Fantastic Negrito Brings a Special Blend of Sonic Sounds to Highmark Blues & Heritage Festival
by Stephi Wild - September 13, 2022 A conceptualist like Frank Zappa, a mixologist like George Clinton, and an experimenter like Sun Ra, the Massachusetts-born, 54-year-old, Somali-American singer-songwriter named Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz, AKA Fantastic Negrito, concocted his own blues-based, psychedelic sonic stew. Inspired by his gr...
The Paley Center for Media Announces Schedule for the 28th Annual Paley International Council Summit
by A.A. Cristi - October 17, 2022 The Paley Center for Media announces the agenda and speaker lineup for its 28th Annual Paley International Council Summit “Forging New Horizons: The Next Era for Media.” Taking place Tuesday, November 8 and Wednesday, November 9, the Summit will be live and in-person for the first time in three year...
Barn Theatre Announce Summer Outdoor Theatre Festival
by A.A. Cristi - July 20, 2020 The Barn Theatre in Cirencester has announced the launch of their first Summer outdoor theatre festival, BarnFest a?" Outdoor Theatre Festival, which will run from 25 July until 5 September....
Review: Kate Baldwin & Aaron Lazar Bring Everything From Silliness to Sighs to ALL FOR YOU at 54 Below
by Stephen Mosher - July 20, 2022 Two of Broadway's brightest stars and most romantic leading actors have a new act and it's going to take them far....
Latest Standings Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld St. Louis Awards; The Muny Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW - December 05, 2022 The latest standings as of Monday, December 5th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld St. Louis Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites....
BWW Review: The Touring Company of WAITRESS Brought Flavor, Song, and Heart to the BJCC CONCERT HALL
by David Edward Perry - November 09, 2021 If you are skilled in the kitchen you know sugar, butter and flour are the holy trinity of baking. “Waitress” is a moving musical made with a similar simple recipe. Take two people, mix them with love, and let it rise. ...
BWW Album Review: Kyle Taylor Parker Brings Plenty of BROADWAY SOUL
by Amanda Prahl - February 22, 2021 Kyle Taylor Parker’s Broadway Soul, Vol. 2 features all the familiar Broadway songs you love, but with a unique take that makes them feel fresh again....
BWW Interview: Playwright Peter Coy On Building His House In The Country and Other Plays
by Gil Kaan - July 08, 2021 Prolific playwright Peter Coy has recently published his latest collection of his plays A House In The Country and Other Plays. I had the chance to pick deeply into Peter’s brain on his works and past schooling....
Classical Pianist and Conductor Leon Fleisher Dies at 92
by Stephi Wild - August 04, 2020 BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Leon Fleisher, classical pianist and conductor, has died at age 92....
BWW Interview: Carolyn Montgomery of AMERICAN SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION 2022 GALA at Merkin Hall At Kaufman Music Center
by Michael Walters - May 05, 2022 The 2022 American Songbook Association Gala will honor Stephen Schwartz on Monday, May 9 -An interview with ASA co-founder Carolyn Montgomery...
Greenwich Theatre Secures Arts Council England Funding
by Stephi Wild - June 02, 2020 Greenwich Theatre has secured £35,000 in emergency funding from Arts Council England to protect and develop the company's work with young and emerging artists and to move the annual Greenwich Children's Theatre Festival online....
PlayPenn Announces Playwright Finalists For Its Annual Conference, Reintroduced
by Stephi Wild - June 03, 2022 After a new rigorous play submission and selection process, PlayPenn today announced the final six plays and playwrights that will be featured at the nonprofit organization's restructured annual Conference. The three-week conference will be hosted at The Drake in Philadelphia over a three-week perio...
