BWW Interview: Meghan Jones of RAGTIME at Actors' Repertory Theatre Of Simi
by Cary Ginell - November 30, 2016 The musical Ragtime, which plays through this Sunday, December 4, at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, is an important work that weaves actual historical personages into the fabric of its three intersecting stories: an upper-class white family, the African American ragtime pianist Coalhouse Walk...
Camden People's Theatre Launches Festival Exploring Trans, Non-Binary and Gender-Queer Themes
by A.A. Cristi - July 05, 2017 For its brand new festival Come As You Are, Camden People's Theatre welcomes a host of gender-anarchists with more questions than answers, as we confront (and solve?) all the world's issues regarding female, male, between and beyond. It's not going to be pretty - but it might just be beautiful.... 
New Kira Obolensky Musical 'THE OVERCOAT' to Kick Off Reading Series at Playwrights' Center
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2017 As chilly weather settles into Minnesota, local playwright Kira Obolensky has a wintery new musical to share. 'The Overcoat: A Low-Fi Musical' is the first play in the Playwrights' Center's 2017-18 Ruth Easton New Play Series, a long-running series offering Playwrights' Center Core Writers 20 hours ...
100 Year Old Conductor, Maestro Anton Coppola to Lead Opera Tampa in Concert, 3/25
by Christina Mancuso - March 16, 2017 March 21, 2017 marks the 100th birthday of Maestro Anton Coppola, the conductor and composer whose career has spanned from singing in the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus for the American premiere of Puccini's Turandot at age 9 to - 91 years later - conducting his own an alternate ending for Pu... 
Alexis Roblan's RED EMMA & THE MAD MONK To Premiere At The Tank 8/16-9/1
by BWW News Desk - August 16, 2018 The Tank (Meghan Finn and Rosalind Grush, Artistic Directors) will present the World Premiere of Red Emma & The Mad Monk, written by Alexis Roblan and directed by Katie Lindsay at The Tank (312 West 36th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues) as part of the 2018 Lady Fest, August 18-September 1...
Writers Theatre Presents VIETGONE
by BWW News Desk - August 15, 2018 Writers Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma, opens its 2018/19 season with Qui Nguyen's Vietgone, directed by Lavina Jadhwani, featuring original music and music direction by Gabriel Ruiz and choreography by Tommy Rapley. Vie... 
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...
Clarence Darrow Symposium to Explore Populism
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2017 Famed attorney Clarence Darrow, inspired by his defense of Patrick Prendergast in Chicago in the 1890s, became attracted to a burgeoning populist movement. The Debs Rebellion, named for labor organizer Eugene Debs, was in full force, and Darrow began to see how judges were under the control of corpo... 
Peter Oren Announces Sophomore Album 'Anthropocene'
by Caryn Robbins - August 09, 2017 Indiana-born, everywhere-based singer-songwriter Peter Oren has announced his sophomore album, Anthropocene, will arrive November 10 on Western Vinyl, premiering the title-track, first singe today CLASH – share via Soundcloud.... 
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....
Lady Fest 2018 Will Play The Tank 8/16-9/1
by Julie Musbach - July 25, 2018 The Tank (Meghan Finn and Rosalind Grush, Artistic Directors) will present their third annual Lady Fest, featuring new work by some of the most exciting lady-identified artists in New York City, in celebration of womanhood and the female voice, in all its glory.... 
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... 
Milwaukee Rep Announces New Play Development Workshop Reading Series
by Julie Musbach - January 04, 2018 As a central component of its John D. (Jack) Lewis New Play Development Program, Milwaukee Repertory Theater announces its workshop reading series. Since 1958, Milwaukee Rep has premiered nearly 150 plays and musicals. Last season, The Rep announced the creation of the John D. (Jack) Lewis ...
Photo Flash: First Look at Griffin Theatre Company's WINTERSET at The Den Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 23, 2016 Griffin Theatre Company has launched its 2016-17 Season, an exploration of the American Dream, with a rare revival of Maxwell Anderson's 1930s drama WINTERSET, directed by Ensemble Member Jonathan Berry (Pocatello, Balm in Gilead), playing now through December 23, 2016 at The Den Theatre's Upstairs ... 
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 ... 
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:...
Third Rail Repertory Theatre Presents THE ANGRY BRIGADE
by A.A. Cristi - February 22, 2017 Young anarchists try to bring down the Establishment. The police try to stop them. Push to the left, push to the right. Push far enough and you'll be surprised who you meet.... 
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...
Clarence Darrow Symposium to Explore Populism
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017 Famed attorney Clarence Darrow, inspired by his defense of Patrick Prendergast in Chicago in the 1890s, became attracted to a burgeoning populist movement. The Debs Rebellion, named for labor organizer Eugene Debs, was in full force, and Darrow began to see how judges were under the control of corpo... 
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....
Casting Announced for Griffin Theatre Company's WINTERSET
by A.A. Cristi - September 28, 2016 Griffin Theatre Company is pleased to announce casting for the first production of its 2016-17 season, a rare revival of Maxwell Anderson's 1930s drama WINTERSET, directed by Ensemble Member Jonathan Berry (Pocatello, Balm in Gilead). ... 
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.... 
Zurich Film Festival to Honor Jake Gyllenhaal with Golden Eye Award
by Caryn Robbins - September 07, 2017 Zurich Film Festival is delighted to honour Academy Award®-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal with their prestigious Golden Eye Award at this year's Festival. Gyllenhaal will be in Zurich to present STRONGER as a Gala Premiere on Tuesday, October 3rd.... 
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... |
Videos
Recommended For You
Get TV's #1 Newsletter
Get the best news & discounts for TV & beyond.
