BWW Interview: Edward Gero On the Current State of the Arts, Judge Scalia, Nixon & Shakespeare Cohort Keach
by Gil Kaan - April 07, 2017 John Strand's THE ORIGINALIST had its world premiere in 2015 at The Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. with the titular role of Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia played by the critically acclaimed Edward Gero. Edward reprises his role at The Pasadena Playhouse's starting April 11. I made t...
BWW Review: DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY Brings Back Hysterical Memories of 1950s TV Families
by Shari Barrett - March 21, 2016 The West Coast premiere of DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY by Rich Orloff is currently playing to uproariously laughing audiences at Little Fish Theatre in San Pedro, directed with a clear vision by Holly Baker-Kreiswirth in which much homage is paid to classic gangster movies. Directing in the most over-the-...
BWW Previews: TUTS Underground Presents the Sweet SWEET POTATO QUEENS
by Katricia Lang - April 04, 2015 In late March (I'm bringing you up to the minute news), TUTS Underground staged the first ever reading of SWEET POTATO QUEENS. The piece put me in the mind of stories and movies like the DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD or SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS. Basically, anything with sister in i...
Ryan Murphy, Ricky Martin & More Tweet Support to Elton John's Dolce & Gabbana Boycott
by Caryn Robbins - March 16, 2015 On Saturday March 14th, musician Elton John announced that he will be boycotting Dolce & Gabbana following their negative comments on gay parenting...
WE WILL ROCK YOU Opens Tonight at the Ahmanson
by BWW News Desk - July 16, 2014 Queen and Ben Elton's 'We Will Rock You,' created by Ben Elton with music supervisors Brian May and Roger Taylor, is coming to the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, and with it comes a rock attitude. 'We Will Rock You' opens tonight, July 16, and runs through August 24, 2014....
Amios Presents a Musical SHOTZ!
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2017 Amios Presents - SHOTZ! Live and in Concert II: A Shotz of Many Colors Monday, February 6th, 7:00pm and 8:30pm...
TLC Announces 2015-16 Programming Slate with New & Returning Favorites
by Caryn Robbins - March 31, 2015 Today's television viewer is mobile, multi-tasking, and expecting to connect on a deeper level with the shows and characters they love....
BWW Reviews: Bridget Everett's Court Jester Cabaret Act at Joe's Pub is Hilarious and Pointedly Provocative
by Remy Block - January 14, 2015 Bridget Everett, performing a reprise of her one-woman cabaret show, Rock Bottom (at Joe's Pub for an limited run), has become the darling of the alt-cabaret scene because she occupies the clown/fool/buffoon space to the hilt, creating a hilarious and cathartic experience for those who can take it. ...
Gordon Voidwell, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Bombadil and More Set for Joe's Pub, 7/9-20
by BWW News Desk - July 08, 2014 Joe's Pub at the Public Theater has announced its shows, running July 9 - 20, 2014. Details below!...
Nona Hendryx, Kamara Thomas, Audra Isadora/Boyfriend and More Set for Joe's Pub This Week
by BWW News Desk - July 01, 2014 Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its upcoming performances this week, July 2-13, 2014. Details below!...
BWW Review: Impressive Smaller-Scale AMERICAN IDIOT Rocks La Mirada
by Michael L. Quintos - May 09, 2016 To be completely honest, my first exposure to the mostly sung-through, modern rock musical AMERICAN IDIOT (during its initial national tour stops in Southern California) was, at best, like seeing a really cool rock concert performed by some incredibly talented musical theater actors, surrounded by s...
InDepth InterView Flashback 2013: Joan Rivers Talks JOAN & MELISSA: JOAN KNOWS BEST?, FASHION POLICE, SALLY MARR Revival & More
by Pat Cerasaro - September 07, 2014 Today we remember stage and screen icon Joan Rivers in honor of her death this week at the age of 81 with this InDepth InterView originally presented in 2013....
24 Shows With Over 100 Performers Set for 2014 NY Clown Theatre Festival, Kicking Off Today
by BWW News Desk - September 05, 2014 Now in its 9th year, The NY Clown Theatre Festival is New York's preeminent annual, international Clown Theatre festival....
