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The Cool Kids revolves around three guy friends in a retirement community who are the top dogs until they're blown out of the water by the newest member of the community, a female rebel whose ready to challenge their place

Lisa Carroll's Debut Play CUCKOO Will Premiere at Soho Theatre Photo Lisa Carroll's Debut Play CUCKOO Will Premiere at Soho Theatre
by Stephi Wild - August 09, 2018

Shortlisted for the Papatango New Writing Prize, Cuckoo is the exciting world premiere from the distinctive new comic voice of debut playwright Lisa Carroll. Directed by Debbie Hannan (Things of Dry Hours, Young Vic; The Session, Soho Theatre; Who Cares, Royal Court), Cuckoo explores gender identity...


Playhouse On Park To Offer Sensory-Friendly Performances Of POLKADOTS: THE COOL KIDS Photo Playhouse On Park To Offer Sensory-Friendly Performances Of POLKADOTS: THE COOL KIDS MUSICAL Sponsored By The Miracle League Of CT
by Julie Musbach - April 25, 2018

The Miracle League of CT is will partner with Playhouse on Park in offering two special sensory-friendly performances of Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical on Friday, May 18 at 10am, and Saturday, May 19 at 10am. All tickets will be specially priced at $5 for these performances only, all seats reserve...


THE COOL KIDS Receives a Full Season Order from Fox Photo THE COOL KIDS Receives a Full Season Order from Fox
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 19, 2018

FOX has picked up nine additional episodes of new comedy THE COOL KIDS, which joins LAST MAN STANDING with a full season order, it was announced today by Michael Thorn, President, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. ...


BWW Interview: Kathleen Carter of GREASE at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre Photo BWW Interview: Kathleen Carter of GREASE at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
by Andrea Stephenson - May 02, 2018

The film version of Grease celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, and many of us probably still picture John Travolta and Olivia Newton John when we think about this show. First appearing on stage in 1971, Grease enjoyed an eight-year run on Broadway, two revivals, and of course many community t...


Daphne Rubin-Vega and More Tapped for The Public's MISS YOU LIKE HELL Photo Daphne Rubin-Vega and More Tapped for The Public's MISS YOU LIKE HELL
by Julie Musbach - January 24, 2018

The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced complete casting today for the New York premiere of MISS YOU LIKE HELL. With book and lyrics by Quiara Alegr a Hudes and music and lyrics by Erin McKeown, the new musical is directed by Public Thea...


Vorwerk & Traveler's GO WITH ME Out Now on VRWRK Photo Vorwerk & Traveler's GO WITH ME Out Now on VRWRK
by Macon Prickett - May 14, 2018

Optimistic. Vibrant. Soaring. As cherry blossoms explode in bloom in the Northern Hemisphere, spring gives way to summer and soon this season's pop anthems will radiate from open car windows out onto the streets. The first pop anthem of summer 2018 will surely be Maarten Vorwerk & Traveler's 'Go Wit...


IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY'S Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day Land Apple Series Order for New Co Photo IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY'S Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day Land Apple Series Order for New Comedy
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 10, 2018

Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day have teamed up for a straight-to-series comedy for Apple, according to The Hollywood Reporter. ...


Fox Announces Midseason Premiere Dates Photo Fox Announces Midseason Premiere Dates
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 30, 2018

FOX is announcing premiere dates for THE ORVILLE (Dec. 30), GORDON RAMSAY'S 24 HOURS TO HELL AND BACK (Jan. 2), GOTHAM (Jan. 3) and PROVEN INNOCENT (Feb. 15), as well as the all-new COSMOS installment, COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS (March 3). As previously announced, new celebrity singing competition THE ...


Zachary Infante, Alexa Green, Rashad Naylor, And Matt Wolpe Lead Casts Of CHASING FEA Photo Zachary Infante, Alexa Green, Rashad Naylor, And Matt Wolpe Lead Casts Of CHASING FEAR And PETE(HER)PAN For New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series May 21
by Julie Musbach - May 16, 2018

The eleventh season of New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series continues on Monday, May 21, 2018 with pre-premieres of two new musicals: Chasing Fear and Pete(HER)Pan. Theatre Barn's eleventh season explores 'Foreign Cultures and Fractured Fairy Tales.'...


York Theatre Company Announces Cast for HALLELUJAH, BABY! Photo York Theatre Company Announces Cast for HALLELUJAH, BABY!
by A.A. Cristi - January 19, 2018

It's a Jule Styne Celebration! The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Executive Director), dedicated to the development of new musicals and the preservation of musical gems from the past, has announced Stephanie Umoh (Junk, York's Jerry's Girls,) and two-t...


BEAT BUGS, Featuring Music of The Beatles, Now Available Through Broadway Licensing Photo BEAT BUGS, Featuring Music of The Beatles, Now Available Through Broadway Licensing
by Nicole Rosky - April 11, 2018

Broadway Licensing releases a new musical adaptation of the Netflix animated TV series Beat Bugs, which is inspired by and includes the music of the Beatles. The musical adaptation, Beat Bugs: Saving Strawberry Fields Forever, features an original script written by Sean Cercone and David Abbinanti a...


CHASING FEAR and PETE(HER) PAN Headline New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series Photo CHASING FEAR and PETE(HER) PAN Headline New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series
by Stephi Wild - April 30, 2018

The eleventh season of New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series continues on Monday, May 21, 2018 with pre-premieres of two new musicals: Chasing Fear and Pete(HER)Pan. Theatre Barn's eleventh season explores 'Foreign Cultures and Fractured Fairy Tales.'...


