VINDICATED crisscrosses the country illuminating the journeys of exonerees from before they were convicted to well after their exoneration.
Review: JEMARI Touches Hearts, With and Without Words
by Rakaputra Paputungan - January 04, 2026
What did our critic think of JEMARI at FANTASI TULI?...
Emo Nite Kicks Off the New Year with 2025 Dates
by Josh Sharpe - January 07, 2025
Emo Nite are ringing in the new year with a new wave of recently announced party dates spanning across 18 US cities, including: New York City, Los Angeles and more with an international date performing at EDC Mexico. ...
The Unforgettable Broadway Events of 2024
by A.A. Cristi - December 31, 2024
Check out some of our favorite 2024 memories with Oh, Mary!, Wicked, Gypsy and more! As we look ahead to all that 2025 has to bring, let's take a short trip down memory lane of some of our favorite things about 2024....
Review: Idealita Analogi Elegi Brings Relatable Story, Jazzy Score, and Compelling Direction
by Rakaputra Paputungan - October 15, 2024
On Sunday, October 12, the musical theater community Svatuhari put on their 13th production: Idealita Analogi Elegi at Teater Salihara. This show is a retooling of Idealita, which ran in June of 2023. The musical still observes the power of idealism and reality set in a contemporary setting, but is ...
Review: Lyric Stage Company Of Boston's YELLOW FACE is a Head on Look at Fallout of Miscasting
by R. Scott Reedy - June 14, 2024
There was considerable excitement surrounding the pre-Broadway world-premiere production of David Henry Hwang’s “Face Value” when it opened at Boston’s Colonial Theatre in early 1993....
Video: Watch Jonathan Groff Talk About His Tony Nomination on LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS
by Josh Sharpe - May 03, 2024
Jonathan Groff, who is currently playing the role of Franklin Shepard in the Broadway revival of Merrily We Roll Along, visited Late Night with Seth Meyers on Thursday. This marks his first talk show appearance since receiving a Tony nomination for his performance in the musical. The actor appeared ...
Review: HEART, Brixton House
by Debbie Gilpin - January 26, 2024
“This is perhaps a story for all the misfits, all those who have ever felt ‘other’.” Jade Anouka’s debut play tells the story of love, heartbreak, mental health challenges, and fresh starts - it’s (mostly) a monologue, backed by music from Grace Savage, and has previously been produced b...
Have Mercy Releases 'NUMB'
by Michael Major - December 08, 2023
Following the EP, Have Mercy signed with international label Rude Records to release a CD re-pressing of their debut LP The Earth Pushed Back. They also shared a previously unreleased b-side from their 2012 EP, My Oldest Friend, titled “Seventeen”. Most recently the band covered Smashing Pumpkin...
Have Mercy Shares New Single 'Middle'
by Blair Ingenthron - November 11, 2023
Have Mercy has released a new single and music video for their song 'Middle'. The single is part of their upcoming album 'NUMB' set to release on December 8th....
Have Mercy Announces New Album 'NUMB'
by Michael Major - October 16, 2023
Have Mercy announces the release of their new album 'NUMB' on December 8th. Find out more about the upcoming album from the popular band. Following the EP, Have Mercy signed with international label Rude Records to release a CD re-pressing of their debut LP The Earth Pushed Back....
Donna Marie Hayes Comes To The Cutting Room To Launch New Book 'These Broken Roads'
by Stephi Wild - September 14, 2023
Critically acclaimed performing artist turned author, Donna Marie Hayes, makes her debut at The Cutting Room with a brand new show in celebration of the launch of her new book, These Broken Roads. Learn more about the book and the performance here!...
Rare Program for 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' Signed by Walt Disney to be Auctioned
by Michael Major - August 28, 2023
Nate D. Sanders Auctions will auction off a prized relic from cinematic history, a scarce program from the world premiere of the legendary full-length animated masterpiece, 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,' which bears the unmistakable signature of none other than Walt Disney himself....
Curtis Opera Theatre Presents George Frideric Handel's ARIODANTE
by Stephi Wild - April 21, 2023
The Curtis Opera Theatre's 2022–23 season concludes May 4 through May 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Perlman Theater in the Kimmel Center with George Frideric Handel's riveting tale of obsession, desire, and royal intrigue, Ariodante....
