Jessica has worked in theater for nearly ten years. She has worked in theatrical production for the producers of STOMP, DAMN YANKEES, NUNSENSE, DINNER WITH FRIENDS and more, and for over 5 years has been involved in the Whoopi Goldberg-produced White Noise, having discovered the production at the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival. She has since helped foster its growth through multiple large-scale workshops and two major commercial productions as an Associate Producer. After dedicating many years to theatrical and live entertainment production work that has taken her all over the world in 2009 she assumed the post of Senior Managing Editor at BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theater site on the net, for which she controls operations, routinely interviews Broadway's A-list talent and films/edits a bulk of the sites popular BWW TV content. She is a graduate of Brown University and has worked professionally in production for the Brown University Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance, Rights and Reasons Theatre, the New York Theatre Workshop and more.
As Signature Theatre Company prepares for the January 2012 opening of their new Frank Gehry-designed home, Signature Center, they have launched a new video series featuring interviews with a wide array of playwrights, directors, actors, and others connected to the Theatre.
SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark, the most ambitious production ever undertaken on Broadway with original direction by Julie Taymor and music by U2's Bono and The Edge, is currently in previews at the Foxwoods Theatre on West 43rd Street.
Theatre World Awards for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut performances during the 2010-2011 theatrical season will be presented by former Theatre World Award winners, including: Tammy Blanchard (Gypsy, 2003), Gabriel Byrne (A Moon for the Misbegotten, 2000), Zoe Caldwell (Slapstick Tragedy
In a new article out in Billboard today, country sweetheart Taylor Swift reveals that the insiration for her groundbreaking, genre-defying concerts is good old fashion live theater.
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, which opened Sunday, March 27, 2011, at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre, received a special visit from Broadway vet Neil Patrick Harris recently.
Noel Coward's Private Lives, which played the West End's Vaudeville Theatre for a ten week season beginning in February 2010 starring Kim Cattrell and Matthew Macfadyen, will travel across the pond and open at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in September in a Mirvish production.
Tristan Sturrock, recently seen on Broadway in BRIEF ENCOUNTER, has signed on to star opposite multi-platinum recording artist Deborah Cox, who previously starred on Broadway in AIDA, in the Broadway-bound musical JOSEPHINE, featuring music by three-time Grammy-nominee Steve Dorff, lyrics by Oscar a
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' production of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's FOLLIES opened on May 21, 2011 after previewing since May 7.