BWW Reviews: Love! Sex! Torture! The Met's TOSCA Has Everything (Great Music, Too)
by Richard Sasanow - November 04, 2013 Maybe next time around, the Metropolitan Opera's General Manager Peter Gelb will hire film director Quentin Tarantino to do a production of Puccini's TOSCA. With its sordid story, self-involved diva and torture-happy, sex-crazed police chief--based on a Sarah Bernhardt vehicle by Victorien Sardou--t...
STYLE POP with Jeannie Mai and Louise Roe to Debut on Style, 6/6
by Tyler Peterson - May 22, 2013 Style Media premieres its first-ever live, weekly topical series 'Style Pop' on Thursday, June 6 at 8:00 pm ET/tape delay PT. Hosted by style guru Jeannie Mai and fashion maven Louise Roe, this half-hour series will go behind the fashion lines and in front of the latest trends in fashion and pop cul...
NBC Tops Competition with AGT and DNC Coverage
by Caryn Robbins - September 07, 2012 NBC (7.22 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.0, #1) took home top honors with a special Thursday edition of AMERICA'S GOT TALENT (7.60 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.8, #4) followed by its two-hour 'NBC News Special' (7.03 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.1, #2)....
SOUND OFF: SMASH Casts Its Marilyn
by Pat Cerasaro - February 14, 2012 Last night, SMASH cast Marilyn Monroe in the big Broadway musical based on her life at the show's center. Or, did they? While Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) may have done whatever it took to make an impression on the show's lothario director, Derek (Jack Davenport), it was Ivy's long-standing friendship wit...
BWW Recap: Dunphys Deal with an Eyesore of a Boat, & More, on MODERN FAMILY
by Matt Smith - January 15, 2015 In the Dunphy household, Claire vows to fight back against new neighbors Ronnie and Amber, for parking their boat—which she calls an “eyesore”—in their driveway. When she and Phil go to see them about the issue, and they don't back down, Phil calls his father (Fred Willard), and a few of Frank's fri...
BWW Reviews: Theatre 40 Stages a Richly Intelligent EDUCATING RITA
by Don Grigware - May 27, 2014 When I first saw the film of Educating Rita in the early 80s I was captivated by Julie Walters. It made the Brit actress an international star. Now at Theatre 40 Willy Russell's play Educating Rita receives a handsome staging with another captivating beauty Murielle Zuker. It's a two-character play ... 
2018/2019 at Pittsburgh Public Theater Welcomes New Artistic Director, Marya Sea Kaminski
by A.A. Cristi - February 28, 2018 Pittsburgh Public Theater's new Artistic Director, Marya Sea Kaminski, has assembled a collection of plays - some epic and timeless, others fresh and intimate - that invite us into the idea of home. These characters search for where they belong, who they love, and how they make a place for their fam...
ABC Wins Thursday Ratings Race With WIPEOUT Special
by Caryn Robbins - July 27, 2012 ABC (6.41 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.9, #1) pulled in front on Thursday with a special two-hour WIPEOUT (6.74 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.2, #T1) and a new 'Rookie Blue'....
BWW Reviews: DOGFIGHT Fails to Live Up to Beck-Baldwin Wallace Past Productions
by Roy Berko - February 25, 2015 Beck Center for the Arts and Baldwin Wallace's Musical Theatre Program have, for the past four years, collaborated to produce some outstanding productions. CARRIE, SPRING AWAKENING and NEXT TO NORMAL all received Cleveland Critic Circle and Times Tribute recognitions....
Finborough Theatre Presents ALL GOOD MEN, Now thru May 14
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2012 The Finborough Theatre presents the first UK production in nearly 40 years of Trevor Griffiths' All Good Men, last seen at the Young Vic in a production by the National Theatre in 1975, and opening at the Finborough Theatre for a limited run of eight Sunday and Monday evening performances tonight, 2...
BWW Review: LIFE SUCKS at Lookingglass … or does it?
by Teresa Budasi - October 03, 2016 Lookingglass Theatre's season opener, the ironically life-affirming LIFE SUCKS, might as well have been titled 'Love Sucks,' because every character's issues stem from that all-encompassing drive to connect with the person with whom they think completes them....
Steep Theatre's 14th Season to Feature Regional Premieres and Directors Jonathan Berrie, Joanie Schultz, and Robin Witt
by Louisa Brady - August 05, 2014 Steep Theatre's upcoming Fourteenth Season features a slate of four premieres directed by a lineup of Chicago's hottest directors. Steep Artistic Associates Jonathan Berry, Joanie Schultz, and Robin Witt, who have accounted for some of Steep's most memorable shows in recent years, return home to di...
