Gavin Creel, Dave Clemmons & More Set for The Performing Arts Project’s New York Series 1/14
by Kelsey Denette - December 23, 2011 The Performing Arts Project today announced The New York Series, a one-day master class event on January 14, 2012 at Pearl Studios with classes taught by Performing Arts Project faculty members....
InDepth InterView: Matt Doyle On PRIVATE ROMEO, SPRING AWAKENING, GIANT, New Solo EP & More
by Pat Cerasaro - February 27, 2012 One of the top-tier performers of a promising new generation of young stars on Broadway, Matt Doyle has appeared in both dramatic musicals and plays in establishing a versatile stage and screen career ranging from a multi-episode arc on GOSSIP GIRL to starring in SPRING AWAKENING on Broadway, as wel...
Gavin Creel, Dave Clemmons & More Set for The Performing Arts Project’s New York Series
by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2012 The Performing Arts Project today announced The New York Series, a one-day master class event on January 14, 2012 at Pearl Studios with classes taught by Performing Arts Project faculty members....
Web Series SMOKED to Start Production on Second Season
by Caryn Robbins - September 27, 2012 'SMOKED,' the hot new web series that follows the misadventures of three friends as they comically mismanage a medical marijuana dispensary, will begin pre-production on season two this October. Infused with a community of YouTube fans and sponsors, the next season promises to please existing fans w...
Free Acting for the Camera Workshop Offered at Acting Out Studio, 9/14
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2010 Acting Out Studio will offer a free Acting for the Camera Workshop with Scott Cooper-Evolution Talent Agency Owner. The first workshop will be September 14, 6-8p.m. for ages 5-12. The second workshop will be September 15, 6-8p.m. for ages 13 and up. Both will take place at Acting Out Studio, loca...
ACT's Holiday Season Line-Up Features A CHRISTMAS CAROL & More
by Kelsey Denette - October 18, 2011 ACT - A Contemporary Theatre wraps up 2012 with performances that both celebrate the holidays and provide an artful array of seasonal alternatives. With offerings that range from a crime thriller to a Christmas tradition, teen angst to a nativity parody, tell-all shorts to Pinter treasures and more,...
BWW Interviews: Actor/Director Matthew Lillard Talks HARBOR & THE DESCENDANTS
by Don Grigware - November 04, 2011 Film star Matthew Lillard is now onstage at the Big Victory Theatre in Burbank in the world premiere play Harbor. Star of Scream, Scooby-Doo, SLC Punk and the soon to be released The Descendants with George Clooney, Lillard's first love is the theatre and he makes a return after an eight year absenc...
The New York Film Academy (NYFA) Presents Honorary MFA Degree to Tippi Hedren
by Kelsey Denette - January 25, 2012 The New York Film Academy (NYFA) has a long and impressive list of speakers who have shared their insight and knowledge with students who have chosen acting and/or filmmaking as a career. Previous guests have included Philip Seymour Hoffman, Glenn Close, Dennis Hopper, John Carpenter, Kevin Klein, J...
BWW Interviews: DAVID ELDER Dances Up a Snowstorm in WHITE CHRISTMAS
by Michael L. Quintos - December 13, 2011 Broadway is certainly full of them: those amazing performers dubbed as 'triple threats'--those singer/dancer/actor-types that are just brimming with an abundance of extraordinary talent. David Elder rightly belongs in this revered group, and has proven the label quite a lot over the years, working s...
BWW Reviews: JOSEPHINE TONIGHT: Following The Rise Of Josephine Baker
by Tracy Danoff - March 05, 2012 The theater is filled with shows that take place in the entertainment business. Whether it is a about a young girl making good on Broadway or two crooked producers trying not to make good, the world of entertainment is a fascinating place. However, does the theater really need another show about the...
BWW Exclusive: Banks' Kids Hall of Fame - 6+ Years of 44 Janes and Michaels, Life on Broadway, Where They Are Now & More
by BWW - March 02, 2013 As the Broadway production of MARY POPPINS comes to a close, we tracked down all the past and current kids who played the iconic roles of Jane and Michael Banks, from the original cast in 2006 to the current group as they take their final bow on March 3, 2013....
Bootsy Collins Performs A UK Show At London indigO2 July 11
by Gabrielle Sierra - July 06, 2011 Legendary American funk bassist, singer-songwriter, BOOTSY COLLINS, who recently released his new album 'Tha Funk Capitol of the World' to rave reviews, will perform his only UK concert of 2011 at the London indigO2 on Monday July 11th....
