VOICE OVER: Singers Enter the Live Playoffs, AKA: 'Serious Olympics'
by Sally Henry - November 06, 2012 Remember, remember the fifth of November… The Live Playoffs on NBC's The Voice are off and running as of tonight! Singers from Teams Adam Levine and Blake Shelton braved the stage and the wild crowd to pursue their dreams. Adam said, "It's like a more serious Olympics." In the Live Playoffs, all fi...
SOUND OFF: SMASH Flies The Coup
by Pat Cerasaro - March 27, 2012 Sporadically shedding its former skin as a mainly musical endeavor, last night's "The Coup" episode of NBC's musical dramedy series SMASH stepped outside the box and presented a drama-focused show heavy on the plot and light on the musical numbers - with surprisingly strong results, believe it or no...
Nickelodeon Cancels SAM & CAT; Ariana Grande Reacts on Twitter
by Caryn Robbins - July 14, 2014 Nickelodeon has cancelled its original hit series SAM & CAT, starring Ariana Grande and Jennette McCurdy....
Julie Brown's HOMECOMING QUEEN'S GOT A MUSICAL Returns to the Cavern Club Tonight
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2014 Back by popular demand due to three totally sold-out weekends is Julie Brown's HOMECOMING QUEEN'S GOT A MUSICAL, full of murder, mayhem and musical numbers, beginning Today, March 28 for a two-week run at the Cavern Club Theater, Silverlake, Calif....
BWW Interviews: 2012 BWW Award Winner Emrhys Cooper Releases Hit Single
by Don Grigware - August 23, 2013 Actor/singer/dancer Emrhys Cooper, winner of the 2012 BWW Award for Actor to Watch in 2013, has certainly made his mark on the entertainment world. After much TV and film work, the British born performer shifts to singing with his first single 'Hypnotized' to be released Tuesday August 20. In our ch...
Paloma Herrera, Julie Kent and Xiomara Reyes to Retire from The American Ballet Theatre
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2014 Paloma Herrera, Julie Kent and Xiomara Reyes, Principal Dancers with American Ballet Theatre, have announced their retirements from the Company at the conclusion of the 2015 Metropolitan Opera House season in New York City. “These three unique ballerinas have each made such distinctive contribution...
AMERICAN IDOL Recap: Viewers' Choices Make Tough Night for IDOL Top-5, Ariana Grande Surprises Finalist (Updated w/ pictures)
by Matt Tamanini - May 01, 2014 Well, now it's time to get serious. AMERICAN IDOL has navigated through a tumultuous Season XIII to get down to a fairly acceptable Top-5. Perhaps last week's goodbye to the tonally deficient C.J. Harris has erased my disappointment in the early eliminations of Majesty and Malaya, but for the most p...
STUDENT CENTER: Conquering KCACTF — Day One: Scenes on Scenes on Scenes; Would You Like a Coffee with That?
by Mary Best - January 14, 2013 We have arrived! The St. Bonaventure University group has conquered day one of the Region 2 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival at Towson University. As a third year festival participant, I was thrilled to joined SBU Theater in four days of shows, competitions and a whole lot of Starbuc...
SOUND OFF: SMASH Casts Its Marilyn
by Pat Cerasaro - February 14, 2012 Last night, SMASH cast Marilyn Monroe in the big Broadway musical based on her life at the show's center. Or, did they? While Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) may have done whatever it took to make an impression on the show's lothario director, Derek (Jack Davenport), it was Ivy's long-standing friendship wit...
BWW Blog: Eric Ulloa of Goodspeed's THE MOST HAPPY FELLA - Moments In The Woods
by Guest Blogger: Eric Ulloa - November 06, 2013 Ham and Cheese. Balsamic Vinegar and Olive Oil. Peanut Butter and Jelly....
AMERICAN IDOL Recap: Viewers' Choices Make Tough Night for IDOL Top-5, Ariana Grande Surprises Finalist (Updated w/ pictures)
by Matt Tamanini - May 01, 2014 Well, now it's time to get serious. AMERICAN IDOL has navigated through a tumultuous Season XIII to get down to a fairly acceptable Top-5. Perhaps last week's goodbye to the tonally deficient C.J. Harris has erased my disappointment in the early eliminations of Majesty and Malaya, but for the most p...
New York City Ballet Spring Gala to Feature Natalie Portman, Two World Premiere Ballets, 5/10
by Harmony Wheeler - March 08, 2012 New York City Ballet announced today that its 2012 Spring Gala on Thursday, May 10 will feature a one-time-only salute to France titled À La Francaise, and will feature two World Premiere ballets, one by NYCB's Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins to a score by the French composer Marc-Andre Dalbavi...
