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BWW Reviews: A Glorious SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
by Misha Davenport - October 05, 2012
Gary Griffin's production of the classic Sondheim musical is a fitting work of art and this season's first must-see....
by Misha Davenport - October 05, 2012
Gary Griffin's production of the classic Sondheim musical is a fitting work of art and this season's first must-see....
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - 'Bunheads' Bailey Buntain Guests on ABC's THE MIDDLE
by Caryn Robbins - September 28, 2012
On the Wednesday, October 3 episode of the ABC comedy THE MIDDLE titled 'The Second Act' - when Frankie is suddenly fired from Ehlert Motors, she embarks on a quest not to repeat mistakes from the past by taking any crummy job that comes her way, deciding to go instead to tech school to secure a rea...
by Caryn Robbins - September 28, 2012
On the Wednesday, October 3 episode of the ABC comedy THE MIDDLE titled 'The Second Act' - when Frankie is suddenly fired from Ehlert Motors, she embarks on a quest not to repeat mistakes from the past by taking any crummy job that comes her way, deciding to go instead to tech school to secure a rea...
BWW Reviews: Partly First Class, Partly Frustrating RAYMONDA at the Artscape Opera House
by David Fick - August 26, 2012
16 years since it was last seen on stage in Cape Town, Cape Town City Ballet has brought RAYMONDA back to the Artscape for a short winter season. It is a beautiful production of a ballet that is infamously light on narrative and heavy on dance, which makes for an evening of some first class performa...
by David Fick - August 26, 2012
16 years since it was last seen on stage in Cape Town, Cape Town City Ballet has brought RAYMONDA back to the Artscape for a short winter season. It is a beautiful production of a ballet that is infamously light on narrative and heavy on dance, which makes for an evening of some first class performa...
Sayonara: Android-Human Theatre Comes to Melbourne, 8/24 & 25
by Kelsey Denette - August 10, 2012
Featuring an extraordinarily life-like humanoid robot, Seinendan Theatre Company (Japan) brings their breathtaking and intimate performance Sayonara: Android-Human Theatre to Melbourne on 24 and 25 August. Robot Geminoid F stars alongside Canadian actress Bryerly Long in a performance that asks the ...
by Kelsey Denette - August 10, 2012
Featuring an extraordinarily life-like humanoid robot, Seinendan Theatre Company (Japan) brings their breathtaking and intimate performance Sayonara: Android-Human Theatre to Melbourne on 24 and 25 August. Robot Geminoid F stars alongside Canadian actress Bryerly Long in a performance that asks the ...
BWW Reviews: Secret Rose Offers Broadway Fare with Full Frontal Nudity in THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED
by Don Grigware - June 26, 2012
Douglas Carter Beane's Tony nominated Best Play of 2007 The Little Dog Laughed, with its satirical take on happiness Hollywood Style, especially in its depiction of gay relationships, is timely, topical and most welcome in LA, where ironically there's still enough animosity and money stacked up agai...
by Don Grigware - June 26, 2012
Douglas Carter Beane's Tony nominated Best Play of 2007 The Little Dog Laughed, with its satirical take on happiness Hollywood Style, especially in its depiction of gay relationships, is timely, topical and most welcome in LA, where ironically there's still enough animosity and money stacked up agai...
BWW Reviews: Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Presents Solid OTHELLO
by Chris Gibson - June 10, 2012
When Iago talks about 'Jealousy…the green-eyed monster,' he might as well be referring to himself. It's his envy of Cassio's promotion under the leadership of Moorish general Othello that sets a devious plot in motion that will leave many dead and others wounded. And so it goes, in St. Louis Shake...
by Chris Gibson - June 10, 2012
When Iago talks about 'Jealousy…the green-eyed monster,' he might as well be referring to himself. It's his envy of Cassio's promotion under the leadership of Moorish general Othello that sets a devious plot in motion that will leave many dead and others wounded. And so it goes, in St. Louis Shake...
11th Hour Theatre Company Closes Season with Philly Premiere of THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES, Now thru 6/24
by BWW News Desk - June 04, 2012
11th Hour Theatre Company closes its season with the Philadelphia premiere of The Marvelous Wonderettes. This musical trip down memory lane, written and created by Roger Bean, opens tonight, June 4 at 7 p.m. and will close Sunday, June 24. The show will be performed at the Skybox at the Adrienne, 20...
by BWW News Desk - June 04, 2012
11th Hour Theatre Company closes its season with the Philadelphia premiere of The Marvelous Wonderettes. This musical trip down memory lane, written and created by Roger Bean, opens tonight, June 4 at 7 p.m. and will close Sunday, June 24. The show will be performed at the Skybox at the Adrienne, 20...
