Morrissey Will Recruit Fans During Broadway Residency to Help Pass NYC Fur Ban
by Stephi Wild - May 02, 2019 Morrissey has invited PETA to enlist fans at each of his upcoming Broadway shows to write to their council members in support of the New York City fur ban, which will be the subject of a city hall hearing on May 15....
New Hampshire Theatre Project Presents GRANNY D: THE POWER OF ONE
by A.A. Cristi - October 11, 2018 New Hampshire native Doris 'Granny D' Haddock didn't settle into a rocking chair at age 88. She took a 3,200 mile walk from Pasadena, California to Washington DC - to get big money out of politics. On October 20, New Hampshire Theatre Project is pleased to present actor Dixie Tymitz in her one-wom...
Civic Ensemble Announces Leadership Change
by Stephi Wild - August 29, 2019 Civic Ensemble Artistic Director and co-founder Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr. has announced that he will be stepping down from his position at Civic Ensemble, an ensemble-based, community driven theater company founded in 2012. After seven years with Civic Ensemble, Simmons will depart in December to beco...
Hunter King Will Lead PROSPECT on ABC
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 11, 2020 Deadline reports that Hunter King will lead 'Prospect,' a new comedy pilot at ABC. King is known for her role on 'Life in Pieces.'...
John Lennon Tribute Experience Coming To Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center
by A.A. Cristi - January 22, 2020 Imagine that John Lennon returns for one last concert and YOU ARE THERE! Just Imagine plays a six-performance only limited engagement from February 1 a?" 16, 2020 at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, 3050 Los Angeles Avenue, Simi Valley, CA 93065. Tickets are $35 for Adults and $32 for Seniors 6...
Five Seasons of THE COWBOY WAY Now Streaming on Roku
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 05, 2019 Imagicomm Entertainment announced today it has secured a distribution deal with The Roku Channel for the INSP award-winning series The Cowboy Way. The announcement comes from Jonathan Collins, VP of Digital Media Distribution for Imagicomm Entertainment....
Theatre For Youth Festival Cancelled Due to COVID-19
by Stephi Wild - March 14, 2020 The 2020 Theatre for Youth Festival has been cancelled....
BWW Review: Something Edited This Way Comes as John Doyle Directs Corey Stoll, Nadia Bowers in MACBETH
by Michael Dale - October 27, 2019 'When shall we three meet again?' the eight weird sisters ask each other in unison at the outset of director John Doyle's Classic Stage Company production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, shaved down to 100 minutes....
Young Alumni Commissioning Project Award Recipients Announced
by A.A. Cristi - April 13, 2020 George Mason University's College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) has announced the second round of Young Alumni Commissioning Project Award Recipients. The three alumni were chosen based on the artistic excellence, career impact, and feasibility of their proposals and will receive financial, m...
BWW Review: AN HONOURABLE MAN, White Bear Theatre
by Gary Naylor - November 24, 2018 An Honourable Man is bold in its ambition and gets a lot of details right, but its excellent first half gives way to a theatrically disappointing conclusion....
Patchogue Theatre Receives $25K From American Portfolios
by Stephi Wild - March 12, 2020 Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts (PTPA) announce that it will receive a $25,000 donation from American Portfolios Financial Services, Inc. (AP)a?"a privately-held, independent broker/dealer that services financial advisors across the country. The check will be presented during a formal cere...
Justin Guarini, Desi Oakley and More to Take Part in Music for Medwish Live-Streamed Event
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 01, 2020 MedWish International will host Music for Medwish, a LIVE-STREAMED event featuring some of Broadway's top artists performing from their own homes Thursday, April 9 at 8 p.m. (EST), to benefit work in support of health care workers at the front-lines of the COVID-19 outbreak. The event will be live a...
Review Roundup: Royal Shakespeare Company's THE BOY IN THE DRESS - What Did the Critics Think?
by Stephi Wild - November 29, 2019 Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) present a new musical, The Boy in the Dress. Based on the best-selling novel by David Walliams, The Boy in the Dress features sixteen original compositions by Robbie Williams and his long-term writing partner Guy Chambers....
BWW Review: CAN-CAN!, Union Theatre
by Gary Naylor - February 15, 2019 Phil Willmott tries to rescue two shows with the plot of a third, but his show also never quite coheres, for all the energy expended by the hard-working cast....
BWW Review: FRANKENSTEIN at StageOne Family Theatre
by Keith Waits - November 02, 2018 I'm not sure how many have read Mary Shelley's classic novel, so familiar is the creature from countless generations of the story that have moved further and further from the source. It seems likely that there might be a good number of people who have never read or seen any of these, and only know t...
B Street Theatre Presents THE FOREVER QUESTION
by A.A. Cristi - May 03, 2019 As part of an ambitious inaugural year in The Sofia, B Street Theatre raised the bar in its commitment to new works by presenting the first annual New Comedies Festival. Four plays were selected from an entry pool of 70, one of which would receive a slot in the 2019 Mainstage season. Now, last year'...
BWW Review: Leonard Is CARMELITES' Soft Center in Met's Brilliant Production
by Richard Sasanow - May 05, 2019 You'd never know that the Met's production of Francis Poulenc's DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES is over 40 years old, except for a few giveaways. There are no dancing nuns, no nudity, no screeching train whistle as the women go to their deaths (a la SWEENEY TODD). This fictionalized version of the story of...
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: The Radio Play Is Back For The Holidays!
by A.A. Cristi - November 21, 2018 Theatre Unleashed is thrilled to bring back one of its most popular holiday traditions, It's a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play to The Belfry in North Hollywood on select dates from December 8-16....
Vevo Announces Top 10 Most-Watched Music Videos in the Past Decade
by Abigail Charpentier - October 16, 2019 Vevo, the world's largest all-premium music video platform, has announced its Top 10 lists of the decade's most-watched music videos in honor of the company's 10-year anniversary. ...
BWW Review: OH, WHAT A LOVELY WAR! at Hart House Theatre
by Louis Train - February 29, 2020 When the musical OH, WHAT A LOVELY WAR! premiered in London, in the 1960s, World War One was relatively fresh in the minds of the audience, most having either lived through it or being the child of someone who had. Today, the show, which strings together British songs from the Great War through a se...
BOMBSHELL's 2015 Concert Will Stream Next Week; SMASH Cast to Come Together for Virtual Reunion
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 12, 2020 The Actors Fund in association with PEOPLE have announced a special one-night-only streaming event: 'Bombshell in Concert' (captured in 2015), featuring a reunion of original cast members from the NBC series 'Smash.' This special event will stream Wednesday, May 20 at 8:00 PM ET....
VIDEO: Julie Andrews Opens Up About Going to Therapy on THE LATE SHOW
by Stephi Wild - October 22, 2019 Julie Andrews appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night, October 21, where she opened up about going to therapy....
NY Non-Profit Is Bringing The Arts, Education And Confidence To At-Risk Youth
by A.A. Cristi - May 08, 2019 Just in time for the Tony's, Statement Arts' StART Dreaming College Prep Program is celebrating its eighth year with a bang! In conjunction with a Crowdfunding Campaign to raise vital funds for this year's summer intensive, the organization and its good work will be highlighted in Times Square durin...
BWW Review: CHEATING DEATH, Cockpit Theatre
by Gary Naylor - February 27, 2019 Cheating Death fails to solve the considerable problems of writing and staging farce in an ambitious show that falls well short of expectations....
BWW Review: CAN-CAN!, Union Theatre
by Gary Naylor - February 15, 2019 Phil Willmott tries to rescue two shows with the plot of a third, but his show also never quite coheres, for all the energy expended by the hard-working cast.... |