EDINBURGH 2015- BWW Reviews: IMPOSSIBLE, Pleasance Dome, August 19 2015
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 20, 2015 Seances, spirituality, immortality and magic. The true story of the deadly feud between Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Starring Phill Jupitus as Conan Doyle and Alan Cox as Houdini....
RAGTIME: THE MUSICAL to Play the Grand, 2/20-21
by BWW News Desk - December 30, 2015 The Grand 1894 Opera House presents RAGTIME: THE MUSICAL, Saturday, February 20, at 8 pm, and Sunday, February 21 at 3 pm....
'THE ILLUSIONISTS' Set to Bring Their Blockbuster Entertainment Even to NBC 12/9
by Caryn Robbins - November 20, 2015 One of the hottest shows on Broadway is making its way to TV as “The Illusionists” bring their unique brand of magic with a one-hour special scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 10 p.m. on NBC....
Lifetime to Premiere Original Movie THE REAL MVP: THE WANDA DURANT STORY, 5/7
by Caryn Robbins - April 14, 2016 Durant's moving story of a mother's love, tenacity and sacrifice unfolds on Saturday, May 7 at 8pm ET/PT in THE REAL MVP: THE WANDA DURANT STORY, just in time for Mother's Day....
House Theatre of Chicago to Host 4th Annual Secret Soiree Fundraiser, 3/5
by Tyler Peterson - February 29, 2016 ?The House Theatre of Chicago's Board of Directors announce the 4th annual incarnation of The Secret Soiree, which celebrates the company's continuing commitment to amazing feats of storytelling with a one-night-only stage magic performance from Company Member Dennis Watkins (The Magic Parlour, Deat...
Wavestage Theatre Company to Present RAGTIME THE MUSICAL, 7/14-17
by Tyler Peterson - June 01, 2016 Wavestage Theatre Company enters its 22nd Season with a limited engagement of RAGTIME THE MUSICAL at Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts this summer! The production will run from July 14-17 with a talented cast of 58 performers....
Marcia Milgrom Dodge to Helm Fall 2015 RAGTIME Tour
by Nicole Rosky - June 23, 2014 BroadwayWorld has just learned that Phoenix Entertainment has on its agenda a touring revival of RAGTIME to commence in the Fall of 2015. It will be helmed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, who received a Tony Nomination as Best Director for the 2009 Broadway revival. This new tour will be much in the spirit...
Solo Show A Regular Little Houdini Comes to Hollywood Fringe This June
by Louisa Brady - May 14, 2016 Set in the sprawling urban slums of the South Wales docklands at the turn of the last century; a coming of age story about a young boy from the docks who idolises Houdini and commits himself to a life of magic, but the harsh reality of working-class life in Edwardian Britain gets in the way. A tenac...
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: LINKING RINGS, Le Monde, August 23 2015
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 24, 2015 1926: Houdini's right-hand man deals with the death of his boss. A half century later, a Blackpool joke shop proprietor takes on a wide-eyed young protege. An affectionate look at a misspent youth and unsung heroes; a touching true story of interlocking lives....
New Book Shares True Story of Arthur Conan Doyle and the Paranormal
by Christina Mancuso - March 14, 2016 A new book documenting the extraordinary true story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's belief in spirits is released by publisher Life Is Amazing this month to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the creator of Sherlock Holmes going public about his interest in the paranormal. 'Conan Doyle and the Myster...
House Theatre of Chicago Presents SEASON ON THE LINE, Now thru 10/26
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2014 The House Theatre of Chicago presents Season on the Line, the first production of the company's 13th season, at the Chopin Theatre Upstairs Theatre, 1543 W. Division St., tonight, Sept. 12 - Sunday, Oct. 26....
La Coral Ditirambo presenta el musical 'Ragtime' en concierto
by Roberto Rodríguez - March 16, 2015 La Coral Ditirambo, junto a la orquesta del Conservatorio de Música de Molina de Segura, presentará próximamente en Murcia un concierto escenificado del musical 'Ragtime', ganador de 4 premios Tony y considerado como uno de los mejores musicales de la última época....
BWW Recap: HOUDINI You Think You Are?
by Meg Wood - September 02, 2014 Harry Houdini – America's premier Escape Artist, Showman extraordinaire, potentially a template for that most American of literary creations, the Superhero, and, if you believe the premise of the current miniseries on The History Channel, a person psychologically addicted to running away from his ow...
