The Flea Revives Controversial SOUTHERN PROMISES
by Julie Musbach - February 07, 2019 Provocateur Thomas Bradshaw revisits his incendiary 2008 play SOUTHERN PROMISES in a new production helmed by The Flea's Artistic Director, Niegel Smith. SOUTHERN PROMISES begins previews Monday, March 11 with opening night slated for Sunday, March 24....
BWW REVIEW:. BARBARA & THE CAMP DOGS, The Bold, Brash And Brilliant Must See Australian Work Returns For An Encore Season.
by Jade Kops - April 06, 2019 Following on from a successful 2017 premiere season, Ursula Yovich and Alana Valentine's BARBARA & THE CAMP DOGS returns to Belvoir for a second season....
Arts Centre Melbourne Presents The MISS BEHAVE GAME SHOW
by A.A. Cristi - November 13, 2018 Direct from Las Vegas, The Miss Behave Gameshow comes to Arts Centre Melbourne from 22 - 27 January 2019 with its chaotic brew of variety, competition and disco that has made it an international smash hit. Join Guinness World Record holder and one of the stars of Olivier Award-winning La Soiree, Mis...
Broadway Green Alliance's Fall Textile Collection Drive Announced
by A.A. Cristi - November 20, 2018 The Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) is sponsoring a textile drive on Wednesday, November 28th from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. in Duffy Square (46th Street between 7th Avenue and Broadway in Times Square). The collection drive is open to all shows, theatres, industry members, and fans in a collaborative ef...
Playhouse On The Square Gives Dystopian Reality Life With Regional Premiere
by Julie Musbach - April 04, 2019 The Circuit Playhouse, in partnership with Karen McCarthy and super sponsor Dr. Thomas Ratliff, present the Regional Premiere of the theatrical adaptation to George Orwell's formerly banned novel....
Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsals Of the World Premiere of ECO VILLAGE
by A.A. Cristi - January 11, 2019 The world premiere of the new off-Broadway play Eco Village has found its cast and design team. Loosely based on the experiences of playwrightPhoebe Nir at the Bread and Puppet Theater, Eco Village explores the complexities of community and the boundaries of human behavior. The show will play at The...
Victory Gardens Announces IGNITION Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - June 14, 2019 Victory Gardens Theater Artistic Director Chay Yew, Executive Director Erica Daniels and Director of New Play Development Skyler Gray announce the lineup for the 2019 IGNITION Festival of New Plays, including The Tasters by Meghan Brown; The Gradient by Steph Del Rosso; [hieroglyph] by Erika Dickers...
From Berlin To Palo Alto: Daniel Kahn Brings Klezmer-Punk To Town, Today
by BWW News Desk - November 15, 2018 The Oshman Family JCC presents Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird, a klezmer band from Berlin bringing Jewish punk cabaret into the modern day. The original radical Yiddish borderland bandits, the group offers the sound of 'Alienation Klezmer'-a unique mixture of traditional Jewish folk music, radical Y...
Ron Sossi Re-Visits Obie Award-Winning THE SERPENT 50 Years Later
by A.A. Cristi - January 31, 2020 Go ahead a?" take the apple. Founding artistic director Ron Sossi directs a revival of The Serpent by Jean-Claude van Itallie a?" winner of the 1969 Obie award and arguably the most successful ensemble work ever created a?" as part of the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble's 50th Anniversary a?oeCirca '69a?? ...
BWW Review: New England Premiere of CARDBOARD PIANO at New Repertory Theatre
by Nancy Grossman - March 28, 2019 What does God want, and who truly knows? Who gets to decide what is right? These are just a couple of the questions raised in Hansol Jung's wrenching new play, CARDBOARD PIANO, in its New England premiere at New Repertory Theatre. Set in Northern Uganda at the turn of the millennium, a forbidden lov...
Photo Flash: First Look at ECO VILLAGE at The Theatre at St. Clement's
by Stephi Wild - January 25, 2019 The world premiere of the new off-Broadway play Eco Village has found its cast and design team. Loosely based on the experiences of playwright Phoebe Nir at the Bread and Puppet Theater, Eco Village explores the complexities of community and the boundaries of human behavior. The show will play at Th...
I AND YOU Comes to Mile Square Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - January 16, 2019 Mile Square Theatre, Hudson County's leading professional theatre, presents Lauren Gunderson's drama I and You....
