Interview: Sara DeGennaro of SOFIA'S FIRST BALLET CLASS
by Tara Bennett - March 21, 2023 A dancer from the age of three, Sara DeGennaro has had a love of ballet for most of her life. Now an instructor who has her own dance studio, she shares the excitement of learning ballet in her new children’s book, “Sofia’s First Ballet Class: Ballet is Fun!”...
A Musical Tribute To Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Comes To Overture Center in March
by Stephi Wild - January 13, 2023 Oh, what a fun night it will be on Saturday, March 11, when OH WHAT A NIGHT, a musical tribute to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, comes to Overture Center's Capitol Theater. The show begins at 2 p.m. Tickets ($52.50) go on sale on Friday, Jan. 13....
EDINBURGH 2023: Andre De Freitas Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 06, 2023 BWW caught up with André de Freitas to chat about bringing What If to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....
The REV Theatre Company Announces Launch of 'Pay What You Will' and '$40 Under Forty' Initiatives at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - July 11, 2022 The REV Theatre Company announces the launch of its 'Pay What You Will' and '$40 Under Forty' initiatives....
Review: PINOCCHIO at Everest Production
by Natalia Jarczynska - June 15, 2023 What did our critic think of PINOCCHIO at Everest Production? The new production of Everest brings something for young and older spectators. It also shows something that is a mixture of music, acrobatics, and dance combined into one story....
Luke Combs Achieves New Platinum Certifications
by Michael Major - December 06, 2021 Five of Combs’ #1 singles have also received new certifications: “Beer Never Broke My Heart” certified 4x Platinum, “Forever After All” certified 3x Platinum, “Even Though I’m Leaving” certified 3x Platinum, “1, 2 Many” certified Platinum and “Does To Me” feat. Eric Church certified Platinum. ...
Paines Plough and Nouveau Riche to Present Five-Part Short Film Series WE RISE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 09, 2022 Nouveau Riche and Paines Plough have announced We Rise, a free five-part series of short films shining a light on how to manoeuvre, cope and self-care against racism in the theatre sector. The films will be released weekly and readily available to everyone on Youtube, Instagram and Facebook with the...
What So Not Share 'Mr. Regular' Featuring Oliver Tree & Killer Mike
by Michael Major - May 31, 2022 There is nothing regular about Australian producer What So Not, with the revered electronic artist returning today with sweltering gusto via the new single “Mr. Regular”, boasting iconic features courtesy of Razor scooter world champion Oliver Tree and rap legend Killer Mike (Run The Jewels)....
Interview: How SHUCKED Star Alex Newell Is Manufacturing Standing Ovations With 'Independently Owned'
by A.A. Cristi - April 27, 2023 Liberated, educated, motivated. These are just a few adjectives used to describe Alex Newell's luscious entrepreneur, Lulu, in the hilarious new musical, Shucked. But underrated? Not according to audiences. Each night, Alex and Lulu are stopping the show, earning mid-performance standing ovations fo...
BWW Review: WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME at The Broadway Playhouse
by Patrick Rybarczyk - October 29, 2021 Is it a patchwork? Is it a cauldron? Is it a document that needs to abolish, essentially scrapped, and rewritten? It can be argued that The Constitution of the United States is any of these things. That's precisely what is discussed in the fascinatingly urgent WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME....
Student Blog: Changing Plans...Again
by Student Blogger: Marissa Hein - March 21, 2023 It’s about that time of the semester where you start to plan for the next semester. Where will you live? What classes will you take? What will your schedule look like? Personally, I think it’s all very exciting. I love to plan and start to figure out what my life will look like when I come back to s...
DALA WHAT YOU MUST, IT IS WHAT IT IS One-man Comedy Show By Jason Goliath Set To Dazzle Johannesburg Audiences This November
by Stephi Wild - October 03, 2022 Jason Goliath will once again hit the Johannesburg stage this November with a smash hit one-man comedy show, Dala What You Must, It Is What It Is....
