SUNSET BABY and REDWOOD CURTAIN Set for Primal Forces' 2nd Season
by Carol Kassie - October 21, 2014 Primal Forces Productions has chosen two entertaining and thought provoking pieces for its second season. The young company's successful production of David Mamet's The Anarchist in March of 2014 has encouraged producer Keith Garsson to continue its mission to 'explore the impact of the tumultuous ...
Firehouse Theatre Presents WAIT UNTIL DARK, Now thru 10/18
by BWW News Desk - September 18, 2014 Susy Hendrix lives her life in the dark... but she's about to find out just how dark it can get. This fallFirehouse Theatrepresents the thriller from the author of Dial 'M' for Murder, Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott. Directed by Helen Hayes Award winner and Richmond Theatre Critics Circle Award ...
Rock Guitarist Jeff Beck Comes to Kentucky Center Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2015 Legendary rock guitarist Jeff Beck has had one of the most influential careers in Rock history. His inimitable combination of primal shredding and cool perfectionism has earned eight Grammy awards, wide critical praise, and two inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Beck will be performing ...
Rock Guitarist Jeff Beck Comes to Kentucky Center, 5/12
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2015 Legendary rock guitarist Jeff Beck has had one of the most influential careers in Rock history. His inimitable combination of primal shredding and cool perfectionism has earned eight Grammy awards, wide critical praise, and two inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Beck will be performing ...
Staircase Theatre Opens HUNTER GATHERERS Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 30, 2014 Staircase Theatre presents the Canadian premiere of Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's wickedly funny play, Hunter Gatherers. Directed by Vancouver theatre veteran Ryan Gladstone, Hunter Gatherers is a darkly comic evening where the line between the civilized and the primal is blurred and where not everyone wil...
Reverend Horton Heat to Play the Fox Theatre This Winter
by BWW News Desk - September 10, 2015 Z2 Entertainment is proud to present Reverend Horton Heat with Special Guests The Bell Rays & The Lords of Altamont at the Fox Theatre on Thursday, December 17th, 2015....
JD McPherson to Play Fox Theatre, 11/14
by Tyler Peterson - July 01, 2015 Z2 Entertainment will present JD McPherson with Special Guests at the Fox Theatre on Saturday, November 14th, 2015. Tickets are on sale now for $18 advanced or $20 day of show....
THE BACCHANAL Comes to The Lula Lounge for Halloween
by BWW News Desk - October 29, 2015 THE BACCHANAL is the new Halloween tradition created by Toronto's 'Atomic Bomb inside your Heart' and award-winning choreographer Pastel Supernova. It is a perfect escape into the mythical world of ancient creatures and the unique Love Letters Cabaret performance....
Breaking String Theater Co. to Present Chekhov's GUSEV, 8/13-29
by Tyler Peterson - July 16, 2015 Breaking String Theater Co. (Austin, TX) is proud to present Gusev, by Anton Chekhov, adapted and directed by Graham Schmidt at Salvage Vanguard Theater, August 13 - 29....
Japan's Kodo Drummers Coming to Sony Centre For The Performing Arts in 2015
by Tyler Peterson - October 07, 2014 For the first time in four years, Japan's world famous Kodo Drummers return to Toronto! Tickets are on sale now for its groundbreaking new show Kodo One Earth Tour: Mystery, which runs one night only - Thursday, March 12, 2015 @ 8pm - at the Sony Centre For The Performing Arts, presented by Hammond ...
Luna Theater's Opens Season with QUILLS Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 25, 2014 Luna Theater Company's 13th 'Season of Seduction', commences with the darkly comic QUILLS by Doug Wright, tonight, October 25-November 15; followed by CLOSER by Patrick Marber, January 17 - February 7; and concludes with RASHOMON by Ryunosuke Akutagawa (adapted by Fay & Michael Kanin from the screen...
Primal Forces Productions' REDWOOD CURTAIN to Benefit South Broward Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8195
by Carol Kassie - March 27, 2015 Landford Wilson's Redwood Curtain is a thought-provoking exploration of memories - of families, of secrets, and of war - set in the towering redwood forests of Northern California. The play stunned 1992 Broadway audiences with its unique spin on a Vietnam veteran and the mysterious young Asian woman...
Linda Eder Releases First Solo Concert CD 'LindaLIVE the Concert Recording'
by Caryn Robbins - September 25, 2014 Recorded live by Joel Moss at the state of the art recording hall, Zankel Music Center, in Saratoga, NY, LindaLIVE marks Linda Eder's first ever solo, live concert CD....
