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HBO to Debut New Stand-Up Special PETE HOLMES: FACES AND SOUNDS, Today
by BWW News Desk - December 03, 2016 A red-hot comedy star headlines his first HBO stand-up special when PETE HOLMES: FACES AND SOUNDS debuts SATURDAY, DEC. 3 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT). Taped at the Vic Theatre in Chicago this past April, the exclusive presentation features his insights into life's most absurd moments....
Syracuse University Department of Drama Presents LAURA AND THE SEA
by A.A. Cristi - October 25, 2016 A valuable attribute of theatre is its ability to tackle difficult material in surprising and even entertaining ways. Artists, playwrights, directors and actors, as artists, must be willing to reflect life as it is-good and bad-while simultaneously satisfying the need to hold an audience's attention...
BWW Review: THE ODD COUPLE at Vagabond Theatre is Full of Wit and Snark
by Kristen Price - April 12, 2017 THE ODD COUPLE at the Vagabond Theatre, from start to finish was a pretty perfect production full of misfits and lovable rogues. Felix played by Eric C. Stein and Oscar played by Larry Malkus were standouts, which is good since the entire show rests solely - and comfortably - on their shoulders. Thr...
BWW REVIEW: The Absurd True Story Of The Unbelievably Unaware Socialite Florence Foster Jenkins Plays Out In GLORIOUS.
by Jade Kops - September 08, 2017 Peter Quilter's play GLORIOUS, about the famously terrible amateur soprano Florence Foster Jenkins (Diana McLean), is a highly entertaining look at what happens when self-confidence collides with delusional belief in one's own abilities....
BWW Review: A Month with FATHER JOHN MISTY
by Taylor Long - October 29, 2017 Okay, maybe not with Father John Misty. But I did spend a month with his music. Last month, at Massey Hall in Toronto, Father John Misty (FJM) performed to a sold-out crowd of energetic fans. I didn't know what I was getting myself into. His musical style left such an impression on me, I decided to ...
BWW Review: ADELAIDE FRINGE 2017: FUN DUMPSTER at The Niche At The Producers
by Barry Lenny - March 09, 2017 Hilarious sketches from award-winning duo....
North West Prepares For An Evening Of Ridiculous Comedy As Irish Star Takes Centre Stage
by Stephi Wild - January 15, 2018 A celebrated comedian will be treading the boards of Warrington's Parr Hall next month with a hilarious show of sheer ridiculousness. Back by overwhelming demand, much-loved comedian Jimeoin is back in the UK to give his motherland audiences their comedy fix with his new show, Ridiculous....
MAGNETS ON THE FRIDGE Returns to Buntport Theater!
by A.A. Cristi - December 04, 2017 In the spirit of Will & Grace, Roseanne, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and other television shows that are coming back after concluding all those years ago, Buntport Theater Company is reviving its first live sit-com! Back when Buntport was first starting up, they created a sit-com that played every other w...
Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes Among 2016 MTV EMA Winners; Full List!
by Caryn Robbins - November 07, 2016 Last night's 2016 MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS featured a line-up of music all-stars, including Global Icon honorees Green Day....
BWW REVIEW: Bitterness And Bitchiness Are Served Up In The Bizarre Comedy Thriller DINNER
by Jade Kops - September 20, 2017 DINNER invites the audience to peer in on the world of the arrogant and affluent as they posture and pose through a night of feigned civility with backhanded barbs....
The Plagiarists to Return with 'UBU II'
by BWW News Desk - September 05, 2017 Were we prepared for the first sound queue of tonight's cultured night of theater? No. Were we pleasantly surprised to see actress Jessica Saxvik as Mrs. Ubu contort and screw her face into all the looks we imagine ourselves to possess the morning after a midnight run to Taco Bell? Yes. Are we wonde...
Buntport Theater Announces Sweet 16 Fundraiser
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2017 Buntport Theater Company celebrates the end of its 16th Season with a fundraising sweet 16 party!...
