A ROCKAPELLA HOLIDAY to Play Pepperdine University This December
by BWW News Desk - December 06, 2016 Rockapella, the popular a cappella group that features four world-class vocalists and one of the music industry's top vocal percussionists brings their special holiday performance, A Rockapella Holiday, to Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre at 8 p.m. today, December 6....
BWW Review: Donna McKechnie's 'Visit' with Kander & Ebb Falls Short of Expectations at Feinstein's/54 Below
by Alix Cohen - April 22, 2016 Ninety percent of the way through her new 54 Below show, A Visit With Kander and Ebb, Donna McKechnie delivers the unquestioned highlight of this show, “I Walk Away” (The Visit), wherein the character Claire Zachanassian ruefully explains how she accrued her fortune through the deaths of successive ...
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of SHOWTIME WITH SHAKESPEARE: A MAGIC TREE HOUSE ADVENTURE at Orlando Shakes
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2017 Jack and Annie return to Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF (Orlando Shakes) this fall for the world premiere of Showtime with Shakespeare: A Magic Tree House Adventure, running from October 19 - November 17, 2017 in the Margeson Theater. Get a sneak peek at the cast in character be...
Nat Geo Premieres New Documentary Series AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL, 9/26
by Caryn Robbins - September 07, 2017 National Geographic's new four-part documentary series AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL goes inside the senior year of students from Orangeburg, South Carolina, who share the highs and lows of their academic, athletic and personal achievements over the course of one year....
Tom Hamilton's American Babies at the Fox Theatre October 22nd
by A.A. Cristi - August 18, 2016 With such a chameleonic existence, it's unsurprising that American Babies founder/principal member Tom Hamilton's guiding creative principle is very simple: He doesn't like to repeat himself artistically. For the multi-instrumentalist, this mindset stems from a deep-seated need to always keep pushin...
VIDEO: Alex Trebek Calls 'Nerdcore' Music Fan a 'Loser' on Last Night's JEOPARDY
by Caryn Robbins - October 13, 2016 On last night's JEOPARDY, host Alex Trebek called contestant Susan Cole a 'loser' after she revealed she was a fan of nerdcore, a genre of hip-hop dedicated to geek culture. ...
BWW Review: FARNDALE AVENUE...MURDER AT CHECKMATE MANOR is Delightfully Terrible and Hilariously Funny, at Bag&Baggage
by Krista Garver - October 24, 2017 Bag&Baggage's THE FARNDALE AVENUE HOUSING ESTATE TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD DRAMATIC SOCIETY'S PRODUCTION OF MURDER AT CHECKMATE MANOR is comedy done right....
The Capitol Theatre presents ROCKAPELLA This Christmas!
by A.A. Cristi - June 12, 2017 The Capitol Theatre presents Rockapella Christmas on Thursday, December 21 at 7:30 pm. Tickets go on sale Saturday, June 17 at 10 am....
BWW Review: Gripping FROZEN at ArtsWest Feels Like a Documentary at Times
by Jay Irwin - April 23, 2017 First off, Dear Readers, let me explain that you will see no singing Ice Princesses or wacky snowmen in this show. This particular play called "Frozen", currently playing at ArtsWest, is about as far away from the Disney movie as it could be considering it deals with serial killers. And while the ...
BWW Blog: Play at Any Age by Mary Parker
by Guest Blogger: HAT Ensemble - September 15, 2016 Some people think that being a senior citizen means that all of life's important experiences are behind you - opportunities are at an end. I used to be one of them. Honest Accomplice Theater never did think that way. ...
Sean Hayes & Megan Hilty Reunite During AN ACT OF GOD Performance
by Caryn Robbins - June 27, 2016 Former SMASH and SEAN SAVES THE WORLD co-stars Sean Hayes and Megan Hilty reunited during a recent performance of Broadway's hit comedy, AN ACT OF GOD....
