Why Not? 1922

Opened: December 25, 1922

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Find Out Who Won at the 2024 GRAMMYS - Full List of Winners!
by Michael Major - Feb 4, 2024


Find out who won at the GRAMMYs. Notable winners include Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, SZA, Fred Again.., Shucked songwriter Brandy Clark, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, Kylie Minogue, Billie Eilish for the Barbie soundtrack, and more.

Taylor Swift & More Nominated For 2024 GRAMMYS - Full List of Nominations!
by Michael Major - Nov 10, 2023


Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, and more were also nominated for GRAMMYS. Check out the full list of nominations now! Sweeney Todd, Parade, and more were nominated in the Best Musical Theatre Album category.

Feature: Arkansas Writer Visits Santa Fe Playhouse to See A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
by Theresa Bertram - Aug 19, 2023


This summer Broadway World went on the road to catch some amazing entertainment, and one of the stops was at the Santa Fe Playhouse.

Magician Peter Boie to Perform at The Park Theatre Next Week
by Blair Ingenthron - Jun 17, 2023


You may not believe in magic, but this magician might change your mind. Nationally acclaimed magician Peter Boie is bringing his “Magician for Non-Believers” show to The Park Theatre in Jaffrey, NH, on Friday, June 23, at 7:30 pm.

Review: ULSTER AMERICAN at The Arch, Holden Street Theatres
by Barry Lenny - May 12, 2023


A standing ovation, and a demand for a second curtain call.

The Drama League Launches Digital Archive of 2022-23 International Directors Summit
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 13, 2023


The Drama League has launched its digital archive of the 2022-2023 International Directors Summit, which united eight world-class directors from around the globe for a series of conversations about the changing nature of their work.

The Cleveland Orchestra George Walker Recording Available Worldwide November 4
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 10, 2022


The George Walker album, available worldwide on November 4 with The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, offers an exploration of the composer's Pulitzer Prize–winning Lilacs for voice and orchestra with soprano Latonia Moore, as well as Antifonys for string orchestra, and Sinfonias No. 4 and No. 5.

Return Engagement Announced for THOU SHALT NOT at the Church of Saint John the Evangelist
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 19, 2022


THINKERY & VERSE announced the return engagement of Thinkery & Verse’s THOU SHALT NOT: A Site-Specific Play about the Hall-Mills Double Homicide, directed by Karen Alvarado and recognizing the 100th Anniversary of the crime. THOU SHALT NOT will play a site-specific limited engagement in the Assembly Hall at the Church of Saint John the Evangelist.

See Sheryl Crow, a Tribute to Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra & Much More This Summer at the Hollywood Bowl and The Ford
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 7, 2022


The Los Angeles Philharmonic is presenting a summer of jazz, funk, blues, and more at the Hollywood Bowl and The Ford. Upcoming performances include a tribute to Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra at the Hollywood Bowl (July 27), Les Claypool’s Bastard Jazz at The Ford (July 29), and many more. 

THOU SHALT NOT Comes to Assembly Hall at St.John's
by Stephi Wild - Jun 14, 2022


In 1922, near the banks of the Raritan River, a small city priest and a choir singer were slaughtered in the most infamous unsolved double homicide of the 20th century. Incompetent cops, political operatives, and the poorest and most powerful families in New Jersey were all swallowed in the circus that followed.

New Multi-Album Series WEATHER SYSTEMS to Begin Releases on May 20th
by Marissa Tomeo - Apr 13, 2022


Islandia Music Records announces a new multi-album series from “supreme living virtuoso” (The New Yorker) percussionist Steven Schick. The new series, called Weather Systems, is a set of recordings of the percussion music that has been most meaningful to Schick, which will span more than 100 years and feature a diverse set of composers. 

Symphony Space Makes 2021-22 Season Available for HD Livestreaming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 23, 2021


Symphony Space today made livestreaming tickets available for its robust, wide-ranging 2021-22 season, realizing its ambition to emerge from the COVID-19 shutdown as an institution committed to a hybrid model, with live events streamed in real time to audiences straight from Symphony Space’s stages in Manhattan.

Symphony Space Announces Full Programming for 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 6, 2021


Symphony Space will welcome audiences back into its New York City home this season for a wide range of memorable events that take place for one night only, and only at Symphony Space.

BWW Blog: Make It Modern
by Student Blogger: Maggie Cummins - Jan 14, 2021


I dare to ask the question: how do you update shows for a pandemic?

