Cast Announced For Musical THE BURNT PART BOYS at Park Theatre
by Marianka Swain - June 22, 2016 The cast has been announced for the European premiere of heart-warming chamber musical THE BURNT PART BOYS at Park Theatre, which runs from 10 August to 3 September. This is the first musical to be staged in PARK90, and British director Matthew Illife directs a brand new cast in this premiere. Press...
Indie Rockers RUBY BONES Announce First Local 2018 Performance
by Macon Prickett - January 31, 2018 New Jersey/Brooklyn indie rockers Ruby Bones our currently touring in support of their debut self-titled album. The band combines energetic rhythms with visceral, existential lyrics and unabashed hooks to form short, punchy songs best digested in the sweat-soaked clubs that define their local clubs....
New Breed of Supernatural Thriller As Highly Rated As Stephen King's 'IT'
by Robert Diamond - April 20, 2017 ...
Lincoln Center Theater Announces Full Casting For MY FAIR LADY
by Stephi Wild - January 31, 2018 Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop) has announced complete casting for its upcoming production of Lerner & Loewe's MY FAIR LADY. As previously reported, Lauren Ambrose will be playing as Eliza Doolittle and Harry Hadden-Paton will play Henry Higgins, alongside Norbert Leo B...
Premieres and Broadcast of Peter Rosen Documentary Begin 10/19
by A.A. Cristi - September 28, 2017 The New York premieres and world premiere production of Gordon Getty's Scare Pair, a double-bill by the San Francisco-based composer, pairs his two one act-operas -- Usher House and The Canterville Ghost -- together for the first time on October 19 and 21 (7:30pm) at The Sylvia and Danny Kaye Play...
Son of Semele Presents U.S. Premiere of THE RIDICULOUS DARKNESS, 10/21
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2017 Award-winning Son of Semele Ensemble announces the final production of its 2017 season, The Ridiculous Darkness, adapted from a radio play by Wolfram Lotz....
America Opera Projects to Present COMPOSERS & THE VOICE: SIX SCENES, Today
by BWW News Desk - September 30, 2016 This fall, contemporary opera producer AMERICAN OPERA PROJECTS (AOP) will present COMPOSERS & THE VOICE: SIX SCENES 2016, a concert of opera scenes from ten artists emerging in the world of contemporary opera. Audiences will get a first look at six wildly different new works that range from imaginin...
Composer/Librettist Fellowships Awarded for Two-Year Opera Training
by A.A. Cristi - July 20, 2017 AOP (American Opera Projects) and Composers & the Voice Artistic Director Steven Osgood have selected six composers and three librettists to receive fellowships for its upcoming ninth season of Composers & the Voice. The 2017-2019 season will train, and present new works from, composers Matthew Brow...
America Opera Projects to Present COMPOSERS & THE VOICE: SIX SCENES, 9/30
by Christina Mancuso - August 17, 2016 This fall, contemporary opera producer AMERICAN OPERA PROJECTS (AOP) will present COMPOSERS & THE VOICE: SIX SCENES 2016, a concert of opera scenes from ten artists emerging in the world of contemporary opera. Audiences will get a first look at six wildly different new works that range from imaginin...
Regional Roundup: Top 10 Stories This Week Around the Broadway World - 5/26; TAMING OF THE SHREW in DC, HOSTAGES in Phoenix and More!
by BWW Special Coverage - May 27, 2016 This week, we go around our Broadway World to feature stories in Washington, DC, Phoenix, Singapore and more. Check out our top 10 stories around our Broadway World below, which include a 'bold, new' THE TAMING OF THE SHREW in DC, HOSTAGES in Phoenix, and an interview with Simon Gleeson on the Singa...
Houston Grand Opera Will Premiere THE PHOENIX in 2018-19 Season; Full Line-Up Announced!
by Nicole Rosky - January 22, 2018 Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will present its 2018-19 season in its creative home at Houston's Wortham Theater Center after a year of displacement due to damage to the building from Hurricane Harvey. The 64th season will open October 19, 2018, with HGO's first performances in 20 years of Wagner's roman...
Allan Corduner, Jordan Donica & Linda Mugleston Join MY FAIR LADY on Broadway!
by Nicole Rosky - December 11, 2017 Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andr Bishop) has announced that Allan Corduner will play Colonel Pickering, Jordan Donica will play Freddy Eynsford-Hill, and Linda Mugleston will play Mrs. Pearce, in its upcoming production of Lerner & Loewe's MY FAIR LADY, directed by Bartlett Sher....
Premieres of Two Operas and Broadcast of Peter Rosen Documentary, 10/19-21
by A.A. Cristi - September 06, 2017 The New York premieres and world premiere production of Gordon Getty's "Scare Pair," a double-bill by the San Francisco-based composer, pairs his two one act-operas -- Usher House and The Canterville Ghost -- together for the first time on October 19 and 21 (7:30pm) at The Sylvia and Danny Kaye Play...