RAGTIME National Tour to Play Oklahoma City Community College
by Reilly Hickey - November 03, 2015 Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC) will host its first ever Broadway musical production when the national tour of "Ragtime" cakewalks into town for two shows onSunday, Dec. 13 and Monday, Dec. 14 in the new, student-funded Visual and Performing Arts Center Theater (VPAC), 7777 S. May Ave....
FLIM FLAM: HOUDINI AND THE HEREAFTER Opens 6/20 at Malibu Playhouse
by Tyler Peterson - May 23, 2014 The fourth play in MALIBU PLAYHOUSE's 2013-2014 season will be the World Premiere of Flim-Flam: Houdini and the Hereafter by Gene Franklin Smith,, opening Friday, June 20, 2014. The play will be directed by Thomas James O'Leary and stars Rick D. Wasserman, Melissa Kite, Gigi Bermingham, Peter Van...
Additional Acts Announced for New West End Magic Show IMPOSSIBLE
by Tyler Peterson - June 02, 2015 World-class magicians and illusionists astonished audiences today at the launch of brand new West End show IMPOSSIBLE. The biggest magic show London has seen in decades is set to thrill audiences at London's Noel Coward Theatre this summer when it opens on 24th July. Spectators at the launch event w...
DVR Alert: NBC Presents One-Hour Special THE ILLUSIONISTS Tonight
by TV News Desk - December 09, 2015 One of the hottest shows on Broadway is making its way to TV as The Illusionists bring their unique brand of magic with a one-hour special scheduled for tonight, Dec. 9 at 10 p.m. on NBC....
Memorial Players' RAGTIME Opens This Weekend
by Tyler Peterson - April 11, 2016 ?The story of Memorial Players' spring musical this year is almost prescient in its relevance to Baltimore (and the country) in 2016 - wealth inequality, abuse of power, corruption, the struggles of immigrants, collectivist organizing, cults of celebrity, the American dream lost and then found. What...
A&E's HOUDINI Premieres to 3.7 Million Total Viewers
by Tyler Peterson - September 02, 2014 Part one of HISTORY's miniseries event HOUDINI (#Houdini), starring Academy Award® winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist) as The Great Harry Houdini, mesmerized 3.7 million Total Viewers last night, making it cable's number one miniseries premiere of 2014. HOUDINI, which follows the epic tales of the ma...
HISTORY Premieres Two-Night Miniseries HOUDINI Starring Adrien Brody Tonight
by TV News Desk - September 01, 2014 HOUDINI, a new two-night scripted miniseries airing tonight and tomorrow, September 1 and 2 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HISTORY, is the story of a man who can defy death, but who really was the man behind the escapes? The event miniseries follows the epic tales of Harry Houdini as he emerges as America's fir...
DVR Alert: NBC Presents One-Hour Special THE ILLUSIONISTS Tonight
by TV News Desk - December 09, 2015 One of the hottest shows on Broadway is making its way to TV as The Illusionists bring their unique brand of magic with a one-hour special scheduled for tonight, Dec. 9 at 10 p.m. on NBC....
Criss Angel to Perform Death-Defying Straightjacket Escape at Foxwoods Resort Casino
by Caryn Robbins - November 03, 2014 Criss Angel will attempt one of the most astounding and dangerous escapes in history at Foxwoods Resort Casino on November 11, 2014 at 1:00 p.m....
The House Theatre to Present DEATH & HARRY HOUDINI, 5/12-7/24
by Tyler Peterson - April 13, 2016 The House Theatre of Chicago is proud to announce the return of the first play to ever grace its stage, the magic-filled thrill show and crowd favorite Death & Harry Houdini, written and directed by The House Theatre of Chicago Artistic Director Nathan Allen and starring Company Member and professio...
Getting Ready to Rag - RAGTIME kommt zur Deutschlandpremiere nach Braunschweig
by Iris Moebius - September 01, 2015 »Ragtime« zahlt mit seinen bittersußen Geschichten aus dem New Yorker Leben, den vielen historischen Figuren - von Henry Ford bis Harry Houdini - und seinem unwiderstehlichen musikalischen Charme zu den ganz großen Broadway-Musicals. Der Erfolg 1998 in New York war immens und bescherte Komponist Ste...
Dialogue with Three Chords Teams with Stable Cable Lab for THEATRE OF HAUNTOLOGY, 10/23
by BWW News Desk - October 10, 2014 Greenwich Village mainstay Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) continues their fourth year of staging original plays by teaming with Stable Cable Lab Co. to present 'Theatre of Hauntology,' "a night of ghosts, bad dreams, and the enduring terror of history," according to D3C playwright Stephen Gracia. ... |