BWW Reviews: SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN HOMECOMING at Chaffin's Barn
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 19, 2010 There comes a moment late in act two of the Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre production of Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming when now-married, about-to-give-birth daughter June Sanders Oglethorpe delivers a beautiful monologue in which she talks about her love for her family, her excitement at being a n...
Marcia Gay Harden Joins ABC's SMOTHERED Pilot
by Nicole Rosky - March 07, 2011 Tony winner Marcia Gay Harden is set to join Tony winner Julie White for the ABC pilot Smothered, created by Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen. ...
Michael Weller's 'Fifty Words' Southeastern Premiere At GableStage
by Beau Higgins - August 14, 2010 When their young son has his first sleepover, Adam and Jan are allowed the first night alone together in their Brooklyn brownstone in years. Will they renew a vital spark that's been nearly smothered, or, will the night provide the moment when provisional civility explodes into fiery chaos? An expan...
BWW Reviews: PHANTOM Enchants in Final Tour Stop in L.A.
by Michael L. Quintos - September 28, 2010 Currently the record-holder for being the longest-running show in Broadway history (and still counting), Andrew Lloyd Webber's most widely-seen masterwork THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has now taken up residence at Los Angeles' historic Pantages Theatre in Hollywood for the national tour's final engageme...
First Night's Top Ten of 2010: Nashville's Best Ensembles
by Jeffrey Ellis - January 13, 2011 'There are no small parts, only small actors,' goes the old theatrical saw that's tossed about willy-nilly to encourage budding thespians to take on roles they suspect might be beneath them and their lofty stature. But, of course, there's much truth to be found in the axiom and you will certainly se...
Review Roundup: Reprise Theatre Company's GIGI
by BWW - February 19, 2011 William Atherton, Matt Cavenaugh, Lisa O'Hare, Millicent Martin and Jason Graae are the acclaimed film, Broadway and West End stars who lead the cast of Reprise Theatre Company's second production of the 2010-2011 season, 'Gigi', playing February 15 to February 27, 2011 at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. Th...
BWW Interviews: On The LINE: Donna Driver of Keeton Theatre's A CHORUS LINE
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 23, 2011 Director Kate Adams-Johnson, aka Nashville's busiest choreographer, is putting yet another cast through its paces in preparation for yet another opening night. Only this time, she's serious. Very serious. The show she's helming this time, you see, is every dancer's holy grail: A Chorus Line. In the ...
Review Roundup: Reprise Theatre Company's GIGI
by BWW - February 19, 2011 William Atherton, Matt Cavenaugh, Lisa O'Hare, Millicent Martin and Jason Graae are the acclaimed film, Broadway and West End stars who lead the cast of Reprise Theatre Company's second production of the 2010-2011 season, 'Gigi', playing February 15 to February 27, 2011 at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. Th...
BWW Reviews: A SCATTERED, SMOTHERED AND COVERED CHRISTMAS at Nashville Dinner Theatre
by Jeffrey Ellis - January 05, 2011 You really must give credit to Kaine Riggan: the man has recreated one of downtown Nashville's best-known nightspots into a beautifully appointed live theater venue, somehow doing a thriving business in an economy that, at best, may be described as 'dire.' Add to that noteworthy achievement the fact...
'Masterchef' Starts Cooking in the USA, 7/27
by Nicolas Coburn - July 20, 2010 Sharpen your knives and fire up your stoves! Famed chef Gordon Ramsay's newest culinary competition series, MASTERCHEF, based on the smash international hit, is set to start cooking Tuesday, July 27 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. After a nationwide search for the best home cooks in America, the serie...
Photo Flash: Here Presents CULTUREMART, 1/7-23
by BWW Photo Special - December 27, 2010 The OBIE-winning HERE is thrilled to announce its annual CULTUREMART festival line-up. Running January 7 - 23, CULTUREMART makes process the focus, as the festival presents work in development from the exciting roster of the HERE Artist Residency Program HARP. This year's CULTUREMART slate features ...
