American Composers Orchestra Fosters Creation Of New Orchestral Music With EarShot Readings
by Stephi Wild - November 18, 2022 American Composers Orchestra (ACO) continues its commitment to the creation and development of new orchestra music, and to the next generation of composers, through its spring 2023 EarShot Readings program....
Review: HAIRSPRAY at Bass Concert Hall
by Joni Lorraine - June 15, 2023 HAIRSPRAY is a chipper, wildly energetic show, and if you can leave your inner skeptic at the door, you might see a glimmer of hope. If not that, then you’ll certainly have basked in some joy for a couple of hours....
Review: SLAVE PLAY at Short North Stage
by Paul Batterson - February 05, 2023 What did our critic think of SLAVE PLAY at Short North Stage? People always ask critics two questions: “did you like it?” and “is it worth seeing?” When it comes time to discuss SLAVE PLAY, these two questions are going to be tough to answer. Did I like it? From a theatrical rubric, it checks off th...
Decisions Aren't So Bad
by Student Blogger: Lana Sage - May 07, 2023 When I wrote my most recent blog, Decisions... A Year Later, I thought my next big decision would be about studying abroad Spring 2024. Study abroad is built into Boston University's (BU) School of Theatre (SOT) spring semester of Junior Year....
Drew Droege's HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOUG Announces Off-Broadway Return for Pride
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 21, 2022 Producer Michael Urie will present the Off-Broadway return of Happy Birthday Doug – the acclaimed comedy written and performed by Drew Droege (the Internet’s “Chloë,” “Drunk History,” “Bob’s Burgers,” RuPaul’s “AJ and the Queen” on Netflix) – in a special Pride weekend engagement starting this week ...
Firehouse Center For The Arts Launches 'Pay What You Can Saturday Nights'
by Stephi Wild - November 06, 2023 Building upon a pilot program the Firehouse launched in June of 2023, Matter Communications is sponsoring 'Pay What You Can Saturday Nights' for the entirety of the 2023-24 Theatrical Season which includes Million Dollar Quartet, Eurydice, In The Heights, and Into the Woods....
MoPOP Announces October 2022 Update
by Stephi Wild - September 30, 2022 The Museum of Pop Culture is a leading-edge, nonprofit museum in Seattle, dedicated to the ideas and risk-taking that fuel contemporary pop culture. MoPOP announced the return of their Fashionably Undead Halloween Bash - the freakiest party of the year. ...
BU Tanglewood Institute Announces Preliminary Summer 2022 Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 03, 2022 Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI)—one of North America’s premier summer training programs for young musicians—has announced preliminary details of Summer 2022 repertoire, programs, and premieres....
Kelly Clarkson to Host & Perform at NBC's CHRISTMAS IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER Tree-Lighting Special
by Michael Major - October 26, 2023 Kelly Clarkson will not only host NBC’s iconic Christmas special, but also deliver festive performances – all from the historic NYC spot that is now also home to her eponymous talk show “The Kelly Clarkson Show.” Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker and Craig Melvin will once again join the tree li...
Review: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - January 29, 2024 To start off 2024, we attended the premiere of Message in a Bottle, a Sadler’s Wells and Universal Music UK production, choreographed and directed by Kate Prince. The show tells us the story of a family pushed out of its homeland by the horrors of war and forced to migrate across the sea towards saf...
Review: Pop Musical SIX Slays its Sold-Out Milwaukee Run
by Kelsey Lawler - March 09, 2023 There’s no place for mediocrity to hide in SIX. These leading roles require genuine, unfiltered talent with exceptional vocal range and control. This touring cast delivers on that and then some....
Last Chance to Vote for the BWW Nashville Awards; Voting Ends 12/31
by BWW Awards - December 26, 2023 It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Nashville Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...
Sir Michael Morpurgo's LITTLE MANFRED Premieres At Polka Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - October 04, 2022 Polka Theatre and Soldiers' Arts Academy announced an extra special moment which will mark the world premiere performance of the Little Manfred stage play. ...
Signature Theatre Announces Timothy J. McClimon as New Executive Director
by Stephi Wild - June 16, 2022 Signature Theatre, the nationally influential Off-Broadway theater, has announced Timothy J. McClimon, currently the organization's Interim Executive Director, to the permanent role of Executive Director, in which he will continue to serve alongside Artistic Director Paige Evans, beginning July 1. ...
