BWW Review: Milwaukee Ballet's SWAN LAKE is Streamlined & Sublime
by Kelsey Lawler - June 01, 2018 Typically performed in four acts, Milwaukee Ballet Artistic Director, Michael Pink, has trimmed the classic into two acts, maintaining Swan Lake's integrity and grandeur while making it a more comfortable experience for modern audiences. And whatever traditions are eschewed, they are answered with i...
BWW Review: FUN HOME Receives Loving Local Production
by Frank Benge - December 22, 2018 FUN HOME is a musical adapted by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori from Alison Bechdel's 2006 graphic novel of the same name. The story is a memoir of Bechdel's discovery of her own sexuality, her relationship with her gay father, and her attempts to unlock the mysteries surrounding his life. It was also...
TEEN Announces New Album
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 28, 2018 Today Brooklyn-based band TEEN - comprised of sisters Teeny, Lizzie, and Katherine Lieberson - announces its fourth studio album Good Fruit. Out on March 1st, 2019 via lifelong label Carpark, and the band's first self-produced record, Good Fruit is a remarkable and bold statement on moving forward a...
Now I am Dead Productions Presents THE MOST HUMOROUS AND TRAGIC TALE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S SHAKESPEARE
by Julie Musbach - October 29, 2018 William Shakespeare. We performed him in drama class, poured over theory on him in English class. Hoisted him onto a throne of theatrical and literary legacy. Yet he was human. Human like the rest of us...
ID Explores Suspicious Death of Hollywood Icon in NATALIE WOOD: AN AMERICAN MURDER MYSTERY
by Macon Prickett - April 02, 2018 In the early morning hours of November 29, 1981, Hollywood star, Natalie Wood vanishes from the yacht of her actor husband, Robert Wagner, into the open waters off Catalina Island. Hours later, a search party finds Wood's body floating outside of a cavern with the cause of death then declared to be,...
BWW Review: World Premier of Michael Pink's BEAUTY & THE BEAST Enchants at the Milwaukee Ballet
by Kelsey Lawler - April 13, 2018 Roses wave hello, storybook pages spring to life, the townsfolk are actually nice, and the troupe of orphan children are a little creepy. This isn't Disney's Beauty & the Beast. Instead, Michael Pink gives us a world premier Milwaukee ballet where 'Belle is the hero of her own story; a voracious rea...
Broadway's Chester Gregory Releases 'Remembering Jackie' Tribute Album
by A.A. Cristi - April 04, 2018 Chester Gregory first made his mark in theatre portraying Jackie Wilson in The Jackie Wilson Story (Black Ensemble Theatre). His performance earned critical acclaim throughout the nation, including the New York Times saying, "Gregory puts on a show of such physical and vocal dexterity that it's almo...
BWW Feature: ABRAHAM BRODY at National Sawdust - An Epic Journey
by Cole Grissom - April 16, 2018 Abraham Brody is a violinist and vocalist who has recently discovered a wealth of compositional talent. His journey down this path began with an exploration of alternative forms of expression, whose origins were firmly planted in improvisation. From this early manifestation, his compositional langua...
BWW Review: Seattle Children's Theatre Amps Up the Awww Factor with THE VELVETEEN RABBIT
by Jay Irwin - November 03, 2018 We all have those special toys that became real to us as children. I still have my old teddy bear (who's older than I am) who sits in a place of honor in my living room. This is probably why Margery Williams' classic story "The Velveteen Rabbit" resonated with so many of us. I know it did for me....
Film Mode Entertainment's THE HARROWING Makes 2018 World Premiere in Berlin
by Macon Prickett - February 20, 2018 Clay Epstein's Film Mode Entertainment presents the World Market Premiere screening and EFM debut of their newest thriller THE HARROWING in Berlin. The world premiere screening took place on Friday, February 18th at 11:05 AM at dffb-Kino, to a standing-room-only crowd....
BWW Review: Milwaukee Ballet's SWAN LAKE is Streamlined & Sublime
by Kelsey Lawler - June 01, 2018 Typically performed in four acts, Milwaukee Ballet Artistic Director, Michael Pink, has trimmed the classic into two acts, maintaining Swan Lake's integrity and grandeur while making it a more comfortable experience for modern audiences. And whatever traditions are eschewed, they are answered with i...
Lone Female Survivor of 1959 Plane Crash Shares Story from the Air
by Robert Diamond - January 08, 2018 ...
Berry College Theatre Company Announces Season - DOGFIGHT and More
by Stephi Wild - September 06, 2018 Berry College Theatre Company has announced its upcoming season!...
