Music Review: Benny Benack III Proves This THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM With His New Album
by Bobby Patrick - June 30, 2023 With Benny Benack at the head of the project, there is a reasonable expectation of good jazz, good music, good entertainment because he has been at this for a minute, and he really is one of the best....
Music Review: Ann Kittredge Finds New Ways To FEEL THE EARTH MOVE With Her New Single
by Erin Samms - November 16, 2023 Well, there's good news, and there's bad news......
Review: HITS! THE MUSICAL at Southern Theatre
by Paul Batterson - March 19, 2023 What did our critic think of HITS! THE MUSICAL at Southern Theatre?...
Photos: ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY SINGS THE SEVENTIES Opens At 54 Below
by Stephen Mosher - August 10, 2023 One of the industry's great singer-songwriters (arrangers-musicians) is honoring the great singers and songs of the Seventies....
Ben Vaughn to Release New Covers EP in August
by Michael Major - June 27, 2023 To some that might seem a bit strange. While Ben is known as a musician, performer, record producer, TV and film composer, and syndicated radio show host, his initial success in the business came from his first love, songwriting. From an early age he found himself analyzing the tunes coming out of s...
THE WHITE BLACKS Returns To Center Stage at Theater For The New City This Month
by Stephi Wild - November 16, 2022 Following a highly-successful run that was halted in its final days by the outbreak of COVID in March 2020, The White Blacks triumphantly returns to the stage for a limited time, bringing their Production back to Theater for the New City....
Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Shakes up the Squares at Pittsburgh CLO
by Greg Kerestan - October 17, 2025 After twenty years as a preeminent Rocky Horror town, the most radical thing you can do with a Pittsburgh Rocky is be traditional....
Review: TITS & TEETH: A RETROSPECTIVE OF A DAZZLING CAREER, Shoreditch Town Hall
by Franco Milazzo - January 27, 2023 Quite why there aren’t more boundary-pushing, avant-garde, drag-slash-dance troupes around that appropriate film, TV and music to bring us satirically twisted versions of real-life and fictional historical figures, I really have no idea. So let’s treasure the ones that are around, eh?...
Review: ALMOST HEAVEN at Castle Craig Players
by Sean Fallon - March 02, 2025 On Saturday, March 1st, I had the pleasure of seeing an extraordinary production of the musical ALMOST HEAVEN, featuring the music of John Denver, as performed by the Castle Craig Players at the Almira F. Stephan Memorial Playhouse in Meriden, CT. This is much more than a tribute concert. This is a ...
Wake Up With BWW 6/19: TONY AWARDS Recap, Father's Day Playlist, and More!
by - June 19, 2023 Today's top stories: Check out our recap of last week's Tony Awards, listen to our Broadway Father's Day playlist, and more!...
Review: FALSETTOS at Front Porch Theatricals Pairs a Warm Heart with a Cold Shoulder
by Greg Kerestan - May 24, 2023 William Finn's neurotic queer musical epic isn't necessarily user-friendly, but Pittsburgh's best local playhouse still manages to find the warmth amidst the dysfunction....
Review: JERSEY BOYS at ARTS Theatre
by Barry Lenny - August 11, 2024 This stylish biography of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is as educational as it is entertaining....
BWW Q&A: Alec Wild on ROMEO AND JULIET / THE ROVER, OR THE BANISH'D CAVALIERS at Shakespeare Theatre Company
by Joshua Wright - July 23, 2024 Alec Wild was Founder and Artistic Director of the award-winning Folio Theatre in Chicago, and Founder/Producing Director of the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Minnesota. As the recipient of a Fox Fellowship, Mr. Wild traveled to Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he studied Directing and Biomecha...
Noah Reid Comes to Adler Hall At New York Society For Ethical Culture
by Stephi Wild - April 26, 2023 Since singer-songwriter and actorNoah Reid's sold out North American tour was disrupted due to COVID-19, he is excited to announce the “Everything's Fine” tour; the first batch of world-wide concert dates in Noah's career. Reid will perform this fall, taking stage at Adler Hall at New York Society f...
10 Videos That Get Us Singing About ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY SINGS THE SEVENTIES at 54 Below
by Stephen Mosher - August 05, 2023 It's time for a video roundup showcasing the artistry of Ann Hampton Callaway....
10 Videos To Get Us BETWEEN THE MOON AND NEW YORK CITY at 54 Below With Clint Holmes
by Stephen Mosher - May 25, 2023 Master entertainer Clint Holmes will return this month to 54 Below with his smash-hit, nationally praised concert BETWEEN THE MOON AND NEW YORK CITY: THE SONGS OF PETER ALLEN. ...
Review: NOISES OFF Knocks Itself Out at Pittsburgh Public Theater
by Greg Kerestan - October 07, 2025 Michael Frayn's legendary farce returns, in the Public's most go-for-broke physical comedy yet....
Judy Pancoast Performs at Green Room 42 This Month
by Stephi Wild - January 16, 2023 'All My Best Memories: Built by The Carpenters,' is not only a tribute to the best-selling brother-sister duo of the seventies, but it's also a tribute to fandom itself, performed by a dyed-in-the-wool fangirl - and Grammy-award nominee Judy Pancoast. Pancoast will be performing at The Green Room 42...
Bon Entendeur Relesase Soulful, Funky House Album and Tribute To Retro French Aesthetic
by Stephi Wild - April 03, 2024 After mesmerising fans with a string of singles highlighted by the legendary French actress Audrey Fleurot starring in a Wes Anderson inspired music video for Fio Maravilha that radiates opulent cinematic charm, electronic duo Bon Entendeur ease their latest album Rivages into the tranquil, sun-dren...
Review: THE MOTHER PLAY: A PLAY IN FIVE EVICTIONS at Studio Theatre
by David Friscic - November 19, 2025 The autobiographical world of playwright Paula Vogel comes alive in the illuminating and fragilely evocative “tone poem” of a play entitled The Mother Play at the Studio Theatre. This very moving and occasionally caustic play explores all the hard issues of life in a family—such as death, illness, f...
Music Review: Ann Kittredge Finds New Ways To FEEL THE EARTH MOVE With Her New Single
by Erin Samms - November 16, 2023 Well, there's good news, and there's bad news......
Laguna Playhouse To Present LISTEN TO THE SEVENTIES, CARNEY MAGIC, and More This August
by Blair Ingenthron - June 18, 2023 LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE has announced six special productions this summer....
Review: THE HIPPIE SHAKES, Greenside @ Infirmary Street
by Bryony Rae Taylor - August 16, 2022 What did our critic think of THE HIPPIE SHAKES at Greenside @ Infirmary Street?...
Review: Vocalist Alysha Umphress Shines at Joe's Pub
by Isabella Babich - October 03, 2022 Alysha Umphress did not hold back in bringing an array of theatrics to the stage in AND THINGS... LIKE THIS at Joe's Pub last night. Four costume changes, edited videos by Jake Wilson, multiple arranged medleys by Joshua Stephen Kartes, Joel Wagner and Jeff Blumenkrantz, guest star Cristin Milioti, ...
Review: Vocalist Alysha Umphress Shines at Joe's Pub
by Isabella Babich - October 03, 2022 Alysha Umphress did not hold back in bringing an array of theatrics to the stage in AND THINGS... LIKE THIS at Joe's Pub last night. Four costume changes, edited videos by Jake Wilson, multiple arranged medleys by Joshua Stephen Kartes, Joel Wagner and Jeff Blumenkrantz, guest star Cristin Milioti, ... |