Cardboard Citizens Critically Acclaimed Hit CATHY Returns for Edinburgh Festival Fringe Run
by A.A. Cristi - April 20, 2017 Following its hugely successful UK tour, acclaimed theatre company Cardboard Citizens comes to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the first time with its critically acclaimed production Cathy, featuring the original cast....
Guest Blog: Playwright Alex MacKeith On Education and SCHOOL PLAY
by Guest Blog: Alex MacKeith - February 15, 2017 School Play is set in the headteacher's office of St Barnabas' Primary School on 5 July 2017, the day SATs results are released. The headteacher, Jo Fell, knows that these results will determine the school's future as well as her own: over the course of one day her impulse to retain control brings h...
Box Office Opens Monday for THE BOYS IN THE BAND
by Julie Musbach - March 23, 2018 The box office for the 50th Anniversary production of Mart Crowley's groundbreaking play, THE BOYS IN THE BAND,directed by two-time Tony Award Winner Joe Mantello, will open on Monday, March 26 at 10am at the Booth Theatre...
VIDEO: Jim Parsons Discusses His Foot Injury, THE BOYS IN THE BAND, & More on LIVE with Kelly and Ryan
by Macon Prickett - May 29, 2018 Jim Parsons visits Kelly and Ryan to discuss 'The Boys in the Band', how he injured his leg after one of the shows, the Big Bang Theory, & more!...
VIDEO: Zachary Quinto Talks THE BOYS IN THE BAND, Star Trek 4, and More on The Late Show
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2018 Zachary Quinto, currently starring in The Boys in the Band on Broadway, appeared last night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Quinto talked about his current Broadway role, the rumored Star Trek 4 film, and his thoughts on if there is life on other planets. Watch the clip below!...
Virtual Living Gary Beck's New Poetry Book Released
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2017 Poet Gary Beck's new collection Virtual Living is a revealing glimpse of how our relationship with the world around us is an ever-evolving experience....
Theatricum Botanicum Announces 2017 Summer Season Outdoors in Topanga
by A.A. Cristi - March 20, 2017 Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum rises up and speaks out with a summer line-up of socially conscious classic and contemporary plays, music and performance. The 2017 summer season at the company's unique outdoor setting in Topanga will offer five mainstage productions in rotating repertory as well as...
Gary Becks New Poetry Collection 'Blossoms Of Decay' Released
by A.A. Cristi - February 21, 2018 Direct, cutting, and visceral. Gary Beck takes no prisoners and writes in an uncompromising style. His subjects include politics, the state of America, and teenage bullying. Love or hate his views, you will certainly know where you stand. His style makes compulsive reading and you will move from poe...
Walter Borden Stars in TRAGEDIE OF LEAR by William Shakespeare
by A.A. Cristi - May 25, 2017 What happens to a family when its head has lost his grasp on reality and the family has no idea? The fault lines in this intergenerational conflict are exposed in Tragedie of Lear, arguably William Shakespeare's most compelling tragedy. In his directorial debut, Dora-nominated actor Ash Knight explo...
Jim Parsons Returns to THE BOYS IN THE BAND Following Foot Injury
by A.A. Cristi - May 15, 2018 As BroadwayWorld reported over the weekend, The Boys in the Band canceled its performance on Saturday evening because of a cast member injury. We can confirm that the cast member in question is Jim Parsons, who was also out of the show Monday evening....
Buckle Up For The Thruway Killers: A Rollicking Commentary On Greed, Murder And Mayhem
by A.A. Cristi - December 07, 2016 When values collide and money is thrown in the mix, anything can happen. Author Harvey Havel is back with The Thruway Killers (America Star Books), a delightfully fast-paced crime novel that also points out the absurdities of our times....
VIDEO: Matt Bomer, Zachary Quinto, & Andrew Rannells Chat THE BOYS IN THE BAND on THE TODAY SHOW
by Macon Prickett - May 15, 2018 Kathie Lee, Hoda and John Cena welcome actors Zacahry Quinto, Matt Bomer and Andrew Rannells, who in addition to being friends are co-stars in the 50th anniversary edition of "The Boys in the Band," the groundbreaking play about a group of gay men who gather for a friend's birthday party. "To get to...
