JAR OF FAT by Seayoung Yim Announced as Winner of 2022 Yale Drama Series Prize
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 23, 2022 The 2022 Yale Drama Series Prize, one of the theater world’s most prestigious playwriting prizes, will be awarded to Seayoung Yim for her play Jar of Fat....
That Summer Unveils New Single 'Dangerous Backgrounds'
by Michael Major - April 04, 2022 LA-based That Summer has released a new single 'Dangerous Backgrounds.' The genre-defining band, fronted by Brazil-born songwriter/producer Charles Rocha, mixes elements of singer/songwriter and pop/rock musings with alternative and punk rock ethos. Listen to the new single now!...
2022 Tony Awards Nominations- Live Reactions from Hugh Jackman, Jared Grimes, Patti LuPone, Sharon D Clarke & More!
by Team BWW - May 09, 2022 Tonys time is here at least! The nominations for the 75th Annual Tony Awards were announced this morning by Adrienne Warren and Joshua Henry. This year's nominees are checking in with BroadwayWorld to tell us all about how they got the news. Check back for live updates!...
Pale Waves Announce New Album 'Unwanted'
by Michael Major - May 09, 2022 Recorded in Los Angeles with producer Zakk Cervini, whose credits read like a who’s who of alt royalty – from Blink-182 and Modern Baseball, to Halsey and Machine Gun Kelly – ‘Lies’ pairs the crunchy guitars and rhythmic drive of 2000s pop punk with the rage of a 90s rock band. Plus, check out upcom...
Arena Stage Announces New Virtual Classes For Winter Season
by A.A. Cristi - December 15, 2020 Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces its lineup of Winter classes featuring classes catered to families, theater lovers, students, adults and emerging theater artists. The Voices of Now Mead Ensemble for young artists will begin this winter, meeting virtually to contribute t...
BROADWAY BODIES: A CRITICAL HISTORY OF CONFORMITY To Be Published By Oxford University Press February 2023
by A.A. Cristi - December 12, 2022 Oxford University Press will soon publish Ryan Donovan's Broadway Bodies: A Critical History of Conformity on February 17, 2023....
Songwriter Joey Cape Announces 'A Good Year To Forget'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 03, 2021 Leading the collection is 'It Could Be Real,' a song written from the perspective of a disenchanted single person—a person who has experienced the highs and lows of multiple failed relationships....
Interview: Kathy Deitch of Off-Broadway's TITANIQUE the Musical at The Asylum NYC
by Nicholas Adler - July 25, 2022 Innovative. Tenacious. Inspiring. Diva. Words to describe the one and only Kathy Dietch. I've always been drawn towards women who fit this description. (Full disclosure; I am married to one!). Women who are very much at home playing the Diva on stage and might not follow a traditional path or be sat...
EDINBURGH 2022: Review: FAT CHANCE, Pleasance Dome
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 27, 2022 Written and performed by Rachel Stockdale. Meet Rachel – a Northern, 20-something actress whose funny, celebratory and politically powerful one-woman play explores her true-life experience of weight gain from size 8 to 18. From audition nerves and throwaway comments to literally breaking a leg, this...
BWW Interview: Emmy-Winner Joe Spano Always Returning To His Theatrical Roots
by Gil Kaan - February 01, 2021 The Laguna Playhouse will be streaming a virtual staged reading of D.L. Coburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, THE GIN GAME February 14 through February 16, 2021. Jenny Sullivan directs this much-produced two-hander with a pair of very juicy acting roles for Joe Spano and JoBeth Williams as two nurs...
BWW Interview: At Home With Anita Gillette
by Stephen Mosher - May 18, 2020 This year's recipient for the MAC Award for Lifetime Achievement knows how to thrive, survive and stay alive in a business that can be unforgiving. Anita Gillette doesn't just take the prize, she takes the cake. Here, she talks with Stephen Mosher about her lifetime of achievements....
The Focus Theater Opens as Rochester Fringe Festival's Newest Official Venue
by Stephi Wild - August 16, 2022 When the curtain goes up at the Rochester Fringe Festival this fall, The Focus Theater will open its doors for the first time as an official Fringe venue in a sensational, brand-new location. This new theater has a fully accessible, beautifully appointed, performance space featuring an intimate, 90-...
