![]() by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2017 SAFEhouse Arts, a ten-year-old artist cooperative working to incubate new dance and theater artists through residencies, workshops and performance opportunities, has announced its December program in honor of SAFEhouse Arts Founder and Executive Director Joe Landini, celebrating 25 years of dance ma...
BWW Review: 18th and Union's Feminist Sketch Comedy HAPPY HOUR Has Potential
by Amelia Reynolds - February 03, 2017 Who am I to judge how anyone processes the political climate? Well, when it's theatre, technically, it's my job. Nonetheless, I understand why Keira McDonald and Erin Stewart put on their two-woman sketch comedy, 'Happy Hour', now performing at 18th and Union as a part of their 'Oddballs and Misfits...
Review Roundup - Did Critics Have 'Time Of Their Life' Watching ABC's DIRTY DANCING Reboot?
by Caryn Robbins - May 23, 2017 Abigail Breslin, Debra Messing, Bruce Greenwood, Nicole Scherzinger, Sarah Hyland, Tony Roberts, Katey Sagal and Billy Dee Williams, along with rising stars Colt Prattes and J. Quinton Johnson, headline the stellar cast in a new adaptation of the global pop-cultural phenomenon, DIRTY DANCING, premie... ![]() by Caryn Robbins - August 24, 2017 Memphis up-and-comer Punkin C is back with his latest single, 'David Letterman'. The new single is currently available to stream and download on Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes.... ![]() by Julie Musbach - July 26, 2018 According to Variety, Judith Light has been announced as a guest star on the Facebook Watch series Queen America....
Photo Flash: Scholars Claim They Found Author Marcel Proust
by Christina Mancuso - February 16, 2017 Jean-Pierre Sirois-Trahan, professor at Laval University in Quebec City, Canada, says he has found the writer of IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME in footage of the 1904 wedding of Elaine Greffulhe.... ![]() by Julie Musbach - July 19, 2018 Jennifer Westfeldt ('Younger,' 'Friends with Kids') and Victoria Justice ('Victorious,' 'Eye Candy') have been tapped for the freshman season of the forthcoming scripted series 'Queen America' on Facebook Watch, Facebook's new video platform. Westfeldt's status is as a recurring guest star with Just... ![]() by Tori Hartshorn - September 25, 2018 Suicide Generation is a punk band from the United Kingdom and a classic-sounding punk band at that. But to get an idea of their sound you're going to need to skip the lighthearted sounds of the Buzzcocks and Sex Pistols for the grimy, gritty punk bred south of the Mason-Dixon line. Think Lost Sounds... ![]() by Kaitlin Milligan - November 06, 2018 Amsterdam's Reaktor Events are bringing their world famous heavy techno sound to London for a very special one off event on Saturday December 29th. It takes place at E1, one of the UK's most essential warehouse spaces, with two rooms of proper techno featuring key names like O/V/R Live (aka James Ru... ![]() by Sam Abney - October 18, 2018 Every now and then, a show comes along that is an undeniable "must-watch." The reasons for such a status may vary but the final verdict is unmistakable: the performance cannot be missed. With The Fall, Studio Theatre has such a scenario on their hands. This 80-minute performance, brought to D.C. by ... ![]() by Kirsty Johnson - September 20, 2017 Ain't it a fine life?! sing the rag-tag group of boys of all ages, outfitted in worn boots, overalls, and dirty faces the instantly lovable gang of Newsies captures the hearts of audiences from the first time they run onstage.... ![]() by Tori Hartshorn - May 04, 2018 QUEEN AMERICA, a new scripted series starring multi-award-winning actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, has been given a 10-episode, straight-to-series order by Facebook's new video platform Facebook Watch.... ![]() by Jo Fisher - August 28, 2020 Nuffield Southampton Theatres (NST) was one of the first UK theatres to suffer at the hands of coronavirus. After its fall into administration in May, and subsequent closure two months later, youa??d be forgiven for thinking that its days of influence and inspiration were over.... ![]() by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2017 Pleasance Theatre Trust celebrated 33 years at Venue 33 and 70th anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August with an ambitious, multi-award winning programme of theatre, comedy, dance and circus: an incredible 5074 performances of 258 shows in 27 venues, including a new addition of the ... ![]() by Nicole Ciravolo - March 22, 2018 The profound influence of Elliott Smith (1969-2003) continues to echo long after his death, and to honor and explore the music of this Portland icon, Third Angle New Music has commissioned 6 leading young composers to reimagine his repertoire. In a blockbuster collaboration, Hand2Mouth & Third Angle... ![]() by A.A. Cristi - March 13, 2018 Rubicon Theatre presents a timely and trenchant production of Shakespeare's tragedy KING LEAR as the centerpiece of the company's 20th Anniversary Season. Directed by Co-Founder James O'Neil, the production features a 20-member cast led by acclaimed actor and company memberGeorge Ball, who has starr... ![]() by Stephi Wild - November 01, 2018 It is nothing short of a global phenomenon. First came the smash Broadway and West End musical, then the 1978 hit motion picture. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the cinema release, the world's favourite musical is returning to London for a strictly limited time!...
KANNAPOLIS: A MOVING PORTRAIT Coming to the University of Saint Joseph
by Rebecca Russo - February 24, 2017 Historians and folk music lovers will rejoice when they come together to enjoy composer and violinist Jenny Scheinman's presentation of Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait, a live musical performance with Robbie Gjersoe and Robbie Fulks, set to the footage of H. Lee Waters at 7:30 p.m., March 7 at the Au... ![]() by Hannah Wing - May 14, 2018 A musical like Priscilla is a big endeavor for any theatre company to take on due to its well-known songs and extravagant costumes. Kensington Arts Theatre's (KAT) production, directed by John Nunemaker, fell short of reaching diva status due to its poor production quality. Despite all of this, KAT ... ![]() by Kaitlin Milligan - October 14, 2019 Nail art will never feel the same after you've met Lexi Martone! Lexi is a nail artist with a massive social media following and a knack for never-before-seen designs, and behind this great artist is a loud, loving Italian family.... ![]() by Sam Abney - April 04, 2018 If you've ever thought what it would be like to cross an episode of Ru Paul's Drag Race with a searing Middle East drama and set the action to pop hits of the early aughts, Paper Dolls the perfect show for you. Mosaic Theater Company's newest entry to their Voices from a Changing Middle East cycle i... ![]() by BWW News Desk - November 15, 2017 True Stories Live is an intimate storytelling event with a simple premise, ordinary people tell their own anecdotal stories to a warm and friendly audience, relating to a different theme each time.... ![]() by Tori Hartshorn - April 10, 2019 Juliana Hatfield and director/videographer David Doobinin pay tribute “to those in between, unpolished moments” in the short film “Undiscovered Planet” premiering today on Stereogum....
Small-Town Drama to Hit Stagecrafters in THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2017 The characters are as believable as they are over-the-top in Stagecrafters' latest offering The Red Velvet Cake War by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, showing March 24-April 9, at the Baldwin Theatre in downtown Royal Oak.... ![]() by Amy Zipperer - July 21, 2017 When Aurora Theatre announced that its 22nd season would open with a production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a production offered in partnership with Theatrical Outfit, screams of giddy delight could be heard in the Broadway-themed living rooms of theatre nerds all across Atlanta. The 2014 tuner... |