Robert Galinsky's THE BENCH Will Screen in NYC
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 12, 2020 NYC activist artist Robert Galinsky returns from Los Angeles for a one night only screening of The Bench film and brings with him the energy of Skid Row Los Angeles. The film presents a unique mash up from 'the street to the stage' and shows life on the streets through five homeless characters whose...
Dallas Children's Theater Presents First Virtual Performance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 14, 2020 Quarantine is certainly taking its toll on live theaters with its limits on public gatherings, but many are using the time to connect with audiences in new and different ways. That is certainly the case for Dallas Children's Theater (DCT). This week, DCT will present its first fully virtual producti...
BWW Book Review: A STORY THAT HAPPENS By Dan O'Brien
by Jonas Schwartz-Owen - March 13, 2021 Playwright Dan O'Brien made a splash in LA theatre back in 2017 when The House In Scarsdale: A Memoir For The Stage received multiple Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Nominations. Now, O'Brien has published four of the essays under the title, A Story That Happens, as a primer for burgeoning playwrig...
Penn State Centre Stage Virtual and People's Light Present 20/20 VISION
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 21, 2020 Penn State Centre Stage Virtual has announced its co-production with People's Light of a new play by Steve H. Broadnax III, '20/20 Vision.' The new work is commissioned by People's Light and stars M.F.A. Acting alumnus Eric B. Robinson Jr....
Thelonious Monster Announce First New Album in Sixteen Years
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 30, 2020 The Los Angeles-based rock band Thelonious Monster will release Oh The Monster digitally on November 3rd....
TV: See Tonya Pinkins In the New Trailer for RED PILL
by A.A. Cristi - August 04, 2020 Pinkins socio-political horror film, Red Pill, stars Catherine Curtin, Kathryn Erbe Colby Minifie, Luba Mason, Adesola Osakalumi, Jake O'Flaherty, Tonya Pinkins and Rubén Blades. ...
Joseph M Releases Video for 'Haunt'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 08, 2021 An accomplished guitar player and songwriter, Joseph M has spent much of the last ten years touring nationally and internationally as a member of Midlake, the indie supergroup BNQT, and as a sideman for artists including Elle King, Rufus Wainwright, and Israel Nash....
Flogging Molly's Annual St. Patrick's Day Festival Announced
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 13, 2020 The 2020 edition of Flogging Molly's annual St. Patrick's Day Festival Presented by KLOS 95.5 on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 will feature the legendary Celtic punk band headlining the Hollywood Palladium once again for the band's 6th annual St. Patrick's Day Celebration. Joining them will be Mad Caddies...
Dallas Children's Theater Presents Its First Virtual Performance, MISS NELSON HAS A FIELD DAY
by Stephi Wild - July 14, 2020 This week, DCT will present its first fully virtual production a?" MISS NELSON HAS A FIELD DAY. This delightful show was DCT's National Touring Production before it was pulled from the road in mid March due to COVID-19. MISS NELSON HAS A FIELD DAY is ready to go on an entirely new tour, virtually, i...
Michael Moore Announces Release of New Documentary PLANET OF THE HUMANS
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 21, 2020 Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Michael Moore announced today that he is releasing a brand new documentary film on his RUMBLE Media label - and is offering it as a gift, free of charge, in the midst of the global pandemic....
Irving Burgie, Songwriter of 'Day-O', Featured in BEETLEJUICE, Has Died at Age 95
by Stephi Wild - December 01, 2019 Irving Burgie, the songwriter best known for his calypso hit Day-O, has died at age 95, according to the BBC. The cause of death was a result of complications from heart failure....
BWW Exclusive: Meet the Makers of RATATOUILLE: The TikTok Musical- Jess Siswick
by Nicole Rosky - January 07, 2021 BroadwayWorld is catching up Jess Siswick, who created Ratatouille's iconic artwork! Find out how she became involved and her hopes for the show's future!...
