Review: Cynthia Harris' THE CALLING IS IN THE BODY Is A Universal Tale of Love and Inspiration
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 10, 2022 In much the same way that a piece of evocative music can suddenly whisk you away to another time and place, there are moments in Cynthia Harris’ beautifully written The Calling Is In The Body that can take one just as swiftly to the Nashville of the early 1990s. Almost imperceptibly, Harris’ heartfe...
VIDEO: Uzo Aduba Talks Returning to Broadway in CLYDE'S on THE VIEW
by Michael Major - November 30, 2021 Uzo Aduba appeared on The View this morning to discuss returning to Broadway as the title role in Clyde's. She speaks on when she first fell in love in theatre and the role her costumes play in her approach to her character in the play. Watch the new interview now!...
BWW Review: ONE NIGHT WITH LUBA MASON At The Soapbox Gallery; Hot Jazz In A Cool Space Hitting All The Right Notes
by Bobby Patrick - June 04, 2021 Combining with the room Mason, her expert musicians, and her song arrangements gives one a feeling of an updated beatnik arthouse chic....
BWW Review: The Distraction by the Umbilical Brothers at QPAC
by Virag Dombay - April 29, 2021 The Umbilical Brothers: The Distraction playing at the Playhouse Theatre from 27 Apr to 2 May 2021...
Casting Complete for TheatreSquared's DESIGNING WOMEN
by Stephi Wild - September 14, 2021 Broadway’s Carmen Cusack (Wicked, Bright Star, South Pacific), a Tony Award nominee, plays the indomitable Julia Sugarbaker through October 11, when she returns to Broadway in Flying Over Sunset....
Pop-Trap Artist MATTMAC Continues To Inspire With “Status”
by A.A. Cristi - October 18, 2021 2021 has been a busy year for up-and-coming pop-trap artist Mattmac so far. After tucking an Album Of The Year Award into his belt from the Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards, he's also received an Indigenous Artist of the Year nomination at this year's BreakOut West Festival's Western Canadian...
Student Blog: Question-Mark Anxiety
by Student Blogger: Maggie Cummins - June 02, 2021 This is going to be a bit of a departure from my usual satirical articles. It has been approximately four months since I wrote a blog for BWW’s student column. But here’s the cold hard truth: I have had some serious writer’s block this semester. Something stopped clicking, and therefore so did my ke...
True Story of Francisco Mendez Founder of Mendez Boxing in NYC Takes Center Stage At Dances with Films Festival
by A.A. Cristi - August 31, 2021 Everything But Fear is a short documentary about Francisco Mendez, a renowned boxing trainer and founder of Mendez Boxing, New York City's premier boxing gym. “Tenemos todo menos miedo” – “we have everything but fear” – is a phrase that guided Francisco from rural Mexico to 26th street in Man...
The Sports Rom-com Enters A New Era With LOVE AND BASEBALL
by A.A. Cristi - August 26, 2021 From Director Steve Acevedo (Queen of The South) comes Love And Baseball a sports rom-com premiering as the centerpiece of the Dances With Films Festival. Get the scoop!...
Barney Bentall & Geoffrey Kelly Are RanchWriters; 'Bonaparte Plateau' Out Now
by A.A. Cristi - August 09, 2021 When two multi-Platinum and Gold-selling Canadian artists pass time together the best way they know how, the result is certain to turn ears. And such is the case for award-winning musicians Barney Bentall and Geoffrey Kelly and their newly announced album, RanchWriters - available this Fall via True...
Singer/Songwriter Mike Vitale Comes Home With New Single & Album
by Gigi Gervais - October 31, 2021 Singer/Songwriter Mike Vitale is here to usher you 'Home' with the release of his new single, and album - ϕ - both available now. When it comes to the album, you don't have to try and say ϕ, you just need to listen to it. In case you're wondering, though, it means 'Phi' - and it's a beautiful lullab...
Sam Pounds Releases 'She Get It From Her Mama' & 'Preacher's Daughter'
by Michael Major - November 02, 2022 Sam Pounds released “She Get It From Her Mama” and “Preacher’s Daughter” via Penthouse South/Sumerian Records. The songs come on the heels of Sam’s feature, which he also produced, on the Snoop Dogg, Jamie Foxx, Dave Franco, and J Young MDK track “BUD (Mowing Down Vamps)” from the 2022 Netflix #1 fi...
Jessica Vosk To Lead GET HAPPY: A JUDY GARLAND CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION At Carnegie Hall
by A.A. Cristi - November 29, 2022 On Monday, December 12 at 8:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall presents Get Happy: A Judy Garland Centennial Celebration featuring Broadway stars Jessica Vosk alongside Andy Karl. Written by Robert Cary and Jonathan Tolins, and directed by Michael Arden with Music Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Get Happy cele...