Spring Programming Announced At The French Institute Alliance Fran Aise
by A.A. Cristi - April 10, 2019 The US premiere of an acclaimed theatrical adaptation, an immersive exhibition created out of recycled and high-tech materials, screenings of two new French films, and a cross-cultural talk celebrating French icons are highlights this spring at the French Institute Alliance Fran aise (FIAF)....
Brittany K. Allen, Denny Dale Bess and More to Star in Ensemble Studio Theatre & Radio Drama Network's REDWOOD
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 02, 2020 ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (EST) (William Carden, Artistic Director) and Radio Drama Network (Melina Brown, President) announced casting today for the New York Premiere of Redwood, written by EST/Youngblood member Brittany K. Allen (Happy Happy Joy Joy) and directed by Mikhaela Mahony (Dido of Idaho). ...
Dark Christmas Comedy RECKLESS Arrives at Wayne State University
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 01, 2019 The Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance, a program within the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts at Wayne State University is delighted to present a play for those who are looking for a darker take on the holidays. Reckless by Craig Lucas, is the perfect way to celebrate. ...
The Broadway Green Alliance Is Sponsoring a Textile Drive In November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 01, 2019 The Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) is sponsoring a textile drive on Wednesday, November 6th from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. in Duffy Square (46th Street between 7th Avenue and Broadway in Times Square). The collection drive is open to all shows, theatres, industry members, and fans in a collaborative eff...
1984 to Play at KC Arts Centre
by Alan Henry - August 19, 2019 The Young Company Graduation Showcase will present 1984 at KC Arts Centre Aug. 22-24....
Photo Flash: First Look at WHAT TO SEND UP WHEN IT GOES DOWN, Opening Tonight
by Julie Musbach - November 19, 2018 The Movement Theatre Company presents the New York Premiere production of WHAT TO SEND UP WHEN IT GOES DOWN by Aleshea Harris (Is God Is), directed by Whitney White (Macbeth in Stride) at the A.R.T./New York Theatres in the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre from November 11, 2018 - December 8, 2018. O...
BWW Review: Realistic Drama Told in SUPERIOR DONUTS at SHEA'S 710 THEATRE
by Michael Rabice - October 14, 2019 A gritty reality that is so true to form that you have to remind yourself you are watching a play, versus eavesdropping on someone's life... That is what is playing out in Tracy Letts' SUPERIOR DONUTS, now at Shea's 710 Theatre in a winning production by Road Less Traveled Productions. ...
BWW Review: SCRAPS Examines the Aftermath of Racially-Motivated Violence on Those Left Behind
by Shari Barrett - July 16, 2019 The opening prologue of SCRAPS, masterfully performed by Tyrin Niles as Jean-Baptiste Delacroix sitting on the front stoop of his Brooklyn brownstone, captured my attention and took me inside his close-knit neighborhood three months after the fatal shooting of black teenager by a white police office...
Talkback And Afro Flow Yoga Session to Follow ECO VILLAGE
by Julie Musbach - February 08, 2019 The World Premiere of the new off-Broadway play Eco Village by Phoebe Nir, will include a Post-Show Talkback moderated by Justice Nnnanna featuring farmers Nailah Marie, Amber Tamm Canty and Myriah Towner, with special invited audiences from Striver's Row and The Creative Collective, as well as an A...
THE FRE, New Play From Taylor Mac, Will Seat Audience Members in a Giant Ball Pit
by Stephi Wild - January 03, 2020 Taylor Mac will premiere new play, The Fre, at off-Broadway venue The Flea. The Flea's Artistic Director and frequent Taylor Mac collaborator, Niegel Smith will direct. It has been revealed that the play takes place in a giant ball pit, with audience seating inside and out. The play is appropriate f...
Review Roundup: Ms. Blakk for President at Steppenwolf Theatre; What Did The Critics Think?
by Alan Henry - June 07, 2019 Steppenwolf Theatre's Ms. Blakk for President is now on stage! What did the critics think? Read all the reviews!...
The Asahi Shimbun Displays 'Feeding History: The Politics Of Food'
by Stephi Wild - February 13, 2019 The British Museum's new Asahi Shimbun display will explore the relationship between food, power and control through a focussed selection of objects. More food is being produced than ever before, but hunger remains one of the biggest threats to society today - in 2017, the United Nations estimated t...
Arts Centre Melbourne And Mistletone Present Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow Tour
by A.A. Cristi - January 23, 2019 US singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten is coming to Arts Centre Melbourne's Hamer Hall on Tuesday 11 June as part of her world tour, following the release of her critically acclaimed fifth album, Remind Me Tomorrow.... |