BWW Interview: Stephanie Weisman & Maggie Wilson of MARSHSTREAM INTERNATIONAL SOLO FEST at The Marsh Bring a World of Solo Performances to Your Home Screen
by Jim Munson - Oct 6, 2020
On October 7-11, an astounding array of 56 performers from Scotland, Canada, Russia, and across the United States are (virtually) coming together to take part in The Marsha??s MarshStream International Solo Fest. Acclaimed as the San Francisco Bay Areaa??s a?oebreeding ground for new performance,a?? The Marsh is thrilled to present a wide-ranging festival line-up that includes an internationally renowned Russian stand-up comedian, musicals, a traditional Indian dance piece, clowning, and much more. As added enticement, with the Vice Presidential Debate happening right before the festival kicks off, the October 7th opening will also include a post-debate discussion with The Marsha??s astute comedian/performers Don Reed and Maureen Langan weighing in about the debate. Further details can be found at www.themarsh.org. BroadwayWorld caught up recently with The Marsha??s Artistic Executive Director/Founder Stephanie Weisman, calling in from the Trinity Alps where shea??s been sheltering away from the Bay Area, and Festival Director Maggie Wilson from her home base in Brooklyn.
Global Performers Highlighted In MarshStream International Solo Fest
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 26, 2020
The Marsh announces the line-up for its first-ever digital global festival, MarshStream International Solo Fest, presenting performers aged 16 to 79 from across the nation and around the world, including Russia, Scotland, Israel, Canada, and Australia, as well as some of The Marsh's fan-favorites in a four day online marathon of 51 global works.
Maureen Langan's DAUGHTER OF A GARBAGEMAN Returns To The Marsh SF
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 16, 2020
Back by popular demand, radio host/standup comic Maureen Langan returns to The Marsh San Francisco for a limited engagement of her 2017 smash hit Daughter of a Garbageman. Declared by Theatre Eddys as one of the a?oeTop 3 Shows of 2017,a?? this comedic and moving tale is a?oea one-woman tour-de-force, jam-packed with moments to be relished and remembereda?? (Theatre Eddys). Daughter of a Garbageman follows Langan's 1970s upbringing in New Jersey, in which her Irish Catholic mother and sanitation worker father told her that an education was the road to success. But is that true in today's a?oeReality Star Culture,a?? where salacious sex tapes lead to book deals and reality stars end up president?
Maureen Langan In DAUGHTER OF A GARBAGEMAN Premieres In NYC
by Stephi Wild - Mar 5, 2019
Journalist turned comic and radio talk show host Maureen Langan brings her critically acclaimed "one-woman tour-de-force," DAUGHTER OF A GARBAGEMAN, to the PIT LOFT, 154 W. 29th St (b/t 6th & 7th), on March 28th through March 30th at 7:30pm.
Three Weeks Left To Vote For the BWW San Francisco Awards!
by BWW Staff - Dec 10, 2018
There's just two weeks left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld San Francisco Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.