Lopez, Harold, et al. Featured in New CW Programmimg
by Nicole Rosky - May 20, 2011 As recently announced by the CW Network, next year's season line-up is set to feature numerous stage veterans, including: Marion Lopez, Scott Porter, and Gale Harold. Check out he full CW Fall schedule below!...
CW's PLAIN JANE Premieres 7/28
by BWW News Desk - July 28, 2010 The CW has announced the premiere of the new life-changing reality series, PLAIN JANE, on Wednesday, July 28 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET). ...
BIG BROTHER Powers CBS to Top Ratings Spot
by Caryn Robbins - August 24, 2012 CBS (6.21 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.8, #1) was the top draw on Thursday with its mix of 'The Big Bang Theory' (7.55 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.1, #2), 'Two and a Half Men' (6.24 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.7, #T3), 'BIG BROTHER 14' (6.36 million viewers, #2; adults 18-4...
GYPSY OF THE MONTH: Vince Pesce of 'The Pajama Game'
by Adrienne Onofri - April 03, 2006 He's got steam heat...and a burgeoning career as a choreographer....
My Oh Mai
by Daniel Collins - April 25, 2010 One gains an interesting perspective on a play based on Sophocles' 'Electra' when one watches in the company of a Greek. The angst, anger, and adultery that run through 'The Mai' are certainly appropriate, but where's the bloody body? If a play finds its roots in a Greek tragedy, somebody has to die...
BWW Reviews: Arizona Rose Theatre's RAINMAKER
by Jeanmarie Simpson - February 04, 2013 'I tried to tell a simple story about droughts that happen to people, and about faith. I tried to say that belief in a forked stick is sweet in an eight-year-old but a grownup has to find his magic in the rites of daily living. I tried to protest that the dreamers who are fugitive from the world hav...
The CW Announces 2012 Midseason Debuts
by Caryn Robbins - November 03, 2011 The CW Network announced today midseason plans for the 2011-2012 season, including the final 13 episodes of ONE TREE HILL, the series premiere of REMODELED and the return of original episodes across the schedule, starting Thursday, January 5 with THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and THE SECRET CIRCLE....
NOT ENOUGH BEAUTY IN KIDDIE MUSICAL 'SLEEPING UGLY'
by Bradley A. Rose - May 26, 2006 Griffin Theatre Company's first world premiere musical is an adaptation of Jane Yolen's book Sleeping Ugly playing at the Theatre Building in Chicago. ...
Kim Kardashian Gets 'Punk'd' by Ashton Kutcher on MTV Tonight, 6/3
by TV News Desk - June 03, 2012 MTV today announced that Kim Kardashian and Drake will receive a special punking from the master himself, Ashton Kutcher on an all-new episode of 'Punk'd' that will air tonight, June 3, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT as a part of the '2012 MTV Movie Awards Punk'd Pre-Party.'...
Review Roundup: DEAD ACCOUNTS Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
by Review Roundups - November 29, 2012 DEAD ACCOUNTS, the new comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien, stars two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes. Dead Accounts also stars Judy Greer, Josh Hamilton, and two-time Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell. Th...
NBC Summer Games Coverage Still Dominate But Fall to Primetime Low
by Caryn Robbins - August 10, 2012 NBC (22.40 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 6.8, #1) was still the network to beat on Thursday as its '2012 Summer Olympics' (22.40 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 6.8, #1) coverage fell to a primetime low....
Olivier Winner Tim Flavin to Star in WAG! THE MUSICAL in the West End, July 18-Aug 24
by BWW News Desk - April 17, 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 apperance by Ari...
Style Announces April 2013 Programming Highlights
by Caryn Robbins - March 25, 2013 STYLE announces APRIL 2013 PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS!...
Everything's Coming Up Patti: A Review of Ravinia's Gypsy
by Joseph F. Panarello - August 14, 2006 For many years the theater community wondered why Tony Award wining actress Patti LuPone had never been cast as Mama Rose in the various revivals of the legendary musical GYPSY...Finally, the part and the actress were brought together at Ravinia's Music Festival and the results surpassed expectation...
Glamour Magazine Editor Louise Roe Named New Host of NBC's FASHION STAR
by Caryn Robbins - October 23, 2012 NBC has named TV host and fashion journalist Louise Roe (Glamour magazine, Fashion Editor-at-Large) as the new host of its reality competition series FASHION STAR for its second season....
BWW Reviews: New Line Theatre Presents Powerful and Provocative BARE: A POP OPERA
by Harrison Kaplan - June 06, 2011 At a time in our history when gay teens are committing suicide at an astoundingly high rate, a show like BARE: A POP OPERA shines a bright and important light on their struggles to deal with their difficulties in coping with accepting, and be accepted, for who they are. There are no easy answers to ...
JANE EYRE Set for The Masquerade Theatre, 5/14-5/23
by BWW News Desk - April 02, 2010 The Masquerade Theatre presents Jane Eyre from May 14th - 16th and 21st - 23rd. ...
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...
Lopez, Harold, et al. Featured in New CW Programmimg
by Nicole Rosky - May 20, 2011 As recently announced by the CW Network, next year's season line-up is set to feature numerous stage veterans, including: Marion Lopez, Scott Porter, and Gale Harold. Check out he full CW Fall schedule below!...
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'....
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...
CW's PLAIN JANE Premieres 7/28
by Charlie Piane - June 03, 2010 The CW has announced the premiere of the new life-changing reality series, PLAIN JANE, on Wednesday, July 28 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET). ...
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... |