BWW Reviews: FATHERS AND SONS, Donmar Warehouse, June 10 2014
by Adrian Bradley - June 11, 2014 The rift between old and new generations is put under the microscope in Brian Friel's FATHERS AND SONS, an adaption of the 19th century Russian novel of the same name. In this new production at London's tiny Donmar Warehouse a fantastic company pull out the wit and emotion in an otherwise philosophi...
Belgrade Theatre Announces Autumn Season: THE PRODIGALS, CHARLIE PEACE & More!
by Tyler Peterson - July 05, 2013 This autumn Coventry's Belgrade Theatre is producing four new shows, including The Prodigals: A Man Had Two Sons, Charlie Peace: His Amazing Life and Astounding Legend, its annual pantomime, which this year is Jack and the Beanstalk and its new B2 Xmas Show Oh No It Isn't! The theatre is also restag...
ESPN to Exclusively Air WBC World Heavyweight Championship Fight, 5/10
by Caryn Robbins - March 25, 2014 ESPN will exclusively televise the 12-round World Boxing Council (WBC) World Heavyweight Championship fight and rematch between top-rated contenders Bermane 'B. Ware' Stiverne and Chris 'The Nightmare' Arreola....
Kevin Corrigan, Bob Glaudini to Star in World Premiere of NINTH AND JOANIE
by Harmony Wheeler - February 22, 2012 Labyrinth Theater Company (Co-Artistic Directors Stephen Adly Guirgis, Mimi O'Donnell, Yul Vazquez and Managing Director, Danny Feldman) announced today the creative team and initial casting for the World Premiere production of Ninth and Joanie, written by Brett C. Leonard and directed by Mark Wing-...
Nuno Silva Takes A DARKER SHADE OF FADO on Tour; Stops in London Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 01, 2014 NUNO SILVA is a highly individual artist whose career spans contemporary dance, classical opera, fado singing and West End musicals. Known to dance audiences for his muscular physicality and fine fado singing - particularly as the prodigal son in Arthur Pita's 'God's Garden' - and to West End audien...
Minnesota Dance Theatre & The Dance Institute Presents a Master Class with DANIEL ULBRICHT, 6/13
by BWW News Desk - June 02, 2014 DANIEL ULBRICHT is a principal dancer with New York City Ballet and the founder and director of Stars of the American Ballet, a company that tours nationally and internationally and is devoted to presenting high caliber dancer performances and offering educational and outreach programs....
Playwright Lisa Monde Presents a Historical Drama Set in 15th Century Paris
by Robert Diamond - January 27, 2013 He is best known for his "Testaments" and his "Ballade des Pendus". Born in poverty in Paris in 1431, Francois Villon was known to be a person of unrestricting life and even had a reckless way of living common among the wilder youth of the University of Paris. Thus, playwright and author Lisa Monde ...
New York City Ballet Adds SWAN LAKE Performance to February Schedule
by Kelsey Denette - January 28, 2011 New York City Ballet announced today that due to popular demand the Company will add a performance of Peter Martins' full-length production of Swan Lake to its 2011 winter performance calendar....
Joffrey Ballet Announces 2014-2015 Season - SWAN LAKE, THE MAN IN BLACK and More
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2014 Ashley Wheater, Artistic Director of The Joffrey Ballet, announces programming for the company's 2014-15 season celebrating 20 years of the Joffrey calling Chicago home. The 2014-15 anniversary season features both company favorites and a slate of eight premieres....
Elephant Theatre Company Presents LITTLE FLOWER OF EAST ORANGE, 11/6-12/19
by BWW News Desk - December 19, 2010 Following the much acclaimed west coast premiere production of Parasite Drag by Mark Roberts, the Elephant Theatre Company concludes its 14th season with the west coast premiere of The Little Flower of East Orange by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by Elephant artistic director David Fofi. Performa...
James Conlon to Conduct MetOpera's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Begin. 10/11
by Tyler Peterson - September 12, 2013 Conductor James Conlon returns to the Metropolitan Opera to lead a revival of Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream in commemoration of the 2013 Britten centenary, with six performances beginning Friday, October 11, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. The 1996 production by Tim Albery returns to the Met after ...
NYCB Launches New York City Ballet Moves, Debuts 7/31
by Nicole Rosky - January 10, 2011 Peter Martins, Ballet Master in Chief of the New York City Ballet, announced today that the Company will launch a new performance group called New York City Ballet Moves during the summer of 2011. Consisting of a small group of artists from the full company, New York City Ballet Moves will provide a...
