Photo Flash: DOG AND PONY Begins Performances Tonight at The Old Globe
by BWW News Desk - May 28, 2014 The Old Globe presents the World Premiere of Dog and Pony, a new musical with book by Rick Elice and music and lyrics by Michael Patrick Walker. From the award-winning talents behind Jersey Boys, Peter and the Starcatcher, and Altar Boyz, Dog and Pony is a romantic musical comedy that follows Mags a...
PAT KIRKWOOD IS ANGRY Set for Brits Off Broadway at 59E59 Theaters, Begin. 6/10
by Tyler Peterson - May 12, 2014 59E59 Theaters will welcome the US premiere of PAT KIRKWOOD IS ANGRY, written by Jessica Walker, with Joseph Atkins at the piano, and directed by Lee Blakeley, with musical arrangements by James Holmes. PAT KIRKWOOD IS ANGRY begins performances on Tuesday, June 10 for a limited engagement through Su...
LOVE Creates Johnnie Walker House, Seoul - Their Most Ambitious Brand Experience to Date
by Robert Diamond - September 27, 2013 MANCHESTER, England and SHANGHAI, September 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/...
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - THE COLOR PURPLE Author Alice Walker on PBS' AMERICAN MASTERS, 2/7
by TV News Desk - January 10, 2014 Writer/activist Alice Walker (b. Feb. 9, 1944) made history as the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her seminal novel The Color Purple (1982), for which she won the National Book Award. THIRTEEN's American Masters presents Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth, premieri...
Actor Paul Walker Dead at 40
by Tyler Peterson - December 01, 2013 FAST AND FURIOUS franchise star Paul Walker has died Saturday afternoon in a car accident in Valencia, CA. Walker was 40 years old....
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of THE MIDDLE AGES at Theatre Southwest
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2013 Theatre Southwest presents 'The Middle Ages' by A.R. Gurney directed by John Mitsakis and Kelly Walker. Get a first look at the cast below!...
Photo Flash: Meet the Company of DOG AND PONY at The Old Globe - Roger Rees, Nicole Parker, Jon Patrick Walker, Beth Leavel and More!
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2014 The Old Globe yesterday announced the cast of the World Premiere of Dog and Pony, a new musical with book by Rick Elice and music and lyrics by Michael Patrick Walker. From the award-winning talents behind Jersey Boys, Peter and the Starcatcher, and Altar Boyz, Dog and Pony is a romantic musical com...
Photo Flash: Meet the Company of DOG AND PONY at The Old Globe - Roger Rees, Nicole Parker, Jon Patrick Walker, Beth Leavel and More!
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2014 The Old Globe yesterday announced the cast of the World Premiere of Dog and Pony, a new musical with book by Rick Elice and music and lyrics by Michael Patrick Walker. From the award-winning talents behind Jersey Boys, Peter and the Starcatcher, and Altar Boyz, Dog and Pony is a romantic musical com...
BWW CD Reviews: THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME (Original Cast Recording) is Charming
by David Clarke - May 12, 2014 According to Jessica Walker, she spent much of her career playing trouser roles in opera and musical theatre. From her curiosity, the kernel for THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME was planted. With Director and Co-Writer Neil Bartlett, Jessica Walker crafted a variety show that explores and celebrates this o...
Ann Walker Shows Readers How to Better Communicate With Their Pets
by Robert Diamond - February 22, 2014 Author Ann Walker is on a mission to make people realize that animals are living things with emotions and feelings just like human beings. By writing her book, 'Talk With the Animals,' she hopes to emphasize the things humans and animals have in common, rather than the differences, showing readers t...
BWW Reviews: The Texas Repertory Theatre's BOEING BOEING is Light-Hearted Fun
by David Clarke - March 24, 2014 Marc Camoletti's 1960 play BOEING BOEING was translated into English by Beverly Cross. The comedic piece found success in London, running for seven years in its original production, but it failed to capture American audiences. In 1991, it was named in the Guinness Book of Records as the most perform...
Bicentennial Celebration of Verdi, Wagner to Feature Loyola Symphony, Chorus & More, 11/23
by Tyler Peterson - November 15, 2013 A free concert commemorating the 200th birthdays of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner features the Loyola Symphony Orchestra and Loyola Chorus alongside special guests and Metropolitan Opera stars Alfred Walker '96, Greer Grimsley '76 and Luretta Bybee. The program will include selections from Verdi...