BWW Reviews: Jerry Herman's DEAR WORLD - Revised & Revived by The Civic Light Opera Company
by Mark Andrew Lawrence - May 29, 2012
Each season Toronto's Civic Light Opera Company revises and revives failed and forgotten shows from Broadway's past. This year it's the 1969 Jerry Herman musical DEAR WORLD based on the Jean Giraudoux play THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT. Barbara Boddy and David Haines lead the cast in making the case for ...
by Mark Andrew Lawrence - May 29, 2012
Each season Toronto's Civic Light Opera Company revises and revives failed and forgotten shows from Broadway's past. This year it's the 1969 Jerry Herman musical DEAR WORLD based on the Jean Giraudoux play THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT. Barbara Boddy and David Haines lead the cast in making the case for ...
BWW Reviews: NEXT TO NORMAL - An Electrifyingly Good Time at Stages Repertory Theatre
by David Clarke - May 28, 2012
Overall, Stages Repertory Theatre does a great job with their production of Next to Normal. This is a must see production of a must see show....
by David Clarke - May 28, 2012
Overall, Stages Repertory Theatre does a great job with their production of Next to Normal. This is a must see production of a must see show....
BWW Reviews: THE BEAMS ARE CREAKING - A Compelling Character Study
by David Clarke - May 27, 2012
The Beams are Creaking is a dramatic representation of the tumultuous life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a man who became a Christian martyr of Nazi resistance because of his unyielding faith. Bonhoeffer is a German pastor who tried to assassinate Hitler, but is ultimately a more complex character than on...
by David Clarke - May 27, 2012
The Beams are Creaking is a dramatic representation of the tumultuous life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a man who became a Christian martyr of Nazi resistance because of his unyielding faith. Bonhoeffer is a German pastor who tried to assassinate Hitler, but is ultimately a more complex character than on...
11th Hour Theatre Company Set to Close Season With Philadelphia Premiere of THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES
by Kelsey Denette - May 16, 2012
11th Hour Theatre Company is set to close its season with the Philadelphia premiere of The Marvelous Wonderettes. This musical trip down memory lane, written and created by Roger Bean, begins previews June 1, opens Monday, June 4 at 7 p.m. and will close Sunday, June 24. The show will be performed a...
by Kelsey Denette - May 16, 2012
11th Hour Theatre Company is set to close its season with the Philadelphia premiere of The Marvelous Wonderettes. This musical trip down memory lane, written and created by Roger Bean, begins previews June 1, opens Monday, June 4 at 7 p.m. and will close Sunday, June 24. The show will be performed a...
11th Hour Theatre Company Closes Season with THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES, 6/4
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2012
11th Hour Theatre Company is set to close its season with the Philadelphia premiere of The Marvelous Wonderettes. This musical trip down memory lane, written and created by Roger Bean, begins previews June 1, opens Monday, June 4 at 7 p.m. and will close Sunday, June 24. The show will be performed a...
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2012
11th Hour Theatre Company is set to close its season with the Philadelphia premiere of The Marvelous Wonderettes. This musical trip down memory lane, written and created by Roger Bean, begins previews June 1, opens Monday, June 4 at 7 p.m. and will close Sunday, June 24. The show will be performed a...
BWW Reviews: The Charming Mythology of ACIS AND GALATEA by the Union Avenue Opera
by Chris Gibson - May 02, 2012
To open their 18th season, the Union Avenue Opera has chosen an English text version (John Gay) of Handel's take on the mythological, with ACIS AND GALATEA (seen April 29, 2012). This is definitely a tale of two acts, with the first being devoted to their love for one another, this semi-divine sea n...
by Chris Gibson - May 02, 2012
To open their 18th season, the Union Avenue Opera has chosen an English text version (John Gay) of Handel's take on the mythological, with ACIS AND GALATEA (seen April 29, 2012). This is definitely a tale of two acts, with the first being devoted to their love for one another, this semi-divine sea n...
BWW Reviews: NOISES OFF, Funny On at PlayMakers Repertory Company
by Larissa Mount - April 16, 2012
This sounds like an exaggeration, but I promise that it's not: Noises Off at PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill is, honest-to-goodness, the funniest thing I have seen in quite some time. It reminded me that live theater is magical - I cannot think of a single movie which is as funny as thi...
by Larissa Mount - April 16, 2012
This sounds like an exaggeration, but I promise that it's not: Noises Off at PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill is, honest-to-goodness, the funniest thing I have seen in quite some time. It reminded me that live theater is magical - I cannot think of a single movie which is as funny as thi...
BWW Reviews: ETC's COURT MARTIAL AT FORT DEVENS Makes Its Case
by Jacques Lamarre - April 16, 2012
Jeffrey Sweet's military drama casts a spotlight on racism during World War II....
by Jacques Lamarre - April 16, 2012
Jeffrey Sweet's military drama casts a spotlight on racism during World War II....
Mark Taper Forum Presents LOS OTROS, 5/23-7/1
by Harmony Wheeler - February 23, 2012
"Los Otros" will get its world premiere May 23-July 1, 2012 at the Mark Taper Forum....
by Harmony Wheeler - February 23, 2012
"Los Otros" will get its world premiere May 23-July 1, 2012 at the Mark Taper Forum....
