BWW Feature: The Drinkwater Brothers - Baptized By Fire
by Stephen Mosher - Feb 26, 2020
The Drinkwater Brothers have been working hard all their lives but the last seven months have been particularly special for the men who are taking the cabaret world by storm, right up to today, when their MAC Award nomination came out. Yes, the Drinkwaters are having a great year.
WINE IN THE WILDERNESS by Alice Childress this March
by BWW
News Desk - Mar 15, 2019
In Her Shoulders is pleased to present a staged reading of Wine In The Wilderness by Alice Childress, directed by Bianca LaVerne Jones today, March 15, 2019. Doors open at 6:45pm for a 7:00pm start with The Play in Context by Arminda Thomas, who situates the script in its historical time and place, followed by the reading and a post-performance Q&A with refreshments. Admission is by Donation ($10 suggested).The performance is at The New School, Starr Foundation Hall, 63 Fifth Avenue, Room UL102. R.S.V.P. to OnHerShouldersReservations@gmail.com.
BWW Exclusive: Ken Fallin Draws the Stage - ALICE BY HEART
by Ken Fallin - Mar 8, 2019
BroadwayWorld has teamed up with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Below, check out his latest illustration, featuring Molly Gordon, Colton Ryan, and Grace McClean in ALICE BY HEART.
ODC/Dance Presents The World Premiere Of WORLD'S ON FIRE By Kate Weare & Brenda Way
by BWW
News Desk - Mar 7, 2019
ODC/Dance, San Francisco's internationally acclaimed contemporary dance company, is pleased to present the world premiere of World's on Fire, an evening-length work that tackles issues of kinship, belief, suffering, love, and the will to survive. Performances run March 7-10, 2019 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Â
Photo Coverage: The Cast of ALICE BY HEART Takes Opening Night Bows
by Walter McBride - Feb 27, 2019
Last night was the official opening of the New York premiere of the musical Alice By Heart with book by Steven Sater with Jessie Nelson, music by Duncan Sheik, lyrics by Steven Sater and directed by Jessie Nelson. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos of the cast taking their bows below!
WINE IN THE WILDERNESS by Alice Childress this March
by Rebecca Russo - Feb 21, 2019
In Her Shoulders is pleased to present a staged reading of Wine In The Wilderness by Alice Childress, directed by Bianca LaVerne Jones on Friday, March 15, 2019. Doors open at 6:45pm for a 7:00pm start with The Play in Context by Arminda Thomas, who situates the script in its historical time and place, followed by the reading and a post-performance Q&A with refreshments. Admission is by Donation ($10 suggested).The performance is at The New School, Starr Foundation Hall, 63 Fifth Avenue, Room UL102. R.S.V.P. to OnHerShouldersReservations@gmail.com.
Photo Flash: Head Down the Rabbit Hole with ALICE BY HEART
by Julie Musbach - Feb 8, 2019
Previews are underway for the New York premiere of the musical Alice By Heart with book by Steven Sater with Jessie Nelson, music by Duncan Sheik, lyrics by Steven Sater and directed by Jessie Nelson. Get a first look at the production below!
BWW Interview: Molly Gordon Goes Down the Rabbit Hole In ALICE BY HEART
by Marika O'Hara - Jan 31, 2019
MCC Theater's production of the New York premiere of Alice By Heart, the new musical from Spring Awakening creators Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, begins previews on January 30th. The show is directed and co-written by Jessie Nelson, who penned the book for Waitress and will be the first show in the Newman Mills Theater, which is part of the new Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space. Alice by Heart stars Molly Gordon as Alice Spencer, a teenager forced to take shelter in an underground tube station during the London Blitz of World War II.
BWW Review: Dudamel's Baptism by Fire Turns in a Solid, Throbbing OTELLO at the Met
by Richard Sasanow - Dec 17, 2018
Talk about baptism by fire! That's what Gustavo Dudamel--that wunderkind of the classical conducting world--faced as he reached the podium of the Met for the first time Friday night. Not only was he conducting Verdi's great opera, OTELLO, but he was doing so with a last-minute substitute in the title role. The result: All went well with the Met's production of the masterwork.
AFTER THE FIRE, A New Work By Matthew MacKenzie Comes to The Theatre Centre
by Stephi Wild - Dec 5, 2018
Playwright Matthew MacKenzie returns to The Theatre Centre with the world premiere of AFTER THE FIRE, directed by Brendan McMurtry-Howlett and featuring Sheldon Elter, January 10-19, 2019 for nine performances only. AFTER THE FIRE is being presented at the same time one year after the world premiere of MacKenzie's award-winning Bears took Toronto by storm.