BWW Review: SIMONE - O MUSICAL at Casino Estoril - A riveting cast and much more than the 'Desfolhada'
by Carlota Costa - January 17, 2018 In a time in which biographical musicals are in trend, it is a true privilege to not only to witness such a tribute in life (which, unfortunately, is definitely rare) but also to have the person about who the piece is about on stage....
GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI for June 6, 2017
by Jeffrey Ellis - June 06, 2017 GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI! It's Tuesday, June 6, 2017 - and we know what you're thinking: Where the hell was my favorite early morning theater news and gossip yesterday? Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, we were unable to raise ourselves up from the bed and make our way to our d...
BWW Review: Actors Bridge's Astonishing HAND TO GOD Caps A Remarkable 2016 Season
by Jeffrey Ellis - December 10, 2016 Hand to God is a ballsy, brassy and in-your-face consideration of life in a Southern church and its impact on the lives of its congregants, exposing the hypocrisy of small-town convention and social mores that continue to evolve at a glacial pace. You'll be singing hosannas in the show's aftermath, ... 
BWW Review: Nashville Ballet's Stunning Performance of Stephen Mills' LIGHT
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 13, 2018 Some 90 captivating minutes of creative, imaginative movement, Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project features the superb dancers of Nashville Ballet at their finest, bringing to life history in such a way that left their audiences rapt, riveted to the smallest of moments and the largest of themes a...
BWW Review: Two Nights in Seville, Part 2 - a New Gypsy in Town for Met's CARMEN
by Richard Sasanow - January 24, 2017 It's that time of the year again, when the flu season gives artistic administrators big headaches, trying to fill in the blanks when a headliner calls in sick. CARMEN's been a particular headache, with mezzo Sophie Koch out of action in the title role after rehearsals had started. Luckily, Clementin... 
BWW Review: BIG LOVE, A PLAY, or 50 Brides for 50 Brothers
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 26, 2018 Who'd have thought that a play written in 2000 and based upon a work by Aeschylus from 463 BC (give or take a year or two) would prove to be so timely in the 21st Century? Yet that is exactly what Big Love, a play by Charles Mee, directed by Amanda Card and produced by Tamara Todres, Kristin McCalle...
BWW Review: Swafford's Overly Earnest CRAZY ALL THESE YEARS
by Jeffrey Ellis - April 16, 2017 Strong performances from a quartet of Nashville actors and capable writing and direction by Jeff Swafford should be enough to create a compelling and engaging stage play. Unfortunately, those elements don't add up to what we'd hoped for in Woodland Entertainment's production of Crazy All These Years...
BWW Review: ULYSSES' HOMECOMING, Hackney Empire, 15 October 2016
by Gary Naylor - October 16, 2016 Gary Naylor sees an opera dating from its earliest period that brims with emotional energy, if a lacking a little in 21st century pace....
Vanessa Lachey to Host Curtis Stone to Judge TOP CHEF JUNIOR on Universal Kids Network
by Caryn Robbins - May 12, 2017 TV personality Vanessa Lachey and chef Curtis Stone will join forces on TOP CHEF JUNIOR on Universal Kids, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment's network launching this September for kids 2-11, as they headline the show as host and head judge respectively....
THEY. Release 'Nu Religion: Hyena' Debut Today
by Caryn Robbins - February 24, 2017 Dante Jones and Drew Love of THEY. release their debut album Nü Religion: Hyena today. Two years in the making, the 14-track EP is a brilliant display of their 'grunge-n-b' sound and a mix of their eclectic ear...
BWW Review: Two Nights in Seville, Part 1 - with BARBIERE at the Met
by Richard Sasanow - January 23, 2017 It didn't strike me until the lights were going down for the start of CARMEN last Thursday that this was the second night in a row that Met audiences were being transported to the same town in sunny Spain. Truth be told, “sunny” is hardly an adjective I'd hardly use to describe Bizet's tragedy in th... 
BWW Review: Cameron McLaren's DARDY MCFLY at Perth Comedy Festival
by Ellin Sears - May 11, 2018 Cameron McLaren won the FRINGE WORLD Best WA Comedy Award in 2017, but the opening of his new show Dardy McFly at the Perth Comedy Festival was nothing I would have written home about.... 
