BWW Interview: Jenet Le Lacheur Talks HAMLET at St Paul's Church
by Cindy Marcolina - July 06, 2019 The grounds of St Paul's Church in Covent Garden are hosting a revolutionary staging of Hamlet. Directed by Daniel Winder, it sees non-binary transgender actor Jenet Le Lacheur taking on the main role. We caught up with them to learn more about how gender plays a big part in the production, which in...
Sundance Institute Announces Latest Documentary Fund Grantees
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 21, 2020 Sundance Institute today named the global cohort of 22 independent nonfiction filmmakers and their projects that comprise the latest Grantees of the Institute's Documentary Fund....
York Symphony Orchestra Presents The Eroica On Oct. 6
by Julie Musbach - September 24, 2018 The York Symphony Orchestra will present The Eroica on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Appell Center for the Performing Arts in York....
RENEE'S QUEER CABARET Comes to Artists Repertory Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - August 01, 2018 Hosted by Rockstar and B Movie Actress Renee Muzquiz, this "resistance variety show" defies the traditional cabaret with rock music and a focus on the intimate humor, joys and vulnerabilities of living on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum....
BWW Review: EN EL TIEMPO DE LAS MARIPOSAS at GALA Hispanic Theatre
by Roger Catlin - April 17, 2018 The four Mirabal sisters, who resisted the oppressive dictatorship of Gen. Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic in the mid 20th century, became folk heroes decades after three of them were murdered by the regime nearly 70 years ago....
WATCH: Anna Kendrick Talks About PITCH PERFECT 3 on THE TODAY SHOW
by Tori Hartshorn - December 19, 2017 WATCH: Anna Kendrick Talks About PITCH PERFECT 3 on THE TODAY SHOW...
BWW Preview: Welcome to the 21st Century (and 1816) at Opera Philadelphia's Digital Festival, including BREAKING THE WAVES
by Richard Sasanow - April 30, 2020 Over the last five years, Opera Philadelphia has presented an impressive group of new operas it has commissioned, along with some classics from the standard rep. Starting tomorrow, we'll get a look at some of the best of them, with the company's Digital Festival running through May 29, available on ...
Two Icons of Portugal's Great Fado Tradition Together for the First Time in New York
by Macon Prickett - April 03, 2018 Portuguese singer Carlos do Carmo stands at the center of much of fado's history over the last 50 years, a singular voice that has resonated with generations of listeners throughout the world and which will be heard in his Town Hall debut in New York City on April 7, 2018. Carlos do Carmo will be jo...
BWW Review: EFFIGIES OF WICKEDNESS (SONGS BANNED BY THE NAZIS), Gate Theatre
by Gary Naylor - May 15, 2018 Weimar Cabaret delivered with talent, humour and fear to burn!...
West Coast Premiere of THE ABUELAS Explores Truth and Identity at Antaeus
by Julie Musbach - September 03, 2019 a?oeIf you have doubts about your identity, contact Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo.a?? So read billboards across Argentina, where thousands of people were a?oedisappeareda?? between 1976 and 1983 under a brutal military dictatorship. Questions of truth and identity are explored when Antaeus Theatre Co...
John Greyson Wins 4th TEDDY Award From Berlinale 2021 for INTERNATIONAL DAWN CHORUS DAY
by A.A. Cristi - June 18, 2021 John Greyson's International Dawn Chorus Day, which had its world premiere at Berlinale 2021where it screened as one of 20 short films in the Documentary + Experimental programme, has won the Teddy Award for Best Short Film. International Dawn Chorus Day is the short, experimental documentary from J...
Between Kings Release Official Music Video For 'Antidote'
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 09, 2020 Rising alternative pop-rock band Between Kings has unveiled the official music video for their current single 'Antidote,' the lead track off their upcoming album Young Love, out April 24th via The Regime. ...
Green Space Announces September Programs
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 22, 2019 Green Space has announced a diverse roster of artists for its signature programs this September. Take Root will present an evening of work by Elisabetta Minutoli and Beau Dobson & Dancers, curated by Chris Ferris, on December 13th and 14th, and Fertile Ground showcases works-in-progress by multiple ...
BWW Review: THE WHITE ROSE - THE STORY OF SOPHIE SCHOLL, Brockley Jack Studio Theatre
by Gary Naylor - July 20, 2018 The tragic story of a student resistance group in wartime Munich told with skill and commitment by a talented cast....
BWW Review: ELSEWHERE at Centaur Theatre - Classical Mask as Protest Theatre
by Tara McGowan-Ross - February 01, 2019 Odd Stumble and Imago collaborate on a work of protest theatre that offers different perspectives against Nicolas Maduro's regime in Venezuela, mounted the day after the country's presidency became heatedly contested....
WATCH: Anna Kendrick Talks About PITCH PERFECT 3 on THE TODAY SHOW
by BWW News Desk - December 22, 2017 WATCH: Anna Kendrick Talks About PITCH PERFECT 3 on THE TODAY SHOW...
The First Polish Netflix Original Series 1983 Is Currently in Production
by Macon Prickett - March 07, 2018 Netflix, the world's leading internet entertainment service, continues its investment in Europe with the announcement today of 1983, its first Polish original series. Directed by Academy Award®-Nominee Agnieszka Holland as well as Kasia Adamik, Olga Chajdas and Agnieszka Smoczynsk, the eight-episode...
TFANA and Bard Fisher Center Present the Premiere of MAD FOREST
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 15, 2020 Theatre for a New Audience and the Fisher Center at Bard join forces to present the professional premiere of the groundbreaking undergraduate Bard College Theater & Performance Program production of Caryl Churchill's Mad Forest, created by acclaimed experimental theater and opera director Ashley Tat...
BWW Review: LIFE AND DEATH OF A JOURNALIST, VAULT Festival
by Cindy Marcolina - February 28, 2020 Laura (Lucy Roslyn) has just returned from Hong Kong after reporting from the protests. When Vicky (Melissa Woodbridge) offers her a job at an independent newspaper with the promise of letting her tell the story of how her friend died, her personal and professional lives are put on the line. The pap...
BWW Review: In Lauren Yee's CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND, Music Spits In The Face Of Oppression
by Michael Dale - March 03, 2020 Family secrets, political history, moral dilemmas in the face of genocide and loud, kick-ass rock tunes mix terrifically in Lauren Yee's gripping and (for this reviewer) informative new drama Cambodian Rock Band, an often horrifying, but ultimately exhilarating reminder that if there's one thing tot...
Human Rights Experts Call for Accountability for Iranian Regime's Atrocities
by Robert Diamond - December 04, 2017 ...
Repertory Dance Theatre's COMPASS Coming to the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in November
by Gigi Gervais - October 16, 2021 Repertory Dance Theatre continues their 56th season with COMPASS, featuring choreography from Martha Graham, Bebe Miller, and Ihsan Rustem, this November. The performance will take place at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center with limited seating capacity to account for social distancing, Novembe...
BWW Interview: Actor Jason Michael Evans Talks ANASTASIA's North American Tour
by Katricia Lang - March 05, 2019 Stalin, Lenin, mass executions. Who knew that war and civil unrest would make a good backdrop for a love story? Well, a lot of people. Margaret Mitchell, Victor Hugo, the Hollywood execs behind THE NOTEBOOK. But that doesn't make ANASTASIA, a romantic musical from librettist Terrence McNally, and co...
Between Kings Releases the ANTIDOTE EP
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 24, 2020 Rising alternative pop-rock band Between Kings has released the Antidote EP today via The Regime... |