Theater at Monmouth Opens A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE Tonight
by BWW News Desk - July 18, 2014 Season 45 continues at Theater at Monmouth with Oscar Wilde's deliciously witty satire, A Woman of No Importance, opening tonight, July 18 at 7:30 p.m. Fraught with epigrams and pithy sentiments, A Woman of No Importance probes the societal hypocrisy of punishing women for the sin of passion while l...
BWW #TBT CD Reviews: Sutton Foster's WISH and AN EVENING WITH SUTTON FOSTER are Bubbly and Vivacious
by David Clarke - July 16, 2015 Sutton Foster is currently wowing audiences as Queenie in City Center's Encores! Off-Center concert production of Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party. Her beguiling and sweet debut album WISH was released in 2008 by Ghostlight Records, In 2011 they also released her radiant sophomore album, AN EVENING WIT...
GSN Premieres New Matchmaking Series IT TAKES A CHURCH Tonight
by TV News Desk - June 05, 2014 At an upfront presentation held this morning at New York City's Sony Club, GSN, the multimedia company that offers original and classic game programming and competitive entertainment, announced the premiere date of the upcoming original series, IT TAKES A CHURCH. GSN also revealed an integration dea...
Palace Theatre to Add Stadium-Style Seating for This Summer's HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME
by Louisa Brady - April 22, 2014 According to the Wall Street Journal, audience members seated in the orchestra of the upcoming Broadway musical, 'Holler If Ya Hear Me,' will have a movie-theatre-esque experience. The production is spending $200,000 to alter the arrangement of seats in the orchestra, with hopes of augmenting the th...
BWW Recap - 80s Night on THE X FACTOR - Episode 15
by Christina Raquel - November 15, 2013 It's 80s week for the final 12 X Factor contestants!...
Dallas Opera Honors Noted Philanthropist with Office Name Change
by Matt Smith - October 06, 2015 DALLAS, OCTOBER 6, 2015 – Nearly six years after the company's move into the iconic Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, The Dallas Opera is thrilled to announce the naming of TDO's administrative offices for one of the city's most remarkable, colorful and generou...
Binge-Watch All of NBC's AQUARIUS After Its Network Premiere
by TV News Desk - April 29, 2015 To offer viewers the same binge-viewing experience they now enjoy on streaming platforms, NBC will make the unprecedented move of releasing all 13 episodes of David Duchovny's new series “Aquarius” on NBC.com and the NBC app after the show's two-hour linear network premiere on May 28, 2015. ...
BWW Reviews: RACHEL SORSA Band Releases Sumptuous Jazz CD SISU
by Don Grigware - March 13, 2015 Sisu is sheer delight for lovers of jazz, blues and soul. With a sound that is passionate and seductive, vocalist Rachel Sorsa's soft, high-pitched delivery is like that of a little girl...kittenish and erotic a la Earth Kitt. Add great musicians Andy Allen on bass, Preston A. Gould on trumpet, Gus ...
BWW Reviews: THE ROOTS '...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin'
by Noah Kahan - June 02, 2014 '...and then you shoot your cousin' is a dense, complex and, at times, confusing listen. Sometimes it is difficult to handle complexity with finesse....
BWW Reviews: You Will Make It Through A CHRISTMAS SURVIVAL GUIDE at Broadway Rose...Most Likely Smiling
by Patrick Brassell - December 01, 2014 The show isn't awful. It borrows good ideas from better shows, mixes things up in a mildly charming way, and sells itself as family entertainment, though I can't imagine a lot of the under-16 set being amused by an Elvis sketch or a song about rehab....
Theater at Monmouth to Present A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, Begin. 7/18
by Tyler Peterson - July 11, 2014 Season 45 continues at Theater at Monmouth with Oscar Wilde's deliciously witty satire, A Woman of No Importance, opening Friday, July 18 at 7:30 p.m. Fraught with epigrams and pithy sentiments, A Woman of No Importance probes the societal hypocrisy of punishing women for the sin of passion while la...
Mission Manager Teams Up with the American Humane Association to Enhance Animal Rescue Efforts
by Robert Diamond - September 25, 2014 As part of its commitment to help first responders save lives and property, Mission Manager, Inc. is pleased to announce a collaboration with the American Humane Association aimed at enhancing the association's Red Star team's nationwide animal rescue efforts. Mission Manager, one of the most widely...
