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2017 Next Stage Theatre Festival (NSTF) Lineup Announced
by A.A. Cristi - September 12, 2016
The Next Stage Theatre Festival returns this January with a lineup of ten theatre companies that showcase the very best indie theatre in the country....
by A.A. Cristi - September 12, 2016
The Next Stage Theatre Festival returns this January with a lineup of ten theatre companies that showcase the very best indie theatre in the country....
GREASE:LIVE Tops 2016 Creative Emmy Awards; Check Out Tonight's Full List of Winners!
by Caryn Robbins - September 11, 2016
The Television Academy tonight presented Part 2 of its two 2016 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies for programs and individual achievements at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles....
by Caryn Robbins - September 11, 2016
The Television Academy tonight presented Part 2 of its two 2016 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies for programs and individual achievements at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles....
Twenty-Four to Make Broadway Debuts as 'GREAT COMET' Announces Complete Cast
by BWW News Desk - August 31, 2016
Complete casting has been announced for the new musical NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812, featuring the Broadway debuts of 24 cast and creative team members, including Josh Groban* as 'Pierre' and Denee Benton* as 'Natasha.'...
by BWW News Desk - August 31, 2016
Complete casting has been announced for the new musical NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812, featuring the Broadway debuts of 24 cast and creative team members, including Josh Groban* as 'Pierre' and Denee Benton* as 'Natasha.'...
BWW Review: PPT's Regional Premiere ALABAMA STORY Defends Freedom to Read in Poignant Production
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - August 30, 2016
Once again, Peninsula Players imports a fresh new play first produced in 2015 direct from Utah to Door County. Playwright Kenneth Jones' Alabama Story received a first regional premiere at the award-winning Fish Creek theater in a story where an innocent children's book by Garth Williams--'The Rabb...
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - August 30, 2016
Once again, Peninsula Players imports a fresh new play first produced in 2015 direct from Utah to Door County. Playwright Kenneth Jones' Alabama Story received a first regional premiere at the award-winning Fish Creek theater in a story where an innocent children's book by Garth Williams--'The Rabb...
BWW Blog: Arielle Jacobs - Flying High, Down Under: Part 1: Destination Sydney
by Guest Blogger: Arielle Jacobs - August 16, 2016
I've thought about writing a blog for a long time. I wasn't sure that I wanted to take on the pressure of figuring out what to write, what is entertaining, who's my audience, blah blah blah. But I know that when I read other people's words and reflections, it moves me. It speaks to me. And I o...
by Guest Blogger: Arielle Jacobs - August 16, 2016
I've thought about writing a blog for a long time. I wasn't sure that I wanted to take on the pressure of figuring out what to write, what is entertaining, who's my audience, blah blah blah. But I know that when I read other people's words and reflections, it moves me. It speaks to me. And I o...
Bloom & Wolf's INSOMNIA: A NEW MUSICAL to Play MITF This Summer
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2016
The Midtown International Theater Festival (MITF) presents Insomnia with music and lyrics by Charles Bloom and book by Theo Wolf. Ovi Vargas directs a cast of seven, including Philip Skinner, Jesse Manocherian*, Anette Michelle Sanders*, Lauren Lukacek*, Chris Brick*, Tyler Milliron*, and Dennis Hol...
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2016
The Midtown International Theater Festival (MITF) presents Insomnia with music and lyrics by Charles Bloom and book by Theo Wolf. Ovi Vargas directs a cast of seven, including Philip Skinner, Jesse Manocherian*, Anette Michelle Sanders*, Lauren Lukacek*, Chris Brick*, Tyler Milliron*, and Dennis Hol...
