PTC's 2015-16 Season to Feature FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO & More
by Tyler Peterson - April 15, 2015 Pioneer Theatre Company, Utah's premier professional theatre, has announced its 2015-2016 season. The season is bookended by two blockbuster musicals, Fiddler on the Roof and the professional U.S. premiere of the new Frank Wildhorn musical The Count of Monte Cristo. The season also includes two more...
The Vagrancy Co-Artistic Director Sabina Ptasznik to Step Down
by Tyler Peterson - November 11, 2014 Sabina Ptasznik, Co-Artistic Director of award-winning LA based theatre company The Vagrancy, has announced that she is stepping down from her position. Co-Founder Caitlin Hart will continue as sole Artistic Director of the not-for-profit company....
Mad Horse Theatre to Stage DRACULA: DOWN FOR THE COUNT This Halloween
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2014 Looking for something special to do on Halloween night? Join Mad Horse Theatre Company on All Hallow's Eve for a spooktacular costume party and staged reading of Dracula: Down for the Count, a comic rendition of the classic horror tale, written by Mary Lynn Dobson and directed by James Herrera....
KKJZ 88.1 Presents Benefit Concert: A Swinging Tribute to Count Basie
by Ellen Dostal - May 21, 2015 KJazz is throwing its third annual benefit concert at the Music Center's Walt Disney Concert Hall on Saturday, June 27th at 8pm. The show will feature a Swinging Tribute to Count Basie by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band and special guests Lee Ritenour, Gregg Field, and the Sara Gazarek Band....
BWW Reviews: Hub Opera's THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Features an Evening of Clever Characters and Beautiful Music
by Johnna Leary - May 30, 2014 The Hagerstown Hub Opera production of one of Mozart's most famous operas, The Marriage of Figaro, is an enjoyable way to spend an evening, providing audiences with gorgeous music and vocals and very clever caricatures of the well known opera buffa stereotypes....
Last Act Theatre Company Presents LENDER IS THE NIGHT, Now thru 7/26
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2014 Last Act Theatre Company presents 'Lender is the Night: An Utterly Unrecognizable Adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo: A Western Melodrama.' Written by Greg Klein. Directed by Eric Daugherty...
Metropolitan Museum of Art Reunites Four Portraits by Francisco de Goya, Now thru 8/3
by BWW News Desk - April 22, 2014 By special arrangement with the Banco de España, from today, April 22 through August 3, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will reunite for the first time four portraits painted by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) that were commissioned by the Count of Altamira, who was a director of the bank....
Review Roundup: Metropolitan Opera's LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
by Christina Mancuso - September 25, 2014 Despite the union battles and season lockout threats, the Metropolitan Opera opened its doors as scheduled on Monday night with Mozart's “Le Nozze di Figaro” conducted by James Levine....
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - Frank Wildhorn's THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO Opens Tonight at BYU
by Stage Tube - January 22, 2015 Click below to watch dress rehearsal footage of Brigham Young University's January 2015 production of Frank Wildhorn's THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. Preston Yates, who plays Edmond Dantes/Count of Monte Cristo, sings a number from the production with Shae Robins, who plays Mercedes....
DECADES OF DIVAS Set for Count Basie Theatre, 11/8
by Tyler Peterson - October 20, 2014 DECADES OF DIVAS makes its world premiere ahead of a national tour Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014 at the Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank, NJ. Show time is 8 p.m. Tickets $59, $39, $29 and $19 on sale NOW at www.countbasietheatre.org or through the box office at (732) 842-9000....
New Book Revisits “The Count of Monte Cristo”
by Robert Diamond - August 02, 2014 Many have read the last words from the classic novel, 'The Count of Monte Cristo' and felt sadness as it ended....
Tickets to LA Opera & LA Theatre Works' THE GUILTY MOTHER On Sale Tomorrow
by Tyler Peterson - December 08, 2014 Pierre Beaumarchais' 1792 play The Guilty Mother, the last and least-known of the French playwright's trilogy of stage comedies about the adventures of Figaro, will be presented in a 'radio theater-style performance' by LA Theatre Works in partnership with LA Opera. A highlight of LA Opera's Figaro ...
