Berkeley Rep Sets Summer Residency Lab Projects
by Tyler Peterson - March 09, 2016 Today, The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep's Center for the Creation and Development of New Work announces that it has selected 18 projects for its fifth Summer Residency Lab featuring works from more than 30 talented artists. This June, as part of an extraordinary laboratory for collaboration, some of t...
Lori Bookstein Fine Art Opens Susannah Phillips' NEW WORK Exhibit Today
by BWW News Desk - October 22, 2015 Lori Bookstein Fine Art is pleased to announce an exhibition of recent paintings and drawings by Susannah Phillips. This is the artist's fourth solo show at the gallery....
COME HOME AMERICA Concert Tour Set for America's Parade in New York City, 11/11
by Nora Dominick - November 03, 2015 The COME HOME AMERICA PROJECT to honor America's military heroes, a grassroots mission created by acclaimed NYC jazz vocalist-songwriter MARCUS GOLDHABER to #bridgethegap between civilians and military families, will reach a significant milestone next week with a spotlight performance as part of AME...
Seven Siblings Theatre Stages FEVER/DREAM in Toronto, Now thru 5/31
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2015 Fever/Dream is a stylized satire of your corporate workplace. After being trapped in customer service for 23 years, Segis finds himself in charge of a billion dollar company. But will he lead a revolution, or is this all a dream?...
Ground Floor Comedy presents GROUND FLOOR LIVE
by A.A. Cristi - May 17, 2017 The ever-stranger comedy channel Ground Floor Comedy is presenting a free night of sketch, stand-up, and improv from their favorite cast members on Wednesday, June 7th from 9:00 to 10:00 pm at Brooklyn Bazaar, aptly named GROUND FLOOR LIVE....
BWW Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW is a Great Fun Evening
by Frank Benge - November 02, 2015 THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW is a musical with music, lyrics and a book by Richard O'Brien. A camp tribute to the drive-in science fiction and horror B movie double features of the late 40's through early 70's, it tells the story of newly engaged couple Brad Majors (Daniel Cline) and Janet Weiss (Becca Sef...
Seven Siblings Theatre to Stage FEVER/DREAM in Toronto, 5/22-31
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2015 Fever/Dream is a stylized satire of your corporate workplace. After being trapped in customer service for 23 years, Segis finds himself in charge of a billion dollar company. But will he lead a revolution, or is this all a dream?...
40 Cities Announced for Live Culinary Variety Tour 'Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science'
by Caryn Robbins - March 21, 2016 Television personality, author and Food Network star Alton Brown, who created a new form of live entertainment with his first live culinary variety show, today announced details for the all new Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science tour....
Tim Kang and Sab Shimono to Lead Berkeley Rep's AUBERGINE World Premiere This February
by BWW News Desk - November 23, 2015 Berkeley Repertory Theatre continues its 2015-16 season with the new emotional family drama AUBERGINE, written by Julia Cho and directed by Michael Leibert Artistic Director Tony Taccone. This will be the first production presented on the newly renovated Thrust Stage and the second world premiere of...
Broadway Veteran Skylar Astin to Lead NBA Comedy Pilot for ABC
by Tyler Peterson - February 17, 2015 According to The Hollywood Reporter, Broadway veteran Skylar Astin has landed a lead role in ABC's upcoming NBC comedy pilot. David Windsor and Casey Johnson are set to write the pilot's script....
Berkeley Rep Announces New Hires
by Tyler Peterson - May 14, 2015 This month Berkeley Repertory Theatre proudly welcomes four exceptional new hires: General Manager Theresa Von Klug; Director of Marketing, Communications, and Patron Engagement Polly Winograd Ikonen; Associate Managing Director Sarah Williams; and Artistic Associate Sarah Rose Leonard. Together the...
BWW Interview: Lisa Scheps of Ground Floor Theatre
by Frank Benge - November 09, 2015 In what is planned to be a series of articles about Austin theatre companies, we start by talking with Lisa Scheps who in January of this year opened a brand new theatre space in Austin. Although they did have a first performance in December of 2014, Ground Floor Theatre did not officially open unti...
PITCH PERFECT Stars Anna Camp & Skylar Astin to Tie the Knot!
by Caryn Robbins - January 04, 2016 PITCH PERFECT stars Anna Camp and Skylar Astin turned to Instagram to share the joyful news that they became engaged over the holiday weekend....
