Former National Theatre President Donn B. Murphy Has Passed Away
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 11, 2022 Donn B. Murphy, PhD, former president and executive director of the National Theatre in Washington, DC for 35 years, and Georgetown University Professor Emeritus, passed away peacefully at his home in Fort Lauderdale, FL on April 3, announced his spouse and life partner of 49 years, US Army Col. H. ... 
Big Ideas: Culture And Conversation Series Returns To Musco Center
by Stephi Wild - April 05, 2019 To set the stage for the 4th Annual 'Heartbeat of Mexico' Festival, to be held at Chapman University May 23-26, a slate of nationally respected academics and artists will participate in the 'Big Ideas: Culture and Conversation Series,' six weeks of free seminars beginning Thursday, April 11. Leading... 
Three Thespian Troupes Earn National Award For Theatre In Our Schools Month
by Stephi Wild - May 01, 2019 Theatre in Our Schools (TIOS) Month is a campaign to raise public awareness of the impact of theatre education and draw attention to the need for more access to quality programs for all students. While activities may take place any time, March is designated the official month for TIOS.... 
Award-Winning Jazz Pianist and Composer Justin Kauflin On Tour
by Tori Hartshorn - October 15, 2018 Critically acclaimed and award-winning jazz pianist and composer Justin Kauflin announces Fall and Winter Tour dates. He will be touring in support of his highly regarded release Coming Home produced by Quincy Jones and Derrick Hodge. Revive-Music hailed the new album “highly anticipated” and says t... 
Educational Theatre Association Honors Kansas Representative Jeff Pittman with Legislator Leadership Advocacy Award
by Julie Musbach - July 20, 2018 The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) annually awards the Legislator Leadership Award for Arts Education to a legislator who has demonstrated public leadership in support of theatre and other arts education policy and practice on a national or state level. This year's recipient is Kansas Repres... 
Nominees Announced for Kansas City's 16th Annual Blue Star Awards
by Nicole Rosky - May 11, 2018 High school theatre students and instructors across metropolitan Kansas City and in neighboring communities received their nominations yesterday for the 16th Annual Blue Star Awards from Starlight Theatre. Starlight leaders, staff and board members personally delivered 132 nominations to 30 area hig... 
Segerstrom Center Announces Musical Theater Program for February 2021
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 19, 2021 One enthusiastic parent whose child participated in Segerstrom Center for the Arts’ Musical Theatre Training Program this past fall said, “Please offer more musical theatre classes soon!” And so, the Center’s Education Department has announced a new series of classes for aspiring young performers... 
BWW Review: YANK! A WWII LOVE STORY Returns After 10 Years For An Anniversary Staging At Feinstein's/54 Below
by Bobby Patrick - February 28, 2020 Continuing their mission of curating history by bringing back ghosts of musical theatre past in staged concert performances, F/54B wisely chose the Zellniks' beautiful patchwork quilt of pastiche, put it on their tiny stage and gave friends, fans, and a few newbies a look back at a show that looks b... 
VIDEO: DESCENDANTS Stars Dove Cameron and Sofia Carson Surprise Theatre Class on Zoom
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 22, 2020 Descendants stars Dove Cameron and Sofia Carson surprised the Leavenworth High Theatre Class cast on ZOOM during the first “reunion” since the students performed the on-stage production of “Disney's Descendants: The Musical” earlier this year.... 
10 Finalists Selected for KC SuperStar High School Singing Competition
by A.A. Cristi - August 13, 2018 More than 500 people packed The White Theatre at the Jewish Community Center (The J) cheering on 21 singers during the Semifinals of KC SuperStar. But in the end, 10 area high school students were chosen as finalists* for the 2018 KC SuperStar singing competition!... 
Review: FUNNY GIRL at Cleveland's Connor Palace
by Roy Berko - February 22, 2024 Fania Borch was one of early 20th century vaudeville’s greatest stars. Fania?? Oh, Fanny Brice, as she was known on the Ziegfeld Follies circuit, and is the nominal subject of FUNNY GIRL, now on stage at the Connor Palace as part of the Key Bank Broadway Series. ...
Four School Theatre Programs Honored By National Association
by Stephi Wild - May 02, 2019 The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) recognizes schools whose theatre programs exemplify and promote high standards of quality in educational theatre with the Outstanding School Award. This year only four schools in the nation were honored: James A. Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington;... 
