![]() by Jaime Uranovsky - October 21, 2023 OF LOSS: HANDLE WITH CARE interrogates the ramifications of the continued exhibition of stolen African artefacts in museums around the globe. What consequences does this have on the collective and individual psyches of African people and communities? What would restitution look like? Is it even poss... ![]() by Alexander Cohen - November 14, 2022 There is a growing trend of operas drawing inspiration from and working alongside the contemporary theatre world. Whether it is collaborations or borrowing ideas, in these tempestuous times for the performing arts our artistic ecosystem inevitably grows richer as a result.... ![]() by Marianka Swain - March 28, 2019 Debbie Kurup's extensive musical theatre experience ranges from Chicago, West Side Story and Sister Act to originating roles in Girl from the North Country and The Bodyguard. She's currently playing taxi dancer Helene in Cy Coleman, Neil Simon and Dorothy Fields' Sweet Charity - the farewell prod... ![]() by Kat Mokrynski - June 10, 2024 Written by Emlyn Williams in 1950, Accolade tells the fictional story of an accomplished writer named Will Trenting (Ayden Callaghan) who finds the world he has built falling apart in front of him as a secret from the past comes to haunt him. The production, directed by Sean Mathias, is part of Math... ![]() by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 10, 2020 The Atlanta Opera will launch the new year with a new mainstage production of Salome, Richard Strauss's still unsettling 1905 take on Oscar Wilde's twisted biblical tale of incest, seduction and power (Jan 25, 28, 31; Feb 2).... ![]() by Stephi Wild - June 26, 2023 A British Bollywood musical following the story of a young British South Asian woman who is thrust into the dazzling bright lights of the biggest film industry in the world. As Frankie embarks on her colourful journey to stardom, she begins to discover all that glitters is not gold. But how much of ... ![]() by Anne Marie Scalies - October 15, 2018 Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show has become a staple at The Bucks County Playhouse. Year after year, director Hunter Foster restages this cult classic that brings audiences in by the car load. A night mixed with theatre lovers as well as committed fans of both the movie, 'The Rocky Horror P... ![]() by Josh Sharpe - October 09, 2024 After the release of the brutally raw “Bonehead,” Frankie and the Witch Fingers continue to preview their new music by sharing the double AA side single, “i-Candy.' Listen to it now!... ![]() by Michael Major - January 29, 2024 Playing on the classic nursery rhyme, ATARASHII GAKKO! is at a crossroads - literally, figuratively - and sing about powering through life's trials and tribulations one step at a time. The accompanying, colorful, high-octane music video pays homage to elements of Japanese youth culture and ends with... ![]() by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 13, 2020 Experimental Bitch has announced Bitchin' Collabs' first public sharing on August 5th, featuring new works by Amara Brady, Aizzah Fatima, and Julie Piñero. Bitchin' Collabs is a new residency program supporting femme POC artists in the development of dynamic, interdisciplinary works-in-progress over... ![]() by A.A. Cristi - March 10, 2023 Spirited and earthy Folk songstress Amber Ikeman recently released her inspirational new EP called 'Wild and Uneven' (produced by Amber and Aaron Howard).... ![]() by Jon Bee - December 11, 2021 The holidays always come with baggage. Winter events, gift giving, and family gatherings can quickly devolve into mayhem among the twinkling lights that line every streetlamp and window sill. Though, Arvada Center's current holiday production of Elf provides it's own sense of pandemonium.... ![]() by A.A. Cristi - April 19, 2019 “If I feel this way, there have to be 10 million other people who feel this way.” With this deceptively simple reflection, young songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Grace Gaustad has tapped into that elusive organic formula of the human heart that is the recipe for timeless songwriting with the p... ![]() by Perry Tannenbaum - November 29, 2024 While Marc Shaiman's score often sounds effortful in striving to make SOME LIKE IT HOT what it was in the first place—a musical with cherry-picked hits for Marilyn Monroe to sing—the book by Matthew Lopez and Amber Ruffin helps the story and its main characters diversify and evolve. Director Casey N... ![]() by Stephi Wild - February 27, 2018 Baruch Performing Arts Center presents Heidi Latsky Dance in the New York City Premiere of D.I.S.P.L.A.Y.E.D. at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (25th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues), NYC on March 8, 9, and 10, 2018 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $21 ($10 for for Students with... ![]() by A.A. Cristi - February 01, 2023 Beck Center for the Arts will display The Body Rock, an exhibition by visual artists who bring edge, awareness of their culture, and talent to their work.... ![]() by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 07, 2021 America Part Two is a NJ-based trio who utilizes their platform to journalize the experience of being a young adult in America today.... ![]() by Gil Kaan - May 09, 2018 SOFT POWER, the first collective creation of Tony Award winners David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori, will world premiere at the Ahmanson under the auspices of Center Theatre Group, in association with East West Players and the Curran, opening May 16, 2018. We had the wonderful opportunity to chat w... ![]() by A.A. Cristi - January 23, 2023 Rosa Faye Garland's Trash Salad has been announced as part of VAULT Festival 2023 at The Flair Ground @ The Forge, 31 Jan-1 Feb (20:30), 28 Feb-1 Mar (18:45).... ![]() by Cindy Marcolina - July 15, 2022 Jack Absolute Flies Again! Originally scheduled for the Spring of 2020, it took two years, a director change, and a cast reshuffling for the show to get off the ground. It finally lands at the Olivier in a flashy production that has very little substance. One wonders how such a play ended up on one ... ![]() by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 20, 2022 The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is well known as a place to discover 'the next big thing'. BWW reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue has listed her top newcomers who are bringing their debut hour to the festival.... ![]() by Matthew Paluch - November 07, 2024 Sadler’s Wells advertise The Rite of Spring / common ground[s] bill as “iconic” and I'm tempted to agree. It's rare that a programme can be so satisfying - two works so different yet complimentary, both steeped in power and intention. It's a night not to be missed that's for sure. ... ![]() by Jenna Fanelli - March 01, 2023 What did our critic think of 9 TO 5 at CM Performing Arts Center? Who doesn't love Dolly Parton? It seems that the cast and creative team of CM Performing Arts Center at the Noel S. Ruiz Theatre's production of 9 to 5 would agree with that sentiment, as their utter enjoyment and passion for the musi... ![]() by Aliya Al-Hassan - September 23, 2021 Rock of Ages, the brash rock musical, is back for another tour. The cheesy story of small-town girl Sherrie arriving on 1980s Sunset Strip to follow her dreams is full of stone-washed denim and bad hair. Unfortunately, it also remains full of chauvinism and boorish gags.... ![]() by A.A. Cristi - February 14, 2019 "Dangerous liaisons" is the overarching theme of The Atlanta Opera's landmark 40th anniversary season. From Puccini's Cio-Cio San to Rodriguez's Frida Kahlo, most of the featured protagonists share a propensity for self-destructive relationships that threaten to bring about their downfall.... |