There's just one month left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our 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.
Center Stage Jackson is opening its 2018-19 Season with The Music Man, Book, Music & Lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey.
The Croswell Opera House's production of MAMMA MIA! opened on June 15 and continues weekends through July 1, with 8 p.m. performances on Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. performances on Saturdays and Sundays. Remaining dates are nearly sold out.
According to Variety, Kenya Barris and Pharrell Williams will collaborate on a stage musical about Juneteenth, the African-American holiday honoring the date that U.S. Army ships forced Texas landowners to free the last of their slaves. It is viewed as the last day of slavery in the United States.
This world premiere production invites audiences into a world of healing, compassion, and renewal. While visiting his family's secluded cottage on the shores of the Atlantic ocean, Owen, a typically urban fifteen-year-old boy, and his fisherman father clash until an unlikely and healing communion with an injured whale awakens in Owen a forgotten boyhood and connection with the sea.
It is the art of illusion, mystery of magic and mind-blowing sleight-of-hand showcased in Masters of Illusion now performing at the historic Jubilee Theater at Bally's Las Vegas. Showcasing the live version of the CW television series Masters of Illusion, the ensemble cast is comprised of five of the world's best magicians. Jason Bird, Farrell Dillon, Greg Gleason, Tommy Wind and Chris Randall create an exciting and hilarious family-friendly evening of entertainment.
Celebrities and fans swarmed at the star-studded premiere of “SHARKNADO 5: Global Swarming” at the Mat Franco Theater at The LINQ Hotel & Casino Sunday, August 6. Syfy's highly-anticipated fifth installment of the “Sharknado” franchise took the world by storm
Peder Balke: Painter of Northern Light, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from April 10 through July 9, will be the first exhibition in the United States devoted to this singular, visionary 19th-century Norwegian artist. It will bring together 17 of Balke's sublime landscape and marine paintings from private collections and present them alongside paintings by his compatriots drawn from The Met collection. This will offer a unique opportunity to explore an artist who developed a remarkable freedom in his approach to painting that evokes the spiritual naturalism of Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) and anticipates the painterly expressiveness of Edvard Munch (1863–1944).
The MTH Theater at Crown Center presents She Loves Me, its first book musical of the season. Artistic Director Sarah Crawford will direct a fifteen person ensemble led by Kansas City favorite Lauren Braton in the role of Amalia. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
The MTH Theater at Crown Center is pleased to announce the cast of She Loves Me, its first book musical of the season. Artistic Director Sarah Crawford will direct a fifteen person ensemble led by Kansas City favorite Lauren Braton in the role of Amalia. The remainder of the cast includes Joshua Balm, Katie Bartow, Patrick Beasley, Elizabeth Birger, Beth Borders, Andy Garrison, Dalton Homolka, Evan Lovelace, Ethan Miller, Eric Morris, Brooke Myers, Fisher Stewart, Jackson Tomlin, and Kyra Weinberger.
Lillian Hellman's 1941 play WATCH ON THE RHINE isn't often produced, but it's certainly a relevant one in today's troubling times. As directed in the round by Jackie Maxwell at Arena Stage, it's probably one of the best examples of a scintillating, well-written script being brought to the stage by a uniformly excellent cast. The end result is a must-see production for the serious theatergoer.
Arena Stage announces full casting for Lillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine, winner of the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play. Four-time Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Marsha Mason, known for her performances in the films Cinderella Liberty, The Goodbye Girl, Chapter Two and Only When I Laugh, stars as Fanny Farrelly under esteemed director Jackie Maxwell, former artistic director of Canada's Shaw Festival. Set in Washington, D.C. on the brink of U.S. involvement in World War II, Hellman's suspenseful drama was hailed by the Chicago Tribune as "dramatically gripping and genuinely moving." Watch on the Rhine runs February 3-March 5, 2017 in the Fichandler Stage.
On Jan.6, beloved SNL icons and comedic superstars Jon Lovitz and Dana Carvey celebrated the grand opening of their 20-show residency, 'Reunited,' at The Foundry inside SLS Las Vegas. The entertaining night was filled with crowd-roaring laughs and impeccable impressions including Dana Carvey's takes on Paul McCartney, Liam Neeson, Johnny Carson and Christopher Walken, to name a few. Throughout the show, the duo performed individual stand-ups acts and musical numbers together including renditions of 'Hey Jude,' 'Heaven' and an original composition called 'It's Not Complicated.' Following an audience Q&A session, the night was topped off with a duet of Carvey's 'Choppin' Broccoli.'
Arena Stage's upcoming production Watch on the Rhine hosted a meet & greet on the first day of rehearsal today, January 3. BroadwayWorld has a peek at the cast and creative team below! Watch on the Rhine by Lillian Hellman runs February 3-March 5, 2017 at Arena Stage. It is directed by Jackie Maxwell and stars four-time Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Marsha Mason.
The performance will take place on October 29th at 4pm at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. It will feature narration by Host and Moderator of WETA's Around Town and SiriusXM's Symphony Hall, Robert Aubry Davis, as well as 120 students from across the DC-Metro area who comprise the Young Artists of America Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble.
Tonight, before a gathering of theatre artists and patrons, theatreWashington announced the winners of the 2016 Helen Hayes Awards, drawn from 202 eligible productions presented in the 2015 calendar year. Scroll down for the full list of nominees and winners!
On Sunday, March 13th at 4pm, Young Artists of America at Strathmore (YAA) presented the youth premiere of the new symphonic version of Children of Eden by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell, Pippin and The Prince of Egypt). Schwartz himself worked as a guest mentor with the YAA high school-aged students. The cast, full symphonic orchestra, and chorus will include over 350 youth from all over the DC Metro area including 250 younger artists from North Bethesda Middle School. The performance took place at The Music Center at Strathmore (5301 Tuckerman Ln, North Bethesda, MD).
