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Bakehouse Theatre to Present REASONS TO BE PRETTY
by Tyler Peterson - May 29, 2015 What is your reason to be pretty? Our obsession with physical beauty is confronted headlong in this perceptive and exhilarating comedy. It is the third in Neil LaBute's trilogy of plays that examines the male/female relationship in honest , arresting and hilarious detail. It follows The Shape o...
N. Marie McCormick Announces ADVENTURES IN UNDERLAND
by Christina Mancuso - December 16, 2015 N. Marie McCormick, a wife, animal lover, devoted writer and author, has completed her new book 'Adventures In Underland': a gripping and potent story about riots, race, drugs and gangs....
Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson Launches Book COMMON SENSE FOR THE COMMON GOOD
by Christina Mancuso - October 20, 2016 BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Broadside, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, has published COMMON SENSE FOR THE COMMON GOOD: Libertarianism as the End of Two-Party Tyranny by Libertarian Presidential candidate and former Governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson as an e-book original. In the spring of 2017, Bro...
VIDEO: Alfre Woodard on STATE OF AFFAIRS Co-Star Katherine Heigl: 'I Love Her'
by Caryn Robbins - January 07, 2015 Actress Alfre Woodard stopped by CBS's THE TALK to discuss working with co-star Katherine Heigl on “State of Affairs.”...
Photo Flash: THE HAMMER TRINITY Begins Tonight at The House Theatre of Chicago
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2015 The House Theatre of Chicago presents its multi-play fantasy epic, The Hammer Trinity, in its entirety with all-day marathon performances, including the world premiere of the all-new final chapter Part Three: The Excelsior King and revised versions of Part One: The Iron Stag King and Part Two: The C...
BWW Reviews: Netrebko and Beczala A Potent Duo in IOLANTA Debut at the Met
by Richard Sasanow - February 04, 2015 I don't know when the next time the Met is planning to bring back Tchaikovsky's final opera, IOLANTA (libretto by his brother Modest) into its repertory, but they should, and quickly. And if you have the opportunity, run to see it as fast as you can. It's not often that the Met puts on a opera and p...
BWW Reviews: Scofflaw Playwriting, Standout Acting: ON CLOVER ROAD at Contemporary American Theater Festival
by Jack L. B. Gohn - July 16, 2015 The action, from the shadowy world of religious cults and deprogrammers, takes place in the ruins of a derelict motel, where distraught mother Kate (Tasha Lawrence) has been brought by Stine (Lee Sellars), a supposed specialist in reuniting abandoned parents with cult-brainwashed youngsters. Stine i...
Tony Winner Alan Cumming Speaks Out Against Mississippi 'Religious Freedom' Bill
by Caryn Robbins - April 13, 2016 Tony Award winning actor Alan Cumming spoke to Page Six of the New York Post about his strong opposition to Mississippi's 'Religious Freedom' bill...
Parity Productions to Launch with Reading of HOUSEHOLD WORDS, 5/16
by Tyler Peterson - May 12, 2016 Founder and Artistic Director Ludovica Villar-Hauser has announced the formation and launch of Parity Productions - the new theater company that combines art and advocacy, with its mission to create new and innovative work as well as hire 50% women and transgender on every production....
Photo Flash: Leslie Odom Jr., Ty Jones, WITNESS UGANDA and More at Classical Theatre of Harlem's 15th Anniversary Benefit
by BWW News Desk - April 15, 2015 Theater and Harlem luminaries converged on the Apollo Theater Soundstage on Monday to mark the 15th anniversary of The Classical Theatre of Harlem (CTH) (Ty Jones, Producing Artistic Director; David Roberts, Managing Director). Hosted by actor Leslie Odom, Jr. (Hamilton, Law & Order: SVU, Person of ...
The House Theatre of Chicago to Present THE HAMMER TRINITY, 2/20-5/3
by BWW News Desk - January 19, 2015 The House Theatre of Chicago presents its multi-play fantasy epic, The Hammer Trinity, in its entirety with all-day marathon performances, including the world premiere of the all-new final chapter Part Three: The Excelsior King and revised versions of Part One: The Iron Stag King and Part Two: The C...
S.T. Levin Pens New Historical Fiction, THE MEMOIRS OF SOCRATES
by Christina Mancuso - October 12, 2015 Implicitly drawing a comparison between his life in the U.S. and Socrates' life in Athens, author S.T. Levin began examining what he felt was a decline in America akin to the decline of ancient Greece. He began independently studying philosophy and history in an attempt to understand this cultural d...
