John Kelly Exhibition Maps The Legacy Of A Lost Generation
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 13, 2018
Morphing identity, bending gender, mapping space through gesture and singing the song of suffering so exquisite that its high notes touch the exultant limits of transcendence, for over three decades it is fair to say that Kelly has been a foundational figure of the downtown stage. Now, John allows us to see his concurrent practice as a visual artist-more modest and ancillary to his career in hybrid theatrics-but just as central to his aesthetic core, quieter and suffused with a fragile melancholia, and just as revelatory.
Chris Collins and Boulder Canyon Return To The State Theatre With A Tribute To John Denver
by Julie Musbach - Feb 5, 2018
John Denver was one of the top recording artists of an era. He also was an active and recognized humanitarian and environmentalist. Denver's songs such as "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Rocky Mountain High", "Annie's Song", "Back Home Again" and scores of other beloved melodies were an introspection of love, nature, family, and home. Chris Collins, an award-winning singer/songwriter, who leads the band of Boulder Canyon, carries on the musical legacy that John Denver gave to the world. Their tribute makes a return stop at the State Theatre on Saturday, March 3.
THE CHEKHOV DREAMS Playwright John McKinney To Appear On 'State Of The Arts' Friday
by Stephi Wild - Feb 2, 2018
THE CHEKHOV DREAMS, a dark romantic comedy, is currently in previews with Opening Night set for this Saturday, February 3rd at The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row, 410 West 42 Street.
Playwright John McKinney will be this week's special guest on the popular WPKN Radio (89.5 FM) program 'State of the Arts" Friday at 12:25 pm. The show can be heard online at www.wpkn.org.
Photo Flash: Start 2018 With DIARY OF A MADMAN at John Cullum Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 19, 2018
Amid inclement weather and other January obstacles, Ilia Volok opened the Off-Broadway run of his riveting one-man show, DIARY OF A MADMAN, this past Wednesday to great excitement. His re-imagined version of Nikolai Gogol's dark piece, which won enormous praise during its West Coast tour and garnered great success during its East Coast try-out at New York's Beckman Theatre now is enjoying an Off-Broadway run at the spacious John Cullum Theatre.
Photo Coverage: John Leguizamo Starts With A Clean Slate Of Laughs For Every Performance
by Stephen Sorokoff - Dec 24, 2017
You're usually not supposed to laugh in class after everything that the teacher says, but John Leguizamo cannot control his students (audience) during his one man hit show LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS. Recently Co-Producer Jamie deRoy & some friends visited John backstage as the blackboard was being prepared for another lesson in Latin history and current events that has audiences rollicking at Studio 54. Check out photos below!
BWW Preview: John Sartor stars in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at Livonia Comm Theatre Nov 17 to 19
by Anton Anderssen - Nov 11, 2017
John Sartor stars as Atticus Finch in Livonia Community Theatre's upcoming production of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, a play based on the award-winning novel by Harper Lee that explores the timely subject of race relations through the eyes of a young girl growing up in a small southern town in the 1950's. The book has been banned throughout the years in various parts of the country. More recently, it was banned by Mississippi's Biloxi School Board because it 'makes people uncomfortable.' Such a vague excuse is BS by most intellectual standards.
Back to Broadway: A Look Back at John Leguizamo's Career Onstage
by Caryn Robbins - Nov 18, 2017
Emmy winner John Leguizamo makes his highly-anticipated return to Broadway in Latin History For Morons. The production officially opens at Studio 54 on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 for a strictly limited engagement through Sunday, February 4, 2018. Today, BWW takes a look back on the award-winning entertainer's prolific Broadway career!