HAIRY TALES, VAMPIRELLA & More Set for Imaginary Beasts' 2013-14 Season
by Tyler Peterson - August 16, 2013 Imaginary Beasts announces its 2013-2014 season, Once Upon A…, which will explore the inherent darkness in fairy tales. The Beasts will tackle modern revisions of classic stories, including a world premiere by a local playwright and actor. The 2013-2014 season marks Imaginary Beasts third year as an...
DreamWorks Names Paul Kurzawa Head of Retail Development & Entertainment
by Tyler Peterson - July 31, 2013 DreamWorks Animation (DWA) has named Paul Kurzawa to the newly created position of Head of Retail Development & Entertainment. Kurzawa previously served as Chief Operating Officer for Caruso Affiliated, overseeing all aspects of the company's diverse portfolio of real estate assets, including The G...
CATS Returns to the Dutch Apple Stage, 5/16
by Kelsey Denette - April 24, 2013 Andrew Lloyd Webber's fantastical musical CATS, opens at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre on May 16 and will run through June 29. One of the most successful musicals the world has ever seen, CATS currently holds the record for the longest running show in the history of both Broadway theatre and Britis...
Photo Flash: MET's Fun Company Presents RIKKI TIKKI TAVI
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2012 Maryland Ensemble Theatre's (MET) family theatre, The Fun Company, presents its first show of the 2012-2013 season: Rikki Tikki Tavi, a fun and exciting story of a little mongoose keeping his garden safe from two vicious cobras. Check out new production photos below!...
STRING CITY: NASHVILLE'S TRADITION OF MUSIC AND PUPPETRY Set for 6/20 at Country Music Hall of Fame
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2013 Many of country music's most impactful artists, from early musical architects to contemporary superstars, will perform together on the Ford Theater stage this summer—in a manner of speaking: The world premiere of String City: Nashville's Tradition of Music and Puppetry, a colorful telling of the his...
Des Moines Community Playhouse Presents THE MITTEN, 2/15
by Kelsey Denette - January 28, 2013 The Des Moines Community Playhouse presents 'The Mitten,' Friday, Feb. 15. This story is part of the 2012-13 season of Friday Funday, a creative participatory story theatre program for children ages 4-6. Performances are at the Playhouse, Friday, Feb. 15, at 9:30 and 10:30 AM, and 1:30 PM. Shows are...
PUSS IN BOOTS Among Animated Films to Premiere on Telemundo
by Caryn Robbins - October 15, 2012 Telemundo Media announced today that it has licensed the rights to broadcast multiple feature films from Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc....
DreamWorks' SHREK THE HALLS to Air on ABC, 11/27
by Caryn Robbins - November 12, 2012 DreamWorks Animation's "SHREK THE HALLS, a half-hour of entertainment starring America's favorite ogre and his friends and featuring the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas. "Shrek the Halls" airs TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 (8:30-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Netw...
Panto Day 2013 Reveals Eight Panto Advice Articles
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2013 Launched on Panto Day 2012, the Panto Advice Page currently comprises eight excellent articles covering a wide range of pantomime topics, from directing a pantomime to playing the Dame, written by the country's leading pantomime practitioners....
Imaginary Beasts Presents Angela Carter's HAIRY TALES, Now thru 10/26
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2013 This fall, Imaginary Beasts presents Angela Carter's Hairy Tales, an innovative production of Carter's radio plays for the stage, at the Plaza Black Box Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, October 4 -26, 2013. The double-bill reimagines fairy stories of yore, challenging audiences' perceptions. Th...
Bill Murray Joins Cast of DreamWorks B.O.O.: BUREAU OF OTHERWORLDLY OPERATIONS
by Caryn Robbins - October 31, 2013 Ghost stories will never be the same again Just in time for Halloween, DreamWorks Animation has a big treat for audiences: legendary funny man Bill Murray will join the all-star cast of B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations as villainous ghost, Addison Drake....
BWW Reviews: PUSS IN BOOTS, Greenwich Theatre, December 1 2013
by Gary Naylor - December 02, 2013 Gary Naylor sees another traditional panto at one of London's great panto theatres....
The Tank to Present CLOSE TO DECLINE World Premiere, 3/22-4/13
by BWW News Desk - February 08, 2013 The Tank will present the World Premiere of Marta Mozelle MacRostie's Close to Decline, as part of Flint & Tinder, their curated theater series, March 22-April 13. MacRostie brings this unique new work to The Tank after a highly praised workshop performance in the 2012 Puppet Lab at St. Ann's Wareho...
