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Review Roundup: World Premiere of Broadway-Bound WAITRESS Starring Jessie Mueller at A.R.T.
by Christina Mancuso - August 21, 2015

The world premiere, Broadway-bound musicalWaitress, based on the motion picture written by Adrienne Shelly, with a book by Jessie Nelson, music & lyrics by Sara Bareilles, direction by Diane Paulus, and choreography by Chase Brock, officially opened last night, August 20th, at American Repertory The...


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...


Stage and Screen Star Daniel Radcliffe Set for FBI Thriller IMPERIUM
by Movies News Desk - July 30, 2015

Daniel Radcliffe will return to the big screen in another thriller -- this time undercover. ...


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...


Stories on Stage Presents OLD FRIENDS This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2015

Wise and witty tales of life's second act - its joys, its challenges, and the wonderful friends we make along the way....


BWW Review: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Sizzles at Round House
by Keith Tittermary - April 07, 2016

Brick, the fermenting favorite son in Tennessee Williams' masterpiece, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof says that there are two ways out of life: death and liquor. Brick is trying to escape his life with the latter, while Big Daddy is facing the first. Father and son are so far away from each other that when t...


BWW Review: TITANIC Doesn't Sink At The Princess of Wales Theatre
by Alan Henry - May 25, 2015

Titanic the Musical opened yesterday afternoon in Toronto, and was met by thunderous applause and a standing ovation following the performance. The musical, which opened in 1997 on Broadway and pre-dates the James Cameron film went on to win five Tony Awards including 'Best Musical' - but still clos...


BWW Review: AT HOME AT THE ZOO Explodes in Reality at the KC Actors Theatre
by Steve Wilson - September 15, 2015

Originally titled PETER & JERRY, AT HOME AT THE ZOO opened on Saturday September 12 at the H&R Block City Stage in Union Station. Edward Albee wrote AT HOME AT THE ZOO the latest production of the Kansas City Actors Theatre. Doug Weaver directs the powerful dramatic offering starring three of Kans...


BWW Reviews: SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE, The Jermyn Street Theatre, 11 September 2015
by Liz Cearns - September 13, 2015

Almost nine years after its amateur UK premiere, See What I Wanna See is back - with the same director, Adam Leson. Having previously directed the show at his university, Lenson now brings us See What I Wanna See's long-awaited professional European debut....


Hershey Area Playhouse to Host SWEET 16 Cabaret Night in January
by Tyler Peterson - December 31, 2015

To highlight and celebrate its sixteenth season, Hershey Area Playhouse will host a "Sweet 16" Cabaret Night on Saturday, Jan. 16, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at the Playhouse, located at the corner of Sand Hill Road and Cherry Drive....


BWW Review: The Rise and Fall of the Revolutionary Spirit in BLOODY POETRY
by Maggie Yates - May 15, 2015

'Bloody Poetry' shows that true libertines and true punks don't die; they rot away, into infamous paradigms of idealistic decadence....


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...


VIDEO: Daniel Radcliffe Talks HARRY POTTER Musical & Possible Return to Broadway on Bravo
by Caryn Robbins - November 13, 2015

On last night's WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE on Bravo, guest Daniel Radcliffe chatted with host Andy Cohen about whether he will make a return to Broadway....


BWW Review: AVENUE Q at Seacoast Repertory Theater
by Trevor Worden - August 17, 2015

'Avenue Q runs at the Seacoast Repertory Theater from August 14th- September 13th and it is not to be missed. This show is the gem of the year' -By Trevor Worden...


BWW Review: TITANIC Doesn't Sink At The Princess of Wales Theatre
by Alan Henry - May 25, 2015

Titanic the Musical opened yesterday afternoon in Toronto, and was met by thunderous applause and a standing ovation following the performance. The musical, which opened in 1997 on Broadway and pre-dates the James Cameron film went on to win five Tony Awards including 'Best Musical' - but still clos...


BWW Reviews: Weathervane Unafraid to Take Chances With JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
by Paul Batterson - December 20, 2014

In the days leading up to the Weathervane Playhouse's production of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, Layne Roate approached director Adam Karsten with an idea....


Audience Rudeness Continues: Patti LuPone Snatches Cell Phone During SHOWS FOR DAYS Performance
by Caryn Robbins - July 09, 2015

Patti LuPone snatched a cell phone out of the hands of an audience member who was texting during the performance....


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 Reviews: Gelsey Kirkland Presents THE NUTCRACKER
by Rose Marija - December 23, 2014

'Tis the season. On December 11, 2014 my first viewing of The Nutcracker this season was the opening night of Gelsey Kirkland Ballet's delightful version, choreographed and directed by Michael Chernov, co-artistic director, after Vasili Vainonen, assisted by Gelsey Kirkland and Alexandra Lawler. Wha...


BWW Reviews: ROUNDING THIRD at Ocean State Theatre Company
by Katelyn Corp - June 07, 2015

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BWW Reviews: NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT at Ogunquit Playhouse
by Trevor Worden - July 27, 2015

Great theater happening Maine! Check out the Review on broadwayworld.com...


BWW Preview: WHAT THEY DID FOR LOVE Opening at Quality Hill Playhouse in Kansas City
by Steve Wilson - April 14, 2015

A season dedicated to the film music of the 1960s and 1970s cinema continues at the Quality Hill Playhouse at 303 W. 10 on April 17. The tunes of Marvin Hamlisch and Burt Bacharach come alive in What They Did for Love: The Music of Marvin Hamlisch and Burt Bacharach. The intimate cabaret revue ru...


BWW Reviews: ONE DAY: THE MUSICAL Brims with Teenage Angst, Pop-Rock Intensity
by Rachel Weinberg - February 20, 2015

"One Day: The Musical" exudes an angry, pop-rock sensibility and has teenage angst in spades. Though the show takes the journal entries of real teenagers as its basis, it sometimes feels like a mouthpiece for adolescent issues rather than a show about living, breathing humans. In striving to be a un...


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 Reviews: CONTACT.COM, Park Theatre, January 15 2015
by Laura Jones - January 17, 2015

Contact.com at the Park Theatre follows fortysomething married couple Matthew (Jason Durr) and his wife Naomi (Tanya Franks) as they prepare to open their home to young couple Ryan (Ralph Aiken) and Kelly (Charlie Brooks) whom they met after replying to their online advertisement. Both couples are s...






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