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....
Sayonara: Android-Human Theatre Comes to Melbourne, 8/24 & 25
by Kelsey Denette - August 10, 2012 Featuring an extraordinarily life-like humanoid robot, Seinendan Theatre Company (Japan) brings their breathtaking and intimate performance Sayonara: Android-Human Theatre to Melbourne on 24 and 25 August. Robot Geminoid F stars alongside Canadian actress Bryerly Long in a performance that asks the ...
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: 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...
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...
Hart Theatre Presents THREE DAYS OF RAIN 3/11 & 3/12
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2011 HART Theatre will be performing the second production of their Staged Reading Series, Three Days of Rain, by Richard Greenberg. Directed by Devan McCoy, Greenberg's Pulitzer nominated play, opens with Walker and Nan Janeway, siblings trying to reconcile their childhood in the aftermath of their fath...
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....
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: 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...
SPIDER-MAN Alternate Matthew James Thomas Suffers Head Injury on SPIDER-MAN Set
by Nicole Rosky - November 10, 2011 According to Newsday, Matthew James Thomas, who plays Reeve Carney's alternate in Spider-Man twice a week on Broadway, was injured backstage during Wednesday's matinee at the Foxwood's Theatre. Thomas was taken to the hospital to get stitches in his head, after suffering a head injury at the top of ...
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. ...
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....
BWW Reviews: ETC's COURT MARTIAL AT FORT DEVENS Makes Its Case
by Jacques Lamarre - April 16, 2012 Jeffrey Sweet's military drama casts a spotlight on racism during World War II....
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....
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: 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 ...
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...
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'...
Hart Theatre Presents THREE DAYS OF RAIN 3/11 & 3/12
by Kelsey Denette - February 21, 2011 HART Theatre will be performing the second production of their Staged Reading Series, Three Days of Rain, by Richard Greenberg. Directed by Devan McCoy, Greenberg's Pulitzer nominated play, opens with Walker and Nan Janeway, siblings trying to reconcile their childhood in the aftermath of their fath...
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...
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 ...
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)...
11th Hour Theatre Company Closes Season with Philly Premiere of THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES, Now thru 6/24
by BWW News Desk - June 04, 2012 11th Hour Theatre Company closes its season with the Philadelphia premiere of The Marvelous Wonderettes. This musical trip down memory lane, written and created by Roger Bean, opens tonight, June 4 at 7 p.m. and will close Sunday, June 24. The show will be performed at the Skybox at the Adrienne, 20... |