Louie Anderson Set for 7/18 at Bay Street's Comedy Club
by BWW News Desk - July 18, 2011 Louie Anderson comes to the Comedy Club at Bay Street Theatre on Monday, July 18. Louie made his national television debut on the 'The Tonight Show' in 1984. He has guest-starred in sitcoms like 'Grace Under Fire' and dramas like 'Touched by an Angel' and 'Chicago Hope,' and he has had featured role...
BWW Reviews: UpRise! Productions' RAISIN IN THE SUN Shrivels Due to Avant Garde Treatment
by Jeff Davis - August 04, 2013 There are some things in the arts that I never expect to see. One is Harvey Firestein covering a Josh Groban song. Another is Lindsay Lohan winning an Oscar. And another is an avant garde production of A Raisin in the Sun. Well, I guess 2 out of 3 ain't bad....
Review Roundup: West End's BOOK OF MORMON
by Review Roundups - March 22, 2013 The Book of Mormon opened last night at the Prince of Wales Theatre to mixed reviews with ticket sales of £9 million....
John Gallagher, Jr. Joins HBO's OLIVE KITTERIDGE Miniseries
by TV News Desk - August 15, 2013 Deadline.com reports that John Gallagher, Jr. (The Newsroom) will join Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins in HBO's OLIVE KITTERIDGE miniseries, directed by Lisa Cholodenko....
Louie Anderson Set for 7/18 at Bay Street's Comedy Club
by Lauren Wolman - July 10, 2011 Louie Anderson comes to the Comedy Club at Bay Street Theatre on Monday, July 18. Louie made his national television debut on the 'The Tonight Show' in 1984. He has guest-starred in sitcoms like 'Grace Under Fire' and dramas like 'Touched by an Angel' and 'Chicago Hope,' and he has had featured role...
Review - FIRST DATE Earns A Goodnight Kiss
by Michael Dale - August 08, 2013 The funny and frisky new musical comedy sends a welcome blast of cooling hipness into Broadway's summer....
Brooks Ashmanskas, Vincent D'Onofrio and Zoe Kazan join Ethan Hawke in New Group's CLIVE
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2012 The New Group has announced that Brooks Ashmanskas, Vincent D'Onofrio and Zoe Kazan have joined the cast of Clive, up next in the company's 2012-2013 season. Written by Jonathan Marc Sherman and directed by and featuring Ethan Hawke in the title role, Clive begins a limited Off-Broadway engagement o...
Review - Overusing Broadway's F-word
by Ben Peltz - July 30, 2011 Lenny Bruce used to say that if you used a hurtful word often enough it would lose its meaning and its power to harm. I think Broadway has reached that point with the F-word. You know the F-word I'm talking about. Flop....
Brooks Ashmanskas, Vincent D'Onofrio and Zoe Kazan Join Ethan Hawke in New Group's CLIVE, Now thru 3/9
by BWW News Desk - February 07, 2013 The New Group has announced that Brooks Ashmanskas, Vincent D'Onofrio and Zoe Kazan have joined the cast of Clive, up next in the company's 2012-2013 season. Written by Jonathan Marc Sherman and directed by and featuring Ethan Hawke in the title role, Clive's official Opening Night is set for tonigh...
Magnet Theatre Announces CHICKENS Creative Team
by Kelsey Denette - October 15, 2012 A stellar creative team will bring Gabriella Pinto's play Chickens to life when it is performed at Magnet Theatre from 25 October to 3 November....
June Watson, Pat Shortt and More Join Daniel Radcliffe in THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN in the West End
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2013 According to the Daily Mail, Daniel Radcliffe is busy prepping for his starring role as a young man with degenerative muscle disease in Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan, directed by Michael Grandage for his new Michael Grandage Company at the Noel Coward Theatre, 8 June - 31 August 2013....
20th Annual San Francisco Fringe Festival Runs 9/7-18
by Kelsey Denette - July 01, 2011 The San Francisco Fringe Festival returns for its 20th year with over 40 shows that promise to uphold the Festival's reputation for pushing the envelope of imagination....
Fashion Trends Show Features Former Project Runway Participant Amanda
by Jennifer Diamond - August 01, 2013 The recently launched Fashion Trends Show (FTS) podcast announced that its latest episode featuring former Project Runway Season 9 participant Amanda Perna is now available through iTunes and the Show's website. Interviewed by host Natalia Pinheiro, the founder of the high-fashion label House of Per...
