Charles Ives Opera Prize and Virgil Thomson Award Winners Announced
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2016 The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced today the winners of our country's two largest prizes for composers of vocal music: the Charles Ives Opera Prize of $50,000 and the Virgil Thomson Award of $40,000....
BWW Review: Drawing On The Comedy Of 1920's Silent Films THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Is A Lighthearted Opera Filled With Familiar Music
by Jade Kops - February 06, 2016 Opera Australia's THE BARBER OF SEVILLE is presented with the wonderful slapstick physical humor of the early movies as the comic tale unfolds....
SOUND OFF: GALAVANT Gets The Girl(s), But Love Is Strange
by Pat Cerasaro - January 18, 2015 Today we are recapping the best moments from this week's penultimate hour of ABC's musical comedy series GALAVANT....
BWW Recap: Professor Holland's Opus on SCANDAL
by Jennifer McHugh - November 06, 2015 Wouldn't it be nice if real life scandals were cleared up as poetically and swiftly as in Shondaland? Once again, tackling a topical and controversial subject, SCANDAL is moving on from the Impeachment. Can I get a Hallelujah?...
BWW Reviews: Rosemary Loar's 'STING-Chronicity' at the Metropolitan Room Theatrically Reimagines the Songs of a Pop/Rock Icon
by Alix Cohen - January 24, 2015 'I was at the Police Reunion Concert at Madison Square Garden in 2008 and the energy was through the roof,' says vocalist/actress/writer Rosemary Loar at the start of her new show, STING-chronicity, at the Metropolitan Room. 'We were 18,000 strong, each of us challenging ownership of this man's musi...
BWW Recap: Whose Grave is Ollie Crying over on ARROW?
by Misha Davenport - October 07, 2015 When we last saw Ollie (Stephen Amell) and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) on ARROW, the pair were heading off into the sunset. So, how long before the criminal element shatters their domestic bliss, forcing them to return to Starling City? We've got a full quiver of arrows and an eye on the target...
Bill Cosby's Appeal to Dismiss Lawsuits Denied
by Sally Henry Fuller - May 30, 2015 There seems to be no end to Bill Cosby's legal problems....
Velocity Teams with MADD to Help Stop Drunk, Drugged & Distracted Driving
by Caryn Robbins - June 04, 2015 Today, Velocity announced the creation of Drive Smart, a national advocacy campaign encouraging and raising awareness for safe driving practices....
DEMETRIUS UNBOUND Plays Live Oak Theatre, Now thru 8/22
by BWW News Desk - July 25, 2015 Veteran Bay Area actor Soren Oliver has seen - and played in - countless productions of Shakespeare, including numerous versions of what is arguably the most popular of the Bard's comedies, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' Midsummer has every device in Shakespeare's bag of tricks, many of which he fil...
FSLC Announces Scary Movies 9 Lineup & Hitchcock/Truffaut Special Event
by Caryn Robbins - October 01, 2015 The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the lineup for Scary Movies 9, the annual horror fest featuring highly anticipated new thrillers, genre rarities, and special guests...
BWW Recap: ARROW Brings a Bow to a Sword Fight
by Misha Davenport - February 25, 2015 Malcolm (John Barrowman) is captured by Ra's al Ghul (Matt Nable), but is Ollie's love for his sister Thea (Willa Holland) enough for the ARROW (Stephen Amell) to risk his own life to save him? Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) watches Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh) suit up as The Atom and we head into a c...
BWW Reviews: Debuts by Evelyn Sullivan, Erin McCracken; Comebacks by Eve Eaton, Rob Sutton Are Standouts at Don't Tell Mama
by Robert Diamond - May 06, 2015 Four recent shows at Don't Tell Mama featured performers either making their debuts on the New York cabaret scene (Evelyn Sullivan and Erin McCracken) or who returned this spring in hopeful anticipation of sharing their artistic vision with audiences (Rob Sutton and Eve Eaton). They no doubt experie...
W.M. Neuman Pens New Thriller, RISK
by Christina Mancuso - October 26, 2015 Author W. M. Neuman crafts an action-packed tale of suspense, intrigue and devotion, set in a modern Seattle hospital, where the invisible machinations of a shadowy cabal vying for world domination plays out. When two professors from Kansas discover their secret, after receiving a mysterious box con...
