BWW Review: UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL With the Quietly Dazzling Amanda McBroom at Feinstein's/54 Below
by Alix Cohen - October 02, 2015 Writer/vocalist Amanda McBroom is something of a wonder. The artist manages to be both lyrical and plain spoken, urbane and universal, polished and genuine, vulnerable and gutsy. Her sharply etched songs illuminate our hearts and minds like artful x-ray. Performance is intimate. McBroom's current s...
Lincoln Center Announces January-March TARGET FREE THURSDAYS Lineup
by BWW News Desk - January 06, 2011 An exciting range of performances including a post-modern variety show, a contemporary psychedelic funk opera, a celebration for the acclaimed Apollo Theater in conjunction with its 75th anniversary exhibition, and the U.S. debut of Daorum, an innovative collaboration between Korean and Australian j...
Review Roundup: IT'S ONLY A PLAY Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
by Review Roundups - October 09, 2014 The star-studded Broadway production of the backstage comedy IT'S ONLY A PLAY, by four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, opens tonight, October 9, 2014, at Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street). Let's see what the critics had to say......
BWW Review: Bursting the Dam of Loneliness in THE WEIR
by Brendan Daly - June 25, 2016 Four local men gather in a forgotten pub in a remote part of Ireland and attempt to impress an outsider, a young woman newly-arrived to the area, with their ghost stories, but she delivers a haunting story of loss that devastates them....
Greg Ashley's 'Pictures of Saint Paul Street' Out on Trouble in Mind 7/6
by Caryn Robbins - April 17, 2017 Greg Ashley is the underground musician you have been waiting for. A brilliant songwriter, singer, guitar player and sound engineer, Ashley doesn't care what anyone thinks and it makes his music all the more alluring....
Review Roundup: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Vaudeville Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - August 03, 2018 Oscar Wilde's comedy classic, The Importance of Being Earnest opened this week at the Vaudeville Theatre. Let's see what the critics had to say!...
BWW Reviews: BERNSTEIN MEETS BROADWAY: Collaborative Art in a Time of War by Carol J Oja
by Wesley Doucette - October 16, 2014 A look at Harvard scholar Carol J. Oja's discussion of the development and wartime premier of Bernstein and Robbins' musical 'On the Town.'...
The Raven Age Announce New Album and Confirm Headline Tour
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 12, 2018 British metal five piece The Raven Age continue their unstoppable rise as torch-bearers for the next generation of UK metal. Their brooding style of monstrous guitar riffs and pummelling rhythms are entwined with powerful melodies and moments of quiet subtlety, adding a touch of epic finesse to thei...
BWW Previews: NYNE BRINGS NEXT TO NORMAL, A FAMILY IN CRISIS to Powerstories Theatre
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - January 04, 2019 On Thursday, January 3, the lyrics of NEXT TO NORMAL battered us. Our hearts broke for Dan and Natalie, watching his wife, her mother struggling with a terrible loss, with highest highs and lowest lows of mental illness and trying help as best they could, often getting caught in the crossfire....
Family of Late Playwright Leonard Melfi Awarded $1.25 Million After Marred Burial
by Tyler Peterson - January 26, 2014 According to The New York Post, Mount Sinai Hospital was ordered to pay $1.25 million to Melfi's family a New York City judge ruled last week, marking the end of a legal battle after the hospital's mishandling of his death and burial....
Ozzfest Meets Knotfest Announces $99 Two Day Ticket and Free Friday Pre-Event
by Caryn Robbins - August 01, 2017 This year's OZZFEST MEETS KNOTFEST--Saturday, November 4 (OZZFEST) and Sunday, November 5 (KNOTFEST) at Glen Helen Amphitheater And Festival Grounds in San Bernardino, CA--will once again kick off with a special campers only pre-event concert....
BWW Recap: Courtroom Shenanigans and Murderous Motives Fly in HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
by Jeffrey Walker - November 07, 2014 This week's episode of HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER is “He Deserved to Die.” The “he” is clearly Sam Keating, the philandering husband of leading lady Annalise Keating, law professor and head of her own law firm. Viewers are being teased that we're getting close to finding out who actually knocked Sa...
