Academy Award winner Halle Berry will star in EXTANT. In a thrilling drama, Berry will play an astronaut who returns home from a year-long solo mission in space and tries to reconnect with her husband and son in their everyday life. Her experiences in space and home lead to events that ultimately will change the course of human history.
Photos: First Look at SUPER POWER PANTO, Now on Tour!
by Stephi Wild - March 09, 2023
All new production photos have been released for Super Power Panto, the accessible venture between the UK’s leading theatre company of visually impaired performers Extant and all-year panto company Simply Smiley currently on tour!...
Review: APPRAISAL at Goodwood Theatre And Studios
by Barry Lenny - February 20, 2023
Tim Marriott's many-layered script is superbly brought to life by Nicholas Collett and Emily-Jo Davidson....
The Art Institute Of Chicago Presents LYGIA PAPE: TECELARES
by Stephi Wild - February 09, 2023
The Art Institute is pleased to announce Lygia Pape: Tecelares, an exhibition that brings together nearly 100 rarely seen woodblock prints by Pape, some of which have not been shown publicly since the artist exhibited them from the 1950s through 1970s. ...
Theatre 40 Presents THE ROSENBERG CASE This Month
by Stephi Wild - February 09, 2023
A reading of The Rosenberg Case comes to Theatre 40 this month. The play is written by Dennis Richard and directed by Louis Fantasia. The performance is set for Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 7:00 p.m....
Full Cast Announced For Theo Chester's STRAY DOGS At Theatre503
by A.A. Cristi - February 08, 2023
Tommo Fowler directs Theo Chester's potent new work, Stray Dogs, a haunting and resonant debut play where death and healing collide in the strange world of Jacob, a troubled yet compassionate executioner who longs for a better future and a different life....
Camden People's Theatre Announces Spring Season Including Frankie Thompson, Brian Mullin, and More
by Stephi Wild - February 07, 2023
Camden People's Theatre presents a season of refreshing, inventive and bold works this Spring, featuring their flagship festival of brand new, unexpected performance, SPRINT and a roll-call of the most exciting and well-respected names in fringe theatre....
Photos: Inside Rehearsal For the UK Tour of SUPER POWER PANTO
by Stephi Wild - January 27, 2023
Extant, the UK’s leading theatre company of visually impaired performers has joined forces with all year-round touring panto company, Simply Smiley, to present Super Power Panto! Check out rehearsal photos here!...
Helen Sheals, Abigail Climer, Gary Lilburn & More to Star in PAINTING THE TOWN Workshop
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 26, 2023
A new musical, Painting The Town, is coming to New Wimbledon Theatre for a workshop and sharing this January – February, and the cast and creatives have been announced. See who is starring, and more!...
FIVE YEARS WITH THE WHITE MAN Comes to VAULT Festival
by Stephi Wild - January 19, 2023
Unleash The Llama highlights a forgotten figure of Black British History with the first theatrical adaptation of the life of A.B.C Merriman-Labor, an African satirist who dreamed of becoming the greatest writer in the British Empire....
South Coast Repertory Presents VOICES OF AMERICA This Month
by Stephi Wild - January 03, 2023
The centerpiece of SCR's 2022-23 season, 'Voices of America,' runs Jan. 28-Feb. 26 on the Segerstrom Stage. It encompasses both plays. Each play will take the stage four times a week, alternating performances. On Saturdays and Sundays, both plays will run-one in the afternoon, the other in the eveni...
Sheldon Epps Shares His Journey In The Theatre In New Book MY OWN DIRECTIONS
by A.A. Cristi - December 02, 2022
Epps recounts his rollercoaster ride of a life in the theatre, with all the excitement and occasional anguish that come with the highs and lows. The author’s journey in the American theatre has been amplified by his experience as a Black man who has frequently been “one of the few,” “the f...
NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project To Receive Prestigious Trustees' Award From the National Trust for Historic Preservation
by A.A. Cristi - November 04, 2022
The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project's work to identify and document NYC's place-based LGBT history is being honored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation today, Friday, November 4th, at 4PM EST with their Trustees' Award for Organizational Excellence, one of our field's highest honors. The...
