Max McNown Announces Debut Album 'Wandering' & Releases New Single 'Turned Into Missing You'
by Michael Major - February 21, 2024 With production by AJ Pruis, Wandering showcases an ornate musical palette rich in live instrumentation of fiddle, mandolin, dreamy pedal-steel tones, and spellbinding guitar work. Yet McNown took care to foreground his lyrics on every track, viewing his songs as poems set to music....
Interview: Jazz Performer Brian Newman Will Make You Feel Good at Café Carlyle
by Rebecca Kaplan - April 11, 2025 Trumpeter and jazz singer Brian Newman is a nonstop, energetic performer with a style and repertoire that straddles generations. We spoke about his upcoming show on 4/14 at Café Carlyle, his process of developing arrangements to songs, and more....
Review: Riverside Actors Theatre and Nightingale Theatre Collective Premieres LIGHT BLIND at The Public Theatre
by Theresa Bertram - June 08, 2024 What did our critic think of LIGHT BLIND at Riverside Actors Theatre?...
BWW Review: SHERLOCK HOLMES: AN ONLINE ADVENTURE, Les Enfants Terribles
by Fiona Scott - February 24, 2021 Have you ever found yourself reading or watching one of Sherlock Holmes' adventures and wanted to get involved in the action itself? Now you can. Les Enfants Terribles have taken their expertise in crafting immersive theatre to the world wide web in Sherlock Holmes: An Online Adventure, directed by ...
James Jackson, Jr., Jon-Michael Reese, Natalie Joy Johnson & More to Perform at The Green Room 42 in November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 31, 2022 The Green Room 42 has announced its November line-up for in-person cabaret performances. The lineup will feature James Jackson, Jr., Jon-Michael Reese, Natalie Joy Johnson, and more....
BWW Review: HEIDI DUCKLER DANCE PRESENTS “THE CHANDELIER “ at The Wallis Annenberg
by Valerie-Jean Miller - August 28, 2021 They got hit with a double whammy. Not only were they sidelined first by the pandemic for a year and a half, but to now present 'The Chandelier' all this time later, and still under many Covid restrictions, the entire piece, which was to be 'site-specific' had to be reworked and reimagined. Heidi...
Interview: Hershey Felder of HERSHEY FELDER AS GEORGE GERSHWIN ALONE & HERSHEY FELDER'S GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK SING-ALONG at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
by Jim Munson - February 01, 2024 BroadwayWorld chats with virtuoso actor/pianist/filmmaker Hershey Felder about his return to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley in his popular 'George Gershwin Alone' & 'Great American Songbook Sing-Along' shows February 7th thru 12th....
Midnight Oil Announce Special Final Shows Of Tour
by A.A. Cristi - August 15, 2022 Since Midnight Oil's new album Resist debuted at #1 early this year, the legendary Australian band has toured around Australia, North America, and then Europe, on their last concert tour. ...
English Premiere of KISSES DEEP to be Presented at Centaur Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 23, 2025 This fall, Centaur Theatre will present the English-language world premiere of Kisses Deep, a thrilling new play by the world-renowned Michel Marc Bouchard, translated by his acclaimed long-time collaborator Linda Gaboriau....
New Music Takes Centre Stage at Wigmore Hall this Autumn
by Stephi Wild - August 23, 2023 A new work for solo piano by the Canadian pianist and composer Stewart Goodyear receives its world première at London’s Wigmore Hall on Saturday 23 September 2023. Performed by Goodyear himself, making his Wigmore Hall debut, it is the first of 16 new ‘Voices of Today’ works commissioned to support ...
Review: THE HEART BREAK CHOIR at ASB Waterfront Theatre
by Monica Moore - February 19, 2023 Auckland Theatre Company has begun its 30th anniversary year with a heartwarming play with all the great elements of top-class entertainment underpinned by deeper more gripping issues of trauma, loss, healing and the strength of community....
Samantha Fish Embraces Bold Rock Sound on 'Faster'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - July 09, 2021 While Faster never fails to showcase the gritty vitality of Fish's musicianship, much of the album journeys into elegantly eclectic sonic terrain....