Matthew Blackwel Picklelilly Exhibition Set for 10/17-11/30 at Edward Thorp Gallery
by Robert Diamond - October 11, 2013 Matthew Blackwel Picklelilly is set for October 17 through November 30, 2013. Picklelilly will be Matt Blackwell's fifth solo show at the Edward Thorp Gallery and will include recent mixed media paintings and sculpture....
New York City Ballet Adds SWAN LAKE Performance to February Schedule
by Kelsey Denette - January 28, 2011 New York City Ballet announced today that due to popular demand the Company will add a performance of Peter Martins' full-length production of Swan Lake to its 2011 winter performance calendar....
Two Willies and OJ Ryan Kick Off February At Roscommon Arts Centre
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2011 The Roscommon Arts Centre will host two captivating shows this February. First, local comedians The Two Willies will reprise their sell-out show 'Funny Side Up' on Friday, February 5th. Then, OJ Ryan's play 'Bad Faith' will be performed from Thursday, February 17th to Saturday, February 19th....
TNT to Develop TV Series Based on Deen Koontz's FRANKENSTEIN
by Caryn Robbins - October 17, 2012 Deadline reports that TNT is currently developing a new TV series inspired by Dean Koontz's FRANKENSTEIN book series. The network will partner with the father/son team of James V. Hart and Jake Hart in adapting a pilot screenplay....
THE LITTLE FLOWER OF EAST ORANGE Extends At The Lillian Theatre Thru 1/15
by BWW News Desk - January 15, 2011 THE LITTLE FLOWER OF EAST ORANGEby Stephen Adly Guirgis Directed by David Fofi WEST COAST PREMIERE presented by Elephant Theatre Company...
Simon Bowman to Star in Belgrade Theatre's New Musical THE PRODIGALS; Full Cast Announced!
by Tyler Peterson - June 17, 2013 Coventry's Belgrade Theatre has announced that acclaimed West End actor Simon Bowman will star in its new musical The Prodigals: A Man Had Two Sons, which is running on the Main Stage from Fri 30 Aug to Sat 14 Sept....
Gillian Wright to Star in STEVEN BERKOFF'S RELIGION & ANARCHY at Jermyn Street; Cast Announced!
by BWW News Desk - August 15, 2013 The cast of a season of short plays by maverick writer, director and actor Steven Berkoff has been announced. Fresh from her departure from Eastenders as Jean Slater, Gillian Wright will star, with Anthony Barclay, Lucy Hollis, Tom Lincoln and Clive Mendus. The season will present five world premier...
Nuno Silva Takes A DARKER SHADE OF FADO on Tour; Stops in London, May 1 & 16
by BWW News Desk - April 22, 2014 NUNO SILVA is a highly individual artist whose career spans contemporary dance, classical opera, fado singing and West End musicals. Known to dance audiences for his muscular physicality and fine fado singing - particularly as the prodigal son in Arthur Pita's 'God's Garden' - and to West End audien...
Ben Vereen Brings BROADWAY AND BEYOND to NJPAC, 11/15
by Kelsey Denette - November 08, 2012 Two-time Tony Award winner and Theater Hall of Fame inductee Ben Vereen will bring his one-man show -- a timeless and intimate journey through the Broadway songbook - to NJPAC's Victoria Theater on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 1 p.m. ...
Nuno Silva Takes A DARKER SHADE OF FADO on Tour; Stops in London Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 01, 2014 NUNO SILVA is a highly individual artist whose career spans contemporary dance, classical opera, fado singing and West End musicals. Known to dance audiences for his muscular physicality and fine fado singing - particularly as the prodigal son in Arthur Pita's 'God's Garden' - and to West End audien...
Atlantic Arts Foundation and Harlem Opera Theater to Present Britten's THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE, 5/12
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2014 On May 12, 2014, The Atlantic Arts Foundation, with the artistic collaboration of Harlem Opera Theater, presents Benjamin Britten's The Burning Fiery Furnace, with the generous support of MasterCard and Citi. One of Britten's famed "Parables for Church Performance," this one-hour opera in English wi...
Principal Dancer Irina Dvorovenko to Give Final Performance with American Ballet Theatre, 5/18
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2013 Irina Dvorovenko, a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre since 2000, will give her final performance with the Company on May 18, 2013 at the Metropolitan Opera House in the role of Tatiana in Onegin. Dvorovenko will dance opposite Cory Stearns in the role of Eugene Onegin....
Yvonne Mounsey - A Farewell and an Appreciation
by Barnett Serchuk - December 11, 2012 2012 marked the passing of Yvonne Mounsey at the age of 93, a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and the founder of the Westside School of Ballet in Santa Monica, probably one of the finest dancing institutions in the United States.... |