Kelly McIntyre-Led A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN Tour Kicks Off Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 03, 2017 The Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical A Night With Janis Joplin will rock the road on its North American tour starting tonight, November 3rd, 2017....
Delray Beach Playhouse Debuts New Cabaret Series
by A.A. Cristi - September 28, 2017 The historic Delray Beach Playhouse opens its 71st season this October and will debut a brand-new Cabaret Series featuring some of South Florida's top singing acts. The shows will take place in the theater's intimate, 128-seat performance space with special cabaret style seating....
Award-Winning MARVIN'S ROOM Comes To The Sauk
by Julie Musbach - April 03, 2018 The Sauk, Hillsdale County's community theatre, will present Scott McPherson's award-winning play 'Marvin's Room' at 8 p.m. April 5-7 and at 3 p.m. on April 8....
Internationally-Acclaimed Jazz & Blues Singer Kim Nalley Returns to Feinstein's at the Nikko
by Julie Musbach - May 21, 2018 Internationally-acclaimed jazz and blues singer, Kim Nalley, returns to Feinstein's at the Nikko for a limited two-week engagementAugust 2-12, 2018. Joined by her band-Tammy Hall (piano), Michael Zisman(bass) and Kent Bryston (drums)-plus special guest, legendary jazz tenor saxophonist Houston Per...
Theatre NOVA Extends THE DEVIL'S MUSIC By Angelo Parra Through April 29
by Stephi Wild - April 19, 2018 Theatre NOVA, Ann Arbor's professional theatre with an exclusive focus on new plays and playwrights, is thrilled to announce an extension of its smash hit "The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith" by Angelo Parra. The show was slated to run through April 22 but has been extended throug...
Avon Players To Present MARVIN'S ROOM
by A.A. Cristi - January 03, 2019 Unexpected developments lead to an unlikely reconciliation for one family in Avon Players' production of Marvin's Room running January 18-February 2....
The Bessies Announce Recipients of the 2017 NY Dance and Performance Awards
by A.A. Cristi - October 10, 2017 The NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, New York City's premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, announced the complete list of the 2017 award recipients tonight at the 33rd annual Bessie Awards ceremony. Awards were presented in the categories of Outsta...
Full Company Announced For BLUES IN THE NIGHT At Kiln Theatre
by Stephi Wild - June 24, 2019 As rehearsals begin for Blues in Night, Artistic Director of Kiln Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham announces the full company. Joining the previously announced Sharon D Clarke (The Lady), Debbie Kurup (The Woman), Clive Rowe (The Man) and Gemma Sutton (The Girl) are Aston New (The Hustler) and Joseph Poul...
Nominees Announced for 2018 Bessie Awards
by A.A. Cristi - July 11, 2018 Glasses clinked and cheers crowded the air as this year's 43 Bessie nominees were announced and celebrated today, July 11, at a cocktail party/press conference at Gibney 280, along with the winners of 2018 Juried Bessie Award and the 2018 NY Dance and Performance Award for Outstanding "Breakout" Cho...
Sara Krulwich, Bessie Nelson and Ernest Winzer Cleaners to Receive The 2018 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
by Julie Musbach - April 25, 2018 The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced that they will present the 2018 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre to three outstanding contributors to the Broadway industry - New York Times' culture photographer Sara Krulwich, costume beader, Bessie Nelson, and the Ernest Winzer Clean...
Photo Flash: Company XIV Presents New Show at Their New Theatre in Bushwick
by Julie Musbach - February 01, 2018 Following the success of their production of Nutcracker Rouge, Company XIV is now presenting a new production, XIVariete, playing at the troupe's new home Theatre XIV (383 Troutman Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn)....
Camille A. Brown And Juel D. Lane Receive $40,000 Alumni Artpreneur Award From UNCSA
by Julie Musbach - April 11, 2019 Award-winning choreographers and dancers Camille A. Brown and Juel Lane are the recipients of the second annual Alumni Artpreneur of the Year Awards from their alma mater, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), Chancellor Lindsay Bierman has announced. Graduates of the premier ...
Molly Lieber And Eleanor Smith Present New Work At New York Live Arts
by A.A. Cristi - February 25, 2019 New York Live Arts (Live Arts) to present the world premiere of Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith's Body Comes Apart, March 6-9, 2019, having commissioned the work as part of the Live Feed Residency Program. The duo, Bessie Award nominees in choreography and Lieber recipient in outstanding performance,...
