BWW Review: PUNKPLAY, Southwark Playhouse, 10 September 2016
by Gary Naylor - September 11, 2016 Gary Naylor sees a play that examines suburban alienation in 80's America and the salvation Punk offered - on rollerskates!...
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, ...
VIDEO: Quentin Tarantino Reveals He's a Fan of Rom-Coms on LATE SHOW
by - December 16, 2015 Quentin Tarantino may be known for bloody, genre films, like "Reservoir Dogs," "Kill Bill," and his latest "The Hateful Eight," but truth be told, he loves a good romantic comedy. ...
MEET THE BLACKS, Starring Mike Epps, George Lopez & Mike Tyson, to Hit Theaters in April
by TV News Desk - January 08, 2016 It was revealed today that Deon Taylor's comedy MEET THE BLACKS has landed a wide theatrical release this spring through Freestyle Releasing. The film will open nationwide this April 29th....
Season 6 Champion of THE VOICE Josh Kaufman Releases New Self-Titled EP
by Caryn Robbins - June 23, 2016 The first self-titled EP from Josh Kaufman, Season 6 Champion of NBC's "The Voice," is now available on all music platforms....
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: Real Housewives of Sneden's Landing: RUMORS
by Jeffrey Ellis - April 29, 2016 Neil Simon's Rumors - one of the most popular stage farces of the late 20th century - is given its due with the fourth production at Nashville's iconic and I daresay historic Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre. Directed with panache by stage veteran Lydia Bushfield (who, herself, has starred in one of th...
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....
BWW Review: Keeton Theatre's 1940s RADIO CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Jeffrey Ellis - December 18, 2015 It's that thematic power of hope and reconciliation that plays out so evocatively on theater stages throughout the world at this time of year, urging each of us on to our revelry during this hectic, oftentimes trying and crazy time of the year. Nashville's Larry Keeton Theatre presents just such an ...
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: I LOVE YOU - You're Privileged, Now Change
by David Fick - July 30, 2016 There is a meme making the rounds on Facebook at the moment. Above an image of the cast of the television series, FRIENDS, a caption reads: 'This documentary of White Privilege is kinda long and hard to watch, but DAMN. Really lays it all out there.' This revival of I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW C...
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...
TOSHA PENDERGRAST, A Dancer's Life
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 19, 2016 Here's a question you may have asked yourself about Tosha Pendergrast: When does she sleep? Mundane, perhaps - but it's a question that comes to mind when you realize that she's always working, whether she's teaching students at Lauri Gregoire's Bellevue Dance Center, choreographing her latest show ...
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: 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....
BWW Review: Circle Players' CHILDREN OF EDEN
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 19, 2016 It would have taken a miracle to save the opening night of Circle Players' Children of Eden - one of the most eagerly anticipated productions of the season in Music City - from the wrath of God: in this case an abysmal sound design that prevented the audience from hearing Lauren Frances Jones' exqui...
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...
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.'...
BWW Review: A True King Rises with KING LEAR at Elements Theatre
by Kristen Morale - August 17, 2016 The truth be told, I have neither read nor seen performed Shakespeare's King Lear, and was therefore as unfamiliar with the plot and its characters as basically anyone can possibly be; I suppose it wasn't mandatory reading when I went to school, for what reason I cannot possibly imagine. Although, I...
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, ...
BWW Interview: BWW Interviews David Johnson, Who Plays Max Bialystock in THE PRODUCERS, Coming to Riverside's Fox PAC on Valentine's Day (Corrected)
by Audrey Liebross - January 26, 2016 THE PRODUCERS touring company will play two performances at Riverside's Fox Performing Arts Center on Saturday, February 14, 2016. BWW interviewed David Johnson, who plays Max Bialystock....
Windy City Playhouse Announces Cast of THIS
by Tyler Peterson - May 04, 2016 Windy City Playhouse, Chicago's most sophisticated new theater, presents the off-Broadway hit This, a tart 'melanchomedy' centering on four educated, artistically inclined thirtysomething New Yorkers whose longtime friendship is tested by an act of infidelity. Writer, director and playwright Carl Me... |
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