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Round 2 of Boiler Room's Pressure Cooker Ramps Up 9/20-22
by Jeffrey Ellis - September 12, 2012

Over the course of three nights-Thursday, September 20 through Saturday, September 22-Boiler Room presents three musicals that will be rated by the audience and a panel of media/industry professionals. Immediately following each presentation, a 10-minute talkback session will allow judges to offer i...


Nick Ahad's A MUSLAMIC LOVE STORY Premieres in Bradford Tonight, June 7
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2012

A new play from Nick Ahad is set to explore the untold story of racial and gay politics in modern Britain. A Muslamic Love Story will have its premiere at the Theatre in the Mill, University of Bradford tonight 7th and Friday 8th June at 7.30pm....


St. Louis Fringe Festival Begins Accepting Admission 1/15
by Kelsey Denette - December 29, 2011

The streets of St. Louis will transform into a stage for the ST. LOU FRINGE Festival for the first time this summer. Slated for the last weekend of June 2012, the first annual St Lou Fringe Festival will take to the streets on the fringes of Grand Center, and in the Locust Business District....


Small Publisher Produces Best-Selling Cookbook in 2012
by BWW News Desk - January 25, 2013

While most categories of Publisher's Weekly's Bestselling Books of 2012 are dominated by big-name authors and major publishers, the cookbook category spotlights Quail Ridge Press' success with Great Food Fast: Bob Warden's Ultimate Pressure Cooker Recipes. PW notes, "The cooking category was also go...


INVENTING VAN GOGH and More Highlight West End Players Guild's 102nd Season
by Chris Gibson - June 11, 2012

The West End Players Guild's 2012-13 season - the troupe's number 102- will be all new to St. Louis theatre-goers, featuring four St. Louis premieres. ...


Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage to Executive Produce New Discovery Channel Series, 'Unchained Reaction'
by Kelsey Denette - January 20, 2012

Discovery Channel announces UNCHAINED REACTION, a new series executive produced by Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of MYTHBUSTERS. The duo also serve as judges for the six-part series, which pits two teams of varying backgrounds against each other to build an elaborate chain reaction contraption. But ...


Judith Foard's New Book SENIOR YEAR is Released
by Christina Mancuso - May 06, 2013

Glee meets old Hollywood drama and glamour in Judith Foard's new book, 'Senior Year.'...


Stoneham Theatre to Offer Three Jazz Concerts in January
by Tyler Peterson - December 02, 2013

Stoneham Theatre is "jazzing up" January with three concerts: The Jay Geils Jazz & Blues Revue, Florence LaRue & the 5th Dimension, and Loretta LaRoche's new show, Life Is Not A Stress Rehearsal. This exciting line-up has something for everyone and gives audiences a chance to experience well-known...


Bridge Street Live to Welcome Debbie Davies Band, 8/16
by Kristin Salaky - August 06, 2013

Davies rise to the upper echelon of blues music started at an early age as she absorbed the music heard constantly in her home. Her (professional) musician parents were either sitting at the piano or spinning discs on their turntable, filling the air with the sounds of big band jazz, harmony vocal g...


Photo Flash: First Look at Velocity's BRIDGE PROJECT 2013, Feb 1-3
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2013

4 of Seattle's most promising choreographers create 4 new works in the pressure cooker of just 3 weeks at Velocity's Bridge Project. This year's performance features a diversity of styles and histories, from the highly theatrical to European-influenced improvisation by emerging artists Elia Mrak, Am...


NUTTY PROFESSOR, Blackbird Theatre, Feehely Claim Top Honors at Midwinter's First Night
by Jeffrey Ellis - January 07, 2013

The world premiere of a brand-spanking new musical with Broadway in its sights, a relatively young but awe-inspiring theater company and a sparkling, witty new play about Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald led the list of Tennessee's outstanding theatrical achievements in 2012 that was revealed Sunday n...


BWW Reviews: DOMA Presents a Darkly Stimulating NINE
by Don Grigware - July 16, 2013

It is practically impossible not to be pulled into the passionately earthy, very Italian world of fictional film director Guido Contini (David Michael Trevino) in Maury Yeston's 1982 darkly breathtaking musical Nine. Guido's mental turmoil, a series of vivid images that come fiercely plummeting into...