Dr. Robin Barnett Launches First Book 'Addict in the House: A No-Nonsense Family Guide Through Addiction and Recovery'
by Christina Mancuso - August 01, 2016
LOS ANGELES, CA - Well respected behavioral health expert, addiction treatment pioneer, and television personality, Dr. Robin Barnett, EdD, LCSW, proudly announced today that her widely anticipated first book, Addict in the House: A No-Nonsense Family Guide Through Addiction and Recovery, will be hi...
by Christina Mancuso - August 01, 2016
LOS ANGELES, CA - Well respected behavioral health expert, addiction treatment pioneer, and television personality, Dr. Robin Barnett, EdD, LCSW, proudly announced today that her widely anticipated first book, Addict in the House: A No-Nonsense Family Guide Through Addiction and Recovery, will be hi...
National Geographic Channel to Present Global Event Series MARS
by Caryn Robbins - August 01, 2016
Of all the planets in our solar system, none has captured our collective imagination like Mars — a mysterious, indelible part of the zeitgeist....
by Caryn Robbins - August 01, 2016
Of all the planets in our solar system, none has captured our collective imagination like Mars — a mysterious, indelible part of the zeitgeist....
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal for FringeNYC Premiere of STILL NOT
by BWW News Desk - July 19, 2016
After a well-received appearance at the 2016 Venus/Adonis Theatre Festival, STILL NOT, a new play by Harrison Bryan, will make its Fringe debut as part of the 2016 New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC). STILL NOT opens August 15 and plays at The WOW Cafe Theatre. The 75-minute skewed-ro...
by BWW News Desk - July 19, 2016
After a well-received appearance at the 2016 Venus/Adonis Theatre Festival, STILL NOT, a new play by Harrison Bryan, will make its Fringe debut as part of the 2016 New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC). STILL NOT opens August 15 and plays at The WOW Cafe Theatre. The 75-minute skewed-ro...
BWW Blog: Amanda Grillo - The World You Live in: The Effects of Outdoor Theatre
by Guest Blogger: Amanda Grillo - July 18, 2016
It is summertime! Whether it be community theatre, regional theatre, all the way to the professional level, summer is a prime time to take in a show. There is a lot of thought and work that comes into creating the experience. Experiences can range from the traditional indoor theatre to taking in a p...
by Guest Blogger: Amanda Grillo - July 18, 2016
It is summertime! Whether it be community theatre, regional theatre, all the way to the professional level, summer is a prime time to take in a show. There is a lot of thought and work that comes into creating the experience. Experiences can range from the traditional indoor theatre to taking in a p...
Bloom & Wolf's INSOMNIA: A NEW MUSICAL to Play MITF This Summer
by BWW News Desk - July 14, 2016
The Midtown International Theater Festival (MITF) presents Insomnia with music and lyrics by Charles Bloom and book by Theo Wolf. Ovi Vargas directs a cast of seven, including Philip Skinner, Jesse Manocherian*, Anette Michelle Sanders*, Lauren Lukacek*, Chris Brick*, Tyler Milliron*, and Dennis Hol...
by BWW News Desk - July 14, 2016
The Midtown International Theater Festival (MITF) presents Insomnia with music and lyrics by Charles Bloom and book by Theo Wolf. Ovi Vargas directs a cast of seven, including Philip Skinner, Jesse Manocherian*, Anette Michelle Sanders*, Lauren Lukacek*, Chris Brick*, Tyler Milliron*, and Dennis Hol...
BWW Review: Witty and Goofy, WHISTLE STOP a Playful Riff on the Meet-Cute
by David Fick - July 02, 2016
WHISTLE STOP, Ameera Patel's play about a brief encounter between a man and a woman in a park, is being revived at the National Arts Festival by Dark Laugh Theatre Company and Hijinks Theatre this year. Having won a Standard Bank Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival in 2014, the play is an ab...
by David Fick - July 02, 2016
WHISTLE STOP, Ameera Patel's play about a brief encounter between a man and a woman in a park, is being revived at the National Arts Festival by Dark Laugh Theatre Company and Hijinks Theatre this year. Having won a Standard Bank Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival in 2014, the play is an ab...
