BWW Reviews: JOSEPH a Technicolor Surprise at CALMT
by Harmony Wheeler - January 29, 2015 Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as a mosaic of musical styles and humor, meaning any dream will do for design and concept. American Idol husband-wife team Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young bring a tech and color production to Sacramento this week. And Tue...
NBCSN Presents #NASCARTHROWBACK Special Honoring Tony Stewart 11/14
by A.A. Cristi - November 10, 2016 NBCSN is gearing up to rally NASCAR Nation around its next #NASCARThrowback special on Monday, November 14th at 9 p.m. ET. The network's first on-air interactive watch party in June achieved a surge in viewership and topped U.S. Twitter trends for more than an hour. Monday's event is set to raise th...
BWW Reviews: Adorably Bittersweet OUTSIDE MULLINGAR at Seattle Rep
by Jay Irwin - April 30, 2015 John Patrick Shanley may be best known for his incredibly thought provoking play 'Doubt' but there's an almost romantic comedy side to his writing as well. I say 'almost' as I would never want to put his quirky, flawed characters looking for love (like the ones in his Oscar winning screenplay 'Moon...
BWW Review: ACT's MR. BURNS - Funny but Doesn't Payoff Completely
by Jay Irwin - October 23, 2015 Anne Washburn's hit play "Mr. Burns, a post-electric play", currently playing at ACT, does a fine job at exploring the genesis of mythology and still keeps itself very funny. But that exploration tends to draw itself out a little too long with too little payoff for the time spent....
FLIGHT FROM PARADISE by Pavel Basinsky is Released
by Christina Mancuso - February 12, 2016 Summary: In this book, popular Russian writer and reporter Pavel Basinsky delves into the archives and presents his interpretation of the situation prior to Leo Tolstoy's mysterious disappearance. Basinsky follows Leo Tolstoy throughout his life, right up to his final moments. Reconstructing the ...
Photo Flash: AN ACT OF GOD's Jim Parsons Kicks Off Polk & Co.'s New '5 Minutes to Curtain' Series
by Tyler Peterson - July 29, 2015 Polk & Co. has announced the launch of a new photo series, titled 'Five Minutes to Curtain', a behind-the-scenes look at stars' final moments before they take the stage. AN ACT OF GOD's Jim Parsons opens the series - check out a look at the star backstage below!...
IN THE HEIGHTS, THE MOUNTAINTOP and More Set for Aurora Theatre's 2016-17 Season
by BWW News Desk - July 21, 2016 Atlanta audiences will delight in premiere performances, as Aurora Theatre announces its 2016-2017 Peach State Federal Credit Union Signature Series....
BWW Review: A Ceremonious Anniversary of DANCING AT LUGHNASA
by Chris McCormack - October 08, 2015 In the wake of Brian Friel's death, director Annabelle Comyn's clear production is more than dutiful. In pitting the mythic shapes of the Mundy sisters against the machinery of the industrial age, old Irish symbols are still painfully nostalgic....
BWW Review: NCTC's THE BIG MEAL is a Feast of Emotions and Brilliant Performances
by Jay Irwin - November 07, 2016 Either I'm getting soft in my old age or everyone has decided to bring out their big guns (theatrically) at the end of the year as this is the third show in two weeks that has absolutely floored me. New Century Theatre Company's 'The Big Meal' takes what can be a simple romantic comedy/family drama...
BWW Review: CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION at Mile Square Theatre
by Adam Cohen - June 23, 2016 . Wonderful production of an award-winning play @ Mile Square Theatre...
BWW Reviews: Seattle Shakes' OTHELLO Thrives on Multiple Levels
by Jay Irwin - May 04, 2015 When going to see a show you hope for at least one aspect of the show be something good that you can hold onto. The acting, directing, sets, lights, something to make the night worthwhile. Lucky for all of us the current production of Shakespeare's tragic tale of betrayal and lies "Othello", curre...
NEXT DOOR TO THE DEAD: POEMS by Kathleen Driskell is Available Now
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2015 Most people avoid thinking about death. Modern sensibilities, hospitals and nursing home, and funerary practices tend to keep it at arm's length. Poet Kathleen Driskell, however, found herself irresistibly contemplating life, death, grief, and loss when she and her family moved into a disused church...
