BWW Review: LOCUS OF CONTROL Shares A Life's Story in Austin, TX.
by Amy Tarver - March 08, 2019 A DJ table, projector screen and one performer, sets the stage to reflect on the life of writer/poet Jason Bayani. As stated in the spoken prologue of the piece, Bayani does not perform characters, he will always be himself reflecting on his life and past experiences. Starting from his beginnings, o...
Katie Pruitt's Original Holiday Song 'Merry Christmas, Mary Jane' Premieres Today
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 11, 2019 In celebration of the holiday season, emerging singer, songwriter and musician Katie Pruitt's original Christmas song, 'Merry Christmas, Mary Jane,' is premiering today. Watch Pruitt perform the song below!...
Mary Bragg Enlists Drivin n Cryin For Cover of 'Don't Walk Away'
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 09, 2020 Nashville's 'Americana Queen' (Noisey) Mary Bragg will release her new EP titled Think About It on March 6th. It follows the release of her breakthrough album Violets as Camouflage, featuring single 'I Thought You Were Somebody Else' which was recently picked by NPR Music for their Best Music of 201...
BWW Review: MISS SAIGON at Broadway In Louisville
by Keith Waits - February 17, 2020 Hot off the success of Les Misérables, the creative team of Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil created another war musical: Miss Saigon. Loosely based on the opera Madame Butterfly, Miss Saigon is an epic romance set right before the end of and three years after the Vietnam War. While the mus...
Krystina Alabado, Christopher Rice, and More to Lead Concert Reading of New Musical CITY OF LIGHT
by Stephi Wild - September 20, 2018 A concert reading of City of Light, a new musical written by Jan Roper, Gabrielle Wagner, and Julie Weiner, is coming to Feinstein's/54 Below. Directed by Autumn Reeser ("The Arrangement," "Entourage," "The O.C."), City of Light was selected by Stephen Schwartz for the ASCAP Musical Theater Worksho...
Roslyn Kind to Release New Album in 2019
by Julie Musbach - December 27, 2018 Roslyn Kind is a prolific performer who also carries the bio footnote of being sister to none other than Barbra Streisand. Kind revealed to Fox News that she has an exciting new album in the works to be released in 2019....
BWW Review: EDO DE WAART AND THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY at Jacobs Music Center
by Ron Bierman - March 08, 2019 Edo de Waart began his official tenure as The San Diego Symphony Orchestra's Principal Guest Conductor with a program of three 20th Century works of, to receptive listeners, quiet reassuring beauty. The concert opened with 'The Walk to the Paradise Garden,' a between-scenes interlude from British co...
Taye Diggs to Direct Reading of New Play THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN
by Julie Musbach - November 29, 2018 New York Theatre Workshop, in association with producer Brian Moreland, will present a private reading of Thoughts of a Colored Man, a new play written by Keenan Scott II, directed by Taye Diggs (Rent, Chicago, TV's 'All American'), and choreographed by Jenny Parsinen (Allegiance), on Friday, Novemb...
BWW Review: SONGBOOK OF THE 60S AND 70S OPENS AT QUALITY HILL PLAYHOUSE IN KANSAS CITY
by Steve Wilson - May 07, 2019 Quality Hill Playhouse continues its BROADWAY AND ALL THAT JAZZ series with SONGBOOK OF THE 60S AND 70S at the Playhouse in Kansas City. Directed by Producing Artistic Director J. Kent Barnhart the fourth program in the series runs through May 26. The final installment in the series SONGBOOK OF TH...
Adam Davenport Releases Cover of Eric Clapton's 'Change the World'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 07, 2018 Adam Davenport (Naked Boys Singing: Off-Broadway, Aida: The Metropolitan Opera, High Maintenance, HBO) is back with his new single 'Change The World,' released this Friday, December 7th on all streaming platforms....
BWW Review: EDO DE WAART AND THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY at Jacobs Music Center
by Ron Bierman - March 08, 2019 Edo de Waart began his official tenure as The San Diego Symphony Orchestra's Principal Guest Conductor with a program of three 20th Century works of, to receptive listeners, quiet reassuring beauty. The concert opened with 'The Walk to the Paradise Garden,' a between-scenes interlude from British co...
Alexandra Breckenridge and Martin Henderson Lead Cast of Netflix's VIRGIN RIVER
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 19, 2018 Alexandra Breckenridge and Martin Henderson are set to lead the cast of Netflix'sVirgin River, a contemporary romance based on the beloved Harlequin book series that took author Robyn Carr to the top of the New York Times bestseller list. There are now twenty books in the Virgin River series, and t...
