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Final Weeks To Vote For The BroadwayWorld San Francisco Awards; FOR THE RECORD: BRATPACK Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Staff - Dec 20, 2021


Time is running out to vote for for the 2021 BroadwayWorld San Francisco Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

Vote For The 2021 BroadwayWorld San Francisco Awards; FOR THE RECORD: BRATPACK's Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Staff - Dec 13, 2021


Our readers set the nominees, and now voting is open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld San Francisco Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

Vote For The 2021 BroadwayWorld San Francisco Awards; First Stats Announced!
by BWW - Dec 6, 2021


Our readers set the nominees, and now voting is open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld San Francisco Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

New Podcast Musical LITTLE DID I KNOW Starring Lesli Margherita, Richard Kind & More Will Launch March 31
by Stephi Wild - Mar 30, 2020


The new podcast musical LITTLE DID I KNOW from The Audio Drama Initiative, based on the novel by Mitchell Maxwell, will release its first three episodes on Apple Podcasts on Tuesday, March 31.

Gershwin's LA LA LUCILLE Returns to the Stage After 100 Years
by Stephi Wild - Aug 3, 2019


For the first time in over a century George Gershwin's very first musical, La La Lucille, will be performed - not on Broadway as it was in 1919 - but in the intimate Studio Theatre at Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) in Sturgeon Bay. This riotous, fast-paced farce about a married couple who plot to become temporarily divorced in order to claim an inheritance, opens Thursday, July 25 and runs through September 1st. When the scheme goes awry, hilarity, hijinks, and tap dancing ensue in this not-to-be-missed show.

Photo Flash: First Look at SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, Opening Tonight at Ivoryton Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - Aug 9, 2017


Put on your 'Boogie Shoes' for Saturday Night Fever, one of the most loved dance stories of all time is opening up at the Ivoryton Playhouse tonight, August 9th. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER Comes to the Ivoryton Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 18, 2017


Put on your 'Boogie Shoes' for Saturday Night Fever, one of the most loved dance stories of all time is opening up at the Ivoryton Playhouse on August 9th! The year is 1979 and in Brooklyn, New York, Tony Manero, a young man with a dead-end job and an extraordinary ability to dance, has only one ambition in life - to become the disco king. When he meets Stephanie, who also dreams of a world beyond Brooklyn, they decide to train together for a dance competition and their lives begin to change forever. Based on the 1977 film that became a cultural phenomenon, the electrifying score is packed with legendary hits from the Bee Gees including the classics: 'Stayin' Alive,' 'Night Fever,' 'Jive Talking,' 'You Should Be Dancing' and 'How Deep is Your Love?'

Mia Pinero and Stephen Mir to Star in WEST SIDE STORY at Ivoryton Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - Jul 5, 2017


Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is transported to modern-day New York City in the breathtaking musical, WEST SIDE STORY which opens at the Ivoryton Playhouse on July 5th. With book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, the original 1957 Broadway production ran for over 700 performances before going on tour, and garnered 6 Tony nominations.

Photo Flash: WEST SIDE STORY Cast Gets Dancing in Rehearsal at Ivoryton Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - Jun 28, 2017


Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is transported to modern-day New York City in the breathtaking musical, WEST SIDE STORY which opens at the Ivoryton Playhouse on July 5th. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal!

Mia Pinero and Stephen Mir to Star in WEST SIDE STORY at Ivoryton Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - Jun 21, 2017


Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is transported to modern-day New York City in the breathtaking musical, WEST SIDE STORY which opens at the Ivoryton Playhouse on July 5th. With book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, the original 1957 Broadway production ran for over 700 performances before going on tour, and garnered 6 Tony nominations.

Playhouse on Park to Present A CHORUS LINE, 6/17-7/31
by Tyler Peterson - May 23, 2016


 Tickets are already selling fast for A Chorus Line, Playhouse on Park's final mainstage show of season seven! Opening night is Friday, June 17 at 8pm, with a wine and cheese reception beforehand.

Photo Flash: First Look at String Quartet ETHEL at Denison University
by Matt Smith - Sep 17, 2014


GRANVILLE, Ohio—Denison University announces the launch of its first Ensemble-in-Residence program, a collaboration between the Department of Music and the Vail Series. The Ensemble-in-Residence program will engage the entire campus and the greater community in an exploration of music and other academic disciplines. The program will host the renowned string quartet ETHEL for the 2014-2015 academic year.

BWW Reviews: Strong Cast, Big Band, Profusion of Costumes Turn Ivoryton's DREAMGIRLS into a Dream
by Lauren Yarger - Aug 12, 2013


Director Lawrence Thelen proves himself up to the challenge, however, with the casting of terrific nonEquity actress Sheniqua Denise Trotman from Huntsville, AL. Her 'I'm Not Going' puts focus on the emotional pain felt by the character and is a powerhouse exploration of the lyrics. In between all that belting. Kudos.

Premiere Stages Presents FARRAGUT NORTH, Now thru 9/23
by BWW News Desk - Sep 6, 2012


Premiere Stages presents the New Jersey Premiere of Farragut North from tonight, September 6th through the 23rd in the Zella Fry Theatre at Kean University. Produced in collaboration with the Kean University Center for History, Politics and Policy and supported by the League of Women Voters, the production of playwright Beau Willimon's classic tale of hubris is set against a contemporary political landscape where no price is too high to attain power.

Premiere Stages to Present FARRAGUT NORTH, 9/6-23
by Kelsey Denette - Aug 14, 2012


Premiere Stages presents the New Jersey Premiere of Farragut North from September 6th through the 23rd in the Zella Fry Theatre at Kean University. Produced in collaboration with the Kean University Center for History, Politics and Policy and supported by the League of Women Voters, the production of playwright Beau Willimon's classic tale of hubris is set against a contemporary political landscape where no price is too high to attain power.

Laura Harrington Brings Her New Novel ALICE BLISS to Nashville For A PERFECT 36 Reunion
by Jeffrey Ellis - Jun 8, 2012


This weekend will be a homecoming of sorts for award-winning writer Laura Harrington, as she returns to the Nashville for the first time since 1996, in support of her new book Alice Bliss and a reunion with some of the city's best-known and best-loved theater artists who worked with her on the creation and production of The Perfect 36, an original musical staged by Mac Pirkle and Tennessee Repertory Theatre to celebrate the Volunteer State's Bicentennial.

Mike Burstyn to Replace Gary Morris in Broadway-Bound SOUL DOCTOR
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 10, 2012


En route to Broadway, Soul Doctor: Journey of a Rock-Star Rabbi opens December 25th in Miami Beach at the Colony Theatre, followed by a run in Fort Lauderdale's Parker Playhouse.

SHOW BIZ: Weekend Movie Box Office Estimates: October 21-October 23, 2011
by Lauren Wolman - Oct 23, 2011


Weekend movie box office estimates: October 21-October 23, 2011.

Veteran Politicos to Speak Post DREXEL Screening of THE IDES OF MARCH
by BWW News Desk - Oct 19, 2011


Following the 7pm screening of The Ides of March on Wednesday, October 19, the Drexel Theatre will hold a moderated audience talk-back on political campaigning with Doug Preisse, Chairman of the Franklin County Republican Party and David Wilhelm, former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

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