DEBUT OF THE MONTH: BRIEF ENCOUNTER's Joseph Alessi & Annette McLaughlin
by Nick Orlando - October 25, 2010 Each month, Broadway World is shining the spotlight on a stage actor making their Broadway debut as part of our 'Debut of the Month' series. This month, we are showcasing actors Joseph Alessi and Annette McLaughlin, who are making their Broadway debuts in Brief Encounter....
InDepth InterView: Ricki Lake On DANCING WITH THE STARS, Sondheim, ANNIE, WICKED, HAIRSPRAY & More
by Pat Cerasaro - October 24, 2011 With one of the most refreshingly unique career trajectories in recent show business history, the quirky late-80s/early-90s film star known for her outlandish John Waters comedies - HAIRSPRAY, CRY-BABY and SERIAL MOM included - parlayed her big screen success to a decade-long running eponymous talk-...
Jason Moore to Direct Roundabout Underground's SUICIDE, INCORPORATED, 10/14-11/6
by Nicole Rosky - May 31, 2011 Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce a new Roundabout Underground production Suicide, Incorporated, a new play by Andrew Hinderaker, directed by Jason Moore....
FSPA Students Experience Broadway with Master Classes, NEWSIES and More
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2013 Musical theater students from the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) traveled to New York City on January 18-21 to hone their craft and take master classes with Broadway artists. The customized weekend program was offered to FSPA by Broadway Artists Alliance (BAA) of New York City. Class...
DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY: A Conversation with Julian Ovenden
by Roundabout Theatre Company - July 07, 2011 Roundabout's resident Education Dramaturg, Ted Sod, sits down with Death Takes a Holiday leading man, Julian Ovenden, to discuss working on a new musical, life/death and more, as part of Education @ Roundabout's UPSTAGE Guide. Ted Sod: How did you come to work in the theatre?...
The City of Los Angeles honors MY THREE SONS on May 16th., an Interview with Stanley Livingston 'Chip'
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InDepth InterView: Ricki Lake On DANCING WITH THE STARS, Sondheim, ANNIE, WICKED, HAIRSPRAY & More
by Pat Cerasaro - October 24, 2011 With one of the most refreshingly unique career trajectories in recent show business history, the quirky late-80s/early-90s film star known for her outlandish John Waters comedies - HAIRSPRAY, CRY-BABY and SERIAL MOM included - parlayed her big screen success to a decade-long running eponymous talk-...
Syfy Begins Production on RED FACTION
by Nicole Rosky - January 19, 2011 Brian J. Smith (Stargate Universe), Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgment Day), Kate Vernon (Battlestar Galactica), Danielle Nicolet (The Starter Wife), Gareth David-Lloyd (Torchwood), Tamzin Merchant (The Tudors) and Devon Graye (Dexter) will star in the THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) and Syfy Original M...
American Composers Orchestra’s 21st Annual Underwood New Music Readings Set for 6/1-2
by Kelsey Denette - April 23, 2012 American Composers Orchestra's (ACO) 21st Annual Underwood New Music Readings will take place from Friday, June 1 to Saturday, June 2, 2012 at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music (450 W. 37th St., NYC). ...
InDepth InterView: Linda Purl On HOMELAND, TRUE BLOOD, THE OFFICE, Feinstein's Show, Upcoming Album & More
by Pat Cerasaro - September 29, 2012 Today we are talking to a busy and very recognizable actress who has appeared in over 100 TV and film properties since her debut in the 1970s and just this year played arcs on both the freshly-minted 2012 Emmy-winning Best Drama HOMELAND, as well as HBO's hit nighttime vampire series TRUE BLOOD - th...
Photo Flash: Kenita Miller Visits NJ’s High School's XANADU Production
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 04, 2011 Kenita Miller, star of Xanadu and Color Purple, visited and conducted a master class at HTHS Musical Theatre Department in North Bergen NJ Thursday evening, Nov. 4th, 2011....
Bootsy Collins Releases New Album Tha Funk Capital of the World
by Gabrielle Sierra - February 01, 2011 Celebrated American funk bassist, singer and songwriter Bootsy Collins will release his new studio album 'Tha Funk Capital of the World' in the UK on Monday 25th April 2011....
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES Star Kathryn Joosten Dies at 72
by Caryn Robbins - June 04, 2012 TVLine.com reports that Emmy-award winning actress Kathryn Joosten, star of ABC's DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, died of lung cancer in Westlake Village, CA on Friday, June 1. She was 72.... |