BWW Q&A: Rena Strober on LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at The Big Bear Theatre Project
The Big Bear Theatre Project has produced exceptional quality theater at the Big Bear Lake Performing Arts Center since 2011 They are proud to present 'Little Shop of Horrors', a Mike Rotman Production, featuring incredible talent hailing from Broadway, television, films and theater in the main role...
Interview: Lauren Irving & Alex Stickels of RINGLING BROS AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS at The Honda Center
Today's new incarnation of Ringling Bros famed Barnum & Bailey Circus has no ringmaster, no animals, and no clowns. Consequently, circus-goers may not know what to expect when they buy their popcorn and sit down to watch the show, which runs in Orange County August 16-18 and in LA August 23-25. ...
Interview: PETER PAN's Youngest Cast Members On Tour Life and Broadway Dreams
Eight-year-old Camden Kwok and 12-year-old William Foon never want to grow up. At least, not while they're starring in the national touring production of PETER PAN, as Michael and John. So what's it like being a kid on tour? BroadwayWorld took some time out of the young actors' busy schedules to fin...
Interview: Matt Rodin Got Married, But Is Not Getting Married in COMPANY Every Night at the Pantages
Currently at the Pantages the national touring company of the reworked Company through August 18, 2024. Marianne Elliott directs the cast of Britney Coleman, Judy Mclane, Matt Bittner, Derrick Davis, Jessie Hooker-Bailey, Javier Ignacio, James Earl Jones II, Marina Kondo, Jhardon Dishon Milton, Matt...
Interview: Joshua Bitton Not Making Any HUMAN ERRORs
Next up for Rogue Machine is the world premiere of Eric Pfeffinger’s Human Error opening August 10, 2024, at the Matrix. Joshua Bitton directs the cast of Lauren Burns, Andrew Hawtrey, Kiel Kennedy, Kapil Talwalkar and Kristen Vaganos. Joshua found some time during the last days of rehearsals t...
Interview: Amir Levi – Happy to Take a HAPPY FALL: A QUEER STUNT SPECTACULAR
Lisa Sanaye Dring’s Happy Fall: A Queer Stunt Spectacular premieres August 17, 2024, at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Renberg Theatre in the Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center (with previews starting August 10th). Rogue Machine’s artistic director Sean Cawelti directs the ca...
Interview: Dani Thompson Invites You to MURDER AFTER HOURS at Her Hollow
Next up for The Group Rep, Agatha Christie’s Murder After Hours opening August 2, 2024, at their Lonny Chapman Theatre. Jules Aaron directs the cast of: Patrick Anthony, Joe Clabby, Roslyn Cohn, John Combs, Jason Culp, Megan Deford, Rebecca Del Sesto, Meghan Lewis, Michael Robb, Dani Thompson, Chr...
Interview: Christian Campbell's Mad About Reefer Madness
With the very successful run in progress of Reefer Madness: The Musical at the Whitney, the original stars of the 2005 movie Reefer Madness, Kristen Bell and Christian Campbell will reunite onstage July 30, 2024, for Reefer Madness: The Musical 25th Anniversary Concert in celebration of their n...
Interview: Joanna Glushak's Not Giving Away any Clues for CLUE
The North American tour CLUE comes to Southern California landing at Segerstrom Center for the Arts July 23, 2024, before opening at the Ahmanson July 30, 2024. Casey Hushion directs this whodunnit with the cast of John Treacy Egan, Michelle Elaine, Joanna Glushak, Tari Kelly, Mark Price, John Shart...
Interview: Actor Alana Dietze on Leading the Cast in DIDO OF IDAHO
When I heard about the West Coast premiere of Abby Rosebrock’s Dido of Idaho by The Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre starring Alana Dietze (pictured), I knew I had to speak with her about the “wonderfully off-beat, darkly hilarious (in a truly cringeworthy way) comedy about female...
Interview: We Will Hear Jon Jon Briones Sing in DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?
The Hollywood Bowl will celebrate the 50 years of collaboration of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg July 28, 2024, with Do You Hear The People Sing?, a collection of their hits from Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre, The Pirate Queen and their very first musical together, ...
Interview: Brandon Victor Dixon's Got PLENTY OF HEART, PLENTY OF HOPE
Read BroadwayWorld's interview with Brandon Victor Dixon about Plenty Of Heart, Plenty Of Hope at The Wallis. ...
Interview: Marcia Cross' The Substance in THE SUBSTANCE OF FIRE
Currently at the Ruskin Group Theatre, Jon Robin Baitz’s The Substance of Fire which opened last week. Mike Reilly directs the cast of Rob Morrow and Marcia Cross with Emmitt Butler, Fiona Dorn and Barret T. Lewis. Marcia most genially made time to answer a few of my queries....
