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Review: EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN Revives Classics at Jazz at Lincoln Center Photo Review: EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN Revives Classics at Jazz at Lincoln Center
by Rob Lester - October 28, 2024

The Cabaret Convention's three multi-performer shows are done for this year. Concluding our recaps, here's the word on what we heard during the third night: EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN, presented on October 24th. So many songs, so many singers, jammed into three nights, is the cornucopia of the Caba...


Interview: Mark Fleischer Talks Taking Down Audience Barriers at Pittsburgh CLO Photo Interview: Mark Fleischer Talks Taking Down Audience Barriers at Pittsburgh CLO
by Greg Kerestan - April 15, 2024

Pittsburgh's biggest musical theatre company is making big moves to support and diversify its audience. A series of focus group encounters led Fleischer and his team to a single recurring idea: remove the barriers that prevent potential audience members from coming, and from returning, to CLO shows....


Student Blog: My Top Ten Favorite Musical Theatre Finales Photo Student Blog: My Top Ten Favorite Musical Theatre Finales
by Student Blogger: Jaclyn Hansen - April 23, 2021

Whether it be a large dance number, a touching duet, or a beautiful ensemble number— the finale has the ability to set the tone of the show. I remember when I was growing up and doing Musical Theatre as a kid, I always loved the final number of a show. I loved performing in them, watching them, and ...


Review Roundup: THE YEAR TO COME at La Jolla Playhouse Photo Review Roundup: THE YEAR TO COME at La Jolla Playhouse
by Alan Henry - December 18, 2018

In the video below see a special scenic design feature on THE YEAR TO COME stage that took a lot of prep and planning, and we're excited to share it with our audiences. Dive into this KPBS-TV feature for a sneak peek! Performances for this world-premiere production centering around a family's New Ye...


Feature: THE FATHER at Theatre Z Photo Feature: THE FATHER at Theatre Z
by Bob Pekol - June 06, 2023

A Tragic Farce. That is the subtitle for “The Father,” a show brought to life by the actors of Theatre Z in Green Bay Wisconsin. This comedy/tragedy tells the story of Andre and his family as he suffers from dementia as his reality (or truth…depending on the day) crumbles around him while his family...


Bonnie Raitt Comes To DPAC June 7, 2022 Photo Bonnie Raitt Comes To DPAC June 7, 2022
by A.A. Cristi - December 14, 2021

Singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt will return to the live stage with Just Like That… a national tour coming to DPAC on June 7, 2022, with special guest, Lucinda Williams. Featuring music from her forthcoming, long-awaited studio album, 'Just Like That…' Raitt will release her first single off the upcom...


Sydney Festival to Present Thought-Provoking 2021 Talks Program Photo Sydney Festival to Present Thought-Provoking 2021 Talks Program
by A.A. Cristi - November 25, 2020

Sydney Festival today unveils its thought-provoking program of talks, panels and workshops, partnering with The Walkley Foundation, Sydney Writers Festival and UTS to present some of the country's most celebrated and incisive journalists, writers and thinkers, adding to the already announced 2021 li...


PROOF By David Auburn Comes to The Historic Ritz Theatre Photo PROOF By David Auburn Comes to The Historic Ritz Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - February 08, 2018

The Newberry Community Players present the Tony award and Pulitzer prize winning play PROOF at the historic Ritz Theatre on Newberry's Main Street....


Bonnie Raitt to Bring JUST LIKE THAT… Tour to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center Photo Bonnie Raitt to Bring JUST LIKE THAT… Tour to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 24, 2023

Get ready for an unforgettable evening of music as Bonnie Raitt takes the stage live at NJPAC. Find out all the details and get your tickets now for this highly anticipated concert event....


BWW Review: CLASSIC ALBUM SUNDAYS - BADLY DRAWN BOY, Royal Albert Hall Photo BWW Review: CLASSIC ALBUM SUNDAYS - BADLY DRAWN BOY, Royal Albert Hall
by Debbie Gilpin - October 17, 2019

As part of the ongoing Festival of Film, the Royal Albert Hall last night played host to Classic Album Sundays. Presenter Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy hosted Damon Gough (a.k.a. Badly Drawn Boy), as he picked out some of his favourite pieces of film music and talked about how he approached his own soundtr...


Piano Bar Live! Continues Live-Streaming On June 16 Photo Piano Bar Live! Continues Live-Streaming On June 16
by Stephi Wild - June 14, 2020

Piano man Michael McAssey hosts Piano Bar Live! Tuesday, June 16th at 7:15 pm ET, following New York City's 7 O'Clock Cheer. This week's guests will be Sal Viviano, Liz Larsen, Phyllis Pastore, Mark Hartman, Beckie Menzie, Yvette Monique Clark and our weekly mystery guest!...


THE GREAT EXPERIMENT Will Embark on London Tour in February 2020 Photo THE GREAT EXPERIMENT Will Embark on London Tour in February 2020
by Stephi Wild - December 05, 2019

Exposing the little-known history of the Indian migrant labourers indentured to work on plantations around the world following the Abolition of Slavery, the award-winning Border Crossings brings The Great Experiment to audiences across London....


Feature: The Rogue Theatre's Anniversary Season Celebrates 20 Years of Pushing Bounda Photo Feature: The Rogue Theatre's Anniversary Season Celebrates 20 Years of Pushing Boundaries
by Robert Encila-Celdran - August 29, 2024

Whether by design or coincidence, The Rogue Theatre kicks off its 20th season with a vivid and prophetic opener: THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH by Thornton Wilder, a playwright acclained for his fierce deconstruction of 20th-century norms. This selection sets the tone for a remarkable season, reaffirming the...


