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Branson Pawn Shop (the working title for the series) revolves around Branson Pawn Shop and the people who come to the shop looking to make a deal. The shop is located in downtown Branson on the corner of Main and Commercial Streets.

A Noise Within Announces 2018-2019 Season Photo A Noise Within Announces 2018-2019 Season
by Stephi Wild - April 11, 2018

Led by co-producing artistic directors Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott, A Noise Within (ANW) is excited to announce its 2018-2019 season, themed "Let Me In."...
Custom Made Stages Modern Classic THE LION IN WINTER Photo Custom Made Stages Modern Classic THE LION IN WINTER
by Julie Musbach - October 19, 2017

Sibling rivalry, adultery, and dungeons make The Lion in Winter a modern-day holiday classic. Even though the queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, is the wealthiest woman in the world, she has been kept in prison since raising an army against her husband, King Henry II....
Review Roundup: What Did The Critics Think Of The Michael Ball and Alexandra Burke-Le Photo Review Roundup: What Did The Critics Think Of The Michael Ball and Alexandra Burke-Led CHESS in London?
by Alan Henry - May 02, 2018

The epic musical love story Chess starring Michael Ball as Anatoly, Alexandra Burke as Svetlana, Cedric Neal as The Arbiter, Tim Howar as Freddie, Cassidy Janson as Florence and Phillip Browne as officially opened last night, 1 May 2018, for a strictly limited 5 week season....
Lakewood Theatre Company Announces Its 66th Season Of Plays And Musicals Photo Lakewood Theatre Company Announces Its 66th Season Of Plays And Musicals
by A.A. Cristi - March 23, 2018

Lakewood Theatre Company will begin its 66th season with six productions on its Mainstage and three productions on its Side Door stage beginning July 6, 2018.  ...
HUNGER GAMES Collection Released as SteelBook Collection at Walmart Photo HUNGER GAMES Collection Released as SteelBook Collection at Walmart
by Michael Major - November 21, 2023

Starring Oscar® winner Jennifer Lawrence (2012, Actress in a Leading Role, Silver Linings Playbook), all four films will be available on this collectible format: The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2....
Cast Set For World Premiere Of The New Dance Musical GILDED Photo Cast Set For World Premiere Of The New Dance Musical GILDED
by Stephi Wild - July 07, 2018

Harlot Productions, helmed by director/choreographer Kristen Brooks Sandler, will premiere the new dance musical Gilded at the Capital Fringe Festival in Washington, DC for 5 performances between July 14th and July 28th....
CVRep Playhouse to Open in Cathedral City with the Musical CHESS! Photo CVRep Playhouse to Open in Cathedral City with the Musical CHESS!
by Kay Kudukis - February 08, 2019

After months of preparation and great anticipation,The Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre (CVRep) has announced it will open their newly renovated, 208 seat, Cathedral City playhouse with the dynamic musical, CHESS - Music by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of the Rock Group ABBA Lyrics by Time Ri...
BWW Review: WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse Photo BWW Review: WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
by Anthony Walker-Cook - February 28, 2020

Following the lacklustre reception of The Taming of the Shrew, Thomas Middleton's Women Beware Women opens in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse as part of the Globe's continuing 'She Wolves and Shrews' season. Where Shakespeare's play showed a woman tamed, however, Middleton explores the unbridl...
Review Roundup: HADESTOWN Tour Kicks Off; What Are The Critics Saying? Photo Review Roundup: HADESTOWN Tour Kicks Off; What Are The Critics Saying?
by Stephi Wild - October 25, 2021

Hadestown, the 2019 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, officially opened its North American Tour on October 15, at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Kicking off at the Peace Center in Greenville, SC, the tour will visit over 30 cities in its first year. Check out a...
BWW Feature: ONLINE VIRTUAL OPERA TOUR at Home Computer Screens Photo BWW Feature: ONLINE VIRTUAL OPERA TOUR at Home Computer Screens
by Maria Nockin - May 22, 2021

Our Magic Opera Flying Carpet Virtual Tour begins in Los Angeles with the Signature Recital by tenor Russell Thomas and pianist Kyung-Mi Kim. A native of  Miami, Florida, Thomas debuted as Pollione in LA Opera’s Norma. He sang Cavaradossi in Tosca and Titus in The Clemency of Titus . Next year, he w...
Dopapod Release Their Seventh Full-Length Album: 'Dopapod' Photo Dopapod Release Their Seventh Full-Length Album: 'Dopapod'
by Michael Major - May 27, 2022

Progressive journeyman Dopapod are excited to announce the release of their seventh full album, Dopapod. The eleven tracks on the album are the sonic harvest from a period of deep creative outpouring that saw the picking up the threads of a “concept catalog,” first introduced on 2014’s Never Odd Or ...
BWW Interview: Cirque du Soleil's Mike Newquist Smoothly Managing the Opening of OVO Photo BWW Interview: Cirque du Soleil's Mike Newquist Smoothly Managing the Opening of OVO & Other Relaunches
by Gil Kaan - March 15, 2022

Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group and Microsoft Theater will launch their new five-year partnership of presenting a Cirque du Soleil touring production within L.A. LIVE annually with their high-energy, high-acrobatic spectacular OVO opening March 16, 2022. I had the opportunity to field a few que...
Over 100 Artists From SDSU Safely Collaborate On CHESS: IN CONCERT For Digital Stream Photo Over 100 Artists From SDSU Safely Collaborate On CHESS: IN CONCERT For Digital Streaming
by A.A. Cristi - November 17, 2020

