THE MEETING* Returning to San Francisco, 5/28
by Tyler Peterson
- May 12, 2016
The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre, the acclaimed comedy/variety show, will return to OASIS (298 Eleventh Street, San Francisco CA) on Saturday, May 28 at 7:00 PM after three packed shows last year. The Meeting* has been called "delicious and delightfully droll" by The New York Post and "hilarious and sardonic" by The Village Voice. A story for Slate.com called the evening "so deliciously icy that it left me shivering with fear and delight." The New York run of The Meeting* - currently running monthly at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater - has been sold out since the New York Times "Arts & Leisure" piece ran last September. Tickets are $20 and are available at SFOasis.com.
Sheen Center to Welcome Valerie Smaldone for HIT MAKERS Series
by Tyler Peterson
- May 11, 2016
?The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture presents a new music and thought series called Hit Makers: Music Icons in Performance and Conversation with Valerie Smaldone. Kicking off Hit Makers is Tommy James of Tommy James and The Shondells on Monday, May 16 at 7:30pm at The Sheen Center, 18 Bleecker Street.
Irit Noble Coming to Alexander Upstairs this June
by Tyler Peterson
- May 11, 2016
Comedy diva Irit Noble will be the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre this June in an hour-long comedy show that she has co-written with Jean-Pierre and Murray-Kline.
Alexander Rodriguez to Debut I'LL HAVE ANOTHER! at Rockwell to Benefit LLS
by BWW News Desk
- May 9, 2016
Radio show host Alexander Rodriguez on iHeartRadio and Universal Broadcasting Network's 'On The Rocks' will hit the stage on May 24th debuting his new cabaret show, 'I'll Have Another!' - a roller coaster of stories, audience participation, and dramedy, belted out by your host featuring music from stage, screen and pop.
Avon Players to Present 9 TO 5
by Tyler Peterson
- May 9, 2016
The hit 1980 workplace comedy film starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton sings and dances its way to the Avon Players stage as they present 9 to 5 The Musical, running May 27-June 11.
Americana Singer Valerie June Coming to SOPAC, 6/12
by Tyler Peterson
- May 9, 2016
Valerie June brings her bluesy voice from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to the South Orange Performing Arts Center June 12 at 7:30 p.m. Valerie's astonishing and singular sound is a blend of rural Roots and Country that bridges Alan Lomax's acoustic field recordings with biting, electric Indie-Blues. The singer-songwriter's voice percolates somewhere between Dolly Parton and Billie Holiday. It is a stop-you-dead-in-your-tracks kind of voice, the kind that grips your imagination and paints her Southern portraits in vivid detail.
Christopher Bond's Country Musical ROMFORD ROSE to Premiere at Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
by BWW News Desk
- May 4, 2016
This summer, Queen's Theatre Hornchurch presents the celebrated playwright Christopher Bond's ROMFORD ROSE, a sparkling yet heartfelt new musical, brimming with foot-stomping, original country melodies by Jo Collins and featuring some of the UK's most talented musicians performing on a wonderful selection of instruments from the mandolin and banjo to the mighty pedal steel.
DOLLY PARTON'S COAT OF MANY COLORS Comes to DVD Today
by TV News Desk
- May 3, 2016
Just in time for Mother's Day, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release the critically acclaimed film DOLLY PARTON'S COAT OF MANY COLORS on DVD for the first time today, May 3, 2016.
BWW Review: REAL LIFE ROCK is Critic's Magnum Opus
by John Walker Ross
- May 3, 2016
When a culture critic is as prolific and well known as Greil Marcus, and has written books as revered as Mystery Train and Lipstick Traces, it's a mouthful to say any one book defines him
Target Margin Theater to Present Reimagining of THE ICEMAN COMETH at HERE
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 28, 2016
Target Margin Theater presents The ICEMAN Lab, a radical new reimaging of The Iceman Cometh, with four diverse theater artists each tackling a separate act of the play. This fresh take on O'Neill's classic will give audiences the opportunity to see each act as a separate experiment or all together in a single sitting. The four acts of The ICEMAN Lab will play a varied schedule at the HERE Arts Center (145 6th Avenue) from June 2 through June 25, with special marathon performances on June 11 and June 18.
MUSIC CITY CONFIDENTIAL: What's This Week's Gossip?
by Jeffrey Ellis
- Apr 26, 2016
At long last, Music City Confidential is back to help you get caught back on the talk of the town - all the news that's fit to print about the Nashville theater community - and to immerse you in the minutiae of life in Theater City (a term we've been trying to copyright since we were in junior high with Thespis, Aristophanes and Martha Wilkinson).
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