Album Review: How many Revivals of CABARET Do We Need? One More, Apparently …
by Bobby Patrick - January 23, 2023
This album was INDEED recorded in performance! This is a RADICAL departure from almost all cast albums and lent such an air of excitement and immediacy to the listening of it that we found ourselves leaning forward toward the speakers in anticipation....
Greek National Opera Presents CHEAP CIGARETTES, Now Playing
by Stephi Wild - December 07, 2022
After a series of sold-out performances, the great success of the Alternative Stage of the National Opera Theater Cheap Cigarettes , a 'romantic operetta' in 34 scenes and 19 songs, comes to captivate the audience from December 4, 2022 and for 24 new performances until and January 5, 2023....
Review: CHARLES DICKENS' GREAT EXPECTATIONS at Irish Classical Theatre
by Michael Rabice - December 02, 2022
The holiday season often brings about classic Christmas stories being retold and Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL is usually number one on most producer's short list. Instead, Buffalo's Irish Classical Theatre Company is presenting Dickens' GREAT EXPECTATIONS in a newer version by Neil Bartlett....
Damon Daunno, Amber Gray, Grace McLean and Margo Seibert Join LOVE THE STRUGGLE Joe's Pub Concert
by A.A. Cristi - November 23, 2022
Rehearsals began last week for a concert on Monday, December 5 at Joe's Pub being presented in collaboration with Maestra Music featuring song highlights from Love The Struggle, a new musical co-written by Stacy Krayand Yair Evnine about the French existential philosophers and social activists Simon...
Blur Drummer Dave Rowntree Shares New Track 'Tape Measure'
by Michael Major - November 21, 2022
'Tape Measure' is streaming now. It’s a song that dips into the melting pot of sound that the Blur drummer accumulates from his passion for dipping in and out of radio stations the world over and landing on the distinctive sound of a Bollywood soundtrack that Dave splices together with a clipped b...
Review: IKARIA, Old Red Lion Theatre
by Gary Naylor - November 11, 2022
Devastating production showcases outstanding writing, directing and acting to create a production that will live long in the memory...
Review: HOLIDAY at Arena Stage
by Alexander C. Kafka - October 14, 2022
Philip Barry's 1928 classic is a romantic comedy, as advertised, but its layers of bittersweet emotional valence come through in this handsome production, directed by Anita Maynard-Losh....
Review: MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT at Arizona Broadway Theatre
by Herbert Paine - October 09, 2022
The joyful frolics of MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT are on stage in full armor at Arizona Broadway Theatre through November 5th....
Review: DOUBT, A PARABLE at Irish Classical Theatre
by Michael Rabice - September 25, 2022
Storytelling for the sake of enlightenment and teaching is what many think of when they hear of parables. Allegories intimate there is something deeper to be found under the surface. And many a Sunday preacher has used the pulpit to convey an everyday lesson to live by. John Patrick Shanley’s DO...
Review: HANDBAGGED, Kiln Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - September 16, 2022
Indhu Rubasingham's revival of Buffini’s play is playful and fiercely funny, whilst deftly tackling serious issues. It explores the battle of wills between two powerful women: The Queen and Margaret Thatcher, through the eleven years Thatcher served as Prime Minister....
Kunal Merchant Debuts New Single 'Anokha'
by Michael Major - August 17, 2022
The latest directly follows his April remix of Soof’s ‘Clipped Wings,’ as well as his January track with Soof and their partnership as MWB, ‘Monkey Bars’. Primarily known as an active local DJ within the circuit of NYC’s top clubs (Le Bain, Nebula, Superior Ingredients, Jupiter Disco, et...
The Ending of Humanity at the Bottom of the World? USHUAIA BLUE at Contemporary American Theater Festival
by Jack L. B. Gohn - July 17, 2022
This is more a theater piece than a play, Caridad Svich's choral meditation on the plight of the earth and the humans who inhabit it....
Theatre Unleashed Brings All New 25 PLAYS PER HOUR To Fringe!
by A.A. Cristi - June 14, 2022
Theatre Unleashed is returning performing live theatre to packed houses, and the company thought there would be no better way to celebrate than with a new edition of one of its most popular and critically acclaimed brands. ...