EDINBURGH 2016: BWW Q&A - Bubble Revolution
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 27, 2016
BWW speaks to Kasia Lech about her upcoming Edinburgh Fringe performance in Bubble Revolution....
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 27, 2016
BWW speaks to Kasia Lech about her upcoming Edinburgh Fringe performance in Bubble Revolution....
LA LA LAND Musical, Starring Emma Stone, to Open 73rd Venice Film Festival
by Caryn Robbins - June 17, 2016
LA LA LAND, written and directed by Damien Chazelle (Whiplash) and starring Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, John Legend and J. K. Simmons (winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Whiplash), is the opening film, in Competition, of the 73rd Venice International Film Festival....
by Caryn Robbins - June 17, 2016
LA LA LAND, written and directed by Damien Chazelle (Whiplash) and starring Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, John Legend and J. K. Simmons (winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Whiplash), is the opening film, in Competition, of the 73rd Venice International Film Festival....
BWW Review: Alan Ayckbourn's CONFUSIONS at 59E59 is Great Theater
by Marina Kennedy - June 10, 2016
See Alan Ayckbourn's 'Confusion' now at 59E59 Theaters through July 3rd. Thoughtful, relatable and humorous, it's the stuff that great theater is made of....
by Marina Kennedy - June 10, 2016
See Alan Ayckbourn's 'Confusion' now at 59E59 Theaters through July 3rd. Thoughtful, relatable and humorous, it's the stuff that great theater is made of....
BWW Interview: Poet Jessica Helen Brant
by Mark C. Lloyd - April 27, 2016
BWW Interviews: Poet Jessica Helen Brant...
by Mark C. Lloyd - April 27, 2016
BWW Interviews: Poet Jessica Helen Brant...
BWW Review: 2Cents's Acting Out INK FEST Celebrates Art and the Female Playwright
by Shari Barrett - April 17, 2016
2Cents's Acting Out INK Fest is back for its 3rd exciting year, organized by its Founding President and Artistic Director Kristin Boule. The Fest is being held for 3 days this weekend at the Hudson Theatres in Hollywood, right in the heart of Theatre Row and the LA 99-seat community. INK FEST 2016...
by Shari Barrett - April 17, 2016
2Cents's Acting Out INK Fest is back for its 3rd exciting year, organized by its Founding President and Artistic Director Kristin Boule. The Fest is being held for 3 days this weekend at the Hudson Theatres in Hollywood, right in the heart of Theatre Row and the LA 99-seat community. INK FEST 2016...
Filmmaker Everardo Gout to Direct National Geographic Channel's Six-Part Global Miniseries Event MARS
by Caryn Robbins - March 15, 2016
National Geographic Channel (NGC) announced today that visionary Mexican filmmaker Everardo Gout (“Days of Grace”) has been tapped to direct the network's six-hour documentary-scripted hybrid miniseries, MARS....
by Caryn Robbins - March 15, 2016
National Geographic Channel (NGC) announced today that visionary Mexican filmmaker Everardo Gout (“Days of Grace”) has been tapped to direct the network's six-hour documentary-scripted hybrid miniseries, MARS....
BWW Cabaret Conversation: CAROL LIPNIK, BWW's 2015 Best Alt-Cabaret Show Award Winner, Reveals the Secrets to Her Creative Process--First of a Three-Part Series
by Remy Block - March 03, 2016
In the first of this three-part series, Carol Lipnik, the BWW 2015 New York Cabaret Winner for Best Alt-Cabaret Show, reveals to cabaret reviewer Remy Block the secrets to her creative process and what inspires her songwriting....
by Remy Block - March 03, 2016
In the first of this three-part series, Carol Lipnik, the BWW 2015 New York Cabaret Winner for Best Alt-Cabaret Show, reveals to cabaret reviewer Remy Block the secrets to her creative process and what inspires her songwriting....