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 2/6- PRIVATE LIVES
by Nicole Rosky - February 06, 2012
Today in 1975, Private Lives opened at the 46th Street Theatre (now the Richard Rogers Theatre), where it ran for 92 performances. Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses i...
by Nicole Rosky - February 06, 2012
Today in 1975, Private Lives opened at the 46th Street Theatre (now the Richard Rogers Theatre), where it ran for 92 performances. Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses i...
ACT's STEEL MANGOLIAS Opens 1/27
by BWW News Desk - January 27, 2012
Anchorage Community Theatre will present STEEL MAGNOLIAS from January 27th through February 19, 2012....
by BWW News Desk - January 27, 2012
Anchorage Community Theatre will present STEEL MAGNOLIAS from January 27th through February 19, 2012....
ACT's STEEL MANGOLIAS Opens 1/27
by Kelsey Denette - December 23, 2011
Anchorage Community Theatre will present STEEL MAGNOLIAS from January 27th through February 19, 2012....
by Kelsey Denette - December 23, 2011
Anchorage Community Theatre will present STEEL MAGNOLIAS from January 27th through February 19, 2012....
BWW Reviews: SF Ballet Ends the Christmas Season with Colorful NUTCRACKER
by Harmony Wheeler - December 23, 2011
San Francisco Ballet holds a special place in "Nutcracker" history. It brought the once unknown and little performed Tchaikovsky ballet to the United States in 1944 - the beginning of what has become an American and world-wide holiday tradition. It's a magical tradition that has children dancing in ...
by Harmony Wheeler - December 23, 2011
San Francisco Ballet holds a special place in "Nutcracker" history. It brought the once unknown and little performed Tchaikovsky ballet to the United States in 1944 - the beginning of what has become an American and world-wide holiday tradition. It's a magical tradition that has children dancing in ...
Julia Roberts Set to Star, Produce Upcoming Comedy SECOND ACT
by Caryn Robbins - December 01, 2011
As first reported in the Hollywood Reporter, actress Julia Roberts is set to star and produce the upcoming comedy, SECOND ACT. The film project comes from New Regency and is currently in development. The actress will co-produce along with her former agent, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas....
by Caryn Robbins - December 01, 2011
As first reported in the Hollywood Reporter, actress Julia Roberts is set to star and produce the upcoming comedy, SECOND ACT. The film project comes from New Regency and is currently in development. The actress will co-produce along with her former agent, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas....
BWW Reviews: Black Rep's Uplifting Production of BLACK NATIVITY
by Chris Gibson - November 27, 2011
I've seen the Black Rep's production of BLACK NATIVITY before, and I enjoyed it so much I thought I'd check it out again this year. It's an amazing, uplifting work told in two acts that examine the story of the birth of Christ and the true meaning of Christmas with completely different approaches. I...
by Chris Gibson - November 27, 2011
I've seen the Black Rep's production of BLACK NATIVITY before, and I enjoyed it so much I thought I'd check it out again this year. It's an amazing, uplifting work told in two acts that examine the story of the birth of Christ and the true meaning of Christmas with completely different approaches. I...
BWW Reviews: Louisa May Alcott’s LITTLE WOMEN at 2nd Story Theatre
by Veronica Bruscini - November 22, 2011
The 2nd Story Theatre company brings Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic, Little Women, to life on stage for the 2011 holiday season. ...
by Veronica Bruscini - November 22, 2011
The 2nd Story Theatre company brings Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic, Little Women, to life on stage for the 2011 holiday season. ...
BWW Reviews: SF Opera Delivers Traditional Production of Bizet's Carmen
by Harmony Wheeler - November 17, 2011
Unless you've never seen 'Carmen,' one of the most legendary operas ever written, San Francisco Opera's production of 'Carmen' will come across as old news. The chorus and orchestra, led by the spirited conductor, Nicola Luisotti, bring the only real action and vitality present in the production, wh...
by Harmony Wheeler - November 17, 2011
Unless you've never seen 'Carmen,' one of the most legendary operas ever written, San Francisco Opera's production of 'Carmen' will come across as old news. The chorus and orchestra, led by the spirited conductor, Nicola Luisotti, bring the only real action and vitality present in the production, wh...
SPIDER-MAN Alternate Matthew James Thomas Suffers Head Injury on SPIDER-MAN Set
by Nicole Rosky - November 10, 2011
According to Newsday, Matthew James Thomas, who plays Reeve Carney's alternate in Spider-Man twice a week on Broadway, was injured backstage during Wednesday's matinee at the Foxwood's Theatre. Thomas was taken to the hospital to get stitches in his head, after suffering a head injury at the top of ...
by Nicole Rosky - November 10, 2011
According to Newsday, Matthew James Thomas, who plays Reeve Carney's alternate in Spider-Man twice a week on Broadway, was injured backstage during Wednesday's matinee at the Foxwood's Theatre. Thomas was taken to the hospital to get stitches in his head, after suffering a head injury at the top of ...
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