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If you can think it, they will say it. From the producer of "Ride Along" and the director of "How I Met Your Mother" comes this unabashed new comedy about two diverse couples, who are both neighbors and best friends. As they go through life side by side, they can't help but analyze and obsess about EVERYTHING. From topics like sex and race, to the fact that the trusted new babysitter might just be a porn star, nothing is out of bounds for this wildly outspoken foursome.

Review: Cynthia Harris' THE CALLING IS IN THE BODY Is A Universal Tale of Love and In Photo Review: Cynthia Harris' THE CALLING IS IN THE BODY Is A Universal Tale of Love and Inspiration
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 10, 2022

In much the same way that a piece of evocative music can suddenly whisk you away to another time and place, there are moments in Cynthia Harris’ beautifully written The Calling Is In The Body that can take one just as swiftly to the Nashville of the early 1990s. Almost imperceptibly, Harris’ heartfe...


VIDEO: Uzo Aduba Talks Returning to Broadway in CLYDE'S on THE VIEW Photo VIDEO: Uzo Aduba Talks Returning to Broadway in CLYDE'S on THE VIEW
by Michael Major - November 30, 2021

Uzo Aduba appeared on The View this morning to discuss returning to Broadway as the title role in Clyde's. She speaks on when she first fell in love in theatre and the role her costumes play in her approach to her character in the play. Watch the new interview now!...


BWW Review: ONE NIGHT WITH LUBA MASON At The Soapbox Gallery; Hot Jazz In A Cool Spac Photo BWW Review: ONE NIGHT WITH LUBA MASON At The Soapbox Gallery; Hot Jazz In A Cool Space Hitting All The Right Notes
by Bobby Patrick - June 04, 2021

Combining with the room Mason, her expert musicians, and her song arrangements gives one a feeling of an updated beatnik arthouse chic....


Casting Complete for TheatreSquared's DESIGNING WOMEN Photo Casting Complete for TheatreSquared's DESIGNING WOMEN
by Stephi Wild - September 14, 2021

Broadway’s Carmen Cusack (Wicked, Bright Star, South Pacific), a Tony Award nominee, plays the indomitable Julia Sugarbaker through October 11, when she returns to Broadway in Flying Over Sunset....


Pop-Trap Artist MATTMAC Continues To Inspire With “Status” Photo Pop-Trap Artist MATTMAC Continues To Inspire With “Status”
by A.A. Cristi - October 18, 2021

2021 has been a busy year for up-and-coming pop-trap artist Mattmac so far. After tucking an Album Of The Year Award into his belt from the Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards, he's also received an Indigenous Artist of the Year nomination at this year's BreakOut West Festival's Western Canadian...


Student Blog: Question-Mark Anxiety Photo Student Blog: Question-Mark Anxiety
by Student Blogger: Maggie Cummins - June 02, 2021

This is going to be a bit of a departure from my usual satirical articles. It has been approximately four months since I wrote a blog for BWW’s student column. But here’s the cold hard truth: I have had some serious writer’s block this semester. Something stopped clicking, and therefore so did my ke...


True Story of Francisco Mendez Founder of Mendez Boxing in NYC Takes Center Stage At Photo True Story of Francisco Mendez Founder of Mendez Boxing in NYC Takes Center Stage At Dances with Films Festival
by A.A. Cristi - August 31, 2021

​​​​​​​Everything But Fear is a short documentary about Francisco Mendez, a renowned boxing trainer and founder of Mendez Boxing, New York City's premier boxing gym. “Tenemos todo menos miedo” – “we have everything but fear” – is a phrase that guided Francisco from rural Mexico to 26th street in Man...


The Sports Rom-com Enters A New Era With LOVE AND BASEBALL Photo The Sports Rom-com Enters A New Era With LOVE AND BASEBALL
by A.A. Cristi - August 26, 2021

From Director Steve Acevedo (Queen of The South) comes Love And Baseball a sports rom-com premiering as the centerpiece of the Dances With Films Festival. Get the scoop!...


