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BWW Review: BEAUTIFUL - THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL, Bristol Hippodrome Photo BWW Review: BEAUTIFUL - THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL, Bristol Hippodrome
by Tim Wright - April 05, 2018

The song-writing partnership of Carole King and Gerry Goffin was such a formidable force in the sixties that even Lennon and McCartney often spoke about wanting to emulate them. It's with this partnership then, that Beautiful: The Carol King Musical spends most of it's time....


70 Year Old NYC Subway Singer John The Martyr Signs With Label Photo 70 Year Old NYC Subway Singer John The Martyr Signs With Label
by Tori Hartshorn - January 18, 2018

70 Year Old NYC Subway Singer John The Martyr Signs With Label...


Cresta Barnyard Presents DIVAS WHO ROCK
by BWW News Desk - April 20, 2017

A diva is a celebrated female singer and a woman of outstanding talent. The Barnyard Theatre presents five of its best female singers in a tribute to the world's greatest divas....


Arlo Guthrie Brings His RE:GENERATION Tour to MPAC Photo Arlo Guthrie Brings His RE:GENERATION Tour to MPAC
by A.A. Cristi - April 10, 2018

Folk singer Arlo Guthrie and his children Abe and Sarah Lee perform the music of three generations of Guthries at Mayo Performing Arts Center on Friday, May 11 at 8 pm. Tickets for the Re-Generation Tour are $39-$69....


BWW Review: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE Intrigues at Beavercreek Community Theatre Photo BWW Review: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE Intrigues at Beavercreek Community Theatre
by Jenni Cypher - February 01, 2018

I love a good mystery.  It is my favorite genre.  Beavercreek Community Theatre's production of AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, Agatha Christie's most successful novel as adapted for the stage,  did not disappoint me.  ...


Guest Blog: Director Jonathan O'Boyle On HAIR At The Vaults Photo Guest Blog: Director Jonathan O'Boyle On HAIR At The Vaults
by Guest Blog: Jonathan O'Boyle - October 11, 2017

The values and anxieties of the characters in Hair still resonate 50 years after the original production opened Off-Broadway in 1967. Women's equality, LGBTQ rights, ethnic diversity, Black Lives Matter, environmental issues, and perhaps one of the biggest issues that once again is pressing down on ...


Lydia Brittan Brings Live Show to the Metropolitan Room Photo Lydia Brittan Brings Live Show to the Metropolitan Room
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2017

The Lydia Brittan experience is like a vivid flashback to the sixties, one that transports you straight onto the set of Shindig, but with modern sounds reminiscent to Vintage Trouble and Amy Winehouse piercing through....


Arizona Broadway Theatre Mounts HAIR Photo Arizona Broadway Theatre Mounts HAIR
by Julie Musbach - February 19, 2018

Experience the sixties counter-culture in all its psychedelic and bell-bottomed glory! As relevant today as when it opened on Broadway in the tumultuous spring of 1968, Hair is the original rock musical that defined a generation's struggles with community, war, peace and resistance. Sit back and be ...


Columbus State University To Honor Mercedes Ellington With Lifetime Achievement Award Photo Columbus State University To Honor Mercedes Ellington With Lifetime Achievement Award In Dance
by Stephi Wild - February 28, 2018

Columbus State University 's College of the Arts will present renowned dancer/choreographer/actress Mercedes Ellington with its 2017 "Lifetime Achievement Award in Dance" at CSU's annual BROADWAY BALL on Friday, December 1 in Columbus, GA. The announcement was made by Karyn Tomsczak, the Viki Jiles...


Mercedes Ellington To Receive Lifetime Achievement in Dance Award from Columbus State Photo Mercedes Ellington To Receive Lifetime Achievement in Dance Award from Columbus State University
by Stephi Wild - November 28, 2017

Columbus State University 's College of the Arts will present renowned dancer/choreographer/actress Mercedes Ellington with its 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award in Dance at CSU's annual BROADWAY BALL on Friday, December 1 in Columbus, GA. The announcement was made by Karyn Tomczak, the Viki Jiles F...


Get Night Fever At Manchester Palace Theatre
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2017

???????Following its West End debut at the Leicester Square Theatre, You Win Again - The Story of the Bee Gees will be embarking on its first ever nationwide tour and comes to Manchester's Palace Theatre on Sun 16 April....


SEQUINS Celebrates the Sixties at the Adelaide Cabaret Fringe Photo SEQUINS Celebrates the Sixties at the Adelaide Cabaret Fringe
by Stephi Wild - June 04, 2018

Sequins, a Brazilian and the Power of the Sixties offers two stories, both set to a soundtrack of the1960s....


BWW Review: Encore's HAIRSPRAY is a Fabulous Demonstration of Community! Photo BWW Review: Encore's HAIRSPRAY is a Fabulous Demonstration of Community!
by Kelli McGurk - July 24, 2017

Welcome to the sixties, or rather to the 15th year of Encore!  Comprised entirely by Walt Disney World cast members and their families, the mega-team of volunteers took the Walt Disney Theater by storm on their opening night.  With a monstrous orchestra of over 40 musicians and a choir boasting more...


