BWW Review: AMERICAN SON takes audiences on emotional ride at Theatre Baton RougeSeptember 30, 2020Imagine being the parent of a perfect son, who is active in his private school, earns top scores on his SATs, and is heading to West Point in a month. Then one night, he goes missing, and it is unheard of for him not to let you know about his whereabouts. Then you find yourself in a police station trying to find out information about an incident with your son.
Now imagine your son is black.
BWW Interview: Jenny Ballard discusses upcoming Gala at Theatre Baton RougeAugust 5, 2020With the novel coronavirus keeping theatres dark, audience members wonder what the future may hold for their beloved playhouses. The staff of one such playhouse, Theatre Baton Rouge, has been hard at work these past few months, updating their 75th season and altering their annual gala to fit an entirely different type of stage.
BWW Interview: GUYS AND DOLLS at Theatre Baton RougeJanuary 27, 2020Theatre Baton Rouge wants local audiences to roll the dice this weekend with their spring musical production of GUYS AND DOLLS running from January 30 through February 2 as part of TBR's Young Actors Program.
BWW Interview: Tom Flynn of WICKED at Saenger TheatreSeptember 27, 2019If audience appeal is any indication of a show's worth, WICKED casts a spell that has created a multimillion-dollar treasure to the musical theatre world. With memorable music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a heartwarming book by Winnie Holzman, the production is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. WICKED's current national tour will fly into the Saegner Theatre in New Orleans from Oct. 2-20, 2019
BWW Previews: THE CRUCIBLE at Theatre Baton RougeSeptember 18, 2019Arthur Miller's classic 1953 play, THE CRUCIBLE will explore a community filled with fear, distrust and hysteria at Theatre Baton Rouge as part of the theatre's 2019-20 Capital Series.
BWW Review: THE WILD PARTY at Theatre Baton RougeAugust 20, 2019Gatsby isn't the only person who knows how to throw a killer party. The band is popping, the drinks are flowing, and the guests are lit like cigarettes. Theatre Baton Rouge's production of THE WILD PARTY is a scintillating and sweltering season opener full of lust and angst while driven by an electrifying jazz-rock-influenced score.
BWW Review: TWTC's THE GLASS MENAGERIE Radiates Glowing WarmthAugust 1, 2019Memory is very precious. It connects us to our past and helps guide us to our future. In Tennessee Williams' magnum opus THE GLASS MENAGERIE, memory is a force of gravity and as the season opener for The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company's fifth season, a grounded production is one rarely seen but feels so uncompromisingly right.
BWW Review: NEWSIES Makes Headlines at Theatre Baton RougeJune 21, 2019Have you heard the news? It's time to 'seize the day' and secure your tickets for Theatre Baton Rouge's production of Disney's NEWSIES, now running through June 30th. With energetic, spirited dancing, great acting, and whimsical tunes, TBR's NEWSIES is a musical worth seeing.
BWW Interview: Ashley North of KINKY BOOTS at Saenger TheatreJune 3, 2019Coming soon to the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans is KINKY BOOTS, the smash-hit musical that brings together four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein and Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Tony Award-winner for Best Score for KINKY BOOTS). The show runs June 14-16.