MACHETE KILLS Coming to DVD & On Demand 1/21
by Caryn Robbins - November 19, 2013 Get ready for the knife-wielding hero to return in Machete Kills, the sequel to the hugely successful Machete film from acclaimed director Robert Rodriguez. Machete Kills arrives on Blu-ray Combo Pack including Blu-ray, DVD,& Digital HD with UltraViolet and On Demand on January 21, 2014...
The Nashville Public Library Presents the 2013 Nashville International Puppet Festival, Beginning 6/21
by Kelsey Denette - May 14, 2013 This summer, renowned puppeteers and performers from all over the world will make their way to the Nashville Public Library for the 2013 Nashville International Puppet Festival, underwritten by the Nashville Public Library Foundation and the Nashville Public Library....
THE UGLY DUCKLING to Play Des Moines Community Playhouse, 1/18
by BWW News Desk - January 03, 2013 The Des Moines Community Playhouse presents 'The Ugly Duckling,' Friday, Jan. 18. This story is part of the 2012-13 season of Friday Funday, a creative participatory story theatre program for children ages 4-6. Performances are at the Playhouse, Friday, Jan. 18, at 9:30 and 10:30 AM and 1:30 PM....
ABC to Air DreamWorks Animation's SHREK THE HALLS, 11/29
by Caryn Robbins - November 11, 2013 ABC, home of the beloved Christmas classics “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and others that have delighted generations, once again offers an instant classic to its holiday repertoire — DreamWorks Animation's “Shrek the Halls,”...
Bainbridge Performing Arts to Stage SHREK THE MUSICAL, 10/11-27
by Tyler Peterson - September 13, 2013 BPA "goes green" in October with the Tony Award-winning SHREK! Full of all-new songs, great dancing, spectacular costumes, and fairy tale misfits, SHREK, THE MUSICAL is part romance, part twisted fairy tale and all irreverent fun for everyone! With SHREK, THE MUSICAL, Broadway gives us the back stor...
SUPER RTL Signs Extensive Multi-Year Content Deal with DreamWorks Animation
by Caryn Robbins - June 18, 2013 SUPER RTL, the German children's TV market leader for 15 years, and DreamWorks Animation have agreed to terms on a five-year television output agreement beginning in September 2013....
Boca Raton's Sol Children Theatre to Present NEVERMORE and THE COMMEDIA PUSS IN BOOTS in June
by Robert Diamond - June 04, 2013 Sol Children Theatre will present two completely different productions in June. Nevermore, a one-act musical based on the life and work of literary great Edgar Allan Poe will run June 14-16, and The Commedia Puss in Boots will play June 28-30....
DM Playhouse Opens Friday Funday With CHICKEN LITTLE, 10/12
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2012 The Des Moines Community Playhouse presents 'Chicken Little,' Friday, Oct. 12. This story is the first in the 2012-13 season of Friday Funday, a creative participatory story theatre program for children ages 4-6. Performances are at the Playhouse, Friday, Oct. 12, at 9:30 and 10:30 AM, and 1:30 PM. ...
Des Moines Community Playhouse Presents THE MITTEN Today
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2013 The Des Moines Community Playhouse presents 'The Mitten,' today, Feb. 15. This story is part of the 2012-13 season of Today Funday, a creative participatory story theatre program for children ages 4-6. Performances are at the Playhouse, today, Feb. 15, at 9:30 and 10:30 AM, and 1:30 PM. Shows are ap...
ABC Celebrates the Holidays With SHREK THE HALLS, SHREK THE THIRD Tonight
by TV News Desk - December 24, 2012 Shrek the Halls" airs TONIGHT, DECEMBER 24 (8:30-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network....
DAME DASH Raises Over Over £7000 for Hackney Empire & St. Joseph's Hospice
by Nicole Rosky - October 28, 2013 On Sunday 27 October around 100 people took to the streets of Hackney in an array of pantomime attire to take part in the first ever DAME DASH. The event rose over £7000 which will be divided between Hackney Empire and St Joseph's Hospice allowing these two East End charities to continue their work ...
BWW Interviews: Sharon D Clarke and Josefina Gabrielle of Hackney Empire's PUSS IN BOOTS!
by Carrie Dunn - November 28, 2013 'We're having such fun!' enthuses Sharon D Clarke. She sounds remarkably perky for someone who's just started the traditional gruelling British panto schedule. But then the Hackney Empire panto isn't your usual panto.... |
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