Samantha Shepherd

BWW Review: SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD Reveals The Remarkable Artistic Maturity of a Young Jason Robert Brown

Jason Robert Brown was just 25 years old when his SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD took the stage of Off-Broadway's intimate WPA Theatre. As he played piano and led the handful of musicians in director Daisy Prince's production, a quartet of actors who all had big things ahead of them (Brooks Ashmanskas, Andrea Burns, Jessica Molaskey and Billy Porter) revealed the vivid collection of complex and approachable emotions expressed by the extraordinarily relatable collection of characters created by this young man's music and lyrics.

BWW Previews: HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL at Southern Methodist University

BroadwayWorld got to sit in on the initial read through of Heathers: The Musical at Southern Methodist University today and you can check out photos below!

Rennie Harris Returns to the New Vic with LUV: AMERICAN-STYLE, Now thru 5/17

?Alvin Ailey Award recipient and renowned choreographer Dr. Rennie Harris (RHAW, New Vic 2013; Legends of Hip-Hop, New Vic 2004, 2006; Puremovement, New Vic 1999) returns with his company of young performers, Rennie Harris Awe-inspiring Works (RHAW), in LUV: American-Style running at The New Victory Theater today, May 8-17. Popping and locking to a soundtrack of chart-topping rock, the talented performers use dance and dialogue to portray one young man's struggle with identity, love and justice.

Rennie Harris to Return to the New Vic with LUV: AMERICAN-STYLE, 5/8-17

?Alvin Ailey Award recipient and renowned choreographer Dr. Rennie Harris (RHAW, New Vic 2013; Legends of Hip-Hop, New Vic 2004, 2006; Puremovement, New Vic 1999) returns with his company of young performers, Rennie Harris Awe-inspiring Works (RHAW), in LUV: American-Style running at The New Victory Theater May 8-17. Popping and locking to a soundtrack of chart-topping rock, the talented performers use dance and dialogue to portray one young man's struggle with identity, love and justice.