Royal Porcupine Productions Stages SAINT FRANCIS TALKS TO THE BIRDS at Toronto Fringe Fest, Now thru 7/14
by BWW News Desk - July 04, 2013 Royal Porcupine Productions first Fringe outing certainly captures the spirit of what a Fringe show should be; an absurdist comedy with a drag-king performance of a famous Saint in a life or death situation chatting it up with two actors decked out as full beak-and-feather birds performed by an emer...
Spall, Park Join Radcliffe Comedy, THE F WORD
by Caryn Robbins - August 16, 2012 Variety reports that Prometheus star Rafe Spall and Megan Park have signed on for the Michael Dowse-helmed comedy THE F WORD. The actors join previously announced cast members Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Mackenzie Davis and Adam Driver....
Rottofest Wraps 5th Annual Festival with Record Attendance
by Caryn Robbins - September 10, 2013 Rottofest wrapped up its fifth annual festival with record attendance, as over 2000 punters, comedians, musicians, and filmmakers descended upon Rottnest Island to enjoy a weekend of comedy, film and music on 7 and 8 September....
The BWW Q&A: Jack Shalloo Of HAMLET! THE MUSICAL
by Carrie Dunn - April 26, 2011 Welcome to a brand-new feature, where we find out more about the real person behind the theatre star. We start with Jack Shalloo, who's just finished The Kissing Dance and is about to return to the title role in Hamlet! The Musical....
CABARET LIFE NYC: Adam Shapiro's Hilarious 'Guide to the Perfect Breakup' is Also a Primer On Creating Great Cabaret Musical Comedy
by Stephen Hanks - January 28, 2013 If you're a cabaret performer thinking about staging a musical comedy theme show, or even if you're just a cabaret fan who appreciates a thoroughly entertaining show on multiple levels, you should try to squeeze yourself into The Duplex on Wednesday night at 7 pm to see Adam Shapiro's encore perform...
BWW Reviews: WORKING FOR THE MOUSE Creates a New Happiest Place on Earth Now Through Dec 17
by Harmony Wheeler - November 11, 2011 Why is a raven like a writing desk? Trevor Allen could tell you. He worked at Disneyland as a character for four years while attending college. Now, years later, he's sharing the answer to this riddle and much more at the Exit Theatre in San Francisco. His one man show, "Working for the Mouse," whic...
Daniel Radcliffe to Play Freddie Mercury in Sony Biopic?
by Movies News Desk - September 21, 2013 Deadline notes that Cohen was adamant about taking the film in a 'gritty R-rated tell-all' direction, following the honest events of Mercury's life, while the bandmates wanted a cleaner version that centered around Queen itself....
Photo Flash: STORIES ON 5 STORIES: Dirty Laundry
by Gabrielle Sierra - October 20, 2011 Acclaimed theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced the line-up of performers participating in the return of its popular benefit evening STORIES ON 5 STORIES: Dirty Laundry on Monday evening, October 17....
CABARET LIFE NYC: Adam Shapiro's Hilarious 'Guide to the Perfect Breakup' is Also a Primer On Creating Great Cabaret Musical Comedy
by Stephen Hanks - January 28, 2013 If you're a cabaret performer thinking about staging a musical comedy theme show, or even if you're just a cabaret fan who appreciates a thoroughly entertaining show on multiple levels, you should try to squeeze yourself into The Duplex on Wednesday night at 7 pm to see Adam Shapiro's encore perform...
Photo Coverage: On the TIFF Red Carpet for THE GRAND SEDUCTION
by Walter McBride - September 09, 2013 The cast of 'The Grand Seduction', directed by Don McKellar, just gathered on the TIFF red carpet for a special presentation of the film. Check out photos from the special event below!...
Daniel Radcliffe, Charlize Theron & More Added to OSCAR Presenter Line-Up
by Caryn Robbins - February 07, 2013 The Oscars will feature special appearances by Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Daniel Radcliffe at the upcoming Awards ceremony....
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center Announces Target Free Thursdays
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 31, 2011 Sybarite5: The Shuffle Effect Chamber Music for the I-Pod Generation June 2 at 8:30... |