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Latest Stats Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Central Virginia Awards; at Hurrah Players Leads Best Ensemble Performance!
by BWW - Dec 12, 2022

The latest standings as of Monday, December 12th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Central Virginia Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Latest Standings Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Central Virginia Awards; Little Theatre of Virginia Beach Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW - Dec 5, 2022

The latest standings as of Monday, December 5th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Central Virginia Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Photos: First Look at Douglas Carter Beane & Lewis Flinn's New Musical HOOD at Asolo Repertory Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 9, 2022

Asolo Repertory Theatre is presenting the new musical HOOD. Five-time Tony-nominated playwright Douglas Carter Beane reunites with composer and lyricist Lewis Flinn, his Give it Up/Lysistrata Jones collaborator, to bring to life this hilarious and stirring new theatrical adventure. Get a first look at production photos!

Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for Douglas Carter Beane & Lewis Flinn's New Musical HOOD
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 23, 2022

Asolo Repertory Theatre is presenting the new musical HOOD. Five-time Tony-nominated playwright Douglas Carter Beane reunites with composer and lyricist Lewis Flinn, his Give it Up/Lysistrata Jones collaborator, to bring to life this hilarious and stirring new theatrical adventure.

Cast Announced for Douglas Carter Beane & Lewis Flinn's New Musical HOOD at Asolo Rep
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 2, 2022

Asolo Repertory Theatre has announced full casting for the new musical HOOD. Five-time Tony-nominated playwright Douglas Carter Beane reunites with composer and lyricist Lewis Flinn, his Give it Up/Lysistrata Jones collaborator, to bring to life this hilarious and stirring new theatrical adventure.

Photos: FAIRYCAKES Celebrates Opening Night at the Greenwich House Theater
by Bruce Glikas - Oct 25, 2021

The world premiere of Fairycakes just celebrated opening night at the Greenwich House Theater (27 Barrow Street). Fairycakes is set to play a limited engagement through January 2, 2022.

NEXT ROUND Returns To UK To Open Digital Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jun 10, 2020

After premiering at the 2019 Scranton Fringe in Pennsylvania, NEXT ROUND will return to the UK to open the Onstage: Online Festival, in association with Durham's Gala Theatre and The Assembly Rooms.

The Hills Are Alive With Mill Mountain Theatre's ​THE SOUND OF MUSIC
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 21, 2019

Mill Mountain Theatre has begun rehearsals for their upcoming holiday show, The Sound of Music,a?? running December 4th - 22nd on the Trinkle MainStage. The cast is led by Roanoke's own Emma Gwin (Maria), Broadway's Timothy Booth* (Captain Georg von Trapp), and Mary Grace Gordon* (Mother Abbess). Two casts of talented local youth play the VonTrapp children on alternating performances.

NEXT ROUND To Receive World Premiere At The Scranton Fringe Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 16, 2019

The Newest play from British playwright Billie Aken-Tyers is to be presented at The Scranton Fringe Festival on October 3rd through the 6th by the Scranton Shakespeare Festival. The play, set in a small town in the North East of England, follows the story of a young millennial trying to find her place in the world without her Father. Steph's Dad has just died, and it's up to her best friends Ant and Harry to pull her through the worst year of her life. In a year of transition, three friends discover who they are, how to grieve and that growing up is realizing that no one knows how to be a grown up, all through the medium of a good old fashioned Pub Quiz.

HETAIRA: A MYTHIC CABARET Will Have New York Preview Before Crossing The Pond
by Stephi Wild - Jun 29, 2019

Hetaira: A Mythic Cabaret sets dates for its New York City preview at 59E59 as part of its East to Edinburgh series before heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in July. The show will run July 13, 18, and 27 at 8:30 PM.

Playwright Billie Aken-Tyers Leads Cast of Reading Of Her New Play NEXT ROUND
by Stephi Wild - Feb 16, 2019

The Newest play from British playwright Billie Aken-Tyers is to be presented at Theatre Lab on March 2nd at 7pm by the Ophelia Theatre Group. The play, set in a small town in the North East of England, follows the story of a young millennial trying to find her place in the world without her Father. Steph's Dad has just died, and it's up to her best friends Ant and Harry to pull her through the worst year of her life. In a year of transition, three friends discover who they are, how to grieve and that growing up is realizing that no one knows how to be a grown up, all through the medium of a good old fashioned Pub Quiz.

