Jane Williams

Capital Arts Theater Guild And Artist Soapbox Present the 2nd Annual ASBX LIVE: HOME SWEET HOME

Capital Arts Theater Guild and Artist Soapbox present the 2nd annual ASBX LIVE: “Home Sweet Home” on February 24, at 7:30 PM at the Theatre Raleigh Arts Center's Lobby Cabaret Theater.

Student Blog: Books That Should Be Adapted For The Stage

In recent years, several Broadway shows have opened that are interesting adaptations of well known books and pieces of literature. Some of the most popular are Wicked, To Kill A Mockingbird and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child which have each amazed thousands of audience members in their own ways. But while looking ahead to the return of Broadway, it's fun to wonder about the other potential adaptations of books that could take the stage.

The Classical Music Industry Gathers For The 2021 ABO Conference This Week

The 2021 Association of British Orchestras Conference is to take place online from Wednesday to Friday (10-12 March), hosted in partnership with Classic FM, Help Musicians, Classical Music and the British Council, and featuring speakers and panellists including Caroline Dinenage MP, Minister of State for Digital & Culture and Sir Nicholas Serota, Chair, Arts Council England.

2020 ABO Conference To Focus On Climate Change, Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Care Over The Next Decade

The annual Association of British Orchestras (ABO) Conference, the UK's leading classical music forum takes place in venues across Manchester and Salford this week (29-31 January).

BWW Review: Ike Holter's SENDER at Denizen Theatre Sends Up Millennials

Things are messy for our fine, fettered friends in Sender, a reminder that, even for the most grounded among us, life is messy by default, whether or not it's not our fault.

BWW Review: A BRONX TALE at Bass Performance Hall

If it's possible to be nostalgic for a time and place in which you've never lived, you will experience that feeling in A Bronx Tale.

NORTHWEST STARTUP Event Comes to The Warner

The Entrepreneurial Center of Northwest Connecticut at Northwestern Connecticut Community College will present their third NORTHWEST STARTUP, a dynamic, energetic collaborative evening for new entrepreneurs and experienced business people, at the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre on Wednesday, September 4 from 5-7 pm. The event is free and open to the public.

BWW Review: MSMT'S Opulent BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Offers Pure Enchantment

With what is arguably the largest production in Maine State Music Theatre's history, the company brings a level of opulence, sophistication, and magic to the Pickard stage that makes this production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast a fitting jewel in the Diamond Jubilee Crown. It is no secret that the company has used every single ounce of its resources (and overcome a number of unforeseen obstacles along the way) to create this magnificent production, but the result has been entirely worth the effort. This beloved fairytale dazzlingly comes to life in all its heartfelt beauty.

Cast Announced for MY LAND'S SHORE

The passionate new musical from Wales is a tale of conflict, social injustice, moral dilemmas, guilt, love and heartbreak, with Music and Lyrics by Christopher J Orton and Book and Lyrics by Robert Gould.

BWW Reviews: SPRING AWAKENING Brings Purple Summer to Dublin

Ill-Advised is a rare case in Ireland as a company dedicated to musical theatre. How will they mount Spring Awakening?

Old Deerfield Productions to Present New Adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN

After a highly successful run in the US, Massachusetts based Old Deerfield Productions brings an exciting new reworking of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the Greenside Forest Theatre.

STAGE TUBE: Watch Allison Williams' Tearful Post-PETER PAN Reaction

On Thursday night, Allison Williams as the title character led the cast of PETER PAN LIVE! on NBC. Below, watch this sweet moment after the show in which the whole cast cheers for Williams right after the show, and she shares a tender moment with Kelli O'Hara.

BWW Special Interview: Allison Williams Talks PETER PAN LIVE! on NBC - Tonight!

BroadwayWorld.com's Richie Ridge was on hand at PETER PAN's press day where he talked to the stars and creative team about how they are putting together this live TV event. Here, Richie talks to Allison Williams.

Wes Moore to Host 'American Graduate Day 2014'

American Graduate Day 2014 returns this fall for its third consecutive year. Wes Moore, best-selling author and U.S. Army veteran, will host the all-day broadcast which premieres Saturday, September 27 from 11 am - 6 pm EST, on public media (check local station listings).

Big Picture Learning, Champagne Jerry and More Set for Joe's Pub, 1/23-27

Each week Joe's Pub at The Public presents some of New York City's most eclectic programming ranging from world to classical, pop, singer-songwriter, jazz and more. This week features: Big Picture Learning, We are the Woods, Holly Williams, Shaving, Champagne Jerry, Diali Cissokho-Kaira Ba/Benyoro, Marion Loguidice, Never Sleep Alone, Dreaming Out Loud, The Sweet Remains and Joey Arias.

Focus Forward Announces Audience Voting, Short Films Now Available For Viewing

GE and CINELAN today announced that viewing and voting for its $200,000 FOCUS FORWARD Filmmaker Competition is open (http://vimeo.com/focusforwardfilms/competition), with 95 semifinalists in the running for Audience Favorite. Five cash prizes, including the Grand Jury Prize of $100,000, will be awarded at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival by a jury that includes Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost), actress Daryl Hannah (Kill Bill), Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, USA), Sundance Film Festival Senior Programmer Caroline Libresco, José Padilha (Elite Squad), producer Floyd Webb (Daughters of the Dust), and Peter Wintonick (Manufacturing Consent). The finalists for the cash prizes will be announced and featured on the FOCUS FORWARD website (http://focusforwardfilms.com) on Wednesday, November 28.

BWW Special Feature: 99 and Under the Radar, Indie Theatre's Movers and Shakers

Welcome to 99 AND UNDER THE RADAR: A LOOK AT INDIE THEATER'S MOVERS AND SHAKERS, BroadwayWorld's new weekly series that showcases standout productions and production companies from the independent theater scene in New York City. Each week, independent producer Michael Roderick will be discussing the latest goings on in the theatrical wings, highlighting those with potentially bright futures. This Week's Topic: Getting to the 'Source' of the Indie Theatre Community.

Photo Flash: Westport Country Playhouse Gala Grosses $1,407,610

A sold-out audience of over 550 people attended the annual benefit, 'Footlights and Film: A Celebration of the Great Musicals from Stage and Screen,' hosted by Julia Roberts and featuring a special tribute to Angela Lansbury presented by Bernadette Peters, at Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, CT (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, artistic directors, Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, managing director) on Monday evening, September 15. The fundraiser grossed $1,407,610, including revenue from tickets, donations and silent auctions.