BWW Reviews: City Theatre Presents Mesmerizing STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
by Jeff Davis - July 27, 2013
Given the reputation and respect that the play has earned in the 60 plus years since its debut, any theater company producing A Streetcar Named Desire should go into it with some trepidation, but there's no sign of any in the City Theatre's exceptional production....
by Jeff Davis - July 27, 2013
Given the reputation and respect that the play has earned in the 60 plus years since its debut, any theater company producing A Streetcar Named Desire should go into it with some trepidation, but there's no sign of any in the City Theatre's exceptional production....
BWW Reviews: DOMA Presents a Darkly Stimulating NINE
by Don Grigware - July 16, 2013
It is practically impossible not to be pulled into the passionately earthy, very Italian world of fictional film director Guido Contini (David Michael Trevino) in Maury Yeston's 1982 darkly breathtaking musical Nine. Guido's mental turmoil, a series of vivid images that come fiercely plummeting into...
by Don Grigware - July 16, 2013
It is practically impossible not to be pulled into the passionately earthy, very Italian world of fictional film director Guido Contini (David Michael Trevino) in Maury Yeston's 1982 darkly breathtaking musical Nine. Guido's mental turmoil, a series of vivid images that come fiercely plummeting into...
Illusion Theater's 26th Annual Fresh Ink Series Set for Now thru 7/28
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2013
Fresh Ink, Illusion's annual summer series focusing on new plays, gives space for artists to develop their creative pieces and try their works-in-progress in front of audiences. For three weekends in July, emerging and established playwrights explore new ground, with a different play on stage each w...
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2013
Fresh Ink, Illusion's annual summer series focusing on new plays, gives space for artists to develop their creative pieces and try their works-in-progress in front of audiences. For three weekends in July, emerging and established playwrights explore new ground, with a different play on stage each w...
Squeaky Bicycle's ALLIGATOR SUMMER Plays Abingdon, Now thru 7/7
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2013
'Alligator Summer' by Dylan Lamb is an audacious farce in which two southern families have taken refuge in an attic, Anne Frank style, after an endless army of alligators have overrun their town. Subtitled 'A Southern Gothic Atrocity in Three Acts,' it is an absurd play that seriously confronts how ...
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2013
'Alligator Summer' by Dylan Lamb is an audacious farce in which two southern families have taken refuge in an attic, Anne Frank style, after an endless army of alligators have overrun their town. Subtitled 'A Southern Gothic Atrocity in Three Acts,' it is an absurd play that seriously confronts how ...
Illusion Theater's 26th Annual Fresh Ink Series Set for 7/11-28
by Tyler Peterson - June 07, 2013
Fresh Ink, Illusion's annual summer series focusing on new plays, gives space for artists to develop their creative pieces and try their works-in-progress in front of audiences. For three weekends in July, emerging and established playwrights explore new ground, with a different play on stage each w...
by Tyler Peterson - June 07, 2013
Fresh Ink, Illusion's annual summer series focusing on new plays, gives space for artists to develop their creative pieces and try their works-in-progress in front of audiences. For three weekends in July, emerging and established playwrights explore new ground, with a different play on stage each w...
Squeaky Bicycle's ALLIGATOR SUMMER to Play Abingdon, 6/20-7/7
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2013
'Alligator Summer' by Dylan Lamb is an audacious farce in which two southern families have taken refuge in an attic, Anne Frank style, after an endless army of alligators have overrun their town. Subtitled 'A Southern Gothic Atrocity in Three Acts,' it is an absurd play that seriously confronts how ...
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2013
'Alligator Summer' by Dylan Lamb is an audacious farce in which two southern families have taken refuge in an attic, Anne Frank style, after an endless army of alligators have overrun their town. Subtitled 'A Southern Gothic Atrocity in Three Acts,' it is an absurd play that seriously confronts how ...
BWW Reviews: Haves and Have Nots Square off in Last Act's HAPPY COUPLE
by Jeff Davis - May 16, 2013
No story is completely original. It's all been done before. Surely we've seen shows that involve a crumbling marriage or others that involve class struggle, but rarely are those themes seamlessly interwoven as they are in James Venhaus's daring play The Happy Couple, currently playing The White Ho...
by Jeff Davis - May 16, 2013
No story is completely original. It's all been done before. Surely we've seen shows that involve a crumbling marriage or others that involve class struggle, but rarely are those themes seamlessly interwoven as they are in James Venhaus's daring play The Happy Couple, currently playing The White Ho...
Judith Foard's New Book SENIOR YEAR is Released
by Christina Mancuso - May 06, 2013
Glee meets old Hollywood drama and glamour in Judith Foard's new book, 'Senior Year.'...
by Christina Mancuso - May 06, 2013
Glee meets old Hollywood drama and glamour in Judith Foard's new book, 'Senior Year.'...