Review: THE MELODRAMA at Santa Fe Playhouse Photo Review: THE MELODRAMA at Santa Fe Playhouse
by Jackie Camborde - September 05, 2024

This year, which marks 100th burning of Zozobra, the Santa Fe Playhouse takes the melodrama and turns it upside down. There is still commentary on government officials, local attractions and events, but the playwrights are taking ownership of their words, in four short form pieces and several inters...


Block St Theatre Co to Premiere FLAMINGO & DECATUR at Theater Wit Photo Block St Theatre Co to Premiere FLAMINGO & DECATUR at Theater Wit
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2018

You know Las Vegas spinning wheels, neon lights, slinky dresses. But do you really know the city and its almost two million inhabitants? Poker pro turned playwright Todd Taylor takes you inside the real Sin City in Block St Theatre Co's darkly comedic new play FLAMINGO & DECATUR, directed by Kevin...


Block St Theatre Co to Premiere FLAMINGO & DECATUR at Theater Wit Photo Block St Theatre Co to Premiere FLAMINGO & DECATUR at Theater Wit
by BWW News Desk - January 10, 2018

You know Las Vegas spinning wheels, neon lights, slinky dresses. But do you really know the city and its almost two million inhabitants? Poker pro turned playwright Todd Taylor takes you inside the real Sin City in Block St Theatre Co's darkly comedic new play FLAMINGO & DECATUR, directed by Kevin...


Singer Yvette Monique Clark Live-Streams DIVA OF THE 'DEMIC Virtual Cabaret, August 2 Photo Singer Yvette Monique Clark Live-Streams DIVA OF THE 'DEMIC Virtual Cabaret, August 28
by A.A. Cristi - August 27, 2020

Singer-actress Yvette Monique Clark live-streams her virtual cabaret, Diva of the 'Demic on Facebook Live, Friday, August 28 at 8 pm ET. ...


Passim's School Of Music Announces Winter 2022 Semester Photo Passim's School Of Music Announces Winter 2022 Semester
by Stephi Wild - January 06, 2022

Passim's School of Music is back with more than two dozen classes including a pair of classes examining the music of Bob Dylan & The Band and Bonnie Raitt. This semester half of the classes will be held online, while the rest remain in person....


BWW Review: Nashville Children's Theatre's World Premiere of GHOST Bolts Out of the B Photo BWW Review: Nashville Children's Theatre's World Premiere of GHOST Bolts Out of the Blocks
by Jeffrey Ellis - January 29, 2019

During the very first scenes of Ghost - the world premiere of the play by Idris Goodwin, based upon the 2016 book of the same name by Jason Reynolds, now onstage at Nashville Children's Theatre through February 3 - the audience becomes caught up in the emotional turmoil experienced by young Castle C...


Review: Broadway's Jessica Vosk Honors the Songwriters of Laurel Canyon at OC's Seger Photo Review: Broadway's Jessica Vosk Honors the Songwriters of Laurel Canyon at OC's Segerstrom Center
by Michael Quintos - January 30, 2024

A spectacular one-night-only concert at OC's Segerstrom Center starring one of Broadway's most acclaimed stars, Jessica Vosk's 'California Dreamin'' is a rousing, informative tribute to the incredible singer/songwriters that populated the Laurel Canyon artists community in Los Angeles that included ...


James Valentine to Tour NSW in 2018 Photo James Valentine to Tour NSW in 2018
by Stephi Wild - January 31, 2018

Direct from sold out seasons, including Sydney Opera House, James Valentine tours his wildly funny stage show across regional NSW from 2 March to 26 May 2018. Experience all the hilarity of James Valentine's Afternoon radio program from ABC Radio, but after dark! And in a theatre. Expect live versio...


Bonnie Raitt And Air Supply To Perform At 2022 Interlochen Arts Festival Photo Bonnie Raitt And Air Supply To Perform At 2022 Interlochen Arts Festival
by A.A. Cristi - February 15, 2022

Singer and guitarist Bonnie Raitt and soft rock duo Air Supply will perform as part of the summer 2022 Interlochen Arts Festival at Interlochen Center for the Arts. Tickets for both concerts will go on sale on Friday, Feb. 25, 2022 at interlochen.org/tickets.  ...


Video: Wendell Pierce Unpacks an Epic Career on Stage and Screen Photo Video: Wendell Pierce Unpacks an Epic Career on Stage and Screen
by Backstage Live with Richard Ridge - July 06, 2023

In this video, watch as Tony nominee Wendell Pierce chats about his extensive career on and off stage....


Carriageworks Presents Five World Premieres For Sydney Festival Photo Carriageworks Presents Five World Premieres For Sydney Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 11, 2020

Carriageworks, one of Australia's largest contemporary multi-arts centres, will again be a major hub for Sydney Festival in 2021, presenting five world premieres including a new video installation by award-winning Australian artist Tina Havelock Stevens titled THANK YOU FOR HOLDING and launching 6 J...


Broadway at The Ordway Announces Musicals Photo Broadway at The Ordway Announces Musicals
by Stephi Wild - June 14, 2021

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts today announced the re-launch of its beloved flagship series, Broadway @ the Ordway. Broadway @ the Ordway 2021-2022 includes four popular musicals: 'Fiddler on the Roof,' 'Summer: The Donna Summer Musical,' 'An Officer and a Gentleman' and 'Waitress.' ...






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