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...
ABT Announces 2011 Spring Season at the Met
by Erica Anker - October 14, 2010 American Ballet Theatre's 2011 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House, May 16-July 9, was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Highlights of the season include World Premieres by Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon, the New York Company Premiere of Alexei Ratmansky's The...
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...
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...
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...
ABT Promotes Hee Seo to Soloist
by Marivic Tagala - July 06, 2010 The American Ballet Theatre announces that Hee Seo will be promoted to the rank of Soloist, effectively August 2010. Seo joined the ABT Studio Company (now ABT II) in 2004. She was named an apprentice with the main Company in May 2005 and promoted to the corps de ballet in March 2006....
Joyce Theater Presents 'Dance Talks With Mr. Millepied' 12/1
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 26, 2008 In advance of the highly anticipated return of Benjamin Millepied Danses Concertantes at The Joyce Theater (December 9-14), there will be a special Dance Talks with Mr. Millepied on Monday, December 1 from 6:00 - 8:00pm at Joyce SoHo (155 Mercer Street, between Houston and Prince). Moderated by Lind...
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...
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'!...
Joyce DiDonato Takes On Role In La donna del lago In Geneva
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 05, 2010 Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato has had a dream of a season, earning plaudits in the world's top culture capitals, including London, where the Times declared her voice to be 'nothing less than 24-carat gold.'...
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...
Joyce Theater Presents 'Dance Talks With Mr. Millepied' 12/1
by BWW News Desk - December 01, 2008 In advance of the highly anticipated return of Benjamin Millepied Danses Concertantes at The Joyce Theater (December 9-14), there will be a special Dance Talks with Mr. Millepied on Monday, December 1 from 6:00 - 8:00pm at Joyce SoHo (155 Mercer Street, between Houston and Prince). Moderated by Lind...
BLOODY, BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON Plays The Public Theatre, Previews 3/23/2010
by BWW News Desk - March 23, 2010 The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) announces a return engagement of BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, the critically acclaimed rock musical that played a sold-out run last spring as part of the Public's Public LAB season....
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...
BENJAMIN MILLEPIED DANSES CONCERTANTES Returns to the Joyce Theater
by Reynard Loki - November 04, 2008 The Joyce Theater is thrilled present the return of Benjamin Millepied Danses Concertantes, a company that features several dancers from American Ballet Theatre. ...
Joyce DiDonato Takes On Role In La donna del lago In Geneva
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 05, 2010 Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato has had a dream of a season, earning plaudits in the world's top culture capitals, including London, where the Times declared her voice to be 'nothing less than 24-carat gold.'...
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....
New York City Ballet Spring Gala Features Natalie Portman, Two World Premiere Ballets Today, 5/10
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2012 New York City Ballet's 2012 Spring Gala tonight, 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 Dalbavie; and one by French-born c...
BWW Interview: Boys in the Photograph's Tony LePage
by Kelly Cameron - October 29, 2009 This week marks the end of the successful Toronto run of The Boys in the Photograph. The Andrew Lloyd Webber/Ben Elton musical about a group of Irish football players growing up during a tumultous time in their country has been playing at the Royal Alexandra Theatre since September 22nd. We had th...
SOUND OFF: ANYTHING GOES 2011
by Pat Cerasaro - August 25, 2011 A powerhouse of a performer like Sutton Foster comes along only once a generation or so - the last of her likes on these shores was undoubtedly grande dame EVITA diva Patti LuPone and, across the pond, original EVITA and CATS headliner and current FOLLIES revival star, Elaine Paige - and in her debu...
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. ...
MUSIC CITY CONFIDENTIAL #4: Onstage, Offstage, Backstage and Beyond With the Theaterati
by Jeffrey Ellis - June 26, 2012 It's supposed to be 108 degrees in the Nashville area by week's end, which means stepping outside will likely leave you melted, quite literally and figuratively. But if you do have to venture out of doors, perhaps a trip to the theater is a good idea…it'll be dark and cool (with any luck, the AC wil...
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... |