Heartbeat Opera Announces Radically Staged Versions Of Two Classics: DON GIOVANNI And FIDELIO
by A.A. Cristi - March 08, 2018 After last season's much-buzzed-about Butterfly and Carmen, HEARTBEAT OPERA-the daring young company whose unconventional orchestrations and stagings of classic operas have been called 'a radical endeavor' by Alex Ross in The New Yorker-returns to Baruch Performing Arts Center with its fourth annual...
Jill Barber Premieres MERCY From Upcoming Album METAPHORA Out June 22
by Macon Prickett - May 25, 2018 Today, Jill Barber released the video for 'Mercy,' the second single from her upcoming album Metaphora. It premiered at Billboard, and was shot by Juno Award-winning director Christopher Mills, whose work includes videos for Modest Mouse, Leonard Cohen, and Broken Social Scene....
T.H.E. Podcasts Release THE 225 (Episode 225)
by Caryn Robbins - August 18, 2017 T.H.E Music Essentials are back again this week for yet again a sweet pick of the latest progressive and electro house tracks to give you your weekly dose of bangers. Time and time again THE Music Essentials are proving to have such an awesome taste of EDM music to share with us all and this week i...
VIDEO: Preview Heartbeat Opera's Radically Staged Versions Of Two Classics - DON GIOVANNI And FIDELIO
by Alan Henry - May 10, 2018 After last season's much-buzzed-about Butterfly and Carmen, HEARTBEAT OPERA-the daring young company whose unconventional orchestrations and stagings of classic operas have been called 'a radical endeavor' by Alex Ross in The New Yorker-returns to Baruch Performing Arts Center with its fourth annual...
Flute Theatre's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Orange Tree Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - October 18, 2017 Immersive theatre is a popular and fashionable way of presenting work where the audience are not passive observers, but are involved and become part of the production. After last year's inspiring performances of The Tempest, Flute Theatre's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream is their latest sho...
Photo Flash: Sean Hayes Kisses the Cod at COME FROM AWAY
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2017 Another Broadway favorite stopped by Come From Away this weekend - Tony Award nominee Sean Hayes. And what's a visit to Come From Away without kissing the cod with Chad Kimball? Check out the photo below!...
Dan Patlansky Returns to the UK as Special Guest on Joanne Shaw Taylor's Tour
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2017 Following his recent UK April and May UK tour, Dan Patlansky will be Joanne Shaw Taylor's special guest on her November 2017 UK Tour. The news follows Dan's latest single, "Heartbeat" which is currently being played on Planet Rock, and is taken from Dan's critically acclaimed studio album To INTROVE...
VIDEO: COME FROM AWAY's Jenn Colella Performs 'Me and the Sky' on 'Theater Talk'
by Caryn Robbins - April 17, 2017 Yesterday's edition of THEATER TALK featured playwright Paula Vogel discussing the odyssey of her new play, INDECENT and the cast and creatives of the new Broadway musical, COME FROM AWAY....
VIDEO: Cast of Broadway's COME FROM AWAY Performs on 'LATE NIGHT'
by Caryn Robbins - May 23, 2017 The cast of Broadway's COME FROM AWAY performed the show's opening number, 'Welcome to the Rock' on last night's LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS. Check out the appearance below!...
Idris Elba Talks Diversity in Hollywood, Project Illiteracy and His Dream Role
by Emily Bruno - September 12, 2017 Idris Elba has his eyes set on a role that has not even been created for the movies yet. Page Six reports that the British actor is determined to bring THE ALCHEMIST to the big screen....
DVR Alert - Cast of Broadway's COME FROM AWAY to Perform on Next Week's GMA
by Caryn Robbins - August 18, 2017 BWW has learned that the cast of Broadway's COME FROM AWAY will perform on GOOD MORNING AMERICA on Wednesday, August 23rd on ABC. We will bring you video of the appearance as soon as it becomes available!...
VIDEO: Jenn Colella and the Cast of COME FROM AWAY Performs On THE TODAY SHOW
by Macon Prickett - February 16, 2018 The cast of Broadway's COME FROM AWAY performed on the TODAY SHOW today, February 16th on NBC. Captain Beverly Bass, played by Jenn Collela in the musical, also sat down with Megyn Kelly to discuss the shows impact. Watch the clips below! ...