BWW Interview: Jeb Brown Talks World Premiere of Duncan Sheik & Kyle Jarrow's WHISPER HOUSE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 18, 2022 59E59 Theaters and The Civilians are presenting the world premiere of Whisper House, featuring music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik, and book and lyrics by Kyle Jarrow. A brand-new, completely original musical, Whisper House is reopening 59E59 Theaters' Theater A, marking their return to in-person, live...
iO Theater Reopens After Two Years, Providing Chicago Improv Community A New Home For Comedy In The City
by A.A. Cristi - October 26, 2022 After closing its doors in 2020, iO Theater announces its return to the Chicago improv comedy stage. Starting Thursday, November 3, more than twenty different improv productions will once again be featured across the theater's stages, including favorites like “The Armando,” “Sex and the Windy City,”...
RATINGS: CBS, BIG BROTHER Hold Off Demo Competition
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 28, 2020 Here are the highlights of the 13 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night (8/27/20)....
THE SHOW MUST GO ON! Live At The Palace Theatre Announces Postponement
by Stephi Wild - November 06, 2020 The producers of The Show Must Go On! Live at The Palace Theatre, announced today the show will be rescheduled. The concert will now run from 20 - 24 January 2021 and customers will be contacted about the exchange of their tickets. ...
Dance Entropy Announces Virtual Summer Dance Intensive
by Stephi Wild - May 27, 2020 Artistic Director Valerie Green announced today that Dance Entropy is now registering students for its 11th annual summer dance intensive that runs July 13th through 17th of 2020. The company will be registering students on a rolling basis through July 11th....
Rachel Bilson Launches New Podcast 'Broad Ideas'
by Michael Major - May 31, 2022 On Broad Ideas, Rachel is joined by long-time best friend Olivia Allen to talk about sex, mental health, their belief (or lack of) in ghosts, and so much more. Upcoming guests include Mandy Moore, Aubrey Plaza, Zooey Deschanel, Gina Rodriguez, Kristen Kish, Bobby Berk, and many more....
Take Two Productions to Present GODSPELL and TICK, TICK... BOOM for 2023 Season
by Blair Ingenthron - August 27, 2022 Godspell will be presented in Johnson Hall at Third Baptist Church, opening on March 17, 2023, and running though Saturday, March 25, 2023. Tick, Tick...BOOM! will be presented in Johnson Hall at Third Baptist Church opening on Sept. 29, 2023, and running though Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023....
BLOG: Toby Mitchell Talks Tall Stories' 25th Anniversary, His Current Projects And Hopes For The Future
by Guest Blog: Toby Mitchell - July 05, 2022 Toby Mitchell Talks Tall Stories's 25th Anniversary, His Current Projects And Hopes For The Future....
BWW Interview: Mitch Master Directs THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Nicely Theatre Group
by Julie Yolles - July 20, 2021 It was exactly a year ago that the newly formed professional non-profit Nicely Theatre Group (NTG) was slated to premiere its inaugural show with the musical Pippin. And we all know what happened last year to live theatre productions......
Casting Announced For THE SHOW MUST GO ON! LIVE At The Palace Theatre - Sam Tutty, Layton Williams, and More!
by Stephi Wild - October 27, 2020 After a record breaking on-sale and due to phenomenal public demand, THE SHOW MUST GO ON! LIVE AT THE PALACE THEATRE will play a further two dates and will now run from 11th to the 15th November. ...
Michael Morpurgo's PRIVATE PEACEFUL To Play London's West End in November
by Stephi Wild - October 09, 2020 Simon Reade's adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's PRIVATE PEACEFUL will transfer to the West End. ...
STEALING MONA LISA Comes to Theater For The New City This Month
by Stephi Wild - December 09, 2022 August 21, 1911, wasn't just another day at the Louvre in Paris. Security guards discovered that the Mona Lisa, at a time when art work was being photographed, was missing. Who took the Mona Lisa? The cry spread across newspapers and nations....
Museum of the Moving Image Launches Marvels Of Media Awards To Celebrate Media-Makers With Autism
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 14, 2021 Museum of the Moving Image is inviting all audiences to recognize the creativity and leadership of media-makers with autism. To honor media-makers on the spectrum, MoMI is launching an open call for nominations for the Marvels of Media Awards, the very first media awards ceremony, film festival, and... |