Anakronos' Present A New Take On Old Sounds
by A.A. Cristi - June 10, 2019 In the celebration and enjoyment of music, we don't often pay historians their due. Particularly when it comes to traditional Irish and folk music, we abide by the myth that tunes are passed down from father to son and mother to daughter for generations until they wind up on the stage before us or i...
Kaya Scodelario to Star in Netflix's SPINNING OUT
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 13, 2018 Kaya Scodelario has signed onto star in Netflix's Spinning Out, according to Variety. ...
BWW Preview: HOW TO TRANSCEND A HAPPY MARRIAGE at The Producing Unit
by Maggie Yates - January 21, 2019 Last fall, The Producing Unit performed a reading of one of Ruhl's latest works, How to Transcend a Happy Marriage (directed by Peter Frisch)--a play about testing the boundaries of a 'traditional' marriage. A married couple has a dinner party, and learns about the physical and emotional configurat...
'Songs of Rural America' Symphony to Have World Premiere
by Stephi Wild - September 22, 2018 A new symphony that fuses folk and classical-style music will have its world premiere under the auspices of the Ohio Valley Symphony (OVS) at the historic Ariel Opera House in Gallipolis, Ohio, on Saturday, October 6. The production will be taped for national public television and radio broadcast, i...
VIDEO: Broadway Inspirational Voices Shares Their Take on THE BAND'S VISIT Anthem 'Answer Me'
by Julie Musbach - October 01, 2018 Tony and Grammy award-nominated Michael McElroy and BIV launch Season Two of "Broadway Our Way" with "Answer Me" from the musical The Band's Visit, music and lyrics by Tony award winner David Yazbek...
Futuresynth Artist And Label Head DJ Ten Releases WE DREAM ALOUD EP
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 20, 2020 Brooklyn-based retrowave producer DJ Ten has released his new EP We Dream Aloud via TenStars. The producer composed and mixed the EP himself with Tonebox, previous associations include DEADLIFE, stepping forward as the master engineer. DJ Ten is also the man behind the tastemaker Youtube Channel, Ne...
Summer Nights Include Fun Classes In Mixology, Art, More At Montalvo, June 19-Sept 11
by A.A. Cristi - June 06, 2019 Montalvo Arts Center invites members of the Bay Area to release their creative side with four after-hours classes as part of its Summer Nights Series. Offered for beginners, experts, and all levels of curiosity, the subject of these Summer Arts Classes range from visual arts to cocktail mixology and...
BWW Review: Bartlett Sher's FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Is Transcendent ~ A Shining Event At ASU Gammage
by Herbert Paine - January 29, 2020 In all the times that I have seen FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (and they have been many ~ whether on stage or film), I have never seen a production as inspired, imaginative, and moving in its staging as Bartlett Sher's. The vision of this Tony Award-winning director imbues this musical classic with a singula...
BWW REVIEW: MADIBA THE MUSICAL Shares Nelson Mandela's Story Through Song, Dance And An Impressive Collection Of Sketches
by Jade Kops - November 12, 2018 The English adaptation of Jean-Pierre Hadida (Author, Composer & Book) and Alicia Sebrien's (Book) new musical MADIBA THE MUSICAL shares the story of Nelson Mandela's achievements and impact through a captivating blend of music, dance and drawing...
The Brian Setzer Orchestra Announces 16th Annual 'Christmas Rocks! Tour'
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 22, 2019 Iconic guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and three-time Grammy-Award winnerBRIAN SETZER and his 19-piece ORCHESTRA will tour the country on their 16thannual 'Christmas Rocks! Tour,' presented for the fifth consecutive year bySiriusXM. The over 20-city annual and critically acclaimed holiday extravagan...
Lisa Maxwell Releases New Album 'Shiny!' Dedicated to Lew Soloff
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 24, 2019 Celebrated within the jazz community as a multi-talented musician, Lisa Maxwell, finally releases a long-awaited album of her own material, dedicated to a special cohort. The lineup reads like a Who's Who of the music world (see personnel below)....
Roslyn Kind to Release New Album in 2019
by Julie Musbach - December 27, 2018 Roslyn Kind is a prolific performer who also carries the bio footnote of being sister to none other than Barbra Streisand. Kind revealed to Fox News that she has an exciting new album in the works to be released in 2019....
BWW Review: PREMIERES at Houston Ballet
by Jenny Taylor Moodie - March 22, 2019 While the ballets each have a marked identity, the triad presentation serves to compliment the elements of each. It's a journey into well-crafted worlds, an escape and a reunion all at once.... |