BWW Interview: Anthony Spargo Chats THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE at Greenwich Theatre
by Fiona Scott - December 04, 2020 Anthony Spargo is an actor and scriptwriter. He is known for his roles in Horrible Histories, writing for the award-winning company Les Enfants Terribles and operating a Dalek in Doctor Who! He’s also a regular in the Greenwich Theatre pantomime cast line-up. Spargo speaks to BroadwayWorld about wri...
All Puppet Players to Create Weekly Live Television Show to Bring Levity to Phoenix During Social Distancing
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 18, 2020 Life is tough. With cities closing down and communities barring themselves inside their homes, it's going to be a long and bumpy road. This new way of living will really impact day to day workers. One of the unfortunate casualties will be the artists, theaters, musicians, and talent around Arizona w...
Marilynne Robinson, Zadie Smith, Ferrante and More Featured in 92Y's Fall Literary Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 25, 2020 The 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center's fall season features critically-acclaimed novelists Marilynne Robinson and Zadie Smith, beloved American poet Billy Collins and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar, among others, in virtual events....
HBO Announces THE ANARCHISTS Original Documentary Series
by Michael Major - June 22, 2022 With intimate access to the main players, THE ANARCHISTS features first-hand accounts from Berwick, the figurehead of the movement; anarchy activists Lisa and Nathan Freeman who left the United States with their children to find a freer life in Mexico; and John Galton and Lily Forester, American fug...
THE ANGRY BRIGADE Comes to New Theatre
by Stephi Wild - September 04, 2019 The Angry Brigade was a small cell of left-wing, anti-elitist urban guerillas in 1970s Britain. They emerged in a society blighted by government cuts, high unemployment, austerity measures and deregulation, at a time of global political and cultural upheaval: riots and revolutions, the black-power a...
BWW Review: WET's Absurdist Political Thriller B Ticks on Too Long Before Exploding
by Jay Irwin - January 12, 2019 Any good play wants to contain a solid beginning, middle, and end. But you know the old adage, give them a strong ending and they'll forgive a lot. But what happens when a one-act, one hour and 35-minute show just has a strong middle? I'll tell you, a lot of me checking my watch near the end and ...
Robert Wagner and Little Wretches Release Live Acoustic Album
by A.A. Cristi - July 01, 2021 Live At The Mattress Factory - Songs From The Land Of Pit Bulls & Poker Machines' is out now. It follows their 2020 album, 'Undesirables and Anarchists....
Jacob's Pillow Announces Artist Line-Up for 2021 Summer Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 20, 2021 Jacob’s Pillow has announced the full artist line-up for its 2021 summer Festival—the first to feature both onsite and online programming. Onsite events run June 30-August 29, with online streaming through September 23....
Black Futures Announce September Tour
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 09, 2020 Sonic anarchists Black Futures have announced their rescheduled run of headline dates, self-dubbed the 'Post Pandemic Apocalypse Prevention Party', which will now take place in September 2020. Dates are as follows:...
Antoine Hodge, Metropolitan Opera Performer Known For PORGY AND BESS, Dies Due to COVID-19
by Stephi Wild - February 25, 2021 Hodge's other past roles include Colline in La bohème, Beo/Amatio di Nicolao in Gianni Schicchi, the Master of Ceremonies in Cendrillon, Mr. Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Mr. Gobineau in The Medium, Yundt in Curs Bryant's The Anarchists, and more....
Montreal's All-Women Grunge-Rock-Punkers Bad Skin Release New Album
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 04, 2021 What Shirley Manson and Brody Dalle invoked, what Courtney Love concocted, and even the gauntlet Hayley Williams threw down, Bad Skin surmises on their sophomore EP release, Live Fast Die Punk - available now....
Gibney Presents the United Stage Debut of YOU ARE IN MY EVERYWHERE
by Stephi Wild - March 14, 2023 Gibney, the New York City-based dance and social justice organization, will present the United States debut of ∞therside collective in the world premiere of You Are in My Everywhere. ...
