The 2020 Spanish River Concert Series Will Honor The Legacy Of Founder Florrie Morgenstern
by Carol Kassie - December 02, 2019 Florrie Morgenstern, the founder and creative director, and driving force behind the Spanish River Concert Series passed away this summer. However, she left a legacy that has benefited South Florida residents for 18 years, and this year's concert series will celebrate the woman whose love of all ty...
Capital Stage Announces 2020/21 Season - ADMISSIONS, LIFESPAN OF A FACT, and More!
by Stephi Wild - April 13, 2020 Capital Stage announces its 2020/21 Season. Capital Stage's 16th season will be the 5th season at the helm of Producing Artistic Director, Michael Stevenson....
Detroit Public TV Hosts a Week Devoted to the Black Church
by Stephi Wild - February 13, 2021 Next Tuesday and Wednesday night, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. premieres his latest series, “The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song.” ...
The Ed Mirvish Theatre Celebrates 100 Years
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 24, 2020 On Friday August 28, 2020, the Ed Mirvish Theatre will celebrate its 100th year. This storied venue opened exactly a century ago as the Pantages Theatre....
Boston Camerata: New Album + Tour of Rebellious Early American Music
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 22, 2019 The Boston Camerata, cited as a?oeAmerica's foremost early music ensemblea?? by Le Monde, embarks on a celebration of music from the time of the American Revolution with the release of Free America! Songs of Resistance and Rebellion (1790-1860), a new project recorded by Harmonia Mundi. The album re...
BWW Review: RAGTIME Tells A Story That Must Be Heard At Cain Park
by Roy Berko - June 17, 2019 It is entirely appropriate in this era of rising anti-immigrant feelings, the re-emergence of the White Supremacy movement, increased anti-Semitism, and having a President who believes in nationalism and Eugenics, that Cain Park revisit the historical foundations of this country via the musical 'Rag...
Announcing PASS OVER At SpeakEasy Stage
by A.A. Cristi - December 06, 2019 From January 3-25, 2020, SpeakEasy Stage Company will join with The Front Porch Arts Collective, Boston's only black-led theatre company, to co-produce the New England Premiere of the acclaimed drama PASS OVER by Antoinette Nwandu. ...
Ravinia Festival Announces Full Lineup For 2021
by Stephi Wild - May 06, 2021 The Ravinia Festival plans to reopen in July for the 2021 summer season. Now, the full lineup has been announced!...
6th Annual The New Black Fest At The Lark To Explore Black Progress, Erasure
by A.A. Cristi - March 13, 2019 The New Black Fest and The Lark, two theater organizations dedicated to celebrating and advocating for stories that uplift the wide range of experiences in our complex world, are proud to announce the sixth annual The New Black Fest at The Lark....
The Huntington Announces World Premiere of OUR DAUGHTERS, LIKE PILLARS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 09, 2022 The Huntington has announced the world premiere of Our Daughters, Like Pillars, written by Obie Award-winning playwright and Huntington Playwriting Fellow Kirsten Greenidge (Luck of the Irish, Milk Like Sugar at The Huntington)....
BWW Interview: Ozzie Jones, Jared Chichester, Davon Johnson, And David Pica of PASS OVER at Theatre Exile And Theatre In The X
by Amber Kusching - June 24, 2021 An interview with the director and cast of Theatre Exile and Theatre in the X’s production of Antoinette Nwandu’s Pass Over....
Casting and Dates Announced for Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival's 2021 Summer Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 03, 2021 The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival announced today performance dates and casting for its 2021 Summer Season, its final at Boscobel House and Gardens. The season will begin on June 24, 2021 with The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington by James Ijames, which will conclude ...
Museum Of Jewish Heritage In NYC Unveils Shofar That Survived Auschwitz
by A.A. Cristi - September 23, 2019 The Museum of Jewish Heritage a?" A Living Memorial to the Holocaust today revealed a historic artifacta?"a shofar, a ram's horn that is made into a special wind instrument used during Jewish High Holiday religious services and that was hidden and clandestinely used in the Auschwitz concentration ca...
