BWW Review: FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE PARODY MUSICAL Slays at All Puppet Players (WARNING: Explicit Language)
by Seth Tucker - October 14, 2019 FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE PARODY MUSICAL Slays at All Puppet Players. Guttural, laugh out loud, wipe the tears away kind of funny with jokes as fast, furious, and perfectly obnoxious as a jackhammer. Warning: Explicit Language....
RATINGS: HGTV's FLIP OR FLOP Delivers Double Digit Year-Over-Year Ratings Increase
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 18, 2019 The most recent season of HGTV hit series Flip or Flop, starring business partners Tarek El Moussa and Christina Anstead, averaged a 0.85 live plus three-day rating among P25-54 during its Thursday 9-9:30 p.m. ET/PT timeslot - a 23 percent increase over year-ago levels. Since its return on Aug. 1, t...
Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre Will Host Improv Classes
by Stephi Wild - December 06, 2019 Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, professional Theatre in Residence at the Oakes Center in Summit, will offer Improv Classes for adults and teens at the Beginner and Intermediate levels this winter. Dreamcatcher revised our class levels recently to reflect the growth and diversity of our students. Tho...
BWW Review: WEST SIDE STORY at The Lexington Theatre Company
by Taylor Clemons - July 12, 2019 Colton Ryan and Evy Ortiz in West Side Story. Photo courtesy of The Lexington Theatre Company....
Fall for Dance North 2020 Debuts Live and Digital Experiences
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 23, 2020 Fall for Dance North presents the 6th edition of its esteemed international dance festival, The Flip Side, from Sept. 29-Oct. 18, 2020. ...
Patrick Topping Drops New Double-Single
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 19, 2020 Newcastle-born DJ and producer Patrick Topping has dropped new double single 'Rocket Fuel', out 19th June worldwide via his TRICK label....
BWW Interview: Josh Piterman Talks THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
by Fiona Scott - September 11, 2019 Australian actor Josh Piterman has recently taken over the leading role in the West End production of The Phantom of the Opera, celebrating its 33rd year at Her Majesty's Theatre. He spoke to BroadwayWorld about playing the 'Angel of Music'....
BWW Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Peace Center is Vivid, Funny, Devastating, and Deeply Human
by Neil Shurley - July 08, 2019 Including a substantive review from my fourteen year old daughter....
Easy Life Unveil New 2-Track Single 'who gives a f**k?'
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 10, 2020 Today, critically acclaimed UK five-piece Easy Life release their new 2-track single, 'who gives a f**k?', available now via Interscope Records in the US...
Student Blog: Graduating in a Time of a Pandemic: A Performing Arts Student's Edition
by Student Blogger: Alexandra Boccone - June 02, 2021 As the well known saying goes, “the show must go on”. But now that we’re still living amidst a pandemic, until what extent does that saying hold true? No one in their wildest dreams would have imagined that we would live in a time such as this. We all thought plagues were a thing of the past lik...
Jonathan Cerullo Named Artistic Associate At Amas Musical Theatre
by Stephi Wild - August 06, 2019 Award-winning director and choreographer Jonathan Cerullo (The Boys from Syracuse, Big Apple Circus), has been named an Artistic Associate at Amas Musical Theatre. Donna Trinkoff announced Cerullo will be joining SDC director and choreographer Christopher Scott and Lynne Taylor-Corbett....
BWW Album Review: IN PIECES, A New Musical Highlights Album, Makes the Case for Living Life with Arms Wide Open – Despite the Uncertainties
by Courtney Savoia - April 16, 2021 Broadway Records recently announced the release of IN PIECES, a new musical by Joey Contreras. This energetic and emotional 10-track highlights album features a robust lineup of talent from popular artists, including David Archuleta, Andrew Barth Feldman, George Salazar, Solea Pfeiffer, Ben Fankhaus...
BWW Interview: Kwame Kwei-Armah Chats imagine... MY NAME IS KWAME
by Fiona Scott - July 31, 2020 Kwame Kwei-Armah is the Artistic Director of the Young Vic, which is marking its 50th anniversary this year. As part of the celebrations, Kwei-Armah is the subject of an episode of the latest BBC imagine... series. We spoke to him about lockdown and going back over his childhood as part of the proj...