Interview: Playwright Tom Jacobson World Premieres THE BAUHAUS PROJECT Part 1 & Part 2 & CREVASSE at 3 L.A. Theatre Companies
Prolific playwright Tom Jacobson world premieres his two latest works The Bauhaus Project and Crevasse in July. Open Fist Theatre Company premieres The Bauhaus Project, a theatrical event presented in two parts (Part 1: Bauhaus Weimer and Part 2: Bauhaus Dessau and Bauhaus Berlin) opening Ju...
Interview: David Dean Bottrell CANNOT POSSIBLY ACCEPT THE DEATH OF Him YET
David Dean Bottrell will bring his two one-man shows Dear Mr. Bottrell, I Cannot Possibly Accept This and The Death of Me Yet in rep to the Matrix opening July 10, 2024. David graciously took time out of his rehearsals to answer a few of my queries....
Interview: Tony Yazbeck Brings His Tapping Feet & Warm Vocals to ALL GERSHWIN at The Hollywood Bowl
The first all-Gershwin concert in history Cuban Overture will be re-created July 11, 2024 at the Hollywood Bowl as All-Gershwin. Former LA Phil Associate Conductor Lionel Bringuier reprises the night with Gershwin’s iconic classical, jazz, and Caribbean rhythms, while celebrating Rhapsody in Bl...
Interview: EXPATRIATED co-writers & performers Dominique Roberts & Candace Leung
Produced by Klutzy Dragon and Paper Starship Studios, Expatriated is a poignant new play written and performed by Dominique Roberts and Candace Leung that explores contrasting experiences of migration, centered around the stories of an LA lawyer who finds herself in the vibrant city of Hong Kong, wh...
Interview: Gavin Kawin Lee Anxious to Truthful Storytelling in UNBROKEN BLOSSOMS
East West Players world premieres Philip W. Chung’s Unbroken Blossoms June 30, 2024 (with previews beginning June 27th). Jeff Liu directs the cast of: Gavin Kawin Lee, Ron Song, Arye Gross, Alexandra Hellquist, Conlan Ledwith, Paul Dateh, Ty Aldridge and Valerie Rose Lohman. Gavin took some time f...
Interview: Tiffany Villarin & Maurice Williams Resonating With tiny father
Currently in previews, Mike Lew’s tiny father takes the mainstage of the Geffen Playhouse (with opening night June 20, 2024). Moritz von Stuelpnagel directs the cast of Tiffany Villarin and Maurice Williams....
Interview: Director Ryan Bergmann Finding the Ultimate Stupid in PSYCHO BEACH PARTY
HorseChart Theatre presents Charles Busch Campy Comedy Psycho Beach Party opening June 21, 2024 (with previews beginning June 19th) at The Matrix Theatre. Ryan Bergmann and Tom DeTrinis co-direct the cast of Adrián González, Chase Rosenberg, Daniel Montgomery, Daniele Gaither, Drew Droege, Harriso...
Interview: Writer and Performer Jean Franzblau on MY MOTHER DOESN'T KNOW I'M KINKY
In May 2014, I heard about the new solo show Coming Out Kinky written and performed
by Jean Franzblau in which she related her personal journey to sexual self-acceptance. In it, she portrayed 20 characters in her sexual memoir adventure story for curious and open-minded adults to enjoy. So when I h...
Interview: Director Brian Pirnat On THE TRANSLUCENT FROGS OF QUUUP Musical
Every so often, a new play or musical being done in Los Angeles catches my eye with a big dose of curiosity. Such is the case with the musical The Translucent Frogs of Quuup with Book by Chris Larner and Music by Mark Stevens, produced by Alchemy Theatre Company and directed by Brian Pirnat with mus...
Interview: John Clarence Stewart's the Jelly in JELLY'S LAST JAM
Next up at the Pasadena Playhouse, the Tony Award-winning Jelly’s Last Jam opening June 2, 2024 (with previews starting May 29th). Kent Gash directs the cast led by John Clarence Stewart as Jelly Roll Morton, Cress Williams, Jasmine Amy Rogers; Wilkie Ferguson III, Karole Foreman, Eric B. Anthony...
Interview: Malachi McCaskil's Bursting on the Ahmanson Stage as Usher in A STRANGE LOOP
Michael R. Jackson’s 2020 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning A Strange Loop opens June 5, 2024; at the Ahmanson. A co-production of Center Theatrer Gtoup and American Conservatory Theatre, Stephen Brackett directs the cast led by Malachi McCaskil as Usher with Dave J. Abrams, Angela Alise, ...
Interview: Katerina McCrimmon Talks About Playing Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL National Tour
Katerina McCrimmon talks to BroadwayWorld about the rigorous demands of playing Fanny, what it’s like to work with the iconic Melissa Manchester, and how her high school boyfriend’s mom predicted she would land the role someday. ...
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Mike Blaha: Pivotal Nomad Broadwater Studio (6/07-6/24) |
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Melt : The Play The Marilyn Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Institute (6/11-6/13) |
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Chameleon - A New Musical Hudson Theatre - MainStage (6/03-6/07) |
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A Haunting Revue II Impro Theatre (6/06-6/26) |
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