Comedian Matthew Highton Presents Insufficient Memory
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2018 After his gran got dementia (funny start) Matthew Highton sought to make sense of the news, to figure out what makes us US and if it even matters in the end? Using his own life to chart how his rougher edges in formative years, growing up in Oldham, led to a life performing, he explores the notion w...
The Grascals Release Smooth, Yet Driving, Song, 'Heartbreak Hall Of Fame'
by Julie Musbach - November 05, 2018 The award-winning Grascals bring a new single from their forthcoming album with the song 'Heartbreak Hall Of Fame.'...
BWW Previews: LE DERNIER REPAS: A LOVE STORY at Counter-Productions Theatre Company
by Larry O'Brien - March 23, 2018 Otto Von Bismark once advised anyone who enjoyed sausage or legislation to avoid seeing how they are made. From first hand experience, I can report that this warning does not apply to the theater. I sat in on a rehearsal of Counter- Productions Theatre Company's upcoming offering, the world premiere...
OUR TOWN Becomes P Town As Part Of Perth Festival
by BWW News Desk - February 08, 2019 Black Swan State Theatre Company's first production for the year is the Pulitzer award winning Our Town by Thornton Wilder....
Alan Jackson Will Perform At Giant Center In Hershey
by Stephi Wild - January 14, 2019 Country Music Hall of Famer Alan Jackson will bring a night of hits to Pennsylvania with a concert at Giant Center on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 7:30 PM....
BWW Review: EFFIGIES OF WICKEDNESS (SONGS BANNED BY THE NAZIS), Gate Theatre
by Gary Naylor - May 15, 2018 Weimar Cabaret delivered with talent, humour and fear to burn!...
HBO's HERE AND NOW Arrives on DVD 8/7, Available for Digital Download 5/14
by Tori Hartshorn - May 04, 2018 New York, N.Y., May 4th, 2018 - Creator and executive producer Alan Ball (True Blood® and Six Feet Under®) brings an 'engaging and provocative' (Newsday) exploration of America through the eyes of a multiracial family in Here and Now, available for Digital Download May 14, and arriving on DVD onAugu...
Caleb Femi and The Paper Birds Collaborate on Highly Relevant Play GOLDFISH BOWL
by Stephi Wild - April 25, 2018 Born in Nigeria. Climb a mango tree. Get hit by a Peugeot 405. Move to the North Peckham Estate. Fall in love with Khami. Have a fight by the P.E gym. Start writing Grime lyrics. Leave school with 12 GCSEs. Begin selling drugs. Get my heart broken by Abigail. Get stabbed. Get shot. Read a...
Daniel Zovatto To Star in PENNY DREADFUL Sequel Series at Showtime
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 18, 2019 Daniel Zovatto is set to star in the lead role of Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, according to Deadline. The series is a followup to Penny Dreadful from John Logan, the original series' creator, writer and executive producer....
Paramount Worldwide Acquisitions Acquires the North American Rights to Sarah Jessica Parker's HERE AND NOW
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 16, 2018 Paramount Worldwide Acquisitions announced today that it has acquired the North American rights to the Sarah Jessica Parker (“Divorce,” “Sex and the City”) drama HERE AND NOW (formerly titled Blue Night). The film will be distributed by Paramount Home Media Distribution on Digital and VOD beginning...
Storyhouse Announces New Season
by Stephi Wild - July 18, 2019 Storyhouse has announced its eleventh season of homemade theatre....
New Work For Violin And Piano By Peri Mauer To Premiere Today
by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2019 Peri Mauer's new piece for violin and piano will receive its first performance today, May 21, 2019, 7:00pm, at National Opera Center, Marc A. Scorca Hall, 330 7th Ave., NY, NY in a program of new music for violin, cello, piano and electronics presented by the New York Composers Circle It will be per...
Lifetime Announces Newest Scripted Comedy, AMERICAN PRINCESS
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 06, 2019 The world of yesteryear emerges front and center with the premiere of Lifetime's new scripted dramedy, American Princess on Sunday, June 2 at 9pm ET/PT. From A+E Studios, creator Jamie Denbo and executive producers Jenji Kohan, Tara Herrmann and Mark A. Burley, the series follows runaway bride Amand...