BWW Recap: Take Me to Church on FEAR THE WALKING DEAD
by Jennifer McHugh - August 24, 2015 Maybe it's just me, but if a dead body walks toward you and then you run it over with a car and it is still coming toward you so you run it over again and then it looks at you? I don't know, I guess I would LEAVE? The pilot of AMC's FEAR THE WALKING DEAD has begun and Los Angeles will never be the s...
Review Roundup: Bruce Willis-Led MISERY Officially Creeps Onto Broadway
by Sally Henry Fuller - November 15, 2015 Broadway's new suspense thriller Misery, starring two-time Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe Award winner Bruce Willis and three-time Emmy Award winner Laurie Metcalf and written by two-time Academy Award winner William Goldman, opens tonight, Sunday, November 15, 2015, in a strictly limited 16-wee...
SOUND OFF: GALAVANT Gets The Girl(s), But Love Is Strange
by Pat Cerasaro - January 18, 2015 Today we are recapping the best moments from this week's penultimate hour of ABC's musical comedy series GALAVANT....
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - 'Maternal Instincts' Episode of NBC's LAW & ORDER: SVU
by - October 15, 2015 On the next episode of NBC's LAW & ORDER: SVU titled 'Maternal Instincts,' Rollins' mother Beth throws her a baby shower while the SVU reports to a four-star hotel where a famous violinist was raped by her colleague, Anton Krasnikov ...
Company of Fools to Stage AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY This Fall
by BWW News Desk - August 31, 2015 Company of Fools (COF) will present the critically acclaimed and award-winning play, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts for the second show of their 20th Season. Letts's jaw-dropping masterpiece opens September 30 and runs through October 17, 2015 at the Liberty T...
BWW Review: A Stunning COLONY COLLAPSE Makes For a Completely Engrossing Honey of a Production
by Gil Kaan - February 22, 2016 The world premiere of playwright Stefanie Zadravec's entrancing COLONY COLLAPSE receives an ingenious audience-immersive staging as the 50th mainstage production of The Theatre @ Boston Court. Jessica Kubzansky firm-handedly directs her cast of ten stellar acting talents in the hold-your-breath inte...
Investigation Discovery to Premiere New Season of VANITY FAIR CONFIDENTIAL, 1/4
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2016 Investigation Discovery (ID) announced today the premiere of the sophomore season of its hit original series, VANITY FAIR CONFIDENTIAL...
BALLET OF BLOOD Opens RIP Horror International Film Fest
by Caryn Robbins - September 08, 2015 Jared Masters' magnum opus, Ballet of Blood, has been selected to open the RIP Horror International Film Fest this year in Hollywood....
BWW Reviews: Audiences Get Drugged on Love at Boulevard's Midwest Premiere RX
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - April 21, 2015 Tucked on the lower level in the reception room at Plymouth Church (2717 East Hampshire), Mark Bucher's Boulevard Theater presents the Midwest Premiere of RX. The classic arches and pillars adorn the church's intimate space and provide a satisfying back drop to Kate Fodor's 2012 play about drugs, de...
BWW Recap: Emotions are High, Low and Non-Existent on This Week's MODERN FAMILY
by Matt Smith - May 14, 2015 Ever the student, Alex plans to ditch Senior Ditch Day in favor of catching up on work at the library. However, desperate to break her out of her mold, Phil, Luke and Haley “kidnap” her and plan to drive to California Adventure. En route to the park, they pass a demolished movie theatre, which Phil ...
BWW Recap: The Rise of Darth Ollie on ARROW
by Misha Davenport - April 29, 2015 Ollie (aka ARROW, played by Stephen Amell) finishes out new hire training in the League of Assasins while Laurel (aka Black Canary, played by Katie Cassidy) asks Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) and Diggle (David Ramsey) help Nyssa (Katrina Law) fend off her father and the rest of the League. Keep you...
GHOST THE MUSICAL Makes Regional Premiere at the Barn Theatre School Tonight
by BWW News Desk - June 30, 2015 The Regional Premiere of GHOST THE MUSICAL opens at the Barn Theatre School tonight, June 30!... |