France Newsroom Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 12/7
by BWW Special on December 07, 2018 in France BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature COME FROM AWAY, ANNIE, MAMMA MIA and More! (more...) Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 11/30 - THE MUSIC MAN, HAMILTON, GUYS AND DOLLS, and More!
by BWW Special on November 30, 2018 in France BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature THE MUSIC MAN, HAMILTON, GUYS AND DOLLS, and More! (more...)  AUGUSTINE, INDIAN PIRATE Comes To Théâtre Du Ranelagh Through Christmas
by BWW News Desk on November 29, 2018 in France AUGUSTINE, INDIAN PIRATE premiered at Theatre Du Ranelagh on Oct. 13 and runs every Saturday at 11 a.m. through Christmas. (more...)  Jeremie Rhorer Conducts Verdi's LA TRAVIATA In Paris
by BWW News Desk on November 28, 2018 in France Conductor Jeremie Rhorer returns to Theatre des Champs-Elysees today, November 28, through December 9, 2018, conducting a new production of Verdi's La traviata, directed by Deborah Warner, and using Verdi's original tuning. Rhorer will conduct Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, the period-instrument ensemble dedicated to music of the 18th and 19th centuries, which he founded in 2005. (more...)  BWW Review: OPERA GRAND AVIGNON Presents L'OPERA DE QUAT'SOUS
by Wesley Doucette on November 28, 2018 in France Brecht and Weill's The Threepenny Opera (l'Opera de Quat'Sous in French) is one of those works that became the hallmark of its era. Its sound, its look, and its cynicism are pure Weimar. However, during the 1928 Berlin premiere, early songs such as 'The Ballad of Mac The Knife' and 'Pirate Jenny' landed with a shrug, and it wasn't until the 'Canon Song,' halfway through the first act, that the audience became engaged. All of this to say that The Threepenny Opera is a complicated play whose virtues might not be immediately evident to the uninitiated. The production at Avignon's Opera Confluence, as directed by Jean Lacornerie, comes in at a swift two hours without intermission. While crammed onto an over-packed stage and breathlessly paced, Lacornerie still manages to keep the action moving with style. (more...)  BWW Review: PARIS FRINGE at Theatre De Verre
by Lauren Allen on November 28, 2018 in France The Paris Fringe: a Budding English Theatre Festival. What happened at the 2018 (3rd annual) edition? (more...)  Danish Jazz-Punk Band Pardans to Tour the UK, France, and More
by TV News Desk on November 23, 2018 in France Jazz-punk outfit Pardans are fast becoming one of Denmark's most exciting new bands. Alumni of Copenhagen's famous Mayhem collective, they follow in the footsteps of some of the region's most exciting exports, including Iceage (whose live-band currently include 2 members of Pardans), Marching Churchand Lower. However, Pardans adds a new and jazzy sound to the beloved scene by making music that shares a mentality with the 70s 'No Wave' scene; experimental, unconventional and utterly unique. (more...)  Voting Now Open For The 2018 BroadwayWorld France Awards!
by BWW News Desk on November 05, 2018 in France Voting is now open for the 2018 BroadwayWorld France Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites. (more...) Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 11/2 - LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, FUN HOME and More!
by BWW Special on November 02, 2018 in France BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, FUN HOME and More! (more...) Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 10/26 - FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, A BRONX TALE, and More!
by BWW Special on October 26, 2018 in France BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, A BRONX TALE, and More! (more...)  BWW Review: CHICAGO at Mogador Theatre
by BWW News Desk on October 25, 2018 in France Though the French public is more familiar with Chicago through the Rob Marshall movie of 2002, there has already been a French-language version at the Casino de Paris in 2004, but it actually came from Canada as part of an international tour. Even before Stage Entertainment took over, that production was so successful that it was extended with a French cast taking over from the Canadians. After the recent German production, Stage Entertainment could legitimately bring the show back to Paris. After all, the spirit of Mr. Fosse had already entered the walls of Mogador Theatre since the international tour of Dancin' was transferred in 1981. (more...)  BWW Review: OPERA GRAND AVIGNON Presents LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
by Wesley Doucette on October 25, 2018 in France Avignon's Opéra Confluence is a challenging space, located some kilometers outside the town center near the TGV train station. It was recently constructed as a temporary theatre space while the city 19th century opera house undergoes significant restoration. The interior of the space resembles an exposed wood warehouse with red chairs. At the far end of the theatre, rather than the proscenium filling out the audience view, a yawning black screen fills the space, with the center third cut out for the performance. This scenic letterbox effect, coupled with the added distance made by the pit orchestra, makes dramatic intimacy and scenic delicacy difficult. Opéra Grand Avignon's production of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, under the stage direction of Stephan Grögler, turned what is at times a distant screen, into an enchanting diorama in which Grögler sure-footedly welcomes the enchanting tonal and aesthetic contradictions of the 18th century opera. (more...) One Week Left To Submit Nominations for the 2018 BroadwayWorld France Awards!
