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...
Emirati Producer Icekream Delivers 5-Track NIGHT FEEL EP
by Tori Hartshorn - September 14, 2018 Lacing his productions with an outlandish blend between hip-hop, and more electronic-focused tones, charismatic producer Issam 'icekream' Freiha has unveiled his brand-new EP, a 5-track delivery titled 'Night Feel'....
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...
Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of London Theatre Company's JULIUS CAESAR?
by Stephi Wild - January 31, 2018 Nicholas Hytner's production of Julius Caesar, the London Theatre Company's second production at the Bridge Theatre, runs from 20 January to 15 April 2018, with opening night on Tuesday 30 January 2018. Designs are by Bunny Christie, with costumes by Christina Cunningham, music by Nick Powell, light...
BWW Review: Way Off Broadway Productions' Chilling and Stunning UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS...
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 26, 2018 On first consideration, Brad Fraser's 1989 play Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love is a darkly comical look at a group of disaffected young Canadians hurtling toward their 30s with no real sense of purpose or identity guiding them on their way. But if you look more closely - even...
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.....
BWW Review: STC's THREEPENNY OPERA: Weimar Germany Is Having A Moment
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 09, 2018 The selection of The Threepenny Opera to inaugurate Street's 2018 season is one of the year's most eagerly anticipated theatrical events in Music City - thanks in part to the fact that it may well be the first home-grown staging of Brecht and Weill's parody of operetta that, in turn, skewers capital...
American Songwriter and Author Jesse Boleyn Announces New Book Release
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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...
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...
CAMINO REAL by Tennessee Williams Opens in New Orleans at the Marigny Opera House This July
by A.A. Cristi - June 28, 2017 You've never seen Tennessee Williams like this before. From the characters to the setting, nothing compares to Camino Real. The play takes place in a mythic border town situated in the Southwest, or perhaps tucked just inside of Mexico, which sits in the shadow of a gargantuan border wall built to k...
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 ...
Theatre De La Salle Presents Third Revival Of OLIVER!...With A Twist!
by BWW News Desk - April 27, 2018 Consider Yourself in for a treat next April as Theatre De La Salle proudly presents Lionel Bart's OLIVER! Theatre De La Salle announces Oliver! as their musical theatre production for the 2017/2018 season....
NJ's The HIt Men Release First Original Single and Music Video 'You Can't Fight Love'
by Caryn Robbins - September 29, 2017 After decades of helping deliver dozens of hits with the likes of Paul McCartney, Elton John, Rod Stewart, and Carly Simon, THE HIT MEN the music industry's youngest senior citizens have finally taken several large steps toward stardom on their own terms, with original music that bears no othe...
BWW Review: Angelic Voices Brings the Sunrise to ROMEO AND JULIET at OPERA BIRMINGHAM
by David Edward Perry - March 27, 2018 There is a real pleasure in enjoying amazing voices telling a story in a language you do not know, and be able to understand the emotion conveyed by singers of exceptional skill. Opera Birmingham provided such wonder in 'Romeo and Juliet.'...
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!...
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: SHE LOVES ME at Elmwood Playhouse, Nyack, N.Y.
by Peter Danish - November 14, 2018 Ironically, Miklos Laszlo's 1937 play 'Parfumerie' was not produced in the United States until 2009. Yet that did not stop the Hungarian hit from becoming the inspiration for a whole host of American films, plays and musicals: first the 1940 film, 'The Shop Around the Corner' with James Stewart and ...
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: 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: Circle Players' 2017-18 Season Continues With STEEL MAGNOLIAS
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 29, 2018 We Southerners take our literary history seriously, whether it's a book, a poem, a novel or a play - no matter the genre, we are proud to read about our way of life and the things that we believe make us so very special. Such is the case with Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias, which debuted in 1987 t...
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...
BWW Review: Nashville Story Garden's Stunning IRONBOUND Closes All-Too-Brief Run Tonight
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 02, 2019 For Darya, a 42-year-old Polish emigre eking out a meager and bleak existence in New Jersey, life in America seems far less promising than she may have considered at the outset of her journey. But in Martyna Majok's exquisitely crafted and beautifully written play - Ironbound - which ends its all-to...
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...
BOB'S BURGERS to Feature Fan Art in Season 8 Premiere
by TV News Desk - September 29, 2017 According to TV Guide, the season 8 premiere of FOX's Bob's Burgers will comprise completely of fan animation. The creative team of the animated sitcom asked 62 super fans with backgrounds in animation to submit their own designs to be used in the premiere coming this Sunday.... |