BWW Interview: Jay Johnson Brings EXCESS BAGGAGE to Group rep For One Night Only August 19
by Don Grigware - August 14, 2017 Jay Johnson made his Broadway debut at the Helen Hayes Theatre starring in the show he both wrote and performed, "Jay Johnson: The Two and Only" which garnered him the 2007 Tony Award for Best Theatrical Event. Four months prior to the Broadway opening, the show played the Colony Theatre in Burbank ...
Christine Ebersole, Patti LuPone & More Earn Jeff Awards Nominations
by A.A. Cristi - August 31, 2016 Six world premiere plays and four new adaptations seen first by Chicago audiences were among those receiving nominations by The Jeff Awards Committee. 178 nominations in 32 categories honor Chicago Equity theatrical productions that opened between August 1, 2015 and July 31, 2016....
LAW & ORDER and BOSTON LEGAL Coming to Escape 1/1/19 Laff Lands According to Jim, Bounce Debuts Scandal
by Tori Hartshorn - November 19, 2018 Katz Networks, part of The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP), announced three major off-network series licensing agreements today....
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - 'And the Happily Ever Afters' on TNT's THE LIBRARIANS
by - December 14, 2015 On the next episode of TNT's THE LIBRARIANS titled "And the Happily Ever Afters", the team has scattered, all living the ideal versions of their lives....
DTC Presents The World Premiere Of THE TRIALS OF SAM HOUSTON
by Julie Musbach - March 22, 2018 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award Recipient Dallas Theater Center (DTC) presents the world premiere of The Trials of Sam Houston by Aaron Loeb at the Kalita Humphreys Theater. Directed by DTC Enloe/Rose Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty, The Trials of Sam Houston begins on April 20 and runs through Ma...
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Announces New Shows for 2018-19 Season
by Julie Musbach - April 02, 2018 Today, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (LBC)made its spring announcement of 18 new shows added to the 2018-2019 season, continuing to showcase chart topping musicians, compelling dance companies, groundbreaking storytellers and authors and a wide range of holiday performances, all appealing to di...
WICKED Tour to Welcome Three New Stars This Month in Michigan
by BWW News Desk - November 16, 2016 The WICKED tour will welcome Tony Award-nominee and Drama Desk Award-winner Isabel Keating as Madame Morrible, Fred Applegate as The Wizard and Andy Mientus ('Smash') as Boq, beginning Tuesday, November 22nd at Wharton Center in East Lansing....
CSC's THE CRADLE WILL ROCK Announces Rush Ticket Policy For Union Members
by Julie Musbach - February 27, 2019 In the spirit of Classic Stage Company's new production of The Cradle Will Rock, Marc Blitzstein's historic pro-labor American play in music (March 21 - May 19), CSC is implementing a policy through which members of any union will receive $25 rush tickets to the show. In order to redeem these ticket...
Broadway and Film Actress Paula Kelly Dies at 76
by Stephi Wild - February 09, 2020 BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Paula Kelly, actress of stage and screen, has died. She was 76. Kelly made her Broadway debut as Mrs. Veloz in the 1964 musical Something More!, alongside Barbara Cook. Her other Broadway credits include The Dozens (1969), Paul Sills' Story Theatre (1971), Ov...
Wendie Malick, Ray Abruzzo & More Set for Malibu Playhouse's THE GUYS, 9/11
by Tyler Peterson - August 26, 2015 Malibu Playhouse presents "The Guys," by Anne Nelson, a reading tribute to firefighters, Friday, Sept. 11 at 8 p.m., starring Ray Abruzzo (SOPRANOS, TRANSPARENT) and Wendie Malick (HOT IN CLEVELAND), directed by Dan Lauria. A portion of the proceeds from this benefit for the Playhouse will be donat...
Tony Yazbeck to Lead John Doyle's THE CRADLE WILL ROCK At Classic Stage Company
by A.A. Cristi - February 05, 2019 Classic Stage Company presents Marc Blitzstein's allegorical play in music The Cradle Will Rock, directed by John Doyle, March 21 - May 19, 2019. A Depression-era indictment of rampant capitalism told almost entirely in song, The Cradle Will Rock maintains a twinkle in its eye while bearing sharp fa...
BWW Review: DRIVING MISS DAISY at New Theatre Restaurant
by Alan Portner - October 06, 2017 A delightful evening of theater at New Theatre...
