OF A CERTAIN AGE to Examine the Lives of Aging Actors Through Reversed Casting
by Julie Musbach - February 20, 2018 Could experiencing the lives of aging performing artists through young actors cause people to rethink their beliefs about aging and disrupt implicit biases? Of a Certain Age-a verbatim performance comprised of eight students portraying 16 performing artists and professionals over the age of 65-will ...
The Cuckoo's Theater Project To Present BARBECUE APOCALYPSE By Matt Lyle
by Julie Musbach - May 21, 2018 Three couples gather on the back deck of a very modest suburban home for a mid-summer barbecue where the hosts, Mike and Deb, struggle with feelings of inadequacy about their home decor, their clothes, their careers, their culinary skills, and pretty much everything else. Ash is a successful yuppy w...
Bill Oberst Jr. to Bring RAY BRADBURY'S PILLAR OF FIRE to United Solo
by BWW News Desk - August 16, 2017 Did Ray Bradbury see Donald Trump coming? Did Ray Bradbury see Donald Trump coming? ...
'In Search of Toxic Silicon Valley' is Released
by Christina Mancuso - April 10, 2017 Marquis Publishing, an affiliate of the Marquis Gallery announces the release of 'In Search of Toxic Silicon Valley: The Subterranean Poisoning From High Technology Manufacturing.' Author Marques Vickers profiles and photographs twenty-five former toxic waste sites with his new book. His edition foc...
BWW Review: PATIENCE, Hackney Empire
by Alexandra Coghlan - March 09, 2017 'What a very singularly deep young man that deep young man must be!' You don't have to look very far in selfie-taking 2017 for an equivalent to the narcissism and aestheticism that are so thoroughly sent up in Gilbert and Sullivan's 1881 Patience. So perhaps it's best that director Liam Steel has le...
New Lines's New OUT ON BROADWAY Opens 8/4
by A.A. Cristi - July 07, 2017 New Line Theatre, "the bad boy of musical theatre," closes its 26th season of adult, alternative musical theatre with the world premiere of the third installment of New Line's own creation, the new revue OUT ON BROADWAY: THE THIRD COMING, running August 3-19, 2017, at the Marcelle Theater, the new b...
PPAC President J.L. 'Lynn' Singleton To Receive John Hazen White, Sr. Leadership In The Arts Award
by A.A. Cristi - January 25, 2018 J.L. "Lynn" Singleton, President of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), will be honored by the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra at their Gala Celebration Dinner on Sunday, June 3 at the Renaissance Providence Hotel, adjacent to The VETS. Singleton will receive the prestigious John Hazen...
Chris Thorpe and Jon Spooner Bring AM I DEAD YET? to Soho Theatre
by BWW News Desk - October 24, 2017 Inspired by contemporary advances in resuscitation practice that has seen medical professionals bring people back to life up to six hours after their heart stops beating with no neurological damage or long-lasting impact, Unlimited co-founders and Jon Spooner and Chris Thorpe present a funny and mov...
World Premiere of FIGHT CITY to Play Factory Theater This Summer
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2017 The Factory Theater presents its latest production, the world premiere of Fight City. Written by Factory Theater's Artistic Director Scott OKen and directed by Jill Oliver, Fight City runs July 14 - August 26 at The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St....
Jaw-Dropping Healthcare Discoveries Reported in New Book - Available For Free Here
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BWW Review: SHE RODE HORSES LIKE THE STOCK EXCHANGE at Taffety Punk
by Jennifer Perry - October 01, 2017 While it's hard to fully embrace this comedic play, it is worth a watch if only for the fine acting and compelling thematic content....
Dozens of Chinese Acts to Perform at Edinburgh Fringe
by Alan Henry - August 02, 2017 While the world's attention is on Edinburgh, more than a dozen Chinese acts will take part in the globally renowned fringe festival....
He Can't Hold It Back Anymore! Watch Santino Fontana Take On a Different FROZEN Tune at Broadway Backwards
by Nicole Rosky - March 14, 2017 At last night's Broadway Backwards, Santino Fontana (Cinderella the Musical, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Frozen) taunted the wintry conditions in the Northeast by performing 'Let It Go' from Frozen. Fontana voiced Hans in the film, but was thrilled to perform a gender-reversed rendition of Elsa's snowy sho...