Barney Bentall & Geoffrey Kelly Are RanchWriters; 'Bonaparte Plateau' Out Now Photo Barney Bentall & Geoffrey Kelly Are RanchWriters; 'Bonaparte Plateau' Out Now
by A.A. Cristi - August 09, 2021

When two multi-Platinum and Gold-selling Canadian artists pass time together the best way they know how, the result is certain to turn ears. And such is the case for award-winning musicians Barney Bentall and Geoffrey Kelly and their newly announced album, RanchWriters - available this Fall via True...


Singer/Songwriter Mike Vitale Comes Home With New Single & Album Photo Singer/Songwriter Mike Vitale Comes Home With New Single & Album
by Gigi Gervais - October 31, 2021

Singer/Songwriter Mike Vitale is here to usher you 'Home' with the release of his new single, and album - ϕ - both available now. When it comes to the album, you don't have to try and say ϕ, you just need to listen to it. In case you're wondering, though, it means 'Phi' - and it's a beautiful lullab...


Sam Pounds Releases 'She Get It From Her Mama' & 'Preacher's Daughter' Photo Sam Pounds Releases 'She Get It From Her Mama' & 'Preacher's Daughter'
by Michael Major - November 02, 2022

Sam Pounds released “She Get It From Her Mama” and “Preacher’s Daughter” via Penthouse South/Sumerian Records. The songs come on the heels of Sam’s feature, which he also produced, on the Snoop Dogg, Jamie Foxx, Dave Franco, and J Young MDK track “BUD (Mowing Down Vamps)” from the 2022 Netflix #1 fi...


Jessica Vosk To Lead GET HAPPY: A JUDY GARLAND CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION At Carnegie Hal Photo Jessica Vosk To Lead GET HAPPY: A JUDY GARLAND CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION At Carnegie Hall
by A.A. Cristi - November 29, 2022

On Monday, December 12 at 8:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall presents Get Happy: A Judy Garland Centennial Celebration featuring Broadway stars Jessica Vosk alongside Andy Karl. Written by Robert Cary and Jonathan Tolins, and directed by Michael Arden with Music Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Get Happy cele...


VIDEO: Cynthia Erivo Stars in ROAR Apple TV+ Series Trailer Photo VIDEO: Cynthia Erivo Stars in ROAR Apple TV+ Series Trailer
by Michael Major - March 25, 2022

Based on a book of short stories by Cecelia Ahern, the series is the first to be released under “Roar” creators and co-showrunners Carly Mensch and Liz Flahive’s (“GLOW”) overall deal with Apple TV+. The series includes Cynthia Erivo, Nicole Kidman, Issa Rae, Merritt Wever, Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin...


Jessica Vosk to Headline P-Town New Year's Weekend Concerts Photo Jessica Vosk to Headline P-Town New Year's Weekend Concerts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 22, 2021

Jessica Vosk, who starred most recently as  Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway, will headline New Year’s weekend’s “First Light” celebration on Friday, December 31 & Saturday, January 1 at 7:00 PM ET with Seth Rudetsky as pianist and host....


BWW Review: John Tartaglia Goes Puppet-Less And Tells Us All We BETTER GET TO LIVIN' Photo BWW Review: John Tartaglia Goes Puppet-Less And Tells Us All We BETTER GET TO LIVIN' at Feinstein's/54 Below
by Bobby Patrick - July 22, 2021

John Tartaglia (Avenue Q, Shrek the Musical, Fraggle Rock, Sunday Funday On Broadway) returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below in a brand spanking new uplifting, uproarious (and maybe occasionally just a little bit inappropriate) show to celebrate 35 years of his eclectic career....


Cast Announced for the Los Angeles Premiere of SANCTUARY CITY at Pasadena Playhouse Photo Cast Announced for the Los Angeles Premiere of SANCTUARY CITY at Pasadena Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 02, 2022

Pasadena Playhouse will present the Los Angeles premiere of Sanctuary City by Pulitzer Prize-winner Martyna Majok (Cost of Living). Performances are scheduled from September 14 through October 9. The production stars Ana Nicolle Chavez (Apple TV +’s Truth Be Told) as “G,” and Miles Fowler (HBO’sWinn...


