BWW Review: CINDERELLA, Lyceum, Sheffield
by Ruth Deller - December 12, 2019 The latest Sheffield Theatres panto hits all the traditional panto beats....
BWW Review: ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM AND MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by Classical Actors Ensemble
by Braden Joseph - September 13, 2019 The Classical Actors Ensemble is a company that focuses on classic work and they are currently doing two shows in repertory: a?oeArden of Favershama?? and a?oeMuch Ado About Nothinga??. According to the program, the company wanted to explore a?oeboth sides of the coina?? and do two shows that are op...
BWW Review: Twisty GIDION'S KNOT at Counter-Productions Theatre Company
by Erica Cataldi-Roberts - May 20, 2019 Counter-Productions Theatre Company's GIDION'S KNOT may run at just about an hour in length, but their effective production of this one-act play, directed by Kira Hawkridge, leaves the audience with plenty to mull over....
VIDEO: Watch Kathryn Hahn Talk WANDAVISION on THE TONIGHT SHOW!
by Sarah Leiber - October 24, 2019 Kathryn Hahn struggles to keep from leaking spoilers about her role in the Disney+ Marvel series WandaVision and serenades the audience with her car-karaoke rendition of Lizzo's 'Truth Hurts.'...
Match: Lit Returns To The Stage With William Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET
by Stephi Wild - January 28, 2019 This winter, New York's up-and-coming Shakespeare company Match: Lit presents one of William Shakespeare most classic tales, Romeo & Juliet. The production is directed by Phoebe Brooks (Spicy Witch Productions) and is produced by Match: Lit's Artistic Director, Kristin Sgarro. The production will op...
BWW Review: BILLY KIDD: BRIDGING THE GAP Fuses Magic, Comedy, Surrealism at Liberty Magic
by Greg Kerestan - June 13, 2019 It's something of a cliche to compare magicians to Harry Potter, especially youthful, energetic British ones. Luckily, Billy Kidd bears no resemblance whatsoever to the fabled boy wizard; no, she's more of a female Daniel Radcliffe. (Anyone who has seen Radcliffe in ANYTHING other than his most famo...
BWW Review: THE QUEEN OF THE TEARLING by Erika Johansen
by Bonnie Lynn Wagner - August 24, 2018 What's different about THE QUEEN OF THE TEARLING is that Kelsea Glynn has always known her destiny. She's not a hidden princess plucked from her ordinary existence as a peasant and thrust into royalty. Instead, she's studied and built the role up in her mind. She's made her mother into something she...
BWW Review: CINDERELLA, Lyceum, Sheffield
by Ruth Deller - December 12, 2019 The latest Sheffield Theatres panto hits all the traditional panto beats....
BWW Review: iTheatre Collaborative Presents WHITE GUY ON THE BUS ~ Searing, Riveting, Essential
by Herbert Paine - September 16, 2018 Bruce Graham pulls no punches in WHITE GUY ON THE BUS, his stinging broadside at the underbelly (the hypocrisies and contradictions) of racism that contaminates the American soul. The power of his punch is sustained in iTheatre Collaborative's riveting production of WHITE GUY ON THE BUS, superbly di...
BroadwayWorld Sydney Guest Critic George Farmakidis Shares his views of Jakob Ahlbom's HORROR.
by Jade Kops - August 30, 2018 BroadwayWorld Sydney Guest Critic George Farmakidis Shares his views of Jakob Ahlbom's HORROR....
BWW Review: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION at TheatreWorks New Milford
by Jared Reynolds - September 24, 2019 To many, the idea of a courtroom drama is boring and uneventful. But to others, the idea of a court case being presented on stage is intellectually thrilling as you get to follow the conversations and watch information get teased and extracted over time. The key to a successful courtroom drama is to...
BWW Review: LAND WITHOUT DREAMS, Gate Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - November 20, 2019 Sometimes theatre can go very wrong for a lot of reasons. The audience are required to take a leap of faith, suspend their belief, and put their trust in the performers on stage. Some shows require a lot from the people who watch them, some don't. Land Without Dreams demands a level of openness that...