A Pretty-Much Perfect TWELFTH NIGHT at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
by Jack L. B. Gohn - October 03, 2022
There’s so much to like in Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s current revival of Twelfth Night, a production that succeeds in big things and small, that I can’t imagine any spectator walking away unsatisfied. What did our critic think of TWELFTH NIGHT at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company?...
Guest Blog: Kyo Choi on THE APOLOGY- Why It Isn't 'Just' Another Asian Trauma Story
by Guest Blog: Kyo Choi - September 06, 2022
A couple of years ago, I was walking with a friend on Hampstead Heath. We were discussing the subject of my upcoming play, ‘The Apology’; what the Imperial Japanese Army in WWII called their ianfu, translated directly as “comfort women.” They were, in fact, sexual slaves. Many were from Kore...
Review: Brilliant and Beautiful: MSMT Stands Tall with THE COLOR PURPLE
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - July 21, 2022
For its third 2022 main stage production, Maine State Music Theatre has mounted a brilliant, beautiful, authentic, and heartwarming staging of the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s epistolary novel, THE COLOR PURPLE. This epic story chronicles the journeys of its complex characters through har...
Review: ESTELLA, Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells
by Gary Naylor - July 17, 2022
Charles Dickens' novels are filled to the brim with characters who capture different elements of the human condition - evil and good and, crucially, plenty in-between. Perhaps the most fascinating of them all - at least she was to me when first I read Great Expectations in my mid-20s - is Estella, P...
Industry Pro Newsletter: Dramatic Publishing Wins Arbitration, Regional Jimmy Awards Competitions Announced
by Alex Freeman - February 14, 2022
Across the industry last week, two trends have begun to emerge more fully: the first being we continue to have more data on just how bleak things were for the industry over the past two years. The second is that more companies are ready to emerge from that darkness stronger than ever - with new spac...
Wake Up With BWW 2/10: Alex Brightman to Return to BEETLEJUICE, and More!
by - February 10, 2022
Today's top stories include Alex Brightman's return to Beetlejuice! The two-time Tony nominee will reprise his role when the musical returns from the dead at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre on Friday, April 8, 2022. Plus, West Side Story is headed to Disney+, Les Miserables announces a new tour, and m...
Dramatic Publishing 'Fully Vindicated' After Winning in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Arbitration
by Nicole Rosky - February 09, 2022
As BroadwayWorld first reported in 2019, a legal battle between the Harper Lee Estate and Dramatic Publishing has been ongoing since the arrival of Aaron Sorkin's Broadway adaptation of the play....
BWW Exclusive: Playwright Gregory S. Carr Pens Manifesto for the BIPOC Theatre- 'I Am Not August Wilson'
by Gregory S. Carr - June 10, 2020
Playwright Gregory S. Carr shares a manifesto for the BIPOC Theatre. 'I am not August Wilson,' he writes....
BWW Review: THE HOLLOW CROWN - PARTS SEVEN AND EIGHT, BritBox
by Gary Naylor - May 30, 2020
BWW is reviewing the BBC's epic adaptation of Shakespeare's history plays, The Hollow Crown, available for streaming on Britbox (free 30 days trial)....
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Soars to New Heights in Front of 18,000 Students at Madison Square Garden
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 28, 2020
Under typical circumstances, it would be a difficult task to judge just how much a piece of theater is affecting an audience. The average age of a theatergoer hovers in the range of 40 to 45 years old, and by then social mores have taken over and hammered in the rules of 'proper' theater etiquette. ...
Internationally Acclaimed Soul Artist Cornell CC Carter To Release New Single I SEE LOVE
by Tori Hartshorn - August 05, 2019
Cornell “CC” Carter has been gracing stages and entertaining thousands of fans with his signature sound around the world for many years. Recently named New Artist of the Year by SoulTracks and Male Artist of the Year by Soul Cafe Radio, he is known for his phenomenal stage presence, his ...
Grammy Nominee Kip Winger & Damien Gray Announce GET JACK Album Release, Available July 19
by A.A. Cristi - June 14, 2019
Grammy Award-nominated classical composer and rock icon Kip Winger (Winger, Alice Cooper, Alan Parsons), in his theatrical composing debut, and acclaimed writer/director Damien Gray (Atomic the Musical, Animagique, Steps In Time, Biohazard and Sing On Tour) are thrilled to announce the concept album...
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