THEORY Announce Fall 2021 Headline Tour Dates
by A.A. Cristi - May 03, 2021 Returning to the road this fall, multi-platinum band THEORY (Theory Of A Deadman) have announced new headline tour dates for September 2021, which will feature support from Cory Marks. ...
Guest Blog: Tom Littler On Leaving Many A Theatrical 'Footprint'
by Matt Wolf - May 15, 2021 That night, on an empty train home to Cambridge, I wondered when I would return to London. A fortnight? Six weeks? The answer was July. I also wondered how long it would be before an audience re-entered the Jermyn Street Theatre, the West End studio which I run. The answer was fourteen months....
BWW Review: UNKNOWN RIVERS, Hampstead Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - November 14, 2019 Hampstead Theatre sees the world premiere of Chinonyerem Odimba's Unknown Rivers, directed by Daniel Bailey with profound trajectory. A new play about friendship, mental health, and motherly love, it follows 19-year-old Nene (Nneka Okoye) as she struggles after a horrifying incident....
THE RACE Returns to The Wilbury Theatre Group By Popular Demand
by A.A. Cristi - March 02, 2021 This challenging new play, done on Zoom – an emerging new performance medium – examines the common, and sometimes uncommon, obstacles of a high-pressure corporate interview dance in the Zoom era. ...
BWW Exclusive: Meet the Makers of RATATOUILLE: The TikTok Musical- Alec Powell
by Nicole Rosky - January 09, 2021 Below, BroadwayWorld is catching up with one of the creators, Alec Powell, who wrote the show's overture!...
Signal Fire & The Ellameno Release Single 'False Reality'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 05, 2021 Signal Fire and The Ellameno Beat have teamed up to release a new single, 'False Reality,' due out February 12th, 2021....
BWW Exclusive: Meet the Makers of RATATOUILLE: The TikTok Musical- RJ Christian
by Nicole Rosky - January 08, 2021 Below, BroadwayWorld is catching up with one of the creators, RJ Christian, who wrote Anton Ego's number, 'Anyone Can Cook'....
Monique Coleman, Amber Crawford and More Announced for THE BENCH, A HOMELESS LOVE STORY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 06, 2020 New York actor and playwright Robert Galinsky's Off Broadway hit 'The Bench' has announced additional casting, including Monique Coleman (star of Disney's 'High School Musical' franchise), Amber Crawford (Film: Broken), Renee Rogoff (Regional: Ways to Leave a Body) and Michael Houston (Regional: Six...
Ron Howard's REBUILDING PARADISE Will Air Nov. 8
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 05, 2020 National Geographic Documentary Films announced today the commercial-free broadcast premiere of Rebuilding Paradise....
TIME ZONE INN On DVD/Digital On 4/14
by A.A. Cristi - March 18, 2020 A unique B&B gets couples ready for long distance relationships in TIME ZONE INN, a high-concept romantic drama arriving on DVD/Digital on 4/14...
HBO Max Greenlights Adam McKay's THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 15, 2020 HBO Max announced from the stage at the WarnerMedia Television Critics Association (TCA) Day, a greenlight for Oscar® and Emmy® Award-winning writer Adam McKay's (Succession, The Big Short) The Uninhabitable Earth. This anthology series from wiip is inspired by David Wallace-Wells' global best-selli...
TheaterWorks Hartford and TheatreSquared Present RUSSIAN TROLL FARM: A WORKPLACE COMEDY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 06, 2020 TheaterWorks Hartford in Hartford, Connecticut and TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, Arkansas announced today that they have joined forces to digitally produce Sarah Gancher's timely new play about the everyday banality of destabilizing democracy, Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy. ...
Dandy Darkly is Coming to the Soho Playhouse with ALL ABOARD!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 18, 2019 'Where were you the night the Gaybird Steamer ran off her tracks?' Preeminent American storyteller Dandy Darkly makes his Off-Broadway debut with his latest award-winning, critically acclaimed hour of supernatural, Southern Gothic satire. Dandy Darkly's All Aboard! is a glorious Georgia ghost story ... |