BWW Review: Now in the Original French, Met's New Production of Verdi's DON CARLOS Shows Off Impressive Cast
by Richard Sasanow - March 01, 2022 DON CARLOS--Verdi’s original French language version, for the first time at the Met, of the opera better known in these parts as the Italian DON CARLO--was as grim as its setting in the Spanish inquisition in the new David McVicar production introduced last night. And about as long (though for once ... 
BWW Interview: Lisette Oropesa, the Met's Courtesan of the Moment, Brings Her TRAVIATA to Town
by Richard Sasanow - February 25, 2020 It's been a big year for soprano Lisette Oropesa, with starring roles at major European houses. But in this country, it's something else entirely: She won the Richard Tucker Award and the Met's Beverly Sills Award. That was followed by a pair of name-above-the-title roles, her first at the Met: her ... 
Review: UNDER A BASEBALL SKY at Old Globe Theatre
by Evan Henerson - February 24, 2023 BASEBALL SKY, directed by James Vasquez, is a message-heavy, odd coupl-y tale that feels like a Latinx mash-up of THE KARATE KID and FIELD OF DREAMS.... 
Review Roundup: Metropolitan Opera Presents Handel's AGRIPPINA - What Did the Critics Think?
by Stephi Wild - February 08, 2020 In the Met's first-ever performances of Agrippina, Handel's satire of sex and power politics, Sir David McVicar reconceives a production he originally created for the Monnaie in Brussels in 2000, evoking a scandalous world in which the Roman Empire never fell but simply kept going right up to the pr... 
Interview: Maria-Christina Oliveras of HADESTOWN at The Orpheum Theatre & San Jose Center For The Performing Arts Is Thrilled to Return to the Bay Area
by Jim Munson - September 08, 2023 BroadwayWorld checks in with Maria-Christina Oliveras who is playing Persephone in the national tour of Tony-Award winning Best Musical 'Hadestown' in San Francisco Sept 12-17 and San Jose September 26 - October 1.... 
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater Announce July 2022 Schedule
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 28, 2022 Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this July with a full slate of nightly performances! At Birdland Jazz Club, catch Jay Leonhardt and John Weber Duo, Remy LeBeouf Assembly of Shadows Orchestra and more. Birdland Theater will present Tony DeSare, Maurizio Spista Organ Trio and more.... 
BWW Interview: Broadway Veteran Liz Callaway of TO STEVE, WITH LOVE at Feinstein's 54 Below Talks Sondheim and More
by Ricky Pope - March 17, 2022 At every point of her career, Liz Callaway has been closely associated with the work of Stephen Sondheim. Her Broadway debut was in Merrily We Roll Along, which despite its sadly brief run has gone on to be the ultimate cult musical. Along with Merrily co-star, Jim Walton, she sang excerpts of Sondh... 
Ridgefield Playhouse to Screen the Met's LA FILLE DU REGIMENT
by Julie Musbach - February 14, 2019 Tenor Javier Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende team up for a feast of bel canto vocal fireworks -- including the show-stopping tenor aria "Ah! Mes amis," with its nine high C's-- in an Encore in HD presentation of The Metropolitan Opera production of the comic French opera La Fille Du Regiment on Su... 
Review Roundup: Ivo van Hove's DON GIOVANNI Opens at the Metropolitan Opera
by Blair Ingenthron - May 06, 2023 Ivo van Hove, the Tony Award–winning director of Broadway’s A View from the Bridge, is making a major Met debut with Mozart’s Don Giovanni (May 5–June 2), re-setting the familiar tale of deceit and damnation in an abstract architectural landscape and shining a light into the work’s dark corners. Rea... 
BWW Interview: Baritones Are Like That, Says Christopher Maltman of the Met's COSI FAN TUTTE
by Richard Sasanow - March 15, 2018 'My goal at the moment is to sound like a dead Italian,' says British baritone Christopher Maltman, who stars as Don Alfonso with Broadway's Kelli O'Hara as Despina, co-conspirators against young lovers in the Met's new production of Mozart's comedy COSI FAN TUTTE. 'Or, at least, to sound like a 'li... 
FUN AT THE BEACH ROMP-BOMP-A-LOMP Will Debut at Southwark Playhouse Borough
by Stephi Wild - March 08, 2024 The world première of Brandon Lambert and Martin Landry's Fun at the Beach Romp-Bomp-a-Lomp!! comes to Southwark Playhouse Borough this summer. ... 