SIDE SHOW's Josh Walker Pens and Stars in Workshop of New Musical About Toulouse Lautrec This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - August 29, 2014 Josh Walker, a cast member of the upcoming Broadway revival of Side Show and its recent Kennedy Center staging, has written a new musical about Post-Impressionistic French painter Henri de Toulouse Lautrec and the Moulin Rouge. Toulouse: A New Musical has a score composed by Walker, with a book by J...
Off-Mirvish's DEAD METAPHOR Begins 5/20 at Panasonic Theatre
by Tyler Peterson - May 07, 2014 The final show in the Off-Mirvish series is a killer comedy from one of the master playwrights working in English-speaking theatre today....
BWW Reviews: GMT Productions International - Inaugural Theatre Season: SPITFIRE SOLO Just Gets Better and Better with Time
by Barry Lenny - October 11, 2013 This gem from Nicholas Collett has now been played many, many times, in many, many locations and, it is safe to say, will continue to be played for a long time to come. It is pure gold....
BWW Previews: Derby City Playwrights Fosters New Full-Length Plays
by Todd Zeigler - October 13, 2014 Louisville's theater community is a writer-friendly place, and a new group is adding its efforts to the mix, with a focus as much on process as on product....
David Walker Named New Director of Development of North Carolina Opera
by Tyler Peterson - December 12, 2013 North Carolina Opera has announced the appointment of David Walker as its new Director of Development. Mr. Walker comes to NC Opera with years of institutional experience, including driving development and fundraising campaigns for arts organizations around the country, and is an internationally kno...
BUTCH WALKER to Release New LP 'Afraid of Ghosts', 2/3!
by Danielle DeSisto - October 07, 2014 Butch Walker has announced his highly anticipated seventh full-length album Afraid Of Ghosts, out February 3 via Dangerbird Records....
Christine Dwyer, Eric Anderson and More to Star in Richard H. Blake's WHISKEYLAND! Concert, 9/15
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2014 From Last Call Theatricals, LLC, the producing company helmed by Broadway vets Michael Balderrama, Richard H. Blake and Sean Frank Sullivan, comes a night of songs from Whiskeyland!, a brand new rock fantasy telling the story of Boston in the last 24 hours of existence! WHISKEYLAND! THE CONCERT is s...
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - THE COLOR PURPLE Author Alice Walker on PBS' AMERICAN MASTERS Tonight
by TV News Desk - February 07, 2014 Writer/activist Alice Walker (b. Feb. 9, 1944) made HISTORY as the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her seminal novel The Color Purple (1982), for which she won the National Book Award. THIRTEEN's American Masters presents Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth, premieri...
The Grand 1894 Opera House Welcomes Jerry Jeff Walker Tonight
by BWW News Desk - December 28, 2013 Returning to The Grand for his annual concert, Jerry Jeff Walker brings his unpretentious poetic sensibility-and restrained, but endearing singing style-for one not-to-miss performance tonight, December 28 at 8pm....
BWW Reviews: The Old Globe's New Musical DOG AND PONY
by Ellen Dostal - June 10, 2014 An Idaho film festival reunites a pair of estranged screenwriters in the new musical DOG AND PONY by Rick Elise (Peter and the Starcatcher, Jersey Boys) and Michael Patrick Walker (Altar Boyz). As Mags (Nicole Parker) and Andy (Jon Patrick Walker) rehash memories from their 13-year partnership, we q...
The Grand 1894 Opera House to Welcome Jerry Jeff Walker, 12/28
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2013 Returning to The Grand for his annual concert, Jerry Jeff Walker brings his unpretentious poetic sensibility-and restrained, but endearing singing style-for one not-to-miss performance Saturday, December 28 at 8pm. A great storyteller with a 'say what you mean, sing what you say' delivery, Walker wi...
Photo Flash: DOG AND PONY World Premiere Opens Tonight at The Old Globe
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2014 The Old Globe presents the World Premiere of Dog and Pony, a new musical with book by Rick Elice and music and lyrics by Michael Patrick Walker. From the award-winning talents behind Jersey Boys, Peter and the Starcatcher, and Altar Boyz, Dog and Pony is a romantic musical comedy that follows Mags a...
Photo Flash: First Look - Theatre Southwest's ANNA CHRISTIE, Begin. 4/11
by Tyler Peterson - March 28, 2014 Theatre Southwest presents 'Anna Christie' by Eugene O'Neill directed by Lisa Schofield.This Pulitzer prize winning show focuses on the problematic relationship between a sailor and the daughter he has not seen for roughly twenty years. Their relationship becomes complicated by her romantic involve... |