BWW Review: Forward Flux's Double Feature, Pt. 2: She's 32, He's 15, NO MORE SAD THINGS Is Still Worth Seeing
by Amelia Reynolds - September 24, 2017 It starts ambiguously; two actors stare lovingly into each other's eyes, knelt on the ground as a third person sound-checks their ukulele. The two lovebirds Jessiee (Kiki Abba) and Kahekili (Lance Valdez), do not look like your typical, starry-eyed couple. And that kind of becomes the joke in No Mo...
VIDEO: Q. Smith and Astrid van Wieren Perform 'Dear Theodosia' at BROADWAY BACKWARDS
by Stephi Wild - April 06, 2018 At Broadway Backwards 2018, Come From Away's Q. Smith and Astrid van Wieren shared the joys of parenthood and the optimistic potential of children in a heartwarming take on "Dear Theodosia" from Hamilton....
Chris Dercon Resigns from Berlin's Volksbuhne Theater Amidst Controversy
by Nicole Rosky - April 16, 2018 According to the New York Times, Chris Dercon, director of Berlin's Volksbuhne Theater, officially resigned on Friday after months of protests that his appointment to the job was 'a betrayal of the theater's roots.'...
BWW Feature: AN EVENING OF SONG with The 5 & Dime LIVE at BABS Lab
by Heather Vollman - May 31, 2017 The 5 & Dime held an evening of song at BABS Lab in Riverside Friday and Saturday night. Some of Jacksonville's finest took the stage in a themed 'Miscast' Cabaret, and I was there to speak with the cast and audience members post-performance....
The Cuckoo's Theater Project To Present BARBECUE APOCALYPSE By Matt Lyle
by BWW News Desk - July 21, 2018 Three couples gather on the back deck of a very modest suburban home for a mid-summer barbecue where the hosts, Mike and Deb, struggle with feelings of inadequacy about their home decor, their clothes, their careers, their culinary skills, and pretty much everything else. Ash is a successful yuppy w...
Chris Dercon Resigns from Berlin's Volksbuhne Theater Amidst Controversy
by Nicole Rosky - April 16, 2018 According to the New York Times, Chris Dercon, director of Berlin's Volksbuhne Theater, officially resigned on Friday after months of protests that his appointment to the job was 'a betrayal of the theater's roots.'... by Robert Diamond - February 01, 2018 ...
Producer, Musician And Songwriter Soul Island Shares Debut Single 'Ocean'
by Stephi Wild - October 02, 2018 Italian-born, London-based producer, musician, and songwriter Daniele De Matteis aka Soul Island will be releasing his first single 'Ocean' on the 5th October, taken from the upcoming LP, 'Shards' expected for 7th December via Loyal To Your Dreams. The album's mixing and post-production duties were ...
MSNBC Calls Off Broadway's Political Experiment HER OPPONENT 'Absolutely Fascinating'; Previews Continue at The Theater Center
by A.A. Cristi - April 04, 2017 HER OPPONENT, the dynamic new experiment that re-stages verbatim excerpts from three of 2016's deeply contentious presidential debates (replicating the actual text, gestures, and movements of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with gender-reversed casting) is garnering rave reviews, with the first com...
VIDEO: GREAT COMET Welcomes Arts Students for Q&A with the Cast
by A.A. Cristi - May 13, 2017 In March, 75 students from Frank Sinatra School Of The Arts attended The Great Comet and had a chance to connect with cast members following the show. Shortly after, cast members visited the school to encourage the students to follow their own comet! #CometGiving...
The In[heir]itance Project And The 14th Street Y Present THE REBECCA PLAY
by A.A. Cristi - March 27, 2018 Darian Dauchan THE IN[HEIR]ITANCE PROJECT and THE 14TH STREET Y are pleased to present THE REBECCA PLAY, as part of The Genesis Plays, a collection of plays inspired by stories in the book of Genesis, and devised with communities in different US cities, created in a collaborative process led by Jon ... by Robert Diamond - October 10, 2018 ... |