AOP Receives Over $100K for Creation of New Operas, Including GULLIVER'S TRAVELS and More
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2016 American Opera Projects (AOP) announces it is the recipient of several recent grants to support the creation of new operas in partnership with various producing organizations....
Asia and King Crimson Lead Vocalist John Wetton to Release Solo Career Retrospective
by Caryn Robbins - March 09, 2015 Legendary John Wetton, best known for his work with Asia, UK and King Crimson, is releasing two new albums this month...
Raymond Gubbay and the Royal Albert Hall Present MADAM BUTTERFLY, Now thru 3/15
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2015 MADAM BUTTERFLY, Giacomo Puccini's masterpiece of doomed love and tragic passion, will play a limited run at the Royal Albert Hall, beginning tonight 26 February 2015. David Freeman will direct, reviving his Japanese water garden production, designed by David Roger....
Split Lip Rayfield Plays New Year's Eve in KS Tonight
by BWW News Desk - December 31, 2015 The fire rages on for the powerhouse trio from Kansas, Split Lip Rayfield (SLR), as they celebrate the release of their new record, 'I'll Be Around.' The group performs in a New Year's Eve celebration at The Bottleneck in Lawrence, KS tonight, December 31, 2015....
Opera Paralléle to Host Annual UP CLOSE AND PARALLÈLE Gala, Featuring Jukebox Opera, Today
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2015 San Francisco, August 31, 2015 – Acclaimed Opera Parallèle will present its annual gala benefit Today, October 3, at 6:30 pm, at Marines' Memorial Club in San Francisco featuring an original “Jukebox Opera” entitled Heroes, created by the Company's artistic team and performed by baritone Michael May...
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...
American Opera Projects to Select Composers, Librettists for Two Years of Free Training
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2015 American Opera Projects (AOP) announces the return of its popular Composers & the Voice program for its 2015-17 seasons....
LA CENERENTOLA, DIDO AND AENEAS and THE LONG WALK Set for Opera Saratoga's 2015 Summer Season
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2014 Opera Saratoga announces its 2015 Summer Festival season, which will run from July 2 - July 26, 2015 at multiple venues throughout Saratoga Springs, New York....
BWW Reviews: Synetic's Gory, Brilliant ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU Perfect Halloween Viewing
by Andrew White - October 08, 2014 Roll over, Bela Lugosi: there's a new smooth-talking villain in town, and he wants your flesh. Paata Tsihurishvili, who has been dearly missed during his behind-the-scenes hiatus, returns to the stage in fine form as one of literature's most notorious mad scientists. If you are looking for that edg...
Review Roundup: Johnny Depp Stars as One of the Most Notorious Gangsters in U.S. History in BLACK MASS
by Tess Reynolds - September 18, 2015 Three-time Oscar nominee Johnny Depp stars as notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger in the drama BLACK MASS, directed by Scott Cooper....
Jean Brassard, James Henry Doan & More to Star in Pan Asian Rep's FILM CHINOIS
by Tyler Peterson - November 18, 2014 Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, now in its 38th Season, has announced the cast for the East Coast premiere of FILM CHINOIS, an atmospheric noir mystery set in 1940s China written by Singaporean playwright Damon Chua and directed by Kaipo Schwab. The production will begin previews on January 17, 2015 an...
Bookworks Albuquerque Releases Full Schedule of May Events
by Matt Smith - April 15, 2016 ALBUQUERQUE—Bookworks is pleased to offer fans of literary fiction, serious nonfiction, and kids and teen reads many quality events to choose from in May....
BWW Review: Gripping, Compelling and Explosive - HOSTAGES Explores The Heart of Darkness
by Herbert Paine - May 23, 2016 Todd Michael Isaac and Mike Traylor deliver riveting and captivating performances as two hostages, isolated in a sterile cell and united only by their shared Kafkaesque despair, in iTheatre Collaborative's gripping and compelling production of Yussef El Guindi's HOSTAGES....
'Memoirs of a Crusader' Revisits Knight's Holy War
by Robert Diamond - April 25, 2015 'Drazi Rises' author Andrew William Rodriguez takes readers on a journey of bravery, love, honor and hope with 'Memoirs Of A Crusader' (published by Xlibris). This is the story of Andres de Roma, a man fated to have hope within reach for a long time,. Though fortune is never his friend, still he can...