The Harlem Chamber Players Present THE ORDERING OF MOSES
by A.A. Cristi - May 11, 2022 Having been on pause since the pandemic, Liz Player (Founding Executive and Artistic Director, Harlem Chamber Players) is pleased to announce the rare NYC performance of the Harlem Renaissance composer Nathaniel Dett's (1882-1943) masterpiece oratorio The Ordering of Moses, which was cut short durin...
BWW Exclusive: THE 101 GREATEST PROTEST SONGS OF ALL TIME - with Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, John Lennon, Kendrick Lamar & More
by Peter Nason - June 18, 2020 BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the 101 greatest protest songs from 1939-2020. See if your favorite songs or artists made the list!...
Studio Theatre Announces 2019-2020 Main Series Season - FUN HOME, DOUBT, and More!
by Stephi Wild - April 09, 2019 BroadwayWorld has learned the Studio Theatre's2019-2020 Main Series Season, featuring five productions marked by their expansive curiosity and theatrical dexterity. The plays in Studio's 41st season range from an indictment of a failing education system to a complex consideration of authority and ab...
1883 Marks Most Watched Paramount+ Series Debut
by Michael Major - December 21, 2021 Created by Academy Award Nominee Taylor Sheridan, 1883 is the highly anticipated prequel to the “Yellowstone.” The original series stars Academy Award nominee Sam Elliott, Grammy Award Winner Tim McGraw, Grammy Award Winner Faith Hill, Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton, Isabel May and LaMonica...
Composer Augusta Read Thomas And Choreographer Troy Schumacher Present World Premiere Work For Martha Graham Dance Company
by A.A. Cristi - November 05, 2019 Peak Performances presents the Martha Graham Dance Company, comprising the “most skilled and powerful dancers you can ever hope to see” (The Washington Post), dancing the revolutionary choreographer's Appalachian Spring. The company celebrates the 75th anniversary of this enduringly powerful work wi...
Wynn Handman, Director and Co-Founder of the American Place Theatre, Dies at 97
by Stephi Wild - April 13, 2020 BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Wynn Handman, co-founder of the American Place Theatre, has died at age 97. Handman's daughter, Laura Handman, confirmed that his cause of death was COVID-19-related illness....
Bard SummerScape Announces 2019 Season
by Julie Musbach - February 25, 2019 This summer's 16th annual Bard SummerScape festival comprises more than seven weeks of music, opera, theater, dance, film, and cabaret, centered around the 30th anniversary season of the Bard Music Festival, 'Korngold and His World.'...
Review Roundup: Critics Weigh In On PORGY AND BESS at The Metropolitan Opera
by Alan Henry - September 24, 2019 Porgy and Bess just recently began performances at the Metropolitan Opera. What did the critics have to say?...
Bonnie Cushing, Christina Swarns, Maxim Thorne and More to Lead Talks for Luna Stage's PASS OVER
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 21, 2020 Hailed by critics and capacity crowds, Pass Over, now playing at Luna Stage opened on February 6 and has received audience and critical acclaim....
VIDEO: Paramount+ Shares YELLOWSTONE Prequel 1883 Trailer
by Michael Major - December 03, 2021 Premiering December 19th on Paramount+, the original series stars Academy Award® nominee legend Sam Elliott, Grammy Award Winner Tim McGraw, Grammy Award Winner Faith Hill, Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton, Isabel May and LaMonica Garrett. Watch the new trailer now!...
T Bone Burnett Gives Keynote Speech at 2019 SXSW
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 14, 2019 Multiple Grammy and Oscar winning artist, musician and producer T Bone Burnett gave a thought provoking keynote speech at SXSW today, warning of the current dangers of the dominance of digital monopolies like Google and Facebook, while championing the value of the independence of artists. See below ...
BWW Blog: From Book Club to Broadway
by Student Blogger: Sydney Emerson - November 19, 2020 Public libraries are small town America’s lifeline. More than just a place to pick up a book, in rural places like the one I live in, they are the cultural heart of the town. ... |