Ashland New Plays Festival Virtual Lineup Brings Together Artists From Around The Country
by A.A. Cristi - October 20, 2020 From Broadway to L.A., Portland, Ashland, Creede, D.C., New York, Chicago, Nashville, and places in between, Ashland New Plays Festival is bringing together artists from across the country for their 29th annual flagship event running October 18-25 featuring livestreamed readings of five winning new ...
Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of OKLAHOMA! at Skylight Music Theatre
by Stephi Wild - October 03, 2019 Skylight Music Theatre presents Oklahoma! running September 27 through October 13, 2019 in Skylight's beautiful Cabot Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway, in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward....
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...
BWW Review: THE WINTER'S TALE, Globe Player
by Gary Naylor - May 21, 2020 The Winter's Tale at The Globe is a reminder of how things once were - and how we all hope they will be again, very soon....
BWW Review: THE HAPPIEST SONG PLAYS LAST at Santa Fe Playhouse
by Jackie Camborde - October 17, 2019 When we arrived at Santa Fe Playhouse for the Sunday matinee of The Happiest Song Plays Last - part three of the Elliot Trilogy, superbly written by Quiara Alegria Hudes and currently being produced in a collaborative effort by three local theaters, - I asked the director, 'is this really the happie...
VIDEO: Aaron Paul Talks Jesse Pinkman on THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT
by Sarah Leiber - December 17, 2019 The 'Truth Be Told' star and purveyor of Dos Hombres Mezcal, Aaron Paul, tells Stephen about the many times he thought he was being killed off 'Breaking Bad' because of fake signals sent to him by co-star Bryan Cranston....
VIDEO: Watch a First Look Clip From TRUTH BE TOLD
by Sarah Leiber - November 25, 2019 Apple TV+ is excited to share a 'FIRST-LOOK' clip of its upcoming limited drama series, 'Truth Be Told,' featuring Octavia Spencer and Aaron Paul. Premiering December 6, 'Truth Be Told' is an eight-episode limited series starring Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer, Emmy Award winner Aaron Paul and...
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...
Ashland New Plays Festival Virtual Lineup Brings Together Artists From Around The Country
by A.A. Cristi - October 20, 2020 From Broadway to L.A., Portland, Ashland, Creede, D.C., New York, Chicago, Nashville, and places in between, Ashland New Plays Festival is bringing together artists from across the country for their 29th annual flagship event running October 18-25 featuring livestreamed readings of five winning new ...
Listen to Drag Stars Alexis Michelle & Dusty Ray Bottoms On ADD THIS TO YOUR LIST Podcast
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 02, 2020 Official Pride marches may have been canceled this year due to COVID, but that didn't stop entertainment podcast Add This To Your List from celebrating. Episode 97 of the show welcomes drag queens, activists and real-life friends Alexis Michelle and Dusty Ray Bottoms to talk about Pride 2020, RuPaul...
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...
Apple Renews TRUTH BE TOLD For Season Two
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 05, 2020 Variety reports that 'Truth Be Told' has been renewed for a second season on Apple TV. Octavia Spencer will return....
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....
SOLOFEST 2020 Announces February Shows at the Whitefire Theatre
by Stephi Wild - February 02, 2020 The Whitefire Theatre presents SOLOFEST 2020, the largest solo theater festival on the West Coast. Now in its 8th year, SOLOFEST 2020 brings 80 shows in 90 days celebrating solo artists from around the globe a?' each story-teller sharing their compelling and often unusual take on life. SOLOFEST 202...
BWW Review: Hatty Ryan King's Star Shines Brightly in Lipscomb's BRIGHT STAR
by Jeffrey Ellis - November 07, 2019 There is something about Hatty Ryan King a?" the young woman playing Alice Murphy in Lipscomb University Theatre's superb production of Bright Star (the recent Broadway musical by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell) now onstage at Collins Alumni Auditorium through November 10 a?" that sets her apart fro...
BWW Review: New York's Poetry/Cabaret Emerges From The Pandemic & Moves Online WIth Poetry/Cabaret: RENEWED! at FaceBook Live
by Bobby Patrick - April 22, 2021 Frances Ruffelle, Ngwatilo Mawiyoo, and Shalewa Sharpe join the reboot of Poetry/Cabaret: RENEWED, originally slated for April 2020 and now returning online, this variety salon brings together poets and performers to celebrate awakening, longing, and surviving--all in the spirit of entering springti...
BWW Review: Jennifer Barnhart Outdoes Herself with IT'S ABOUT TIME at The Laurie Beechman Theatre
by Stephen Mosher - November 26, 2019 Popular pupeteering actress Jennifer Barnhart proves that there is much more to her than people know with her show IT'S ABOUT TIME....
Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Stanley Wayne Mathis
by Little Known Facts w/ Ilana Levine - January 04, 2021 Today's episode features stage and screen star Stanley Wayne Mathis, who last appeared on Broadway in The Book of Mormon....
BWW Review: Street Theatre Company is on a Roll This Season: Go See TOXIC AVENGER For Proof
by Jeffrey Ellis - October 20, 2019 Street Theatre Company has been on a bit of a roll in 2019 a?' there's been a spate of terrific shows, the move into an impressive new space on Elm Hill Pike that will allow the company to grow, and they've continued the legacy created by company founders by continuing to push the envelope in ways c... |