BWW Review: ANN Reminds Us How Much We Need Someone Like Her Today
by Frank Benge - April 14, 2016 ANN, written and performed by Emmy® Award winning actress Holland Taylor, is a one woman portrait of Ann Richards, the legendary governor of Texas. Richards' persona was as big as the state itself and just as colorful. Originating at the Galveston Grand Opera, the show has played to sold-out audien...
TIFF Preserves The Films YOU LOVE and ONE CAN AT A TIME
by Caryn Robbins - November 15, 2016 You are sitting in the cinema. Hunkered down in your seat. The lights begin to dim, filling the cinema with darkness; the room falls silent....
Matthew Lillard Makes NYC Directing Debut with Animus Theatre's COLLECTED SHORTS Tonight
by BWW News Desk - April 24, 2015 Animus Theatre Company is pleased to announce Collected Shorts by Tennessee Williams (The Long Goodbye, Moony's Kid Don't Cry, The Pink Bedroom, and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen) as their 2014-2015 Workshop Production and final production of the season. Marking the New York theatre dir...
Mark Anderson to Open Speaker Series at Eccles, 11/20
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2015 Engage in the future -- now. The 2015-2016 Park City Institute / Strategic News Service "Future in Review" Speaker Series re-enters the global discussion with the man FORTUNE named one of the "100 Smartest People We Know." Strategic News Service (SNS) founder Mark Anderson sets the tone for the thir...
BWW Dance Review: THE MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY Loses Sight of Its Identity at City Center Gala
by Juan Michael Porter II - April 26, 2016 The 'House of Pelvic Truth' has lost its contraction. Known for its dominating heroines and intense psychosexual dramas, The Martha Graham Dance Company at the age of 90 has come to resemble a bevy of rail thin beauties who alternate between striking lovely poses and engaging in repetitive calisthen...
Museum Planned For Bucks County Farmhouse Once Owned By Oscar Hammerstein
by Michael Dale - May 26, 2016 Oscar Hammerstein's Highland Farm, Inc. disputes an earlier report that the home where the lyricist wrote Broadway classics is for sale....
Ars Nova Sets Complete ANT Fest 2015 Lineup
by Tyler Peterson - May 11, 2015 Ars Nova has announced the lineup for its 8th Annual ANT Fest, running June 1 - 26. This year's festival of all new talent features four nonstop weeks of comedy, music & theater mash-ups, and invites audiences on a nightly adventure with the next wave of breakthrough artists at Ars Nova. A comple...
BWW Review: Theatre UCF's THE UNDERSTUDY is Uneven, Existential Back-Stage Farce
by Matt Tamanini - September 19, 2015 Complaining about movie stars on Broadway has become a popular pastime for theatre folk, however, the occasional uproar hasn't stemmed the tide of A-listers looking to get back to, or establish, their legit roots. This theatrical divide is at the center of Theresa Rebeck's THE UNDERSTUDY, playing at...
Vanessa Williams & Alfre Woodard Among Women of Power Legacy Award Honorees
by Tyler Peterson - February 18, 2016 Black Enterprise will present its highest honor in recognition of the achievements of black women when it presents the Women of Power Legacy Awards at the 2016 Women of Power Summit on March 10, 2016, in Hollywood, Florida. The Women of Power Summit is the nation's No. 1 executive development and le...
BWW Review: NOVEMBER Allows for a Break
by Katherine Waddell - August 22, 2016 There couldn't be a greater choice for Acting Ensemble to close out their 2015-2016 season than with the politically charged comedy November by David Mamet. With an election in our own world just around the corner, watching November allows for a relaxing, hilarious break from the seriousness of our ...
Mark Anderson to Open Speaker Series at Eccles, Today
by BWW News Desk - November 20, 2015 Engage in the future -- now. The 2015-2016 Park City Institute / Strategic News Service "Future in Review" Speaker Series re-enters the global discussion with the man FORTUNE named one of the "100 Smartest People We Know." Strategic News Service (SNS) founder Mark Anderson sets the tone for the thir...
BWW Review: WELLESLEY GIRL at the Humana Festival
by Keith Waits - March 23, 2016 United States In Disarray: Wellesley Girl at the Humana Festival...
Museum Planned For Bucks County Farmhouse Once Owned By Oscar Hammerstein
by Michael Dale - May 26, 2016 Oscar Hammerstein's Highland Farm, Inc. disputes an earlier report that the home where the lyricist wrote Broadway classics is for sale.... |