BWW Reviews: PHANTOM Enchants in Final Tour Stop in L.A.
by Michael L. Quintos - September 28, 2010 Currently the record-holder for being the longest-running show in Broadway history (and still counting), Andrew Lloyd Webber's most widely-seen masterwork THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has now taken up residence at Los Angeles' historic Pantages Theatre in Hollywood for the national tour's final engageme...
Review Roundup: BLOOD FROM A STONE
by Nicole Rosky - January 12, 2011 An unflinching and darkly comic depiction of life in blue collar Connecticut, Blood From A Stone zeroes in on a working class family wrestling to keep it together as day-to-day struggles exert their squeeze. When Travis pays a visit to his parents' home, he finds an already volatile household implod...
PURE Theatre Presents WAFFLE HAUS CHRISTMAS, 12/10-12/18
by Lauren Wolman - November 28, 2010 PURE Theatre's production of Waffle Haus Christmas by Rodney Lee Rogers...
Julie White Joins ABC's SMOTHERED Pilot
by Nicole Rosky - February 25, 2011 According to a report by Deadline.com, Tony winner Julie White is on board for the ABC pilot Smothered, created by Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen....
BSF’s ‘Desdemona’: Naughty Girls Need Love, Too
by James Howard - January 13, 2007 WHO: The Baltimore Shakespeare Festival WHAT: Paula Vogel’s Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief WHEN: Through January 28. Thus – Sat at 8PM, Sun at 5PM. WHERE: 3900 Roland Ave. in Hampden HOW MUCH: Thurs: $15.00, all other perfs $25 general, $20 Students, Seniors, Teachers and Ar...
BWW Spotlight: Village Originals 10th Annual Festival of New Musicals
by Jay Irwin - August 17, 2010 Village Theater presented their "Village Originals 10th Annual Festival of New Musicals" over the weekend presenting 6 new musicals from up and coming writers and composers. Fostering the advancement of new works, the festival boasts the early stages of shows that have gone on for full mainstage ru...
DCT's "Millie" Thoroughly by the Book
by James Howard - May 07, 2008 REVIEW: Thoroughly Modern Millie plays through May 11 at Dundalk Community Theatre at CCBC-Dundalk....
PURE Theatre Closes WAFFLE HAUS CHRISTMAS, 12/18
by BWW News Desk - December 18, 2010 PURE Theatre's production of Waffle Haus Christmas by Rodney Lee Rogers...
Review: Two By Tenn
by Robert Gould - January 11, 2007 Two productions of plays by one of the founding fathers of twentieth century American drama, Tennessee Williams, are set to hit the West End stage in a couple of months time. Thomas Lanier Williams drafted some of the most haunting plays ever written - plays full of the joy, pain and poetry of life ...
Ghostlight Releases Bernarda Alba OCR, July 11
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2006 Ghostlight Records, a division of Sh-K-Boom Records, will release the premiere recording of Bernarda Alba on Tuesday, July 11th...
CULTUREMART Festival Line-Up Announced
by BWW News Desk - January 07, 2011 The OBIE-winning HERE is thrilled to announce its annual CULTUREMART festival line-up. Running January 7 - 23, CULTUREMART makes process the focus, as the festival presents work in development from the exciting roster of the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP). This year's CULTUREMART slate feature...
Marcia Gay Harden Joins ABC's SMOTHERED Pilot
by Nicole Rosky - March 07, 2011 Tony winner Marcia Gay Harden is set to join Tony winner Julie White for the ABC pilot Smothered, created by Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen. ...
Michael Weller's 'Fifty Words' Southeastern Premiere At GableStage, Closes 9/12
by Beau Higgins - September 12, 2010 When their young son has his first sleepover, Adam and Jan are allowed the first night alone together in their Brooklyn brownstone in years. Will they renew a vital spark that's been nearly smothered, or, will the night provide the moment when provisional civility explodes into fiery chaos? An expan...
Village Originals to Feat. Yorkey & Kitt's IN YOUR EYES et al. in New Musical Fest. 8/12-8/15
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2010 Village Originals has announced the official selections for the 10th Annual Festival of New Musicals taking place August 12-15, 2010 at the Francis J. Gaudette Theatre in Issaquah. This is an invitation only event, not open to the public. The Annual Festival of New Musicals has become a jumping o... |