BWW Review: GIMME A BAND! GIMME A BANANA! THE CARMEN MIRANDA STORY Shines at Pointless Theatre
by Emma Kouguell - Oct 21, 2015
Our famous 'Lady in the Tutti Fruti Hat' has been revived in Pointless Theatre's Women's Voices Theater Festival show, GIMME A BAND! GIMME A BANANA! THE CARMEN MIRANDA STORY. Under the direction of Roberta Alves and Matt Reckeweg and written by Mel Bieler and Patti Kalil, GIMME A BAND, GIMME A BANANA tells the story of legendary Carmen Miranda's life both on and off-stage. The show is a colorful production that will make you love and ache even more over Carmen Miranda's career and personal life.
Pointless Theatre Stages 'GIMME A BAND, GIMME A BANANA!' This Fall
by BWW News Desk - Oct 15, 2015
Pointless Theatre, DC's premiere puppet spectacle company, is proud to launch their 2015-2016 season with the world debut production of Gimme a Band, Gimme a Banana! The Carmen Miranda Story, presented as a part of the Women's Voices Theater Festival.
ROBIN HOOD Kicks Off New Victory's 20th Anniversary Season Today
by BWW News Desk - Oct 2, 2015
The Prince of Thieves and his Merry Men do all the wrong things for all the right reasons! Fantastically funny and fast-paced, Seattle Children's Theatre's ROBIN HOOD opens the 20th Anniversary season of The New Victory Theater with a two-week run from from today, October 2, through October 11, 2015.
Pointless Theatre to Stage 'GIMME A BAND, GIMME A BANANA!' This Fall
by BWW News Desk - Sep 11, 2015
Pointless Theatre, DC's premiere puppet spectacle company, is proud to launch their 2015-2016 season with the world debut production of Gimme a Band, Gimme a Banana! The Carmen Miranda Story, presented as a part of the Women's Voices Theater Festival.
ROBIN HOOD to Kick Off New Victory's 20th Anniversary Season
by Tyler Peterson - Sep 10, 2015
The Prince of Thieves and his Merry Men do all the wrong things for all the right reasons! Fantastically funny and fast-paced, Seattle Children's Theatre's Robin Hood opens the 20th Anniversary season of The New Victory Theater with a two-week run from from October 2-11, 2015.
CASSINO DA URCA: a Brazilian musical opens in Rio!
by Paulo Afonso De Lima - Apr 18, 2011
The most famous casino in South America during the 30's and the 40's, the place where Edith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Bing Crosby, Illona Massey were top stars and Lee Shubert discovered Carmen Miranda for the world, is the subject of a new Brazilian musical, CASSINO DA URCA in Rio.
John Kenley, Legendary Producer Passes Away at 103
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 29, 2009
Legendary producer, John Kenley, passed away peacefully on October 23, 2009. He was 103.
Over 60 years ago, John Kremchek appeared with Martha Graham as a dancer-acrobat in John Murray Anderson's Greenwich Village Follies. Mr Anderson told young Kremchek to change his name to Kenley where it has remained ever since.