Two-Time Tony Nominee to Join WICKED on Broadway as 'Madame Morrible'
by Tyler Peterson - June 23, 2015 Beginning performances Sunday, July 5th, Wicked will welcome two-time Tony and Emmy Award nominee MICHELE LEE in the role of Madame Morrible. A veteran of the stage and screen, she is perhaps best known for her fourteen seasons as Karen Mackenzie on the landmark CBS television drama, 'Knots Landing....
John Larroquette Joins ATC's Presentation Of Lauren Gunderson's THE HEATH
by A.A. Cristi - March 05, 2021 The Heath will be presented in an audio format with imagery at 5 p.m. April 14 through 5 p.m. April 18 (Arizona Time) and can be viewed at www.arizonatheatre.org and on YouTube, Facebook and Vimeo. ...
FSCJ Artist Series Presents The Happily Ever Laughter Tour Starring Yakov Smirnoff
by A.A. Cristi - October 29, 2018 Fans who loved the comedy of Russian born entertainer Yakov Smirnoff throughout his expansive career on television, the silver screen and Broadway can experience the hilarity once again in "Happily Ever Laughter: The Neuroscience of Romantic Relationships," coming to Jacksonville's Times-Union Cente...
BWW Interview: Barbara Brownell Discusses LAUNDRY AND BOURBON AND LONE STAR at Group Rep
by Don Grigware - January 21, 2019 Actress/director Barbara Brownell has numerous credits as an actress. Broadway: Play it Again, Sam and The Ballad of Johnny Pot. King Lear at the Actor's Studio, NY. Touring: Oklahoma, On a Clear Day. Regional: Zing!, Barefoot in the Park, Star Spangled Girl. L.A.: Happy Birthday Wanda June, Dyl...
Wake Up With BWW 11/25: Katharine McPhee Returns to WAITRESS, and More!
by Stephi Wild - November 25, 2019 Today's top stories: Katharine McPhee returns to Waitress, and more!...
TNT Premieres Season 2 of THE LIBRARIANS Tonight
by TV News Desk - November 01, 2015 TNT returns to the world of The Librarians with season 2 of the hit series....
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Announces Additions to 2017–18 Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - May 15, 2017 Today, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (The Center) announced the addition of several new performances to its 2017-2018 lineup....
Vegas Comedian Don Barnhart Honors Troops, Family & Friends At Jokesters Before Heading Overseas
by Louisa Brady - February 21, 2016 Las Vegas based comedian Don Barnhart and his Battle Comics - Laughter For The Troops will be heading to the Middle East in March to entertain the troops for Armed Forces Entertainment. The Battle Comics will be performing at some of the bases where the Vegas based 17th Sustainment Brigade is curre...
Nikki Renee Daniels, Andre De Shields, John Larroquette & More Will Lead Starry Cast of Encores! 1776
by Tyler Peterson - February 29, 2016 Encores! Artistic Director Jack Viertel today announced casting for the Encores! production of 1776, the classic Tony Award-winning musical about how the founding fathers drafted the Declaration of Independence and gave birth to a new nation. 1776 will star Terence Archie, John Behlmann, Larry Bull,...
Yakov Smirnoff Returns to NYC
by Stephi Wild - February 28, 2019 Yakov Smirnoff, who shot to international fame playing opposite Robin Williams in Moscow on the Hudson, Tom Hanks and Shelly Long in The Money Pit, Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson in Heartburn, Richard Pryor and John Candy in Brewster's Millions, as Yakov Korolenko in the award-winning TV sitcom Nig...
HOOVEY Screens at Texas Christian Film Festival in Houston Tonight
by BWW News Desk - February 21, 2015 From the director and producers of "Soul Surfer," "Hoovey" shares the inspirational story based on real-life events of Eric "Hoovey" Elliott, son of retired firefighter, Jeff Elliott....
La Mama Will Present Ellen Foley and Robert I Rubinsky's CLUB DADA (IN DIFFICULT TIMES)
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 24, 2020 La Mama will present Ellen Foley and Robert I Rubinsky's CLUB DADA (IN DIFFICULT TIMES): an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza with a sprinkle of bad taste, bawdy and not so bawdy humor mixed with Sympatico pathos and surrealistic bathos as two ancient vaudevillians try to hide their show biz sca...
WICKED Tour to Welcome Three New Stars This Month in Michigan
by BWW News Desk - November 16, 2016 The WICKED tour will welcome Tony Award-nominee and Drama Desk Award-winner Isabel Keating as Madame Morrible, Fred Applegate as The Wizard and Andy Mientus ('Smash') as Boq, beginning Tuesday, November 22nd at Wharton Center in East Lansing.... |