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Auli‘i Cravalho talks about joining QUEERING THE GALA: A BENEFIT FOR RING OF KEYS Photo Auli‘i Cravalho talks about joining QUEERING THE GALA: A BENEFIT FOR RING OF KEYS
by A.A. Cristi - January 23, 2024

Auli'i Cravalho joins 'Queering The Gala: A benefit for Ring Of Keys' alongside other artists to celebrate the sixth anniversary of Ring Of Keys, a national network of queer women, trans, and gender non-conforming professional artists in musical theatre. The event will take place on January 29th at ...
Interview: Donna McKechnie Remembers Her Friend Chita Rivera and Looks Ahead to WICKE Photo Interview: Donna McKechnie Remembers Her Friend Chita Rivera and Looks Ahead to WICKED
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 02, 2024

BroadwayWorld spoke with Donna McKechnie as she shares her memories and thoughts on working alongside the iconic Chita Rivera. Discover the magic behind their friendship and the impact Chita had on the theater community....
A THOUSAND PINES Set To Premiere On Independent Lens in April Photo A THOUSAND PINES Set To Premiere On Independent Lens in April
by Michael Major - March 04, 2024

“A Thousand Pines,” the intimate documentary following a season of Oaxacan tree planters traveling the United States, directed and produced by Noam Osband and Sebastián Díaz, explores the hidden world of guest workers regrowing America's forests and the challenges the workers and their families face...
Review: CLUE at Ohio Theatre Photo Review: CLUE at Ohio Theatre
by Paul Batterson - April 10, 2024

The script is filled with pratfalls, sight gags, puns and “Dad jokes,” but what makes this play work is the backstory and the personality given to each character and each role contributes something to the plot....
Review: MR. PARKER at Dezart Performs Photo Review: MR. PARKER at Dezart Performs
by Kay Kudukis - April 16, 2024

Death tends to affect those who remain differently. Some take time to grieve, then march boldly forward, while others live in purgatory, their grief so overwhelming they only function within the pain of their loss. Mr. Parker by Michael McKeever is very much about just that - as was Daniel’s Husband...
Review: METAMORPHOSIS, Lyric Hammersmith Photo Review: METAMORPHOSIS, Lyric Hammersmith
by Alexander Cohen - February 07, 2024

Frantic Assembly’s new version, penned by Lemn Sissay, may be poetically vivid and visually mesmerising, but it is terminally plagued by dramatic inertia. Without that key ingredient, the production melts into the looming shadows. An expressionistic mess. But a beautiful one to watch unravel....
Auli‘i Cravalho talks about joining QUEERING THE GALA: A BENEFIT FOR RING OF KEYS Photo Auli‘i Cravalho talks about joining QUEERING THE GALA: A BENEFIT FOR RING OF KEYS
by A.A. Cristi - January 23, 2024

Auli'i Cravalho joins 'Queering The Gala: A benefit for Ring Of Keys' alongside other artists to celebrate the sixth anniversary of Ring Of Keys, a national network of queer women, trans, and gender non-conforming professional artists in musical theatre. The event will take place on January 29th at ...
Guest Blog: Actor James Gaddas on the Importance of the Writer's Presence in ONE LAST Photo Guest Blog: Actor James Gaddas on the Importance of the Writer's Presence in ONE LAST PUSH
by Guest Author - February 15, 2024

When I was offered a role in One Last Push, at Salisbury Playhouse, a major selling point, was that it was written by Chris Chibnall. I know Chris’s work from TV – Dr Who, Broadchurch, Life on Mars and more, but until this point hadn’t realised, he was also a highly skilled playwright....
Solofest Award-Winner MY MOTHER DOESN'T KNOW I'M KINKY Announced At 2024 HOLLYWOOD FR Photo Solofest Award-Winner MY MOTHER DOESN'T KNOW I'M KINKY Announced At 2024 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL
by A.A. Cristi - May 03, 2024

Discover the 2024 Hollywood Fringe Festival's SoloFest Award-winning show, MY MOTHER DOESN'T KNOW I'M KINKY. ...
Review: PETER PAN National Tour Presented by Broadway In Chicago Photo Review: PETER PAN National Tour Presented by Broadway In Chicago
by Zac Thriffiley - March 29, 2024

This newest adaptation of PETER PAN unquestionably corrects injustices that never should have been committed in the first place. But by flying Peter so enthusiastically into 2024, the creative team has stripped him and his story of some of their magic, making the boy who wouldn't grow up more out of...
Review: RIDE THE CYCLONE at Theatre South Playhouse Photo Review: RIDE THE CYCLONE at Theatre South Playhouse
by Joseph Harrison - March 03, 2024

It is hard to tell when a piece of pop culture is going to have a cult following. Would Richard O’Brien have believed you back in 1973 when THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW premiered in London if you told him that his quirky, but outrageously fun, musical would still be creating midnight madness all around the...
TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL Dazzles Nashville Audiences With Tribute to 'The Queen Photo TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL Dazzles Nashville Audiences With Tribute to 'The Queen of Rock and Roll'
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 16, 2024

Now onstage at Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Andrew Jackson Theatre, through Sunday, February 18, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical gives the full biographical jukebox musical treatment to one of Tennessee’s most talented exports and favorite daughters. ...
BWW Q&A: Lauren Zakrin on MAD HATTER THE MUSICAL at Herberger Theater Center Photo BWW Q&A: Lauren Zakrin on MAD HATTER THE MUSICAL at Herberger Theater Center
by Joshua Wright - April 22, 2024

