|the claque| Announces Casting for THE QUICK AND DIRTIES Series, May-June 2014
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2014 |the claque|, New York's favorite arts and performance conglomerate, is proud to announce its fourth annual production of The Quick and Dirties (The QuaDs): Q4, playing at The Sheen Center in late May and early June of 2014....
Doc Brown to Host British Academy Children's Awards
by Caryn Robbins - October 17, 2014 The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has today announced that Ben 'Doc Brown' Smith will host this year's British Academy Children's Awards at the Roundhouse, London, on Sunday 23 November....
Meet the Stars of NYMF: Patrick Richwood of FOOLERIE
by Nora Dominick - July 14, 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival is in full swing and BroadwayWorld has taken the time to sit down with some of the stars of this years NYMF musicals. Like any great art form, musical theatre is shaped by the events and philosophies of the day. The strength and vitality of musical theatre lie in...
BWW Reviews: EVITA Brings a New Argentina to DC's Kennedy Center
by Jamie McGonnigal - October 03, 2014 There are few shows I know every word to, and even fewer I've known for 30 years. When I was 10, I was in the chorus of a community theatre production of EVITA in Hingham, MA. I became obsessed. In 5th grade, we had to do a biographical report on anyone we chose. All the other boys chose Babe Ruth, ...
Controversy Pushes NAAP to Cancel All Asian-American SHOW BOAT
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2015 After a public outcry, the National Asian Artists Project has cancelled its upcoming, all Asian-American production of SHOW BOAT. The classic musical, featuring music by Jerome Kern and book & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, would have been directed by Broadway veteran and Tony Award winner Tommy Tu...
BWW Reviews: GLOBAL TAX DRIVER Could Use Clearer Directions
by Gil Kaan - March 23, 2015 A talented ensemble energizes the Los Angeles premiere of playwright Leilani Chan's Global Taxi Driver, a collection of taxi drivers' stories from all over the world....
BWW Review: A LULU of an Evening at the Met with Soprano Petersen in the New Kentridge Production
by Richard Sasanow - November 16, 2015 Who or what is Lulu, the eponymous character in Alban Berg's landmark opera? Is she saint or sinner? Femme fatale or victim? Put-upon or mistress of her own fate? Whatever else she might be, she is fabulous in the hands of German soprano Marlis Petersen, as the center of William Kentridge's vibrant,...
Craig Zadan Offers Update On Next NBC Live Musical: 'One Will Be Coming For The Holidays'; Announcement Monday?
by Pat Cerasaro - March 29, 2015 Will it be THE WIZ or THE MUSIC MAN or maybe something else entirely?!...
BWW Reviews: GRAND HOTEL, Southwark Playhouse, August 5 2015
by Gary Naylor - August 07, 2015 Gary Naylor sees an ambitious, timely revival of a musical that crackles with life, full of great singing and splendid dancing, if a touch demanding at 100 minutes all-through!...
Soho Rep. Meets Fundraising Goal Following Cancelled Gala
by Tyler Peterson - July 16, 2014 On March 31, 300 friends, artists and supporters gathered to celebrate and honor Soho Rep.'s Board Chair Jon Dembrow at their annual spring gala. Forty-five minutes into the evening, the beam supporting a second-story balcony at the event venue, Angel Orensanz Center, cracked. The building was deeme...
BWW Reviews: WAIT UNTIL DARK Is Worth Seeing - and Hearing - at Northwest Classical
by Patrick Brassell - September 07, 2014 Their production of Wait Until Dark is based on a revised script by Jeffrey Hatcher that premiered in 2013. The original, by Frederick Knott, opened in 1966 and was set at that time; this version is backdated to the 1940s. The loot is slightly different, and there are a few four-letter words added t...
BWW Review: PIAF, Charing Cross Theatre, December 4 2015
by Gary Naylor - December 05, 2015 Gary Naylor sees a tremendous performance that brings a French cultural icon back to life at a time when Paris needs its history and its narrative of pleasure amidst the pain....
BWW Reviews: GLOBAL TAX DRIVER Could Use Clearer Directions
by Gil Kaan - March 23, 2015 A talented ensemble energizes the Los Angeles premiere of playwright Leilani Chan's Global Taxi Driver, a collection of taxi drivers' stories from all over the world....