Mad Horse Theatre Stages DRACULA: DOWN FOR THE COUNT Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 31, 2014 Looking for something special to do on Halloween night? Join Mad Horse Theatre Company on All Hallow's Eve for a spooktacular costume party and staged reading of Dracula: Down for the Count, a comic rendition of the classic horror tale, written by Mary Lynn Dobson and directed by James Herrera....
Oak Joo-Hyun's Upcoming Solo Album to Feature New Frank Wildhorn Song
by Sally Henry Fuller - August 24, 2014 Korean pop singer and theatre star Oak Joo-Hyun is releasing a new solo album featuring songs by Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn....
BWW Reviews: Winter Opera St. Louis Opens a Brilliant 'Le Nozze di Figaro'
by Steve Callahan - November 12, 2014 Winter Opera kicks off its eighth season with a simply heavenly production of 'Le Nozze di Figaro'. It's the perfect thing for one's first introduction to opera, or for turning a tentative love of opera into a deep and true commitment....
Cape Town Opera Presents THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, Now thru 26 October
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2014 Cape Town Opera will present a new production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's comic masterpiece of impetuous love, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (LE NOZZE DI FIGARO) in the Opera House at Artscape from today 18 to 26 October 2014....
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inks 2-Year First-Look Deal with Immersive Pictures
by Caryn Robbins - February 26, 2015 Sony Pictures Entertainment has entered into a two-year, first-look deal with Josh Bratman's Immersive Pictures, it was announced today by Michael De Luca and Hannah Minghella, presidents of Production for Columbia Pictures....
Cinnabar Theater Adds 6/11 Performance of 'FIGARO'
by Tyler Peterson - June 03, 2014 Cinnabar Theater is on a roll: today, after selling out the opening weekend for its opulent production of The Marriage of Figaro, it extended its fourth straight show. This elegant and hilarious opera concludes a spectacular season at Sonoma County's beloved professional theater. Figaro has added a ...
BWW Reviews: Alley Theatre's DRACULA is Elegant and Refined
by Nyderah Williams - November 02, 2014 There are many plays out there that focus on different aspects of the Dracula myth, but the Alley Theatre's production is based on the original 1927 stage adaptation by John L. Balderston and Hamilton Dean....
Last Act Theatre Company Presents LENDER IS THE NIGHT, 7/10-26
by Courtnie Mele - June 30, 2014 Last Act Theatre Company presents 'Lender is the Night: An Utterly Unrecognizable Adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo: A Western Melodrama.' Written by Greg Klein. Directed by Eric Daugherty...
DRACULA Runs Now thru 3/15 at The Grove Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2015 The Grove Theatre announces the opening of Dracula the Musical, which is running on weekends from tonight, Feburary 27th through March 15th....
Count Basie Theatre Announces PROJECT FX New Jersey's Statewide Student Film Festival Presented By Bank Of America
by Matt Tamanini - October 14, 2014 PROJECT FX, the Count Basie Theatre's statewide student film competition presented by Bank Of America, is live at www.projectFXbasie.com. Starting now, students enrolled at any New Jersey high school or college can visit the site to learn about entering the competition, with an internship with Sony ...
OSF's LONG DAY'S JOURNEY Begins Later This Month
by Tyler Peterson - March 18, 2015 The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will open Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, directed by Christopher Liam Moore, on March 29 in the Thomas Theatre. Preview performances are March 25, 27 and 28....
Cape Town Opera to Present THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, 18-26 October
by Tyler Peterson - September 10, 2014 Cape Town Opera will present a new production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's comic masterpiece of impetuous love, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (LE NOZZE DI FIGARO) in the Opera House at Artscape from 18 to 26 October 2014. The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of acclaimed conductor, Maestro...
BWW Reviews: The Mikhailovsky Ballet's GISELLE
by Barnett Serchuk - November 19, 2014 Early in Giselle, the heroine starts picking petals off flowers. Does he love her or does he not? That's very much the way I felt when I went to see the Mikhailovsky Ballet's November 14 performance of Giselle at Lincoln Center's Koch Theatre. I thought the odds were against me. When you have seen t... |