Ben Vereen to Receive Gold Coast Arts Center's Lifetime Achievement Award
by Julie Musbach - September 30, 2019 Internationally acclaimed superstar Ben Vereen will receive the Gold Coast Arts Center's Lifetime Achievement Award at an opening night reception of the Gold Coast International Film Festival on Monday, November 4, 2019 at 6 p.m. at the Krasnoff Theater at Tilles Center in Brookville, New York accor...
Two Ballet BC World Premieres Come to The Soraya
by Stephi Wild - April 28, 2023 Bold, innovative, and distinctive, Ballet BC returns to The Soraya for their third appearance with two world premieres from two international choreographers. Roy Assaf presents his debut Ballet BC creation, and Sweden's Johan Inger shares a large-scale ensemble work, also his first new creation for ...
Carlsbad Playreaders Present FUDDY MEERS, 3/19
by A.A. Cristi - March 15, 2018 Claire has a rare form of psychogenic amnesia that erases her memory whenever she goes to sleep. This morning, like all mornings, she wakes up a blank slate. Her chipper husband comes in with a cup of coffee, explains her condition, hands her a book filled with all sorts of essential information, an...
Hermitage Artist Retreat's Upcoming Programs Include In-Person and Virtual Events
by A.A. Cristi - January 26, 2021 The Hermitage Artist Retreat's 2021 winter season includes a variety of community programs featuring Hermitage artists-in-residence and Fellows who present performances and conversations about their works-in-progress and offering insight into their creative process. ...
Stageworks Theatre Brings BONNIE AND CLYDE to Houston
by Julie Musbach - February 21, 2018 Stageworks Theatre announces Bonnie and Clyde, as its sixth show this season. Directed by Michael Montgomery, the musical will open April 20 and close May 13. With music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyl and Hyde, Civil War), lyrics by Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Dracula), and book by Ivan Menchell, the sho...
CRADLE TWO GRAVE, About Twin Sisters Grappling with Mental Illness, Closes Corkscrew Theater Festival
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2017 Corkscrew Theater Festival presents the world premiere of Cradle Two Grave, written and directed by Morgaine Gooding-Silverwood....
BWW Review: ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST at Playhouse On Park
by Joseph Harrison - November 06, 2018 It's a funny thing when a piece transcends its given medium and becomes ingrained in pop culture. People who have never seen a certain play/read the book/watched the movie find themselves familiar enough with the plot or the characters without ever really experiencing the piece in its entirety. For ...
BWW Interview: Edward Bennett Talks MACBETH
by Rona Kelly - October 22, 2018 Edward Bennett returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company for his third season, appearing in Polly Findlay's Macbeth. As the production comes to London, Bennett gives us an insight into Findlay's rehearsal room, discusses how Macduff is similar to previous roles he's played here, and also shares his ...
Alan Bennett's THE HABIT OF ART is Streaming Now
by Stephi Wild - June 18, 2020 Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art is now streaming online via BookMyShow!...
Finalists/Semifinalists Revealed For 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 01, 2023 Playwrights Foundation, the West Coast's premier launchpad for exceptional new plays and playwrights, has revealed the semifinalists and finalists for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival, which will be presented in a hybrid festival....
Bruno Major to Release New Album 'Columbo' in July
by Michael Major - May 23, 2023 Columbo raises its curtain with “The Show Must Go On,” a piano flourish giving way to a clean, snare-less drum pattern and guitar strum that conjures the cozy fireside intimacy of Neil Young’s “Out on the Weekend.” Elsewhere, “Tell Her' is a slice of simmering R&B, while the heart-breaking “Tears in...
Bennington's Monument Arts & Cultural Center to Present WRTC's 2023 Main Stage Season
by Blair Ingenthron - June 10, 2023 Bennington's newly reopened Monument Arts & Cultural Center will be presenting Walloomsac River Theatre Company's 2023 Season, as part of the Center's Opening Season, under the Artistic & Executive Direction of Kristine Lewis....
Second Generation Theatre Announces Move to Shea's Smith
by Julie Musbach - January 31, 2018 The search is over and Second Generation Theatre has found the perfect home! Second Generation Theatre proudly announces their residence at Shea's Smith Theatre for the 2018-2019 season and beyond. Located in the heart of the Buffalo Theatre District, the theatre offers flexible seating of up to 20...