Review: Roxy Regional Theatre's THE COLOR PURPLE is 'Emphatically, Beautifully, Elect Photo Review: Roxy Regional Theatre's THE COLOR PURPLE is 'Emphatically, Beautifully, Electrifyingly Sung'
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 15, 2022

The production of The Color Purple, now onstage at the Roxy, is without doubt the most emphatically, beautifully and electrifyingly sung musical I’ve seen at the historic theatre on the corner of First and Franklin in downtown Clarksville over the past three decades. Directed with confidence by Broa...


Review: MOIPEI at Birdland Photo Review: MOIPEI at Birdland
by Peter Danish - July 31, 2022

The Moipei Triplets Triumphant Return To Birdland!...


Director Cecilia Robles' Film TINDER TANGO Announced As Official Selection Of Dances Photo Director Cecilia Robles' Film TINDER TANGO Announced As Official Selection Of Dances With Films Festival
by A.A. Cristi - August 26, 2021

Online dating takes a horrific turn on Cecilia Robles' short film Tinder Tango.  A dreamy Tinder match of two tango aficionados who meet for the first time, and it turns out to be a hell of a date.  ...


Vanessa Williams' Penthouse Magazine Scandal to Be Adapted Into Series With Neil Mero Photo Vanessa Williams' Penthouse Magazine Scandal to Be Adapted Into Series With Neil Meron Producing
by Michael Major - September 28, 2022

A new limited series following Vanessa Williams’ personal view about the scandal that forced her to resign her Miss America crown in 1984 is in the works. Sony Pictures have optioned the rights to her story with Neil Meron producing....


Interview: THE SECRET WORLD of Carolyn Hennesy Never Stops With ARCHY & MEHITABEL Photo Interview: THE SECRET WORLD of Carolyn Hennesy Never Stops With ARCHY & MEHITABEL
by Gil Kaan - August 31, 2022

The always working Carolyn Hennesy has finally found some time to mount the L.A. boards again. Carolyn takes on the co-title role of Mehitabel in Dan Gilvezan’s The Secret World of Archy & Mehitabel opening September 10, 2022 at the Whitefire Theatre. Moosie Drier directs the cast of Bill Chott, Ric...


HBO Max Selects Finalists For Sixth Annual Asian Pacific American Visionaries Short F Photo HBO Max Selects Finalists For Sixth Annual Asian Pacific American Visionaries Short Film Competition
by Michael Major - May 05, 2022

The three winning films exemplified this year’s competition theme: “Power of Love.” Filmmakers Gauri Adelkar (“The Gift”), Lloyd Lee Choi (“Same Old”), and Chheangkea (“Skin Can Breathe”), will premiere their films during the 2022 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, on Friday, May 6 at the DGA ...


BWW Review: An Artist Creating Art In An Artful Way is Reeve Carney At The Greenroom Photo BWW Review: An Artist Creating Art In An Artful Way is Reeve Carney At The Greenroom 42
by Bobby Patrick - August 10, 2021

The effect of his Rock/Jazz/Blues hybrid music on his attendees was incalculable. Unable to stand and scream and shout and wave lit cigarette lighters about, watching the audience physically and emotionally react from their chairs left one with an almost sacred feeling....


Review Roundup: THE TAP DANCE KID at City Center Encores! Photo Review Roundup: THE TAP DANCE KID at City Center Encores!
by A.A. Cristi - February 03, 2022

New York City Center just kicked off the 2022 Encores! Season with The Tap Dance Kid, featuring music by Henry Krieger, lyrics by Robert Lorick, and a book by Charles Blackwell. Directed by Tony Award-winner Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun), the production also includes new tap sequences by choreogr...


Wake Up With BWW 11/24: Read All of the Reviews For CLYDE'S, and More! Photo Wake Up With BWW 11/24: Read All of the Reviews For CLYDE'S, and More!
by - November 24, 2021

Last night's Clyde's opened officially on Broadway! Check out the reviews in our roundup, and stay tuned for more coverage from the big night later today! Plus, get a first look at Disney Princess: The Concert, watch Joshua Henry and Ciara Renee rehearse for Waitress, check out the nominees for this...






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