Surfboards, Dancing Trees, and Elvis Return in Smuin's THE CHRISTMAS BALLET
by Julie Musbach - October 16, 2018 Smuin kicks off the holidays with the return of The Christmas Ballet, the beloved Bay Area tradition featuring two acts packed to the brim with both flawless classical ballet and red-hot contemporary numbers....
BWW Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at The Santa Fe Playhouse
by Zoe Burke - November 30, 2018 Oscar Wilde's 1895 satire, The Importance of Being Earnest, is arguably his most popular, and almost definitely his most widely performed, work. Director Barbara Hatch's director's note references the daunting nature of taking on the challenge of producing such a beloved and well known work; it is m...
BWW Review: WEST SIDE STORY at Comic Opera Of Berlin -- Flashes of genius break through an uneven cast and hit-and-miss choreography.
by Mark Janicello - May 19, 2019 Barrie Kosky has done it again. WEST SIDE STORY at Berlin's Comic Opera has moments of breathtaking beauty despite uneven casting and hit-and-miss choreography. Jasmina Sakr as Maria is a standout....
SAMSON AND DALILA Comes To Opera Monte Carlo This Fall
by Alan Henry - August 08, 2018 SAMSON AND DELILAH, an opera in three acts, is running at the Princes Hall Grimaldi Forum from Nov. 19 to Nov. 25. ...
Joan and Jackie Collins Series Set from STAN AND OLLIE Producer
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 20, 2019 The Hollywood Reporter says Stan and Ollie producer Fable Pictures has secured the rights to the life story of British sisters turned 1980s showbiz superstars Joan and Jackie Collins, which it will adapt into a six part series called Joan and Jackie. ...
BWW Review: UNCHAINED MELODIES at Florida Studio Theatre
by Carolan Trbovich - November 16, 2018 Unchained Melodies Opens Florida Studio Theatre's 24th Winter Cabaret Season...
Acrobatic Comedy Premieres On Spreckels Mainstage
by Stephi Wild - May 06, 2018 Sarah Zahn will perform December Songs at 7:30 pm January 14, 2017 at the Hershey Area Playhouse in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The performance features accompaniment by American Music Theater's Andy Roberts and has been reimagined for the stage by Jennifer Feldser....
Pam Fryman to Direct Patricia Heaton Pilot CAROL'S SECOND ACT
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 12, 2019 Deadline reports that comedy director Pam Fryman will direct and produce CBS comedy pilot Carol's Second Act, starring and executive produced by Patricia Heaton. ...
BWW Review: VERONICA'S ROOM at ARENA DINNER THEATRE
by Jen Poiry - October 01, 2018 Just in time for the Halloween season, Arena Dinner Theatre brings back a creepy old theatrical thriller, 'Veronica's Room.' Written by Ira Levin, who also wrote 'Rosemary's Baby,' the 1973 play has an early '70s horror vibe that isn't seen onstage much these days. But given audience reactions on op...
CBS Orders Comedy Pilot, TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 01, 2019 CBS has ordered the pilot, “To Whom It May Concern,” according to Deadline....
Kyle MacLachlan Joins Cast of CAROL'S SECOND ACT
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 07, 2019 Former Twin Peaks star Kyle MacLachlan will star opposite Patricia Heaton in CBS comedy pilot Carol's Second Act, according to Deadline....
BWW Review: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE at American Theatre Company
by Dara Homer - March 04, 2019 'Art isn't easy.' So sings the great-grandson of Georges Seurat in the second act of Sunday in the Park with George. This Pulitzer prize-winning musical, by Broadway titan Stephen Sondheim, is based on a painting: certainly no easy feat to create, even for Sondheim. The production of Sunday in the P...
SHREK THE MUSICAL Opens This Week at Omaha Community Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - September 10, 2018 Shrek The Musical is opening this week at the Omaha Community Playhouse. The show will run in the Hawks Mainstage Theatre from Sept. 14 through Oct. 14, 2018....
BWW Reviews: PIPPIN helps Weathervane find its corner in the sky
by Paul Batterson - August 07, 2018 Perhaps the Weathervane Playhouse couldn't have found a better way to close out its 50th anniversary season than finishing the summer session with PIPPIN. Written by Stephen Schwartz (WICKED, CHILDREN OF EDEN and GODSPELL), the two-act, two-and-a-half-hour musical tells the story of Pippin (Kenneth ...
