Theater 29 to Present COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS: A STORY OF EXTRAVAGANT LOVE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 12, 2021 Theater 29 will present Communications Solutions: A Story of Extravagant Love-- an immersive story of upper-management intrigue and corporate coercion that unravels via social media, email, USPS, and in virtual and visceral reality at Theater 29....
Spirit Adrift Releases '20 Centuries Gone'
by Michael Major - August 19, 2022 Spirit Adrift expand their prolific catalog with 20 Centuries Gone, a collection of two new original songs and six cover songs that span the timeline of the band’s most foundational influences. Featuring artwork by Brian Mercer (Lamb of God, High on Fire, Mastodon), and mixed by Zeuss (Overkill, Cro...
BOULEVARD OF BOLD DREAMS Comes to Timeline Theatre
by Stephi Wild - December 15, 2022 TimeLine’s 2022-23 subscription season returns February 1 – March 19, 2023 with the world premiere of Boulevard of Bold Dreams by LaDarrion Williams, a Los Angeles-based playwright new to Chicago audiences, with a story about dreamers overcoming obstacles and fighting for recognition amidst the raci...
Loon Town Share 'Doesn't Matter'
by Michael Major - October 25, 2022 Loon Town have shared the opening song “Doesn’t Matter” from their forthcoming debut LP Slow Space and reveal the interactive soundmap of the band’s fictional shared hometown (Loon Town) that the LP narrates. Loon Town tour Canada this November and December. Check out the full list of tour dates now...
Photos: First Look at TimeLine Theatre's World Premiere of RELENTLESS
by Marissa Tomeo - January 29, 2022 Chicago playwright and TimeLine Theatre Company Member Tyla Abercrumbie weaves a mother’s past with her daughters’ present in Relentless, a centuries-spanning tale of family, legacy, and progress set in the Black Victorian age, receiving its world premiere after a nearly two-year delay. TimeLine Com...
JOHN & JEN Starring Rachel Tucker and Lewis Cornay to Stream on BroadwayHD
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 13, 2021 BroadwayHD will be bringing a brand new digital capture of Andrew Lippa and Tom Greenwald’s musical John & Jen, an intimate look at the complexities of familial relationships in a changing America, exclusively to the platform globally on December 15th....
Managing Director Kate Liberman to Depart Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 26, 2022 The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival announced today that Managing Director Kate Liberman will depart the company on August 15, 2022. Over the coming months, HVSF will be conducting a thorough search for its next Managing Director....
JOHN & JEN Starring Rachel Tucker and Lewis Cornay to Stream on BroadwayHD
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 13, 2021 BroadwayHD will be bringing a brand new digital capture of Andrew Lippa and Tom Greenwald’s musical John & Jen, an intimate look at the complexities of familial relationships in a changing America, exclusively to the platform globally on December 15th....
Indie Rock Trio Dentist Announces New Album
by Michael Major - August 09, 2022 The band is gearing up for a one off performance with The Wallflowers at The Vogel in Red Bank, NJ next week as well as a couple festival performances including Sea.Hear.Now Festival and The Philly 10K. The album is now available for pre-save in addition to preorder on both limited edition pink viny...
What We Know So Far (and What We Don't) About Stephen Sondheim's New Musical
by Team BWW - September 17, 2021 Broadway lovers had reason to rejoice this week when the industry's most beloved composer, Stephen Sondheim, announced that he has a new musical in the works. What do we know so far about Stephen Sondheim's new project? Let's review!...
Shannen Moser Releases New Single 'Oh My God' Ahead of New Album
by Michael Major - September 20, 2022 The Philadelphia-based artist Shannen Moser released a new single “Oh My God” from their forthcoming album The Sun Still Seems To Move that will be released via Lame-O Records. Moser will celebrate the album’s release with shows in Philadelphia on 9/30 and in Brooklyn on 10/7 with support from Greg ...
VIDEO: Backstage at the Museum of Broadway on CBS SUNDAY MORNING
by Stephi Wild - November 07, 2022 This weekend, CBS Sunday Morning aired a segment on the Museum of Broadway, which opens next week. In the segment, correspondent Rita Braver pays a visit to the museum, and talks with Broadway legend Joel Grey, the Tony-winning star of the landmark musical 'Cabaret.'...
