Dale Engelson Sessa Releases Memoir, AND ALL THE QUEEN'S MEN
by Christina Mancuso - August 09, 2013 In her debut memoir, And All the Queen's Men, Dale Engelson Sessa dives fearlessly into her past, exploring five decades of failed relationships, insecurity, promiscuity, secretiveness, and, ultimately, deep discontent. She returns to her roots to uncover her woundedness, which, she finds, originate...
BWW Preview: The Smith Center Presents Broadway Las Vegas 2015-16
by Ellen Sterling - February 26, 2015 Las Vegas' Smith Center for the Performing Arts is an extraordinary place. It's diverse programs encompass just about all of the performing arts. The building, designed by David M. Schwartz is a Neo Art Deco design and features a 47-bell carillon housed in a 17-story carillon tower. The design, Schw...
BWW Recap: ARROW is Public Enemy #1
by Misha Davenport - April 01, 2015 A member of Team ARROW is wounded, Ra's al Ghul (Matt Nable) continues to frame ARROW (Stephen Amell) as a menace to socieity. Keep your eye on the target, we'll get you caught up with tonight's ep 'Public Enemy.'...
IN LOVE WITH TYRONE Kicks Off National Tour in Hartford Today, 9/7
by BWW News Desk - September 07, 2012 What happens when the right woman falls in love with the wrong man? This fall, playwright, producer and director Ericka Nicole Malone poses the question to audiences nationwide as her production 'In Love with Tyrone' makes its nine-city tour. Her latest work and tenth production, Malone debuted the ...
Sterling's Upstairs at The Federal to Host 12/14 Auditions for 9th Annual LA'S NEXT GREAT STAGE STAR
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2014 Sterling's Upstairs at The Federal, the most critically acclaimed, award-winning supper club of its kind in the greater Los Angeles area, has set Sunday, December 14, 2014 as auditions for its 9th consecutive year of LA's Next Great Stage Star, it was announced today by Executive Producer Michael St...
Dunham Books Releases Dale Engelson Sessa's AND ALL THE QUEEN'S MEN
by Christina Mancuso - August 08, 2013 In her poignant debut novel, And All the Queen's Men, Dale Engelson Sessa dives fearlessly into her past, exploring five decades of failed relationships, insecurity, promiscuity, secretiveness, and, ultimately, deep discontent. She returns to her roots to uncover her woundedness, which, she discover...
BWW Reviews: 5th Ave's ANYTHING GOES Brings Charm, Humor & Spirit to a Classic
by Jay Irwin - October 18, 2013 Do ya hear that playin'? Do ya know what's playin'? Why it's one of the best interpretations of a classic musical I've seen. The current touring production of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes", on stage now at the 5th Avenue Theatre, has three major things going for it; a director who understands the...
Geffen Playhouse, The Wallis & More Take Home 2014 Ovation Awards
by Tyler Peterson - November 03, 2014 The 2014 LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards, celebrating theatrical excellence and achievement during the past 12 months, were presented on Sunday, November 2 at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse....
BWW Previews: Mind's Eye Mines Thriller For Laughs
by Todd Zeigler - April 10, 2014 Think "Alfred Hitchcock." Did you think "allusive puns, rapid-fire costume changes and broad comedy"? Catch Patrick Barlow's adaptation of the master of horror and suspense's 1935 motion picture thriller "The 39 Steps," and you just might....
Connecticut Ballet's TOM SAWYER Set for Ridgefield Playhouse, 1/25
by Tyler Peterson - November 11, 2013 The adventures of Tom, Huck, Becky and Injun Joe in Mark Twain's famous story written right here in Connecticut will be danced by the state's professional ballet company, Connecticut Ballet, at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Saturday, January 25, at 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. A perfect intro to story ballet for ...
Patrick Wilson, Alec Baldwin to Star in CAUGHT STEALING
by Caryn Robbins - September 07, 2012 According to The Hollywood Reporter, Patrick Wilson and Alec Baldwin are set to star in the mystery thriller CAUGHT STEALING. The film, based on the first novel of Charlie Huston's The Henry Thompson Triology, was scripted by David Hayter....
Alumnae Theatre Company Presents THE DROWNING GIRLS, Now thru Dec 1
by BWW News Desk - November 16, 2012 Beth Graham and Daniela Vlaskalic met at the University of Alberta, where they were both studying acting. After graduating from the program in 1998, they teamed up with director Charlie Tomlinson to write The Drowning Girls, a play based on a real-life Scotland Yard serial murder known as the "Bride...
Chris Ioan Roberts' DEAD ROYAL Comes to Ovalhouse, April 21-25
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2015 Villa Windsor, Paris, 1981 - Wallis, Duchess of Windsor aged 82, invites Lady Diana Spencer aged 19 to a despair-laden bachelorette party on the eve of her wedding to the Prince of Wales. Chris Ioan Roberts' Dead Royal is a lacerating, camp-drenched celebration of 1980s narcissistic megalomania. The...
