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Vivid Stage Announces 2022-2023 Season
by Stephi Wild - August 01, 2022 Vivid Stage, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, is announcing its new season. This professional company will bring five productions to the stage in addition to improvisational comedy, cabaret, play readings, and educational programs for teens and adults....
BWW Review: BSC'S 2021 10X10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL at Barrington Stage Company
by Marc Savitt - March 14, 2021 “Who knew when we started our 10x10 New Play Festival ten years ago that it would become one of our most popular events of the year?” said Artistic Director Julianne Boyd. “We started with two weeks of performances and as of last year, we ran our 10x10 Plays for one month in the middle of the winter...
Urban Stages to Host Special Post Show Conversations Following Performances of ELEANOR AND ALICE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 10, 2022 Award-winning Off-Broadway theater, Urban Stages, will host several special post-show conversations following performances of Eleanor and Alice: Conversations Between Two Remarkable Roosevelts by Ellen Abrams and directed by Urban Stages Founder/Artistic Director Frances Hill....
Batsheva Dance Company to Open The Joyce's Spring Season With HORA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 27, 2023 The Joyce Theater Foundation has announced the opening of its Spring 2023 season with a powerhouse performance from the world-famous Batsheva Dance Company performing in house choreographer Ohad Naharin’s Hora....
BWW Review: RUNNING WITH LIONS, Lyric Hammersmith
by Aliya Al-Hassan - February 16, 2022 First recorded in March 2021 and broadcast on BBC Radio 4, (still available on BBC Sounds) Sian Carter’s new play Running With Lions is a raw and honest look at attitudes towards grief, faith and the stigma of mental health problems in a multi-generational British-Caribbean family....
Review: THE GOOD DOCTOR at Washington Stage Guild
by Ken Kemp - October 03, 2022 WSG's The Good Doctor runs through October 23rd, and this production gets it right with standout performances from a tight knit cast....
BWW Review: THE BAND'S VISIT at Dolby Theatre
by Cary Ginell - December 04, 2021 See what our critic thought of the national tour of 'The Band's Visit' - an inspiring musical about the healing power of music and its ability to show common ground between two historically opposing cultures. The show stars Janet Dacal as the vulnerable cafe owner Dina and Sasson Gabay as Tewfiq, th...
Review Roundup: AIN'T TOO PROUD on Tour; Read the Reviews
by Stephi Wild - January 19, 2022 The National Tour of Ain't Too Proud officially kicked off at the Kennedy Center, after cancelling 15 performances due to COVID-19. Performances began on December 28 and continued through January 16....
Theatr Clwyd Announces Cast For World Premiere of CELEBRATED VIRGINS: A STORY OF THE LADIES OF LLANGOLLEN
by Stephi Wild - April 29, 2022 Theatr Clwyd today announces the cast for their new production of Celebrated Virgins: A Story of the Ladies of Llangollen, created by Katie Elin-Salt and Eleri B. Jones. This inspiring new play, based on the remarkable true sapphic love story of Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, opens at ...
Red Stitch's Writer's Festival Goes Digital
by Stephi Wild - March 18, 2021 Red Stitch's famed PlayList festival brings Melbourne's most exciting new and established writers together every year in a celebration of the wonder and possibility of theatre....
BWW Review: THE BAND'S VISIT at The Orpheum Theatre Memphis
by AniKatrina Fageol - April 14, 2022 The Band's Visit is an intimate 90 minute musical with no intermission, no big show-stopping numbers, and no 'flash' as we say in show biz. It is a very real performance about a random moment in history, based on the 2007 Israeli film of the same name. ...
BWW Review: AURA at Ankeny Community Theatre
by DC Felton - April 04, 2022 Stories can be told in many ways. Sometimes they are told verbally from person to person. Other times, such as in a show, they can be told in the pieces of set being used or through other technical elements. Ankeny Community Theatre is stretching its storytelling muscles with its current production ...
Kids From Wisconsin Will Perform LIVE! IN LIVING COLOR This Month
by Stephi Wild - July 01, 2021 The Kids From Wisconsin's new 2021 troupe will present “Live! In Living Color” as their themed production orchestrated and produced by Taras Nahirniak and his creative and talented artistic staff....
