Seattle Opera Joins City-Wide Shakespeare Festival
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 29, 2018
Seattle Opera teams up with both ACT Theatre and Seattle Symphony for the first time to celebrate Shakespeare in a brand-new production of Berlioz's Beatrice and Benedict. The story, based on Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing, delights in the "skirmish of wits" between fiery Beatrice and bombastic Benedict and their failed resolution to avoid falling in love with each other. Their merry-war-turned-love-story has proven catnip to Hollywood-there are two film versions, one directed by Buffy the Vampire Slayer writer Joss Whedon, and the other directed by Kenneth Branagh and also starring Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves, and Michael Keaton. Now the story is ready for the Seattle Opera treatment.
Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute To Present A TIME LIKE THIS: MUSIC FOR CHANGE
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 23, 2018
On Sunday, March 11 at 3:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall will showcase original music inspired by the 1960s and rooted in the issues and challenges of today as part of A Time Like This: Music for Change, a special concert that marks the culmination of a citywide creative learning project that has engaged people across New York City. Hosted by Def Jam Poetry veteran Lemon Andersen, the concert will feature Broadway's Carrie Compere (The Color Purple), jazz vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles, singer/songwriter Emily Eagen, Haitian songstress Emeline Michel, and a nineteen-piece band led by Kenny Seymour, a composer and music director for film and theater (Amazing Grace, Memphis). Youth and adults will also take the stage to share their own music, including the Wadleigh High School Choir, directed by Kim Walton, and the Future Music Project Ensemble, a collective of young musicians from across New York City. Additional special guests will be announced.
Belarus Free Theatre Announces The Next Kitchen Revolution Supper Club, Featuring Masha Gessen
by Stephi Wild
- Dec 20, 2017
On Tuesday 16 January, Belarus Free Theatre will host the next Kitchen Revolution supper club, featuring celebrated Russian-American journalist and leading LGBT activist Masha Gessen. The evening will be chaired by Hazel Healey, editor at the New Internationalist magazine, and will also feature Occupy activist and news commentator Jamie Kelsey-Fry.
BWW Review: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST IN CONCERT, Royal Albert Hall
by Nicole Ackman
- Dec 10, 2017
Beauty and the Beast in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall enhanced a wonderful star-studded movie by having its beautiful score expertly played by the Philharmonia Orchestra. This film is a great choice for a movie screening with live music because Alan Menken's score seems like it's meant to be heard with a full orchestra.
Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST to Return to Select Theaters This December
by Caryn Robbins
- Nov 27, 2017
Fans of Disney's live-action adaptation BEAUTY AND THE BEAST will be able to view the stunning, cinematic event celebrating one of the most beloved tales ever told once again when the film is rereleased on December 1 at the AMC Century City in Los Angeles and AMC Empire 25 in New York.
Rita Rudner to 'LAUGH, DRINK AND LEAVE' at Laguna Playhouse on New Year's Eve
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 20, 2017
Laguna Playhouse has announced the fourth annual New Year's Eve return of superstar comedienne Rita Rudner, in her hilarious new show, RITA RUDNER: LAUGH, DRINK AND LEAVE. LAUGH, DRINK AND LEAVE will perform on Sunday, December 31 at 7pm at Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road in Laguna Beach.
The Ink Factory, BBC ONE and AMC Announce Next John le Carré Project THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL
by TV News Desk
- Nov 8, 2017
On the heels of the BAFTA , Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning series The Night Manager, starring Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman, The Ink Factory, BBC ONE and AMC announced today that the next project the three companies will be adapting into a six-part mini-series will be John le Carr 's best-selling literary masterpiece The Little Drummer Girl.
Photo Coverage: Jay Armstrong Johnson Gets Ready for a Not so Scary Halloween Party at Feinstein's/54 Below
by Walter McBride
- Oct 30, 2017
Jay Armstrong Johnson's Not So Scary Halloween Party is back by popular demand after a sold out party in 2016. Conceived, written, and directed by Jay, and backed by an 8 piece band led by Rodney Bush, Jay will be joined by a slew of Broadway talent including Alysha Umphress (On the Town), Major Attaway(Aladdin), Ben Fankhauser (Newsies), Julia Mattison (Godspell), Danny Quadrino (Wicked), Kerstin Anderson (Sound of Music), Katie Thomson (Giant), and a cast of many more crazy and kooky characters. Get ready for an upbeat and eclectic set of tunes from Broadway to Jazz to Pop to Rock, and COME IN COSTUME! You might just win the costume contest. Throw back some of Winifred's Life Potion and order the fried chicken special made exclusively forJay's Not So Scary Halloween Party, and then party with the cast across the street at Characters after the 9:30pm performance.
Tara Theatre Announces Family-Friendly Autumn Season
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 30, 2017
Unbook the babysitter because Tara Theatre's Autumn season contains plenty of entertainment for all the family. The venue welcomes Bhuchar Boulevard's new family-friendly production of Child of the Divide (7th 11th November), which originally premiered at Polka in 2006 to critical acclaim.
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