BWW Review: Everett Quinton is a Master of The Ridiculous in Charles Ludlam's CONQUEST OF THE UNIVERSE or WHEN QUEENS COLLIDE
by Michael Dale - November 12, 2017 To watch New York stage treasure Everett Quinton engaged in his classic brand of silliness - or, to be more accurate, ridiculousness - is just as fulfilling a cultural experience as watching a great tragedian immersed in a dramatic Shakespearean role....
Norman Lear, ITVS Named Institutional Winners of Peabody Award
by Caryn Robbins - April 12, 2017 The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors have selected Norman Lear to receive an Individual Award and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) an Institutional Award for their contributions to storytelling in television....
BWW Interview: Sydney Patrick of KINKY BOOTS at Robinson Performance Hall
by Mike Noland - October 17, 2017 Getting that first National tour seems like a right of passage among Broadway's next generation of stars. Sydney Patrick could not be more excited to be on that path while starring as Lauren in the National tour of Kinky Boots. Her incredibly powerful voice, brilliant timing and adept physical com...
BWW REVIEW: A Farce For A New Age, THE HOMOSEXUALS OR 'FAGGOTS' Is Both Hilarious And Enlightening
by Jade Kops - March 25, 2017 Reviving a genre for a new era, Declan Greene's THE HOMOSEXUALS OR 'FAGGOTS' presents a farce where the taboo is less being caught in a compromising position but rather being caught with a compromising opinions....
Photo Flash: DONALD TRUMP Pays a Visit to Planet Connections
by A.A. Cristi - June 16, 2017 This series of comedy sketches serves as a chronology which follows the self-induced disastrous relationship with the public and the ridiculousness that has plagued the current POTUS. ...
BWW Review: SORDID LIVES Mixes Camp with a Good Dose of Heart, at the OUTwright Theatre Festival
by Krista Garver - June 06, 2017 SORDID LIVES is a campy, over-the-top play about sex and acceptance in a Southern town. This production provides plenty of laughs and also highlights the very real struggle many people face just being themselves....
World Premiere of Murray Lambert's MY FATHER'S LEFT TESTICLE Opens in November
by A.A. Cristi - October 03, 2016 This November Mustard Seed Productions is thrilled to present their inaugural production, the world premiere of Murray Lambert's hilarious dark comedy, My Father's Left Testicle as part of the 2016 Depot theatre season....
VIDEO: Watch All the Performances from Last Night's 2016 MTV EMA's
by Caryn Robbins - November 07, 2016 Last night's 2016 MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS featured a line-up of music all-stars, including Global Icon honorees Gree Day. The two-hour show aired Sunday on MTV. Below, check out all the performances...
BWW Review: Black comedy, “An Impending Rupture of The Belly,” insights at none-too-fragile
by Roy Berko - June 27, 2017 Matt Pelfrey is noted for inventing oddball concepts and writing sardonic dialogue. His 'An Impending Rupture of the Belly,' now on stage at none-too-fragile, is Pelfrey at his 'creative' black comedy best....
TBS Orders Anthology Comedy MIRACLE WORKERS, Starring Daniel Radcliffe and Owen Wilson
by Caryn Robbins - May 17, 2017 Turner's TBS has greenlit MIRACLE WORKERS, an anthology comedy series starring Daniel Radcliffe (Swiss Army Man, Now You See Me 2, Harry Potter Films) and Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris, Masterminds)....
Award-Winning Supervillain Kids Show Joins VAULT Festival
by Julie Musbach - January 09, 2018 A supervillain brings his show to London to get help from badly behaved children....
BWW Review: PLASTIC, Ustinov Studio, Bath
by Tim Wright - March 02, 2017 It's ironic that this first production of The Ustinov Studio's German season should be concerned with that most British of subjects- class. British theatre has a rich history of playwrights poking our sensitivities about guilt, entitlement and shame. Marius von Mayenburg's Plastic does it with wit, ...
VIDEO: Watch All the Performances from Last Night's 2016 MTV EMA's
by Caryn Robbins - November 07, 2016 Last night's 2016 MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS featured a line-up of music all-stars, including Global Icon honorees Gree Day. The two-hour show aired Sunday on MTV. Below, check out all the performances... |