TITANIC Comes To Benedum Center From 6/22
by Karen Stahl - June 14, 2018 The 1997 Tony Award-winning Best Musical TITANIC is coming to the Benedum Center, running from June 22 to July 1. ...
New Company Fearless Imp Premieres With Daring MACBETH
by Stephi Wild - April 06, 2018 For their company's debut, Fearless Imp Entertainment founders Cyanne McClairian and Matthew Martin wanted a powerful production, a classic that could also reflect the issues of today. When they started examining the works of Shakespeare, they quickly realized there was one play that deserved to be ...
BWW Review: SPT's HAND TO GOD is a Devilish Good Time
by Jay Irwin - May 12, 2018 Dear Readers, a few years back on one of my trips to the Mothership, I managed to catch Robert Askins' hilarious play "Hand to God" on Broadway and as soon as I finished wetting myself from laughter I thought, "Someone in Seattle needs to do this so my Dear Readers can wet themselves as well." Well...
BWW Review: Haydn's CREATION with La Fura dels Baus at Mostly Mozart--I'd date it but I'm not ready to marry it
by Cole Grissom - July 24, 2018 With today's society in constant need of visual stimulus, staging oratorio repertoire has become increasingly necessary. Gone are the days where a chorus can stand solemnly still in their tuxes and black dresses, holding their binders at hip height, while soloists sit downstage in bedazzled gowns an...
Enfyrian Images Presents WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU at Hollywood Fringe
by Julie Musbach - May 08, 2018 To the silenced, the courageous, the broken, the survivors, this is What I Want to Say to You, a world premiere stage play presented by Enfyrian Images. At a time when many survivors of sexual assault are being encouraged to speak out, Singer/Songwriter Em Hoggett and Director Umar Malik take you on...
BWW Review: Kafka's Dark, Dystopian Classic THE TRIAL Dazzles at Synetic Theater
by Jeffrey Walker - January 24, 2018 Synetic's latest work is taken from Kafka's novel THE TRIAL with elements borrowed from his other works, presented in the kinetic and bold theatrical style the 22-year old company has earned their renown. A perfect fusion of movement, stagecraft, text and performance, Synetic's THE TRIAL leaves a la...
Bishop Arts Theatre Company Brings LA LLORONA: A Love Story To Oak Cliff
by BWW News Desk - February 08, 2019 The Bishop Arts Theatre Center (BATC), Oak Cliff's multicultural and multidiscipline center for the arts, continues its 25th Anniversary 'Silver Threads' season with playwright Kathleen Anderson Culebro's La Llorona: A Love Story. The production previews on February 7th with opening night Today, Feb...
BWW Review: LES MISERABLES at the Paramount Theater is All That and A Bag of Chips
by Kelly Rogers Flynt - June 07, 2018 Masterpiece, classic, epic, monumental - it's hard to find a word that encapsulates this production of Les Miserables. It is a timeless story of love, courage, and redemption that reminds us of what it means to be human. With moments of pageantry and beautiful stillness, the audience is drawn into a...
BWW Review: Bold & Beautiful I AND YOU Shines at Milwaukee's Next Act Theatre
by Kelsey Lawler - April 10, 2018 Anyone who's taken a poetry class knows that there's so much more to poetic words than meets the eye. If you look the right way, there's often something grand underneath - a hidden meaning waiting to be discovered through focused reading and an open mind. Lauren Gunderson's soul-stirring I and You i...
BWW Review: CARLOS ACOSTA: A CELEBRATION, Royal Albert Hall
by Vikki Jane Vile - October 04, 2018 Nearly two years ago to the day, Carlos Acosta presented A Classical Farewell at London's Royal Albert Hall, a mix of solos and pas de deux with his esteemed Royal Ballet colleagues to celebrate his career . Fast forward to 2018, and he's still saying farewell but now with a focus on the future, th...
OUTPUT Presents New Year's Eve With John Digweed
by Tori Hartshorn - November 29, 2018 Continuing a beloved holiday tradition, Brooklyn's award-winning nightclub and premier dance music destination, OUTPUT, proudly presents New Year's Eve with world renowned DJ/producer John Digweed on December 31 from 10pm to 8am. As his third consecutive New Year's Eve celebration at the Williamsbur...
Casting Announced For New York Theatre Barn's ANNE OF GREEN GABLES And A STORY NO ONE KNOWS
by Julie Musbach - April 12, 2018 The eleventh season of New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series continues on Monday, April 16, 2018 with pre-premieres of two new musicals: Anne of Green Gables and A Story No One Knows.... |