VIDEO: Yours Truly Debut New 'Lights On' Music Video
by Michael Major - March 14, 2022 Australia’s Yours Truly are 2022’s must-watch in the alternative scene. Huge international touring credits, media and radio trailblazing and a burgeoning brood of fans are just some of the successes that back this band, but it’s the knack for punchy songwriting and performance deep in their DNA that...
Photos: First Look at the Chicago Premiere of THE CHINESE LADY at Theater Wit
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 18, 2022 For its 25th anniversary season finale, TimeLine Theatre is presenting the Chicago premiere of The Chinese Lady, Lloyd Suh’s acclaimed play inspired by the story of the first Chinese woman to step foot in America. ...
Paul Shapera Continues The Story Of The Fictional City New Albion In His Latest Concept Album, 'Jill's Psychedelic Sunday'
by A.A. Cristi - October 17, 2022 Paul Shapera writes pulp operas. Just as pulp fiction covered everything from hard boiled detective stories to Buck Rogers, Tarzan to Flash Gordon, Paul's albums fantasy musicals cover a 180 year span of history in the fictional city of New Albion. ...
BWW Review: JEST A SECOND at Cherry Creek Theatre
by Jon Bee - November 19, 2021 Coming out is hardly ever easy. The build up to the reveal, even down to the very second that the words, 'I'm gay' leave your lips can make it feel like as soon as you say it, everything that you built up in your mind will immediately come cascading down like an avalanche. Such a moment is where we ...
WaterTower Theatre Announces Cast and Creative Team For THE ODD COUPLE
by A.A. Cristi - December 20, 2021 WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director Shane Peterman and Associate Producer Elizabeth Kensek are proud to announce casting and creative details for The Odd Couple, the classic comedy by legendary American playwright Neil Simon....
VIDEO: Rachel Tucker & Guy Retallack Talk JOHN & JEN on Backstage with Richard Ridge
by Backstage With Richard Ridge - January 15, 2022 Broadway is back and BroadwayWorld is bringing you all of the interviews you crave with your favorite Broadway stars! Richard Ridge is keeping up with all of their latest projects on Backstage Live, bringing you in-depth interviews weekly. Below, watch as he chats with husband and wife, Rachel Tucke...
TimeLine Theatre Company Launches Search For New Executive Director
by Stephi Wild - January 21, 2022 TimeLine Theatre Company has officially launched its national search for a new Executive Director, tapping Chicago-based Arts Consulting Group (ACG) to lead its recruitment effort....
Black Theatre United Announces The Broadway Marketing Internship Program
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 11, 2022 Black Theatre United has announced the launch of the Broadway Marketing Internship Program, a summer-long initiative that provides 8 paid internships for undergraduate education students....
Student Blog: Summer Stock Central: Step #8| Respect The Timeline + Farewell
by Student Blogger: Matt Guernier - September 24, 2021 Again, remind yourself of your 'wants' before coming into the Summer Stock process. Does the offer make sense for where you are in your career? Evaluate and check-in with yourself on an offer-by-offer basis. In my opinion, just having an offer is already a 'W.' And having choices?! I mean, that's my...
Bid on the Chance to Win a Museum of Broadway Exclusive Tour
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 19, 2022 The Museum of Broadway has partnered with Charity Buzz on a special package that includes a curated exclusive tour of the newly opened Museum of Broadway for four people, led by co-founder Julie Boardman, and a gift bag full of merchandise. All proceeds benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS....
Review: SISTER RADIO, Tron Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 22, 2022 Sisters Fatemeh and Shirin have been living together, in the same flat in Edinburgh, for forty three years. In this flat they cook, they read their coffee grains, they think about the fading memories of their childhood in Tehran and they listen to the radio. Although they live side by side, they nev...
Review: BERNSTEIN ON BROADWAY at 54 Below By Guest Reviewer Ari Axelrod
by Stephen Mosher - September 30, 2022 With no avaialble correspondent to cover an important cabaret event, Broadway World Cabaret turns to a friend for some help....
TimeLine Theatre to Present World Premiere of Tyla Abercrumbie's RELENTLESS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 28, 2021 TimeLine Company Member Ron OJ Parson directs Abercrumbie’s startling new work, which was developed through the company’s Playwrights Collective and now serves as the first production in TimeLine’s 25th Anniversary season.... |