YOUR ALICE Returns To The UK For A London Reading At The Arcola Theatre
by Julie Musbach - Nov 5, 2018

Your Alice by Billie Aken-Tyers heads to London for a reading at the Arcola Theatre on November 30th. Following its international premier at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Off-Broadway run in New York City, Your Alice returns to the UK this fall. Produced by Pinkhouse Productions LLC, Your Alice follows Charles Dodgson (pen name Lewis Carroll) as he tells his child muse, Alice, her favorite story for the last time. As they sail down the Oxford River, his beloved characters weave the audience in and out of Wonderland and through his tortured relationship with 10-year-old Miss Liddell.

Troy Foundry Theatre To Present CATASTROPHE CARNIVALE: AN EVENING OF BECKETT SHORTS
by BWW News Desk - Sep 21, 2018

The Troy Foundry Theatre, a 501(c)3 professional theatre company in Troy, NY, will present CATASTROPHE CARNIVALE: AN EVENING OF BECKETT SHORTS in the historic Gasholder building in Troy, NY Sept. 20-30, 2018.

Troy Foundry Theatre To Present CATASTROPHE CARNIVALE: AN EVENING OF BECKETT SHORTS
by BWW News Desk - Sep 20, 2018

The Troy Foundry Theatre, a 501(c)3 professional theatre company in Troy, NY, will present CATASTROPHE CARNIVALE: AN EVENING OF BECKETT SHORTS in the historic Gasholder building in Troy, NY Sept. 20-30, 2018.

Troy Foundry Theatre To Present CATASTROPHE CARNIVALE: AN EVENING OF BECKETT SHORTS
by Julie Musbach - Sep 12, 2018

The Troy Foundry Theatre, a 501(c)3 professional theatre company in Troy, NY, will present CATASTROPHE CARNIVALE: AN EVENING OF BECKETT SHORTS in the historic Gasholder building in Troy, NY Sept. 20-30, 2018.

Photo Flash: What's On At Scranton Shakespeare Festival's Closing Signature REP WEEKEND
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 23, 2018

The Scranton Shakespeare Festival (SSF) will wrap up its seventh season of free theatre - an ambitious program featuring two Shakespeare comedies, two musicals, a new devised work, and its annual Youth Theatre Lab piece -  with the festival's signature last weekend, July 27 - 29, 2018. 

Pinkhouse Productions & Ophelia Theatre Group Present YOUR ALICE At BAM Fisher
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2018

Your Alice by Billie Aken-Tyers opens Off-Broadway for a limited-engagement before heading across the pond to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Produced by Pink House Productions LLC. and Ophelia Theatre Group, Your Alice runs at BAM's Fishman Space May 23-26 at 7:30 p.m. and May 26 and 27 at 2:00 p.m. The story follows Charles Dodgson (pen name Lewis Carroll) as he tells his child muse, Alice, her favorite story for the last time. As they sail down the Oxford River, his beloved characters weave the audience in and out of Wonderland and through his tortured relationship with 10-year-old Miss Liddel.

Pinkhouse Productions & Ophelia Theatre Group Present YOUR ALICE At BAM Fisher
by Stephi Wild - May 7, 2018

Your Alice by Billie Aken-Tyers opens Off-Broadway for a limited-engagement before heading across the pond to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Produced by Pink House Productions LLC. and Ophelia Theatre Group, Your Alice runs at BAM's Fishman Space May 23-26 at 7:30 p.m. and May 26 and 27 at 2:00 p.m. The story follows Charles Dodgson (pen name Lewis Carroll) as he tells his child muse, Alice, her favorite story for the last time. As they sail down the Oxford River, his beloved characters weave the audience in and out of Wonderland and through his tortured relationship with 10-year-old Miss Liddel.

Photo Flash: The SWAP Cabaret At The West End Lounge
by Stephi Wild - Apr 13, 2018

Monday, April 9th marked the first edition of the SWAP (Songs With Another Perspective) Cabaret, produced and directed by Alex Beck. Twenty-two artists sang gender-swapped songs from 100 years of the musical theatre cannon.

Brand New Gender SWAP Cabaret Comes to The West End Lounge
by Julie Musbach - Mar 27, 2018

SWAP (Songs With Another Perspective), the newest gender-swapping cabaret, holds up a quirky magnifying glass to some of the more stereotypical, problematic, and oddly curious gender moments in the American musical theatre cannon.

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