The Lot Productions Present the World Première Of James Corley's WHAT IT MEANS
by Stephi Wild - April 25, 2023 Nisha Oza for The Lot Productions has announced the world première of What It Means, a new play by James Corley – the first show for the newly founded production company as part of their inaugural theatre season. Directed by The Lot's Creative Director, Harry Mackrill, the production, starring Richa...
First Stage Announces Pay What You Choose Schedule For Remainder Of 2021/22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 11, 2022 First Stage is committed to broadening its reach and deepening its impact throughout the community. As part of this commitment, First Stage offers Pay What You Choose performances for select productions. Pay What You Choose tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis with a minimum sug...
HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED Replaces IS THIS A ROOM in Seattle Rep 2022/2023 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 19, 2023 Seattle Rep has announced that due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts with the artists involved, their Spring production of Tina Satter’s Is This A Room has been replaced with Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s production of August Wilson’s famous, heartfelt theatrical memoir, How I Learned What I Learne...
Puppet Theatre For Disabled Children WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? Premieres in Toronto
by Stephi Wild - August 09, 2022 The Disability Collective has announced its first in-person event – a children's theatre show titled What Happened to You?. What Happened to You? is a new, heart-warming piece of puppet theatre for children and their families. Created semi-autobiographically, puppet designer Nikki Charlesworth chall...
Exclusive: What Goes Into Casting a Broadway Show? Casting Directors Tell All
by Backstage Live with Richard Ridge - February 19, 2023 Ever wonder what goes into casting a Broadway show? In this video, casting directors Bernard Telsey, Erica Hart, and Erica Jensen explain how the job works and how it has evolved in the last several years....
Student Blog: 'So, What are You Going to Do with a Theatre Degree?'
by Student Blogger: Grace Schofield - March 04, 2024 And going after what I want and what I want to do, isn’t silly or ridiculous in the slightest. I also am allowed to change my mind at any point in time and that doesn’t make me any less of an artist. It does not mean I failed....
Review: ENTRAÑAS, The Barbican Centre
by Franco Milazzo - February 07, 2024 Performed for the first time outside Spain, El Patio Teatro’s Entrañas asks two simple questions: what does it mean to be a human, and what does it mean to be human? The deceptively simple title roughly translates as “Insides” and obfuscates the intellectual and emotional breadth and depth of this s...
Review: WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME Combines Brecht and NPR at City Theatre
by Greg Kerestan - February 09, 2023 Pleasantly disorienting, this pseudo-docutheatre raises questions large and small....
The Friday 5(+1): The Cast and Crew of Street Theatre Company's 2023-24 Season Opener 35MM
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 10, 2023 Street Theatre Company officially opens its 2023-24 season at The Barbershop Theatre with its production of 35MM, opening Friday night and continuing through August 26. Directed by Everett Tarlton, with music direction by Nick Benefield, 34MM features music and lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver, based on ...
World Premiere of SO...THAT HAPPENED Comes to Milnerton Playhouse Next Month
by Stephi Wild - August 15, 2022 Milnerton Players will present the world première of So …That Happened, written and directed by Werner Asher Steffen, from 2 to 17 September at Milnerton Playhouse ....
BWW Review: TALK ABOUT YOURSELF, ONLY ABOUT YOURSELF at Wroclaw Mime Theatre
by Natalia Jarczynska - September 28, 2021 There is a particular link with feelings and our daily life, emotions are not exhibited from time to time, they are everywhere and what a great tribute to pay them on stage. We are what we are every day, day in and day out....
Interview: Crista Marie Jackson Explains Why Intimacy Direction Is Essential on Stage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 09, 2022 BroadwayWorld spoke in depth with intimacy director Crista Marie Jackson about her work on the world premiere of Colt Coeur's Dodi & Diana, what defines intimacy on stage, how she would like the job of an intimacy director to become essential in the theatre industry and more. Read the full interview...
Student Blog: Taking Charge of Your Own Education
by Student Blogger: Grace Cutler - October 29, 2021 Throughout developing a theater degree, there are so many opportunities to bring material to class and work with what inspires you. It is important to make firm choices rooted in the values you can fall back on and return to maintain an excitement with your selection. Since there are so many experie... |