Jim Parsons Out of THE BOYS IN THE BAND Due to Foot Injury; Expected to Return This Week
by Nicole Rosky - May 15, 2018 As BroadwayWorld reported over the weekend, The Boys in the Band canceled its performance on Saturday evening because of a cast member injury. We can confirm that the cast member in question is Jim Parsons, who was also out of the show Monday evening....
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Adds Flash Fiction to its Writing Contests
by BWW News Desk - October 10, 2017 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival is now accepting entries for its 2017-18 Fiction, Poetry, and One-Act Play Contests, plus a new category: Very Short Fiction....
BWW Review: A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS Reaches Back 150 Years to Bring Us a New, More Nuanced Holiday Story, at Artists Rep
by Krista Garver - December 01, 2016 Holiday shows can be pretty cliche -- someone learns the true meaning of Christmas and then everyone breaks into song. Now, don't get me wrong, I look forward to watching Mickey's Christmas Carol and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (cartoon version) every year. But during a time when new societal fau...
Gary Beck Releases New Poetry Book VIRTUAL LIVING
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2017 Poet Gary Beck's new collection Virtual Living is a revealing glimpse of how our relationship with the world around us is an ever-evolving experience....
VIDEO: Matt Bomer, Zachary Quinto, & Andrew Rannells Chat THE BOYS IN THE BAND on THE TODAY SHOW
by Macon Prickett - May 15, 2018 Kathie Lee, Hoda and John Cena welcome actors Zacahry Quinto, Matt Bomer and Andrew Rannells, who in addition to being friends are co-stars in the 50th anniversary edition of "The Boys in the Band," the groundbreaking play about a group of gay men who gather for a friend's birthday party. "To get to...
Finborough Theatre Announces New Season
by Stephi Wild - February 19, 2018 Our second season of 2018 - the 150th year of the Finborough Theatre building - features new writing with two European premieres from award-winning playwrights from Canada and the United States, and a UK premiere from controversial German dramatist Rolf Hochhuth in his fourth production at the Finbo...
NOW I ACCUSE A Story Collection by Gary Beck - Out Now!
by A.A. Cristi - February 20, 2018 Diving deep into love, enmity, compassion, and regret, acclaimed poet Gary Beck brings us through the complexities of life with his brilliant collection of short stories, Now I Accuse. As hope-filled dreams collide with cruel reality, some will rise above adversity, some will give under its weight, ...
BWW Review: HAMILTON ~ Spectacular! The National Tour Keeps The Flame Alive
by Herbert Paine - February 01, 2018 The National Tour of HAMILTON is now at ASU Gammage in Tempe through February 25th. What more can be said about a production that, since its opening three years ago, has already received the ultimate in honors and plaudits and for which the best adjectives have already been used? Yes, awesome, glori...
BWW Review: AMERICAN OPERA INITIATIVE: THREE 20-MINUTE OPERAS at The Kennedy Center
by Molly Korroch - January 23, 2018 Composers and librettists were the stars Saturday night at The Kennedy Center's triple world premiere. For six years, the American Opera Initiative Festival (AOI) has selected three composer-librettist teams to create their own 20-minute operas under the guidance of a seasoned composer and librettis...
NICK & ZOE Comes to The Fridge Festival
by A.A. Cristi - July 31, 2017 The Arctic Group has commissioned playwright Daniel Talbott (Slipping and Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, America, Kuwait) to write a new short play that will be performed on a double bill with Steve McMahon's Sad Indie Love Song in Series B of their inaugural FRIDGE Festival. The festival runs August 31 - S...
Harry Melling and Jasmine Hyde Star in JAM at Finborough Theatre
by BWW News Desk - April 27, 2017 "They said I was violent. You're the 'victim' - what do you think?"...
Walter Borden to Lead Upcoming TRAGEDIE OF LEAR at Palmerston Library Theatre
by Julie Musbach - October 07, 2017 What happens to a family when its head has lost his grasp on reality and the family has no idea? The fault lines in this intergenerational conflict are exposed in Tragedie of Lear, arguably William Shakespeare's most compelling tragedy. In his directorial debut, Dora-nominated actor Ash Knight explo...
New American Play WHITE GUY ON THE BUS to Make UK Premiere
by Stephi Wild - March 01, 2018 In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, the European premiere of American playwright Bruce Graham's White Guy on the Bus opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four-week limited season on Tuesday, 27 March 2018 (Press Nights: Thursday, 29 March and Friday, 30 March 2018 at 7.30pm).... |