TBS Celebrates 'Thank A Mailman Day' with Special SEINFELD Programming Today
by TV News Desk - February 04, 2015 Airing today, Feb. 4, from 6-8 p.m. (ET/PT), TBS's 'Thank a Mailman Day' celebration will include four unforgettable Newman episodes, with Wayne Knight playing the always-scheming mailman to slimy perfection....
QPAC Announces SummerSet
by Tyler Peterson - November 20, 2015 Your family is set this summer at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) SummerSet*. With all the adrenaline of Cirque Adrenaline, the carnival of Carnival of the Animals, the excitement of Deadly 60 or the awe and wonder of George's Marvellous Medicine and The Tiger Who Came to Tea, summe...
PITCH PERFECT Stars Anna Camp & Skylar Astin Tie the Knot; Ben Platt & More Attend
by Caryn Robbins - September 12, 2016 PITCH PERFECT stars Anna Camp and Skylar Astin tied the knot on Saturday, September 10th. In attendance were cast mates from the musical comedy including Brittany Snow, who served as a brides maid, Ben Platt (DEAR EVAN HANSON) and Rebel Wilson...
TILT Performance Group & Ground Floor Theatre to Present A Collection of 10-Minute Plays
by Tyler Peterson - May 19, 2015 TILT Performance Group and Ground Floor Theatre are proud to announce their upcoming collaborative production of The Flip Side, bringing to Central Texas a collection of 6 original 10-minute plays on the theme of possibility. The Flip Side aims to ask: What might the grass look like on the other sid...
Berkeley Rep Presents the World Premiere of THE LAST TIGER IN HAITI
by BWW News Desk - October 14, 2016 Berkeley Repertory Theatre today announced the world premiere production of The Last Tiger in Haiti by playwright Jeff Augustin and directed by Joshua Kahan Brody. A co-production with La Jolla Playhouse, where the play had its world premiere in June, The Last Tiger in Haiti begins previews Today, O...
Jay Pharoah, Tom Green & More Coming to Carolines on Broadway in February
by Tyler Peterson - January 30, 2015 Carolines on Broadway announces its line-up for the month of February 2015, highlighted by headliners Jay Pharoah, from NBC's “Saturday Night Live,” February 5 - 8; Tom Green from AXTV's “Tom Green Live,” Presidents Day Weekend, February 12 & 13; Jeffrey Ross, “The Roastmaster General, from Comedy C...
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? Set for Climate Change Theatre Action
by Tyler Peterson - October 29, 2015 Fresh from her success with Versailles 2015 and Ferry Play -- the podplay on the Staten Island Ferry -- director Erin B. Mee is back again with a devised play about climate change, Where Have All The Glaciers Gone? -- part of the Climate Change Theatre Action....
Two Shows Developed at Berkeley Rep Bow in New York This Spring: AMELIE, A NEW MUSICAL and LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS
by A.A. Cristi - February 28, 2017 This spring, two shows that were developed at Berkeley Rep last season will debut on the New York stage. Amelie, A New Musical, which had its world premiere in September 2015, is set to open on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre on April 3, 2017. John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons, which had...
PITCH PERFECT Stars Anna Camp & Skylar Astin Tie the Knot; Ben Platt & More Attend
by Caryn Robbins - September 12, 2016 PITCH PERFECT stars Anna Camp and Skylar Astin tied the knot on Saturday, September 10th. In attendance were cast mates from the musical comedy including Brittany Snow, who served as a brides maid, Ben Platt (DEAR EVAN HANSON) and Rebel Wilson...
BWW Reviews: THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL is a Sublimely Silly Evening
by Frank Benge - June 15, 2015 THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL is a two-act musical, written by David Nehls and Betsy Kelso. Set in the Armadillo Acres Trailer Park in Florida, it is a great big musical Valentine to trailer trash. The main story concerns Pippi, a stripper on the run, who comes between the agoraphobic Jean...
Brooklyn Academy of Music Announces $25 Million Project to Link Three Spaces
by Christina Mancuso - July 31, 2015 Brooklyn Academy of Music will announce a $25 million project to link three of its spaces, the BAM Harvey Theater, a vacant site at 653 Fulton Street and the ground floor of a high-rise condo at 230 Ashland Place, according to the New York Times....
Tim Kang and Sab Shimono to Lead Berkeley Rep's AUBERGINE World Premiere This February
by BWW News Desk - November 23, 2015 Berkeley Repertory Theatre continues its 2015-16 season with the new emotional family drama AUBERGINE, written by Julia Cho and directed by Michael Leibert Artistic Director Tony Taccone. This will be the first production presented on the newly renovated Thrust Stage and the second world premiere of... |