of Ibsen's AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE at Yale Rep
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2017 Yale Repertory Theatre opens its 2017-18 season with An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, newly translated from the Norwegian by Paul Walsh, directed by James Bundy, October 6-October 28 at Yale University Theatre (222 York Street). Opening Night is Thursday, October 12....
New Faces, New Flubs! THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Welcomes New Company Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2017 A new school year is beginning at Cornley University this fall as the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Mischief Theatre's The Play That Goes Wrong, which has inexplicably become longest-running play currently on Broadway, welcomes a new company beginning tonight, September 19th....
LONELY PLANET, Starring Arnie Burton & Matt McGrath, Enters Final Weeks Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2017 A friendly reminder that this month is your last chance to see Steven Dietz's landmark play Lonely Planet, directed by Keen Artistic Director Jonathan Silverman (The Tempramentals) and starring Arnie Burton (The Government Inspector) and Matt McGrath (The Legend of Georgia McBride)....
LONELY PLANET, Starring Arnie Burton & Matt McGrath, Opens Tonight at Keen Company
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2017 Steven Dietz's landmark play Lonely Planet, directed by Keen Artistic Director Jonathan Silverman (The Tempramentals) and starring Arnie Burton (The Government Inspector) and Matt McGrath (The Legend of Georgia McBride) opens tonight, October 19th, for a limited Off-Broadway engagement at The Clurma...
Readings of New Musical THE MUSEUM OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS Starring Jessie Mueller Set for Today & Tomorrow
by Julie Musbach - October 16, 2017 Special invitational presentations of THE MUSEUM OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS, a new musical featuring Tony winner Jessie Mueller and inspired by the Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, Croatia, are set for today (Monday) and tomorrow in Manhattan. Music is by Daniel Green, with book, lyrics & dire...
Arnie Burton and Matt McGrath to Lead Keen Company's LONELY PLANET
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2017 Today Keen Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein announced that Steven Dietz's landmark play Lonely Planet would star Arnie Burton (The Government Inspector) and Matt McGrath (The Legend of Georgia McBride). The design team will include Anshuman Bhatia (scenic), Jennifer Paar (costumes), Paul Huds...
Readings of New Musical THE MUSEUM OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS Starring Jessie Mueller Set for Today & Tomorrow
by Julie Musbach - October 16, 2017 Special invitational presentations of THE MUSEUM OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS, a new musical featuring Tony winner Jessie Mueller and inspired by the Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, Croatia, are set for today (Monday) and tomorrow in Manhattan. Music is by Daniel Green, with book, lyrics & dire...
HB Studio Presents MARICELA DE LA LUZ LIGHTS THE WORLD
by Julie Musbach - November 18, 2017 HB Studio, one of New York's legendary institutions for theater training and practice located in Greenwich Village, will kick off the 2018 BENEFIT SERIES with a special presentation of Academy-award nominated Jos Rivera's whimsical play, MARICELA DE LA LUZ LIGHTS THE WORLD....
BWW Exclusive: Patrick Page Shares His Personal Struggle with Depression; Reflects on Deaths of Kate Spade & Anthony Bourdain
by Nicole Rosky - June 08, 2018 The suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain have left many people baffled. How could two people who seemed to have it all, who showed no external signs of despair, who brought so much joy to others, take their own lives?... |