BROADWAY BEYOND LOUISVILLE Review: A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL at The Aronoff Center
The classic holiday comedy is now a big, brassy, and ultimately heartwarming Broadway musical.
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BWW Review: ST. NICKAKLAUS AND THE HANUKKAH CHRISTMAS at Bunbury Theatre
What does a family do when their beloved father starts showing signs of dementia? Do you take him in and try to keep him comfortable or do you send him to an assisted living facility where experienced personnel will be there to take care of him? It's the question at the heart of Juergen Tossmann's l
BWW Review: THE SANTALAND DIARIES at Actors Theatre Of Louisville
Tired of the family friendly holiday classics? Actors Theatre has the perfect remedy with this clever balls to the wall one man Christmas comedy.
BWW Review: HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL at Kentucky Center For The Arts
The story of the holiday classic lands in Louisville.
BWW Review: SKELETON CREW at Actors Theatre Of Louisville
Actors Theatre takes us back to Detroit circa 2008 in Dominique Morisseau's SKELETON CREW.
BWW Review: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: LIVE FROM WVL RADIO THEATRE at IUS The Ogle Center
'Merry Christmas You Wonderful Building And Loan.
BWW Review: PVT. WARS at The Alley Theater
The scars carried home by combat veterans are often visible, but just as often they are invisible, at least to anyone who hasn't had similar experiences.
BWW Review: THE GREATEST: MUHAMMAD ALI at The Louisville Orchestra
It is not often that Louisville is treated to a World Premiere orchestral piece, but, lucky for us, we have a young talent of renown who serves as our orchestra's Music Director: Teddy Abrams.
BWW Review: A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER at Norton Center For The Arts
Mayhem, murder, and music go hand in hand to create a delightful evening seeing A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.
BWW Review: CAREFULLY TAUGHT at Looking For Lilith
The words 'carefully taught', drawn from a song in Rogers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, promise artistic green vegetables, an edifying moral lesson about the origins of racial prejudice in American society.
BWW Review: CLYBOURNE PARK at The Liminal Playhouse
I have watched some plays that were awarded the Pulitzer Prize and wondered, 'was this REALLY the best American play of the year?' Watching this production of Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park that thought never entered my mind.
BWW Review: DEAD MAN WALKING at Kentucky Opera
Kentucky Opera brings their premiere of Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking to Louisville audiences this week.
BWW Review: FINDING NEVERLAND NATIONAL TOUR at Broadway In Louisville
Most of us have grown up with the story of Peter Pan; the story of a young boy who can fly, who never grows up and lives in Neverland, which can be found at the second star to the right.
BWW Review: FINDING NEVERLAND at The Kentucky Center For The Arts
Not Peter Pan, but HOW Peter Pan came to be the cherished story it is today.
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BWW Review: THEATRE [502] at The Fairy Tale Lives Of Russian Girls
In a far off land there exists a world of magical witches and angry bears, a world where girls roam the country to find themselves and grow into women.
BWW Review: THE CRUCIBLE at Commonwealth Theatre Center
Arthur Miller's The Crucible, written as a parable for a specific time, seems to strike such a deep and resonant chord that its themes are universal and always relevant.
BWW Review: TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE at Bunbury Theatre
Mitch Albom's book Tuesday's With Morrie told of the renewal of a friendship with one of his college professors in the months before the old man dies from ALS.
BWW Review: YUJA WANG PLAYS RACHMANINOFF at Louisville Orchestra
As the house lights dimmed the familiar rata-tat-tat on the snare drum signaled the beginning of our nation's anthem, the 'Star Spangled Banner' as the audience rose to their collective feet and sang along.
BWW Review: MISS IDA B. WELLS at University Of Louisville
We Wear the MaskTrayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, Philando Castile, Alton Sterling, Eric Garner - just to name of few from recent, ongoing history.
BWW Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA PART TWO: PERESTROIKA at Actors Theatre Of Louisville
Addiction To LifeWith every ending, a new beginning is sure to follow.
BWW Review: COYOTE UGLY at The Alley Theater
After a two-year stint in California, J Barrett Cooper's directorial touch has returned to Louisville stages.
BWW Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA PART ONE: MILLENIUM APPROACHES at Actors Theatre Of Louisville
What is there to be said about Angels in America that hasn't already been said? Some would argue that it has passed into the literary canon and is no longer relevant; due to the Reagan-era time frame and a story tied to a health crisis now long forgotten.
BWW Review: HIR at The Liminal PLayhouse
The dysfunctional family drama has long been a staple in American theatre, only the particulars of the dysfunction change to reflect the times.
BWW Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART ONE: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES at Actors Theatre Of Louisville
This modern American classic opens and makes a heavenly impression as the first show of Actors 2017 - 18 season.
BWW Review: THE MUSIC MAN at Derby Dinner Playhouse
Derby Dinner Playhouse brings back a solid chestnut musical with promising results.
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Footloose Woodford Theatre (9/18-10/04) |
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97.5 WAMZ Acoustic Jam The Louisville Palace (12/09-12/09) |
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97.5 WAMZ Acoustic Jam Louisville Palace (12/09-12/09) |
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The Best Gift: A Christmas Carol Musical Ramsey Theatre Company (12/05-12/06) |
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Disney Presents The Lion King Whitney Hall (11/12-11/29) |
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Leanne Morgan KFC Yum! Center (11/20-11/20) |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with Nell Campbell The Louisville Palace (10/03-10/03) |
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Disney's The Little Mermaid Ramsey Theatre Company (6/26-6/27) |