VIDEO: Audra McDonald Talks LADY DAY on the West End
by Alan Henry - April 27, 2017 Audra McDonald is gearing up to the take the West End by storm in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill - in the video below she talks about the production....
Beres Hammond, Marcia Griffiths & Third World to Bring Reggae to NJPAC
by BWW News Desk - April 17, 2017 New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents an evening with Beres Hammond, Marcia Griffiths & Third World. One night of romantic, feel-good reggae with three of the music's hottest acts: Grammy nominee Beres Hammond (One Love, One Life), known for his distinctive brand of "lover's rock"; Jama...
Kenny Chesney's Blue Chair Bay Rum Launch Contest Allowing One Winner to 'Take A Year Off'
by Caryn Robbins - June 14, 2017 Blue Chair Bay Rum is allowing followers to explore the question that floats through many minds across the country, 'what would you do with a year off?' by giving one dedicated supporter the chance to uphold the vacation spirit of Kenny Chesney's premium rum line....
ENIGMAS is Released
by Christina Mancuso - January 28, 2016 In his new novel, Floyd Merrell has recently released 'Enigmas: Gold Fever, Space-Time Warps, Sierra Madre Magic' (published by Xlibris). This new novel is an action-packed adventure centered on a treasure hunting expedition made more perilous by extraterrestrials and violent thieves....
Mashi Theatre to Take TALES OF BIRBAL on UK Tour
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2017 As India celebrates 70 years of independence, Mashi theatre look further back in history, a time of magic, mysticism and storytelling. Tales of Birbal brings fables handed down generation to generation across the Indian sub-continent to stages across the UK for families of all backgrounds, beginning...
UK Post-Punk Innovators Modern English, Release First New Album in Three Decades
by Caryn Robbins - February 23, 2017 Bands are like families, bound by something deeper than friendship - and liable to implode just as irrevocably....
Francesca Rizzo's DAMES LIKE US Comes to Cornelia St. Cafe
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2016 Saturday afternoon at The Cornelia Street Cafe just got a lot more fun with the addition of award-winning playwright/director/actor Francesca Rizzo's outrageously honest and funny play -- DAMES LIKE US....
BWW Review: Off-Broadway FIORELLO! Features Young Cast in Small-Scale Production
by Michael Dale - September 12, 2016 The recent renaissance of appreciation for the musicals of composer Jerry Bock and lyricist Sheldon Harnick, which has included Broadway revivals of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and SHE LOVES ME, along with an Off-Broadway reworking of THE ROTHSCHILDS retitled ROTHSCHILD & SONS, continues with a transfer of ...
Historical Literature Takes Center Stage at DreamWrights
by A.A. Cristi - March 15, 2017 Jane Austen's classic tale, Pride and Prejudice, opens at DreamWrights this spring with an all teenaged cast and, like the book, explores preconceptions in a time gone by. Guest Director, Rodd Robertson explains, "The show is a true classic. The adaptation is very good and I think audiences will be ...
BWW Review: WHAT WE WISHED FOR, Sheffield Crucible Theatre
by Pippa Stacey - July 21, 2017 A compelling fusion of traditional fairy tales with contemporary society, What We Wished For, by Sheffield People's Theatre, follows the journey of community members in modern-day Sheffield, as they struggle to fight back against a mysterious invasion of Wolves that instil fear and threaten their po...
Brooklyn Artist Rena to Release 'Rude Chick' EP 5/6
by Caryn Robbins - April 25, 2016 Brooklyn-based musician/producer Rena is set to release her debut EP Rude Chick on May 6th....
Australian Indie Electronic Band Tora's Debut Album 'Take A Rest' Out Now
by Caryn Robbins - June 09, 2017 Breakout Australian band Tora's debut album, Take A Rest, is out now—stream on Spotify and Apple Music and purchase on iTunes....
