Photo Coverage: Colman Domingo & More at TIFF: THE BIRTH OF A NATION - Red Carpet Premiere
by Walter McBride - September 16, 2016 Writer-director Nate Parker reclaims the title of D.W. Griffith's KKK-boosting 1916 milestone for this epic chronicle of the life of Nat Turner, who led a slave rebellion against white plantation owners in 1831 Virginia....
THE LAST FIREFLY World Premiere Will Flash to Life at Children's Theatre Company This Month
by BWW News Desk - September 01, 2016 Children's Theatre Company (CTC) will unveil the world premiere of The Last Firefly, written by Naomi Iizuka and directed by CTC's Artistic Director Peter C. Brosius beginning September 27....
Photo Coverage: Liev Schreiber & More at TIFF: THE BLEEDER Red Carpet Premiere
by Walter McBride - September 16, 2016 Philippe Falardeau (Monsieur Lazhar, The Good Lie) directs Liev Schreiber, Elisabeth Moss, and Naomi Watts in this biopic of New Jersey boxer Chuck Wepner, whose legendary ability to take punishment in the ring made him the inspiration for Sylvester Stallone's Rocky....
Photo Flash: Rebecca Naomi Jones, Wendell Pierce & More Lead WTF's World Premiere of COST OF LIVING
by Tyler Peterson - July 11, 2016 Williamstown Theatre Festival opens The Nikos Stage season with the world premiere of Martyna Majok's play COST OF LIVING, which concluded its run last night, July 10. Check out a look at the production below!...
CAG ENCORES! to Bring Classics and a Nod to St. Patrick to Carnegie Hall
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2017 Concert Artists Guild has announced a special program featuring the Lysander Piano Trio, as well as CAG Alumni Naomi Louisa O'Connell, mezzo-soprano, and Jennifer Stumm, viola, in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 7:30pm....
Photo Flash: Rebecca Naomi Jones, Kecia Lewis and More in Rehearsal for MARIE AND ROSETTA at Atlantic Theater
by BWW News Desk - August 04, 2016 Atlantic Theater Company welcomes Kecia Lewis (Mother Courage, Once on This Island) and Rebecca Naomi Jones (American Idiot, Hedwig and the Angry Inch) in the world premiere production of George Brant's play with music, Marie and Rosetta, directed by Atlantic Artistic Director Neil Pepe this fall. M...
S. F. Powell Pens LIKE SWEET BUTTERMILK
by Christina Mancuso - June 08, 2016 Family therapist Dr. Naomi Alexander has a no-nonsense approach to everything - except her personal life. Still in mourning for her murdered husband, she shares a shameful secret with her 20-year-old daughter. And for the first time in a long time, she has an intriguing case....
Terra Naomi Releases Peaceful Plea 'Machine Age' via Bandcamp
by Caryn Robbins - January 19, 2018 Los Angeles-based artist/activist Terra Naomi is releasing the powerful Machine Age today, a reflective and resilient single marking the one year anniversary of 45's inauguration. All proceeds from Bandcamp sales of the track will go directly to the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, GLAAD, Black Lives Mat...
Photo Coverage: Atlantic Theater Company Celebrates Opening Night of DESCRIBE THE NIGHT
by Jennifer Broski - December 06, 2017 Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) presents the New York premiere of Pulitzer Prize finalist and Lortel and Obie Award winner Rajiv Joseph's (Guards at the Taj) play Describe the Night, directed by Giovanna Sardelli (Animals Out of Paper)....
Photo Flash: First Look at The Public's AS YOU LIKE IT
by Julie Musbach - September 02, 2017 This year, Public Works presents Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT in a ravishing new musical adaptation by Director of Public Works Laurie Woolery, and Shaina Taub, featuring music and lyrics by Taub, the acclaimed singer/songwriter behind last season's adaptation of Twelfth Night, and choreography by E...
Photo Flash: First Look at F. Murray Abraham in THE MENTOR at Theatre Royal Bath
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2017 Daniel Kehlmann's The Mentor is currently in previews at Theatre Royal Bath's Ustinov Studio for a run through Saturday 6 May, with press night on Thursday 13 April. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!...
