ODC/Dance Presents The World Premiere Of WORLD'S ON FIRE By Kate Weare & Brenda Way
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 4, 2018
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.
Photo Flash: Open For Business! PIE SHOP PLAY By Alice Pencavel Opens At The Paradise Factory
by Stephi Wild - Jul 21, 2018
PIE SHOP PLAY opened with a splash on at the Paradise Factory on East 4th Street on Friday July 20th. The new play written by Alice Pencavel and directed by Sivan Battat is a maximalist theatrical event to tell the story of two sisters, Agnes and Kitty, who find their big dreams derailed when a disaster strikes their pie shop. Part of the second annual Corkscrew Festival of new work.
Theatre Aspen To Benefit Those Affected By The Lake Christine Fire
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 11, 2018
Jed Bernstein, Producing Director of Theatre Aspen announced today that 20% of single ticket sales from the performances of Our Town on July 23rd through 26th will be donated to Aspen Community Foundation's Community to Community Fund to benefit those affected by the fire that has ravaged the mid-valley communities.
Tony Winner Alice Ripley to Star in THE LEARNED LADIES Musical Workshop with Musical Direction by Kimberly Grigsby
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 15, 2017
Composer Ray Leslee (Standup Shakespeare, Avenue X) and playwright, actor, HBO Def Poet, Brian Dykstra, have teamed up with Musical Director Kimberly Grigsby (Amelie, Spiderman, Spring Awakening) to present a workshop presentation of a new musical based on the comedy by Moliere. The script-in-hand readings will take place Thursday Nov 16th at The Lark Play Development Center and Friday, November 17th at Manhattan Theatre Club Studios. The presentation will be directed by Margarett Perry.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Presented by Lakewood Playhouse & The Lakewood Institute of Theatre
by Rebecca Russo - Oct 18, 2017
The Lakewood Playhouse is proud to present its 5th ANNUAL Special JOINT PRESENTATON with its very own LAKEWOOD INSTITUTE of THEATRE ALICE IN WONDERLAND for 9 SHOWS ONLY! The famous story by Lewis Carroll is adapted for the stage for an amazing adventure for the entire family!! The Show will run from NOVEMBER 2nd through the NOVEMBER 12th and be performed on Thursdays,Fridays & Saturdays at 7:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm - With a SPECIAL PERFORMANCE on Wednesday, November 8th at 7:00pm.
Photo Coverage: Alice Ripley, Christiane Noll & More Sing the Musicals of the Last Decade at Broadway By The Year
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Jun 20, 2017
Tony Award winner Alice Ripley (Next to Normal), Erin Davie (Sunday in the Park with George, Side Show, Grey Gardens) and Drama Desk honoree Danny Gardner (Dames at Sea) will join Tony Award nominees Brandon Uranowitz (Falsettos, An American in Paris) and Christiane Noll (Ragtime, Chaplin, Jekyll & Hyde) two-time Nightlife Award winner Scott Coulter and more took part in for Town Hall's Broadway by the Year Series last night.
Read an Excerpt from New Release THE ALICE NETWORK by Kate Quinn!
by Bonnie Lynn Wagner - Jun 14, 2017
Have you heard about Kate Quinn's brand-new novel THE ALICE NETWORK yet? It just came out on June 6th from William Morrow // HarperCollins, and the publisher was nice enough to treat BroadwayWorld readers to a special excerpt!
Alice Ripley, Alex Brightman, Erin Davie and More to Highlight Musicals of the Last Decade in BROADWAY BY THE YEAR at Town Hall
by BWW News Desk - Jun 13, 2017
Tony Award winner Alice Ripley (Next to Normal), Tony Award nominee Alex Brightman (School of Rock), Erin Davie (Sunday in the Park with George, Side Show, Grey Gardens) and Drama Desk honoree Danny Gardner (Dames at Sea) will join Tony Award nominees Brandon Uranowitz (Falsettos, An American in Paris) and Christiane Noll (Ragtime, Chaplin, Jekyll & Hyde) and two-time Nightlife Award winner Scott Coulter for Town Hall's Broadway by the Year Series on Monday, June 19 at 8pm.
BWW Review: The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein Is A Bag of Marvels
by Juan Michael Porter II - May 19, 2017
With much pretending at being someone who may or may not have been there - and tons of fun puns in this toiling word-play of a French farce - our minds are sent into a dizzying dervish of delight as the four main characters battle it out over who was a true genius and what the meaning of meaning amounts to once those geniuses have left the room.
Photo Coverage: Project Shaw Presents ALICE SIT-BY-THE-FIRE
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Nov 22, 2016
Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw, under the leadership of Artistic Director David Staller, continues its 11th Season with its 118th concert presentation with J.M. Barrie's Alice Sit-By-The-Fire, last night at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2537 Broadway at 95th Street).
Crowded Fire to Present THE SHIPMENT by Young Jean Lee
by Rebecca Russo - Jul 26, 2016
Closing out Crowded Fire's 2016 season of new and contemporary plays is the Bay Area premiere of Young Jean Lee's THE SHIPMENT co-directed by Artistic Director Mina Morita and Resident Artist Lisa Marie Rollins. THE SHIPMENT, which took New York by storm in 2009 caused Time Out New York to call her 'one of the best experimental playwrights in America.' As characterized by The New Yorker, Young Jean Lee 'does whatever she can to get under our skin-with laughs and with raw, brutal talk that at times feels gratuitous, and is meant to.'
Fire Flies Entertainment Celebrates the Launch of Broken by Tanille
by Christina Mancuso - Apr 23, 2014
NEW YORK, April 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ (www.FireFliesEntertainment.com) Fire Flies Entertainment, a small press publishing company takes on the big four publishing companies in a big, bold move at Book Expo America. Fire Flies Entertainment, an emerging innovator in the publishing world will raise the stakes with its secret weapon BROKEN. This book release offers a sneak preview of this year's hot new summer beach read, packaged with a hip, Pop, R&B soundtrack.