BWW Review: A LULU of an Evening at the Met with Soprano Petersen in the New Kentridge Production
by Richard Sasanow - November 16, 2015 Who or what is Lulu, the eponymous character in Alban Berg's landmark opera? Is she saint or sinner? Femme fatale or victim? Put-upon or mistress of her own fate? Whatever else she might be, she is fabulous in the hands of German soprano Marlis Petersen, as the center of William Kentridge's vibrant,...
BWW Reviews: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, October 14 2015
by Gary Naylor - October 18, 2015 Gary Naylor sees a scaled-back adaptation of Sondheim's A Little Night Music that manages to capture all (well, almost all) of the appeal of the West End show....
BWW Reviews: RUDY'S RARE RECORDS, Hackney Empire, September 24 2014
by Gary Naylor - September 25, 2014 Gary Naylor enjoys a stage adaptation of a Radio 4 sitcom set in an old record shop in Handsworth, Birmingham, populated by a family falling out and making up the way families do....
BWW Reviews: RICHARD III, Trafalgar Studios, July 2014
by Carrie Dunn - July 09, 2014 All the talk about this Richard III will be about Martin Freeman. It's unavoidable really. Well-known television star takes on one of the big Shakespearean roles and a role outside what might be seen as his comfort zone. Any review therefore will need to confront this head on....
Cabrillo Music Theatre to Welcome Jim J. Bullock in BYE BYE BIRDIE, 7/18-27
by Jillian Gaier - May 05, 2014 Before Beatle-Mania, before Bieber Fever, there was the first, the original…Conrad Birdie! America's rock 'n' roll heart-throb drives the teen girls bonkers as Cabrillo Music Theatre brings back the nostalgic, Tony-winning family-friendly Broadway Musical, BYE BYE BIRDIE. BYE BYE BIRDIE opens on Fr...
BWW Reviews: Entertaining Version of GREASE at The MUNY
by Chris Gibson - August 05, 2014 There have been a lot of versions of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's (book, music and lyrics) GREASE that I've seen over the years. Only one, New Line Theatre's brilliant staging a few years back, actually adhered to the musical as originally conceived. The majority have followed the template laid dow...
BWW Reviews: Sequel to The Crucible ABIGAIL/1702 Mesmerizes at ICT
by Don Grigware - May 05, 2015 The creation of Arthur Miller's now classic The Crucible about the Salem witch trials of 1692 was influenced by the McCarthy era of the 50s. It provided an intensely ferocious perspective on the unjust distortion and destruction of human life. In Salem, Massachusetts it was a religious issue - did y...
BWW Recap: It's Showtime on BETTER CALL SAUL
by Courtney Henley - February 09, 2015 Consider yourself warned: spoilers abound in this little preview! Probably best not to read this until you've seen Part One. If you watched last night's premiere BETTER CALL SAUL episode, then you, too, are probably experiencing a ridiculous level of excitement about tonight's Part Two. Part one ...
BWW Interviews: Fringe Spotlight: Good People Theater Company's THE FANTASTICKS
by Ellen Dostal - May 13, 2014 Following a very successful inaugural production of A Man of No Importance at last year's Hollywood Fringe Festival, Good People Theater Company returns with Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's beloved musical, THE FANTASTICKS, directed by Janet Miller and featuring musical direction by Corey Hirsch....
E! Sets May Highlights, Including THE ROYALS Season Finale & More
by Tyler Peterson - May 06, 2015 E! has announeds its May 2015 Programming, including premieres, finales and more. Check out the full lineup below!...
Disney Junior's PIRATE AND PRINCESS: POWER OF DOING GOOD, a Pro-Social Touring Event, Begins Thursday, July 17 in Philadelphia
by Courtnie Mele - June 19, 2014 'Pirate and Princess: Power of Doing Good,' a pro-social touring event to introduce kids age 2-7 to the value of doing good, including caring for nature and animals and helping others, will begin THURSDAY, JULY 17 in Philadelphia before carrying on to Washington D.C., New York, Chicago, Houston, San... |
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