Winners Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards
by BWW Awards - Jan 23, 2023
The winners have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards, honoring the best in regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022.
BWW Review: John Patrick Shanley's THE DREAMER EXAMINES HIS PILLOW Delivers a Captivating Blow of Reality at Tampa Rep
by Drew Eberhard - Jun 3, 2022
John Patrick Shanley’s The Dreamer Examines His Pillow, is a complex and intricate story that dives not only into the depths of our subconscious but boldly sits on the surface level of our emotions as well. Allowing us as the audience to not only deep dive within the minds of these characters, but into our own past or current circumstances. Shanley’s piece while complex is told within the length of 3 scenes ultimately ending with the audience making up their own conclusion to not only the events of the story but our own lives as we’ve grown so accustomed. John Patrick Shanley achieves masterful work here even with this being an earlier part of his repertoire. Shanley, most famously known as the Pulitzer Prize/Tony Award-winning playwright for Doubt, and the Oscar-winning Moonstruck has written 23 plays most of which he has gone on to direct, and is a Screenwriter on 9 Feature Films. Out of his 23 plays few have been performed in the Tampa Bay area, so it’s a much-needed breath of fresh air that TampaRep has decided to produce one of his earlier works, and still find relevance in the piece today. Director Chris Marshall, who has wanted to direct a Shanley play for some time says it best in his Director’s Notes,
“...Our process has been about using the power of language to connect, though to do so is terrifying. It’s been equally about fierce listening and seeking to be affected as a listener, something we do less and less of these days. In these spaces (the theatre as theatre and as the room to hold scenic representations), we have finite opportunity, space, and time to connect, to learn, to discover. What a gift.”
Limited Scripted Podcast Series, JumpPoint, Launches Undeterred By COVID-19
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 9, 2021
The 5 episode scripted series, JumpPoint, debuted January 8th, 2021 at #165 on Apple Podcasts Fiction chart. Directed by Leah Vicencio, current managing director of The Broadway Sinfonietta, JumpPoint tells the story of the decaying marriage of Emily and Hudson Hayes with a sci-fi twist beginning when a mysterious enigma enters their lives.
Kathleen Hennessey Releases 'Another Anastasia'
by Christina Mancuso - Mar 6, 2017
Kathleen Hennessey, an educated writer, animal-lover, avid reader and now author has completed her book 'Another Anastasia': a gripping and potent journey across time and countries. Read along as the main character, Anna, investigates her true identity and battles evil to save her now vampire family.
Tejano Music Awards Fan Fair 2015 Kicks Off Next Month in San Antonio
by Tyler Peterson - Feb 5, 2015
Texas Talent Musicians Association (TTMA) presents the Tejano Music Awards Fan Fair 2015. Scheduled for March 12-15, 2015 (Thursday-Sunday). Thousands of Tejano Music Fans from across the country will travel to Historic Market Square in Downtown San Antonio for the Tejano Music event of the year.
Nashville theatre's top performances of '09: The Ensembles
by Jeffrey Ellis - Jan 1, 2010
If, indeed, 'it takes a village,' and if, as the poets say, 'no man is an island,' then perhaps no art form is more collaborative than live theatre. With a village of artists backstage and offstage assuring that each production is mounted, then coming to life during each performance, the collaborative effort is renewed. And what audiences see onstage is the collaboration of artists, the people who comprise the acting ensemble, the folks who bring the stagebound script to life, sending it soaring into our imaginations.
REVIEW: Filthy Rich Premieres at Chaffin's Barn
by Jeffrey Ellis - Sep 10, 2009
Eppler's richly textured script might best be described as a send-up of Anastasia meets Grey Gardens, with some Sleeping Beauty, Annie, You Can't Take it With You and The Grifters (and an affectionate nod to Fiddler on the Roof) thrown in for good measure, all presented in a farcical manner that works on every level. Kudos to director David Compton for keeping things moving at a good clip and coaxing some stellar performances from his cast of gifted players.