BWW Reviews: Stages' DOLLHOUSE - A Suspenseful, Thrilling Ride
by David Clarke - April 07, 2013
Stages Repertory Theatre is presenting a tense and taut production of Rebecca Gilman's DOLLHOUSE. The 2010 play is a modernized retelling of Henrik Ibsen's classic A DOLL'S HOUSE. DOLLHOUSE is set in Chicago, circa 2004. Scandals, like Enron, have rocked American society, and the financial stability...
by David Clarke - April 07, 2013
Stages Repertory Theatre is presenting a tense and taut production of Rebecca Gilman's DOLLHOUSE. The 2010 play is a modernized retelling of Henrik Ibsen's classic A DOLL'S HOUSE. DOLLHOUSE is set in Chicago, circa 2004. Scandals, like Enron, have rocked American society, and the financial stability...
Denver Center Theatre Company Announces Upcoming Season
by Kelsey Denette - March 06, 2013
The Denver Center Theatre Company announced a 10-play season including four exhilarating world premieres selected from the 2013 Colorado New Play Summit. Karen Zacarias' adaptation of Helen Thorpe's book Just Like Us, Catherine Trieschmann's comedy The Most Deserving, Matthew Lopez's heartfelt The ...
by Kelsey Denette - March 06, 2013
The Denver Center Theatre Company announced a 10-play season including four exhilarating world premieres selected from the 2013 Colorado New Play Summit. Karen Zacarias' adaptation of Helen Thorpe's book Just Like Us, Catherine Trieschmann's comedy The Most Deserving, Matthew Lopez's heartfelt The ...
Photo Flash: First Look at Velocity's BRIDGE PROJECT 2013, Now thru Feb 3
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2013
4 of Seattle's most promising choreographers create 4 new works in the pressure cooker of just 3 weeks at Velocity's Bridge Project. This year's performance features a diversity of styles and histories, from the highly theatrical to European-influenced improvisation by emerging artists Elia Mrak, Am...
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2013
4 of Seattle's most promising choreographers create 4 new works in the pressure cooker of just 3 weeks at Velocity's Bridge Project. This year's performance features a diversity of styles and histories, from the highly theatrical to European-influenced improvisation by emerging artists Elia Mrak, Am...
FOX Greenlights Two Drama Pilots for Possible Fall Pick-Up
by Caryn Robbins - January 30, 2013
TVGuide reports that FOX has given the green light for a navy-themed drama pilot from 'Justified' creator Graham Yost....
by Caryn Robbins - January 30, 2013
TVGuide reports that FOX has given the green light for a navy-themed drama pilot from 'Justified' creator Graham Yost....
Small Publisher Produces Best-Selling Cookbook in 2012
by BWW News Desk - January 25, 2013
While most categories of Publisher's Weekly's Bestselling Books of 2012 are dominated by big-name authors and major publishers, the cookbook category spotlights Quail Ridge Press' success with Great Food Fast: Bob Warden's Ultimate Pressure Cooker Recipes. PW notes, "The cooking category was also go...
by BWW News Desk - January 25, 2013
While most categories of Publisher's Weekly's Bestselling Books of 2012 are dominated by big-name authors and major publishers, the cookbook category spotlights Quail Ridge Press' success with Great Food Fast: Bob Warden's Ultimate Pressure Cooker Recipes. PW notes, "The cooking category was also go...
NUTTY PROFESSOR, Blackbird Theatre, Feehely Claim Top Honors at Midwinter's First Night
by Jeffrey Ellis - January 07, 2013
The world premiere of a brand-spanking new musical with Broadway in its sights, a relatively young but awe-inspiring theater company and a sparkling, witty new play about Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald led the list of Tennessee's outstanding theatrical achievements in 2012 that was revealed Sunday n...
by Jeffrey Ellis - January 07, 2013
The world premiere of a brand-spanking new musical with Broadway in its sights, a relatively young but awe-inspiring theater company and a sparkling, witty new play about Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald led the list of Tennessee's outstanding theatrical achievements in 2012 that was revealed Sunday n...
Photo Flash: First Look at Velocity's BRIDGE PROJECT 2013, Feb 1-3
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2013
4 of Seattle's most promising choreographers create 4 new works in the pressure cooker of just 3 weeks at Velocity's Bridge Project. This year's performance features a diversity of styles and histories, from the highly theatrical to European-influenced improvisation by emerging artists Elia Mrak, Am...
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2013
4 of Seattle's most promising choreographers create 4 new works in the pressure cooker of just 3 weeks at Velocity's Bridge Project. This year's performance features a diversity of styles and histories, from the highly theatrical to European-influenced improvisation by emerging artists Elia Mrak, Am...
Sherry Cohen's Picks for The Best of 2012
by Sherry Shameer Cohen - December 28, 2012
It's always hard for me to come up with the best of anything in entertainment. With my backstage theatre background, I'm obsessed with detail, and I can't simply sit back and enjoy any show. As a writer, I'm obsessed with the words, the sentence, the grammar, etc., and I can never read strictly for ...
by Sherry Shameer Cohen - December 28, 2012
It's always hard for me to come up with the best of anything in entertainment. With my backstage theatre background, I'm obsessed with detail, and I can't simply sit back and enjoy any show. As a writer, I'm obsessed with the words, the sentence, the grammar, etc., and I can never read strictly for ...
