BWW Reviews: Stages Repertory Theatre's VERONICA'S ROOM is a Blood-Curdling Thriller
by David Clarke - October 18, 2013 Ira Levin is best known for his suspenseful and creepy novels The Stepford Wives and Rosemary's Baby, both of which have been adapted into successful films. His 1978 play DEATHTRAP holds the record for the longest running comedy-thriller in Broadway history, playing almost 1800 performances across a...
BWW Reviews: Tears All Around Me in Reagle Music Theatre's LES MISERABLES
by Alex Lonati - August 12, 2013 Les Miserables is arguably the most popular musical in history and after the successful 2012 motion picture version, its fan base has only continued to expand. Les Mis is hardly a musical, but rather, a movement. Next to tackle this show of epic proportions is the Reagle Music Theatre in Waltham, MA...
Mort Sahl Set for Three Cafe Carlyle Performances, Begin. 6/3
by Tyler Peterson - May 29, 2013 The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel, is pleased to welcome legendary social satirist/comedian, Mort Sahl, to the Cafe Carlyle. Mr.Sahl, who reigns as one of the longest active performing social satirist, spanning sixty years and eleven presidents, will be giving three exclusive nights of incisive commenta...
BWW Reviews: THE WINTER'S TALE, Crucible, Sheffield, October 8 2013
by Ruth Deller - October 08, 2013 The latest Crucible take on Shakespeare is sad, funny and moving...
BWW Reviews: THE MAX FACTOR FACTOR - A Frothy Farcical Mixture of Frivolity Features Some Fine Phenomenal Performances
by Gil Kaan - August 10, 2014 The Max Factor Factor boasts precision dancing and gorgeous harmonies amidst well-timed madcap shtick....
HAMLET A STAND UP Comes to New York, 10/21
by Courtnie Mele - October 15, 2013 Hamlet A Stand Up comes to NYC as a part of The United Solo Festival on October 21 at 9 p.m. at Theatre Row. In Hamlet A Stand Up, one man plays twenty roles....
Emily Bergl, Molly Pope, & Matthew Saldivar to Star in Cafe Carlyle's TALES FROM THE JAZZ AGE Series, 6/13-21
by Tyler Peterson - May 28, 2013 Songs referenced by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novels and stories, and directly associated with his life make up the soundtrack of an inventive new theatrical revue conceived and co-created by the jazz writer Will Friedwald, co-created and directed by Sarna Lapine, with music direction by Jon Weber....
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 2/6- PRIVATE LIVES
by Nicole Rosky - February 06, 2013 Today in 1975, Private Lives opened at the 46th Street Theatre (now the Richard Rogers Theatre), where it ran for 92 performances. Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noel Coward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in...
Photo Coverage: Cafe Carlyle Late Night Welcomes Jo Thompson's SLENDER, TENDER AND TALL
by Stephen Sorokoff - March 23, 2013 The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel welcomeed the elegant and sophisticated pianist/singer, Ms. Jo Thompson, for its new 'Second Act, A Late Night Series of Fun and Entertainment' at the Cafe Carlyle from March 21st-23rd, and continuing on March 28th and 30th. Ms. Thompson plays piano and vamps, purrs and...
BWW Reviews: AS YOU LIKE IT in Rowayton
by Sherry Shameer Cohen - June 19, 2013 Ingenious spirit beefs up Boy meets Girl classic....
BWW Reviews: The Alley Theatre's WARRIOR CLASS is Edgy, Poignant, and Thrilling
by David Clarke - May 09, 2013 As part of the Alley Theatre's New Play Initiative, where the Alley facilitates a creative collaboration between playwrights, directors, actors, and designers, the organization is producing Kenneth Lin's edgy and fresh drama WARRIOR CLASS. Kenneth Lin's INTELLIGENCE-SLAVE was previously produced in ...
BWW Reviews: THE FANTASTICKS Lacks Emotion
by Marietta Lunceford - August 25, 2014 Enjoying its 29th season, Terrific New Theatre is presenting THE FANTASTICKS now through September 13th. Directed by TNT founder Carl Stewart, a fixture in the Birmingham theatre scene for over 50 years, this production definitely has its ups and downs....
BWW Reviews: Picardo and Wilkof Bring Down House As THE SUNSHINE BOYS At Totem Pole Playhouse
by Marakay Rogers - July 11, 2013 Lee Wilkof and Robert Picardo, directed by John Putch, present a knockout version of the Neil Simon classic...
