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Review: MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS at Ogunquit Playhouse
by Dan Marois - August 22, 2022
Mr. Holland's Opus is a world premiere new musical currently running at the Ogunquit Playhouse based on the 1995 motion picture of the same title. It is a story set in San Francisco in 1969 about a successful musician and composer, Glenn Holland (Akron Watson) who switches careers to become a first-...
Review: NOISES OFF at The Royal Theatre Shows An Extreme Version of Backstage Drama
by Theresa Bertram - August 17, 2022
What did our critic think of NOISES OFF at The Royal Theatre? She laughed so hard, she had tears!...
GISELLE Comes to the Norwegian National Ballet Next Month
by Stephi Wild - August 08, 2022
With scenes so beautiful they take your breath away and love so strong it conquers death. You won’t want to miss this gripping ballet with the Norwegian National Ballet!...
THE NUTCRACKER AND THE MOUSE KING Comes to New National Theatre in December
by Stephi Wild - July 25, 2022
Highly acclaimed as a classic masterpiece taken to new frontiers when premiered as a new production in 2017, this work features splendid, fast-paced choreography with a sense of humour by Wayne EAGLING, while the rich colours of the sets and costumes describe the world of reality and a dream....
Review: COSÌ FAN TUTTE at Royal Opera House
by Clementine Scott - June 30, 2022
Mozart’s Così fan tutte has always been a work that tells us about ourselves....
SECOND ACT SNACKS Starring Matthew Mucha and Taylor Okey Announces Second Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 23, 2022
Second Act Snacks, a digital series following Matthew “Mooch” Mucha (Harmony) and Taylor Okey (Bandstand), will return to Broadstream for a second season. New episodes will be available to stream on Friday, June 24, 2022 exclusively on the new, free-for-user streaming platform....
BWW Review: WILD TANGO at Peacock Theatre
by Vikki Jane Vile - May 17, 2022
Save for COVID, German Cornejo and his company of Tango dancers have thrilled audiences with their sultry, authentic displays of the much loved Ballroom dance for countless seasons in London. It may have been predictable but it was enjoyable and well executed. Now for their return post-pandemic, the...
BWW Review: ROOM is a Heartwarming, Heart-Wrenching Adaptation That Feels Right at Home On Stage
by Isabella Perrone - April 16, 2022
Adopted for the stage by Emma Donoghue, the writer of the novel, ROOM is a 2-act spectacle full of imaginative creative choices, heart wrenching performances, and original music....
Texas Gay Men's Chorus To Honor Victims Of Tulsa Race Massacre At Carnegie Hall
by Stephi Wild - April 13, 2022
Following the two-year anniversary of the protests of the murder of George Floyd, Turtle Creek Chorale will play Carnegie Hall Saturday, July 9 at 8:00 PM with the world premiere of the choral theater piece, “Dreamland: Tulsa, 1921” by librettist Sandra Seaton and composer Marques Garrett. ...
Palace Theater 2ND ACT Series Seeking Storytellers
by A.A. Cristi - February 14, 2022
The successful 2ND ACT Speaker's series, launched five years ago at the Palace Theater is looking for people to tell their own second act stories next season. ...
BWW Review: WOMEN OF SOUL at Mercury Theater Chicago
by Rachel Weinberg - February 04, 2022
WOMEN OF SOUL delivers the kind of high-energy tribute that makes up the best kind of revue, and the songs are irresistible....
BWW Review: BEEHIVE at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
by Rich Mehrenberg - February 01, 2022
Nostalgia is king (or more appropriately, queen) in Beehive, Dutch Apple's 269th production. This tuneful musical is a celebration of the female singers of the 1960's. A cast of six talented and diverse performers (Lindsay Aeriel Grimble, Temperance Jones, Martina Long, Danielle, Poznanovic, Madison...
John Scully Shares His 2nd Act Story END OF LIFE DOULA February 23 At Palace Theater
by A.A. Cristi - January 31, 2022
Embracing death seems like it would be the antithesis of a second act, but for retired media executive, John Scully, he has found beauty and meaning in his new calling as an End of Life Doula. Hear him tell his 2ND ACT story on February 23 at 3pm at Waterbury's Palace Theater....
Check out REBEL WITHOUT A CLUE - A Way Off-Broadway Memoir
by - January 07, 2022
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BWW Review: PARADISE SQUARE Pre-Broadway Production
by Rachel Weinberg - November 18, 2021
PARADISE SQUARE takes the theme of the proverbial American melting pot deeply to heart. The musical centers on the lower Manhattan neighborhood of Five Points in the 1860s, where many white Irish immigrants and free Black Americans lived together. Though the show's narrator, Paradise Square saloon o...
Smuin's THE CHRISTMAS BALLET Returns To Stages Around The Bay Area Next Month
by Stephi Wild - October 29, 2021
Smuin Contemporary Ballet announces its first live, in-theatre performances in nearly two years with the welcome return of The Christmas Ballet, a longtime Bay Area favorite heralding the holidays. Offering something for everyone, the joyous program features two acts packed to the brim with breathta...
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL
by Jeffrey Kare - October 13, 2021
Based on Colin Higgins' 1980 Academy Award nominated film of the same name, 9 to 5 follows three female coworkers in the late 1970s. Pushed to the boiling point, they team up to concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. In a hilarious tu...
BWW Review: NOISES OFF at Garden Theater
by Paul Batterson - September 05, 2021
Chances are director Edward Carignan has never been a part of a production as wildly chaotic as NOTHING’S ON, the play which provides the backdrop for Short North Stage’s production of NOISES OFF. The fictional play within a play has enough egos, pratfalls, romance, and mistaken identities to ma...
BWW Review: GOOD PEOPLE at ARTS Theatre
by Barry Lenny - September 03, 2021
You will not want to miss this excellent production....
Shakespeare on the Deck Announces Second Act as New Non-Profit LA Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 25, 2021
Shakespeare on the Deck has announced it's mergence with Foolish Production Co, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization in Los Angeles, CA. In this second act, the company seeks to expand upon it's mission for inclusive and accessible productions and programming....
BWW Review: COMPANY at DreamWrights Center For Community Arts
by Andrea Stephenson - August 21, 2021
The cast and crew at DreamWrights take on this difficult show with tremendous energy that draws the audience in and takes them on an emotional journey—bringing to mind one’s own relationships and friendships....
Andrew Lloyd Webber's SONG AND DANCE Will Be Performed at Aurora Theater Next Month
by Stephi Wild - July 28, 2021
Two very different acts tied together by a unifying love story to create a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience from the creator Cats, Evita and Phantom of the Opera....
Palace Theater Looking For 2ND ACT Story Tellers
by A.A. Cristi - July 01, 2021
If you do and can tell it in an engaging way in front of a live audience, then the Palace Theater in Waterbury would like to hear from you. The Palace Theater is currently looking for presenters for its innovative speaker's series 2ND ACT that features stories by people of a certain age (50+) tellin...
Crystal Theatre Performing Arts Center Has Officially Reopened
by Stephi Wild - June 19, 2021
Learn about the reopening performance, and how to stay up to date on all future goings-on at the theatre!...
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