Featuring over one hundred San Diego State University students, Chess: In Concert will be available for digital streaming from December 3 – 6, 2020. Chess is written by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson, and Björn Ulvaeus. ...
BWW Interview: Geoff Hoyle of WHAT WILL I BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? at The Marsh Lives to Photo BWW Interview: Geoff Hoyle of WHAT WILL I BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? at The Marsh Lives to Play to Fool
by Jim Munson - September 09, 2020

Ah, just when we need it the most, here is the perfect tonic for our troubled times! The Marsh is bringing back comedic legend Geoff Hoyle in his latest work 'What Will I Be When You Grow Up?' Presented for one night only on Saturday, March 20th at 7:00PM PDT, this filmic version of Hoyle's show wil...
BWW Feature: Local Classic Repertory's Virtual Season opens with PERHAPS THE WORLD EN Photo BWW Feature: Local Classic Repertory's Virtual Season opens with PERHAPS THE WORLD ENDS HERE
by Adrienne Proctor - September 15, 2020

PERHAPS THE WORLD ENDS HERE, a new play by OCU grad Daniel Leeman Smith, blends the cultures of Indigenous People, Video-Gaming, and Queerness into one tale about a journey and a quest that one young man must embark on. Local Classic Repertory offers this new work as a part of their inaugural virtua...
BWW Feature: ONLINE VIRTUAL OPERA TOUR at Home Computer Screens Photo BWW Feature: ONLINE VIRTUAL OPERA TOUR at Home Computer Screens
by Maria Nockin - July 03, 2021

In the video, Gallup/Na'nízhoozhí, Anthony Roth Costanzo and Davone Tines sing music by Matthew Aucoin written to poetry by Jake Skeets. Lowe and Skeets are both Navajo artists. Skeets, who grew up in Gallup, gives his hometown a leading role in his poetry. Lowe's film is an unflinching yet tender p...
Review Roundup: What Did The Critics Think Of The Michael Ball and Alexandra Burke-Le Photo Review Roundup: What Did The Critics Think Of The Michael Ball and Alexandra Burke-Led CHESS in London?
by Alan Henry - May 02, 2018

The epic musical love story Chess starring Michael Ball as Anatoly, Alexandra Burke as Svetlana, Cedric Neal as The Arbiter, Tim Howar as Freddie, Cassidy Janson as Florence and Phillip Browne as officially opened last night, 1 May 2018, for a strictly limited 5 week season....
Review: BENEATHA'S PLACE, Young Vic Photo Review: BENEATHA'S PLACE, Young Vic
by Cindy Marcolina - July 07, 2023

Written a decade ago, the piece is perhaps more significant now than it was in 2013. Beneatha’s Place is unquestionably and ideologically hefty, academically relevant, and socio-politically topical. It very much rides on the coattails of Raisin, covering the same points with an added first-hand repr...
BWW Review: WAR HORSE, SEC Armadillo Glasgow Photo BWW Review: WAR HORSE, SEC Armadillo Glasgow
by Adam Robinson - January 29, 2019

Courage, friendship, determination and hope, War Horse is a love story like no other. After the auction purchase of a foal by a foolish father bidding to save his pride, the Narracott family must work out what to do with a bay thoroughbred horse on their Devon farm. Glasgow born actor Scott Miller ...
A DEADLY GAME OF CHESS Announced At The Fairfield Theatre Company Photo A DEADLY GAME OF CHESS Announced At The Fairfield Theatre Company
by A.A. Cristi - April 08, 2019

A Deadly Game of Chess, the first work from local playwright and director Melody Rose will debut at the Fairfield Theatre Company's StageOne (70 Sanford Street in Fairfield, CT) on Sunday, June 30 at 4:00PM.  The drama is staged largely by a cast and crew of local high school and college students, w...
CHESS Comes To CV Rep Theater 3/13 Photo CHESS Comes To CV Rep Theater 3/13
by Kay Kudukis - March 01, 2019

After months of preparation and great anticipation, The Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre (CVRep) has announced it will open their newly renovated, 209 seat, Cathedral City playhouse with the dynamic, musical, CHESS - Music by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of the Rock Group ABBA Lyrics by Time ...
BWW Review: GIRL ON AN ALTAR, Kiln Theatre Photo BWW Review: GIRL ON AN ALTAR, Kiln Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - May 26, 2022

The Greeks seem to be trending at the moment. Last year TikTok went mad for Madeline Miller’s book Song of Achilles, Ivo van Hove brought his mash-up of myths to the Barbican at the start of the month, and the Almeida’s latest project is being compared to a Greek masterpiece. London seems to be in a...
Photos: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Opens at Cortland Repertory Theatre Photo Photos: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Opens at Cortland Repertory Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 20, 2021

Cortland Repertory Theatre is presenting A Midsummer Night's Dream, August 18-21. Four misguided lovers are challenged by magic and trickery when they become pawns in a complex game of love. And in this case, love can make a person a jackass…literally!...
Six-Part Documentary Series McMILLION$ to Premiere February 3 Photo Six-Part Documentary Series McMILLION$ to Premiere February 3
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 16, 2020

From 1989 to 2001, a criminal mastermind named “Uncle Jerry” defrauded the hugely popular McDonald's Monopoly promotional game of millions of dollars in prize money. By stealing valuable game pieces from McDonald's, Jerry was able to hand-select winners, hoodwink the authorities and share the ill-go...
Will Kempe's Players Announces Season And Auditions Photo Will Kempe's Players Announces Season And Auditions
by Stephi Wild - January 25, 2019

During the summer of 2019 Will Kempe's Players will tour the greater Capital District's parks, colleges, and arts centers with a third season of al fresco Shakespeare classics and contemporary drama....




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