CCO Opens 35th Season with Premieres of Two Getty Operas
by A.A. Cristi - August 03, 2017 The New York premieres and world premiere production of Gordon Getty's "Scare Pair," a double-bill by the San Francisco-based composer, pairs his two one act-operas -- Usher House and The Canterville Ghost -- together for the first time on October 19 and 21 (7:30pm) at The Sylvia and Danny Kaye Play...
Music Producer Benny Cassette Releases New Track 'Heart of Darkness' Today
by Caryn Robbins - June 30, 2017 GRAMMY® Award-nominated producer Benny Cassette, known for his work as a singer, songwriter and hit producer, today released 'Heart of Darkness,' a new track from his forthcoming debut album Broken Hearts And Dollar Signs....
Photo Flash: Primitive Grace Presents Premiere of FRINGE OF HUMANITY Tonight
by BWW News Desk - January 19, 2017 Primitive Grace Theater Ensemble will present the World Premiere of FRINGE OF HUMANITY written and directed by Obie Award winner and SAG Award nominee Paul Calderon. Co-starring David Zayas (Dexter), performances begin January 11 at Access Theater. Opening is slated for tonight, January 19th....
Gordon Getty's SCARE PAIR Double Bill to Play Danny Kaye Playhouse; Peter Rosen Documentary to Air on WNET
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2017 The New York premieres and world premiere production of Gordon Getty's Scare Pair, a double-bill by the San Francisco-based composer, pairs his two one act-operas -- Usher House and The Canterville Ghost - together for the first time on October 19 and 21 (7:30pm) at The Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playh...
Gordon Getty's SCARE PAIR Double Bill to Play Danny Kaye Playhouse; Peter Rosen Documentary to Air on WNET
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2017 The New York premieres and world premiere production of Gordon Getty's Scare Pair, a double-bill by the San Francisco-based composer, pairs his two one act-operas -- Usher House and The Canterville Ghost - together for the first time on October 19 and 21 (7:30pm) at The Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playh...
Long Beach Opera's THE INVENTION OF MOREL Comes to The Beverly O'Neill Theatre
by Stephi Wild - February 14, 2018 Long Beach Opera (LBO) presents the co-world premiere of 'The Invention of Morel,' by Stewart Copeland, co-founder and drummer of The Police, and the London-based actor, director and playwright Jonathan Moore, who also directs the production. LBO Artistic & General Director Andreas Mitisek conducts...
Alley Theatre to Stage North American Premiere of THE RIDICULOUS DARKNESS
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2017 Alley Theatre, in partnership with Neworld Theatre, will present the large-scale stage adaptation and North American premiere of The Ridiculous Darkness from Saturday, November 11 to Sunday, November 19 at the ANNEX....
40th Anniversary BAY AREA PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL to be presented 7/13 – 23
by A.A. Cristi - May 08, 2017 Playwrights Foundation, one of the West Coast's premiere launchpads for exceptional emerging playwrights, is thrilled to announce the lineup for the 40th Anniversary Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF), featuring playwrights Hilary Bettis, Clarence Coo, Bennett Fisher, Lauren Gunderson, Nilan Johns...
BWW Review: THE WEDDING SINGER at Acting Against Cancer
by Keith Waits - August 15, 2017 I am not the biggest fan of Adam Sandler, or at least the movies he manufactures for himself and his buddies, but I have always liked The Wedding Singer, one of his first, most endearing films. The story of Robbie Hart (Remy Sisk), a cheesy but sincere front man for a wedding band in the late 1980's...
Photo Flash: Cavalry Theatre presents The World Première of SOMEWHERE A GUNNER FIRES
by A.A. Cristi - February 01, 2018 Cavalry Theatre's today announce full casting for the world premiere of Tom Stuchfield's play Somewhere a Gunner Fires. The play marks the 100th anniversary of the ceasefire of the First World War in 1918 and is set in its final months. Tom Stuchfield directs Chris Born (Volker) Guy Clark (Dixon), O...
Rose Theatre Kingston Announces 2018 Christmas Show HANSEL & GRETEL
by Stephi Wild - March 27, 2018 Rose Theatre Kingston today announces its 2018 Christmas show, a festive new version with original music of the Brothers' Grimm classic Hansel & Gretel written by Ciaran McConville, who returns to the theatre following last year's successful adaptation of Alice in Winterland. Rosie Jones will direct...
DOWNTOWN VARIETY HOUR Continues Fourth Year at at UCB Theatre East Village
by Nicole Rosky - July 09, 2016 Nat Towsen's Downtown Variety Hour continues the fourth year of its run at UCB Theatre East Village on Monday, July 11, at 8 PM. Host Nat Towsen (VICE, Nickelodeon) combines the disappearing, eclectic lower Manhattan culture in which he grew up (around the corner from the theatre, in fact) with inte... |