BroadwayWorld Celebrates Pride: Top 10 LGBTQ+ Musicals!
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2021
June marks the official start of Pride Month! This year, BroadwayWorld is celebrating pride with a series focused on some of our favorite LGBTQ-themed musicals, plays, characters, and songs!
Celebrate Mother's Day With All Of Your Mom-Centric Favorites On HBO Max
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 6, 2021
From classic movies like, “The Wizard of Oz,” “Dirty Dancing, “Crazy Rich Asians,” “27 Dresses” and “The Notebook” to Max Originals such as “Love Life,” “Selena + Chef, and “The Great Pottery Throwdown,” to beloved HBO series like “Big Little Lies” and “Sex and the City,” there’s something for everyone in the family to enjoy.
Silkroad Ensemble And Osvaldo Golijov Announce New Album
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 8, 2020
In a Circle Records will release Osvaldo Golijov's Falling Out of Time, written for and recorded by the composer's longtime collaborators and friends, the Silkroad Ensemble. The group's most recent albums include the Grammy award-winning Sing Me Home and the soundtrack for Ken Burns & Lynn Novick's film, The Vietnam War.
BWW Review: BARE: A POP OPERA, The Vaults
by Cindy Marcolina - Jun 27, 2019
In a Catholic boarding school in the United States, a group of teenagers try to find their place in the world. They grapple with accepting their sexual orientation and identity, trying to reconcile their self-discovery with the religious education they've been subjected to.
Corrib Theatre 2019-20 Season Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 7, 2019
For its seventh year of offering plays by contemporary Irish playwrights to Portland audiences, Corrib Theatre announces a three-show season: Eclipsed by Patricia Burke Brogan, James X by Gerard Mannix Flynn, and Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue. All three 2019-20 productions will be held at New Expressive Works, 810 SE Belmont St., Portland.
BWW Review: Hot Pies Served with a Side of Sass at WAITRESS
by The Marriage Matinee - Apr 24, 2019
At first glance, WAITRESS has a deceptively simple surface plot. Woman in a bad marriage hangs with gal pals encouraging her to do better for herself. That may be the bare bits of this musical, but its complexities and melodies are as enticing as one of Jenna's famous pies.
Review Roundup: Find Out What the Critics Are Saying About M. Night Shyamalan's GLASS
by Kaitlin Milligan - Jan 10, 2019
M. Night Shyamalan's 2016 film “Split” was revealed to be in the same universe as his 2000 thriller “Unbreakable,” and now Shyamalan has brought the characters together in the third film in the trilogy, “Glass.” What do critics think about, 'Glass,' does it hold up to the previous two films? Let's find out!
Bard Conservatory Celebrates Composer Joan Tower's 80th Birthday With Special Concert
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 16, 2018
Joan Tower, the Asher Edelman Professor in the Arts at Bard College, is renowned as one of America's most important living composers. This September, The Bard College Conservatory of Music celebrates Tower's 80th birthday with a concert program of featuring world premieres of Towers' recent compositions including Small Plus (2018) performed by S? Percussion; Looking Back (2018) performed by the Da Capo Chamber Players; and Thank You (2018), with Dawn Upshaw conducting members of the Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.
BWW Review: CLO's THE FULL MONTY Turns Up the Heat at the Benedum
by Dylan Shaffer - Jul 9, 2018
Before there was Magic Mike, there was The Full Monty.
Based off the 1997 British film of the same name, The Full Monty debuted as a Broadway musical in 2000 and revealed just how far and how bare six unemployed men were willing to go to earn money again.
BWW Review: OUTING, i perFORMErs tornano in scena al Teatro del Baraccano di Bologna
by Valeria Venturelli - May 17, 2018
C'e un piccolo teatro nel cuore di Bologna, a due passi dai Giardini Margherita, che tutti gli appassionati di teatro musicale dovrebbero conoscere. Si tratta del Teatro del Baraccano, luogo che negli ultimi anni ha assunto un ruolo sempre piu importante nella vita cittadina per quanto riguarda la programmazione di spettacoli di teatro e musica.
BWW Review: BARE THE MUSICAL at Baekam Art Hall-A Truly Soul Touching Show
by Jimin Lee - Feb 15, 2018
'Hear my voice, did you really hear me, hear my voice, and you think you know me?' the lyrics of the last song spread throughout the theater, as the audience applauded while the actors took their bow. The theater doors opened and as the audience made their way toward the exit, I could see some people wipe tears from their face, while others were murmuring about how the music was moving. It came to me that once again, BARE: THE MUSICAL has managed to not only 'touch my soul' but the audience's heart.
StageArt Announces the Cast for BARE The Musical
by Stephi Wild - Feb 14, 2018
StageArt is pleased to announce the cast for the Victorian professional premiere of bare the Musical, which will play at Prahran's Chapel off Chapel from 20 March - 15 April 2018.
bare Will Navigate to the Big Screen; Kristin Hanggi Set to Direct Film
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 2, 2018
BroadwayWorld has just learned that bare, the movie is in the works from Tony nominated producers Hillary Butorac Weaver and Janet Billig Rich and Tony nominated director Kristin Hanggi at the helm. Hanggi was the original director of the musical and adapted the screenplay for the film.
Tickets on Sale This Sunday for THE HUMANS in Chicago
by BWW News Desk - Dec 1, 2017
Broadway In Chicago has announced that individual tickets for the most acclaimed American play in recent memory, The Humans, will go on sale Sunday, Dec. 3. The Humans plays Broadway In Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre for a limited two-week engagement Jan. 30 Feb. 11, 2018.
Uptown Players presents THE FULL MONTY
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 5, 2017
Uptown Players kicks off its 2017-2018 season with the hit musical The Full Monty, running October 20 November 5 at the Kalita Humphreys Theater.
BWW Review: TheatreLAB And Yes, And's THE LAST FIVE YEARS Stays With You
by Brent Deekens - Oct 2, 2017
It is this reviewer's exultant onus to relay that in the case of TheatreLAB and YES, AND's production of THE LAST FIVE YEARS, director Chelsea Burke and her team have pulled out all of the stops to give the audience an unforgettable experience, with the technical follow-through and musical polish to rival any production that has ever been mounted. And these generous qualities are symbiotically aligned with the equally powerful presence of actors Christie Jackson and Alexander Sapp. It's just that freaking good.
William Patrick Corgan Shares Music Video for New Track 'The Spaniards'
by Caryn Robbins - Sep 29, 2017
GRAMMY Award winning, acclaimed singer-songwriter and Smashing Pumpkins frontman, William Patrick Corgan today shared 'The Spaniards', the second track off his forthcoming Rick Rubin produced solo album Ogilala. The ethereal song is available now at all digital retailers.