SHREK THE MUSCAL will hit Norway this fall by BWW News Desk
- October 11, 2018 SHREK THE MUSICAL will open at Lillestrom kultursenter, just outside Oslo, October 11 2018.
Nominations Now Open for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Norway Awards! by BWW News Desk
- October 01, 2018 Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Norway 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.
Bjarte Tjøstheim debuterer med personleg soloframsyning by BWW News Desk
- September 17, 2018 Alle opplever kjipe ting i livet, men Bjarte Tjostheim gar konstant rundt og fryktar at nettopp det som ikkje bor skje - skal skje. Og den som gar med frykta, far som regel bekrefta at det er god grunn til bekymring. Som for eksempel da han fekk konstatert lungekreft - og hadde det i 24 timar - for det viste seg at det var ein annan sitt rontgenbilde.
Producer Karianne Jaeger - The Journey of Creating An All New PHANTOM OF THE OPERA by Christian Ranke
- September 05, 2018 As I am greeted by 'The Phantom of the Opera' producer, Karianne Jaeger, and led up through the back stage's circular stairs the atmosphere in the theatre feels very focused and concentrated. Stagehands working to fit the stage pieces in the cramped wings, technicians are lighting the ballet dancers during 'Ill Muto.' The huge chandelier (bigger than the original) is looming in the ceiling over the stalls. 'We are in great shape,' Jaeger exclaims. 'We are in the middle of the final technical rehearsals, but we are working hard to make this great production even greater. It's all in the details.'
Peer Gynt in flashback by BWW News Desk
- September 03, 2018 Will Peer Gynt end up in the melting-pot? When Toralv Maurstad again takes to the stage as Peer Gynt, he will be playing the old Peer.
Sosialdemokratiets feilslåtte prosjekt by BWW News Desk
- August 24, 2018 Kan det vere slik at alle velferdsordninger, sosiale retter og prinsipp som ligg til grunn for at alle skal kunne lykkast i samfunnet, er i ferd med a spenne bein under seg sjolv? At samfunnet og foreldras sikkerheitsnett er sa sterkt at barna ikkje blir rusta for a takle dei utfordringar som kjem i eit heilt vanleg liv?
Macbeth - menneske eller monster? by BWW News Desk
- August 23, 2018 Det Norske Teatret opnar teaterhausten med William Shakespeares mest blodige tragedie. Kan ein forklare kvifor ein begar vonde handlingar? Gar det an a leve med seg sjolv etter a ha starta eit blodbad?
BWW Review: Norwegian BOOK OF MORMON is a Must-See Delight! by Christian Ranke
- August 16, 2018 The Norwegian production of THE BOOK OF MORMON, which just re-opened following a highly successful first season in Oslo (and later in Kristiansand), looks and feels like the original Broadway production, yet it is not a replica version in any way.
VIDEO: Interviews and behind the scenes THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, Oslo by Christian Ranke
- August 08, 2018 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will open in Oslo September 7, but instead of a replica of the original production the producers wanted to to bring it to norwgian audiences in a new way.
BWW Review: INTO THE WOODS at Chateau Neuf, Oslo by Christian Ranke
- June 12, 2018 Theatre Neuf is a nonprofit theatrical organization. It uses both professional and non-professional performers and musicians. Two of its members had the idea to produce a big musical with the aid of this organization, and they chose INTO THE WOODS, a musical regarded by many as one of the most complicated scores in the musical theatre canon.
INTO THE WOODS Will Premiere in Oslo June 2018 by Christian Ranke
- May 22, 2018 The nonprofit theatre organization Theater Neuf, will present the first Norwegian large scale production of INTO THE WOODS at Chatau Neuf June 07 2018
Norwegian hills will be alive again with THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Folketeatret in 2019 by Christian Ranke
- April 27, 2018 Scenekvelder, the Norwegian producers behind productions such as 'Les Miserables' and 'The Phantom of the Opera' will mount a new version of 'The Sound of Music' in 2019 on a grander scale than it has ever been done before in Norway
SHREK THE MUSCAL will hit Norway this fall by BWW News Desk
- April 26, 2018 SHREK THE MUSICAL will open at Lillestrom kultursenter, just outside Oslo, October 11 2018.
BOOK OF MORMON Cleans Up at Norwegian Musical Theatre Awards by Christian Ranke
- April 20, 2018 Musical Theatre is unquestionably the most popular form of theatergoing today worldwide. Yet in Norway, granted it being a small country, have had up until just a handful new productions each year compared to our Scandinavian neighbors. But a small, yet determined, non-profit organization called Norwegian musical theatre forum (MTF) is working hard to educate both the public and the industry on why musical theatre is an art form to be taken seriously.
Mange titlar, overraskande skodespelarnamn og nye regissørar i haustens repertoar på Det Norske Teatret by BWW News Desk
- April 10, 2018 Forst ut er Macbeth som med Preben Hodneland i tittelrolla far premiere 1. september pa Scene 2. Blodet straumar gjennom Shakespeares morke tragedie om maktas pris og angstens vesen. Regien er ved Peer Perez Øian. 9. september er det premiere pa Hovudscenen med Toralf Maurstad i rolla som Peer Gynt. Nok ein gong skal han gi seg i kast med denne rollen som han har brynt seg pa opptil fleire gonger gjennom eit langt liv ved scenen. Regien er ved Erik Ulfsby.
BWW Around the world: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA to premiere in Norway this fall by Christian Ranke
- March 09, 2018 The Phantom of the Opera' to finally haunt Norwegian audiences, as the musical will premiere in Oslo this fall. 'I am thrilled that we can finally bring the phantom to Norway. It has been a long period of negotiating. We have been working for five years to get the rights,' says producer Karianne Jaeger.