BWW Reviews: WIZARD OF OZ Takes Music Circus Down Yellow Brick Road
by Harmony Wheeler - June 24, 2013 As much as the Judy Garland film version of 'The Wizard of Oz' upholds its status as a classic, there's something about seeing the joyous musical live that makes it immensely more enjoyable. As performed in the round at Music Circus, glorious orchestrations (led by conductor and music director Jeff ...
BWW Reviews: AT HOME AT THE ZOO Wows in First Show
by Meghan Pearson - January 12, 2014 In their debut show, Chocolate Moose Theatre Company brings to life a piece that is deeply relatable to the human experience. At Home at the Zoo is a combination of Edward Albee's Homelife and Zoo Story, the first of which was written 49 years after the latter in an attempt to portray the relationsh...
Local SCROOGE Actor Breaks Leg During Performance
by Tyler Peterson - December 22, 2013 Trevor Jary, an actor performing in SCROOGE at Blackpool Opera House, broke his leg last Thursday when 'when a wall and door of a fake house collapsed on top of him,' according to The Telegraph....
BWW Reviews: THE MAX FACTOR FACTOR - A Frothy Farcical Mixture of Frivolity Features Some Fine Phenomenal Performances
by Gil Kaan - August 10, 2014 The Max Factor Factor boasts precision dancing and gorgeous harmonies amidst well-timed madcap shtick....
BWW Reviews: In American Ballet Theatre's SWAN LAKE the Show Must Go On Despite Injury
by Elizabeth Portnoy - July 01, 2014 On June 23rd, Gillian Murphy and Marcelo Gomes were scheduled to dance the lead roles of Odette-Odile and Prince Siegfried in American Ballet Theatre's Swan Lake. Unfortunately, after an exquisitely musical and technically proficient first act, it was announced that Ms. Murphy would not dance in the...
BWW Reviews: GMCLA Scores with Stephen Schwartz Tribute Concert NOT ENTIRELY WICKED
by Don Grigware - June 25, 2013 On Saturday June 22 and Sunday June 23 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) presented Not Entirely Wicked, a salute to the music of Stephen Schwartz with special guests Schwartz and consummate singer Liz Callaway.The show began with plentiful numbers fro...
Emily Bergl, Molly Pope, & Matthew Saldivar Star in Cafe Carlyle's TALES FROM THE JAZZ AGE Series, Now thru 6/21
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2013 Songs referenced by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novels and stories, and directly associated with his life make up the soundtrack of an inventive new theatrical revue conceived and co-created by the jazz writer Will Friedwald, co-created and directed by Sarna Lapine, with music direction by Jon Weber....
BWW Reviews: Hillbarn Provides A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
by Harmony Wheeler - May 20, 2013 It's fitting that Stephen Sondheim wrote "A Little Night Music" as one grand waltz. When Hillbarn Theatre's production of the musical opens, a semi-narrating chorus dances in the waltz and foreshadow the characters and events about to unfold. A young girl observes their dance, following her grandmot...
BWW Reviews: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE - A Perfect Show at the Park with EPAC
by Marakay Rogers - May 07, 2014 Director Edward Fernandez and company do full justice to the complex and powerful Sondheim musical about the complex and powerful Georges Seurat painting...
BWW Reviews: TANGO FIRE Ignites Audiences at Winter Garden Theatre
by Alan Henry - November 09, 2013 Show One Productions' latest presentation in Toronto has brought passion from Argentina all the way to the Winter Garden Theatre stage....
BWW Reviews: Disney's DARE TO DREAM Offers Magical Time
by Harmony Wheeler - February 09, 2013 'Dare to Dream' features some of the best costumes, sets and lighting in Disney on Ice history, not to mention some second act circus action. But some adults will have to wait until the second half of the show before the energy and choreography become engaging and impressive enough to capture their ...
BWW Reviews: ECHOES OF OCTAVIA - A Magnificent Show to End the Season
by Steve Wilson - August 09, 2014 The world premiere of Echoes of Octavia opened Friday August 8 at the Just Off Broadway Theatre in Kansas City, Mo. Harvey Williams directs the Meltingpot KC production that runs through August 24. The premiere concludes the 2013-2014 season for Meltingpot KC that highlighted plays by local female... |