Silver Synthetic Shares New Track & Video From Third Man Debut Album
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 07, 2021 Silver Synthetic -- comprised of members of New Orleans luminaries Bottomfeeders and Jeff the Brotherhood -- has already begun to carve a niche for themselves ahead of the announcement of their full-length debut....
The Apollo Theater Announces Fall/Winter 2022 Season Featuring Camille A. Brown, Fat Joe & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 23, 2022 The Apollo Theater has announced details of its fall/winter 2022 season titled The Next Movement. The Apollo has long been a place of dynamic energy and forward motion; this season, the theater honors that longstanding tradition through a series of performances and programs that look to the future....
Edinburgh 2022: Review: SOFIE HAGEN: FAT JOKES, Monkey Barrel Comedy - Monkey Barrel 3
by Stefanie Lyons - August 26, 2022 Sofie Hagen will make you laugh so hard that, when I saw her show last night, I didn't stop for the entire hour. In fact, I made ridiculous noises, like a donkey, trying to recover myself from her witty brand of comedy. ...
BWW Review: A STRANGE LOOP at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
by Timothy Treanor - December 06, 2021 Write what you know, the adage goes. Thus, John Grisham writes courtroom dramas. Bill and Hillary Clinton write political thrillers. Robin Cook writes stories about medicine....
Roundabout Goes Dark on Broadway This Spring
by Cara Joy David - December 12, 2022 Slipping under the radar this past week was the news that Roundabout Theatre Company would not be presenting a winter/spring offering at the American Airlines Theatre for the first time (pandemic excluded) since the space opened in 2000. In fact, Roundabout will not be presenting anything at its thr...
Underbelly Festival Announces London Summer Programme For 2022
by Stephi Wild - March 25, 2022 Underbelly has today announced their dazzling programme of events for their Underbelly Festival this Summer which promises to be a feast of top-quality live entertainment, amazing outdoor bars and premium street food. Underbelly Festival's summer events are running at Earls Court, on the former Earl...
Student Blog: One Size Does Not Fit All
by Student Blogger: Alexandra Curnyn - May 06, 2021 “Ugh, that costume looks horrible on you. See, right around your stomach, you can’t hide anything! Take it off. It’s awful.” I stood in the middle of the theatre under the relentless, beaming stage lights during our tech week 'costume parade' and looked down at my shimmery dress (stomach pudge in...
Kimmel Cultural Campus Announces 2021/2022 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 27, 2021 Kimmel Cultural Campus has announced the much-anticipated return of in-person performing arts across their venues: the Kimmel Center, the Academy of Music, and the Merriam Theater. On September 18, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., Kimmel Cultural Campus will host a grand reopening event in Commonwealth Pl...
Watch Phoebe Potts' TOO FAT FOR CHINA At Gloucester Stage
by A.A. Cristi - April 16, 2020 Gloucester Stage Company debuted TOO FAT FOR CHINA, a world premiere one woman show written and performed by cartoonist and storyteller and Gloucester resident Phoebe Potts, to sold our audiences at Gloucester Stage in November 2019....
Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard Shares New Single & Video 'Crescent Man vs Demolition Dan'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - July 14, 2021 Since forming in 2017, the Cardiff-based four-piece have become one of the most talked-about new bands in the UK. Driven by an exciting, dynamic energy presented at a host of magnetic, hype-building live shows, the band’s debut EP The Non-Stop then followed in summer 2020....
BROADWAY BODIES: A CRITICAL HISTORY OF CONFORMITY To Be Published By Oxford University Press February 2023
by A.A. Cristi - December 12, 2022 Oxford University Press will soon publish Ryan Donovan's Broadway Bodies: A Critical History of Conformity on February 17, 2023....
The Place Announces Summer Season
by Stephi Wild - March 22, 2022 The Place, one of London's leading dance venues, is delighted to announce its summer season, a programme brimming with inspiring and compelling live and digital performance. We are looking forward to a scorching summer of live performance, with highlights including Inscribed in 'Me' by Work Place Ar...
Industry Pro Newsletter: Roundabout Going Dark on Broadway
by Alex Freeman - December 12, 2022 New research from IMPACTS highlights the importance of mission in soliciting both donations and membership renewals, the Met works to recover from a cyber attack, and as Cara Joy David reports, Roundabout will be dark on Broadway this Spring.... |