Review: Splendid Singing, Erratic Direction Mark the Met's New DON GIOVANNI from Van Hove
by Richard Sasanow - May 11, 2023 While I’ve always been bothered by the cruelties and misogyny of the main character, Mozart’s DON GIOVANNI has (musically) been my favorite of the composer’s operas, though either casting or design has been a regular issue in bringing off the work at its best. Happily, the Met’s new production by Be... 
BWW Interview: A Special Two Part Theatre Life with Howard Shalwitz. Part One: The Early Years
by Elliot Lanes - March 10, 2020 Today's subject was kind enough to give me an hour of his time in the balcony of the place he lived his theatre life for almost 40 years. I'm sure there isn't a person here in DC who would argue that Howard Shalwitz was one of the most influential minds in the DC theatre community as the Artisti... 
Shakira, Peso Pluma & More Complete the Billboard Latin Music Week Lineup
by Michael Major - September 20, 2023 Newly announced Billboard Latin Music Week participating artists include powerhouses Beatriz Luengo, Carin León, DannyLux, DJ Nelson, Hyde, Ivy Queen, JOP, Lasso, Luny Tunes, Pedro Capó, Peso Pluma, Thalia and Wisin. Musica Mexicana singer-songwriter Peso Pluma will headline a special Billboard En V... 
HBO Sports Documentary SAY HEY, WILLIE MAYS! to Debut in November
by Michael Major - September 29, 2022 HBO Sports Documentaries in association with Company Name, UNINTERRUPTED & Major League Baseball presents SAY HEY, WILLIE MAYS!, a film exploring the life and career of Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays. Directed by Nelson George, the documentary includes exclusive interviews with May... 
Review Roundup: Critics Sound Off On CARMEN at The Met Opera
by Joshua Wright - January 02, 2024 What did critics think of The Met's new production of Carmen? In her highly anticipated Met debut, Cracknell reinvigorates the classic story of deadly passion with a staging that moves the action to modern day and explores themes that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labo...
Review Roundup: Critics Sound Off On CARMEN at The Met Opera
by Joshua Wright - January 02, 2024 What did critics think of The Met's new production of Carmen? In her highly anticipated Met debut, Cracknell reinvigorates the classic story of deadly passion with a staging that moves the action to modern day and explores themes that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labo... 
Review Roundup: The Critics Weigh in on TOSCA at The Met
by Alan Henry - January 02, 2018 Emmanuel Villaume conducts the Met's new production of Puccini's Tosca, on December 31, 2017, and January 3, 6, 9, 12, 23, and 27, 2018, replacing James Levine.... 
Tomorrow At SummerStage: Premiere Of 30 FOR 30: ONCE UPON A TIME IN QUEENS
by A.A. Cristi - August 24, 2021 Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage will premiere the first two episodes of the new docuseries 30 For 30: Once Upon A Time in Queens, presented by ESPN Films and Rooftop Films, this Wednesday, August 25 in Central Park.... 
Maltz Jupiter Theatre Kicks Off Season with STEEL MAGNOLIAS
by Julie Musbach - October 09, 2018 Have you ever had friends who were more like family? The ones that knew everything about you, loved you anyway and gave you strength when you had none?... 
Singer/Songwriter Jeff Lake Releases Debut Album MIDNIGHT SUN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 08, 2024 Singer/Songwriter Jeff Lake's has released his debut album MIDNIGHT SUN.... 
Palm Beaches' Four Major Arts Organizations Are ONE VOICE
by A.A. Cristi - April 20, 2020 Major arts organizations of Palm Beach County, Florida are connecting with their community and audiences throughout the country who are coping with isolation with “One Voice,” an unprecedented cross-cultural and interdisciplinary collaboration that brings together music, dance and theater in an insp...
Review Roundup: The Critics Weigh in on TOSCA at The Met
by Alan Henry - January 02, 2018 Emmanuel Villaume conducts the Met's new production of Puccini's Tosca, on December 31, 2017, and January 3, 6, 9, 12, 23, and 27, 2018, replacing James Levine.... 
Jane Monheit, Daniel Glass Trio & More Upcoming at Birdland
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 22, 2022 Artists appearing at Birdland Jazz Club include Jane Monheit, Meg Okura Pan Asian Jazz Ensemble, Bill Charlap Trio and Solo and Andy Farber Big Band. ... 
BWW Exclusive: Jonathan Larson's College Roommate, Emmy-Winner Todd Robinson, Pens Essay About the Composer
by Todd Robinson - February 04, 2022 Emmy Award winning screen writer and director Todd Robinson is known for his work on White Squall, Lonely Hearts, The Last Full Measure and more. But a little known fact about Robinson is that he was the college roommate and best friend of Jonathan Larson.... |
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