Brad Pitt & Damien Quintard Reopen Legendary Recording Studio Miraval Studios
by Michael Major - October 10, 2022
In 1977, the estate’s then-owner, French pianist and composer Jacques Loussier, built a state-of-the-art recording studio on the property, previously called Studio Miraval, which went on to host sessions for Pink Floyd’s “The Wall,” AC/DC, The Cure, Sting, Sade and The Cranberries, among oth...
DaDaFest Returns With a Fantastic Festival Programme For 2022
by Stephi Wild - October 10, 2022
DaDaFest International Festival returns this autumn with a fantastic and fascinating programme showcasing the talents of disabled, Deaf and neurodivergent artists and performers....
Heresy Records to Release 'CITADEL OF SONG' By Medieval/Jazz Fusion Ensemble Anakronos
by Blair Ingenthron - October 02, 2022
Dublin-based Heresy Records will release Citadel of Song, a new double-album by Anakronos, whose critically acclaimed debut album The Red Book of Ossory received 5 stars from The Irish Times and was called one of the best albums of the year by RTE Lyric fm, The Journal of Music and Album of the Year...
Feature: The Phoenix Theatre Scene Is In Ascendance
by Herbert Paine - September 30, 2022
After two decades of investment and evolution, Phoenix regional theatre is in ascendance. Herb Paine, BroadwayWorld's Senior Contributing Editor for the area, explains why....
The International Black Theatre Summit to Celebrate 2nd Annual Black Theatre Day This September
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 14, 2022
For the 2nd annual Black Theatre Day (September 17) The International Black Theatre Summit, convened by The CRAFT Institute, is partnering with organizations to increase visibility of Black theatres and encourage donations of time, money, and service year-round....
Review: THE BIG SING - THE ARMED MAN: A MASS FOR PEACE at Adelaide Town Hall
by Barry Lenny - August 10, 2022
The performance was tied to the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima....
Summer Organ Recital Series Kicks Off In Ocean Grove
by A.A. Cristi - June 28, 2022
Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association presents Free Organ Recitals on the Great Auditorium Pipe Organ, Wednesday July 6 - Saturday August 27, 2022. ...
BWW Interview: Maria Oshodi, CEO Of Extant
by Kerrie Nicholson - June 14, 2022
Groundbreaking theatre company Extant celebrates their 25th anniversary in 2022, and have some ambition plans for the future, as CEO Maria Oshodi explains.......
BWW Review: SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY CONCERT at Rady Shell Amphitheater
by Ron Bierman - May 25, 2022
Musical impressionism ruled the San Diego Symphony’s early-evening Rady Shell concert this past weekend. First came conductor-composer Esa-Pekka Salonen’s reaction to Nyx, a daughter of Chaos, the earliest Greek god. Nyx, rarely mentioned in extant ancient Greek-literature, is goddess of the nig...
by Stephi Wild - May 18, 2022
Over the next three years, Extant will shift their focus to innovating the arts sector with new disabled talent, taking a proactive role in creating an answer to the under-representation of disabled leaders. ...
Celtic Rock's Horslips Release 50th Anniversary Disc Set
by Marissa Tomeo - May 11, 2022
Horslips, the founding fathers of Celtic Rock, are delighted to announce that, while rumors of their demise as a performing entity have sadly not been exaggerated, they are releasing, in July 2022, through the good auspices of Madfish Music, “More Than You Can Chew” – a stunning 35-disc box se...
All-Women Artist Roster Announced For 10th Anniversary Of MIDNIGHT MOMENT
by A.A. Cristi - March 25, 2022
This April, Times Square Arts celebrates the 10 year anniversary of its iconic program Midnight Moment, the world's largest and longest-running digital public art exhibition synchronized on electronic billboards in Times Square nightly from 11:57pm to midnight. The program, which began on just six s...
Pianist Ursula Oppens To Be Featured At Music Teachers' National Association's Virtual Conference
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 23, 2022
The internationally acclaimed American pianist Ursula Oppens is participating in the Music Teachers' National Association's 2022 Virtual Conference Tuesday, March 29, 2022, for an online advanced piano masterclass at 9:15 a.m., and an online solo piano recital at 8:00 p.m....
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