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THE ASSAULT


After a cheerleader is sexual assaulted by the high school football team, she must overcome her shame and use the evidence gathered from the subsequent social media firestorm to piece together the night that she can't remember in her fight for justice.

BWW Review: Andresia Moseley Gives Phenomenal Multi-Character Performance in TWILIGHT Photo BWW Review: Andresia Moseley Gives Phenomenal Multi-Character Performance in TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES 1992 at Jobsite Theater
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - March 05, 2021

Twilight, Los Angeles, 1992 is an unflinching look at race relations from the voices of the people that were there, whether in the heart of it or bystanders portrayed by one woman: Andresia Moseley....


Ma-Yi Theater Company Announces New Commission & Activities for 22-23 Season Photo Ma-Yi Theater Company Announces New Commission & Activities for 22-23 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 27, 2022

Ma-Yi Theater Company announced that Michi Barall is the inaugural recipient of a Generation Now commission from Ma-Yi Theater Company and The Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis....


Detroit Opera to Present Anthony Davis's THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE This Month Photo Detroit Opera to Present Anthony Davis's THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE This Month
by Josh Sharpe - May 09, 2025

On May 10, 16, and 18, Detroit Opera will present The Central Park Five, directed by Nataki Garrett and featuring a new, expanded orchestration by composer Anthony Davis....


Lou Ridley Unveils Powerful New Single 'Baby Angel' Photo Lou Ridley Unveils Powerful New Single 'Baby Angel'
by Josh Sharpe - May 08, 2024

Nashville-based Country and Pop artist Lou Ridley, unveils her latest single, 'Baby Angel,' stamping her first release of the year. With unfiltered honesty, she reflects on her tendency to translate her trauma into manipulation and avoidance. Despite grappling with her self-sabotaging patterns, Ridl...


Single Carrot Theatre Invites You To World Premiere MARIE ANTOINETTE AND THE MAGICAL Photo Single Carrot Theatre Invites You To World Premiere MARIE ANTOINETTE AND THE MAGICAL NEGROES 
by A.A. Cristi - May 12, 2022

Single Carrot Theatre presents the closing show of REVELRY with Terry Guest's Marie Antoinette and the Magical Negroes, a world premiere opening as the first event in newly renovated The Peale June 3 and running through June 26. ...


Fountain Theatre to Present 'Hyper-Staged' Reading of Lisa Loomer's ROE Photo Fountain Theatre to Present 'Hyper-Staged' Reading of Lisa Loomer's ROE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 02, 2022

The Fountain Theatre will once again jump into action with a “hyper-staged” reading of Roe, a powerful, poignant and often humorous play by Lisa Loomer that cuts through the headlines to reveal the real-life women behind Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that gave women the right to safe, legal ab...


BWW Review: THE FIFTH WAVE from Macha Theatre Works Photo BWW Review: THE FIFTH WAVE from Macha Theatre Works
by Jay Irwin - February 12, 2022

Like so many others, Macha Theater Works was in their final rehearsals back in March of 2020 when the pandemic shut everything down. Now, almost two years later they are back at West of Lenin and ready to give us this intense look into a “me too” incident with their World Premiere play “The Fifth W...


WE BELIEVE YOU Concert Held in Solidarity for Classical Music Sexual Assault Victims Photo WE BELIEVE YOU Concert Held in Solidarity for Classical Music Sexual Assault Victims
by Alan Henry - September 09, 2019

A concert in support of Lara St. John, and other musicians who have suffered from sexual assault, was held this past weekend in New York City. The concert, entitled We Believe You, was on September 6 and St. John performed herself....


THE LARAMIE PROJECT Announced At Wasatch Theatre Company Photo THE LARAMIE PROJECT Announced At Wasatch Theatre Company
by A.A. Cristi - September 19, 2022

Wasatch Theatre Company kicks off its 25th season with THE LARAMIE PROJECT, chronicling the assault and murder of Matthew Shepard in 1998.  The Tectonic Theatre Project visited the town of Laramie where the murder took place to interview townsfolk immediately after the incident in 1998.  ...


BWW Review: MUSIKAL BELAKANG PANGGUNG Shines with Both Activism and Theatrical Merit Photo BWW Review: MUSIKAL BELAKANG PANGGUNG Shines with Both Activism and Theatrical Merit
by Rakaputra Paputungan - May 12, 2020

A new and original musical tackling on the subject of sexual abuse, Musikal Belakang Panggung, had completed its 4-show run on March 8th at the Institut Français d'Indonésie. The show was created in collaboration with Lentera Sintas Indonesia, an NGO with the mission to empower sexual abuse survivor...


PBS Summer Slate Celebrates the Cultural, Technological Milestones of Summer of 1969 Photo PBS Summer Slate Celebrates the Cultural, Technological Milestones of Summer of 1969
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 02, 2019

PBS, America's home for documentary film, is telling the story of '69 with a special summer slate commemorating the cultural milestones and technological triumphs of 50 years ago....


Oprah to Sit Down With Bob Iger, Malcolm Gladwell & More on New SUPER SOUL SUNDAY Photo Oprah to Sit Down With Bob Iger, Malcolm Gladwell & More on New SUPER SOUL SUNDAY
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 11, 2019

OWN announced today all-new episodes of its Emmy award-winning series “Super Soul Sunday” will premiere Sunday, September 15 at 11 a.m. ET/PT featuring thought-provoking, in-depth interviews with bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell (9/15), medical pioneer Dr. Dean Ornish, and his wife, Anne (9/22), ...