Kathleen Chalfant, Dee Pelletier, and George Bartenieff to Feature in IMAGINE: YEMEN AN EVENING OF SHORT PLAYS
by Julie Musbach - May 14, 2018 Imagine: Yemen - An Evening of New Short Plays featuring Tony Award nominee and two-time Obie Award winner Kathleen Chalfant (For Peter Pan on Her Seventieth Birthday, Angels in America, Wit), Dee Pelletier(August: Osage County), Drama Desk and four-time Obie Award winner George Bartenieff (Zoo Stor...
BWW Review: MARIE AND ROSETTA Pays Tribute To A Forgotten Music Pioneer
by Michael Dale - September 20, 2016 Long before the British invaded, Elvis swiveled his hips and Bill Haley rocked around the clock, the iconic vision of a rhythm and blues vocalist playing electric guitar was popularized in the 1940s by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a gospel singer who crossed over into nightclubs with a hard-belting style ...
BWW Interview: Theatre Life with Naomi Jacobson
by Elliot Lanes - June 13, 2018 Today's subject Naomi Jacobson is currently living her theatre life onstage at Studio Theatre in their superb world premiere production of The Remains. The show runs through June 24th in the company's Mead Theatre space....
Photo Flash: Photo Flash: Andre De Shields, Garth Kravits and Anthony Chisholm Visit MARIE AND ROSETTA at Atlantic Theater
by A.A. Cristi - September 30, 2016 Last night, Andre De Shields, Garth Kravits and Anthony Chisholm visited with Kecia Lewis and Rebecca Naomi Jones, the stars of Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere production of George Brant's play with music, MARIE AND ROSETTA, directed by Atlantic Artistic Director Neil Pepe. ...
Photo Flash: First Look at the Public's FIRE IN DREAMLAND
by Julie Musbach - June 22, 2018 Rinne Groff returns to The Public with a dynamic and poignantly funny new play directed by Marissa Wolf, Associate Artistic Director and New Works Director at Kansas City Repertory. Check out photos of the production below!...
ANON(YMOUS) by Naomi Iizuka to Open Next Week at Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater
by BWW News Desk - May 05, 2017 ANON(ymous) by Naomi Iizuka will be performed at Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater, 128 Washington St. by the Teen Company opening on May 11th and closing on May 20th....
RUMOUR HAS IT at Riverside Theatres
by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2017 Following standing ovations across the country including acclaimed seasons at Sydney Opera House, Melbourne's Hamer Hall and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Australia's smash hit stage spectacular, Rumour Has It, will be performed at Riverside Theatres on 17th February 2017....
THIS MAN RIGHT HERE Set for Camden Fringe Festival
by Nora Dominick - August 01, 2016 This Man Right Here is a provocative play which asks whether modern men deserve our sympathy, our condemnation, or both....
Photo Coverage: SIGNIFICANT OTHER Takes Opening Night Broadway Bows!
by Walter McBride - March 03, 2017 Meet Jordan Berman. He's single. And he has a date with a co-worker to see a documentary about the Franco-Prussian war. At least, he thinks it's a date. Significant Other follows Jordan and his three closest friends as they navigate love, friendship and New York in the twenty-something years....
BWW Review: THE SECRETS at Beit Lessin Theatre
by Ronit Suzan - November 14, 2017 With a new story inspired by the internationally praised movie The Secrets, Beit Lessin Theatre premiered a new play under the same name, directed by Kfir Azulay....
Photo Coverage: Inside the LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES' Opening Night Arrivals
by Walter McBride - October 31, 2016 BroadwayWorld was at opening night catching all of the arrivals before the show. Check out the photos below!...
West Coast Premiere of WITH MY EYES SHUT Comes to the Hollywood Fringe Festival
by Stephi Wild - April 29, 2018 From the award winning producer of Fifty Shades of Shrew and Must Be Comfortable With, comes the West Coast Premiere of With My Eyes Shut by Kira Rockwell....
Photo Flash: First Look at Hope Theatre's HER ACHING HEART
by Roy Tan - December 03, 2016 4 and 5 star reviews continue to float across the media as critics and audiences alike praise The Hope Theatre's 25th anniversary in-house production of Bryony Lavery's hilarious Mill's and Boon pastiche 'Her Aching Heart' since curtains rose on the 29th November....
Ripe Time Makes 'Next Wave' Debut with Haruki Murakami's SLEEP Tonight at BAM
by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2017 BAM presents the New York premiere of Haruki Murakami's Sleep, from Brooklyn-based theater company Ripe Time in their Next Wave debut, running tonight, November 29, through December 2, 2017.... |