PITCH PERFECT Stars Anna Camp & Skylar Astin Tie the Knot; Ben Platt & More Attend
by Caryn Robbins - September 12, 2016 PITCH PERFECT stars Anna Camp and Skylar Astin tied the knot on Saturday, September 10th. In attendance were cast mates from the musical comedy including Brittany Snow, who served as a brides maid, Ben Platt (DEAR EVAN HANSON) and Rebel Wilson...
BWW Interview: Robert King, Jr. and THE VOICES OF DONNY HATHAWAY
by Frank Benge - November 06, 2017 On January 13th, 1979, the world lost singer Donny Hathaway. Austinite Robert King Jr. has written a new, thought provoking musical, in which he introduces the audience to a side of Donny Hathaway that has never been explored before. Most people are unaware Hathaway battled with voices that haunted ...
Reggae Musician Shatta Wale to Arrive in Worcester This Summer
by BWW News Desk - June 22, 2017 The Hanover Theatre invites audiences to join reggae musician Shatta Wale for a live concert, July 8 at 8 p.m....
The Library of Congress' Veterans History Project to Celebrate Veterans Day with Theatre and More
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2017 On NOVEMBER 11, 2017 (Veterans Day) Douglas Taurel, actor and creator of the acclaimed solo show The American Soldier, will perform his new play An Americans Soldier's Journey Home at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC....
Berkeley Rep presents World Premiere of IMAGINARY COMFORTS
by A.A. Cristi - August 18, 2017 Berkeley Repertory Theatre today announced the world premiere of Imaginary Comforts, or The Story of the Ghost of the Dead Rabbit, written by Daniel Handler and directed by Tony Taccone. The new play begins previews on Thursday, October 5 and the show runs through Sunday, November 19. Individual tic...
Broadway's Palace Theatre Will Officially Get a 'Lift' for Retail Space Below
by Jessica Khan - November 25, 2015 Looks like the Palace will be getting more than a facelift! After yesterday's hearing, the New York City Landmarks Commission has officially approved plans (subject to peer review) to restore the interior and literally lift the Palace Theatre building 29 feet above the ground to make room for four s...
TILT Performance Group & Ground Floor Theatre to Present A Collection of 10-Minute Plays
by Tyler Peterson - May 19, 2015 TILT Performance Group and Ground Floor Theatre are proud to announce their upcoming collaborative production of The Flip Side, bringing to Central Texas a collection of 6 original 10-minute plays on the theme of possibility. The Flip Side aims to ask: What might the grass look like on the other sid...
Tim Kang and Sab Shimono Lead Berkeley Rep's AUBERGINE World Premiere, Starting Tonight
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2016 Berkeley Repertory Theatre continues its 2015-16 season with the new emotional family drama AUBERGINE, written by Julia Cho and directed by Michael Leibert Artistic Director Tony Taccone. This will be the first production presented on the newly renovated Thrust Stage and the second world premiere of...
LGBTQ Film Festival Comes to The Hanover Theatre Next Month
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2017 qFLIX Worcester: New England's LGBTQ Film Festival presents a series of films that seek to educate and entertain at The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, Thursday, September 14 through Sunday, September 17. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 18 at 10 a.m....
Crowded Fire Announces 2017 Season
by Rebecca Russo - November 21, 2016 Crowded Fire's Artistic Director Mina Morita unveiled the 2017 mainstage season lineup including two contemporary plays that continue to uphold the company's long tradition of producing boundary - pushing, thought-provoking theater. At a season-announcement party on Saturday, November 19th Morita ad...
Reggae Musician Shatta Wale to Arrive in Worcester This Summer
by BWW News Desk - July 08, 2017 The Hanover Theatre invites audiences to join reggae musician Shatta Wale for a live concert, July 8 at 8 p.m....
Berkeley Rep Presents the World Premiere of THE LAST TIGER IN HAITI
by BWW News Desk - October 14, 2016 Berkeley Repertory Theatre today announced the world premiere production of The Last Tiger in Haiti by playwright Jeff Augustin and directed by Joshua Kahan Brody. A co-production with La Jolla Playhouse, where the play had its world premiere in June, The Last Tiger in Haiti begins previews Today, O...
Baby Jessica and Baby Ian Return to NYC This September
by A.A. Cristi - June 06, 2017 ???????Baby Ian Falls Down a Well, the hit comedic play written by and starring Ian Lockwood and Sophie Zucker, returns to New York City this fall following an extended run last year at Brooklyn's Annoyance Theatre NY. A biting, contemporary story with the occasional musical number, Baby Ian Falls D...
