TheatreFIRST Announces 15th Anniversary Season
by BWW News Desk - Apr 2, 2009
TheatreFIRST announces its 15th Anniversary Season running from January 2009 to June 2009, comprised of a staged reading series and revival of a Pinter masterpiece. TheatreFIRST continues its active pursuit of a permanent Downtown Oakland location, a space that will serve as home for TheatreFIRST and for other Oakland-based arts organizations. Each day we grow closer to this goal. TheatreFIRST looks forward producing to a full season of 3 shows beginning Fall 2009 to Summer 2010.
DEFIANCE Comes To Bristol Riverside Theater 3/26- 4/12
by BWW News Desk - Mar 26, 2009
Bristol Riverside Theatre presents the Philadelphia Premiere of Defiance, the second installment in American playwright, John Patrick Shanley's planned trilogy exploring hierarchies in America - which began with the award winning Doubt: A Parable.
DEFIANCE Comes To Bristol Riverside Theater 3/26- 4/12
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 4, 2009
Bristol Riverside Theatre presents the Philadelphia Premiere of Defiance, the second installment in American playwright, John Patrick Shanley's planned trilogy exploring hierarchies in America - which began with the award winning Doubt: A Parable.
'100 Years of Broadway' Comes to Hard Rock Cafe April 30th with Evan, Blanchard, Harvey & More
by Robert Diamond - Feb 26, 2009
Leftfield Productions, Inc. along with Bud Negley, WHY and The Hard Rock Caf? announce that on Thursday, April 30th 'Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway' will perform a fundraising concert in Times Square at the Hard Rock Caf? featuring Broadway's Rob Evan, Rita Harvey, Steve Blanchard, Carter Calvert, Danny Zolli and Gerard Canonico.
Motion Picture Academy to Honor Jerry Lewis with Humanitarian Award
by BWW News Desk - Feb 22, 2009
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced today that their board of governors have voted to give Jerry Lewis the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Lewis is to be presented with the special Oscar statuette on February 22, 2009 during the 81st Annual Academy Awards.
Lineup Of Films Announced For 25th Sundance Film Festival
by BWW News Desk - Jan 15, 2009
Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 25th Sundance Film Festival. In addition to the four Competition categories, the Festival presents films in five out-of-competition sections to be announced tomorrow. The 2009 Sundance Film Festival runs January 15-25 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah.
Blythe Sings Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice 'Orfeo' at MET
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 7, 2009
Director-choreographer Mark Morris's much-lauded 2007 production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice returns to the repertoire, with Stephanie Blythe taking on one of the pinnacles of the mezzo-soprano repertory, the role of Orfeo, for the first time in her career. Soprano Danielle de Niese, an acclaimed singer of eighteenth-century music and a graduate of the Met's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, sings Euridice for the first time at the Met. Heidi Grant Murphy returns as Amor, which she performed at the production's premiere in 2007.
Motion Picture Academy to Honor Jerry Lewis with Humanitarian Award
by Robert Diamond - Dec 10, 2008
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced today that their board of governors have voted to give Jerry Lewis the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Lewis is to be presented with the special Oscar statuette on February 22, 2009 during the 81st Annual Academy Awards.
Lineup Of Films Announced For 25th Sundance Film Festival
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 4, 2008
Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 25th Sundance Film Festival. In addition to the four Competition categories, the Festival presents films in five out-of-competition sections to be announced tomorrow. The 2009 Sundance Film Festival runs January 15-25 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah.
TheatreFIRST Announces 15th Anniversary Season
by Robert Diamond - Nov 3, 2008
TheatreFIRST announces its 15th Anniversary Season running from January 2009 - June 2009, comprised of a staged reading series and revival of a Pinter masterpiece.
TheatreFIRST Announces 15th Anniversary Season
by Reynard Loki - Oct 21, 2008
TheatreFIRST announces its 15th Anniversary Season running from January 2009 to June 2009, comprised of a staged reading series and revival of a Pinter masterpiece. TheatreFIRST continues its active pursuit of a permanent Downtown Oakland location, a space that will serve as home for TheatreFIRST and for other Oakland-based arts organizations. Each day we grow closer to this goal. TheatreFIRST looks forward producing to a full season of 3 shows beginning Fall 2009 to Summer 2010.
Follies: Flawless With a Flourish
by Nancy Grossman - Sep 17, 2008
Nearly four decades after its pre-Broadway tryout at the Colonial Theatre, the Lyric Stage production of 'Follies' is an homage to the Stephen Sondheim musical, with magnificent costumes, evocative set, rich orchestrations, and an all-star cast.
ACT Presents 'Curse of the Starving Class'
by BWW News Desk - Apr 8, 2008
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) artistic director Carey Perloff today announced the final casting and design team for A.C.T.'s 30th anniversary production of Sam Shepard's classic interrogation of the American dream, Curse of the Starving Class
Best Musical: Tony vs Grammy - Part 2
by Paul W. Thompson - Feb 25, 2008
Now that the 50th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony is history, and before the Tony Awards season sneaks up on us, it might be a good time to do a little investigating into the relationship between the category that both award shows recognize-Best Musical, of course.
NYMF 2007 Announces Complete Schedule
by BWW News Desk - Aug 28, 2007
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), now in its fourth year, is a three-week event in NYC that has premiered over 90 musicals in its first three years, becoming the largest musical theatre event in America. Tickets for NYMF productions are available at www.nymf.org or by calling 212-352-3101. This year's Festival will run from September 17 through October 7 with the following schedule of events...
Ted Neeley: Jesus….And So Much More!
by Pati Buehler - May 8, 2007
After talking with this 'gentleman' from Texas you soon find out his plate has been full of wonderful entertainment experiences and he's no where ready to slow up yet.
Celia Keenan-Bolger and Ryan Driscoll on 'Summer of '42'
by Michael Gilboe - Apr 10, 2007
Celia Keenan-Bolger and Ryan Driscoll discuss the making of the soundtrack for 'Summer of '42' and the original run. The also discuss education, Spelling Bee, getting started with careers and more.
The Fantasticks: Welcome Back, Old Friend
by Michael Dale - Aug 24, 2006
Once again, large squares of multi-colored confetti are being tossed into the air by a young man who doesn't speak, and a terrible void left in New York's theatrical universe has been lovingly filled with the poetry, humor, romance and whimsy of Tom Jones' words and Harvey Schmidt's music.