BWW Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, 27 September 2016
by Emma Cann - September 28, 2016 The cult musical, Little Shop of Horrors, has long been a favourite amongst cinema and theatre fans alike. Following an unlikely beginning - a low budget Sci-fi B movie shot in just two days - Little Shop of Horrors was turned into a musical by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, turning this quirky part...
BWW Review: Intense WATCHING O.J. Provides A Delicate Balancing Act of Dejá Vu Tensions
by Gil Kaan - October 12, 2015 In the world premiere of his WATCHING O.J., playwright David McMillan deftly balances both sides of the black and white/innocent vs. guilty/jubilant and angry reactions of a multi-racial neighborhood in their varied responses to the infamous O.J. Simpson verdict in 1995. A cross-section of races and...
BWW Review: Langston Hughes' BLACK NATIVITY Portrays Christmas Gospel through Poetry and Soul
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - December 08, 2016 Black Arts MKE presents their joyous and triumphant 2nd annual version of Langston Hughes' Black Nativity first produced in 1961. Numerous theaters throughout America remount the production every year to celebrate the holiday season with an all African American cast. At Wilson Theater in Vogel Hall,...
Daniel Radcliffe Signs On for Psychological Thriller JUNGLE
by Caryn Robbins - February 10, 2016 Daniel Radlcliffe has signed on to Greg Mclean's psychological thriller JUNGLE, based on Yossi Ghinsberg's memoir...
BWW Review: A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME Cooks Up Frothy Musical Fun
by Michael Dale - November 25, 2016 While Debra Barsha and Hollye Levin's A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME isn't the first musical to contrast the accepted female gender roles of the 1950s with the liberated revolution of the 1960s (Off-Broadway's second visit from THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES is still running at the Kirk.) the York's fun and f...
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 2/6/16- PRIVATE LIVES
by Nicole Rosky - February 06, 2016 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...
VIDEOS: UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT's Tituss Burgess Making A Broadway Splash in THE LITTLE MERMAID and GUYS AND DOLLS
by Michael Dale - April 19, 2016 like many breakout television stars, Tituss Burgess was a Broadway favorite before the rest of the country discovered him....
BWW Review: Vagabonds' MOON OVER BUFFALO Keeps the Audience in Stitches
by Jack L. B. Gohn - May 31, 2016 Driven to a frenzy by the thought that director film director Frank Capra is in the audience, the Hay family and their retinue get completely confused about the play to be performed for him. Is it Private Lives or Cyrano de Bergerac? It kinda matters which, since the two plays aren't interchangeable...
Archway Theatre to Stage OEDIPUS-ANTIGONE This Spring
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2016 It is the fall of the entire House of Laius presented as one single production when the Archway Theatre presents its resident company production of 'Oedipus-Antigone,' May 13 through June 18....
BWW Review: I'M STILL GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER - Some Beautiful Songs Performed Ever So Beautifully
by Gil Kaan - October 12, 2015 An incredibly talented cast populate the West Coast premiere of Gretchen Cryer's I'M STILL GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER (AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD). This production actually includes the original 1978 I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road as the first act with the newly written second act...
Archway Theatre to Stage OEDIPUS-ANTIGONE This Spring
by BWW News Desk - April 19, 2016 It is the fall of the entire House of Laius presented as one single production when the Archway Theatre presents its resident company production of 'Oedipus-Antigone,' May 13 through June 18....
BWW Review: George C. Wolfe's SHUFFLE ALONG, An Exhilarating Demand For Recognition
by Michael Dale - April 29, 2016 The director/bookwriter tells the story of a groundbreaking 1921 musical that has since been reduced to a footnote....
BWW Review: BORN YESTERDAY at Ocean State Theatre Company is Scary/Funny
by Larry O'Brien - January 28, 2017 On opening night, Garson Kanin's BORN YESTERDAY had 'em rolling in the aisles at the Ocean State Theatre Company (OSTC) in Warwick. Actually, the first act had 'em rolling in the aisles; the second act had 'em marching in the streets....
BWW Review: THE NUTCRACKER at Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center - A Home for Classical Storytelling
by Amber Adams - January 03, 2017 "A home for classical storytelling" for children is that of the Kelsey Kirkland Arts Center's performance of "The Nutcracker."...
BWW Reviews: DREAMGIRLS at Atlanta Lyric Theater, a glittering showbiz sensation
by Libby Ryan - April 15, 2016 It's just showbiz, full of shining costumes, big breaks and betrayal. The Lyric Theater's production of DREAMGIRLS opened last weekend at the Jennie T. Anderson theater, a gorgeous musical spectacle....
BWW Blog: Eliza Porsella - Don't Knock the Scenery!
by Guest Blogger: Elizabeth Porsella - May 25, 2016 With less than a month before "Shrek" makes its debut, we have doubled our rehearsal time. We have also had many more morning rehearsals to clean the dances. So far all of the morning rehearsals are for the Duloc performance. The Duloc number is still shaky. Our music teacher also plays the piano fa...
BWW Review: Resplendent RAGTIME Brings Elite Syncopations to Providence Performing Arts Center
by Veronica Bruscini - April 10, 2016 Rhode Island audiences, prepare to be dazzled. RAGTIME is - deservedly - one of the most highly acclaimed musicals of the last two decades and the touring production now playing the Providence Performing Arts Center does the show's rich legacy proud....
Soprano Sarah Zahn to Perform Maury Yeston's DECEMBER SONGS in Hershey
by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2017 Sarah Zahn will perform December Songs at 7:30 pm January 14, 2017 at the Hershey Area Playhouse in Hershey, Pennsylvania....
BWW Reviews: THEY DON'T PAY? WE WON'T PAY! at Ambassador Theater
by Hannah Land - March 08, 2016 There is little worse than a play that doesn't understand its purpose. They Don't Pay? We Won't Pay!, written by Dario Fo and produced by Ambassador Theater at the Mead Theatre Lab, cannot decide what it wants to be. Instead, the production vacillates between heavy-handed social commentary and overa...
BWW Review: Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Ultimately Grabs The Heart
by Jenny Taylor Moodie - April 29, 2016 BWW Review: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Goes Beyond Skin Deep...
VIDEO: Daniel Radcliffe 'Definitely' Wants to Return to Musical Theater As Soon As He Finds Perfect Role
by Caryn Robbins - August 23, 2016 Daniel Radcliffe discusses the London sensation HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD and reveals that he 'definitely' wants to do musical theater again, once he finds the perfect role....
VIDEO: Daniel Radcliffe & Paul Dano Sing 'Montage' from SWISS ARMY MAN
by - June 01, 2016 Below, listen to Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe sing on MONTAGE, the first song released from the SWISS ARMY MAN Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” ...
BWW Review: ALICE IN WONDERLAND at Shaw Festival
by Michael Rabice - June 22, 2016 The Shaw Festival in Niagara on the Lake has pulled out all the stops on it's glittering new production of Lewis Carroll's ALICE IN WONDERLAND. This new version adapted for the stage by director Peter Hinton incorporates newly composed music by Allen Cole. While often an asset, the music can also be...
BWW Review: Charming and Delightful, THE HEIDI CHRONICLES is Still Timid
by Jason Carlos - May 27, 2016 Soulpepper's latest production of Wendy Wasserstein's 1989 play, THE HEIDI CHRONICLES explores the changing role of women in society through the coming-of-age story of a woman named - you guessed it, Heidi. The production features a series of episodic scenes throughout Heidi's life; from an awkward ... |
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