We chatted with Lauren Zakrin about Herberger Theater Center's thrilling and unforgettable new production, Mad Hatter the Musical, which will bring new life to familiar characters as a prequel to Alice in Wonderland....
Review: BROTHER SISTER CYBORG SPACE at Raven Theatre Photo Review: BROTHER SISTER CYBORG SPACE at Raven Theatre
by Zac Thriffiley - February 13, 2024

Paul Michael Thomson's newest dramedy BROTHER SISTER CYBORG SPACE, now receiving its world premiere at Raven Theatre, occasionally loses itself in a flood of introspection. But it's buoyed along by a cast of thoughtful and charismatic performers....
Review: TICK, TICK ...BOOM! at John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts Photo Review: TICK, TICK ...BOOM! at John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts
by Pamela Roberts - January 31, 2024

Tick, tick …BOOM! is a raw and moving semi-autobiographical musical by Rent's Jonathan Larson. The Kennedy Center revisits the work with a spiffy new Broadway Center Stage production directed by Neil Patrick Harris and brings together three of Broadway’s most exciting and award-winning talents: Bran...
Video: MGMT Share New Music Video 'Dancing In Babylon' Feat. Christine And The Queens Photo Video: MGMT Share New Music Video 'Dancing In Babylon' Feat. Christine And The Queens
by Michael Major - February 20, 2024

The “Dancing in Babylon” clip was directed by MGMT's longtime collaborator Ray Tintori, who previously helmed videos for the band's classics “Time To Pretend,” “Electric Feel” and “Kids.” It also boasts the talents of the iconic John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), British actor Julian...
Review: FRANK'S CLOSET, Union Theatre Photo Review: FRANK'S CLOSET, Union Theatre
by Kat Mokrynski - March 21, 2024

We all have someone that we look up to - for some, it’s a parent. For others, it’s a friend. But for Frank (Andy Moss), it’s divas - Marie Lloyd, Julie Andrews, Ethel Merman, Judy Garland, Agnetha Faltskog and Dusty Springfield, to be precise....
Review: Broadway's Jessica Vosk Honors the Songwriters of Laurel Canyon at OC's Seger Photo Review: Broadway's Jessica Vosk Honors the Songwriters of Laurel Canyon at OC's Segerstrom Center
by Michael Quintos - January 30, 2024

A spectacular one-night-only concert at OC's Segerstrom Center starring one of Broadway's most acclaimed stars, Jessica Vosk's 'California Dreamin'' is a rousing, informative tribute to the incredible singer/songwriters that populated the Laurel Canyon artists community in Los Angeles that included ...
Interview: Avon Native John Ambrosino Makes his Broadway Debut in THE WHO'S TOMMY Photo Interview: Avon Native John Ambrosino Makes his Broadway Debut in THE WHO'S TOMMY
by R. Scott Reedy - April 19, 2024

While a student at Thayer Academy in Braintree, actor, singer, and director John Ambrosino saw his earliest Broadway shows – from “Sunset Boulevard” to “Victor/Victoria” and, in his senior year, “Titanic” with Brian D’Arcy James, brother of the school’s then Head of Drama, Anne James....
Pitlochry Festival Theatre Will Open 2024 Season With Nan Shepherd: NAKED AND UNASHAM Photo Pitlochry Festival Theatre Will Open 2024 Season With Nan Shepherd: NAKED AND UNASHAMED
by Stephi Wild - March 12, 2024

Following the success of their podcast series, A Journey with Nan Shepherd, Firebrand Theatre Company and Pitlochry Festival Theatre will stage the world première of Nan Shepherd: Naked and Unashamed....
Bryan Cranston Reflects on Working With Bill Hayes on DAYS OF OUR LIVES Photo Bryan Cranston Reflects on Working With Bill Hayes on DAYS OF OUR LIVES
by Stephi Wild - January 16, 2024

Bryan Cranston recently reflected on his work with the late Bill Hayes in a comment on the actor's obituary on Deadline. Cranston worked with Hayes on Days Of Our Lives, what he describes as one of his first professional acting jobs....
Ginko Bugs Will Release Pop-Rock Single 'My Eyelash Girl' Photo Ginko Bugs Will Release Pop-Rock Single 'My Eyelash Girl'
by Stephi Wild - April 03, 2024

Pop-rock artist Ginko Bugs is back with his latest track, 'My Eyelash Girl,' set for release on April 12th....
Review: ON YOUR FEET! THE STORY OF EMILIO AND GLORIA ESTEFAN at Century II Concert Ha Photo Review: ON YOUR FEET! THE STORY OF EMILIO AND GLORIA ESTEFAN at Century II Concert Hall
by Susan Guntly - March 20, 2024

Imagine waiting to see a living legend in concert. Anticipation builds, the lights dim, and then you hear the familiar and timeless beginnings of “The Rhythm is Going to Get You,” and you absolutely want to get up and dance!  Starting strong, On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, giv...
MY MOTHER DOESN'T KNOW I'M KINKY Comes to the Whitefire Theatre in March Photo MY MOTHER DOESN'T KNOW I'M KINKY Comes to the Whitefire Theatre in March
by Stephi Wild - January 30, 2024

My Mother Doesn’t Know I’m Kinky, written and performed by Jean Franzblau and directed by Carly DW Bones, will play one performance only in SoloFest 2024,on Sunday, March 3, at 7pm, at The Whitefire Theatre....
Cape Town City Ballet Appoints David Nixon CBE as New Artistic Producer Photo Cape Town City Ballet Appoints David Nixon CBE as New Artistic Producer
by Stephi Wild - January 24, 2024

Cape Town City Ballet (CTCB) has announced the appointment of David Nixon CBE as its new Artistic Producer, effective immediately. ...




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