CHRIS MARCH'S BUTT-CRACKER SUITE Premieres Off-Broadway at HERE Arts Center Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 24, 2012 HERE presents the World Premiere of Chris March's Butt-Cracker Suite! Written, directed, and designed by Chris March ('Project Runway' and Bravo's 'Mad Fashion'), previews begin tonight, November 24. Opening of this limited run Off-Broadway engagement is set for November 30 at HERE....
Louis Armstrong House Museum Kicks Off 10th Anniversary Bash Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2013 The Louis Armstrong House Museum celebrates its 10-year anniversary today, October 15th, 2013. It has welcomed 100,000 visitors since opening its doors to the public as a historic house in 2003....
The Actors’ NET of Bucks County Presents THE MAN WHO BOUGHT A COUNTRY, Beginning 8/17
by Kelsey Denette - August 14, 2012 The Actors' NET of Bucks County celebrates "A Revolutionary Weekend" in the Borough of Morrisville with an encore production of Joe Doyle's epic musical The Man Who Bought a Country, chronicling the life and times of Founding Father Robert Morris, for whom the borough was named. ...
Cirque du Soleil Presents TOTEM on Camden Waterfront; Tickets Go On Sale 12/7
by Kelsey Denette - November 19, 2012 Cirque du Soleil returns to the Philadelphia area with a new big top production TOTEM. Written and directed by Robert Lepage, TOTEM premieres on May 30, 2013 for a limited engagement under the blue-and-yellow Big Top at its new location on Camden's Waterfront across the River from Philadelphia. ...
Louis Armstrong House Museum Announces 10th Anniversary Bash and Reveals Life Mask
by Robert Diamond - October 01, 2013 The Louis Armstrong House Museum celebrates its 10-year anniversary on Tuesday October 15th, 2013. It has welcomed 100,000 visitors since opening its doors to the public as a historic house in 2003....
WSR Signature Theatre to Present 1776, 7/2-3
by Tyler Peterson - June 26, 2014 It's the summer of 1776, and the nation is ready to declare independence...if only our founding fathers can agree to do it! 1776 follows John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, and Richard Henry Lee and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia as they attempt to convince the members of t...
New-York Historical Society Continues Independence Day Exhibition Through 7/15
by Kelsey Denette - June 28, 2012 The New-York Historical Society has announced that a rare copy of the "Stone" facsimile of the Declaration of Independence -one of approximately fifty in existence-will be added to the displays in the Judith and Howard Berkowitz Sculpture Court beginning July 3 in honor of Independence Day. The docu...
Recess Monkey's 'Wired' Tour Arrives in Philly Area This June
by Caryn Robbins - May 19, 2014 Inspired by the breathtaking creativity and inventiveness of today's DIY kids, kindie music icon Recess Monkey celebrates 'maker' culture with the band's eleventh studio recording, Wired....
BWW Reviews: Ideas Pop at Dog & Pony DC's TOAST
by Pamela Roberts - September 23, 2014 Toast playfully explores innovation, technology, crowd-sourcing and the very roots of inspiration. You don't 'see' a show at dog & pony dc, you become part of it. Dog & pony is committed to "Audience Integration" or participatory theatre - that means when you attend a show you are intimately knit in...
BWW Review: Less Than Rent Theatre's LITTLE MAC, LITTLE MAC, YOU'RE THE VERY MAN!
by Juliana Adame - April 18, 2014 Charlie Polinger directs an attempted statement on several political and pop culture icons with the story of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera thrown in there....
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - 'The Kindred' Episode of FOX's SLEEPY HOLLOW
by - September 23, 2014 On the next episode of FOX's SLEEPY HOLLOW titled "The Kindred" - Ichabod Crane and Lt. Abbie Mills concoct a daring plan to try to rescue Ichabod's wife, Katrina, from the Headless Horseman by resurrecting a Frankenstein-like monster created by Benjamin Franklin. ...
Off Broadway Theatre Presents DOCTOR U, 2/8-3/16
by Kelsey Denette - January 22, 2013 Sci-Fi is alive at the Off Broadway Theatre! We are proud to present: "Doctor U." Travel through time and space with the Doctor and his companion, all the way to Utah… circa 2013 (and beyond)… for an adventure that spans nearly two hours. The Doctor's arch-nemesis has returned with an evil undertaki...
Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and Conservatory Lab Charter School Co-Host El Sistema Greater Boston Showcase Today
by BWW News Desk - June 01, 2013 Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and the Conservatory Lab Charter School co-host the First Annual El Sistema Greater Boston Showcase, in partnership with Boston Area El Sistema-inspired programs: Bridge Boston El Sistema, El Sistema Somerville, Josiah Quincy School Orchestra Program, Margarita Mu...