BWW Review: MY FAIR LADY, London Coliseum
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 19, 2022
Expectations have been high for My Fair Lady. It is easy to see why it was such a hit on Broadway; brimming with English period tropes of top hats, Ascot races, lovable cockneys and snobbish toffs. Bartlett Sher's revival now comes to the West End. It looks stunning, but does not always hit the hi...
Kick Boom Theatre Premieres HOUSEWIFE '52 At Fringe
by A.A. Cristi - May 10, 2022
After the success of his last Fringe show Scarlett Fever, which was set in the 1930s, creative multi-hyphenate John Wuchte knew he once again wanted to develop a period piece. The idea of what and when came to him one day when he was washing his vintage starburst dishes…...
Los Angeles' Calling Cadence Release Their All Analog Self-Titled Debut Album
by Michael Major - May 03, 2022
The 15 songs shine a light on Calling Cadence's strength as a live act, blending Oscar and Rae's voices with vintage keyboards. Musicians on the album include: Josh Adams on drums (Jon Batiste, Norah Jones, Beck), Mitchell Yoshida on keyboards (Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros), and Elijah Thomson...
Kick Boom Theatre Premieres HOUSEWIFE '52 At Fringe
by A.A. Cristi - April 07, 2022
After the success of his last Fringe show Scarlett Fever, which was set in the 1930s, creative multi-hyphenate John Wuchte knew he once again wanted to develop a period piece. The idea of what and when came to him one day when he was washing his vintage starburst dishes....
BWW Review: A MONSTER CALLS, Rose Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - April 07, 2022
Patrick Ness’ novel A Monster Calls is a sharp and poignant look at loss in childhood and how death is approached by adults and children. First seen at the Bristol Old Vic in 2018, Sally Cookson’s heart-breaking stage production tries to make sense of illness and grief and how lying to children ...
GROUNDLINGS OF '69 Improv Comedy Show to Open This Month
by Marissa Tomeo - April 01, 2022
The Groundlings Theatre introduces a brand-new groovy sketch show from the Groundlings Main company, “Groundlings of ’69.” Previews begin on April 2nd as part of a new, two show night weekend schedule for the Theatre. Opening night is April 29th. Directed by Lisa Schurga (Clipped) thi...
BWW Review: SOUTH PACIFIC at Fred Kavli Theatre
by Cary Ginell - March 25, 2022
American Theatre Guild's current national tour of the venerable Pulitzer-Prize winning 'South Pacific' cleans up some potentially objectionable language and characterizations to retain its essential love story and message of racial tolerance....
Guest Blog: Composer Susannah Pearse On HALL OF MIRRORS
by Guest Author - March 23, 2022
My collaborator Robert Hudson and I first got interested in writing a musical about the Treaty of Versailles about five years ago. We’d toyed with the idea before, but the Brexit vote and the widening political divide within both the UK and America gave us the impetus we’d been missing, and we b...
BWW Review: THRILL ME: THE LEOPOLD & LOEB STORY, Jermyn Street Theatre
by Paige Cochrane - January 19, 2022
In Chicago, 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb each receive life, plus 99 years, for the despicable murder and kidnapping of 14-year-old Bobby Franks....
The Print Center Announces Multipart Project Of New Work By Carmen Winant
by Stephi Wild - December 17, 2021
The Print Center (TPC) will present A Brand New End: Survival and Its Pictures, a solo photography-based exhibition of new work by Carmen Winant as part of a four-component project developed by the artist through intensive research — a hallmark of her category-defying practice. ...
DAILY SHOW Writer Josh Johnson Shares 'Home Alone' From Upcoming Comedy Album
by Michael Major - December 08, 2021
Daily Show writer, comedian, and artist Josh Johnson has announced the release of Channel Black -- an audio journey that showcases the best in contemporary black comedic talent alongside historical black activists and thought leaders. Today, he shares 'Home Alone' to accompany the release announceme...
Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On THE LOVELY BONES
by Jade Kops - November 26, 2021
The Lovely Bones bare the aftermath of a family tragedy....
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