Goodspeed's 13th Annual Festival of New Musicals to Tackle the Civil War, Womenin the Photo Goodspeed's 13th Annual Festival of New Musicals to Tackle the Civil War, Womenin the Airforce and More
by BWW News Desk - January 12, 2018

The 13th Annual Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals, produced by Goodspeed Musicals' Max Showalter Center for Education in Musical Theatre, kicks off its much-anticipated three-day festival of brand-new works today, January 12, 2018 at The Goodspeed with a staged reading of the rousing new musical Fi...


Cast Announced For Development Reading Of KING OF THE JEWS Photo Cast Announced For Development Reading Of KING OF THE JEWS
by A.A. Cristi - March 02, 2018

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF), the longest consecutively producing theatre in the United States and the world's oldest continuously operating Yiddish theatre company, announced the stellar cast for its upcoming FREE developmental reading of King of the Jews on Monday, March 5th at the M...


Bang Data To Release New Album 'Loco' Next Year Photo Bang Data To Release New Album 'Loco' Next Year
by Caryn Robbins - December 15, 2017

For the cool kids that follow pioneering new music, Bang Data is a band they're all well aware of. Singer/rapper/songwriter Deuce Eclipse and producer/multi-instrumentalist Juan Manuel Caipo, who first started as a production team, have been making music together since 2008, taking the Latinx, mus...


BWW Review: FIND YOUR HERO at The Studio At Carrollwood Cultural Center Photo BWW Review: FIND YOUR HERO at The Studio At Carrollwood Cultural Center
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - February 24, 2018

FIND YOUR HERO at The Studio At Carrollwood Cultural Center...


Announcing Post-Show Panels for AMERICAN DREAMS at Cleveland Public Theatre Photo Announcing Post-Show Panels for AMERICAN DREAMS at Cleveland Public Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - February 02, 2018

Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to present the world premiere of American Dreams. The production is onstage from February 8 - March 3, 2018, in CPT's James Levin Theatre....


WP Theater Announced as Winner of Bold Theater Women's Leadership Circle Grant; Adds Photo WP Theater Announced as Winner of Bold Theater Women's Leadership Circle Grant; Adds Tamillla Woodard & Rachel Karpf to Their Team
by Julie Musbach - February 01, 2018

Northern Stage announced today that WP Theater (formerly Women's Project Theater) is among the five winners of an unprecedented new grant to support women artistic directors in professional theaters across the United States. The BOLD Theater Women's Leadership Circle, led by Carol Dunne, Producing A...


HARRY CLARKE, DESPERATE MEASURES, KPOP & More Win 2018 Off Broadway Alliance Awards! Photo HARRY CLARKE, DESPERATE MEASURES, KPOP & More Win 2018 Off Broadway Alliance Awards!
by Nicole Rosky - May 16, 2018

The Off Broadway Alliance, an organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals, has announced the winners for the 8th annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit productions that opened Off Broadway during t...


CUCKOO Explores Non-Binary Identity and Teenage Life in Ireland at Soho Theatre
by Stephi Wild - October 04, 2018

This November, Catriona Ennis (Dublin by Lamplight, Corn Exchange; Test Dummy, Theatre Upstairs, Dublin; Wild Sky, Irish Arts Centre New York and Irish tour) will star as loud-mouthed Iona in the exciting world premiere of Cuckoo and joining her as Pingu, Iona's silent tuxedo-wearing, non-binary bes...


Vote For The 2018 BWW Cincinnati Awards; MARY POPPINS Leads Best Musical! Photo Vote For The 2018 BWW Cincinnati Awards; MARY POPPINS Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Staff - December 03, 2018

There's just one month left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Cincinnati Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened betwee...


David Alan Grier and Steven Weber Join the Hollywood Bowl's ANNIE Photo David Alan Grier and Steven Weber Join the Hollywood Bowl's ANNIE
by Julie Musbach - June 12, 2018

Additional casting has been announced for the Hollywood Bowl's upcoming production of Annie on Friday, July 27, at 8 PM, Saturday, July 28, at 8 PM and Sunday, July 29, at 7:30 PM. The new cast members are David Alan Grier as Daddy Warbucks and Steven Weber as Franklin Delano Roosevelt ('FDR'). The ...


VIDEO: FOX and National Geographic Release Exclusive First Look at Highly Anticipated Photo VIDEO: FOX and National Geographic Release Exclusive First Look at Highly Anticipated COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS at San Diego Comic-Con 2018
by Tori Hartshorn - July 23, 2018

FOX and National Geographic today released a first look at the highly anticipated return of the Emmy Award-winning worldwide phenomenon COSMOS. Executive producer/writer/director Ann Druyan (who won an Emmy Award for writing the 2014 series and a Peabody Award for producing it) and executive produce...


19th Annual West Hartford Mayor's Charity Ball Focuses on Tradition of Giving Photo 19th Annual West Hartford Mayor's Charity Ball Focuses on Tradition of Giving
by Stephi Wild - February 27, 2018

The 19th annual West Hartford Mayor's Charity Ball will be held May 12, 2018 at West Hartford Town Hall. The gala will benefit two local charities, Playhouse on Park and The Town That Cares. Proceeds from last year's event covered important operating expenses for Playhouse youth programming, and h...


New Venture Theatre Presents POLKADOTS: THE COOL KIDS MUSICAL Photo New Venture Theatre Presents POLKADOTS: THE COOL KIDS MUSICAL
by Julie Musbach - January 31, 2018

New Venture Theatre continues its 11th season with a new pop musical, 'Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical' by Douglas Lyons and directed by Greg Williams Jr., running March 2 and March 3 at the LSU Shaver Theatre....






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