Upright Citizens Brigade Actress Lauren Hobbs Wounded In Crazed Crime Spree Photo Upright Citizens Brigade Actress Lauren Hobbs Wounded In Crazed Crime Spree
by Stephen Mosher - January 08, 2021

Acknowledge by many as one of the sweetest people in the local entertainment industry, Lauren Hobbs recovers at home from a brain injury caused by a crazed man on a crime spree....


Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Belk Theater Photo Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Belk Theater
by Perry Tannenbaum - December 03, 2022

Overamped at Belk Theater, with an underwhelming set of grievances in Diablo Cody's adaptation of Alanis Morissette's megahit 1995 album, JAGGED LITTLE PILL generates more fire and heat than substance until it arrives at its #MeToo moment - and finds its heart....


Miriam Clancy Breaks The Chains Of Abuse On Cathartic New Single 'Velveteen' Photo Miriam Clancy Breaks The Chains Of Abuse On Cathartic New Single 'Velveteen'
by Michael Major - December 14, 2022

The album captures the brilliance of Miriam and her telepathic band featuring Jeremy McDonald, Will Graefe and Mike Riddleberger as they move through intricate clouds of Clannad-esque guitars and vocals, which turn to sparse folk-rock deep cuts twisting into fleeting moments of Roxy Music influenced...


ROTTERDAM Cancelled In Southampton Following Homophobic Attack Photo ROTTERDAM Cancelled In Southampton Following Homophobic Attack
by Marianka Swain - June 10, 2019

Performances of Jon Brittain's play Rotterdam at Nuffield Southampton Theatres were cancelled following an attack on two members of the cast. ...


Lizz Winstead And Morgan Murphy Headline Dirty Dancing Riff Party Photo Lizz Winstead And Morgan Murphy Headline Dirty Dancing Riff Party
by A.A. Cristi - March 08, 2021

Dirty Dancing is one of the most iconic movies ever made, just happens to have a non-judgmental plotline about abortion access, AND IT WAS MADE IN THE 1980s!  The only thing that can make it better is watching it with these A-list comics for a hilarious night of fun and raising awareness around the ...


Sunday Morning Michael Dale: Baldwin Debates Buckley, The Brontës Rock Out and Billy Photo Sunday Morning Michael Dale: Baldwin Debates Buckley, The Brontës Rock Out and Billy Porter Revises The Life
by Michael Dale - March 20, 2022

Debate: Baldwin vs Buckley is an extraordinary recreation of A 1965 televised debate, Glass Town is a fun rock concert with a Bronte band, The Life gets reworked for Encores! and an O'Neill drama involving Andrew Jackson may be seen differently today....


Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Straz Center Photo Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Straz Center
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - May 19, 2023

What did our critic think of JAFrom the outside looking in, the Healeys are seemingly the Gold Standard flawless upper-middle-class family living in the Connecticut suburbs. JAGGED LITTLE PILL begins with the mom writing the annual holiday Christmas newsletter bragging about her husband's job and he...


World Premiere Of HUMAN INTEREST STORY By Stephen Sachs Announced At Fountain Theatre Photo World Premiere Of HUMAN INTEREST STORY By Stephen Sachs Announced At Fountain Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - January 13, 2020

a?oeThe line between where you are now and sleeping in your car is much thinner than you think.a?? The Fountain Theatre presents the world premiere of a timely new play, written and directed by Stephen Sachs (Arrival & Departure, Citizen: An American Lyric, Bakersfield Mist), about homelessness, cel...


BWW Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL, Adelphi Theatre Photo BWW Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL, Adelphi Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - September 28, 2021

Since its release in 1985 Back to the Future has been an iconic film. It made a star out of Michael J Fox and catapulted Huey Lewis’ “The Power of Love” into a worldwide hit. Despite repeated pressure and two sequels, creators Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale always refused to make a reboot of the origi...


ROTTERDAM Cancelled In Southampton Following Homophobic Attack Photo ROTTERDAM Cancelled In Southampton Following Homophobic Attack
by Marianka Swain - June 10, 2019

Performances of Jon Brittain's play Rotterdam at Nuffield Southampton Theatres were cancelled following an attack on two members of the cast. ...


Doubt Over Doubtfire: Transphobic Legislation Casts a Shadow on Florida's Theatre Com Photo Doubt Over Doubtfire: Transphobic Legislation Casts a Shadow on Florida's Theatre Community
by Team BWW - May 23, 2023

In Florida, the DeSantis administration, who began targeting Drag shows and brunches last August continues to ramp up their attacks on the queer community....


Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at The Paramount Theatre Photo Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at The Paramount Theatre
by Jay Irwin - December 17, 2022

More. That, Dear Readers, is the watchword the creators of the stage adaption of the 2001 Baz Luhrmann film, “Moulin Rouge!”, subscribed to. They threw in more sparkle wherever they could in this stage musical, currently playing at the Paramount. Unfortunately, they also threw in more songs, more li...


BWW Review: THE P***Y GRABBER PLAYS at Eve Theatre Company Photo BWW Review: THE P***Y GRABBER PLAYS at Eve Theatre Company
by Keith Waits - May 30, 2019

Unless you have lived under a rock or somehow managed to stay asleep since 2016, there is a lot of anger in the air, and rightfully so. Eve Theater's The P***y Grabber Plays takes the point of view of eight survivors of sexual harassment, their struggle, and bravery in the shadow of one of the most ...






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