The Adobe Theater Announces May Titles for ADOBEFEST: LIFE IN A BOX
by A.A. Cristi - April 09, 2021 AdobeFest: Life in a Box plays loosely address the theme of experiencing life as lived in the somewhat confined space of the present. The plays are funny, endearing, and sure to tickle your fancy. ...
BWW REVIEW: The Challenge Of Returning To The Dating Scene In The Digital Age Plays Out With The Relatable OUTDATED.
by Jade Kops - March 11, 2021 Mark Kilmurry’s (Writer and Director) new work, OUTDATED shares amusing insights into the perils of the dating scene, particularly when you’re no longer in your 20’s and baggage-free....
Kentucky Shakespeare Festival Returns to Central Park This Summer
by A.A. Cristi - May 10, 2021 Kentucky Shakespeare, the Official Shakespeare Festival of the Commonwealth, announces the return of the free Kentucky Shakespeare Festival June 16-August 15, 2021, at the C. Douglas Ramey Amphitheater in Old Louisville’s Central Park. ...
Matt Goss Announces New Album 'The Beautiful Unknown'
by TV News Desk - August 12, 2021 ‘Somewhere To Fall’ is the first taste of new music from the pop icon and acts as the curtain-raiser to his forthcoming studio album ‘The Beautiful Unknown’, which is slated for release towards the end of the year....
Virtual BROADWAY BACKWARDS Breaks Record, Raising $749,555 for BC/EFA and The Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 02, 2021 The virtual edition of Broadway Backwards delivered an emotional and exuberant evening of performances and raised a record $749,555 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center....
A VICIOUS CIRCLE Will Have an Industry Reading Next Week
by Stephi Wild - May 11, 2022 A new play about the decades-long, tempestuous friendship between Dorothy Parker and Robert Benchley will receive an industry reading on Wednesday, May 18, 2022....
New Outdoor Sculpture By Ivan Toth Depeña Embraces The Intersection of Art and Architecture
by Stephi Wild - July 07, 2022 AURUM, an outdoor sculpture by artist Ivan Toth Depeña, is the centerpiece of Vantage South End, a just-completed mixed-use office, restaurant and retail destination and public park developed by the Spectrum Companies. ...
American Ballet Theatre Announces s 2021 Summer Celebration
by A.A. Cristi - June 29, 2021 New works by Silas Farley, Helen Pickett, and James Whiteside, all filmed during outdoor performances, will headline American Ballet Theatre's 2021 Summer Celebration on Thursday, July 15 at 7:00 P.M. EDT, hosted for free on the platform Afterparty. ...
Interview: Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Amy Rice on Documenting Broadway's Return In BROADWAY RISING
by Michael Major - December 23, 2022 Jessr Tyler Ferguson and Amy Rice have documented the return of Broadway through the documentary Broadway Rising. BroadwayWorld sat down with Rice and Ferguson to discuss how the documentary originall came about, the current state of Broadway, and what they hope people take away from the film....
ROSE, Starring Maureen Lipman, to Receive West End Transfer
by Aliya Al-Hassan - January 25, 2023 Maureen Lipman is to return to the West End in Martin Sherman's Rose. Following successful runs at the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester and London’s Park Theatre, the show will run at the Ambassador's Theatre for only 28 performances....
Reagle Music Theatre Will Return to Live Musical Theatre This Month
by Stephi Wild - September 07, 2021 This return to live musical theatre, following 18 months of darkness, is the inaugural collaboration between Reagle Music Theatre and Friends of Herter Park, the organization which oversees the preservation and continued use of Boston’s historic outdoor amphitheater – once home to the renowned Publi...
Review: The Festival d'Avignon Presents FUTUR PROCHE By Jan Martens
by Wesley Doucette - July 21, 2022 Seated in the middle of a meters long bench in Avignon's Cour d'Honneur, Goska Isphording whirls through compositions on the harpsichord in front of her. Through deep concentration she executes rhythmic repetition with tongue twister like variations. It is understandable that Jan Martens has given h... |