Cabrillo Music Theatre Presents 1776, 10/19-10/28
by Sierra Fox - October 15, 2012 The Tony Award-winning musical 1776 will make its Cabrillo Music Theatre and Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza debut from Friday, October 19 through Sunday, October 28. The musical about the writing of the Declaration of Independence brings the most significant moment in American history to life with w...
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at A.C.T.'s 1776
by Christina Mancuso - September 12, 2013 American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) kicks off its 2013-14 season with passionate (and patriotic) fireworks with the West Coast premiere of Tony Award-winning director Frank Galati's triumphant new staging of the musical 1776. A.C.T.'s production of 1776 runs September 11-October 6, 2013, at The G...
Metropolitan Playhouse Presents 8 New Works and More in Founders Festival, Now thru 1/27
by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2013 Metropolitan Playhouse, Obie Award winner for exploring American culture through theater, hosts The Founder's Festival, the theater's eighth annual Living Literature Festival of performances inspired by the lives and works of the individuals who helped to shape America. The Festival is a collection ...
TV Exclusive: Backstage with Richard Ridge- SAG Foundation Conversations Series with Kathleen Chalfant
by Nicole Rosky - April 13, 2014 Screen Actors Guild Foundation and Broadway World have partnered for an filmed Conversations Q&A series to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City and the union actors who aspire to have a career on the stage and screen. The most recent conversation featured stage lege...
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at A.C.T.'s 1776
by Christina Mancuso - September 12, 2013 American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) kicks off its 2013-14 season with passionate (and patriotic) fireworks with the West Coast premiere of Tony Award-winning director Frank Galati's triumphant new staging of the musical 1776. A.C.T.'s production of 1776 runs September 11-October 6, 2013, at The G...
FREUD'S LAST SESSION Closes on Two-Year Anniversary at New World Stages Today, 7/22
by BWW News Desk - July 22, 2012 FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the runaway hit play by Mark St. Germain, ends its run on Sunday, July 22nd at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). The date also marks the show's two-year anniversary. Upon the New York closing of FREUD'S LAST SESSION on July 22nd, the production will have played a total o...
BWW Reviews: ACT's 1776 Drums Up Patriotic Fun
by Harmony Wheeler - September 23, 2013 The creators of '1776' held political opinions that strongly disagreed with the ideals of many, like former president Richard Nixon, who ultimately came to enjoy and appreciate the musical. One can easily assume members of both major political parties made up the opening night audience of American C...
Photo Flash: First Look at Brandon Dahlquist, Andrew Boyer, Bernie Yvon and More in A.C.T.'s 1776
by Christina Mancuso - September 12, 2013 American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) kicks off its 2013-14 season with passionate (and patriotic) fireworks with the West Coast premiere of Tony Award-winning director Frank Galati's triumphant new staging of the musical 1776. A.C.T.'s production of 1776 runs September 11-October 6, 2013, at The G...
Connecticut Repertory Theatre Announces 2012-13 Season
by Kelsey Denette - August 17, 2012 The Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) announces its 2012 - 2013 season which will include a wide variety of exciting theatrical styles investigating a polarized society. For detailed information and tickets call the box office at 860-486-2113 or visit www.crt.uconn.edu....
Washington D.C.'s Ford's Theatre Closes 1776 Tonight, 5/19
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2012 The Ford's Theatre Society recently announced that the Tony Award-winning musical "1776," directed by Peter Flynn, has surpassed revenue records to become the highest grossing theatrical production since the historic theatre reopened as a working playhouse in 1968. But due to previous commitments by...
Marshall + Cole Theatricals Ltd presents AND IN THE END THE DEATH AND LIFE OF JOHN LENNON, March 7-June 1
by Samantha Vega - March 11, 2013 December 8, 1980, 10.52pm New York City, The Dakota Apartments. Five bone- chilling gunshots ring out, shattering the stillness of the night. One of the most iconic figures of the Fighting to stay alive, John Lennon finds himself caught in a limbo between life and death. As his former years flash be...
RUN TO GROUND by D.P. Lyle Receives Benjamin Franklin Silver Award
by Christina Mancuso - June 28, 2013 The Independent Book Publishers Association has awarded D.P. Lyle, M.D. their 2013 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award in the Mystery/Suspense category. Dr. Lyle, no stranger to awards, is author of many non-fiction books as well as numerous works of fiction including the Samantha Cody and Dub Walker thr... |