NBC Universo to Premiere New Celeb-Reality Series THE RIVERAS, 10/16
by Caryn Robbins - September 19, 2016 NBC UNIVERSO, the modern entertainment and sports cable channel for Latinos announced the premiere of THE RIVERAS, its new celeb-reality series that follows the children of late Mexican- American music icon and reality star, Jenni Rivera...
Idina Menzel Opens Up in Revealing New Interview
by Ashlee Latimer - September 10, 2016 In a vulnerable new interview with The Telegraph, Broadway Idina Menzel opens up about everything from Brexit, to the pressures of being considered a role model, and how she balances her career with motherhood....
Whiskey Prison Releases First Bourbon: Conviction
by Marina Kennedy - November 03, 2017 Conviction Small Batch Bourbon has been released from prison. Southern Grace Distilleries, the first distillery in the United States to be located in a former prison, has released their first bourbon after opening their doors three and a half years ago: Conviction Small Batch Bourbon....
NBC Universo to Premiere New Celeb-Reality Series THE RIVERAS, 10/16
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2016 NBC UNIVERSO, the modern entertainment and sports cable channel for Latinos announced the premiere of THE RIVERAS, its new celeb-reality series that follows the children of late Mexican- American music icon and reality star, Jenni Rivera...
The Adobe Theater's THE WHITEHEADED BOY Begins Today
by BWW News Desk - June 10, 2016 THE WHITEHEADED BOY opens at The ADOBE Theater today, June 10th, and runs 4 weekends through Sunday, July 3rd. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2:00pm, with a special 'Pay What You Will' performance (to benefit the cast and crew) on Thursday, June 23rd, at 7.30pm. Tickets are $17, seni...
June Arrington Wood Releases FALLEN IDOLS
by Christina Mancuso - November 17, 2016 June Arrington Wood marks her debut in the publishing scene with a fiction novel featuring 'Fallen Idols' (published by iUniverse). Enthralling, eye-opening and evocative, this tale teaches readers the value of forgiveness and finding what it does when one learns to open their heart to God....
TheatreSquared Launches Lights Up for Access Thanks to Major Grant from Walmart Foundation
by A.A. Cristi - August 17, 2016 TheatreSquared's executive director, Martin Miller, announced a $68,500 grant from the Walmart Foundation to help launch its new Lights Up! For Access initiative, extending free and low-cost tickets for 220 performances in Season 11. The company unveiled the program at its annual Season Kickoff even...
Update: Rockettes Union Calls Boycotting Inauguration 'Invalid'
by Alan Henry - December 23, 2016 BroadwayWorld has come across an email sent from the American Guild of Variety Artists to what appears to be Rockettes in its membership as a response to the announcement that some Rockettes do not want to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump....
Orpheum Family Series to Begin Next Month with CELESTE
by BWW News Desk - October 28, 2016 The Orpheum Theatre Group's 2016-2017 Family Series begins with Celeste today, October 28th at 6:30 PM at the Halloran Centre for Performing Arts & Education....
Audra McDonald Schools Fox's Bill O'Reilly On The Realities of Slavery
by Michael Dale - July 27, 2016 One of Broadway's great performers reacts to the suggestion of any decent treatment of people who were forced into slavery....
BOYSTOWN Returning to OUTtv This Year
by Tyler Peterson - May 24, 2016 Reidling Entertainment announced the return of the television series 'BoysTown' to the cable network OUTtv that currently airs in Canada and Europe....
First Look: Sarah Hyland to Portray Devious Seelie Queen on SHADOWHUNTERS
by Caryn Robbins - July 21, 2017 ...
BWW Review: FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIRE DE LUNE at 2nd Story Theatre
by Larry O'Brien - October 28, 2016 First of all, I was supposed to write a review last month of Charles Morey's adaptation THE LADIES MAN by Georges Feydeau. Unfortunately, the elevator was out of service and, since I get around in a wheelchair, so was I. I finally got to see it the night it closed; It was the night of the full Hunte... |