BWW Interview: Michael Mayer Talks Directing Film Adaptation of Anton Chekhov's 'Human Story' THE SEAGULL
by Cillea Houghton - June 07, 2018 Though written more than 100 years ago, Stephen Karam and acclaimed theatre and film director Michael Mayer have teamed up to bring Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL from stage to screen....
Cast, Creatives Announced for The Old Globe's 'Globe for All' Tour of TWELFTH NIGHT
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2017 The Old Globe's Globe for All celebrates four years of making theatre matter to more people! This talented company of professional actors will tour Shakespeare's beloved comedy Twelfth Night throughout San Diego County to a wide variety of economically, geographically, and culturally diverse communi...
The Fifth Annual HARVARD/YALE CANTATA Announced At Feinstein's/54 Below
by A.A. Cristi - August 09, 2019 FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, again presents a cast of Harvard and Yale grads in The Fifth Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata. Join us for a unique evening at Feinstein's/54 Below, with Team Harvard looking to avenge another lucky narrow victory by Team Yale. Will it be five wins in a row f...
BWW Review: Well-performed, But Uninspired A LITTLE NIGHT Music At Lakeland Civic Theatre
by Roy Berko - September 12, 2018 Like much of the works of Stephen Sondheim, from the start, 'Little Night Music' proves to be a different type of musical. Rather than a traditional overture, one-by-one, a quintet of singers, who will act like a Greek chorus throughout the production commenting on varying situations, introducing th...
The Fourth Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata Comes to Feinstein's/54 Below On Sept 13
by Julie Musbach - August 06, 2018 FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, again presents a cast of Harvard and Yale grads in The Fourth Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata. Join us for a unique evening at Feinstein's/54 Below, with Team Harvard looking to avenge another lucky one-point victory by Team Yale, who won in HY III for the s...
FATUM Releases New Single VIOLET (Armind | Armada) Out Today
by Macon Prickett - March 30, 2018 Astonishing. Exceptional. Sophisticated. The music of GRAMMY-nominated electronic dance music group, FATUM, is anything but ordinary. Even amidst a seemingly endless gusher of new-music releases coming out unceasingly each week, FATUM's records have a way of rising above the rest. FATUM's 'Violet' (...
BWW Interview: Jeremy Sams Talks AMOUR
by Louis Train - May 06, 2019 Amour, which opens soon at the Charing Cross Theatre, isn't just a musical - it's a musical fantasy. Tinged with love, longing, and imagination, it's a show that not only provides, but demands, endless creativity. Book writer Jeremy Sams spoke to BroadwayWorld ahead of the UK premiere about doing ma...
Lifetime Unveils Upfront Slate Including Projects from Aly Raisman & Leah Remini, Queen Latifah
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 28, 2019 For over 35 years, Lifetime has provided thought-provoking story-telling that champions the voices of women, while entertaining them. Recently igniting a global conversation with the powerful documentary series Surviving R. Kelly, the network continues its commitment to share important women's stori...
BWW Review: FAUST at OPERA WROCLAW - Pleasant to Eye Light (And) Devil
by Natalia Jarczynska - April 11, 2019 I can say for sure that this play can be for everyone: a contemporary, vibrant version of big classic Faust is exposing new and friendly face for those who want to see an opera show stripped of excessive seriousness. Scenography, choir, characters are tailored to the 21st century 160 years after its...
Tom Toce Releases SONGWRITER IN THE HOUSE
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2017 Songwriter, two-time Jeopardy! Champion and puzzle creator, Tom Toce, has released his second recording, Songwriter in the House, on Retrograde Music. ...
America's Longest Running Annual Broadway Musical Opens At The Round Barn Theatre
by Julie Musbach - May 18, 2018 As unlikely as it might seem, it is possible that despite the fact that "Plain and Fancy" has been performed over three thousand times during the past thirty years with an attendance of over three hundred thousand patrons there might still be some folks who haven't seen "Plain and Fancy" at the Roun...
BWW Review: Gorgeous A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Theater Latte Da
by Karen Bovard - January 29, 2019 Theater Latte Da's well-cast production of Sondheim's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC is gorgeous to look at and sweet on the ear. Like many great musicals, it depends on the master narrative of romance, but in Sondheim's hands that narrative gets a wider treatment than usual: not only are some of the lovers...
