The Shakespeare Theatre Returns For its 60th Season in June
by Stephi Wild - Jan 31, 2022
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) announces its 60th season lineup — a selection of plays in celebration of STNJ’s Diamond Anniversary. For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the company will return with five shows scheduled for its Main Stage at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre in Madison, and one summer production on the Outdoor Stage - the Greek amphitheater on the campus of Saint Elizabeth University in Florham Park.
BWW Feature: OPERA IN AMERICA AND ABROAD at Home Computer Screens
by Maria Nockin - Oct 9, 2021
Tour members meet on the Flying Opera Magic Carpet for a week of American and international performances. Our first stop is at San Francisco Opera, for Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven online October 14, 17, and 30, 2021. Cost- $25.
BWW Interview: Jeff Harnar On KNOWing How To Make His Heart SING SONDHEIM
by Gil Kaan - Sep 7, 2021
Multi-awarded cabaret singer Jeff Harnar will make his Feinstein’s at Vitello’s debut with his cabaret act I KNOW THINGS NOW: JEFF HARNAR SINGS SONDHEIM September 30, 2021. With a lengthy resume as an opening act. Jeff has played some of the biggest venues, including Carnegie Hall, all over the world. Had the chance to find out what THINGS Jeff KNOWS NOW.
Theatre for a New Audience Announces 2021-2022 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 18, 2021
Founding Artistic Director Jeffrey Horowitz today announced TFANA’s 2021-2022 season of productions of plays by Shakespeare, Alice Childress, and Will Eno, and the residency of CLASSIX.
San Diego Opera Announces Live, Drive-In, Spring Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 6, 2021
Inspired by the success from their safe drive-in performances of La bohème in the Fall, which heralded the return of live, in-person, opera to San Diego County since the start of the pandemic, San Diego Opera has announced a Spring season of safe, socially-distanced, drive-in performances.
BWW Interview: At Home With Joanne Halev
by Stephen Mosher - Feb 5, 2021
A chat with cabaret's chicest female vocalist reveals a lot of history behind her 2019 debut, and the promise of great times to come.
The Plymouth Arts Center Announces Virtual Sartori Big Cheese Drop
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 23, 2020
New Year’s Eve celebrations will look a little different for many this year in the community of Plymouth, Wisconsin, home of Sartori Cheese. The annual Sartori Big Cheese Drop, nationally lauded as one of the country’s quirkiest New Year’s Eve traditions, will be going virtual in the interest of public safety.
BWW Interview: In Mothballs and Treading Water: Good Theater and MSMT Share Survival Strategies
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Nov 23, 2020
“At Good Theater we have put ourselves in mothballs, declares Executive/Artistic Director Brian P. Allen. Maine State Music Theatre’s Artistic Director Curt Dale Clark concurs, “ For me the hardest part is the feeling of treading water.”
“My Grandfather taught me that life was a staircase,” Clark recounts. “He would say,’ Always make sure you are moving forward; if you have to stay on a step for a while, no big deal. Try not to take a step backwards, but if you have to, figure out why, fix it, and keep moving forward.’ Right now,” Clark says sadly, “it does not feel possible to keep climbing. Everything is stacked against us and all the people we need to help us.””
On a brisk fall day nine months into the pandemic the two are taking a moment to share their experiences in this unprecedented time of crisis – a crisis that has shuttered their theatres and forced them to engage all their energies in survival of the institutions and the art form they love.
BWW Previews: HERSHEY FELDER AS DEBUSSY at Florence, Italy
by Peter Danish - Nov 19, 2020
Hershey Felder's latest livestream - one of his most deeply personal - airs this Sunday, November 22nd, 2020 at 5pm Pacific | 7pm Central | 8pm Eastern. As he prepares for the livestream, he took a few moments to talk with BroadwayWorld.com about the show and the state of theater during the pandemic.
Guest Blog: Peter Polycarpou on Charlie Chaplin and FALLING STARS
by Marianka Swain - Oct 27, 2020
I wanted to bring the music of the songwriters from the 1920s and the music of Charlie Chaplin together, and that's when I realised that Falling Stars was already a fully-formed thought in my head. The title is taken from one of Chaplin's songs.
TogetherLAFestival Returns with Playwright Meet and Greets
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 8, 2020
Meet the playwrights from the 2nd week of LA's first TogetherLAFestival. Presented by Alternative Theatre Los Angeles (ATLA) in association with LA Stage Alliance (LASA), a?oeTogether LA: A Virtual Stage Festivala?? is celebrating the vibrant and diverse intimate theatre scene of the greater Los Angeles area.