The Millennia Consort Celebrates 20 Years At St. James By-the-Sea
by A.A. Cristi - November 07, 2018 The Millennia Consort, California's premiere "organ plus" ensemble, celebrates its 20th anniversary with a concert in the St. James Music Series, on November 25, 2018 at 4 p.m. at St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 743 Prospect Street in La Jolla....
BWW Review: GANGSTER'S PARADISE at ASB Waterfront Auckland
by Monica Moore - April 29, 2019 Having been part of writer Leki Jackson Burke's 'south side' school experience I can validate that he has expressed the heart of the experiences of young Pasifika people as they negotiate their way through high school. A determined mother, empathetic teacher, the importance and relevance of performi...
JoBdance Presents: (DIS)CONNECT This May At Yaw Theater
by A.A. Cristi - April 17, 2019 This May, Yaw Theater will host the premiere work of joBdance, a brand new Seattle dance company founded by Seattle dance artist Joseph "jo" Blake. This ambitious inaugural work will center on a duet between Seattle dance favorites Sean O'Bryan and Alicia Pugh, and will feature an immersive 4-channe...
BWW Review: YOU FIRST at ASB Waterfront Auckland
by Monica Moore - April 22, 2018 What would you do to go home? This futurist piece will quench the thirst of sci-fi apocalyptic theatre lovers for sure....
Hannie Rayson's HOTEL SORRENTO Comes To Riverside Theatres Today
by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2018 Family, country and culture collide in the award-winning comedy/drama Hotel Sorrento by one of Australia's most significant playwrights, Hannie Rayson, at Riverside Theatres from 31st July to 4th August....
Bargemusic Presents Rorem At 95 - A Concert Celebration
by Stephi Wild - August 22, 2018 A concert celebrating the 95th birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning and Grammy Award-winning composer Ned Rorem (b. Oct. 23, 1923). The concert features the world premiere of the clarinet, violin and piano version of 'Pas de Trois' and a performance of 'Four Colors', composed for clarinetist Thomas Pi...
Photo Flash: Exclusive First Look at LOST IN TRANSLATION Circus
by Stephi Wild - May 04, 2018 To mark the start of Wandsworth Arts South London's premiere arts festival which runs from May 4 to May 20 and the opening of Battersea Circus Gardens, Britain's premiere circus company Lost In Translation perform al fresco gravity defying acrobatics....
Cal Rep And LBO Collaborate To Stage IN THE PENAL COLONY
by A.A. Cristi - April 16, 2019 California Repertory Company (CSULB Theatre Arts Department) is collaborating with the Long Beach Opera to produce the Southern California premiere of In the Penal Colony, a pocket opera by Philip Glass. Jeff Janisheski, the Artistic Director of California Repertory Company, is directing the product...
Photo Flash: Inside Look at VIETGONE at Capital Stage
by Julie Musbach - March 26, 2019 Capital Stage presents the Sacramento Premiere of Vietgone by Qui Nguyen . This award winning, critically acclaimed comedy makes huge strides in moving beyond political correctness through a love story for generations to come. ...
American Pops Orchestra & National Society Of Arts And Letters Present NEXTGEN: FINDING THE VOICES OF TOMORROW
by Julie Musbach - February 25, 2019 Imagine seeing Stefani Germanotta perform before she became Lady Gaga. Or Beyonce sing before she was famous. That's the vision for The American Pops Orchestra's 'NextGen: Finding the Voices of Tomorrow.'...
Comedian Matthew Highton Presents Insufficient Memory
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2018 After his gran got dementia (funny start) Matthew Highton sought to make sense of the news, to figure out what makes us US and if it even matters in the end? Using his own life to chart how his rougher edges in formative years, growing up in Oldham, led to a life performing, he explores the notion w...
NJT Presents Contemporary Riff On UNCLE VANYA
by Julie Musbach - May 07, 2018 This seems to be the year of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, a tale of love, loss and longing. There have been a multitude of adaptations produced locally in the last 12 months.... |