BWW Review: BEAUTIFUL at Hanover Theatre In Worcester, MA
by Jan Nargi - September 28, 2019 While the Earth didn't exactly move during the national tour stop of BEAUTIFUL at the Hanover Theater in Worcester this week, this more successful than most biographical jukebox musical did set off an occasional temblor. No surprise, those moments came when the show's legendary subject, Carole King,...
BWW Review: STUPID FUCKING BIRD at Théâtre Des Capucins
by David Sousa Lopes - January 19, 2019 Last Thursday, the Theatre des Capucins welcomed the comedy adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. The plot is centered around a tragicomic chain of unrequited love, which ultimately brings several of the characters to the fringes of self-awareness, self-doubt and self-control....
Sol Children Theatre Presents YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN At Sol Theatre In Boca Raton
by Carol Kassie - July 24, 2018 Charles Schulz's beloved comic strip will come to life in Boca Raton when Sol Children Theatre presents You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. The musical, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, will run from August 3 - 19 at Sol Theatre in Boca Raton. ...
BWW Review: Am I BLUE at Glimmerglass? You Bet. But There Are Also Some Guilty GHOSTS, and, Oh that Notorious RBG!
by Richard Sasanow - August 02, 2019 A summer's trip to Cooperstown, NY, is for two distinct audiences: Those who come for the Baseball Hall of Fame and those, like me, who come for the opera--the Glimmerglass Festival, under General Director Francesca Zambello, where i caught up with the John Corigliano-William Hoffman THE GHOSTS OF V...
Bravo Premieres New Docu-Series TO ROME FOR LOVE Tonight
by TV News Desk - January 07, 2018 Bravo Media escapes to Rome to find love Italian style in the new docu-series, TO ROME FOR LOVE, premiering Sunday, January 7 at 9pm....
BWW Review: Mad Horse Theatre Grapples with Life's Vagaries in LIFE SUCKS
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - March 23, 2019 As a sequel to producing successfully Aaron Posner's Stupid F****ing Bird, South Portland's Mad Horse Theatre company has mounted Posner's take on Chekov's Uncle Vanya, Life Sucks. Filled with colorful characters and some truly witty dialogue, Posner's new play does a fine job of bringing the Russia...
BWW REVIEW: Love, Loss And The Damage Of The AIDS Epidemic Are Considered in MY NIGHT WITH REG
by Jade Kops - February 08, 2019 A quarter of a century after it premiered in London, Kevin Elyot's MY NIGHT WITH REG holds an enduring relevance for all communities whilst also providing an insight into the fear that gripped the Gay community in the 1980's. ...
BWW Feature: Interview With Nora Perone and Daniel Stevens, the Stars of WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC THEATRE'S Production of THE LAST FIVE YEARS
by Richard Allen - February 07, 2019 After a wildly successful run last year and subsequent awards for 'Best Musical' and 'Best Actor in a Musical' in the fan nominated and voted on Broadway World's Regional Awards, the West Virginia Public Theatre (WVPT) in Morgantown, WV has decided to bring The Last Five Years back to the stage for ...
Pretty Yende and Matthew Polenzani Star in Donizetti's Romantic Comedy L'ELISIR D'AMORE
by Julie Musbach - January 02, 2018 Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore returns to the Met on January 16 for ten performances through to February 17, starring South African sopranoPretty Yende as wealthy landowner Adina, and American tenor Matthew Polenzani as Nemorino, the poor villager hopelessly in love with her....
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is in the Round at John Glenn High School
by Stephi Wild - March 02, 2019 A fresh, immersive, in-the-round staging of Charles Schulz's beloved comic comes to life in Clark Gesner's classic musical, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown presented at John Glenn HS in Norwalk, CA....
Photo Flash: Mile Square Theatre presents YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN
by A.A. Cristi - February 06, 2017 ...
BWW Review: THE HOT LIST! What's Hot on Stage Now
by Ellen Dostal - May 30, 2018 What made the Hot List? Check out these productions for a look at the vast creativity of theatre makers in action in Los Angeles: FOREVER BOUND at Atwater Village Theatre, PLUNGE: Part 1 of The Ballad of Bimini Baths Trilogy at Son of Semele, SOFT POWER downtown at the Ahmanson, VIOLET at Actors Co-...
The Fourth Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata Comes to Feinstein's/54 Below
by A.A. Cristi - August 06, 2018 FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, again presents a cast of Harvard and Yale grads in The Fourth Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata. Join us for a unique evening at Feinstein's/54 Below, with Team Harvard looking to avenge another lucky one-point victory by Team Yale, who won in HY III for the s... |