Richard Gere Says Playing Gay in Original BENT on Broadway 'Was Not Dangerous at All'
by Sally Henry - August 02, 2015 Gay roles on Broadway may be more than acceptable in 2015, but what kind of judgement was passed on such roles in the '70s? Regardless, Richard Gere didn't feel unsafe when he played gay in the original Broadway production of BENT in 1979....
Playhouse Creatures Theatre to Present HUNTER GATHERERS, 3/3-28
by Tyler Peterson - February 04, 2015 PLAYHOUSE CREATURES THEATRE has announced that it will present HUNTER GATHERERS, a black comedy about an annual dinner party that blurs the line between civilized and primal man, March 3 - March 28 at the Duo Theatre, 62 East 4th St. 2nd floor. Written by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb and directed by Eric T...
Third Rail Rep to Screen National Theatre Live's EVERYMAN, 7/19
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2015 BAFTA winner and Academy Award nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor ( 12 Years a Slave) takes the title role in this dynamic new production of one of English drama's oldest plays, directed by the National Theatre's new Director Rufus Norris ( Broken, London Road). Third Rail Repertory Theatre presents National ...
VIDEO: Caroll Spinney, SESAME STREET's Big Bird, Spoofs BIRDMAN
by TV News Desk - February 20, 2015 In the video below, Caroll Spinney (playing himself and the voice of Big Bird) brings a SESAME STREET twist to the Oscar-nominated film BIRDMAN in the parody 'BIG BIRDMAN, described as: 'A veteran puppeteer, who plays an avian icon, battles his ego and attempts to find his way back to a certain furr...
Futurebirds to Play Fox Theatre, 4/7
by Tyler Peterson - February 12, 2015 Z2 Entertainment will present Futurebirds with Special Guests at the Fox Theatre on Tuesday, April 7th, 2015. Tickets are on sale February 13th for $10 advanced or $12 day of show....
TV: Meet the Cast of ONE DAY Musical- Plus a Performance Sneak Peek!
by Nicole Rosky - January 29, 2015 Producers Big Block Entertainment/Scott Prisand & Jamie Bendell (Heathers: The Musical) and Carl Levin (Rock of Ages) present the new pop-rock musical ONE DAY, making its New York premiere this spring for a limited engagement at the innovative downtown performance space 3LD Art & Technology Center. ...
Staircase Theatre to Stage HUNTER GATHERERS, Oct 30-Nov 15
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2014 Staircase Theatre presents the Canadian premiere of Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's wickedly funny play, Hunter Gatherers. Directed by Vancouver theatre veteran Ryan Gladstone, Hunter Gatherers is a darkly comic evening where the line between the civilized and the primal is blurred and where not everyone wil...
KODO ONE EARTH TOUR: MYSTERY Kicks Off in Bellingham 1/28
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2015 Kodo One Earth Tour: Mystery, the second work created by artistic director Tamasaburo Bando, revered kabuki icon and a National Living Treasure of Japan, will tour to 29 venues across the U.S. and Canada from January through March 2015. The tour kicks off on Wednesday, January 28 at Mount Baker The...
Hoop Alchemy For Performance Hosts Free Workshops, Beg. Today
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2014 Remember as a kid that hula-hoop that everyone tried to swing around their waist as many times as possible? Well, it is back, but this time for a therapeutic advantage. Hoop Alchemy For Performance is an amazing new means of helping actors; dancers and other performers overcome any obstacles in the ...
BWW Reviews: Casey Smith Gets Off AT SOME POINT IN THE PROCESS OF THE END OF THE WORLD
by Gil Kaan - March 23, 2015 More of a performance art piece than a play, Casey Smith masters an hour of mimed sketches timed with complementing video projections by Dustin Hughes. Not for the prude at heart, Smith performs a handful (pun intended) of explicit sexual miming, mimics loads of scat and vomit humor, and administers...
The Sony Centre For The Performing Arts Presents KODO ONE EARTH TOUR: MYSTERY, 3/12
by BWW News Desk - December 16, 2014 Japan's world famous Kodo Drummers return to Toronto after four long years! A perfect holiday gift idea for the whole family, tickets are on sale now for Kodo's new groundbreaking show: Kodo One Earth Tour: Mystery, which runs one night only - Thursday, March 12, 2015 @ 8pm - at the Sony Centre For ...
VIDEO: Caroll Spinney, SESAME STREET's Big Bird, Spoofs BIRDMAN
by TV News Desk - February 20, 2015 In the video below, Caroll Spinney (playing himself and the voice of Big Bird) brings a SESAME STREET twist to the Oscar-nominated film BIRDMAN in the parody 'BIG BIRDMAN, described as: 'A veteran puppeteer, who plays an avian icon, battles his ego and attempts to find his way back to a certain furr... |