Independent Venue Week Announces First Round of Participating Venues
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 24, 2021 Independent Venue Week will return July 12 - 18, 2021 bringing together venues from all across the country for a series of shows and programming in celebration of the spirit of independence. With over 200 venues in 41 states and territories already signed up, Independent Venue Week 2021 continues it...
EPIX Unveils Development Slate
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 20, 2020 Premium network EPIX revealed a slate of projects in development, setting the stage for a bold lineup of original content through 2020 and beyond. The announcement, from EPIX President Michael Wright, comes on the heels of the network launching a dynamic schedule of original content in 2019, includ...
Tune in to THE LIZZIE BORDEN MURDER HOUSE Live Stream Event
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 26, 2020 As the world continues to cope with a deadly pandemic, we struggle to find some sense of a 'new normal' and ways to combat the boredom of spending all, or a good part of our time at home. Artists and producers have begun to stretch their boundaries to create new and innovative entertainment and the ...
Band of Friends: A Celebration of Rory Gallagher Embarks on Midwest and East Coast Dates
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 20, 2019 “He would have wanted the show to go on,” Band of Friends bassist Gerry McAvoy laments about the passing of his lifelong friend and drummer, Ted McKenna. The two men had crisscrossed the globe together for decades playing high octane blues-rock at clubs, theaters, and festivals before McKenna passed...
Brown Box Theatre Project Announces World Premiere
by A.A. Cristi - January 16, 2019 Brown Box Theatre Project (Brown Box) opens its ninth year of programming with a world premiere of don't feed the bear, a workshop production. Local playwright Cam Torres stars in his one man show, touring to Boston, Rhode Island, and Ocean City....
Full Casting Announced For LIZZIE, Presented By Color & Light Theatre Ensemble
by Stephi Wild - August 07, 2018 126 years ago this week, the town of Fall River, MA, played unknowing host to one of the most infamous murders in history. The prime suspect was one Lizzie Borden. Her story has become an American legend, and now her story sings....
Brown Box Theatre Project Presents MEASURE FOR MEASURE
by Stephi Wild - August 06, 2019 Kyler Taustin, Executive Artistic Director of Brown Box Theatre Project a?" Massachusetts' premiere travelling, free outdoor Shakespeare a?" announces the opening of Measure for Measure, Shakespeare's timeless tale of gender politics and political corruption. Brown Box will tour to 9 outdoor locat...
ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID Comes to Newport Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - May 26, 2019 Newport Playhouse and Cabaret Restaurant is thrilled to continue their 36th Season with the uproarious farce Always a Bridesmaid by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, Jones and directed by Olivia M. Sahlin running May 30 through July 1, 2019....
Paul Schneider, Angela Sarafyan & Jacob Lofland Join A HOUSE ON THE BAYOU
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 07, 2021 A House on the Bayou follows a troubled couple (Paul Schneider, Tales from the Loop and Angela Sarafyan, Westworld) and their teenage daughter (Lia McHugh, The Eternals) who go on vacation to an isolated house in the Louisiana bayou to reconnect as a family....
Mark Erelli Unveils Title Track of Forthcoming EP 'Blindsided'
by Abigail Charpentier - February 21, 2020 Today, Mark Erelli unveils “Blindsided,” the title track and latest single from his forthcoming LP, out march 27th via Soundly Music. “The word has negative connotations, but I thought it would be interesting to use it in the context of a love song,” the award-winning singer/songwriter told The Blue...
BWW Review: Epic Theatre Company's twisty, fabulist LIZZIE BORDEN, LIZZIE BORDEN
by John McDaid - March 09, 2019 Among the delights of postmodern theater are carefree mashups of reality and fiction, blurred genres, and coaxing new meaning out of old material. The Epic Theatre Company's 'Lizzie Borden, Lizzie Borden' gleefully takes an axe to history, and in the process creates an intriguing, engaging evening t...
Brown Box Theatre Project Announces Free Summer Tour Of MEASURE FOR MEASURE
by Stephi Wild - April 08, 2019 Brown Box Theatre Project announces its ninth consecutive year of free outdoor Shakespeare with the troupe's largest and most ambitious production yet: Measure for Measure. Brown Box, under the direction of Executive Artistic Director and Co-Founder Kyler Taustin, will tour Shakespeare's timeless - ...
Independent Venue Week Wraps Second US Edition, Announces 2020 Event Dates
by Tori Hartshorn - July 15, 2019 Returning for its third US edition Independent Venue Week has announced that next year's event will take place from July 6-12, 2020. With support from Independent Venue Week's partners, including exclusive ticketing partner Eventbrite, the event grew tremendously in its second American iteration, fr...