First Night's Top 10 of 2012: THE OUTSTANDING THEATRICAL EVENTS
by Jeffrey Ellis - December 26, 2012
It's been a busy year in Nashville theater in 2012, with audiences treated to a whole slate of theatrical offerings spanning multiple genres-from productions of time-honored classics to new and original contemporary works, from dramas to comedies, from straight plays to musicals-and giving local the...
by Jeffrey Ellis - December 26, 2012
It's been a busy year in Nashville theater in 2012, with audiences treated to a whole slate of theatrical offerings spanning multiple genres-from productions of time-honored classics to new and original contemporary works, from dramas to comedies, from straight plays to musicals-and giving local the...
Actors Theatre Presents OPUS at Herberger Theater Center, 11/2-18
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2012
Opus, which runs from Nov. 2-18 on Stage West at the Herberger Theater Center, 222. E. Monroe, is the story of a world-class string quartet whose musical genius goes off his medication and becomes completely erratic....
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2012
Opus, which runs from Nov. 2-18 on Stage West at the Herberger Theater Center, 222. E. Monroe, is the story of a world-class string quartet whose musical genius goes off his medication and becomes completely erratic....
Actors Theatre Presents OPUS at Herberger Theater Center, 11/2-18
by BWW News Desk - October 13, 2012
Opus, which runs from Nov. 2-18 on Stage West at the Herberger Theater Center, 222. E. Monroe, is the story of a world-class string quartet whose musical genius goes off his medication and becomes completely erratic....
by BWW News Desk - October 13, 2012
Opus, which runs from Nov. 2-18 on Stage West at the Herberger Theater Center, 222. E. Monroe, is the story of a world-class string quartet whose musical genius goes off his medication and becomes completely erratic....
PBS Debuts MARTHA STEWART'S COOKING SCHOOL Today, 10/6
by TV News Desk - October 06, 2012
author and founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Martha Stewart makes sure of that in the premiere episode of her new series MARTHA STEWART'S COOKING SCHOOL, debuting on PBS stations this weekend, October 6th and 7th (check local listings)....
by TV News Desk - October 06, 2012
author and founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Martha Stewart makes sure of that in the premiere episode of her new series MARTHA STEWART'S COOKING SCHOOL, debuting on PBS stations this weekend, October 6th and 7th (check local listings)....
INVENTING VAN GOGH Opens West End Players Guild's 102nd Season Tonight, 10/5
by Chris Gibson - October 05, 2012
The West End Players Guild's 2012-13 season - the troupe's number 102- will be all new to St. Louis theatre-goers, featuring four St. Louis premieres. ...
by Chris Gibson - October 05, 2012
The West End Players Guild's 2012-13 season - the troupe's number 102- will be all new to St. Louis theatre-goers, featuring four St. Louis premieres. ...
CINDERELLA THE MIDNIGHT PRINCESS, THE VORTEX and More Set for Rose Theatre Kingston, Christmas 2012/Spring 2013
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2012
The Rose Theatre Kingston has announced its Christmas production and two further new Rose Theatre Productions in 2013. Covering the Christmas period, Cinderella The Midnight Princess, tells the magical classic Cinderella story with humour and the sublime music of Mozart. In-house productions include...
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2012
The Rose Theatre Kingston has announced its Christmas production and two further new Rose Theatre Productions in 2013. Covering the Christmas period, Cinderella The Midnight Princess, tells the magical classic Cinderella story with humour and the sublime music of Mozart. In-house productions include...
X FACTOR RECAP: The Last of the Auditions!
by Kelsey Denette - September 27, 2012
Today is the second night of Providence auditions on The X Factor. Whether you missed the show or just want to re-live an audition, read on for a full recap of tonight's show!...
by Kelsey Denette - September 27, 2012
Today is the second night of Providence auditions on The X Factor. Whether you missed the show or just want to re-live an audition, read on for a full recap of tonight's show!...
Photo Flash: First Look at Bobbie Steinbach, Craig Mathers and More in Centerstage's THE FAKUS - A NOIR
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2012
Newton's Bobbie Steinbach has been named to the role of "Mrs. Joseph Patrick Paul Costello" in the world premiere production of The Fakus - A Noir, a head-spinning romp mixing money, passion and dreams. Centastage will debut the new play by Joe Byers, directed by Joe Antoun, performing from Septembe...
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2012
Newton's Bobbie Steinbach has been named to the role of "Mrs. Joseph Patrick Paul Costello" in the world premiere production of The Fakus - A Noir, a head-spinning romp mixing money, passion and dreams. Centastage will debut the new play by Joe Byers, directed by Joe Antoun, performing from Septembe...
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