BWW Reviews: Haves and Have Nots Square off in Last Act's HAPPY COUPLE
by Jeff Davis - May 16, 2013

No story is completely original. It's all been done before. Surely we've seen shows that involve a crumbling marriage or others that involve class struggle, but rarely are those themes seamlessly interwoven as they are in James Venhaus's daring play The Happy Couple, currently playing The White Ho...


Lisa Maxwell Joins Cast of CHICKEN for June 25 - July 21 Run, London
by James T Harding - May 21, 2012

LISA MAXWELL has joined the cast of the West End premiere of CHICKEN, a dark and devilish comedy -which opens at the Trafalgar Studio 2 from Monday 25 June 2012....


25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE & More Set for Northwestern University Theatre and Dance in November
by Tyler Peterson - October 25, 2013

A comical Tony Award-winning musical about an angst-filled spelling championship, and performances of a Jane Austen classic are among the November productions at the Theatre and Interpretation Center (TIC) at Northwestern University. For young audiences, TIC is staging a family musical based on a Ne...


REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY Plays Factory Studio Theatre, 12/6-15
by Nicole Rosky - November 01, 2013

Rob van Meenen's bold and original new play Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) hits the Toronto stage this December starring one of the most exciting and surprising ensembles of the year. The production will begin with a preview performanceDecember 5 for a strictly limited engagement of 12 shows at the ...


Actors Theatre Presents OPUS at Herberger Theater Center, 11/2-18
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2012

Opus, which runs from Nov. 2-18 on Stage West at the Herberger Theater Center, 222. E. Monroe, is the story of a world-class string quartet whose musical genius goes off his medication and becomes completely erratic....


HGTV's David Bromstad to Host THE WHITE ROOM CHALLENGE Premiering 4/24
by Caryn Robbins - March 22, 2012

Hosted by HGTV Design Star champion and Color Splash star David Bromstad, THE WHITE ROOM CHALLENGE will feature such show stopping creative designs as wallpaper made from lollipops and pixie sticks and upholstery made of flower petals....


THE FULL CATASTROPHE, Gordon Lightfoot, Three Dog Night and More Set for Berkshire Theatre Group's Fall 2013 Season
by BWW News Desk - August 14, 2013

Berkshire Theatre Group and Artistic Director/CEO Kate Maguire are excited to announce the 2013 Fall schedule of events at The Colonial Theatre, The Garage and The Unicorn Theatre. Tickets are available for purchase to members and passholders on August 20 and to the general public on August 22....


X FACTOR RECAP: The Last of the Auditions!
by Kelsey Denette - September 27, 2012

Today is the second night of Providence auditions on The X Factor. Whether you missed the show or just want to re-live an audition, read on for a full recap of tonight's show!...


Actors Theatre, Phoenix, Announces AGONY & ECSTACY OF STEVE JOBS & More for 2012-13
by James T Harding - March 29, 2012

Actors Theatre's 2012-13 season brings five plays to Stage West at The Herberger Theater Center beginning with Mike Daisey's controversial The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs (Sept. 21-Oct. 7) and ending with the critically acclaimed Good People (May 3-19) by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Da...


Illusion Theater's 26th Annual Fresh Ink Series Set for Now thru 7/28
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2013

Fresh Ink, Illusion's annual summer series focusing on new plays, gives space for artists to develop their creative pieces and try their works-in-progress in front of audiences. For three weekends in July, emerging and established playwrights explore new ground, with a different play on stage each w...


Around the Broadway World: Regional Highlights for the Week of 9/10
by BWW Special Coverage - September 14, 2012

Today, we bring you a list of the most-read stories in our regional markets for the week of September 10 in another edition of 'Around BWW: Regional Highlights of the Week'. Browse over to your favorite far-away city/country to see what's making news, see what productions are playing around the coun...


SCR's Season to Include PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, HOW THE WORLD BEGAN, & More
by BWW News Desk - November 26, 2011

South Coast Repertory's 48th season will offer audiences an exciting blend of new plays and modern-day classics. The season begins with an adaptation of Jane Austen's beloved Pride and Prejudice and will include works from some of theatre's master craftsmen: Horton Foote's touching The Trip to Bount...


Boiler Room Theatre to Present WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, 8/23-9/15
by Tyler Peterson - August 14, 2013

The Boiler Room Theatre, Williamson County's original and longest-running professional theatre company, will stage the classic American drama by Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. The production will run from August 23rd through September 15th at the theatre's iconic namesake venue in th...






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