DANCE NATION to Open at Temple Theater in September
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 30, 2022 Eat. Sleep. Dance. Win. For one Liverpool, Ohio dance team, all the terror, confidence, paradox, uncertainty and awkwardness of pre-adolescence is channeled into a powerful desire: Dance. DANCE NATION will be performed live and in person from September 22 to October 2, 2022, at Tomlinson Theater....
Tracey Pennywell and George Lynch Release New Book HUSTLE YOUR WAY TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 12, 2024 Hustle Your Way to Financial Freedom provides tools and tactics for achieving financial dreams, including side hustles and savvy investments....
Haroula Rose Releases New Single 'Spades'
by Michael Major - February 25, 2022 With Catch the Light, Rose’s third album and first to co-produce, she has deepened and complicated her dreamy, tender repertoire. “Time’s Fool,” the album’s first single, is out now, featuring Molly Parden on harmonies and callbacks, Omar Velasco on the second guitar, and the inimitable Greg Leisz o...
Album Review: THE MUSIC MAN (THE 2022 BROADWAY CAST RECORDING) Is A New Kind Of MUSIC MAN For A New Generation… Kind Of
by Bobby Patrick - October 06, 2022 The additional track of the cut barbershop quartet song, IT’S YOU is a real bonus and so is the extra extended cut of Jackman and Shuler Hensley’s clowning fun on THE SADDER BUT WISER GIRL FOR ME....
Orlando Fringe Announces Fringe ArtSpace Grand Opening Bash and 2023 Programming
by Blair Ingenthron - December 19, 2022 Orlando Fringe has announced that the Grand Opening of their year-round performing arts space Fringe ArtSpace in Downtown Orlando will be held on Wednesday, January 11, 2023. Starting at 5:30pm, Fringe ArtSpace Grand Opening Bash open house and street party is free and open to the community. ...
Interview: Elizabeth A. Davis on Why Her Journey With 1776 is Something She Will Never Take for Granted
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 06, 2022 BroadwayWorld spoke with Elizabeth A. Davis, currently starring as Thomas Jefferson in the new Broadway production of 1776, on how being pregnant has shaped her journey with the show, the support and love she's experienced from the company, and much more. Read the interview here!...
Guest Blog: Designer Debbie Duru On TWO BILLION BEATS
by Guest Author - January 25, 2022 Two Billion Beats is a coming-of-age story about two sisters, Asha and Bettina, who come together every day after school and discuss, celebrate, argue and lament about their lives....
Pop-Up Giveaway of Newley Released Sheet Music From THE WOODSMAN Announced
by A.A. Cristi - February 25, 2022 Down the Yellow Brick Pod is hosting a unique Patreon party that will feature composer Edward W. Hardy. Hardy, a current doctoral candidate at the University of Northern Colorado, is the composer, music director, and violinist of the smash hit Off-Broadway show THE WOODSMAN, recipient of the 2016 Ob...
Theater Grottesco's One Man Show CONSIDER THIS Comes To Brooklyn, September 28 And 29
by A.A. Cristi - September 11, 2023 Irondale, now celebrating forty years of artistically ambitious, and cutting-edge theatre, invites longtime friend and collaborator Theater Grottesco to bring their proactive and funny and hilarious one-man show Consider This to The Space at Irondale September 28th and 29th at 7:30 p.m....
Queen of Swords Shares Sophomore Album 'Year 8'
by Michael Major - June 09, 2023 The album title is an astrology reference “signifying deep change, intergenerational themes, and big life thresholds,” and was co-produced by Carmen Elle (DIANA) and engineered by Steve Chahley (Neko Case, Nelly Furtado, Wu-Tang Clan)....
Kelly Clarkson to Host & Perform at NBC's CHRISTMAS IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER Tree-Lighting Special
by Michael Major - October 26, 2023 Kelly Clarkson will not only host NBC’s iconic Christmas special, but also deliver festive performances – all from the historic NYC spot that is now also home to her eponymous talk show “The Kelly Clarkson Show.” Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker and Craig Melvin will once again join the tree li... |