Joywave Unveil New Single 'Blank Slate'
by Abigail Charpentier - November 04, 2019 Visionary US band Joywave have released their brand new single 'Blank Slate', ahead of their UK headline show at The Lexington, London on November 20th. The dance inducing, indie-popping track is a further teaser into what lies ahead, demonstrating a band that are back on top of their game, releasin...
BWW Interview: HUMAN INTEREST STORY's Chameleon Actor Rob Nagle On Choosing Roles, Classics & L.A. Theatre
by Gil Kaan - January 28, 2020 A stalwart member of the Los Angeles Theatre community, the multi-award-winning Rob Nagle will next be appearing on the Fountain Theatre stage in the world premiere of Stephen Sachs' HUMAN INTEREST STORY, opening February 15, 2020. Rob essays Andy Kramer, who just having been laid off, fabricates a ...
MUSICA VIVA Announces Concert Program For 2021
by A.A. Cristi - January 20, 2021 Musica Viva Australia has announced its eagerly anticipated 2021 national concert series, the first program under the artistic leadership of Artistic Director Paul Kildea. ...
Anoushka Shankar Releases 'Chapter I: Forever, For Now' Ahead of North American Tour
by Michael Major - September 06, 2023 Featuring guest appearances by Nils Frahm (piano, glass harmonica, harmonium, slit drum), Gal Maestro (bass) and Magda Giannikou (accordion), Forever, For Now was produced by Arooj Aftab, with whom Shankar had previously collaborated on 'Udhero Na,' from the deluxe edition of Aftab's Vulture Prince ...
Joywave Announce Album & PVRIS Tour Support
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 13, 2020 US visionaries Joywave have announced their upcoming third album, Possession, which will be released on March 13th and can be pre-saved on Spotify HERE. ...
BWW Review: LESSON IN FORGETTING from Pleiades Theatre Makes Much of Memory
by Ilana Lucas - May 15, 2022 What are the essential qualities that make people who they are? What are the ties that bind us together, emotionally and physically? Is memory crucial to continuing a relationship, or does love conquer all? These are some of the questions asked in LESSON IN FORGETTING, Emma Haché’s heart-wrenching p...
Sara Porkalob THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE Announced At Culinarium At Nordo
by A.A. Cristi - January 30, 2020 Nordo is proud to present Seattle Times' a?oemover and shaker of the next decade,a?? Sara Porkalob's latest work, The Angel in the House. The play is a Victorian revenge thriller set in high society England at the turn of the 19th century. Forbidden love, secret betrayal, and unfolding prophecy is s...
Electro-Pop Duo MUNNYCAT Release New Track 'giddy up'
by Michael Major - January 12, 2023 They had their upcoming album ‘age of the scorpio’ mastered on-site at Abbey Road Studios in London. They went to the Grammy’s and became voting Academy Members. Their most recent single ‘honest’ (with its wild-west-themed video) lit up Spotify playlists, but they have their sights set on nothing sh...
Student Blog: The Rules Have Changed
by Student Blogger: Sydney Emerson - September 03, 2021 When it comes to video specials, the game has changed. The rules are different. It’s no longer acceptable for comedians to have a few cameras in the audience and call it good. There is now a heightened sense of performance, and endless possibilities to make comedy more than a man pacing the stage as...
BWW Review: South Coast Repertory Revisits Wendy Wasserstein's THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG
by Michael Quintos - May 25, 2018 Despite being birthed in the early 1990's, THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG-the late Pulitzer Prize-winning Wendy Wasserstein's acerbically witty and vibrantly poignant play about a trio of fascinating, strong-willed Jewish-American sisters-has a remarkably timeless, relatable quality, evidenced by South Coas...
Review Roundup: BAM's MEDEA Starring Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale - What Did the Critics Think?
by Stephi Wild - January 31, 2020 BAM presents Simon Stone's Medea in the Harvey Theater. The production stars Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Rose Byrne (Damages, Bridesmaids, Get Him to the Greek, You Can't Take It with You) and two-time Emmy winner and Tony nominee Bobby Cannavale (Mauritius, The Motherf-er with the Hat). Produced ... |