Since BroadwayWorld.com launched its New York Cabaret Awards in 2012, the process of voting on preliminary nominees and final nominees for recognition in approximately 20 categories has been open to anyone registering to vote on the highly-trafficked entertainment website. For it's 4th Annual Cabaret Awards nomination period—this year beginning after Thanksgiving 2015--BroadwayWorld will now put the nomination process into the hands of its cabaret show reviewing staff (Alix Cohen, David Clarke, John Hoglund, Andrew Martin, Billie Roe, and Remy Block) and select industry experts, led by BWW Cabaret Editor and Awards Show Producer Stephen Hanks (who has also hosted the show since its inception). Once the final nominees are announced, the general public will again be offered the chance to vote online for the best performers and shows of the past year.
On April 6, 2015, Broadway Records invited me inside New York City's Avatar Studios to get a sneek peek at the recording of JOHN & JEN (2015 Off-Broadway Cast Recording). The Keen Company production of Andrew Lippa and Tom Greenwald's JOHN & JEN starred Kate Baldwin and Conor Ryan.
On the Series Finale of ABC's REVENGE titled"Two Graves", backed into a corner, Emily is forced to admit her guilt, but she'll have to decide how far she'll go before admitting defeat.
On the Season Finale of ABC's REVENGE titled"Two Graves", backed into a corner, Emily is forced to admit her guilt, but she'll have to decide how far she'll go before admitting defeat.
On the next episode of ABC's REVENGE titled "Plea" - Emily enlists Nolan and Jack to help prove her innocence while Ben takes measures to keep her locked up.
On the next episode of ABC' REVENGE titled "Aftermath", as Emily sifts through the wreckage of her life, even her closest friends worry she has finally gone too far.
On the next episode of ABC's REVENGE titled "Burn", after Victoria is attacked, she takes matters into her own hands, while Emily is forced to come to terms with what she really wants.
On the next episode of ABC's REVENGE titled "Clarity" - A grief-stricken Emily tries to repair her collateral damage while Victoria pursues a fresh lead with renewed vigor.
Following its successful Off-Broadway run at New York City's Theatre 80 in the Fall of 2014, LIBERTY: A MONUMENTAL NEW MUSICAL kicked off a crowdfunding campaign via Indiegogo for their cast recording. Early in 2015 the cast of LIBERTY and its writers went into the studio at John Kilgore Sound & Recording to make a cast album. BroadwayWorld was invited in for a sneak peek and to hear some of the recording as it happened.
On the next episode of ABC's REVENGE titled "Kindred", Emily helps Nolan's blushing bride deal with the skeletons in her closet while Victoria contends with a mysterious new socialite.
On the next episode of ABC's REVENGE titled "Madness", David finally decides to settle his debt to Victoria while Emily helps Nolan with a takedown of his own.
After four years reviewing cabaret shows, more than two for BroadwayWorld, our lead New York cabaret critic Stephen Hanks will be giving up reviewing shows to be the BWW Cabaret section's Editor and lead feature writer. Here's how he became a cabaret reviewer, why he's giving it up, and who he's brought on board to make up BWW's new cabaret reviewing team.