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: 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: 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...
Review - Glimpses Of The Moon and Two Thousand Years
by Michael Dale - February 11, 2008 You would think that Edith Wharton's fizzy little comic novel, The Glimpses Of The Moon, might have been a perfect property for Rodgers & Hart or Kern, Wodehouse & Bolton to musicalize when it was fresh off the presses in 1922. But no, it took until 2008 for New Yorkers to get a glimpse, not to men...
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. ...
Liza's At The Palace...And On Your DVD Player, Too
by Ellen Sterling - February 04, 2010 She is one of those rare people who is known by first name only. And that's because beginning when she was just 19, Liza (Minnelli) has dazzled audiences around the world and in every medium. This week, her latest work - the DVD/BluRay recording of her Tony-winning show Liza's At the Palace became a...
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 ...
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....
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...
Broadway Pulse: First Newsday, Now Bloomberg Reviews SPIDER-MAN
by Robert Diamond - December 26, 2010 Well, last night Newsday, which normally hides Linda Winer's reviews behind a pay-wall, but made an exception for the sure traffic grabbing piece, published their critics take on SPIDER-MAN, in which she didn't so much express many of her own opinions, as she did talk to audience members. As to why ...
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)...
Young Frankenstein - ALIVE in Durham!
by Shane Hudson - December 10, 2010 Young Frankenstein, playing at the Durham Performing Arts Center through December 12, is wickedly funny and incredibly bawdy. It's almost exactly what you'd expect from a musical based on a Mel Brooks movie - almost. ...
The Night of Nosferatu: Gruesome Toothsome
by Duncan Pflaster - October 12, 2007 Stanton Wood's 'The Night of Nosferatu' is an atmospheric vampire spookfest, as performed by Rabbit Hole Ensemble....
BWW Reviews: LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE - The Musical
by Mark Andrew Lawrence - February 12, 2010 If you have fond memories of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House books or the popular 1970's TV series, steer clear of the Canon Theatre because your expectations sure to be foiled. The same applies if you are a musical theatre fan out to see this new musical adapted from the novels. Despite a f...
Larry Watts To Direct Covina Center's GODSPELL Running 6/26-8/2
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2009 The Covina Center for the Performing Arts is proud to announce Larry Watts as director for the upcoming summer production of the Broadway hit Godspell. The show will run from June 26 until August 2....
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....
Death of a Salesman: Attention Must Be Paid
by Joseph Melnicoff - September 18, 2006 The Classical Acting Company mounts a fine production of Arthur Miller's superior drama....
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 ...
Review: 'Legally Blonde' - National Tour
by Greg Rice - February 05, 2010 'What you want' is now playing at the Buell Theater!...
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....
Review: JERSEY BOYS at the Toronto Centre for the Arts
by Mark Andrew Lawrence - January 25, 2009 That roar you hear every night at around 10:30 is not the wind. It's the crowds cheering the new Canadian cast of Jersey Boys at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. This Tony-award winning musical sent it's touring cast here last August but demand was so great that when that cast moved on to their next...
REVIEW: Stray Dog Theatre's Season Continues with Sondheim and Lapine's INTO THE WOODS
by Chris Gibson - September 21, 2009 Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's whimsical musical, INTO THE WOODS, is an amusing combination of fractured fairy tales from the like of the Brothers Grimm and others. It's an intriguing idea that brings these disparate characters together to interact in ways that are decidedly different from thei...
Review - Sunday in the Park With George & Flora, The Red Menace
by Michael Dale - February 25, 2008 The second act of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's 1984 musical, Sunday In The Park With George is centered on a then-contemporary artist/inventor named George who has created a series of machines called chromolumes, which electronically fill rooms with color and light. His latest, 'Chromolume #... |
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