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Trailer for Final Season of Showtime's THE BIG C
by Caryn Robbins - February 08, 2013 Showtime's hit drama series THE BIG C will not return to the air until Monday, April 29th but you can get a sneak peek at the show's final season. Below, check out a trailer, for the cable network series entitled 'Hereafter'!...
SOUND OFF: SMASH Casts Its Marilyn
by Pat Cerasaro - February 14, 2012 Last night, SMASH cast Marilyn Monroe in the big Broadway musical based on her life at the show's center. Or, did they? While Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) may have done whatever it took to make an impression on the show's lothario director, Derek (Jack Davenport), it was Ivy's long-standing friendship wit...
BWW Reviews: Stephen Adly Guirgis' THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT at Stageworks
by Peter Nason - July 18, 2015 Down and dirty and poetic at the same time, TMFWTH is funny, edgy and extremely smart....
SOUND OFF: SMASH Is Out For Blood
by Pat Cerasaro - February 28, 2012 SMASH is out for blood - wolf's blood, that is. So, go howl! In the climax of the series so far - at least since that thrilling finale to the pilot episode - the wildly talented cast of characters that inhabit SMASH were joined in purpose and performance for the first time onscreen all together, sin...
American Ballet Theatre Announces New Promotions
by Tyler Peterson - June 30, 2015 Stella Abrera and Misty Copeland have been promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre and Skylar Brandt, Thomas Forster, Arron Scott and Cassandra Trenary have been promoted to Soloist effective August 1, 2015. In addition, Maria Kochetkova, a principal dancer with San F...
BWW Interviews: 2012 BWW Award Winner Emrhys Cooper Releases Hit Single
by Don Grigware - August 23, 2013 Actor/singer/dancer Emrhys Cooper, winner of the 2012 BWW Award for Actor to Watch in 2013, has certainly made his mark on the entertainment world. After much TV and film work, the British born performer shifts to singing with his first single 'Hypnotized' to be released Tuesday August 20. In our ch...
SOUND OFF: SMASH Flies The Coup
by Pat Cerasaro - March 27, 2012 Sporadically shedding its former skin as a mainly musical endeavor, last night's "The Coup" episode of NBC's musical dramedy series SMASH stepped outside the box and presented a drama-focused show heavy on the plot and light on the musical numbers - with surprisingly strong results, believe it or no...
LIVE West Coast BETTER CALL SAUL 'Alpine Shepherd Boy' Recap 3/2
by Courtney Henley - March 02, 2015 Allow me, for a moment, to recap what we have learned so far in the first four episodes of BETTER CALL SAUL. Jimmy McGill (AKA 's'all good, man') starts his career as a public defender, shifts into private practice (if you can call it that) when he defends Nacho and finds the 'missing' Kettlemans, a...
SOUND OFF: Bernadette Peters, At The Corner Of Broadway & SMASH
by Pat Cerasaro - March 20, 2012 When a big Broadway star like Bernadette Peters makes her way onto a national TV program, Broadway babies await it with abated breath. Yet, when a big Broadway star like Bernadette Peters appears on an actual musical TV series like SMASH, Broadway babies have reason to throw an all-out bacchanal - a...
Cory Stearns Promoted to Principal Dancer with ABT
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 05, 2011 Cory Stearns has been promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre. The promotion, which becomes effective immediately, was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie....
BWW Blog: Eric Ulloa of Goodspeed's THE MOST HAPPY FELLA - Family
by Guest Blogger: Eric Ulloa - September 04, 2013 Well hello there, my name is Eric Ulloa (pronounced oo- yo- ah), and I am in the cast of Goodspeed's upcoming revival of The Most Happy Fella. I am also your blogger for these next several weeks to give you an inside scoop on the cast, production, backstage happenings and what I'm calling, 'tell 'em...
Gotham Chamber Opera, Music-Theatre Group, Opera Co of Philly Join For Co-Production
by BWW News Desk - October 27, 2010 Gotham Chamber Opera, Music-Theatre Group and The Opera Company of Philadelphia will announce the commission of a new opera composed by Nico Muhly. ...
Spotlight On ANONYMOUS: Top Ten Theatrical Deceptions
by Pat Cerasaro - November 04, 2011 Today we are completing BroadwayWorld's seven part analysis of Shakespeare's works, all with an eye towards the new movie ANONYMOUS - which questions the authorship of William Shakespeare - with a look at the greatest moments of deception in theatre taken from the last few decades. While deception a... |