THE FLIP SIDE: BACKYARD BBQ to be Presented by Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 21, 2021 Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, will present a live-streamed improv show, The Flip Side: Backyard BBQ Broadcast, on YouTube on Saturday, June 26 at 7:30 pm....
BWW Album Review: IN THE GREEN Offers a Rainbow of Revelation About the Human Journey
by Courtney Savoia - November 10, 2020 GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS recently announced the digital release of the Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 original cast recording of In the Green – the new musical by Grace McLean. The album features orchestrations by Grace McLean and Kris Kukul, with music supervision by Kris Kukul, and music direction by Ada W...
BWW Review: Creativity soars in the examination of toxic masculinity in the multimedia dance play BRANDOCAPOTE at The Tank
by Joe Lombardi - November 10, 2019 Truman Capote interviewed Marlon Brando in 1957. The legendary actor was in Japan filming Sayonara. Hilariously, we overhear one of the movie's sales pitches. They are using 'real Japanese actors.' This conversation is one level of the multi-media piece BrandoCapote. On the flip side, this danc...
BWW Review: I Fall to Pieces Over the Wonderful Heather Krueger and Diana Rogers in ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE at the Straz Center's Jaeb Theater
by Peter Nason - November 08, 2020 A love letter to Patsy Cline with goosebump-inducing vocals by Heather Krueger....
BWW Album Review: Josh Groban Performs in Near-Perfect HARMONY
by Amanda Prahl - March 22, 2021 The experience of listening to a Josh Groban album is not dissimilar to the experience of watching one of those classic ‘90s romantic comedies. There’s a warmth and familiarity to both, a reassurance that what you’re getting is heartfelt and genuine, even if it’s not reinventing the wheel. That’s ex...
Celebrate International Women's Day With Funny Women Around The World
by Stephi Wild - February 26, 2021 To celebrate International Women's Day, leading female comedy community Funny Women is running the inaugural Funny Women Around The World. This exciting and hilarious virtual free event will showcase comedy and entertainment from every corner of the globe to launch the Funny Women Awards. ...
BWW Interview: Sierra Rep's Jerry Lee Says They are Back and Better Than Ever
by Courtney Symes - August 23, 2021 In the Sierra foothills are a cluster of quaint towns full of Gold Rush history. Two of these, East Sonora and Columbia, house the venues that make up Sierra Repertory Theatre (Sierra Rep). Main stage shows, cabarets, and youth workshops can be seen in the original East Sonora Theatre and in the H...
New York City's Jazz Standard Launches THE FLIP SIDE SESSIONS
by Stephi Wild - March 18, 2021 JAZZ STANDARD, one of the nation's premier jazz clubs, is keeping the music alive with 'The Flip Side Sessions', a virtual concert series broadcasting fully-produced, pre-recorded shows every Friday from March 26-May 14, 2021. ...
BWW Review: A CHORUS LINE Razzle Dazzles At TUTS!
by Brett Cullum - September 13, 2019 Director Julie Kramer and choreographer Jessica Hartman have stayed true to the 1975 vision, but also managed to make it more energetic and faster paced. The dancers often seem to defy gravity and levitate during numbers, and it's all gorgeously staged and executed....
BWW Review: HARLEM DUET explores racism and relationships at Coronado Playhouse
by E.H. Reiter - March 29, 2021 HARLEM DUET, now streaming from Coronado Playhouse is an apt name for this beautiful, and heartbreaking play. In a “prequel” to Shakespeare’s OTHELLO, the play follows one couple in the 1860s, 1928, and in modern Harlem. It explores how echoes of the same old songs of racism, privilege, and relatio...
Vivid Stage Announces 2021-22 Season
by Stephi Wild - July 29, 2021 This professional company will bring four productions, including three world premieres and one workshop production, to the stage in addition to improvisational comedy, play readings, and educational programs for teens and adults. ...
FLIP OR FLOP Returns April 29 to HGTV
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 07, 2021 Fans have plenty of ways to watch more of Tarek and Christina until the new episodes of Flip or Flop return. Past seasons of the series are available to stream on discovery+ and to watch on HGTV GO.... |