BWW Review: THE BRITS ARE COMING at Davies Symphony Hall Salutes The Music Of Our Friends Across The Pond
by Steve Murray - March 23, 2019 BWW Review: THE BRITS ARE COMING at Davies Symphony Hall salutes the music of our friends across the pond with style, camp and the lush sound of the 300 member chorus....
BWW Review: CARDBOARD PIANO at TimeLine Theatre Company
by Rachel Weinberg - January 18, 2019 Hansol Jung's CARDBOARD PIANO, now in its Chicago premiere at Timeline Theatre Company, centers on historical and contemporary issues in Uganda. Jung's narrative sweeps up much of that nation's recent history of violence, child soldiers, and homophobia into the story of just a few characters inside ...
Cardi B, Lili Reinhart, Keke Palmer & Julia Stiles Join Constance Wu & Jennifer Lopez in HUSTLERS
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 19, 2019 Joining Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians) and Jennifer Lopez (Second Act) will be music star Cardi B in her film debut, Lili Reinhart (Riverdale), Keke Palmer(Scream Queens), Julia Stiles (Silver Linings Playbook) and Oscar-winner Mercedes Ruehl (The Fisher King). Mette Towley (Cats) and Trace Lysett...
BWW Review: BEEHIVE turns back the clock at Mill Town Players
by Neil Shurley - July 22, 2018 Beehive is a feel-good journey that will get your head bobbing and your toes tapping....
BWW Review: THE BOURNOVILLE LEGACY Comes to NYC
by Rose Marija - July 13, 2019 The Joyce Theater presents The Bournonville Legacy, July 9 - 14, 2019. Excitement was in the air on opening night when I attended. August Bournonville (August 21, 1805 - November 30, 1879) was a dancer, choreographer, and director of The Royal Danish Ballet. His choreographic legacy that emphasized ...
BWW reviews: NPAC presents a sweltering performance of KISS ME KATE
by Paul Batterson - September 16, 2019 The second act of the Northland Performing Arts Center & Vaud-Villities Production of KISS ME KATE opens with Cole Porter's classic 'Too Darn Hot.' It turned out to be a fitting anthem for the evening production. The temperatures hit in the high 80s-90s mark on the thermometer and the performance of...
VIDEO: Patricia Heaton Talks About New Sitcom on CBS THIS MORNING
by Abigail Charpentier - September 26, 2019 Actress Patricia Heaton won two Emmys for playing Debra Barone in the hit CBS show 'Everybody Loves Raymond.' Heaton is returning to CBS as the star of the new series 'Carol's Second Act.' In it, she plays Carol Kenney, a divorcee in her fifties who pursues her dream of becoming a doctor. She joined...
The Palace Theater Seeks Those with a 2ND ACT Story to Tell
by Sarah Hookey - April 09, 2019 The Palace Theater is looking for presenters to be part of their successful speaker's series 2ND ACT featuring life stories by people of a certain age, that launched last September, to critical and patron acclaim....
Review and analysis: CHEKHOV'S THREE SISTERS at the Finnish National Theatre
by Rosanna Liuski - January 26, 2019 Projections. Massive set designs. Intensive acting. Symbolism. Paavo Westerberg's Three Sisters at the Finnish National theatre is extremely ambitious, a little crazy and might be too much for people with sensory processing sensitivity (SPS)....
BWW Review: FLORIDA at Urban Arias
by Molly Korroch - April 11, 2018 The new opera Florida with music by Randall Eng and libretto by Donna Di Novelli, premiered last week at Atlas Performing Arts Center on H Street. With its heavy handed melodrama and awkwardly balanced narrative, Sunday's matinee plodded along (well over Urban Arias' usual 90-minute-or-less promise)...
BWW Review: INTO THE WOODS at La Clef Des Champs
by Patrick Honoré - October 25, 2018 Four years after treating us to a superb intimate production of Sweeney Todd, La Clef Des Champs is now tackling another Sondheim classic, Into the Woods, with the same talented director Olivier Benezech, giving us a definitely contemporary take on the immortal piece.... |