Cheryl Albright Stars in Multi-Media Musical Celebration of Aretha Franklin
by Julie Musbach - January 23, 2019 Cheryl Albright, a renown singer and actress in the Rhode Island community, has been sharing her stunning gifts here for many years at community events, along with concert and stage performances....
BWW Review: HAVING OUR SAY at Primal Forces
by David McKibbin - January 28, 2019 Primal Forces' Having Our Say brings two talented South Florida actresses together in a beautifully-staged production. Audiences will resonate with the play's themes of optimism, the value of family, and what it truly means to fight for justice....
Lehigh Valley Gets the Chance to Spend A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN
by Julie Musbach - October 17, 2017 Like a comet that burns far too brightly to last, Janis Joplin exploded onto the music scene in 1967 and, almost overnight, became the queen of rock & roll. The unmistakable voice, filled with raw emotion and tinged with Southern Comfort, made her a must-see headliner from Monterey to Woodstock. Now...
Emelin Theatre Announces April 2018 Events
by Stephi Wild - February 27, 2018 Celebrating its 45th Anniversary, The Emelin Theatre, in Mamaroneck NY, brings the best in live performing arts to Westchester and other nearby communities and promotes a cultural life that entertains, educates and invigorates. Well-known for its high-quality and affordable programs, the Emelin pres...
World Premiere or Luciana Achugar's BRUJX Comes to NYU Skirball, Today
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2018 NYU Skirball will present the world premiere of choreographer luciana achugar's Brujx, today, October 19 and Saturday, October 20 at 7:30 pm, as part of On Your Marx, NYU Skirball's FREE, two-week celebration of philosopher Karl Marx. Brujx ritualizes the labor of the dancers, exposing and transce...
Gabrielle Hamilton, Tiler Peck & More Nominated For 2019 Bessie Awards
by Stephi Wild - July 12, 2019 The NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, New York City's premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, celebrates a landmark 35th anniversary this year. Today, the nominees for the 2019 Bessie Awards, along with the recipients of the 2019 Juried Bessie Award and 2019...
Harris Center Presents A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN
by A.A. Cristi - September 05, 2018 Anyone who has heard Janis Joplin knows her immediately - the give-all intensity, the great songs, and that rawly emotive voice. A Night With Janis Joplin presents an imagined concert, held a week before her untimely death, with the legendary performer joined by some of her most significant influenc...
World Premiere or Luciana Achugar's BRUJX Comes to NYU Skirball, 10/19
by A.A. Cristi - September 25, 2018 NYU Skirball will present the world premiere of choreographer luciana achugar's Brujx, on Friday, October 19 and Saturday, October 20 at 7:30 pm, as part of On Your Marx, NYU Skirball's FREE, two-week celebration of philosopher Karl Marx. Brujx ritualizes the labor of the dancers, exposing and tra...
BWW Review: MOAN THEM BLUES Soothes the Soul of patrons at The Sahara Lounge in Austin, TX
by Amy Tarver - April 11, 2018 Highlighting the old time blues and soul style of Bessie Smith AKA The Empress of The Blues, MOAN THEM BLUES provides a different style of theatrical entertainment. Essentially a one woman show starring Toni Ringgold, with her piano man sidekick Jawbone (played by Ke'Aier Mufasa Denson), the reminis...
BWW Review: Artistry's Beautifully Tragic AWAKE AND SING! will Break Your Heart in the Best Way
by Jill Schafer - September 21, 2018 I love sad plays. I love stories of miserable families who love each other but don't know how to express it in healthy ways. AWAKE AND SING!, now playing at Artistry's black box theater, is one such tragically beautiful and beautifully tragic play, like Tennessee Williams set in the Bronx. Or rather...
Garth Fagan Dance To Present Joyce Theater Season
by A.A. Cristi - September 12, 2018 Internationally acclaimed Garth Fagan Dance returns to The Joyce Theater with two vibrant world premieres and three stirring revivals from the company's rich archive. For close to half a century, Garth Fagan - the Tony, Olivier and Bessie award-winning choreographer of The Lion King - has created a...
Martha Graham Dance Company Presents NEW@Graham
by A.A. Cristi - January 31, 2019 The Martha Graham Dance Company's NEW@Graham series offers a look inside the creative process of new works commissioned by the Company. On February 5 and 6, the Company will present a work-in-progress showing of a new dance by acclaimed choreographer Pam Tanowitz. Tanowitz will join Graham Artistic ... |