PIAZZA, REEFER MADNESS, SUNDAY and ICEMAN: 81 Shows in All Nominated for the 2012 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards!
by Paul W. Thompson
- Nov 6, 2012
Today, BroadwayWorld.com is proud to announce the slate of nominees for the third annual BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards, the only fan-voted theater awards in the Chicagoland area! Expanded to thirty categories this year, the BCAs (or "Broadies") honor Chicago's theater productions and artists in both Equity and Non-Equity categories, including plays, musicals, revues, Theater for Young Audiences, touring shows and special theatrical events. Productions which opened between November 1, 2011 and October 31, 2012 were eligible for nomination. The BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards are the oldest and most popular of the several dozen regional BroadwayWorld Award competitions now being held in the U.S. And you can join the fun by voting for your favorites, and encouraging your friends to vote as the vote totals pile up!
PigPen Theatre Co., Akiko Yano Trio, Elliott Sharp and More Set for Joe's Pub, Now thru Nov 11
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 5, 2012
This week at Joe's Pub, tonight, November 5th through November 11th, get ready for Taylor Mac, a night with PigPen Theatre Co., Benjamin Walker's Find the Funny, Akiko Yano Trio, Bridget Everett and the Tender Moments, Alicia Jo Rabins: A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff, Henry Rollins: The Long March, Toshi Reagon and BigLovely, Alice Smith, Davis Rogan, Deleon, Jack Hitt: Making Up the Truth and Elliott Sharp's Terraplane. More details below!
Seven Artists Selected for 2013 Sundance Institute Playwrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation
by Kelsey Denette
- Nov 5, 2012
Sundance Institute today announced the seven artists selected for its 2013 Playwrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation, February 4-22, 2013. The annual writing colony at the 20,000-acre working cattle ranch outside of Sheridan, Wyo. provides a supportive environment for artists to create new work and receive guidance and reactions to it at an early stage. Under the supervision of Philip Himberg, Artistic Director of the Theatre Program, and Producing Director Christopher Hibma, the Playwrights Retreat is made possible through the generosity of Ucross Foundation.
Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, Nov 3 - NEWSIES Channel CHICAGO, Broadway for Hurricane Relief & More!
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 3, 2012
It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up! Today's photos feature the cast of NEWSIES channeling CHICAGO, cast members from WICKED and EVITA advocating for donations to those affected by Hurricane Sandy, and shots from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, THE BOOK OF MORMON, SCANDALOUS, BRING IT ON, KINKY BOOTS, THE LION KING, SPIDER-MAN and a few regional shows!
BARE the Musical Announces TalkOUT Series, Beginning 11/9
by Kelsey Denette
- Nov 1, 2012
Speaking on behalf of the producers of the new musical BARE, Paul Boskind, who is organizing the series, is proud to announce that the show will host post-performance TalkOUTs throughout the run of the show. Beginning with the first preview, audiences at select performances will be invited to stay after the show to participate in a discussion with some of the foremost leaders in the fight for LGBT equality. These special guests will include Judy Shepard (Matthew Shepard Foundation), The Clementi Family (Tyler Clementi Foundation), Chuck Wolfe (The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund), Hudson Taylor (Athlete Ally), Mitchell Gold (Faith in America), Travis Wall (choreographer of BARE, "So You Think You Can Dance") and cast members of BARE.
Photo Flash: First Look at SLAC's BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 28, 2012
Salt Lake Acting Company presents BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, a comedic Wild West rock musical about America's seventh President, the premiere production in SLAC's University Professional Theatre Program. It is now playing through November 4, 2012. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.
Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, Oct 27 - EVITA Reveals SIP Contest Winner, ONCE's Theatre Dog and More!
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 27, 2012
It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up! Today's photos feature a special series from the cast of EVITA with their SIP contest winner Brandon Richards, plus photos from SCANDALOUS, SPIDER-MAN, THE BOOK OF MORMON, MAMMA MIA!, MARY POPPINS, ROCK OF AGES, AMERICAN IDIOT, THE OTHER JOSH COHEN, ONCE, CHAPLIN, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, BRING IT ON, KINKY BOOTS, and a slew of regional productions!
Photo Flash: First Look at Gretchen Mol in THE GOOD MOTHER
by Nicole Rosky
- Oct 26, 2012
The New Group presents the first production in its 2012-2013 season, the world premiere of The Good Mother, a new play by Francine Volpe. Directed by Scott Elliott, this production features Mark Blum, Darren Goldstein, Gretchen Mol, Alfredo Narciso and Eric Nelsen. Previews begin October 29 in advance of an Official Opening Night on Thursday, November 15 at 7:00pm. A limited Off-Broadway engagement is slated through December 22 at The New Group @ Theatre Row (The Acorn Theatre / 410 West 42nd Street / Acorn Theatre). Check out a first look at Mol in the show below!
Works by Robert Schenkkan, Samuel D. Hunter & More Set for Seattle Rep’s 2013 New Play Festival, 1/5-2/3
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 24, 2012
Seattle Repertory Theatre announced the line-up for its first New Play Festival in Winter 2013, including four plays-in-progress from three Seattle playwrights and a native Idahoan. From Jan. 5 to Feb. 3, Seattle Rep will present workshops and readings of new works by Robert Schenkkan (By the Waters of Babylon, The Kentucky Cycle), Samuel D. Hunter (A Bright New Boise, The Whale), and Elizabeth Heffron (New Patagonia, Mitzi's Abortion). Newcomer Justin Huertas rounds out the group with an innovative debut. Established Northwest directors Sheila Daniels (Dancing at Lughnasa, Seattle Rep; Ramayana, ACT) and Artistic Director Jerry Manning (I Am My Own Wife, Of Mice and Men) will direct.
David Hyde Pierce, Sigourney Weaver and More Lead Lincoln Center's VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, Beginning 10/25
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 25, 2012
Genevieve Angelson, Shalita Grant, Billy Magnussen, Kristine Nielsen, David Hyde Pierce and Sigourney Weaver will be featured in the New York premiere of Lincoln Center Theater's VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, a new play by Christopher Durang, to be directed by Nicholas Martin, beginning performances tonight, October 25 and opening Monday, November 12 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.
BWW Reviews: Timeless ANYTHING GOES Is 'Musical Theater for the Ages'
by Jeffrey Ellis
- Oct 24, 2012
If I were to die very soon, there's no doubt that I would go to heaven, because Rachel York and the all-singing/all-dancing company of Anything Goes took me and a couple of thousand other people up to the heavenly gates with their spectacular opening night performance of "Blow, Gabriel, Blow."
BWW Interviews: Anything Goes' JEREMY BENTON Takes On The Friday Five...On a Tuesday?
by Jeffrey Ellis
- Oct 23, 2012
Benton, who has been called "Broadway's best tap dancer," agreed to take on our legen-wait for it!-dary! Friday Five questions and we had every intention of holding the interview for a Friday morning post, but gosh darn it, we're just so excited about Anything Goes' First Night in Nashville that there's no way we could hold back this opportunity for you to get to know Tennessee's very own song-and-dance man.
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