Ballyhoo! Unveils 9th Full-Length Album 'Shellshock'
by Michael Major - August 02, 2023 The album showcases Ballyhoo!'s signature sound while embracing fresh and innovative influences from their featured collaborators. The Elovators, Hirie, Iya Terra, Tropidelic, Bumpin Uglies and Kyle Smith, have each left their distinct mark on the album, adding their own flair and musical prowess to...
Theatre Aspen to Present Second Annual One-Person Show Festival SOLO FLIGHTS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 18, 2021 Theatre Aspen will present its second annual one-person show festival, Solo Flights, as the third act of this year’s 38th summer season, launching next Wednesday, August 25 and running through Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at the Hurst Theatre in Aspen, Colorado. ...
Fresco Trey Speaks Out Against Drunk Driving on New Single 'Times Like This'
by Michael Major - February 09, 2024 On the track, finger snaps keep the tempo as a gentle acoustic guitar echoes through the haze. Against this subtle backdrop, Trey lyrically tells a gripping real-life story about drinking and driving. Captivating with raw melodies, he pleads for accountability among friends. In the black-and-white v...
Rap Duo BlueBucksClan Releases New EP and Music Video
by Marissa Tomeo - March 05, 2022 Los Angeles rap’s most dynamic duo, BlueBucksClan, makes a regal and intimate foray with their first 2022 project, See The Difference, along with an accompanying video out now via Out The Blue Records / Capitol Records. ...
BWW Review: FABULOUS FIRST FRIDAYS at Pangea Lives Up To Its Name
by Stephen Mosher - October 03, 2021 A one-off production transforms into a residency at Pangea, and though a forced hiatus stopped the show in its tracks, FABULOUS FIRST FRIDAYS is back, and it's more fabulous than before....
NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival Opening Night To Feature Qui Nguyen
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 12, 2021 The NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival presents work from New York City independent theatre artists defying labels and branching out into digital media and film. For 2021 they're taking the festival online and opening it up to include indie theatre artists from across the United States. ...
Review: Basketball is Not the Only Team Sport in FLEX at Theatrical Outfit
by Luke Evans - September 11, 2022 Candrice Jones has penned a deeply personal play, one in which the social pressure to succeed and to rise above one’s circumstances runs counter to the more primal desire to be a part of something larger than oneself....
BWW Blog: Regaining Creative Power
by Student Blogger: Macy Mae Cowart - February 04, 2021 Until I can get out of my own way and let elementary school Macy back in, I’ll continue reading beautiful plays and writing silly little stories, exercising my creative writing muscle back to strength. ...
BWW Music Review: Andy Karl, Orfeh & Andrew Logan Prove Good Things Come In Threes
by Stephen Mosher - March 09, 2021 When three beautiful voices join together in a recording it can be rewarding but when three friends join together to make something it's destined to be special....
Kip Moore Releases 'Crazy One More Time (Revisited)'
by Michael Major - January 21, 2022 One of the most requested songs during Moore’s signature live show, the original track has been streamed over 20 million times to date. Co-written by Moore with Chris Lindsey and Aimee Mayo, Moore hit the studio to put a 2022 update on the track. Listen to the new single now!...
BWW Interview: Playwright Peter Gray's Ever-So-Timely Take on THE KARENS
by Gil Kaan - August 04, 2021 The Muse Collective will stream the world premiere of Peter Gray’s THE KARENS beginning August 13, 2021. Muse Collective’s founder and artistic director Michael Alvarez directs the cast of Morgan Danielle Day, Felicia Santiago and LaurenSage Browning. Got the chance to chat with Peter on his KARENS ...
Review: Julio Iglesias, Jr. Makes His Café Carlyle Debut with TIMELESS
by Rebecca Kaplan - October 02, 2024 Julio Iglesias, Jr hit it out of the park from the get-go with his strong vocals and uplifting spirit. His debut residency at the Cafe Carlyle runs tonight through Saturday 10/6. The evening features some of his favorite songs that he heard growing up, plus some of his father’s own songs, including ...
The New Group and Broadstream Premiere Digital Series I NEED SPACE
by Marissa Tomeo - March 03, 2022 The World Premiere of i need space, a new digital series written, directed and created by Donja R. Love (Sugar In Our Wounds, one in two) and presented by The New Group Off Stage in association with John Ridley’s NŌ Studios and Frank Marshall will begin streaming March 8, 2022, exclusively on the ne... |