CofC Theatre Presents HOW THE VOTE WAS WON
by Stephi Wild - Oct 1, 2020
Join the College of Charlestona??s Department of Theatre and Dance on October 1 and 2 as it celebrates womena??s voting rights in its season opener, a?oeHow The Vote Was Won,a?? a one-act farce by feminists/suffragettes Cicely Hamilton and Christopher St John.
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Announces Fall 2020 Digital Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 22, 2020
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has announced a Fall Season of digital concerts to replace each of the performances originally scheduled for Alice Tully Hall -- Front Row Mainstage, 16 newly-curated concerts drawn from CMS's vast archive of high-quality recordings.
Looking Back to Look Forward, Part One: Foundations
by Andrew Child - Sep 8, 2020
In March, Charlotte M Canninga??s historical commentary on American theatre during the 1918 flu epidemic made the rounds on social media as newly-furloughed industry professionals struggled to find solid footing amidst a global wave of trepidation.
BWW Blog: A Voice Heard Around The World - An Interview with Jeremy Powell
by Student Blogger: Bella Bosco - Aug 18, 2020
I am very excited about todaya??s post because it's about one of the most important kinds of relationships any student in musical theatre can have--their voice teacher. I'm so proud to introduce BroadwayWorld readers to my remarkable voice teacher, Jeremy Powell.
BWW Interview: Nina Dunn Talks THE DARK THEATRES PROJECT
by Cindy Marcolina - Jul 9, 2020
When the lockdown started in mid March, theatres all over the country were forced to shut down in a hurry. Nina Dunn, video designer with credits spread all over the West End and Europe, has been documenting the struggle of the industry through chilling photographs of empty theatres where silence dominates. A fundraiser has accompanied her online photo essays, which are now being turned into a book whose proceeds will go straight to charity. We had a chat to discuss her project, the effects of the closures, and dark theatres.
BWW Interview: Hershey Felder of HERSHEY FELDER: BEETHOVEN LIVESTREAM at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Brings the Legendary Composer to Life
by Jim Munson - Jul 7, 2020
What better way to spend a summer evening than in the company of artistic genius in the form of iconic composer Ludwig van Beethoven as interpreted by renowned musical theater artist Hershey Felder? On Sunday July 12th at 5pm PDT, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will present a livestream of the hit show Hershey Felder: Beethoven, an intimate and theatrical portrait of the legendary composer. Tickets to the livestream are available on TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's website (www.theatreworks.org) with proceeds to benefit TheatreWorks while the Tony-winning regional theatre remains dark due to the Covid pandemic. Inspired by an account of a Viennese doctor who spent his boyhood by the Beethoven's side, this enchanting musical features masterful performances of some of the composer's greatest works, from a?oeMoonlight Sonataa?? to the a?oeNinth Symphonya?? and the a?oeEmperor Concerto.a?? The enormously popular show's 2017 World Premiere still holds TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's box office record to date. BroadwayWorld recently had the pleasure of speaking with Felder from his home in Florence, Italy where he will be performing the livestream. As cicadas whirred in the background (really!), we had a wide-ranging discussion about Beethoven, Felder's relationship with TheatreWorks, the pandemic and the wonders of Florence. In conversation, Felder is an engaging amalgam of seemingly contradictory qualities, at once erudite and folksy, brainy and empathetic, quick with an arcane cultural factoid or a self-deprecating remark, equally expressive of joy and sorrow.
BWW Review: ANASTASIA, Royal Opera House
by Vikki Jane Vile - May 17, 2020
The latest ballet to feature as part of the #OurHouseToYourHouse series is Kenneth Macmillan's Anastasia, the true story of Anna Anderson who claimed to be the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and the only survivor of the Russian Royal family's assassination in 1918.
BWW Review: ARE YOU THERE? at Actors Theatre Of Louisville
by Keith Waits - Mar 9, 2020
The Long DistanceAnd thus is launched the 44th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays. Once not very long ago the showcase for the Professional Training Company used to be the last show to open; now it OPENS the festival itself. Whether this is just out of love for the members of the PTC, a company that has always been a crucial part of Actor Theatre operations but has more recently taken on distinct intentionality in both the selection and application of said members.