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Review: BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at Theatre Memphis
by Kevin Shaw - Mar 14, 2024


What did our critic think of BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at Theatre Memphis? According to Executive Producer Debbie Litch, Theatre Memphis is in the midst of its most successful season since being founded in 1920! Can you even fathom what that means? It means more people are lining up to see what TM has to offer than ever before.

BWW Feature: The Boy Band Project Releases New Music Video 'Back Here' Created Under Quarantine
by Stephen Mosher - May 18, 2020


Popular award-winning The Boy Band Project has spent the last two months recording and filming a new single and music video without, once, being in the same room together.

BWW Feature: A Thousand (Or More) Words About Cabaret in 2019
by Stephen Mosher - Dec 31, 2019


Stephen Mosher looks back at the cabaret scene, as captured by his camera in 2019

BWW Review: THE BOY BAND BRUNCH Bops and Bounces at The Green Room 42
by Stephen Mosher - Sep 16, 2019


The Boy Band Project brings a lively and festive, sexy and playful BOY BAND BRUNCH to The Green Room 42

Broadway Sessions Welcomes University Of Alabama
by Stephi Wild - Mar 12, 2018


Broadway Sessions welcomes University of Alabama grads and alum, 3/13 BROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron (Bway Wicked, Aida and Footloose) and features musical director Joshua Stephen Kartes on piano. This week, on a special Tuesday night, March 13th, Broadway Sessions welcomes the 2018 graduating MT class from the University of Alabama alongside successful Alabama alums.

Photo Flash: BANDSTAND is 'Quillon It' and More Saturday Intermission Pics!
by BWW News Desk - Aug 27, 2017


Today is Saturday, and that means it's time for what has become one of the theatre community's most beloved traditions- BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' roundup! This week BANDSTAND is 'Quillon It' and SWEENEY TODD is saying 'Happy trails' to a few cast members! Check out more Saturday Intermission Pics below!

BWW Review: NEWSIES Grabs Headlines at MSMT
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Aug 11, 2017


In a season that continues to top itself, one show after the other, Maine State Music Theatre's fourth and final main stage production of Disney's Newsies is an epic accomplishment for the company and one that firmly establishes it as one of the finest regional theatres in the country. As one of only three companies to get the regional rights to this mega Broadway hit, MSMT has mounted a thrilling, large scale production that is an electrifying, heart wrenching, and profoundly uplifting theatrical experience that will leave you in what Artistic Director Curt Dale Clark has called a state of “ecstatic exhaustion.”

Disney's NEWSIES to Take Over Maine State Music Theatre Stage This August
by BWW News Desk - Aug 9, 2017


Maine State Music Theatre closes out its 2017 season with the New England Regional Premier of the all-singing, all-dancing, high-energy show, Disney's Newsies. Featuring a score by eight-time Academy Award winner Alan Menken, Newsies runs from August 9 - 26. A matinee performance has been added on August 19 at 2 PM.

Disney's NEWSIES to Take Over Maine State Music Theatre Stage This August
by BWW News Desk - Jul 31, 2017


Maine State Music Theatre closes out its 2017 season with the New England Regional Premier of the all-singing, all-dancing, high-energy show, Disney's Newsies. Featuring a score by eight-time Academy Award winner Alan Menken, Newsies runs from August 9 - 26. A matinee performance has been added on August 19 at 2 PM.

Photo Flash: Fulton Theatre Seizes the Day with Disney's NEWSIES
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 27, 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.

WATCH: Billy Lewis Jr. Lets Off Some Steam in Video for New Single 'Landslide'
by Caryn Robbins - Jan 10, 2017


Counterplay Management is pleased to announce the release of the video for “Landslide”, the much anticipated new single from Billy Lewis Jr. (“Glee”, Spring Awakening, Hair).

North Shore Music Theatre to Stage WEST SIDE STORY This November
by BWW News Desk - Nov 1, 2016


Bill Hanney's award winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) proudly presents the beloved musical classic, WEST SIDE STORY.

North Shore Music Theatre to Stage WEST SIDE STORY This November
by BWW News Desk - Oct 12, 2016


Bill Hanney's award winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) proudly presents the beloved musical classic, WEST SIDE STORY.

Photo Flash: First Look at WEST SIDE STORY at Connecticut Rep
by BWW News Desk - Jul 8, 2016


Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) presents the Broadway classic West Side Story with book by Arthur Laurents, Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics byStephen Sondheim, and based on a concept ofJerome Robbins. West Side Story will be directed and choreographed by Cassie Abate (CRT's Peter Pan, A Chorus Line, The Music Man) is the final show of the 2016 Nutmeg Sumer Series. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!

Broadway Vets to Lead CT Rep's WEST SIDE STORY
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 20, 2016


?Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) announces the casting for their production of the Broadway classic West Side Story with book by Arthur Laurents, Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and based on a concept of Jerome Robbins.  West Side Story will be directed and choreographed by Cassie Abate (CRT's Peter Pan, A Chorus Line, The Music Man) is the final show of the 2016 Nutmeg Sumer Series. Single tickets are currently sale at crt.uconn.edu or 860-486-2113.

2014 NYMF'S NEXT BROADWAY SENSATION Competition Returns Today
by BWW News Desk - Dec 5, 2014


The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced details for the 2014 NYMF'S NEXT BROADWAY SENSATION competition. A perennial fan-favorite, the competition will return in December with an impressive new list of celebrity mentors.

2014 NYMF'S NEXT BROADWAY SENSATION Competition to Return This Month
by BWW News Desk - Dec 1, 2014


The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced details for the 2014 NYMF'S NEXT BROADWAY SENSATION competition. A perennial fan-favorite, the competition will return in December with an impressive new list of celebrity mentors.

WE WILL ROCK YOU Opens Tonight at Music Hall at Fair Park
by BWW News Desk - Mar 4, 2014


The worldwide smash hit 'rock theatrical,' Queen and Ben Elton's We Will Rock You, built around 24 of Queen's biggest hits, opens at the Music Hall at Fair Park tonight, March 4, 2014. We Will Rock You is produced by Queen Theatrical Productions, Tribeca Theatrical Productions, Phil McIntyre Entertainment and NETworks Presentations.

WE WILL ROCK YOU National Tour to Play TUTS, 1/22-2/2
by Tyler Peterson - Nov 19, 2013


Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) presents the worldwide smash hit "rock theatrical" We Will Rock You, running Jan. 22 - Feb. 2, 2014 at Hobby Center's Sarofim Hall. This hilarious, multi-award-winning and record-breaking musical phenomenon is created by celebrated British comedian and writer Ben Elton (TV's "Mr. Bean" and "The Young Ones"), and boasts 24 of Queen's biggest songs including "Another One Bites The Dust", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "We Are The Champions," "Bohemian Rhapsody" and, of course, "We Will Rock You."

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