Nona Hendryx, Kamara Thomas, Audra Isadora/Boyfriend and More Set for Joe's Pub This Week
by BWW News Desk - July 01, 2014 Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its upcoming performances this week, July 2-13, 2014. Details below!...
West Coast Premiere of 'GHOULMASTER'S HAUNTED PLAYHOUSE' Opens 9/25
by Tyler Peterson - September 18, 2015 Halloween superstar, Ghoulmaster, is about to open the doors to his secret Haunted Playhouse this October. And you're invited. 1984 Entertainment, LLC presents the World Premiere Original Theater Experience; Ghoulmaster's Haunted Playhouse produced by Pete Carter & Charles Convery opening Friday, Se...
9th Annual 'Welcome to Boog City' Festival Kicks Off Today
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2015 The 9th Annual Welcome to Boog City Festival -- 5 Days of Poetry, Music, and Theater -- is headed to New York City!...
Review Roundup: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
by Review Roundups - November 12, 2015 The Young Vic's critically-acclaimed production of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, directed by Ivo van Hove, opens tonight, November 12, at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street). Let's see what the critics had to say......
BWW Interview: Charles Busch Talks THAT GIRL/THAT BOY in His LA Cabaret Debut at Rockwell Table and Stage
by Don Grigware - February 27, 2017 Actor, singer, playwright and film historian Charles Busch is a multi-talented artist who has won many awards over the course of his varied career. Remembered for his plays Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, Psycho Beach Party and Die! Mommie Die!, the latter two having been translated to film, Busch never...
24 Shows With Over 100 Performers Set for 2014 NY Clown Theatre Festival, Kicking Off Today
by BWW News Desk - September 05, 2014 Now in its 9th year, The NY Clown Theatre Festival is New York's preeminent annual, international Clown Theatre festival....
BWW Reviews: Skylight Fabulously Re-Fashions Rossini's CINDERELLA
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - September 24, 2014 Think fairytales can be out of fashion? Please think again. Fairytales represent stories beloved and valued by every culture for untold centuries. So when a contemporary, in high fashion fairytale opens the 2014-2015 Skylight Music Theatre's 56th season bringing Milwaukee 'Fairytales and Fantasy' u...
Dancing Through Distress: Male dancers from SYTYCD, NYCB and Broadway Reflect on Challenges and Struggles They Faced Growing Up in a Studio
by Gianluca Russo - December 12, 2016 A sense of fulfillment fills his body as he sees his reflection in the hazy mirror. The music begins, and he suddenly feels completely comfortable in a place he only arrived at a few weeks prior. Each beat of the song sends pulses through the somewhat scratched up flooring, up through his bare feet,...
Review Roundup: THE VISIT Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
by Review Roundups - April 23, 2015 The Visit, the final musical ever by legendary Tony Award-winning duo John Kander and Fred Ebb, celebrates its opening tonight, April 23, 2015 at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street). Let's see what the critics had to say......
Master Of Madness/King Of Halloween Presents GHOULMASTER'S HAUNTED PLAYHOUSE to LA Sept. 25th
by Sally Henry Fuller - August 08, 2015 Halloween superstar, Ghoulmaster, is about to open the doors to his secret Haunted Playhouse this October. And you're invited....
BWW Recap: Nothing Says THE BACHELOR Like Love Gurus and Sombreros
by Patti Murin - February 03, 2015 Hola, mis amigos! Monday night is here again, and after a long week of rehearsal (come see us at City Center this week in the Encores! production of 'Lady, Be Good!' (get tickets here), I'm ready to put my feet up and watch some ladies be crazy. And lucky for me, this episode of THE BACHELOR is SO n...
BEINGS OF THE OTHER WORLD Presented in the Crypt of Christchurch Cathedral Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 31, 2014 The Break-Away Project, in association with Foras na Gaeilge, are proud to present 'Beings of the Other World - Break-Away Hallowe'en Spectacular' in the Crypt of Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin this Hallowe'en Night 2014.... |