VIDEO: Little Wretches Release Music Video for 'All Of My Friends'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 19, 2021 According to Robert Wagner: 'ALL OF MY FRIENDS is a celebration of people who don't even have a voice, much less a voice that can be silenced. Every line and couplet in ALL OF MY FRIENDS speaks specifically about very real people in my past who have resided in a voiceless and silent community,'...
Photo Flash: First Look at Firebrand Theatre's QUEEN OF THE MIST
by Julie Musbach - May 30, 2019 Firebrand Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of QUEEN OF THE MIST, based on the sensational true story of Anna (Annie) Edson Taylor, the first woman to go over Niagara Falls. Featuring book, music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa (The Wild Party, Marie Christine), direction by Elizabeth Margol...
Center for Jewish History Announces June Events to Focus on LGBTQ+ History
by Stephi Wild - June 09, 2021 In June 1969, the Stonewall Uprising took place in Manhattan. It was the tipping point in the gay liberation movement in the United States. The Center for Jewish History will commemorate this historical month-long celebration with a series of programs and more. ...
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for NO MAN'S LAND on Hulu
by Sarah Leiber - October 15, 2020 No Man’s Land dives into the depths of the Syrian civil war through the eyes of Antoine, a young French man, in search of his estranged, presumed to be dead sister....
BWW Review: In Hard Times, Phoenix Creatives ~ All Puppet Players and Brelby Theatre ~ Use Imagination To Keep The Spirit Of Theatre Alive!
by Herbert Paine - March 18, 2020 Local companies ~ ALL PUPPET PLAYERS and BRELBY THEATRE COMPANY ~ rise to the occasion to keep the spirit of theatre alive during the COVID-19 virus crisis....
Starzplay Acquires Trio of Series from Fremantle for Select Territories Within Its Global Footprint
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 27, 2020 Starzplay, the international premium streaming service from Starz, announced today it has finalized a licensing agreement with Fremantle for several series....
Tahar Rahim to Star in THE SERPENT for BBC One and Netflix
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 15, 2019 Award-winning French actor Tahar Rahim (The Looming Tower, A Prophet, The Eddy) will star as Charles Sobhraj in the brand new drama series The Serpent, based on the astonishing true story of how one of the most elusive criminals of the 20th century was caught and brought to trial....
Jacob's Pillow Announces Artist Line-Up for 2021 Summer Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 20, 2021 Jacob’s Pillow has announced the full artist line-up for its 2021 summer Festival—the first to feature both onsite and online programming. Onsite events run June 30-August 29, with online streaming through September 23....
Lifeline Theatre Presents THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY
by Julie Musbach - January 03, 2019 Lifeline Theatre presents The Man Who Was Thursday, adapted by Lifeline Theatre ensemble member Bilal Dardai and directed by Jess Hutchinson. Dardai and Hutchinson return to this 1908 satire after having first mounted it at New Leaf Theatre, where Hutchinson was the Artistic Director, in 2009 (Non-E...
Russian Documentary Theatre Teatr.doc's TORTURE Comes To The Royal Court
by Stephi Wild - March 01, 2019 The Royal Court Theatre welcomes for the first time Moscow's legendary Teatr.Doc for a one-off performance of Torture. An urgent piece of verbatim theatre looking at the use of torture as a weapon in the ongoing Penza Case. Torture is directed by Zarema Zaudinova and is written and performed by Alex...
After Dinner Opera Company Presents SACCO AND VANZETTI Opera By Blitzstein And Lehrman
by A.A. Cristi - August 22, 2022 After Dinner Opera Company presents the New York and Orchestral staged premiere of Sacco and Vanzetti, begun by Marc Blitzstein, completed & conducted by Leonard Lehrma, and directed by Benjamin Spierman....
Hulu Announces New Series FERTILE CRESCENT
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 13, 2019 Today Hulu announced the straight to series order on Fertile Crescent (wt) starring James Purefoy....
S.W.A.T. Season 1 Debuts on DVD Today
by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2018 S.W.A.T.: SEASON 1, the high-octane series that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats, is headed to DVD August 28 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Leading an ensemble cast, Shemar Moore (TV's “Criminal Minds”) stars as Los Angeles-born S.W.A.T. sergeant Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson who is task... |