VIDEO: Cynthia Erivo Stars in ROAR Apple TV+ Series Trailer
by Michael Major - March 25, 2022 Based on a book of short stories by Cecelia Ahern, the series is the first to be released under “Roar” creators and co-showrunners Carly Mensch and Liz Flahive’s (“GLOW”) overall deal with Apple TV+. The series includes Cynthia Erivo, Nicole Kidman, Issa Rae, Merritt Wever, Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin...
Jessica Vosk to Headline P-Town New Year's Weekend Concerts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 22, 2021 Jessica Vosk, who starred most recently as Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway, will headline New Year’s weekend’s “First Light” celebration on Friday, December 31 & Saturday, January 1 at 7:00 PM ET with Seth Rudetsky as pianist and host....
BWW Review: John Tartaglia Goes Puppet-Less And Tells Us All We BETTER GET TO LIVIN' at Feinstein's/54 Below
by Bobby Patrick - July 22, 2021 John Tartaglia (Avenue Q, Shrek the Musical, Fraggle Rock, Sunday Funday On Broadway) returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below in a brand spanking new uplifting, uproarious (and maybe occasionally just a little bit inappropriate) show to celebrate 35 years of his eclectic career....
Cast Announced for the Los Angeles Premiere of SANCTUARY CITY at Pasadena Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 02, 2022 Pasadena Playhouse will present the Los Angeles premiere of Sanctuary City by Pulitzer Prize-winner Martyna Majok (Cost of Living). Performances are scheduled from September 14 through October 9. The production stars Ana Nicolle Chavez (Apple TV +’s Truth Be Told) as “G,” and Miles Fowler (HBO’sWinn...
Review: Roxy Regional Theatre's THE COLOR PURPLE is 'Emphatically, Beautifully, Electrifyingly Sung'
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 15, 2022 The production of The Color Purple, now onstage at the Roxy, is without doubt the most emphatically, beautifully and electrifyingly sung musical I’ve seen at the historic theatre on the corner of First and Franklin in downtown Clarksville over the past three decades. Directed with confidence by Broa...
Review: MOIPEI at Birdland
by Peter Danish - July 31, 2022 The Moipei Triplets Triumphant Return To Birdland!...
Director Cecilia Robles' Film TINDER TANGO Announced As Official Selection Of Dances With Films Festival
by A.A. Cristi - August 26, 2021 Online dating takes a horrific turn on Cecilia Robles' short film Tinder Tango. A dreamy Tinder match of two tango aficionados who meet for the first time, and it turns out to be a hell of a date. ...
Vanessa Williams' Penthouse Magazine Scandal to Be Adapted Into Series With Neil Meron Producing
by Michael Major - September 28, 2022 A new limited series following Vanessa Williams’ personal view about the scandal that forced her to resign her Miss America crown in 1984 is in the works. Sony Pictures have optioned the rights to her story with Neil Meron producing....
Interview: THE SECRET WORLD of Carolyn Hennesy Never Stops With ARCHY & MEHITABEL
by Gil Kaan - August 31, 2022 The always working Carolyn Hennesy has finally found some time to mount the L.A. boards again. Carolyn takes on the co-title role of Mehitabel in Dan Gilvezan’s The Secret World of Archy & Mehitabel opening September 10, 2022 at the Whitefire Theatre. Moosie Drier directs the cast of Bill Chott, Ric...
HBO Max Selects Finalists For Sixth Annual Asian Pacific American Visionaries Short Film Competition
by Michael Major - May 05, 2022 The three winning films exemplified this year’s competition theme: “Power of Love.” Filmmakers Gauri Adelkar (“The Gift”), Lloyd Lee Choi (“Same Old”), and Chheangkea (“Skin Can Breathe”), will premiere their films during the 2022 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, on Friday, May 6 at the DGA ...
BWW Review: An Artist Creating Art In An Artful Way is Reeve Carney At The Greenroom 42
by Bobby Patrick - August 10, 2021 The effect of his Rock/Jazz/Blues hybrid music on his attendees was incalculable. Unable to stand and scream and shout and wave lit cigarette lighters about, watching the audience physically and emotionally react from their chairs left one with an almost sacred feeling....
Review Roundup: THE TAP DANCE KID at City Center Encores!
by A.A. Cristi - February 03, 2022 New York City Center just kicked off the 2022 Encores! Season with The Tap Dance Kid, featuring music by Henry Krieger, lyrics by Robert Lorick, and a book by Charles Blackwell. Directed by Tony Award-winner Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun), the production also includes new tap sequences by choreogr... |