BWW Review: GHOST STORIES at DeLaMar Theater: Looking for a thrill? Go and see Ghost Stories! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
by Chantal Kunst - November 01, 2019 Perfectly planned premiering during Halloween, Ghost Stories' opening night event has everything horror-lovers crave. Dark corners, bloody entrances and an eerie atmosphere in the theatre.....
Classic Comedy Stampedes Into Now & Then
by Julie Musbach - October 26, 2018 Now & Then Creative Company is excited to kick off their 2nd season with the ultimate absurd comedy - Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco - opening next Friday, November 2. This classic from 1959 examines a disturbing and hilarious chain of events that spawn from the arrival of a stampeding rhinoceros...we...
The Holiday Tradition PETER PAN Continues At Playhouse On The Square
by A.A. Cristi - October 29, 2019 Playhouse on the Square, in partnership with FedEx, Macy's, 1910 Frame Works, and super sponsor Dr. Thomas Ratliff, returns Memphis' holiday tradition to the Playhouse on the Square stage....
VIDEO: Keri Russell Teases Her Role in STAR WARS on THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON
by Sarah Leiber - December 12, 2019 Keri Russell navigates spoilers as she drops hints about her Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker character Zorii Bliss and does her best imitations of Yoda, Darth Vader and Chewbacca during a game of instant impressions....
BWW Review: HANG - A Modern Apologue
by Lynn Beaver - October 17, 2019 HANG by Debbie Tucker Green is a thoroughly modern play. Using only three actors, a bare bones set and lasting only 90 minutes, HANG uses clever dialogue to pull the audience in and twists the mind brilliantly. Currently showing at Ground Floor Theatre the play, that debuted in 2015, boasts an unequ...
HBO Presents GAME OF THRONES: THE LAST WATCH Documentary
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 27, 2019 For a year, acclaimed British filmmaker Jeanie Finlay was embedded on the set of the hit HBO series 'Game of Thrones,' chronicling the creation of the show's most ambitious and complicated season....
BWW Blog: 5 Movie Musicals to Watch on Your Next Movie Night
by Student Blogger: Tayler Fess - November 14, 2019 This week I wanted to give you some ideas for your next movie night. We all love musicals and understand that hunting for bootleg copies of your favorite Broadway show is bad, so what do we do when we want to watch a show but can't make it to the theater? Movie musicals!!! I'm going to tell you five...
BWW Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at The Kentucky Center For Performing Arts
by Taylor Clemons - October 04, 2019 Dear Evan Hansen is the oh so rare example of a truly original musical. In a world where musicals based on movies are becoming the rule and not the exception, it's refreshing and almost unheard of for a completely original musical to succeed as it has. The show had a long gestation period that inclu...
BASIC BITCH OF THE RESISTANCE: A New Comedic Play Comes to The PIT Loft
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2018 Basic Bitch of the Resistance: If Legally Blonde tackled her white privilege and set out to destroy the patriarchy. It's everything you love about Clueless with an epic dance routine that could rival Bring It On meets the political landscape of 2018, racial inequality and all. In this comedic play, ...
BWW Review: ART OF MURDER at CAT Theatre Is Unfortunately Artless
by Susan Haubenstock - October 11, 2019 'Art of Murder' is an overwrought, undercooked kind of mystery with surprises that fail to shock....
BWW Review: Don Bluth Front Row Theatre Presents DEATHTRAP - Bristling With Wit And Suspense
by Herbert Paine - May 24, 2019 In its current iteration at Don Bluth Front Row Theatre in Scottsdale, Ira Levin's masterpiece thriller, DEATHTRAP, craftily directed by Lee Cooley and featuring killer performances by Jim Coates and James Gerardi, ticks and tocks like clockwork, with characteristic twists of plot, heightened by a s...
BWW Review: Scenario Two's THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA at Lyric Opera House
by Rachel Weinberg - December 17, 2019 Lyric Opera's special holiday engagement of Adam Guettel's THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, one of the few contemporary musicals written in a style that harkens back to the Golden Age, is beautifully sung with the composer's complicated and melodious score performed by a superb orchestra. The musical focuse... |