The Met Museum Presents CUBISM: THE LEONARD A. LAUDER COLLECTION, 10/20-2/16
by BWW News Desk - August 07, 2014 Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be the most important exhibition of the essential Cubists-Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963), Juan Gris (Spanish, 1887-1927), Fernand Léger (French, 1881-1955), and Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)-in more than 30 year...
Photo Coverage: The Theatre Museum Awards for Excellence Presented to Fathom Entertainment and BroadwayWorld.com
by Walter McBride - May 30, 2014 On Monday evening, BroadwayWorld.com was proud to watch its CEO and Founder, Robert Diamond, receive the 2014 Theatre Museum Award for Excellence in Arts Education. That same evening, Fathom Entertainment received an award for Excellence in Theatre History Preservation, which was presented to their ...
IN THE MOOD Comes to Omaha, April 20
by BWW News Desk - November 10, 2014 To the delight of Hepcats, Lindy Hoppers and lovers of Swing Jazz, the brassy, all-singing, all- dancing, all-American 1940s musical revue, In The Mood is coming to Omaha in celebration of 20+ years of touring....
Marathon Event Screenings of All Three of Peter Jackson's HOBBIT Films Set for 12/15
by Caryn Robbins - November 13, 2014 As the Studio has done in the past with such epic film series as “Harry Potter” and “The Dark Knight,” Warner Bros. Pictures, in conjunction with New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), is once again treating über-fans to a movie marathon...
Ian Bartholomew, Anna Carteret Among Cast of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE World Premiere Production
by Caryn Robbins - April 23, 2014 Disney and Sonia Friedman Productions are delighted to announce casting for the forthcoming stage production of Shakespeare in Love. The announcement coincides with the 450th anniversary of William Shakespeare's birth....
Made in New York Jazz Competition Partners with Kawai for Second Year
by Tyler Peterson - July 31, 2014 The Made in New York Jazz Competition is excited to once again announce a partnership with Kawai America for the second year running. To the victors go the spoils, and those spoils will come in the form of prizes from a world-class musical instrument manufacturer. In addition to covering the airfare...
Philadelphia Museum of Art to Unveil Gehry Expansion, Today
by BWW News Desk - July 01, 2014 On July 1, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will unveil the comprehensive plan that Frank Gehry has created for the renovation and expansion of its home on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The exhibition Making a Classic Modern: Frank Gehry's Master Plan for the Philadelphia Museum of Art will offer a f...
Germany at the Time of Cabaret
by Roundabout Theatre Company - July 18, 2014 Cabaret is set in 1930s Berlin, just around the time the Nazi Party began rising to power in Germany. The Emcee, Sally Bowles and a raucous ensemble take the stage at the Kit Kat Klub nightly to tantalize the crowd, and to leave their troubles outside. But as life in pre-WWII Germany grows more and ...
The Smithsonian American Art Museum Receives a $5.4 Million Gift from David M. Rubenstein to Renovate Its Renwick Gallery
by BWW News Desk - June 23, 2014 The Smithsonian American Art Museum announced today a $5.4 million gift from David M. Rubenstein for the renovation of its Renwick Gallery. The gift completes the private fundraising goal for the capital renovation project....
BWW Reviews: ROCKY HORROR SHOW at Spotlighters by Guest Critic Mark Squirek
by Daniel Collins - October 23, 2014 A humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the late 1940s through early 1970s, the Rocky Horror Show featuring 'that sweet transvestite' and his motley crew time warp into the Spotlighters Theater in downtown Baltimore....
BWW Reviews: Rabbit Run Introduces Audience to Unbridled Comic Hysteria in NOISES OFF
by Roy Berko - June 20, 2014 The Rabbit Run production of the farce, 'Noises Off,' was well directed, well acted, well technically presented and turned out to be a laugh riot! I saw this show in London was convulsed with laughter. The PP show had much the same effect on me. For anyone wanting a fun summer experience, the trip t...
BWW Recap: Earth Becomes Overrun with Trees on This Week's DOCTOR WHO
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 25, 2014 On this week's episode of DOCTOR WHO, 'In the Forest of the Night,' London—and the world—is overrun with trees. Are they good trees or bad trees? Are they even trees at all or some alien creature that just look like trees? Keep reading to find out, but obviously, there are SPOILERS ahead, so beware!...
LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy to Be Screened with Live Symphony Orchestra at Lincoln Center, 4/8
by Christina Mancuso - September 03, 2014 ...
VIDEO: New VOICE Judges Gwen Stefani Pharrell Williams Perform 'Hollaback Girl' & More
by Caryn Robbins - May 06, 2014 New VOICE judges Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams stopped by last night's broadcast for a live performance of Stefani's hit single 'Hollaback Girl'....
imitating the dog Presents Ernest Hemingway's A FAREWELL TO ARMS
by Courtnie Mele - June 16, 2014 Imitating the dog, one of the UK's most original and innovative performance theatre companies are set to bring their unique theatrical vision to the stage this autumn when they produce the first UK stage adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's seminal First World War novel A Farewell to Arms....
BWW Reviews: Facelifted PHANTOM Returns to Haunt Columbus
by Paul Batterson - March 08, 2014 In the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, a white mask adds intrigue and mystery to the identity of the Phantom. In real life, the 'newly reimagined' PHANTOM, with its multimillion dollar facelift by set designer Paul Brown, is hiding behind a similar mask....
Ronald Lee Geigle Releases 'The Woods'
by Christina Mancuso - December 26, 2013 WASHINGTON, Dec. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ The opening chapter of Ronald Lee Geigle's new novel, The Woods, set in the Pacific Northwest at the end of the Great Depression, is being presented in serial form starting today. The novel is being published in association with WordVirgin, an indie ...
Philadelphia Museum of Art to Unveil Gehry Expansion, 7/1
by Christina Mancuso - May 15, 2014 On July 1, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will unveil the comprehensive plan that Frank Gehry has created for the renovation and expansion of its home on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The exhibition Making a Classic Modern: Frank Gehry's Master Plan for the Philadelphia Museum of Art will offer a f...
BWW Reviews: Dirty Little Secrets Are at the Heart of MURDER BALLAD
by Paul Batterson - August 08, 2014 Every one has "kegs" in their garage -- those dirty little secrets they like to sweep in corners and skeletons they try to keep hidden in our overstuffed closets. The cast of MURDER BALLAD has more than a keg filled with secrets; it has a full bar....
BWW Blog: A Clevelander's Views and Reviews of Canada's The Shaw Festival
by Roy Berko - August 06, 2014 'By the time the show is over, you will have been taken on a journey more compelling and magical than you could have imagined. For this, I think, is our principal function-as we delight, provoke and entertain, we must always surprise.' These are Jackie Maxwell, the Shaw Festival's Artistic Director,...
Made in New York Jazz Competition Partners with Kawai for Second Year
by Tyler Peterson - July 31, 2014 The Made in New York Jazz Competition is excited to once again announce a partnership with Kawai America for the second year running. To the victors go the spoils, and those spoils will come in the form of prizes from a world-class musical instrument manufacturer. In addition to covering the airfare...
Tony Nominee Norm Lewis Extends Run in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA; Sierra Boggess' Successor Announced
by Tyler Peterson - September 03, 2014 Producers Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Group today announced several principal cast changes for the Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, directed by Harold Prince. The longest-running show in Broadway history and the most successful stage production of ...
The Corcoran Gallery of Art Proposes Partnership with National Gallery of Art and GW
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2014 The Corcoran Gallery of Art and Corcoran College of Art + Design, the National Gallery of Art and the George Washington University (GW) today announced a proposed collaboration that would safeguard and increase access to the Corcoran's iconic collection as a resource for the public in Washington, ...
VIDEO: New VOICE Judges Gwen Stefani Pharrell Williams Perform 'Hollaback Girl' & More
by Caryn Robbins - May 06, 2014 New VOICE judges Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams stopped by last night's broadcast for a live performance of Stefani's hit single 'Hollaback Girl'....
Official 2014 Tony Awards Calendar Announced; Nominees to Meet the Press on 4/30!
by Nicole Rosky - March 19, 2014 The Tony Awards have announced that the Paramount Hotel will also host the Meet the Nominees Press Reception on Wednesday, April 30th and the 2014 Tony Nominee Luncheon on Tuesday, May 20th. Additionally, the Paramount Hotel will host the 2014 Tony Honors Cocktail Reception on Monday, June 2nd, whi... |