Lydia Brittan Brings Live Show to the Metropolitan Room Photo Lydia Brittan Brings Live Show to the Metropolitan Room
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2017

The Lydia Brittan experience is like a vivid flashback to the sixties, one that transports you straight onto the set of Shindig, but with modern sounds reminiscent to Vintage Trouble and Amy Winehouse piercing through....


The Bickford Theatre to Mark 100th Anniversary of Scott Joplin's Death
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2017

Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime, died 100 years ago on April 1st and the Bickford Theatre pays homage to his memory with critically-acclaimed pianists Jeff Barnhart and Richard Dowling on Monday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m....


Make It A Marvellous May At The Epstein Theatre Photo Make It A Marvellous May At The Epstein Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 01, 2018

May is promising to be a busy month at the Epstein Theatre where there is a packed programme of theatre, music, comedy and family entertainment....


Connecticut Cabaret Theatre Welcomes The QUEEN BEES Author Rob Urbinati Photo Connecticut Cabaret Theatre Welcomes The QUEEN BEES Author Rob Urbinati
by Julie Musbach - July 24, 2018

The Connecticut Cabaret Theatre is pleased to welcome author of The Queen Bees, Rob Urbinati Saturday July 28, 2018 for a special Meet and Greet on stage talk back following the evening's performance....


Book Passage At The Curran Welcomes Eric Idle As Part Of CURRAN: SHOW & TELL Series Photo Book Passage At The Curran Welcomes Eric Idle As Part Of CURRAN: SHOW & TELL Series
by A.A. Cristi - July 25, 2018

Carole Shorenstein Hays announced today that Book Passage at the Curran will welcome Eric Idle-best known for his unforgettable roles in Monty Python-on Tuesday, October 9 at 7 p.m. The event is part of Curran's popular SHOW & TELL series, featuring provocative, topical and entertaining one-night-on...


Mummenschanz Comes to The Sangamon Auditorium, 3/4 Photo Mummenschanz Comes to The Sangamon Auditorium, 3/4
by A.A. Cristi - February 08, 2018

Sangamon Auditorium at the University of Illinois Springfield presents Mummenschanz 'you & me' on Sunday, March 4, 2018 at 3:00 pm in the UIS Sangamon Auditorium as a part of the Visiting Artist Series. Tickets to the show are on sale now for $27, $31, $43; youth prices are also available. Contact ...


BWW Interviews: The Past is Prologue in Arena's THE GREAT SOCIETY Photo BWW Interviews: The Past is Prologue in Arena's THE GREAT SOCIETY
by Benjamin Tomchik - January 25, 2018

In The Great Society, we follow Johnson as he seeks to pass his landmark legislative anti-poverty programs, the Great Society, while struggling to deal with a military quagmire in Vietnam and domestic strife over ongoing civil rights issues....


Rare Late Sixties Album 'Rock St. Trop' Remastered and Reworked Photo Rare Late Sixties Album 'Rock St. Trop' Remastered and Reworked
by Caryn Robbins - August 25, 2017

Pioneering rockers Phil May & Wally Waller (of The Pretty Things) present the highest quality release to date of their collaboration with French playboy Philippe DeBarge. To be released on September 1st by Madfish Records, the album is now remastered and reworked and features bonus tracks and rare p...


Actress & Model Fiona Lewis Unveils MISTAKES WERE MADE (SOME IN FRENCH) Memoir
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2017

Former model and actress Fiona Lewis has written a book, MISTAKES WERE MADE (Some in French). MISTAKES WERE MADE is a coming of age memoir – with lessons for those in their 50s and beyond but also for those in their teens and 20s....


Rock & Roll Stars of the 1960's Come to the Schuster Center Photo Rock & Roll Stars of the 1960's Come to the Schuster Center
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2017

Some of the biggest rock and roll stars of the sixties will appear in concert at the Mead Theatre of The Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center on Friday, October 27th at 7:30 p.m....


Get Swinging To Music Of The Sixties At Bristol Riverside Theatre Photo Get Swinging To Music Of The Sixties At Bristol Riverside Theatre
by Stephi Wild - April 30, 2018

Get nostalgic for the music of the Sixties with The Music of Bobby Darin starring Vegas entertainer Ron Gartner and his swingin' band at Bristol Riverside Theatre for one week only. In this special show, Vegas entertainer Ron Gartner and his swingin' band honor the legendary Bobby Darin performing ...


BWW Reviews: A Square Finds A Round Space In Short North Theatre's Production Of HAIR Photo BWW Reviews: A Square Finds A Round Space In Short North Theatre's Production Of HAIR
by Paul Batterson - April 09, 2018

In the movie, 'FIELD OF DREAMS,' Annie Kinsella attacks a conservative member of the school board who wants to ban the writings of Terrance Mann with the line, 'I think if you had just experienced the Sixties ...'...






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