UPSTAIRS: THE MUSICAL to Play Pride Arts Center This Fall
by BWW
News Desk - Oct 27, 2017
'Upstairs: The Musical' by Wayne Self, based on 'The UpStairs Lounge Arson,' the award-winning history by Clayton Delery, is coming to Pride Arts Center this fall. The show first previewed in New Orleans, La., in 2013 to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the UpStairs Lounge Fire.
UPSTAIRS: THE MUSICAL to Play Pride Arts Center This Fall
by BWW News Desk - Oct 19, 2017
'Upstairs: The Musical' by Wayne Self, based on 'The UpStairs Lounge Arson,' the award-winning history by Clayton Delery, is coming to Pride Arts Center this fall. The show first previewed in New Orleans, La., in 2013 to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the UpStairs Lounge Fire.
BWW Review: BALL YARDS Fumbles
by Gil Kaan - Jul 31, 2017
Playwright Chuck Faerber should be applauded for including the many current day issues that he squeezes into this 90-minute BALL YARDS, a collection of semi-related sketches, some succeeding more than others. This world premiere comedy directed by Richard Kuhlman tackles: anti-Semitism, the Ku Klux Klan, transgender transitioning, marketing spin at its most transparent desperation, drug trafficking, feminism.
Photo Flash: Fulton Theatre Seizes the Day with Disney's NEWSIES
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 28, 2017
The nationally regarded Fulton Theatre will present the Pennsylvania Premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical Disney's Newsies, June 6 through July 23. The inspirational Disney's Newsies, based on the real-life Newsboys strike of 1899 and the 1992 film, was the toast of Broadway for more than two years.
Fulton Theatre to Present Pennsylvania Premiere of Disney's NEWSIES
by BWW News Desk - Jun 5, 2017
The nationally regarded Fulton Theatre will present the Pennsylvania Premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical Disney's Newsies, June 6 through July 23. The inspirational Disney's Newsies, based on the real-life Newsboys strike of 1899 and the 1992 film, was the toast of Broadway for more than two years.
BWW Review: Theatre En Bloc's NEVA is Must-See Theatre
by Lacey Cannon Gonzales - Feb 23, 2017
NEVA is the latest offering from Austin's Theatre En Bloc. Written by Chilean playwright, Guillermo Calderon, this politically charged play is a brutally honest and timely look at the precarious relationship between art, politics, and social justice. Set in Russia at the dawn of the revolution, this explosive production raises more questions than it answers with ferocity and biting humor.
BWW Review: Ocean State Theatre Rings in Holidays with Lackluster WHITE CHRISTMAS
by Robert Barossi - Dec 5, 2016
Movies to musicals and musicals to movies. It's been a regular occurrence for years, although it seems that recently it's been happening more and more. Sometimes, the transition from movie to musical, or vice versa, works perfectly and can be pulled off without a hitch. Sometimes it fails miserably. The musical version of the 1954 classic holiday movie White Christmas is neither of these things. It's not spectacular, nor is it a failure. It's uneven, at best, something that is made worse by an uneven and surprisingly disappointing production currently running at Ocean State Theatre Company.
Goldstar Announces Over 65 Nominees for 9th Annual National Nutcracker Award
by BWW News Desk - Dec 2, 2015
Goldstar, the company that gets six million people out to live entertainment more often, announces today the nominees for the Ninth Annual Goldstar National Nutcracker Award. This year, more than 65 nominees in more than 55 cities are in the running to become the best-loved Nutcracker in the U.S.
BWW Reviews: THE ALL NIGHT STRUT Resurrects the Sounds of the 30s and 40s
by Paul Batterson - Jul 13, 2015
Composer George Gershwin had been dead for almost six decades by the time Connor Allston, Lottie Prenevost, J.T. Wood and Morgan Wood were born. Yet the combined power of the voices of that quartet brought back to life the music of Gershwin and his contemporaries in Otterbein University's production of THE ALL NIGHT STRUT.