Photo Flash: Mashi Theatre presents TALES OF BIRBAL
by A.A. Cristi - May 24, 2017 As India celebrates 70 years of independence, Mashi theatre look further back in history, a time of magic, mysticism and storytelling. Tales of Birbal brings fables handed down generation to generation across the Indian sub-continent to stages across the UK for families of all backgrounds....
Daye Jack Releases 'No Data' via Warner Bros Records
by Caryn Robbins - March 24, 2017 Born in Nigeria, raised in the burbs of Atlanta, inspired by his old man and Steve Jobs to program computers, and downright deadly on the microphone, rapper, singer, and artist Daye Jack really made the most of his first 21 years....
BWW Review: THE BAND, Manchester Opera House
by Marianka Swain - September 30, 2017 Most people have that one band, or even that one song, which takes them back to another time completely. Whether it's a good time or a bad time, music has the ability to hit you with nostalgia at any moment. Or as Tim Firth, writer of new Take That musical The Band, more eloquently puts it: 'Music i...
BWW Interview: Vicky McClure Talks LINE OF DUTY, THIS IS ENGLAND and Stage Drama TOUCHED
by Marianka Swain - February 13, 2017 Actress Vicky McClure's projects include Shane Meadows' This Is England series, Line of Duty and Broadchurch. She's now taking on her first major stage role with Nottingham Playhouse's 40th anniversary production of Stephen Lowe's World War II drama Touched, centring on a family of working-class wom...
BWW Review: Charming Meta Journey with KING OF THE YEES at ACT
by Jay Irwin - September 15, 2017 It's a world we may not know much about, that of old school Chinatown, with their family associations and insider customs. Hell, Lauren Yee grew up in this world and even she seems to be cut off from it and her Father Larry Yee runs the Yee Family Association. But that's the point of her play Kin...
Ayla Brown 'Take Your Name' World Premiere on Heartland TV
by Caryn Robbins - April 20, 2017 The Spring is heating up nicely for Ayla Brown with her single, “Take Your Name.” If a solid release to country radio were not enough, Ayla will now be releasing the music video on television, shining light on her new hit....
Erin Durant Premieres Video for 'Old Soul'
by Caryn Robbins - August 11, 2017 Brooklyn-via-New Orleans songwriter Erin Durant has premiered a video for the song “Old Soul” today via BrooklynVegan – share via YouTube – to celebrate two Brooklyn performances...
Legacy of Legendary Music Promoter Bill Graham Showcased in New Illinois Holocaust Museum Exhibition
by Caryn Robbins - June 08, 2017 Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center will bring a pivotal era of rock music history to life with its new exhibition, 'Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution,' opening July 16, 2017....
Brooklyn Artist Rena to Release 'Rude Chick' EP Today
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2016 Brooklyn-based musician/producer Rena is set to release her debut EP Rude Chick on May 6th....
BWW Review: Off-Broadway FIORELLO! Features Young Cast in Small-Scale Production
by Michael Dale - September 12, 2016 The recent renaissance of appreciation for the musicals of composer Jerry Bock and lyricist Sheldon Harnick, which has included Broadway revivals of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and SHE LOVES ME, along with an Off-Broadway reworking of THE ROTHSCHILDS retitled ROTHSCHILD & SONS, continues with a transfer of ...
TAKE ME (I'M YOURS) Exhibition to Feature Participatory Works at The Jewish Museum
by BWW News Desk - September 01, 2016 This fall, the Jewish Museum is upending museum conventions with Take Me (I'm Yours), an exhibition featuring artworks that visitors are asked to touch, participate in, and even take home....
TAKE ME (I'M YOURS) Exhibition to Feature Participatory Works at The Jewish Museum
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2016 This fall, the Jewish Museum is upending museum conventions with Take Me (I'm Yours), an exhibition featuring artworks that visitors are asked to touch, participate in, and even take home....
Elbow Confirm Seventh Studio Album 'Little Fictions', Out 2/3
by Caryn Robbins - December 06, 2016 Today, the band released the first track “Magnificent (She Says)”, taken from their highly anticipated forthcoming album “Little Fictions.”... |