Semifinalists Chosen for KC SuperStar 2018
by Julie Musbach - March 22, 2018 Twenty-three area high school students have been chosen as semifinalists* for the 2018 KC SuperStar singing competition!... 
Union Station to Host U.S. Army Chorus for a Free Public Performance this Friday
by BWW News Desk - September 27, 2017 Direct from Washington, D.C., the U.S. Army Chorus, the vocal counterpart of the U.S. Army Band Pershing's Own ; Union Station officials; members of military community, media and public.... 
Deirdre O'Connell to Reprise Role in DANA H at the Goodman; Terri McMahon to Lead BERNHARDT/HAMLET
by Julie Musbach - July 17, 2019 Goodman Theatre announces the casting and creative teams for its 2019/2020 "Theater That Moves" Season openers. The season kicks-off September 6 in the Owen Theatre with the world premiere of Lucas Hnath's Dana H., adapted from interviews with Dana Higginbotham conducted by Steve Cosson and directed... 
BWW PREVIEW: 2020 Summer Stages Regional Theatre Opportunities
by Jessica Vanek - January 17, 2020 Jess here. Happy 2020! And just like that, we've turned the page to not only a new year, but to a new decade. Now begins an advanced semester of classes, spring audition prep and... Summer Stage Theatre season announcements!... 
Musco Center Announces Heartbeat Of Mexico Creative Writers Youth Project
by A.A. Cristi - April 25, 2019 Musco Center for the Arts at Chapman University has announced that a new creative writing program for high school students, in collaboration with the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD), will be one of this year's 'Heartbeat of Mexico' events, in the weeks leading up to the 4th Annual Festival... 
Updated Schedule Announced For Heartbeat Of Mexico Festival At Musco Center
by Julie Musbach - May 15, 2019 From the brightest minds in the field of Mexican cultural studies to the brightest stars in the world of Latin entertainment, the Musco Center for the Art's Fourth Annual Heartbeat of Mexico Festival will offer a greatly expanded cast and calendar on the Chapman University campus in Orange over Memo... 
Starlight Announces The 19-20 Blue Star Awards Winners
by Stephi Wild - August 01, 2020 In its first-ever virtual awards ceremony, Starlight revealed the winners of the 18th annual Blue Star Awards in a live premiere on Facebook Friday, July 31.... 
Starlight Theatre Welcomes Shawnee Mission Health as New Broadway Series Sponsor
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2017 Starlight Theatre has announced that Shawnee Mission Health, the only five-star-rated hospital in Kansas City, is the new series sponsor of the theatre's summer Broadway season.... 
Hanukkah Holiday Project Needs Volunteers To Make Festival Bright
by A.A. Cristi - December 03, 2019 Through Jewish Family Services' annual Hanukkah Holiday Project, more than 300 individuals will receive gifts and gift cards during the Festival of Lights. This year Hanukkah begins at sundown Sunday, Dec. 22.... 
Oldest Pro Songwriting Team in Pop Music History Releases 'Senior Song Book'
by Abigail Charpentier - November 14, 2019 From Elton John & Bernie Taupin and Carole King & Gerry Goffin to Burt Bacharach & Hal David and Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, popular music's greatest songwriting teams have produced music that spans the generations.... 
San Francisco's Theater Of Others Presents ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM
by Stephi Wild - March 23, 2019 If the National Enquirer had been published in 1592, the story of Arden and April Faversham and her lover Moseby would have been ripped from its pages. Even without the tabloids, the juicy details were the talk of London for years.... 
Meet the Cast of BAD CINDERELLA, Beginning Previews on Broadway Tonight!
by Stephi Wild - February 17, 2023 Performances of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bad Cinderella begin tonight, Friday, February 17, 2023, at the Imperial Theatre (249 W 45th Street), with Opening Night taking place on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Meet the cast of Bad Cinderella here!... 
Starlight Reveals the 2019-20 Blue Star Awards Nominations
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 21, 2020 In its first-ever virtual announcement, Starlight revealed the nominations for the 18th annual Blue Star Awards in a live premiere on Facebook Thursday, May 21. Fifty-three of 54 schools were able to stage their 2019-20 Blue Star Awards musicals throughout the past school year, leading to 179 nomina... |
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