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Photos: In Rehearsal for LOVE LIFE at Encores!
by Jennifer Broski - Mar 18, 2025

Step inside the rehearsal room for Love Life at New York City Center Encores! The company invited the press earlier today to capture Kate Baldwin, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and the cast of the Victoria Clark-directed production perform 'I Remember It Well' and 'Women's Club Blues'. Check out photos from inside the big day below!

Video: Watch Kate Baldwin, Brian Stokes Mitchell & More Rehearse For LOVE LIFE at Encores!
by Michael Major - Mar 18, 2025

Step inside the rehearsal room for Love Life at New York City Center Encores! Watch videos of Kate Baldwin, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and the cast of the Victoria Clark-directed production perform 'I Remember It Well' and 'Women's Club Blues.'

Video: LOVE LIFE In Rehearsal At New York City Center
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 18, 2025

Step behind the scenes of Love Life at New York City Center, as Kim Kowalke, President & CEO of the Kurt Weill Foundation, dives into the story behind the iconic 'Love Song' and get an exclusive first listen to the song, performed by John Edwards. Watch the video!

Video: Hear the Encores! Orchestra Rehearse LOVE LIFE at New York City Center
by Michael Major - Mar 4, 2025

Get a first listen to the Encores! Orchestra rehearsing the music of Kurt Weill’s Love Life, which has not been heard in New York for over 75 years. Love Life’s original Broadway production never recorded a cast recording. See the video!

Brian Stokes Mitchell Joins the Cast of LOVE LIFE at City Center Encores!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 3, 2025

Directed by Tony winner Victoria Clark, Love Life has not been seen in New York in over 75 years. Learn more about who is starring in the City Center Encores! production and learn how to purchase tickets.

Stream Opera North's Recording of LOVE LIFE Beginning This Weekend
by Stephi Wild - Feb 21, 2025

Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner's Love Life will make its BBC broadcast premiere this weekend. The production will air on BBC Radio 3 18:00 on February 22. Following the broadcast, audiences can stream the production for 30 days

Jordan Fisher, Taran Killam, Keala Settle Will Lead URINETOWN at Encores!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 26, 2024

Additional cast members have been revealed for New York City Center's Encores! series. City Center’s 2025 Encores! series includes Urinetown, Love Life, and The Wild Party. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Kate Baldwin and Nicholas Christopher to Star in Encores! LOVE LIFE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 6, 2024

Joining the cast of Love Life at Encores! are Tony nominee Kate Baldwin as Susan Cooper and Nicholas Christopher as Sam Cooper. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Shawn Kirchner's THE LIGHT OF HOPE RETURNING Comes to La Verne This Weekend
by Stephi Wild - Dec 12, 2022

THE LIGHT OF HOPE RETURNING by Shawn Kirchner, sung by the La Verne Church of the Brethren Sanctuary Choir will be performed Sunday, December 18 at 4 p.m. and Wednesday, December 21 at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Kirchner will provide piano accompaniment as the choir ends a three-year COVID-induced drought of Christmas concerts.

THE DARK IS RISING Preview Episode Released From The BBC World Service
by Stephi Wild - Nov 23, 2022

Today sees the release of The Dark Is Rising series preview, a dramatisation produced by Complicité and Catherine Bailey Productions.

Cast Announced For Complicité's DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD
by Stephi Wild - Oct 24, 2022

Award-winning, international touring company Complicité (The Encounter, Can I Live?) has announced the full casting for the world premiere of a new work for the theatre Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, conceived and directed by their Artistic Director and Co-Founder Simon McBurney.

THE DARK IS RISING Comes To BBC World Service
by Stephi Wild - Oct 20, 2022

Toby Jones, Harriet Walter and Noah Alexander to star in The Dark Is Rising from the BBC World Service, adapted by writer Robert Macfarlane and Complicité's Simon McBurney

Royal Society Of Literature Celebrates 200th Birthday With 60 Appointments and Five-Year Festival
by Stephi Wild - Nov 30, 2020

The Royal Society of Literature (RSL), the charity that represents the voice of literature in the UK, has today in celebration of its 200th birthday announced RSL 200, a five-year festival launched with a series of major new initiatives and 60 new appointments championing the great diversity of writing and writers in the UK.

The Christmas Revels 2020 Announced With Special Guest Yo-Yo Ma
by Stephi Wild - Nov 12, 2020

Journey through the ages and across the globe as we present a unique and joyous Christmas Revels featuring some of our favorite artists and musical moments from the past five decades, plus a special performance by cellist Yo-Yo Ma!

Encores! Artistic Director Jack Viertel Promises LOVE LIFE Will Be Rescheduled
by Stephi Wild - Mar 30, 2020

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, City Center cancelled the remainder of its season due to the current health crisis. One production that was cancelled, was Love Life, which was set to run March 18 - 22, starring Kate Baldwin and Brian Stokes Mitchell. However, Jack Viertel, Encores! Artistic Director, has some promising news.

Wake Up With BWW 3/11: Select Broadway Shows to Sell $50 Tickets in March, and More!
by Stephi Wild - Mar 11, 2020

Today's top stories: select Broadway shows (To Kill a Mockingbird, West Side Story, The Lehman Trilogy, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and The Book of Mormon) will be just $50 through March 29!

TV: Watch Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kate Baldwin & More Give Sneak Peek of Encores! LOVE LIFE
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 10, 2020

Next up at New York City Center  Encores! is Love Life, which runs for seven performances at New York City Center from March 18 - 22. Watch as the cast gives a very special sneak peek of 'Economics' and 'I Remember It Well' and tells us even more about what to expect from the show!

John Edwards, Sara Jean Ford and More Join Kate Baldwin & Brian Stokes Mitchell in Encores! LOVE LIFE; Complete Cast Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 7, 2020

New York City Center today announced complete casting for the Encores! production of Love Life. Joining previously announced cast members Kate Baldwin (Susan Cooper) and Brian Stokes Mitchell (Sam Cooper) are John Edwards (Hobo), Sara Jean Ford (Miss Ideal Man), Isabella Houston (Elizabeth Cooper), Owen Tabaka (Johnny Cooper), and Clarke Thorell (Bill/Mr. Cynic).

BLINK OF AN EYE Races Into Select Movie Theaters Nationwide September 12 Only
by Tori Hartshorn - Aug 8, 2019

Based on the inspiring life story of NASCAR icons Michael Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt Sr., the high-octane documentary “Blink of an Eye” is set to race into select cinemas nationwide this September. The film features interviews with Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt Jr. along with former Executive Vice President of Motorsports for Dale Earnhardt Inc., Ty Norris, as well as NASCAR Hall of Famers Richard Petty and Richard Childress. The cinema event also includes a special audio cameo by country music star, Trace Adkins. Additionally, fans will view a historical vignette on how the sport was born from renegade backwoods“moonshining,” a never seen interview of Dale Earnhardt Sr. by NASCAR legend Benny Parsons, a profile of Lee and Richard Petty with rare footage, plus a special “Blink of an Eye” video from singer Bobby Capps, by iconic rock band 38 Special backed by musicians from multi-platinum band 3 Doors Down.

PCTG Presents FOXFIRE By Susan Cooper And Hume Cronyn
by BWW News Desk - Oct 2, 2018

October 2, Today, the Portland Civic Theatre Guild kicks off its 60th Anniversary season with  Foxfire by Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn at The Sanctuary, home of triangle productions!