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When an outspoken, idealistic rapper runs for office as a publicity stunt and actually gets elected as The Mayor, he surprises everyone (including himself) when he has a natural knack for the job and slowly transforms City Hall.

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WHISKEY PANTS: THE MAYOR OF WILLIAMSBURG to Play DROM
by Tyler Peterson - December 03, 2015

The award-winning team behind FATTY FATTY NO FRIENDS (Time Out New York Critic's Pick) and BEWARE THE CHUPACABRA (FringeFAVE 2015), - is proud to announce the return of the award winning contemporary operetta, WHISKEY PANTS: THE MAYOR OF WILLIAMSBURG (FRIGID New York Audience Favorite 2015) to DROM ...


BWW Review: Ambitious ANTIGONE NOW at Scena Theatre Falls Short of its Potential
by Pamela Roberts - March 30, 2016

ANTIGONE NOW is based on the nearly 2,500-year-old Sophocles drama, but in Scena Theatre's hands it could use even more time to gel. From missed lines to erratic pacing, ANTIGONE NOW squanders its interesting potential and never hits its stride....


Westport Country Playhouse to Present SEUSSICAL, 3/23
by Tyler Peterson - March 11, 2014

Westport Country Playhouse will continue its 2013-14 Family Festivities Series with 'Seussical, adapted from the Broadway musical about Dr. Seuss' stories, on Sunday, March 23, at 1 and 4 p.m., recommended for grades K - 5. Tickets are $20. Running time is approximately one hour. Pre-show activities...


Jon Gnarr and Hamilton Nolan Appear at the Strand Book Store Today
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2014

The Strand Book Store will host comedian, activist, and mayor of Reykjavik, Iceland, Jon Gnarr today, June 19th. Gnarr will discuss his memoir, Gnarr!: How I Became the Mayor of a Large City in Iceland and Changed the World....


Big Dance 2016 Lineup Set
by Tyler Peterson - January 29, 2016

Big Dance celebrates a decade of expansion and development in dance across the country in 2016, in this, the final Big Dance year, with events and performances all over the country between 2 and 10 July 2016....


BWW Review: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, Birmingham Rep Theatre, March 23 2016
by Jenny Ell - March 25, 2016

With an original publication date back in 1836, Nikolai Gogol's satirical play The Government Inspector is certainly not new writing. Some 180 years on, the text centring on greed and political anarchy in Russia is still being performed. The storyline has had a wealth of incarnations over the years ...


VIDEO: Marshallow Man Makes Appearance in All-New GHOSTBUSTERS Trailer
by Caryn Robbins - May 18, 2016

Columbia Pictures has released an all-new trailer for Paul Feig's GHOSTBUSTERS. The highly anticipated reboot is set to hit theaters on July 15th....


BWW Recap: Where There's a Bill, There's a Way on SCANDAL
by Jennifer McHugh - April 17, 2015

That did NOT just happen. It didn't. It couldn't have. This is a trick, right? Right, SHONDA? It better be, because if isn't a trick, I don't know how the Gladiator nation will persevere....


BEWARE THE CHUPACABRA Set for 2015 New York International Fringe Festival Encore Series
by Tyler Peterson - September 18, 2015

Mind The Art Entertainment ­ the award ­winning company behind the festival hits FATTY FATTY NO FRIENDS and WHISKEY PANTS: THE MAYOR OF WILLIAMSBURG­ is proud to present their brand­ new musical, BEWARE THE CHUPACABRA, now extended as a part of the 2015 New York International Fringe Festival Encore ...


FIRST LISTEN: Fall Out Boy's GHOSTBUSTERS Theme Song ft. Missy Elliott
by Caryn Robbins - June 23, 2016

We ain't afraid of no ghost! Below, get a first listen to the GHOSTBUSTERS (I'm Not Afraid) theme song from the 'Ghostbusters' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack' ft. Missy Elliott....


WHISKEY PANTS: THE MAYOR OF WILLIAMSBURG Set for FRIGID New York
by Tyler Peterson - January 09, 2015

Mind The Art Entertainment - the award-winning company behind the festival hits FATTY FATTY NO FRIENDS, THE TIMING OF THE DAY and STORY TIME WITH MR. BUTTERMEN, - is proud to announce the premiere of their brand-new contemporary operetta, WHISKEY PANTS: THE MAYOR OF WILLIAMSBURG, premiering at the ...


