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....
BWW Album Review: Michael Ball's COMING HOME TO YOU Has Mixed Results
by Amanda Prahl - March 29, 2019 With his new album Coming Home to You, Michael Ball expands his reach with a sound that's part country, part easy listening pop. It's an admirable effort, but one that sometimes falls flat....
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....
Photo Flash: Opening Night of FUSIFORM GYRUS - A SEPTET FOR TWO SCIENTISTS AND FIVE HORNS
by A.A. Cristi - February 20, 2018 Talking Band are currently presenting the world premiere of Fusiform Gyrus - A Septet for Two Scientists and Five Horns, written and composed by OBIE Award winner Ellen Maddow, and directed by Ellie Heyman, running through February 25 at HERE, located at 145 6th Avenue (Enter on Dominick, 1 block so...
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...
FLIP OR FLOP Returns to HGTV on August 1
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 26, 2019 Divorced couple Christina Anstead and Tarek El Moussa find their stride as successful business partners and co-parents in the new 18-episode season of HGTV's hit series Flip or Flop. Premiering Thursday, Aug. 1, at 9 p.m. ETPT, the series follows the two real estate and house flipping experts as the...
BWW Review: iTheatre Collaborative Presents WHITE GUY ON THE BUS ~ Searing, Riveting, Essential
by Herbert Paine - September 16, 2018 Bruce Graham pulls no punches in WHITE GUY ON THE BUS, his stinging broadside at the underbelly (the hypocrisies and contradictions) of racism that contaminates the American soul. The power of his punch is sustained in iTheatre Collaborative's riveting production of WHITE GUY ON THE BUS, superbly di...
BWW Interviews: BENDELACREME On DRAG BECOMES HER, Future Shows, and THAT Elimination
by Trevor Durham - March 13, 2018 Between the San Francisco premiere and her return to Seattle, BenDeLa answered questions about her shows, camp queens, and what's next for the so-called martyr of All Stars 3....
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: THE CHER SHOW Takes a Triple Dose of an Icon
by Amanda Prahl - April 26, 2019 The onslaught of jukebox musicals doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon, which, in turn, means that there are an awful lot of cast albums that also double as very well-sung cover albums. That's definitely the case with the original cast recording of The Cher Show, which functions okay as a cast alb...
A New Dark Comedy About Johannes Brahms By Neil Salvage Has Australian Premiere
by Stephi Wild - January 19, 2019 Award-winning UK actors, Neil Salvage and Nicholas Collett ('The Six-Sided Man', 'Spitfire Solo' and 'Your Bard') team up with Adelaide's Stefanie Rossi for Australian premiere....
They're Back! THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK CITY Premieres 4/4 on Bravo
by Tori Hartshorn - March 01, 2018 Bravo Media's 'The Real Housewives of New York City' returns for an epic 10th season of humor, healing, and heartbreaks on Wednesday, April 4 at 9pm ET/PT, with BETHENNY Frankel, Carole Radziwill, Dorinda Medley, Luann de Lesseps, Ramona Singer, Sonja Morgan, and Tinsley Mortimer. The ladies are red...
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...
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: 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....
America's Longest Running Annual Broadway Musical Opens At The Round Barn Theatre
by Julie Musbach - May 18, 2018 As unlikely as it might seem, it is possible that despite the fact that "Plain and Fancy" has been performed over three thousand times during the past thirty years with an attendance of over three hundred thousand patrons there might still be some folks who haven't seen "Plain and Fancy" at the Roun...
BWW Review: JUMP Challenges Us to Seek Deeper Connections, at Milagro Theatre
by Krista Garver - April 09, 2019 Charly Evon Simpson's JUMP, which is having its National New Play Network rolling world premiere courtesy of Milagro Theatre and Confrontation Theatre, explores the obstacles that we too frequently put between ourselves and real human connection....
BWW Review: Portland Playhouse's A CHRISTMAS CAROL Continues to Surprise and Delight
by Krista Garver - December 13, 2018 This production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL is absolutely delightful. And somehow, it manages to still be surprising. If you're the type who's skeptical about holiday shows in general, do yourself a favor and give this one a chance....
BWW Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at The Santa Fe Playhouse
by Zoe Burke - November 30, 2018 Oscar Wilde's 1895 satire, The Importance of Being Earnest, is arguably his most popular, and almost definitely his most widely performed, work. Director Barbara Hatch's director's note references the daunting nature of taking on the challenge of producing such a beloved and well known work; it is m...
Newport Festivals Foundation Announces Donation to LA's The Harmony Project on Behalf of Lucius
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 28, 2018 On behalf of 2018 Newport Folk Festival performer Lucius, Newport Festivals Foundation has donated $5,000 to the Harmony Project - a nonprofit that provides free music instruction and instruments to youth in underserved areas of LA. The funds will be used to underwrite expenses for Harmony Project's... |