Dance Theatre Of Harlem Is Annenberg Center's Artist-in-Residence This March
by A.A. Cristi - February 13, 2019 Annenberg Center Live and NextMove Dance present the intenationally-acclaimed Dance Theatre of Harlem, Friday, March 1 (8 PM) and Saturday, March 2 (2 PM and 8 PM). The program includes the world premiere of Philadelphia native and DTH Resident Choreographer Robert Garland's Nyman String Quartet #2;...
Mark Erelli Previews LP 'Blindsided' with Single A Little Kindness
by Abigail Charpentier - January 31, 2020 Award-winning singer/songwriter Mark Erelli has released “A Little Kindness,” a track from his forthcoming LP Blindsided, due out March 27th via Soundly Music. “Boston-based musician Mark Erelli is known for both his songwriting acumen and his ability to bring that talent to co-writing sessions with...
Live-Action Short GRAMERCY Looks At Mental Health Within The Black Community
by A.A. Cristi - October 07, 2020 Jamil McGinnis and Pat Heywood's short film Gramercy examines a young black man struggling with depression. This topical short received its world premiere at the 2020 Locarno Film Festival, where Variety named it one of the festival's not-to-miss shorts. ...
THE LIZZIE BORDEN MURDER HOUSE Hosts a Livestream Event
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 26, 2020 The Dark Zone Network is now proud to present a brand new worldwide interactive live streaming event starting August 28th from the notorious double murder scene, The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, Massachusetts....
Photo Flash: First Look At LIZZIE BORDEN, LIZZIE BORDEN Opening Tonight
by A.A. Cristi - March 08, 2019 Epic Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of 'Lizzie Borden, Lizzie Borden' written and directed by Epic's Artistic Director Kevin Broccoli. The play is far from a historical narrative. Instead, it uses the story of Lizzie Borden and Lo, a young woman with a tragic and somewhat iconic past, t...
George Winston Comes to Emelin Theater Today
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2018 Celebrated American pianist George Winston recently released a cancer research benefit album, Spring Carousel, on RCA Records on March 31, 2017 that debuted at #1 on Billboard's Jazz Chart. Spring Carousel features a collection of 15 solo piano compositions written by Winston while in recovery from...
Word For Wordcast Launches 3 New Podcasts by Anita Cabrera, Greg Sarris & Helen Oyeyemi
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 18, 2020 Word For Wordcast now expands with three new podcasts. On December 28 The 14 Mission by Anita Cabrera posts to Word for Word’s site, on January 14 & 21 2021 Citizen by Greg Sarris goes up with Books & Roses by Helen Oyeyemi posting in three parts February 14, 21 & 28 2021....
Brown Box Theatre Project Announces Cast For MEASURE FOR MEASURE Tour
by Stephi Wild - June 24, 2019 Kyler Taustin, Executive Artistic Director of Brown Box Theatre Project Massachusetts' only travelling, free outdoor Shakespeare announces the cast for Measure for Measure, the troupe's largest and most ambitious production to date. From August 9-24, Brown Box will tour Shakespeare's timeless -- and...
BWW Review: Infamous Scandal Gets Punk Rock Concert Treatment in LIZZIE THE MUSICAL at Chance Theater
by Michael Quintos - February 19, 2019 Many have, of course, heard of the infamous Lizzie Borden, a young woman, who was charged with---but later acquitted of---the brutal axe murders of her father and stepmother in 1892. Strong curiosity and speculation remain til this day about the tragic events that took place more than a century ago,...
BWW Review: LIZZIE at the 5th Wall Theatre: Campy Carnage Has Entered The Basement...
by Brent Deekens - October 17, 2018 Plays Through The 3rd of November, 2018 at The Basement...
Ruf's Blues 2018 Caravan Tour Comes to The Stanhope House
by Tori Hartshorn - September 17, 2018 The celebrated Blues Caravan 2018 Tour featuring stellar Ruf Records' guitarists Mike Zito, Ally Venable, and Bernard Allison gets underway in the U.S., with a local performance at The Stanhope House, 45 Main St., Thursday, October 4. Showtime: 9:00pm. Tickets: $20., $25., $30. Info: (973) 347-7777 ...
The Suitcase Junket Shares EVERYTHING I LIKE Video, Plus Expands Tour
by Tori Hartshorn - February 26, 2019 The Suitcase Junket will release Mean Dog, Trampoline on April 5 viaSignature Sounds. Produced by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos (Jackie Greene, Rickie Lee Jones, Leo Kottke), Mean Dog, Trampoline marks a deliberate departure from the homespun approach of The Suitcase Junket's previous efforts and emerge... |