Melanie Walters

Review: SCHOOL OF ROCK at Omaha Community Playhouse

What did our critic think of SCHOOL OF ROCK at Omaha Community Playhouse?

South Australian Emerging Composers Chosen for New ReClassified Festival

A new music festival, entitled ReClassified, is heading onto Adelaide’s event calendar this Spring. The ReClassified Festival will be held over three Sundays in November 2022 – 6th, 13th, 20th November.

New Festival Calls For Emerging Composers and Musicians

A new music festival, entitled ReClassified, is heading onto Adelaide's event calendar this Spring. The ReClassified Festival will be held over three Sundays in November 2022.

Casting Announced for WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT? Premiering at Birmingham Rep; Check Out New Rehearsal Photos!

Today the full cast and creative team has been announced for the highly anticipated, brand new musical, What’s New Pussycat? An exclusive first look video and images of the cast in rehearsals have also been released today.

Bukky Bakray To Lead SELF-CHARM Film

Rocks (Netflix) star Bukky Bakray who was announced as a 2020 BAFTA Breakthrough talent, will star as the lead in British mental health drama Self-Charm from writer and director Ella Greenwood.

Melanie Walters and Kayleigh-Paige Rees Join FAULTY ROOTS, Debut Feature From Writer-Director Ella Greenwood

The Collection (Amazon Studios) actor Melanie Walters, who has recently been seen in the Gavin & Stacey (BBC) comeback which racked up over 17.7 million views, has joined Sanditon (ITV/PBS) star Kayleigh-Paige Rees as the first to be cast in the British coming-of-age drama Faulty Roots from writer and director Ella Greenwood.

BWW Review: INDECENT at Bluebarn Theatre: An Artistic Masterpiece

INDECENT is a more than decent as good theatre. I'd see it again if only for the beauty of the production. Performances run through April 14th with tickets available at http://bluebarn.org/tickets/ or by calling 402-345-1576.

BWW Review: SHREK THE MUSICAL at Omaha Community Playhouse is a Big, Bright, Beautiful Show

What's big and green and lives at the Omaha Community Playhouse? SHREK THE MUSICAL opens tonight and runs through October 14.

Larry Lamb Leads Cast of BBC's PITCHING IN

Gavin and Stacey stars, Larry Lamb (Michael Shipman) and Melanie Walters (Gwen West) are set for a television reunion in a new Wales-based drama which will hit television screens in spring 2019.

BWW Review: PARADE Marches Into Uncomfortable Territory

The Omaha Community Playhouse once again takes on a serious subject. PARADE, the Tony Award-winning musical based on the true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish man falsely accused of the rape and murder of a 13 year old girl in Marietta, Georgia, opens tonight and runs through March 11.

TV: Watch the Trailer for Theatr Clwyd's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

Theatr Clwyd presents a major new revival of Oscar Wilde's classic masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest, which opened last night, 9 May, and runs until 27 May. Check out a trailer for the show below!

Cast Announced For Major Revival of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Theatr Clwyd

Today, Theatr Clwyd announced the full cast for a major new revival of Oscar Wilde's classic masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest which opens on 9 May, with previews from 4 May, and runs until 27 May.

BWW Review: SISTER ACT at Omaha Community Playhouse

SISTER ACT is a simple story about nuns in wimples who are taught to let loose in song by a nightclub singer who is cloistered at the convent in hiding from the hoods. This story isn't just black and white. Well, maybe it is. But this foot stomping musical set in 1970's Philadelphia is fun, no matter what.

BWW Reviews: DISENCHANTED! Does Not Disappoint!

The Candy Project's production of the Dennis T. Giacino DISENCHANTED! combines his clever lyrics and energetic musical score with their talented cast and crew to create a fun, satirical romp through the stories of Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and all their princess pals.

The Candy Project to Present DISENCHANTED this August

The musical is set for a 9-show run at FLIXX Cabaret Showbar, located in in downtown Omaha (1019 S. 10th Street) August 5-6, 12-14, 18-21. All performances have a 7:30pm showtime.

BWW Review: You're Gonna Wanna See THE PRODUCERS!

This is something you're gonna wanna see! THE PRODUCERS, a Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan musical masterpiece of mayhem, has opened at the Omaha Community Playhouse. In typical Mel Brooks fashion, it sweeps you off into a tornadic whirlwind of slapstick, clever innuendos, and just plain foolishness. But even a piece as good as this would not be as funny as it's meant to be without the right cast and crew to pull it off. This bunch does.

Rehearsals Now Underway for National Theatre Wales' ILIAD

A cast of ten will play the Greeks and Trojans, alongside local Llanelli teenagers as the unruly Greek gods - impulsive, vengeful, sex-mad and status-obsessed.

National Theatre Wales to Present WAR MUSIC

Renowned theatre-makers Mike Pearson and Mike Brookes, celebrated for their recent, large-scale interpretations of Aeschylus' The Persians and Shakespeare's and Brecht's Coriolan/us with National Theatre Wales, will bring their trademark vision to this multimedia staging of Christopher Logue's filmic poem War Music, derived from Homer's account of the last years of the Trojan War.

Regional Roundup: Top 10 Stories This Week Around the Broadway World - 6/5; World Premiere in Long Island, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN in San Diego and More!

This week, we go around our Broadway World to feature stories in Long Island, Kansas City, San Diego, and more. Check out our top 10 stories around our Broadway World below, which include a World Premiere in Long Island, MOTHER FREAKING HOOD! in Kansas City, and SINGIN' IN THE RAIN at San Diego Musical Theatre, just to name a few.

BWW Reviews: Omaha Loves SPAMALOT

Monty Python's SPAMALOT opened at the Omaha Community Playhouse to thunderous applause, guffaws, and cheers.