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...
BWW Feature: TEEN SUICIDE PREVENTION BENEFIT at Don't Tell Mama
by Stephen Mosher - August 26, 2019
Members of the NYC Cabaret community band together to fight teen suicide in a benefit at famed hotspot Don't Tell Mama....
Ivy Baldwin Dance And Manitoga Present The Premiere Of QUARRY
by Julie Musbach - July 09, 2019
On September 21 and 22, Ivy Baldwin Dance will present Quarry, a site-specific performance work at Manitoga, the former home and 75-acre woodland garden of the late American industrial designer Russel Wright. Quarry takes inspiration from Wright's desire to blur lines between outside and inside, nat...
BWW Review: HAMLET, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden
by Gary Naylor - June 26, 2019
Iris Theatre's summer season at St Paul's Church kicks off with an innovative Hamlet in which not all the bells and whistles work, but which boasts a fine central performance from Jenet Le Lacheur....
BWW Review: HENRY IV, PART TWO at Kentucky Shakespeare
by Keith Waits - June 19, 2019
Now comes the third chapter in director Amy Attaway's 'Game of Kings' series, which began with Richard II in 2017, followed by Henry IV, Part One a year ago, and will finish with Henry V in the summer of 2020....
Photo Flash: B Street Theatre Presents THE FOREVER QUESTION
by A.A. Cristi - June 07, 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'...
Army Of Young Performers Take The Stage At The Court Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - May 23, 2019
Battle is raging at The Court Theatre as The Court Youth Company present their biggest production ever in epic play Boudica....
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...
MGCfutures Bursary Programme Opens Applications For The Fourth Year
by Stephi Wild - May 08, 2019
Artistic Director of MGC, Michael Grandage today announces the fourth annual MGCfutures Bursary Programme is now open for applications. MGCfutures is a charity, formed in 2012. The bursaries programme was launched in 2016 for arts practitioners who show a commitment to their chosen career and look t...
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...
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'...
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....
DJ Mustard Signs Worldwide Publishing Deal with Sony/ATV
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 24, 2019
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has signed Grammy-winning songwriter, artist and producer Mustard to a worldwide deal....
Ravens & Chimes Share New Single IRREPLACEABLE ARTIFACTS
by Tori Hartshorn - March 06, 2019
Ravens & Chimes will release their new album The Empty House on March 22 via Better Looking Records (pre-order). This week they shared their new single “Irreplaceable Artifacts” with MXDWN and the track will be available on all digital streaming services this Friday. About the song MXDWN s...
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....
UM Women's Center To Present Annual Production of THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
by A.A. Cristi - February 05, 2019
The University of Montana Women's Resource Center will host its annual production of 'The Vagina Monologues' at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, in UM's Dennison Theatre. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and cash-only $10 tickets will be available at the door....
The Belmont Theatre Announces Non-Profit Innovation Awards Finalist Recognition
by A.A. Cristi - February 04, 2019
The Belmont Theatre is pleased to announce that along with a select few charitable organizations in the region, The Belmont Theatre will be recognized as a finalist in the 2019 Nonprofit Innovation Awards program. [An alphabetical listing of all finalists follows at the end of this press release.]...
BWW Review: NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC PREMIERES 'FIRE IN MY MOUTH' at David Geffen Hall At Lincoln Center
by Joanna Barouch - February 01, 2019
The American-born, Pulitzer Prize winning composer Julia Wolfe, has written a tour-de-force oratorio about the devastating Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of March 25, 1911, utilizing a huge cast of singers and instrumentalists. Fire in My Mouth(a quote drawn from an interview with fervent labor ac...
Pierce Pettis Releases His First New Album In Nearly A Decade
by Tori Hartshorn - January 11, 2019
A songwriter's songwriter, Pierce Pettis is back with his first new studio album in nearly a decade with FATHER'S SON, out January 18 on Compass Records. NPR Folk Alley is premiering the entire album online as part of their 'Hear It First' seires; listen to it here:...
OTP Drops New Single 'Secret'
by Stephi Wild - January 06, 2019
Turkish EDM producer OTP keeps up with his good work and releases a new single after his outstanding album. This new single called 'Secret' is another fresh work of his and will be available on 21 st of December on every music platform brought to you by 1333 Entertainment....
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY Enters Final Weekend
by Julie Musbach - December 14, 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....
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE THE RADIO PLAY Returns Tomorrow For Its Final Weekend At Theatre Unleashed
by A.A. Cristi - December 12, 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....
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY Opens Tomorrow at Theatre Unleashed
by A.A. Cristi - December 07, 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....
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....
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