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...
BWW Reviews: The Messy But Effective Premiere of WE ARE PUSSY RIOT at the Contemporary American Theater Festival
by Jack L. B. Gohn - July 14, 2015 The success of PUSSY RIOT rests upon what author Barbara Hammond gets right. This includes a recreation of an actual Pussy Riot provocation/performance; excerpts from the Russian government's show trial which rely largely on the actual words of the defendants, lawyers, and judge; and the language an...
Joseph Tawadros New Album 'World Music' Out 4/14
by Caryn Robbins - March 31, 2016 The sage musicality of Australian oud player and composer, Joseph Tawadros, is demonstrated at full strength on his latest album, World Music as he enlists an array of intriguing instruments from across the planet to create richly textured global landscapes....
BWW Review: BORN YESTERDAY Still Sizzles Today At The Alley Theatre
by Jenny Taylor Moodie - June 10, 2016 Garson Kanin's BORN YESTERDAY premiered on Broadway in 1946, and seventy years later it still entertains and gently enlightens. Regardless of the time period, the play is far more relevant than you'd think. Directed by Jonathan Moscone, the play is about wealth, political corruption, education and o...
BWW Blog: Alyssa Sileo - Broadway Wants You - No, Really, It Wants You
by Guest Blogger: Alyssa Sileo - July 20, 2016 Whip out every drop of skill acquired from those Reading Comprehension lessons in Lit Class, my friends. I want to ask you to analyze the words of the title....
BWW Review: THE LITTLE MERMAID Swims into Imagination Stage
by Hannah Wing - June 27, 2016 Imagination Stage's world premiere production of 'The Little Mermaid', directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer, adapts Andersen's story into a musical interpretation filled with original songs and choreography....
Virginia Rep Announces 2016-2017 Season, Including IN THE HEIGHTS, 1776, and More!
by Louisa Brady - March 12, 2016 Virginia Repertory Theatre announced the titles for the 2016/17 Season at the Open House at the November Theatre on Saturday, March 12....
BWW Reviews: DUDDY KRAVITZ Comes Home to Montreal
by Meghan Pearson - June 19, 2015 Closing off the Segal Centre's 2014-2015 season, this classic story follows young Duddy Kravitz (Ken James Stewart), a kid who's grown up in the ethnic ghetto of the post-war St. Urbain Street in Montreal. Duddy is eager to escape his dead-end neighborhood and be somebody. After being told by his el...
BWW Reviews: RELATIVITY Explores Works By Pairs Of Composers Who Are Related In Some Way
by Barry Lenny - November 24, 2014 The change of program necessitated by the new line up was still an impressive evening....
Australia's First Mumblecore Film To Premiere In Sydney
by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2017 Multi-award winning indie Pretty Good Friends will have an exclusive Sydney cinema screening at Paddington's Chauvel Cinema on Tuesday 7 February at 6:30pm. ...
BWW Review: FLESH AND BONE at Holden Street Theatres
by Barry Lenny - February 16, 2018 This is for those who seek works that embody what the Fringe was originally all about....
FIRST HIPPO ON THE MOON and More Coming to Pleasance This August!
by A.A. Cristi - May 11, 2017 The Edinburgh International Conference Centre hosts the spectacular Cirque Eloize alongside Festival favourite Nina Conti and contemporary dance show Requiem for Aleppo as part of the Pleasance's Edinburgh Fringe programme this August. This programme marks the launch of a brand new partnership betwe...
BWW Reviews: RELATIVITY Explores Works By Pairs Of Composers Who Are Related In Some Way
by Barry Lenny - November 24, 2014 The change of program necessitated by the new line up was still an impressive evening....
Bry Webb Releases Solo Album 'Free Will' Today
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2014 In addition to Bry Webb's previously announced forthcoming solo record Free Will, out today, May 20 on Idée Fixe Records, Sub Pop will release a vinyl-only reissue of The Constantines' seminal Shine A Light June 10....
BWW Review: HAMILTON, Victoria Palace Theatre
by Marianka Swain - December 22, 2017 Does Hamilton live up the hype - and will it appeal to British audiences? Yes, and yes again. It's not like America has a monopoly on national identity crisis, leadership, immigration, parenthood, grief, sex scandals and political rivalries. But beyond that, it's just a blisteringly great night out:...
BWW Review: SPEAKING IN TONGUES- A Talented Cast Makes This Twisty-Turning Puzzle Most Easy to Swallow & Enjoy
by Gil Kaan - June 07, 2016 The Australian Theatre Company's stunning quartet of talented actors elevates playwright Andrew Bovell's very clever SPEAKING IN TONGUES into an entertaining puzzlement. Jeneffa Soldatic firmly directs her gifted cast in their multiple intersecting roles that asks the audience to really, really pay ...
BWW Review: FUTURE SEX, INC. - The New Musical That Sucks So Hard But Feels So Good
by George Brietigam - January 30, 2017 This repulsive piece of filth has cult following written all over it....
THE SECRET LIFE OF ROBOTS to Open 2/21 at SPACE
by Tyler Peterson - January 22, 2014 The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces the opening of The Secret Life of Robots, a visual art installation by local artist Toby Atticus Fraley. The exhibition includes a dozen scenes of robots in domestic vignettes, presenting an unpolished look into the unseen, and often mundane, lives of robots. ...
BWW Review: Ginger Minj Spills the 'Sweet T' in Album Premiere at the Laurie Beechman Theatre
by Troy Frisby - October 04, 2016 A good drag queen is ready for anything, and with a dash of Southern charm and a whole lot of hairspray, RuPaul's Drag Race alum Ginger Minj gave a performance at the Laurie Beechman Theatre on September 25 that was as gleefully unpolished as it was raucously funny. Above all else, despite it bei...
Bry Webb's Free Will Streaming at The New York Times
by Caryn Robbins - May 13, 2014 The New York Times is premiering an exclusive album stream of Bry Webb's Free Will, out May 20 on Idée Fixe Records....
Sue Perkins, Sara Pascoe, Richard Herring and Many More Shows Announced as Part of Pleasance's Edinburgh Fringe 2017 Line-Up!
by A.A. Cristi - April 20, 2017 On Thursday, 20th April Pleasance Theatre Trust announces 132 more shows on sale with an array of exciting newcomers and Festival favourites highlighting the pages of Edinburgh Fringe 2017 programme....
BWW Recap - Auditions Heat Up on THE X FACTOR - Episode 5
by Christina Raquel - September 27, 2013 It's episode 5 of The X Factor and the auditions heat up....
BWW Reviews: OBLIVION in Westport
by Sherry Shameer Cohen - August 26, 2013 Belief or oblivion?What happens when what you believe in no longer has any meaning for you? That is the problem that the four characters face in Carly Mensch's new play, Oblivion, which had its world premiere at the Westport Country Playhouse....
SAFEhouse Arts to Celebrate Founder Joe Landini This December
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...
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... |