by BWW News Desk on October 22, 2018 in France Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2018 BroadwayWorld France Awards! Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31. (more...)  BWW Review: INTO THE WOODS at La Clef Des Champs
by Patrick Honoré on October 25, 2018 in France Four years after treating us to a superb intimate production of Sweeney Todd, La Clef Des Champs is now tackling another Sondheim classic, Into the Woods, with the same talented director Olivier Benezech, giving us a definitely contemporary take on the immortal piece. (more...) Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 10/19 - COME FROM AWAY, TITANIC, HUNCHBACK and More!
by BWW Special on October 19, 2018 in France BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature COME FROM AWAY, TITANIC, HUNCHBACK and more! (more...)  BWW Review: WE WILL ROCK YOU at Casino De Paris
by Patrick Honoré on October 15, 2018 in France We Will Rock You, originally produced by Robert De Niro and written by Ben Elton, who, building on Queen's repertoire, collaborated with the remaining members of the group roger Taylor and Brian May, was one of the first highly successful jukebox musicals. Opening in 2002 at the huge Dominion Theatrein London, where it run for 12 years, the show traveled to the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. It was also a big hit in Australia, Japan and Russia. And in 2006, it was produced in Portugal, Chilie, Argentina, Switzerland and Germany, followed by long runs in Madrid, Vienna, Singapour and Hong-Kong. The German language version also met with huge success in both Cologne and Stuttgart, but the Canadian production in Toronto, an obvious try-out, never made it to Broadway. The reason clearly lies in the book, beyond silly compared to those of the now numerous other juke box musicals that hit the great white way towards the beginning of the millennium. (more...) Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 10/12 - DEAR EVAN HANSEN, WICKED, HAIR, and More!
by BWW Special on October 12, 2018 in France BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature DEAR EVAN HANSEN, WICKED, HAIR, and more! (more...)  BWW Review: BALLET NATIONAL DE MARSEILLE at Avignon's OPERA CONFLUENCE
by Wesley Doucette on October 11, 2018 in France On the sides and upstage a dense curtain of chains hangs, framing the dance space. It is a stark wasteland. Thankfully, choreographers Emio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten's fascinating movement vocabulary and exciting theatricality rescue the evening's program from becoming a moralizing dirge. The works, Extremalism and Bolero, navigate catastrophe with invention and without pity. In both of the pieces, presented October 6th 2018 at Avignon's Opéra Confluence, the effects of disaster, most noticeably physical exhaustion and emotional disassociation, propel the movement of the incredibly talented performers of the Ballet National de Marseille. (more...)  BWW Review: LE CABARET DE POUSSIÈRE at Le Zebre De Belleville
by Lauren Allen on October 10, 2018 in France I made the mistake of adapting the Parisian way of life- for once, I showed up to a show AT showtime. Usually this poses no issue, especially as no show in Paris starts on time. But the Cabaret de Poussiere has such a loyal following and small venue that the audience had apparently started arriving half an hour early to ensure they got the best seats. It was a wise move. (more...)  BWW Feature: ACADEMIE DE L'OPERA at Opéra De Paris
by Lauren Allen on October 10, 2018 in France A preview of what the academy at the Opera de Paris will be up to over the next year and more. (more...)  BWW Review: AUDREY SCHEBAT'S LA PERRUCHE
by Wesley Doucette on October 08, 2018 in France In Audrey Schebat's La Perruche a married couple, while waiting for their friends to attend a small soiree, fall into disagreement and start to analyze the nature of their relationship. This couple, male and female, don a veritable wardrobe of well-worn married archetypes. Throughout the play we witness 1950's dynamics, 1990's sitcom banter, what feels like an allusion to A Doll's House, and contemporary technology. These masks, coupled with little analysis of social circumstances that somehow brought them to this state in 2018, create a loss of dramatic intimacy. However, actors Arie Elmaleh and Barbara Schulz are superb as they emit heat and passion within the artifice. (more...)  PARIS NOIR: Concert Celebrates Black Culture In Paris; Meet Josephine Baker's Private Secretary
by BWW News Desk on October 03, 2018 in France Paris Noir : Concert celebrates Black Culture in Paris; meet Josephine Baker's private secretary (more...) Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 9/28
by BWW Special on September 28, 2018 in France BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature GYPSY, HUNCHBACK, FUN HOME, and More! (more...)  CYRANO DE BERGERAC Comes To Theatre Le Ranelagh Next Month
by BWW News Desk on September 27, 2018 in France CYRANO DE BERGERAC is coming to Theatre le Ranelagh, running from Oct. 28 to Jan. 5. (more...) Nominations Now Open for the 2018 BroadwayWorld France Awards!
by BWW News Desk on October 01, 2018 in France Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2018 BroadwayWorld France Awards! Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31. (more...) |
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