BWW Review: Cabaret at Merrick Theatre & Center For The Arts
by Melissa Giordano - April 25, 2018 One could possibly say that a production of the Kander and Ebb Tony winning classic Cabaret is a dime a dozen. However, when you have a fascinating production like the one at Merrick Theatre & Center For The Arts, it indeed warrants another look. Excellently directed by Daniel C. Higgins, this super... 
BWW Review: Starmaking Performances Lead Belmont University's Exhilarating ON THE TOWN
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 21, 2018 There's really nothing better than a musical theater-inspired epiphany: On opening night of Belmont University Musical Theatre's altogether invigorating and exhilarating On The Town (which plays Belmont's Troutt Theatre through this Sunday, March 25) I was struck by the similarities - both structura...
BWW Review: Theatre Tallahassee's IN A FOREST, DARK & DEEP Grippingly Brutal
by Trevor Durham - September 22, 2016 Scott Mock's production of Neil LaBute's gritty drama is tense and gripping.... 
BWW Review: Arts Center of Cannon County's Spectacular HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME Deserves Your Attention
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 14, 2018 Passionate and captivating, The Hunchback of Notre Dame - the stage musical based on the Disney animated classic, featuring music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Peter Parnell - is given a superb production at Woodbury's Arts Center of Cannon County and discerning theater patr...
Summer Season Announced at 18th & Union
by BWW News Desk - June 02, 2017 18th & Union is back from Spring Break, and we're looking forward to warmer weather (although no worries, we have air conditioning!). We're welcoming these shows opening in June and running in rep throughout the month....
BWW Review: LIMEHOUSE, Donmar Warehouse
by Gary Naylor - March 14, 2017 Limehouse focuses on the events concerning the founding of the Social Democratic Party (the SDP) and the drafting of the Limehouse Declaration that led to it. Many, many parallels with today's fractured polity....
BWW Feature: DC BWW's Senior Writer's Top Theatergoing Experiences in 2016
by Jennifer Perry - January 01, 2017 In 2016, I saw 120+ productions, the majority of which were in the DC Metro Area. The 2016 calendar year offered a slew of memorable theatergoing experiences, but some stand out among the others. As I look forward to what's in store theatrically in 2017, I take a look back at 2016.... 
Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of London Theatre Company's JULIUS CAESAR?
by Stephi Wild - January 31, 2018 Nicholas Hytner's production of Julius Caesar, the London Theatre Company's second production at the Bridge Theatre, runs from 20 January to 15 April 2018, with opening night on Tuesday 30 January 2018. Designs are by Bunny Christie, with costumes by Christina Cunningham, music by Nick Powell, light...
BWW Review: CFTA's YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Will Have You Laughing All The Way Home
by Jeffrey Ellis - October 25, 2016 Patrick Kramer's commanding performance as Frederick Frankenstein (that's 'FRONKENsteen' for the uninitiated) in the Center for the Arts' production of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein is reason enough to buy a ticket (if you're lucky enough to score one - shows are playing to capacity crowds in Murfr...
BWW Review: LA STRADA, The Other Palace
by Gary Naylor - June 01, 2017 La Strada, adapted from the Fellini movie is a play with music that captures the style and ethics of a classic movie, indeed the Neo-Realism style....
Remy Bumppo Announces 2017-18 Season TRUTH BE TOLD
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2017 Remy Bumppo Theatre Company will explore complex relationships with truth, lies, and everything in between in its 21st season, 'Truth Be Told.'...
CAMINO REAL by Tennessee Williams Opens in New Orleans at the Marigny Opera House This July
by A.A. Cristi - June 28, 2017 You've never seen Tennessee Williams like this before. From the characters to the setting, nothing compares to Camino Real. The play takes place in a mythic border town situated in the Southwest, or perhaps tucked just inside of Mexico, which sits in the shadow of a gargantuan border wall built to k...
GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI for May 4, 2017
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 04, 2017 GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI! Welcome to Thursday, May 4, 2017 - can you believe it's already this far along in the year - and that it's another #TheatreThursday? Today, we're posing the musical question: Are all our artistic efforts worth it during these oh-so-trying times? The answer, most certainly, ... |
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