SWEET CHARITY Runs 3/20-30 at Oakland University
by Tyler Peterson - March 10, 2014 It may just be that Charity Hope Valentine is the unluckiest romantic in New York City. Audiences are invited to follow her warm, touching and humorous story when the Oakland University Theatre program presents a production of the musical 'Sweet Charity' from Thursday, March 20, through Sunday, Marc...
BWW Recap: ARROW Has an Uprising
by Misha Davenport - February 04, 2015 With Oliver Queen (aka ARROW, played by Stephen Amell) still recovering from his sword fight/resurrection, it's up to Laurel (aka Black Canary, played by Katie Cassidy), Roy (aka Arsenal, played by Colton Haynes) and the rest of Team ARROW to stop Brick (Vinnie Jones). Keep your eye on the target an...
Alumnae Theatre Company Presents THE DROWNING GIRLS, Now thru Dec 1
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2012 Alumnae Theatre Company's production of The Drowning Girls runs approximately 75 minutes. There is no intermission. Opening Night & Gala will take place tonight, November 17, 2012. The show runs from Friday November 17 through Saturday December 1, 2012, according to the following schedule: Wednesday...
Ericka Nicole Malone's IN LOVE WITH TYRONE Comes to TN Performing Arts Center, 11/10 & 11
by BWW News Desk - November 10, 2012 What happens when the right woman falls in love with the wrong man? This fall, playwright, producer and director Ericka Nicole Malone poses the question to audiences as her production 'In Love with Tyrone' makes its final stop in Nashville, TN....
Skylight Theatre to Stage REASONS TO LIVE
by Tyler Peterson - October 08, 2014 Chosen by the press as a 'Favorite Play of 2012' when first presented at Provincetown Theater, Reasons To Live will now make its West Coast debut in Los Angeles at the Skylight Theatre. Two like-minded theatre companies join together to present this thought provoking comedy on overcoming adversity....
Tony Winner Daisy Eagan to Host A LITTLE NEW MUSIC IV at Rockwell Table & Stage, 3/4
by BWW News Desk - February 22, 2014 Having established itself as the premiere night of new musical theatre in Los Angeles with last years' sold out debut season, A LITTLE NEW MUSIC returns to Rockwell: Table & Stage in Los Feliz with an innovative program featuring fresh music with Broadway and local talent....
TCM Greatest Classic Films Releases Four New Collections Today
by Movies News Desk - April 01, 2014 Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. (WBHE) and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) are adding four new collections to their TCM Greatest Classic Films line, which spotlights Hollywood's most legendary actors and actresses in classic cinema....
FOR LOVE Set for Off-Broadway Run at Irish Repertory Theatre, 3/13- 4/5
by Emily Stubbs - February 14, 2013 Irish Repertory Theatre presents the Off-Broadway premiere of FOR LOVE by award-winning actress and playwright Laoisa Sexton, with previews set to begin March 13, prior to an official press opening March 19, in Irish Repertory Theatre Company's W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre (132 West 22nd Street)....
IN LOVE WITH TYRONE Kicks Off National Tour in Hartford Today, 9/7
by BWW News Desk - September 07, 2012 What happens when the right woman falls in love with the wrong man? This fall, playwright, producer and director Ericka Nicole Malone poses the question to audiences nationwide as her production 'In Love with Tyrone' makes its nine-city tour. Her latest work and tenth production, Malone debuted the ...
IN LOVE WITH TYRONE Kicks Off National Tour in Hartford Today, 9/7
by BWW News Desk - September 07, 2012 What happens when the right woman falls in love with the wrong man? This fall, playwright, producer and director Ericka Nicole Malone poses the question to audiences nationwide as her production 'In Love with Tyrone' makes its nine-city tour. Her latest work and tenth production, Malone debuted the ...
Theatre @ Boston Court, the Geffen and La Mirada Lead 2014 Ovation Award Nominations; Full List!
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2014 Nominees for the 2014 LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards were announced on the evening of Monday, September 22 at Native Voices at the Autry National Center in Los Angeles. The nominations were revealed by past Ovation Award recipients Gigi Bermingham, Brighid Fleming, Parmer Fuller, Jennifer Haley, B...
STAGE RAW Announces First Ever Nominations, April 13 at LA Theater Center
by Sally Henry Fuller - March 14, 2015 STAGE RAW is pleased to announce the FIRST ANNUAL STAGE RAW LOS ANGELES THEATER AWARDS, championing the best work of 2014 in L.A.'s now embattled theaters of up to 99-seats. (STAGE RAW is using the same jury that was assembled through 2014 for the now dearly departed LA WEEKLY Theater Awards.) Chec... |