TV: We All Come From Away - Fans Help COME FROM AWAY Celebrate One Year on Broadway
by Julie Musbach - March 12, 2018 The Tony-winning smash hit Broadway musical Come From Away is celebrating its first anniversary on Broadway today, and to mark the occasion, fans submitted videos of themselves singing the show's opening number, "Welcome to the Rock," for a compilation video (with a fun cameo from the show's creator...
The ON! Channel Launches New Season Of The Saturday Night Movie With The Star Studded And Award Winning Film Perceptions
by Julie Musbach - March 08, 2018 Perceptions, the award winning film starring Malinda Williams (Soul Food), Alimi Ballard (Queen Sugar), Charles Malik Whitfield (Tyler Perry's If loving You Is Wrong) and Omarr Salgado (Two days in Harlem), launches the new season of ON!'s Saturday Night Movie....
VIDEO: Jenn Colella and the Cast of COME FROM AWAY Perform 'Me and the Sky' on THE VIEW
by BWW News Desk - June 02, 2017 Today, the cast of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical Come From Away, starring Jenn Colella, performed on THE VIEW. Watch them sing 'Me and the Sky' on the show below!...
TV Exclusive: COME FROM AWAY Tributes the Audiences of San Diego, Seattle, Gander, DC, Toronto & Broadway!
by Nicole Rosky - June 14, 2017 Tony winning director Christopher Ashley says that Come From Away came together with the entrance of the musical's final character... the audience. Below, watch as the cast and creative team chats about the impact of the fans who come from away to see Come From Away....
MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Natalia Cordova-Buckley Upped to Series Regular for Season 5
by Caryn Robbins - October 05, 2017 Marvel Television announced today that Natalia Cordova-Buckley has been promoted to series regular for the fifth season of the ABC series MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D....
American Modern Ensemble to Perform LINGUA FRANCA at National Sawdust
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2017 American Modern Ensemble will perform Lingua Franca, a program of recent and brand new music about mangled text, ICU sounds, rising, falling, and clashing cultures, at National Sawdust today, November 1, 2017, at 7:00 pm....
Central Florida Community Arts presents TITANIC THE MUSICAL: In Concert
by A.A. Cristi - August 03, 2017 Central Florida Community Arts' Community Choir and Symphony Orchestra will proudly perform Titanic The Musical: In Concert on August 25 and 26 at Calvary Orlando (1199 Clay St, Winter Park, FL 32789)....
Exclusive Podcast & Video: Joel B. New Welcomes Heartbeat Opera's Louisa Proske
by Something New - May 08, 2017 In Episode 507 of the Something New podcast, award-winning songwriter Joel B. New sat down with Louisa Proske, Founding Co-Artistic Director of Heartbeat Opera. Now entering its third season, Heartbeat Opera transforms great works of the operatic canon through visionary adaptations, radical arrangem...
NYOA Presents The Third Annual New York Opera Fest
by Stephi Wild - March 09, 2018 New York Opera Alliance (NYOA), a consortium of New York opera companies and producers, presents the third annual New York Opera Fest (nyoperafest.com), a two-month celebration of opera on an unprecedented scale that takes place throughout May and June, with over 20 New York City-based companies lar...
DVR Alert: Cast of Broadway's COME FROM AWAY to Perform on NBC's LATE NIGHT
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2017 BWW has just learned that the cast of the Tony-nominated musical COME FROM AWAY will perform on NBC's LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS on Monday, May 22nd. Kyle Chandler and Michaela Watkins are also scheduled to appear on the show....
National Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Recognized with Special Programming
by A.A. Cristi - April 24, 2018 KCET, the nation's largest independent public television station, announced today that new episodes of PACIFIC HEARTBEAT will be telecast in May to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month on KCET in Southern...
Composer/Singer Marisa Michelson Premieres New Work At Judson
by Stephi Wild - January 31, 2018 Recognized as a leading voice in choral and musical theatre composition, composer/theatre-maker/singer Marisa Michelson is hailed for writing and/or performing profound works with a rich tapestry of complicated choral and musical stylings. Michelson's 2018 season begins February 1-3, 2018, with the ...
BWW Review: NY OperaFest Shows COQ and BUTTERFLY as Works that Don't Go Away - They Get DayGlo-ed and Deconconstructed
by Richard Sasanow - May 26, 2017 There's lots going on in the world of opera in New York City, as shown by the gamut of offerings under the umbrella of the ongoing New York OperaFest, co-organized by the New York Opera Alliance and Opera America. In the last week, the New Opera NYC gave us a cockeyed look at Rimsky-Korsakov's LE CO... |