Boston Mayor Marty Walsh Announces $1 Million For Arts Funding
by Michael Dale - January 20, 2016

The three-tiered plan will provide individual grants, expand the city's artist-in-residence program and establish an arts resource desk at City Hall....


IFC Premieres Season 6 of PORTLANDIA Tonight
by TV News Desk - January 21, 2016

Emmy(R)-nominated comedy PORTLANDIA returns to IFC for its highly anticipated sixth season tonight, January 21 at 10 p.m. ET/PT for ten all-new episodes....


BWW Review: Former 1960s Nightclub Performer Turned 1970s New York Mayoral Aide ARLENE WOLFF Continues Inspiring Singing Comeback at Stage 72
by Billie Roe - December 04, 2015

In her recent cabaret show, More Than You Know (November 23 at The Triad's Stage 72), Arlene Wolff continued a comeback that has been 50 years in the making (which started last November when she performed at the Waterwheel Café in Milford, PA). Revisiting her youth and those turbulent political year...


Mayor to Host Concert Fundraiser at Irvington Town Hall Theater
by Tyler Peterson - November 25, 2015

Irvington Town Hall Theater is pleased to announce a wonderful fundraiser created and sponsored by Irvington Mayor, Brian C. Smith. On Saturday, December 12th at 7pm, the Mayor presents: Under the Covers on a Cold December Night. A celebration of two of the world's most beloved performing groups, co...


Sadiq Khan and David Shrigley Launch #LondonIsOpen Underground Campaign
by Rebecca Russo - July 29, 2016

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and leading British artist David Shrigley today launched a major new series of work by top UK and international artists to be featured across the Tube network, showing London is open to all....


VIDEO: HAMILTON's Leslie Odom, Jr., as Aaron Burr, Jokes With Hillary Clinton and Bill de Blasio at Inner Circle Show
by Michael Dale - April 11, 2016

Aaron Burr teaches the mayor to be hip-hop and the presidential hopeful has a few words of advice....


Liz Callaway Set for JOY TO THE WORLD Christmas 'Flash Mob' in Boston, 11/30
by BWW News Desk - November 25, 2014

On November 30th, Liz Callaway will lead a 12 p.m. 'flash mob' outside the 'Coffee Break Cafe,' located at 77 Parkingway, Quincy, MA 02169 (between Lisa's Dance Studio and Solus Hair Creations)....


Mixed Magic Theatre to Stage DAY OF ABSENCE, 9/18-10/3
by BWW News Desk - September 18, 2015

Mixed Magic Theatre will present DAY OF ABSENCE, directed by Ricardo Pitts-Wiley, running September 18-October 3, 2015. ...


BWW Reviews: AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE Erupts at Barrington Stage Company
by Larry Murray - October 08, 2014

The truth can be explosive as Arthur Miller's adaptation of Ibsen's classic tale of truth vs. politics comes to the stage in the Berkshires with a brilliantly moving production of AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE directed by Julianne Boyd....


Oscar Winner Tatum O'Neal is SWEET LORRAINE, on DVD and VOD Today
by Movies News Desk - April 23, 2015

Garden Thieves Pictures has announced that Christopher C. Frieri's Sweet Lorraine will be available nationwide on cable and internet VOD and DVD today, April 23rd....


Jon Gnarr and Hamilton Nolan Appear at the Strand Book Store Today
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2014

The Strand Book Store will host comedian, activist, and mayor of Reykjavik, Iceland, Jon Gnarr today, June 19th. Gnarr will discuss his memoir, Gnarr!: How I Became the Mayor of a Large City in Iceland and Changed the World....


CENTRAL EUROPE YOUNG AND RESTLESS: A SYMPOSIUM Set for 1/13 at The Segal Theatre
by BWW News Desk - January 08, 2014

Next Monday, January 13 at 2:00pm, The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center will host 'Central Europe Young and Restless: A Symposium'....


SOPRANOS Actor John Ciarcia Dies at Age 75
by Caryn Robbins - December 02, 2015

John Ciarcia, best known for his role as mobster Albie Cianfione, the consigliere to Phil Leotardo on HBO's THE SOPRANOS, has passed away at the age of 75....


Jon Gnarr and Hamilton Nolan to Appear at the Strand Book Store, 6/19
by BWW News Desk - June 09, 2014

The Strand Book Store will host comedian, activist, and mayor of Reykjavik, Iceland, Jon Gnarr on Thursday, June 19th. Gnarr will discuss his memoir, Gnarr!: How I Became the Mayor of a Large City in Iceland and Changed the World....






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