20/20 Reports on Woman Who Authorities Maintain Committed Suicide Even Though Her Family Believes She Was Killed by Deputy Sheriff Boyfriend
by Tori Hartshorn - April 11, 2018 Suicide or homicide? That question still lingers for Michelle O'Connell's family and friends nearly eight years after she was shot inside her boyfriend's St. Augustine, Florida, home and died. Her family alleges she was killed by her boyfriend, Deputy Sheriff Jeremy Banks, but the sheriff's departme...
BWW Reviews: BERNSTEIN MEETS BROADWAY: Collaborative Art in a Time of War by Carol J Oja
by Wesley Doucette - October 16, 2014 A look at Harvard scholar Carol J. Oja's discussion of the development and wartime premier of Bernstein and Robbins' musical 'On the Town.'...
Marilyn Grace Releases FINDING BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
by Christina Mancuso - December 17, 2014 Writer and researcher Marilyn Grace of St George, Utah has dug up fascinating evidence that may prove to the rest of the world that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid did not die in Bolivia as is widely promoted in history books, but actually lived to be a ripe old age in Utah. According to Grace...
LAKE Comes To Les Ballets De Monte Carlos Next Month
by Alan Henry - September 10, 2018 LAKE, a dance exhibition with Les Ballets de Monte Carlos, is running from at the Auditorio del Estado on Oct. 13. ...
Zola Jesus Shares New Single 'Siphon'; New Album 'OKOVI' Out 9/8
by Caryn Robbins - August 29, 2017 Today Zola Jesus shares a new single, 'Siphon.' The track was co-produced by Zola Jesus (a.k.a. Nika Roza Danilova), WIFE, and Alex DeGroot. 'Siphon' is the third single off of Zola Jesus' highly anticipated new album Okovi, out September 8th via Sacred Bones....
The Met Presents Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 31, 2011 Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art September 13, 2011, through March 4, 2012, will explore humorous imagery from the Italian Renaissance to the present....
Abrons Arts Center Sets 2016-17 Season
by Tyler Peterson - July 11, 2016 On February 12, 1915, the Abrons Arts Center's Henry Street Settlement Playhouse opened its doors on the Lower East Side. Since that day, it has remained a vital cultural resource, providing audiences with artistically bold work while offering artists opportunities to dynamically grow. Since becomin...
VIDEO: Viola Davis Pays Tribute to August Wilson in Moving Acceptance Speech
by Caryn Robbins - February 27, 2017 Last night, Viola Davis picked up the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for FENCES. Watch her moving acceptance speech below!...
BWW Reviews: ALL BALANCHINE: Hear the Dance Italy. The Warmth of Tuscany in February
by Wesley Doucette - February 25, 2015 The NYCBallet performs 'Square Dance,' and 'Harlequinade.'...
The Ensemble Theatre to Present World Premiere of THE FRONT PORCH SOCIETY
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2017 The Ensemble Theatre kicks off the world premiere of The Front Porch Society, by Melda Beaty, and directed by Eileen J. Morris with Opening Night and Media Reception, Thursday, May 11, 2017, 6:30 p.m....
Iggy and the Stooges' READY TO DIE Released Today
by BWW News Desk - April 30, 2013 Better 40 years later than never: The follow-up to the first record ever to bear the Iggy and the Stooges logo--the immortal proto-punk masterpiece Raw Power--will finally be out today, April 30, when Fat Possum Records releases the all-new Iggy and the Stooges studio album, Ready To Die....
Photo Flash: First Look - LAW & ORDER: SVU's 'Secrets Exhumed'
by Tyler Peterson - February 02, 2013 On LAW & ORDER: SVU's upcoming episode, 'Secrets Exhumed,' when FBI Agent Dana Lewis (guest star Harden) suspects that a 25 year-old rape-murder case in New York is connected to several unsolved cases across the country, she joins the SVU in investigating the crimes. As Lewis relentlessly pursues he...
University Musical Society Announces 18-19 Season
by Julie Musbach - April 13, 2018 The University Musical Society (UMS), under the leadership of President Matthew VanBesien, today announces its 140th season in 2018-19 with an initial slate of 40 performances and events... |