BWW Reviews: NOISES OFF, Funny On at PlayMakers Repertory Company
by Larissa Mount - April 16, 2012 This sounds like an exaggeration, but I promise that it's not: Noises Off at PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill is, honest-to-goodness, the funniest thing I have seen in quite some time. It reminded me that live theater is magical - I cannot think of a single movie which is as funny as thi...
BWW Reviews: ABT's LE CORSAIRE - New Staging of a Classical Work
by Rhys Loggins - June 18, 2013 The American Ballet Theater launches an ambitious production of the historically problematic Le Corsaire....
BWW Reviews: Secret Rose Offers Broadway Fare with Full Frontal Nudity in THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED
by Don Grigware - June 26, 2012 Douglas Carter Beane's Tony nominated Best Play of 2007 The Little Dog Laughed, with its satirical take on happiness Hollywood Style, especially in its depiction of gay relationships, is timely, topical and most welcome in LA, where ironically there's still enough animosity and money stacked up agai...
BWW Reviews: SCR Revives THREE DAYS OF RAIN
by Michael L. Quintos - May 28, 2011 There is perhaps a certain truth in the adage that we as adults are simply the end product of a combined cocktail of biologically-inherited traits, as well as the many environmental factors that invade our lives as young children that are carried into maturity. By this logic, is it fair to ask... if...
BWW Reviews: Florida Rep Opens 15th Season with Lots of Laughs and Lots of Heart in LEND ME A TENOR
by Justin Cowan - October 28, 2012 The Florida Repertory Theatre's 15th Anniversary Season began Friday night with Ken Ludwig's farce, Lend Me A Tenor. Chris Clavelli directs the season opener and leads a first-rate ensemble cast to a night full of laughter, heart, and cheer....
BWW Reviews: SF Opera Delivers Traditional Production of Bizet's Carmen
by Harmony Wheeler - November 17, 2011 Unless you've never seen 'Carmen,' one of the most legendary operas ever written, San Francisco Opera's production of 'Carmen' will come across as old news. The chorus and orchestra, led by the spirited conductor, Nicola Luisotti, bring the only real action and vitality present in the production, wh...
BWW Reviews: Louisa May Alcott’s LITTLE WOMEN at 2nd Story Theatre
by Veronica Bruscini - November 22, 2011 The 2nd Story Theatre company brings Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic, Little Women, to life on stage for the 2011 holiday season. ...
Libby Whittemore Returns to Actor's Express with New Show, 6/16-19
by Meghan Schuler - May 16, 2011 Actor's Express announces the latest installment of its LIBBY'S AT THE EXPRESS cabaret series with Atlanta icon Libby Whittemore. The June show promises terrific music and lots of fun. LIBBY'S runs June 16-19 at 7:30 p.m....
BWW Reviews: SF Ballet Ends the Christmas Season with Colorful NUTCRACKER
by Harmony Wheeler - December 23, 2011 San Francisco Ballet holds a special place in "Nutcracker" history. It brought the once unknown and little performed Tchaikovsky ballet to the United States in 1944 - the beginning of what has become an American and world-wide holiday tradition. It's a magical tradition that has children dancing in ...
BWW Reviews: Drury Lane's NEXT TO NORMAL is Anything But
by Misha Davenport - August 23, 2013 Oakbrook Terrace's Drury Lane Theatre takes a gamble that pays off with the poignant and moving 'next to normal'...
11th Hour Theatre Company Closes Season with THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES, 6/4
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2012 11th Hour Theatre Company is set to close its season with the Philadelphia premiere of The Marvelous Wonderettes. This musical trip down memory lane, written and created by Roger Bean, begins previews June 1, opens Monday, June 4 at 7 p.m. and will close Sunday, June 24. The show will be performed a...
Review: 'The Secret Garden'
by Mark Andrew Lawrence - February 19, 2011 This new production of The Secret Garden comes to us from The Festival Theatre in Edinburgh. A tighter, more effective first act is a decided improvement, and though the show remains somewhat problematic, it will entertain and delight your inner child. * * * 1/2 (out of 5)...