Karen Alvarado, Ashley Bufkin and More Star in GHOST HUNT: The Hall-Mills Double Homicide
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 16, 2020


THINKERY AND VERSE and BUTCH MERMAID have announced their collaboration in the world premiere experiential production of GHOST HUNT: The Hall-Mills Double Homicide, based on their more traditional Hall-Mills stage-play, THOU SHALT NOT, which was set to premiere this spring in New York City.

BWW Interview: Tymisha Harris in JOSEPHINE: A BURLESQUE CABARET DREAM PLAY, Outdoors at The Morris Museum on 9/17 and 9/18
by Marina Kennedy - Sep 14, 2020


'Josephine: A Burlesque Cabaret Dream Play,' is a one-woman musical biographical play about the iconic Josephine Baker. It will will be performed on the Morris Museum's Back Deck, Thursday, September 17th and Friday, September 18th at 7:00 pm.

Thinkery & Verse present THAT'S HOW THE STORY GOES: A Hall-Mills Murders PODCAST
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 24, 2020


Thinkery & Verse present: THAT'S HOW THE STORY GOES: a Hall-Mills Murders PODCAST A history-mystery podcast where actors unpack the Hall-Mills double homicide of 1922 

Virtual Theatre Today: Tuesday, June 16- with Rebecca Luker, Laura Osnes and More!
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 16, 2020


Today (June 16) in live streaming: It's the Day of the Show Y'all is back, it's Christine Daae Day on Stars in the House and so much more!

Breaking: A STRANGE LOOP Wins the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
by Nicole Rosky - May 4, 2020


It was just announced by Pulitzer Prize Administrator Dana Canedy that Michael R. Jackson's A Strange Loop has officially won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. This year's finalists included: Will Arbery's Heroes of the Fourth Turning and David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori's Soft Power.

ALL ARTS Announces the 'Never in New York Festival'
by Kaitlin Milligan - Apr 30, 2020


ALL ARTS, the broadcast and digital platform created by New York Public Media company WNET, is excited to announce the Never in New York Festival, a broadcast and streaming celebration of international film, opera and theatrical works rarely presented to the New York audience. 

San Diego Symphony Announces 2020-2021 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 6, 2020


During the 2020-21 season, the San Diego Symphony will take audiences on a journey of exploration - weaving in themes of nature and immigration that impact our country, borders and beyond.

BWW Review: A Pack Of Hipsters Become Hep Cats At Feinstein's/54 Below And Bring Back A Hint Of The Roaring 20's in THE SECRET NOT-SO-SECRET SHOW
by Bobby Patrick - Jan 13, 2020


2020 is upon us, we're back in the twenties! The cousins that get them shows buzzin', Brock Harris and Johnson Brock, bring you The Secret, Not-So-Secret Show. Mums the word but if you happen upon this ad please join us for a rousing night of jazz and drinks a?"speakeasy style. Rumor has it Courtney Reed (Aladdin, In the Heights) will be headlining with Telly Leung (Aladdin, a?oeGleea??) and there are whispers of other Broadway crooners and flappers attending our hotsy totsy evening. The roaring 20s are upon us, join for a night of crooning, swooning, and vintage costuming.

BWW Review: Layered stories trapped in the dense dialogue of [VEIL WIDOW CONSPIRACY] at Next Door @ NYTW
by Joe Lombardi - Jun 16, 2019


Presented by NAATCO (National Asian American Theatre Company), the parentheses of the title [Veil Widow Conspiracy] hint at this play's structure.  The events to be unveiled center around a 1922 political murder mystery which occurred in Xinjiang, China.  It is also about a 2010 movie filmed on location about that mystery.  Finally, two young Asians in a dystopian Brooklyn in 2035 are discussing the film.  The story lines are related and tucked inside each other but really serve to comment on philosophies and moralities.

Breaking: Jackie Sibblies Drury's FAIRVIEW Wins the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 15, 2019


It was just announced by Pulitzer Prize Administrator Dana Canedy that Jackie Sibblies Drury's Fairview has officially won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

BWW Review: Dazzling and Uplifting INDECENT at Center Stage
by Jack L. B. Gohn - Mar 8, 2019


Indecent is about the power of theater to dazzle and uplift. Playwright Vogel has discussed plays that make the hair stand up on her neck. That is exactly what Indecent does: makes the hairs stand up on the back of the neck, and we may be at a loss to explain.

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What productions of Why Not? have there been?
Why Not? has had 1 productions including Broadway which opened in 1922.

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