Photo Flash: First Look at Tim Flavin, Lizzy Cundy and More in West End's WAG! THE MUSICAL
by Christina Mancuso - July 24, 2013 Peter Frosdick Productions and Paul Nicholas present the West End premiere of WAG! The Musical, with Book by Belvedere Pashun and Music & Lyrics by Grant Martin, Thomas Giron-Towers and Tony Bayliss. The show will star Olivier Award-winner Tim Flavin and will feature a special guest appearance by Ar...
Demi Lovato to Perform at MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS Pre-Show
by Caryn Robbins - August 28, 2012 MTV announced today that singer-songwriter superstar Demi Lovato will kick things off with a live performance of her top five hit 'Give Your Heart A Break' in front of hundreds of screaming fans at the '2012 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS PRE-SHOW, presented by State Farm(R) on Thursday, September 6 at 7:0...
BWW Book Reviews: SMUT
by Michael T. Mooney - December 28, 2012 Fans of playwright Alan Bennett were no doubt excited to hear his new play PEOPLE a late entry to this year's National Theatre's schedule and due to be broadcast worldwide on NT Live. But in the meantime, whet your appetite for Bennett's insightful eye for character by reading SMUT. As the title sug...
Robin Roberts, Tim Gunn to Host ABC's OSCARS RED CARPET LIVE, 2/26
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2012 Robin Roberts, Tim Gunn, Louise Roe, Jess Cagle and Nina Garcia will host OSCARS RED CARPET LIVE for the 84th Academy Awards, pre-show executive producers Charlie Haykel and Juliane Hare announced today. In the hour immediately preceding the ceremony, 'Oscars Red Carpet Live' will be the only broadc...
CBS Wins Thursday Night Ratings in a 'BIG' Way
by Caryn Robbins - July 20, 2012 CBS once again won the ratings race thanks to a mix of THE BIG BANG THEORY and BIG BROTHER. The network (6.53 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.8, #1) was Thursday's top draw in total viewers and demos....
NBC Sets EMMY Red Carpet Special
by Tyler Peterson - July 11, 2014 NBC has scheduled the half-hour live program '66th Primetime Emmy Red Carpet Special' immediately preceding the network's three-hour broadcast of the Emmy Awards....
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - The CW's REMODELED Premieres 1/17
by Caryn Robbins - December 09, 2011 New reality series REMODELED will now have a special premiere on Tuesday, January 17 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET), following the return of 90210 (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET). The REMODELED premiere will then be rebroadcast on Wednesday, January 18 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET) and Friday, January 20 (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET). The ...
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - The CW's REMODELED Premieres 1/17
by Caryn Robbins - December 09, 2011 New reality series REMODELED will now have a special premiere on Tuesday, January 17 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET), following the return of 90210 (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET). The REMODELED premiere will then be rebroadcast on Wednesday, January 18 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET) and Friday, January 20 (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET). The ...
NBC's 2012 Olympics Coverage Brings in Another 35 Million
by TV News Desk - August 03, 2012 What follows are the highlights of the 13 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night, August 2, 2012....
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - The CW's REMODELED Premieres Tonight
by TV News Desk - January 17, 2012 New reality series REMODELED will now have a special premiere on Tuesday, January 17 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET), following the return of 90210 (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET). The REMODELED premiere will then be rebroadcast on Wednesday, January 18 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET) and Friday, January 20 (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET). The ...
BWW Review: Exhibits Teenage Angst BARE: A POP OPERA
by Kimberly Moy - July 01, 2016 The Summer of teenage angsty themed musicals continues with BARE: A POP OPERA. It is one of those shows that never quite made it to Broadway, the closest being an off-Broadway run in 2004, but still has a cultish fan base. It is also a regional favorite with productions as far as the Philippines and... 
BWW Review: I Got MURDERED TO DEATH by John Carroll Theater's Hilarious 1930's Style Murder Mystery
by David Edward Perry - November 25, 2017 This 1930's style comedy/murder myster features a slew of quirky characters that get tossed into a 'whodunit' during a dinner party at a ritzy estate in the English countryside. As each character arrives, motives, backstories and weapons are revealed, gradually setting up the path for one of the din...
Royal Court Theatre Announces 60th Season - Six World Premieres, Five UK Productions and More!
by Christina Mancuso - October 12, 2015 · In 2016 the Royal Court Theatre celebrates its 60th birthday by looking towards the future. The new season includes six world premieres, five UK and worldwide collaborations, one European premiere, a major collaboration with LIFT, a partnership with Picturehouse Cinemas, the return of Open... |
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