MADAM BUTTERFLY Celebrates 100th Performance at Royal Albert Hall
by Tyler Peterson - March 04, 2015 The cast and company of Madam Butterfly at the Royal Albert Hall, produced by Raymond Gubbay with the Royal Albert Hall, will tonight celebrated the production's 100th performance in the venue. The current revival runs until Sunday 15 March....
Raymond Gubbay and the Royal Albert Hall Present MADAM BUTTERFLY, 2/26-3/15
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2014 MADAM BUTTERFLY, Giacomo Puccini's masterpiece of doomed love and tragic passion, will play a limited run at the Royal Albert Hall, beginning on 26 February 2015. David Freeman will direct, reviving his Japanese water garden production, designed by David Roger....
STAGE TUBE: In Rehearsal with Hyeseoung Kwon & Jeffrey Gwaltney for MADAM BUTTERFLY at Royal Albert Hall!
by Tyler Peterson - February 04, 2015 A behind-the-scenes rehearsal video has been released for MADAM BUTTERFLY, Giacomo Puccini's masterpiece of doomed love and tragic passion, which will play a limited run at the Royal Albert Hall, beginning on 26 February 2015....
American Opera Projects to Select Composers, Librettists for Two Years of Free Training
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2015 American Opera Projects (AOP) announces the return of its popular Composers & the Voice program for its 2015-17 seasons....
Quotables from NBC's TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON
by Caryn Robbins - December 09, 2014 Below, check out quotables from NBC's THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON from December 1 - December 2....
'When We Were Soldiers' Extends at Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital
by Tyler Peterson - October 23, 2015 'When We Were Soldiers... once and young (WWWS),' a photographic installation by German artist and social activist Bettina WitteVeen, will be on view at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital from September 19-October 28, 2015. This will be one of the most ambitious installations to be staged in the Brookl...
STAGE TUBE: In Rehearsal with Hyeseoung Kwon & Jeffrey Gwaltney for MADAM BUTTERFLY at Royal Albert Hall!
by Tyler Peterson - February 04, 2015 A behind-the-scenes rehearsal video has been released for MADAM BUTTERFLY, Giacomo Puccini's masterpiece of doomed love and tragic passion, which will play a limited run at the Royal Albert Hall, beginning on 26 February 2015....
Print Room at the Coronet to Stage UK Premiere of HAIM - IN THE LIGHT OF A VIOLIN
by Tyler Peterson - May 05, 2016 With Deathwatch currently running in the theatre and Beckett in London due to open on the 17 May, The Print Room at the Coronet today announces the UK premiere of Haim - In The Light Of A Violin, written and directed by Gerald Garutti, in a new translation by Christopher Hampton. This production mar...
NIGHTMARE: NEW YORK's 11th Season to Take on Local Urban Legends, 9/26-11/1
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2014 New York's longest running and most horrifying haunted house, NIGHTMARE, will take on the legendary horror stories and urban legends of NYC's history in this 11th season edition - NIGHTMARE: NEW YORK. Producers Timothy Haskell (Creator of Nightmare) and Steve Kopelman, (producer of Rob Zombie's Grea...
Ron Cook, Kathryn Drysdale & More to Join James McAvoy in THE RULING CLASS
by Tyler Peterson - November 28, 2014 Ron Cook (Mr Selfridge, Henry V, King Lear, Hot Fuzz) as Sir Charles Gurney, Kathryn Drysdale (Suspects, Love's Labour's Lost, Tripping Over, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps) as Grace Shelley, Joshua McGuire (Privacy, Posh, About Time, Mr Turner) as Dinsdale Gurney and Anthony O'Donnell (T...
THE RULING CLASS Revival, Starring James McAvoy, Begins Previews in the West End
by BWW News Desk - January 16, 2015 Ron Cook (Mr Selfridge, Henry V, King Lear, Hot Fuzz) as Sir Charles Gurney, Kathryn Drysdale (Suspects, Love's Labour's Lost, Tripping Over, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps) as Grace Shelley, Joshua McGuire (Privacy, Posh, About Time, Mr Turner) as Dinsdale Gurney and Anthony O'Donnell (T... |