BWW Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN Shows Orlando Why It Rocked Broadway
by Aaron Wallace - April 18, 2019 There's terrific acting in the touring cast, even if the singing voices waver from Platt to flat. We get an incredibly convincing Evan in Ben Levi Ross (an understudy for the same role on Broadway). He interprets the character as nervous, nerdy, and unknowingly funny. It's an excellent performance.....
American Songwriter and Author Jesse Boleyn Announces New Book Release
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BWW Review: ON YOUR FEET Heats Up A Cold Winter's Night in Music City
by Jeffrey Ellis - January 16, 2019 Looking for the perfect way to ward off winter's chill on a particularly cold and damp Nashville night? Then take our word for it: There's no better way than by immersing oneself in On Your Feet: The Emilio & Gloria Estefan Broadway Musical, now onstage at Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew J...
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....
Photo Coverage: Nicolas King Raises The Tide At The Beach Cafe
by Stephen Sorokoff - April 28, 2019 For those unenlightened, Jazz/Pop vocalist Nicolas King might seem like an overnight sensation. If you are new to the scene you've only recently discovered one of the most skillful and exciting male singers around. As they say in the trade, 'He's Hot'. Truth be told, Nicolas has been working and h...
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 Blog: (Broadway) Playlist of My Life
by Student Blogger: Izzi Diaz - September 15, 2020 This playlist serves as a sort of soundtrack to their lives, a collection of memories expressed through song. I am obsessed with the idea, as I believe you can tell the most about a person by what kind of music they listen to....
PaleyFest LA to Feature a PARKS AND RECREATION Reunion
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 19, 2018 The Paley Center for Media today announced the return of the premier television festival by revealing the first three selections of PaleyFest LA 2019, which will take place March 15-24, 2019, at the iconic Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Citi cardmembers, plus Paley Patron, Fellow, and Supporting Member...
BWW Review: Nashville Shakespeare Festival's JULIUS CAESAR Serves Up Political Intrigue at its Best
by Jeffrey Ellis - January 21, 2019 As the century was about to turn when Shakespeare first unveiled his tragic masterpiece, Julius Caesar - it's believed to have been written around 1599 - political turmoil was afoot in Britain as worries mounted about who would succeed the aging virgin queen on the throne upon her demise. Thus, all ...
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 Blog: Happy Trails to ANASTASIA on Broadway!
by Student Blogger: Michael Gribble - April 11, 2019 On Sunday, March 31st, Anastasia played its final Broadway performance and closed its doors. Today, I'm saying "Happy Trails" to its cast, crew, and musicians. Anastasia holds a special place in my heart. I was lucky enough to see it six times during its approximately two year run, each time becomin...
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 Blog: Living with Three Theatre Roommates
by Student Blogger: Mary Felix - October 02, 2020 Yes, let the truth be told, I voluntarily decided to live with three other theatre majors this year....
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....
Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of WEST SIDE STORY at Milwaukee Rep?
by Stephi Wild - September 25, 2019 Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents West Side Story, the iconic American musical from Broadway visionaries Jerome Robbins, Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, in the Quadracci Powerhouse, September 17 - October 27, 2019. Let's see what the critics are saying!...
George R.R. Martin Continues Work on Next GAME OF THRONES Book During Social Distancing
by A.A. Cristi - March 17, 2020 Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin is using his social distancing time to work on the long-awaited next book in his series, The Winds of Winter. ...
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: BERENICE, Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House
by Gary Naylor - March 28, 2019 Berenice is something of a forgotten delight, its tortuous plotting more than offset by its splendid arias and delightful characters, with plenty of contemporary resonance on hand if you need it....
BWW Review: ANASTASIA at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
by Aaron Wallace - May 15, 2019 Thankfully, when ANASTASIA hit Broadway, it dispensed with anyone immortal or winged, replacing fantasy with the real-world politics that led up to the Romanovs' demise. The added historical context grounds this once-wacky story, and frankly, I would have welcomed even more of it......
BWW Review: Tennessee Women's Theater Project's EVERY BRILLIANT THING Offers Unique Theater Experience
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 08, 2019 By turns wonderfully funny and achingly poignant, Every Brilliant Thing - Tennessee Women's Theater Project's mounting of Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahue's one-actor play about dealing with the suicide of one's mother - offers Nashville audiences a unique method by which to examine the effects of...
CAKEWALK Comes to The Blyth Festival
by Stephi Wild - June 24, 2019 Back by popular demand- Cakewalk, one of our sweetest and most delicious comedies from when the Blyth Festival began, is coming back to the stage in celebration of the Festival 45th Anniversary Season. The revival runs June 26 to Aug. 10....
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...
Apple Announces Everything Launching on Apple TV+ on November 1
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 10, 2019 Apple® today announced Apple TV+, the first all-original video subscription service and home for today's most imaginative storytellers, will launch November 1 in over 100 countries and regions. Apple TV+ will offer a powerful and inspiring lineup of original shows, movies and documentaries, includin...
BWW Review: Studio Tenn's Holiday Season Offering of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
by Jeffrey Ellis - December 14, 2018 Before Broadway comes calling for Hatty Ryan King, the young Nashville actress with an enviable resume (the Lipscomb University sophomore is a Spotlight Award winner, was a finalist for The Jimmy Award, has worked with theater companies both community-oriented and professional and has proven herself...
Apple's TRUTH BE TOLD Truth Be Told Heads to the Paley Center
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 26, 2019 The Paley Center for Media today announced the latest selection to its Fall 2019 PaleyLive NY season: Apple's Truth Be Told: Exclusive Screening. The program will take place at the Paley Center's New York location on Thursday, December 12, 2019, at 6:30 pm.... |