Simon Callow Lends Support to Bristol Old Vic's Studio Seat Appeal
by A.A. Cristi - June 14, 2017 Renowned Shakespearean actor and movie star, Simon Callow visited Bristol Old Vic today to see first-hand how the theatre's multi-million pound redevelopment work was coming on and to launch the Sponsor a Seat campaign, part of the final phase of fundraising for the brand-new Studio theatre....
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? Set for Climate Change Theatre Action
by Tyler Peterson - October 29, 2015 Fresh from her success with Versailles 2015 and Ferry Play -- the podplay on the Staten Island Ferry -- director Erin B. Mee is back again with a devised play about climate change, Where Have All The Glaciers Gone? -- part of the Climate Change Theatre Action....
New York City Opera Concert Series Launches Tonight at Lincoln Center's Appel Room
by BWW News Desk - March 16, 2016 Tonight, March 16th, 2016, we launch the New York City Opera Concert series at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Appel Room. It's a vibrant showcase of both new works and established repertoire performed by today's leading artists....
Two Shows Developed at Berkeley Rep Bow in New York This Spring: AMELIE, A NEW MUSICAL and LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS
by A.A. Cristi - February 28, 2017 This spring, two shows that were developed at Berkeley Rep last season will debut on the New York stage. Amelie, A New Musical, which had its world premiere in September 2015, is set to open on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre on April 3, 2017. John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons, which had...
PITCH PERFECT Stars Anna Camp & Skylar Astin Tie the Knot; Ben Platt & More Attend
by Caryn Robbins - September 12, 2016 PITCH PERFECT stars Anna Camp and Skylar Astin tied the knot on Saturday, September 10th. In attendance were cast mates from the musical comedy including Brittany Snow, who served as a brides maid, Ben Platt (DEAR EVAN HANSON) and Rebel Wilson...
Curtain Call Theatre Presents Larry Brooks' PREMIERE OF MURDER This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2015 Curtain Call Theatre, known predominantly for its unique brand of daringly intelligent musical theatre, continues to expand its offerings to include musical murder mystery Premiere of Murder written by local Murder Mystery extraordinaire Larry Brooks, this weekend, February 26-28 at 440 Peacock in S...
Tim Kang and Sab Shimono Lead Berkeley Rep's AUBERGINE World Premiere, Starting Tonight
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2016 Berkeley Repertory Theatre continues its 2015-16 season with the new emotional family drama AUBERGINE, written by Julia Cho and directed by Michael Leibert Artistic Director Tony Taccone. This will be the first production presented on the newly renovated Thrust Stage and the second world premiere of...
BWW Reviews: THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL is a Sublimely Silly Evening
by Frank Benge - June 15, 2015 THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL is a two-act musical, written by David Nehls and Betsy Kelso. Set in the Armadillo Acres Trailer Park in Florida, it is a great big musical Valentine to trailer trash. The main story concerns Pippi, a stripper on the run, who comes between the agoraphobic Jean...
Crowded Fire Theater Presents BLACKADEMICS, Now thru 5/2
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2015 Crowded Fire Theater (CFT) presents the West Coast Premiere of Blackademics by Idris Goodwin, opening Monday April 13 (previews tonight, April 9-11) running through May 2 at the Thick House in San Francisco's Potrero Hill....
Brooklyn Academy of Music Announces $25 Million Project to Link Three Spaces
by Christina Mancuso - July 31, 2015 Brooklyn Academy of Music will announce a $25 million project to link three of its spaces, the BAM Harvey Theater, a vacant site at 653 Fulton Street and the ground floor of a high-rise condo at 230 Ashland Place, according to the New York Times....
Berkeley Rep's Ground Floor Awards Residencies to 18 Cutting-Edge Theatre Projects
by A.A. Cristi - March 14, 2017 Today, Madeleine Oldham, director of The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep's Center for the Creation and Development of New Work, announced the 18 projects accepted into its sixth annual Summer Residency Lab. The projects were chosen from almost 600 submitted applications, the most the program has ever re...
Tim Kang and Sab Shimono to Lead Berkeley Rep's AUBERGINE World Premiere This February
by BWW News Desk - November 23, 2015 Berkeley Repertory Theatre continues its 2015-16 season with the new emotional family drama AUBERGINE, written by Julia Cho and directed by Michael Leibert Artistic Director Tony Taccone. This will be the first production presented on the newly renovated Thrust Stage and the second world premiere of... |