Calvin Klein Announced as Exclusive Apparel Partner of Justin Bieber's Purpose World Tour
by Caryn Robbins - March 10, 2016 Calvin Klein, Inc. today announced that Calvin Klein is the official, exclusive apparel partner of the North American and European legs of Grammy award-winning, 30-time platinum selling phenom Justin Bieber's Purpose world tour....
NBC to Make Entire David Duchovny Series AQUARIUS Available with Linear Premiere
by Danielle DeSisto - May 01, 2015 To offer viewers the same binge-viewing experience they now enjoy on streaming platforms, NBC will make the unprecedented move of releasing all 13 episodes of David Duchovny's new series “Aquarius” on NBC.com and the NBC app after the show's two-hour linear network premiere on May 28, 2015....
BWW Reviews: LISA FISCHER Traverses Diverse Emotional Terrain in Exquisite Yet Meandering Show at Birdland
by Remy Block - April 29, 2015 It wasn't so much watching a performance as it was bearing witness to an interior exploration, the chrysalis-busting conjuring of an artist stepping out of the shadows to claim her own territory. Lisa Fischer, the extraordinarily gifted vocalist featured in the 2014 Academy Award-winning documentary...
Kate Fodor's 'Rx' Makes LA Premiere at the Lost Studio, Now thru 3/2
by BWW News Desk - January 10, 2014 Rx, a new comedy by Kate Fodor, has been set for its Los Angeles premiere today, January 10 through March 2 at the Lost Studio on La Brea. Directed by John Pleshette, there will be one preview performance tonight, January 10 at 8pm and opening is set for Saturday, January 11 at 8pm. Rx will play a l...
BWW Reviews: Don't Cry for EVITA
by Brooke Bridenstine - August 25, 2014 When Evita premiered on Broadway in 1979, it sat in a similar position as it does now: in a medium known for lighter fare, it seeks to tell a fairly unusual tale. And yet, the original Broadway production won multiple Tony awards and its' popularity spurred a 2012 Broadway revival and a current nati...
Antelope Audio Brings the Musical Genius of Andrea Bocelli Closer to Home
by Tyler Peterson - February 09, 2016 The sound of Andrea Bocelli's voice is the very essence of beauty itself. Having transcended geographic, cultural and generational borders, Bocelli is one of classical music's biggest selling artists and the only one to have achieved 10 albums in the top 10. Perhaps more importantly, his heartfelt p...
HBO Acquires Rights to 3 1/2 MINUTES Documentary
by Sally Henry Fuller - January 31, 2015 HBO now has the rights to 3 1/2 MINUTES, a documentary depicting racism-based violence....
Six Flags-Branded Busting Out of North America - Theme Parks to Open in China
by Robert Diamond - June 23, 2014 Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE:SIX), the world's largest regional theme park company, and Riverside Investment Group Co. Ltd., a leading real estate developer in China, announced today a new strategic partnership to build multiple Six Flags-branded theme parks in China over the next d...
BWW Reviews: LACHANZE Brings Cool Rhythms, Stellar Vocals to Kennedy Center Cabaret Debut
by Jennifer Perry - February 16, 2015 She can do it it all....
Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble to Present 'Seascapes'
by Tyler Peterson - February 16, 2016 The Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble will give the world premiere of a new arrangement of Benjamin Britten's evocative 'Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia' from his dramatic opera 'Peter Grimes' at concerts at 4 p.m. on Sunday, February 21, at First United Church of Oak Park, 848 Lake St, ...
Top Reads: Veronica Roth's DIVERGENT Series Surges on Amazon, Week Ending 2/23
by Tyler Peterson - February 23, 2014 On the Amazon side, John Green's THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, soon coming to the big screen, came out on top yet again, with the Little Golden Book of Disney's FROZEN coming in second, and Veronica Roth's DIVERGENT rounding out the top three, with the complete series boxed set in fourth....
LOST IN YONKERS Opens 10/16 at Bare Bones Theater
by Tyler Peterson - September 22, 2014 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Best Play Tony Award, Neil Simon's 'Lost in Yonkers' opens October 16, 2014, for 10 performances over three weekends at Bare Bones Theater in Northport, NY. Tickets are on sale at www.barebonestheater.com....
BWW Review: Whether Jazzy or Bluesy, Catherine Russell & Her Sextet Offer Audiences Enthralling Performances of Iconic Music at Birdland
by Alix Cohen - December 16, 2015 “If they wrote'm like that today,” Catherine Russell sighs after a particularly saucy number during her show last night at Birdland, “I wouldn't have to go back 90 years.” A Russell show is like actually being there then--primarily from the early 1900s through the 1940s. Which is not to say the arti... |