Science Channel Investigates Crash of AIRASIA 8501, 4/28
by Caryn Robbins - April 24, 2015 Science Channel investigates one of the most perplexing airplane disasters in recent history with the US Premiere of AIRASIA 8501: ANATOMY OF A CRASH....
Expressions Dance Company to Present WHEN TIME STOPS at QPAC
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2016 Award-winning choreographer Natalie Weir and Queensland's premier contemporary dance company, Expressions Dance Company (EDC), return to the Playhouse, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) with their highly acclaimed work, When Time Stops from 20 to 28 May 2016....
A DOG NAMED GUCCI to Have Benefit Screening This October
by Caryn Robbins - July 27, 2015 The acclaimed documentary 'A Dog Named Gucci,' from writer/director Gorman Bechard, will have a screening at the Ephrata Main Theatre on Tuesday, October 6 at 7PM....
BWW Recap: You Say You Want an Execution on THE FOLLOWING
by Jennifer McHugh - April 28, 2015 It is the day of Joe's execution so finally Ryan can close that chapter of his life and the plan will off without a hitch, right? Haha, just kidding. It was a nightmare....
BWW Reviews: THE LITTLE PRINCE Lands at Kennedy Center
by Itai Yasur - December 22, 2014 It seems only fitting that in its efforts to introduce a musical form as grown-up as the opera to younger audiences, that the Kennedy Center has picked for this holiday season the children's classic THE LITTLE PRINCE, a story all about grown-ups trying to understand children trying to understand gro...
BWW Review: Richard Nelson Concludes His Election Year Trilogy With WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE
by Michael Dale - November 14, 2016 It can be safely assumed that the majority of playgoers filing into The Public's LuEsther Theater for the 7:30 opening night performance of author/director Richard Nelson's Women Of a Certain Age on Tuesday night took their seats expecting to see Hillary Clinton declared the President-Elect of The U...
Smithsonian Channel Special Features Rare Interviews with Hitler's Inner Circle Tonight
by TV News Desk - November 16, 2015 A new Smithsonian Channel one-hour special recounts the final days of Adolf Hitler, told in the words of those who were with him....
New Light Theater Project & Access Theater's IN THE SOUNDLESS AWE Begins Next Month
by Tyler Peterson - October 06, 2015 New Light Theater Project and Access Theater will present IN THE SOUNDLESS AWE by nationally acclaimed playwrights Jayme McGhan and Andy Pederson. Originally produced at Concordia University and the Kennedy Center ACTF Festival, the New York City Premiere will be directed by award-winner Sarah Norri...
BWW Reviews: MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE Lacks Power
by David Clarke - April 07, 2015 Taken from the writings of Rachel Corrie and edited by Alan Rickman and journalist Katharine Viner, the play MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE is known for being controversial. At its heart, it is a play that exposes the atrocities that occurred during the Second Intifada. The politics surrounding the Gaza S...
TV: Is This Your Card? Watch Highlights from THE MAGIC PLAY at the Goodman
by BroadwayWorld TV - October 26, 2016 World-class magic meets a human story of love and loss in the world premiere of The Magic Play by Andrew Hinderaker at Goodman Theatre, October 21 - November 20. Critically acclaimed magician, illusion designer and actor Brett Schneider portrays a rising young magician who must take the stage just h...
BWW Column: 'Ollicity' Fans: Do You Think Felicity Will Live?
by Misha Davenport - October 07, 2015 We just don't think Felicity is going to die on ARROW. Here's some other more likely candidates. Fret not ARROW fans of the coupling of Ollie and Felicity (Ollicity, if you will). Though the first episode of ARROW season 4 gave us a glimps of a Ollie at a gravesite six months into the future, there'...
BWW Reviews: DNA is a Jet-Black Comedic Exploration of Consequence
by Frank Benge - January 26, 2015 'What's more important, one person or everyone?' That is the question at the center of Dennis Kelly's darkly comedic and chilling play, DNA....
BWW Reviews: THE LITTLE PRINCE Lands at Kennedy Center
by Itai Yasur - December 22, 2014 It seems only fitting that in its efforts to introduce a musical form as grown-up as the opera to younger audiences, that the Kennedy Center has picked for this holiday season the children's classic THE LITTLE PRINCE, a story all about grown-ups trying to understand children trying to understand gro... |