Giles Terera Performs the World Premiere of BLACK MATTER
by Stephi Wild - Feb 9, 2021
Giles Terera, the Olivier Award-winning West End star of ‘Hamilton’, performs the world premiere of ‘Black Matter’, a new song cycle composed while he observed life on the changing streets of London’s Soho over a tumultuous summer in lockdown.
Nominations Announced for the CDG Casting Awards 2021
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Dec 16, 2020
The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG) in partnership with Spotlight is pleased to announce nominations for the 2021 CDG Casting Awards, which will take place during an online ceremony on Tuesday 16 February 2021.
Shakespeare & Company Presents Virtual Fall Festival of Shakespeare
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 10, 2020
Shakespeare & Company will present its Virtual Fall Festival of Shakespeare, featuring graduating seniors of Berkshire and Columbia County, in light of COVID-19. This special online only festival is premiering Friday, December 18th and available to stream through Sunday, December 20th.
Photo Flash: OLEANNA at Theatre Royal Bath
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 7, 2020
David Mamet’s provocative drama Oleanna, directed by Lucy Bailey stars Rosie Sheehy and Jonathan Slinger and is running at Theatre Royal Bath’s Ustinov Studio from 3 December to 22 December and again from 4 January to 16 January 2021. Reduced capacity at the Ustinov Studio will allow for an audience of 60 persons per performance.
Photo Flash: See Rosie Sheehy and Jonathan Slinger in OLEANNA at Theatre Royal Bath
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 7, 2020
David Mamet’s provocative drama Oleanna, directed by Lucy Bailey stars Rosie Sheehy and Jonathan Slinger and is running at Theatre Royal Bath’s Ustinov Studio from 3 December to 22 December and again from 4 January to 16 January 2021. Reduced capacity at the Ustinov Studio will allow for an audience of 60 persons per performance.
VIDEO: Watch NYC Cabaret Star Stephen S. Miller's New Music Video CABARET
by Stephi Wild - Dec 7, 2020
Actor and cabaret star Stephen S. Miller, the host of the internet TV show 'The Mama Rose Show,' for his birthday returned to London-based Harold Sanditen's Open Mic Party on December 3rd where he performed the song “Cabaret” from the beloved musical of the same name.
Stephen S. Miller Celebrates His Birthday With London Return On Harold Sanditen's OPEN MIC PARTY
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 17, 2020
New York City-based actor and cabaret star Stephen S. Miller, the host of the internet TV show 'The Mama Rose Show,' for his birthday will be returning to perform on London-based Harold Sanditen's Open Mic Party on Thursday, December 3rd. Watch the livestream that day at 2:10pm New York City time/7:10 p.m. London time on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/HaroldSanditen/live and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/haroldsanditen.
John Heffernan and Rosie Sheehy to Star in OLEANNA at Theatre Royal Bath
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 30, 2020
Casting has been announced for David Mamet's Oleanna, the final play in Theatre Royal Bath's Welcome Back Season this Autumn. The provocative drama will play in the theatre's main house from Wednesday 25 November to Saturday 12 December with press night on Wednesday 2 December 2020.
North Coast Repertory Theatre Will Stream SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR This Fall
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 16, 2020
Cherished by audiences and critics alike both in America and abroad, Bernard Slade’s wickedly funny comedy explores a 25-year love affair between two seemingly ordinary people who meet once a year. SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR deftly examines the monumental political, social, and most of all, the personal changes that impact the lovers during that quarter century.
BWW Review: ((EMOJI PLAY)) at Solas Nua Theatre
by Rachael F. Goldberg - Oct 7, 2020
I've been as hungry for new shows as I'm sure many theater fans have been. And this particular show has the creativity, resourcefulness, and talent to bring us what we've been missing. But the underdeveloped back story, the shaky premise, and the technical issues make the experience fall short of the expectations the production's potential sets for it.
BWW Feature: DIGITAL WORLD PREMIERE at Solas Nua
by Sarah Murphy - Oct 1, 2020
Solas Nua has commissioned a series of digital plays from African-American playwright Jeremy Keith Hunter and Irish playwright John King. Their first collaboration asks us to consider how language, specifically GIFs and emojis, can be used to forge connection is our digital world.
VIDEO: THE MAMA ROSE SHOW Presents Christine Aziz
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 9, 2020
Actress, singer and sketch comedian Christine Aziz, who can currently be seen on 'The Homemade Sketch Show,' is this week's special guest on Forest Hills, Queens, NYC-based actor and cabaret star Stephen S. Miller's 'The Mama Rose Show.'
BWW Interview: ISC's David Melville & Melissa Chalsma On Being Free, Social Awareness & The Future
by Gil Kaan - Aug 3, 2020
As live theatre remains in lockdown, Independent Shakespeare Company (ISC) is morphing their Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival into a free, livestreaming program of four FESTIVAL EVENTS on Saturdays in August, and a hybrid stage production of ROMEO & JULIET Labor Day weekend. ISC's co-founders David Melville & Melissa Chalsma were most gracious in answering my emailed queries on their twenty-plus-years-old theatre organization.
THE MAMA ROSE SHOW Talks With Actor Dan Gregory About His Upcoming Film Roles and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 23, 2020
Award-winning Bayonne, NJ-based actor Dan Gregory is this week's special guest on New York City-based actor and cabaret star Stephen S. Miller's 'The Mama Rose Show,' on which Gregory revealed exclusively that he has been cast in the lead role in the horror film 'Cult of Blood' that is set to start production in spring 2021.