Meth Addiction Takes the Stage in NOT ONE BATU at Kumu Kahua Theatre Tonight
by BWW News Desk - January 21, 2016
The world premiere of Hannah Ii-Epstein's courageous play NOT ONE BATU will be performed at Kumu Kahua Theatre beginning tonight, January 21st. A recovering meth addict herself, Hannah boldly tells this eye-opening story of a heart-breaking reality in our community....
by BWW News Desk - January 21, 2016
The world premiere of Hannah Ii-Epstein's courageous play NOT ONE BATU will be performed at Kumu Kahua Theatre beginning tonight, January 21st. A recovering meth addict herself, Hannah boldly tells this eye-opening story of a heart-breaking reality in our community....
Meth Addiction to Take the Stage in NOT ONE BATU at Kumu Kahua Theatre
by BWW News Desk - January 19, 2016
The world premiere of Hannah Ii-Epstein's courageous play NOT ONE BATU will be performed at Kumu Kahua Theatre beginning January 21st. A recovering meth addict herself, Hannah boldly tells this eye-opening story of a heart-breaking reality in our community....
by BWW News Desk - January 19, 2016
The world premiere of Hannah Ii-Epstein's courageous play NOT ONE BATU will be performed at Kumu Kahua Theatre beginning January 21st. A recovering meth addict herself, Hannah boldly tells this eye-opening story of a heart-breaking reality in our community....
BWW Review: Sixth Annual Rep Lab Delivers Love for Accomplished Emerging Theater Residents
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - January 12, 2016
No stranger to acclaimed success, the Sixth Season of Milwaukee Rep Lab produced a fabulous evening of eight short plays in the Stiemke Studio. Fifteen to twenty gifted Emerging Professional Residents (EPR) enraptured the audience with their primarily comic offerings interspersed with several poigna...
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - January 12, 2016
No stranger to acclaimed success, the Sixth Season of Milwaukee Rep Lab produced a fabulous evening of eight short plays in the Stiemke Studio. Fifteen to twenty gifted Emerging Professional Residents (EPR) enraptured the audience with their primarily comic offerings interspersed with several poigna...
Investigation Discovery to Premiere JUDGEMENT DAY: PRISON OR PAROLE? This Spring
by Caryn Robbins - January 08, 2016
JUDGMENT DAY: PRISON OR PAROLE?, a new series directed and executive produced by Peabody and Emmy Award-winning documentarian, Joe Berlinger, takes viewers inside the emotional and potentially troubling process of parole hearings in a three-part original series, premiering in Spring 2016, only on In...
by Caryn Robbins - January 08, 2016
JUDGMENT DAY: PRISON OR PAROLE?, a new series directed and executive produced by Peabody and Emmy Award-winning documentarian, Joe Berlinger, takes viewers inside the emotional and potentially troubling process of parole hearings in a three-part original series, premiering in Spring 2016, only on In...
BWW Interview: In His New Memoir, Tony Roberts Asks DO YOU KNOW ME? After 55 Years On Stage and Screen
by Michael Dale - December 09, 2015
The Broadway and film star writes about the everyday life of being a working actor....
by Michael Dale - December 09, 2015
The Broadway and film star writes about the everyday life of being a working actor....
Photo Flash: Shorts from 'THAT CERTAIN AGE' Come to Opera America Tonight
by BWW News Desk - December 01, 2015
Tonight, December 1, The Aviva Players will conclude its 40th Anniversary three-part concert series at The National Opera America Center, 330 Seventh Ave. (at 29th Street), Manhattan with THAT CERTAIN AGE: SHORT OPERAS ABOUT AGING WITH HUMOR AND GRACE. The evening is presented by Aviva Players and...
by BWW News Desk - December 01, 2015
Tonight, December 1, The Aviva Players will conclude its 40th Anniversary three-part concert series at The National Opera America Center, 330 Seventh Ave. (at 29th Street), Manhattan with THAT CERTAIN AGE: SHORT OPERAS ABOUT AGING WITH HUMOR AND GRACE. The evening is presented by Aviva Players and...
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