BWW Reviews: BEING EARNEST Charming But Not Perfect
by Harmony Wheeler - April 15, 2013 Paul Gordon has a distinctive style that has made musicals like "Emma," "Daddy Long Legs," and "Jane Eyre" successful in their smaller regional and short Broadway runs. The composer-lyricist refuses to follow the typical Broadway musical formula and instead uses his music to tell the story. But that...
Mort Sahl Kicks Off Cafe Carlyle Engagement Tonight
by BWW News Desk - June 03, 2013 The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel, welcomes 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 commentary and insigh...
ACT's STEEL MANGOLIAS Opens 1/27
by Kelsey Denette - December 23, 2011 Anchorage Community Theatre will present STEEL MAGNOLIAS from January 27th through February 19, 2012....
BWW Reviews: CLYBOURNE PARK at Long Wharf Theatre
by Sherry Shameer Cohen - May 22, 2013 The rest of the story....
BWW Reviews: Jerry Herman's DEAR WORLD - Revised & Revived by The Civic Light Opera Company
by Mark Andrew Lawrence - May 29, 2012 Each season Toronto's Civic Light Opera Company revises and revives failed and forgotten shows from Broadway's past. This year it's the 1969 Jerry Herman musical DEAR WORLD based on the Jean Giraudoux play THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT. Barbara Boddy and David Haines lead the cast in making the case for ...
THE FRIDAY SIX: Q&As with Your Favorite Broadway Stars- NEWSIES' Andy Richardson!
by BWW - August 16, 2013 In this week's edition, we caught up with Andy Richardson, who is starring as 'Crutchie' in NEWSIES- currently playing at the Nederlander Theatre....
BWW Reviews: SCR Revives THREE DAYS OF RAIN
by Michael L. Quintos - May 28, 2011 There is perhaps a certain truth in the adage that we as adults are simply the end product of a combined cocktail of biologically-inherited traits, as well as the many environmental factors that invade our lives as young children that are carried into maturity. By this logic, is it fair to ask... if...
ACT's STEEL MANGOLIAS Opens 1/27
by BWW News Desk - January 27, 2012 Anchorage Community Theatre will present STEEL MAGNOLIAS from January 27th through February 19, 2012....
BWW Review: Mark Morris Dance - A Contrast of Two Acts at the Palace
by Roy Berko - March 04, 2013 Mark Morris Dance Group's first Cleveland appearance in five years was a mixed bag. After pleasing the audience with a delightful first act, the tone switched drastically in the second half, which though well presented, was tedious....
BWW Reviews: THE FIRST CHURCH OF TEXACO - An Entertaining, Comedic Parable
by David Clarke - February 17, 2013 Direction by Jennifer Dean keeps this Texas style 'Beauty and the Beast' parable clipping brightly along during the first act, which is pleasantly bubbly and tender. In the second act, the writing and direction together slow the pace of the sprightly comedy. The writing, especially, becomes filled w...
Town Hall Theater Screens GISELLE, 10/8
by Kelsey Denette - September 27, 2012 It's one of the most famous ballets in the repertory, seen in a new and mesmerizing way. Filmed at the historic Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, this HD broadcast of Giselle gives everyone a 'best seat in the house' experience....
New Work at RMTC Commemorates Civil Rights Movement, 4/11-14
by Kelsey Denette - March 12, 2013 Red Mountain Theatre Company will bring The MLK Project to stage April 11-14, 2013, as part of the 50th Anniversary commemoration of the Civil Rights Movement. This new work is a collaboration with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, and stars RMTC favorite Cecil Washington (The Color Purple, Ren...
BWW Reviews: The RAT PACK LOUNGE at the Dutch Apple
by Marakay Rogers - January 11, 2013 God sends Frankie, Sammy and Dino back to Earth to do a final good deed -- and to sing their way through it -- in this Rat Pack jukebox comedy directed by Victor Legaretta... |
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