BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature THE SNEETCHES in Minneapolis, THE GREAT GATSBY in ORLANDO, Andrew Lippa's THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SNOOPY in Austin and more. Check out our top features below!
BWW caught up with acclaimed YouTube sensation, Christina Bianco as she prepares to perform her hit solo show DIVA MOMENTS at The Alex Theatre St Kilda and The Hayes Theatre in Sydney. It couldn't be harder to put into words an interview with the effervescent star as she launches into her famous impressions left right and centre but here's what she had to say:
Freeform premieres its newest digital short-form series, MY BOYFRIEND IS A ROBOT, a romantic fish-out-of-water comedy centering on the relationship between a girl and her boyfriend – who happens to be a robot.
Study after study has shown that giggling is good for the soul and your health. Now we know something more: sharing giggles with a loved one keeps the romantic feelings strong, according to a study published in the journal Personal Relationships.
Let's take it back to The Mack! Bittergirl: The Musical sold out virtually its entire run when it first premiered at the Festival and will return this summer with new songs and scenes, and the same girl-group hits like 'I'm Gonna Make You Love Me,' 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough,' 'I Will Survive,' and 'Too Many Fish In The Sea.'
?Fifteen actresses, spanning the ages of Millennials to Seniors, are answering the question, 'if your vagina could talk, what would it say?' with its staged reading of Eve Ensler's THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES at Carrollwood Players on February 3-5, 2017.
Izzy, wizzy, let's get busy, because the nation's favourite TV bear Sooty is bringing his friends to Warrington's Parr Hall this month for a fun-packed show.
Martha Cipolla for President! has announced the final performance of its debut run at The Peoples Improv Theater (the PIT).
Told through the eyes of three couples of different ages, experiences, orientations and philosophies the piece explores just how incredibly strange and upside down loving can be.
Martha Cipolla for President! has announced the final performance of its debut run at The Peoples Improv Theater (the PIT).
Houstonian Ann Odogwu is a bad cook hoping to make good in this season's WORST COOKS IN AMERICA.
?Fifteen actresses, spanning the ages of Millennials to Seniors, are answering the question, 'if your vagina could talk, what would it say?' with its staged reading of Eve Ensler's THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES at Carrollwood Players on February 3-5, 2017.
Much like Lewis Carroll's ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND and L. Frank Baum's THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF OZ, Norton Juster's THE PHANTOM TOLL BOOTH is a fantasy adventure. All three are perceived as tales for children, but, in reality, though they are intended to teach youngsters, the messages are often so complex that they go over the heads of their intended audience.
If there is one sure sign that Christmas has truly arrived, it's the inescapable onslaught of the pantomime season. Theatres across the country ring to the shouts of 'he's behind you', the boos and hisses, and the singalong family favourites. Often acclaimed as the UK's biggest pantomime, Birmingham Hippodrome present a first class production every single year, and 2016 is no exception. The magical pantomime adventure Dick Whittington stars John Barrowman as the eponymous hero, alongside Steve McFadden (King Rat), Jodie Prenger (Fairy Bowbells) and The Krankies.
Study after study has shown that giggling is good for the soul and your health. Now we know something more: sharing giggles with a loved one keeps the romantic feelings strong, according to a study published in the journal Personal Relationships.
Told through the eyes of three couples of different ages, experiences, orientations and philosophies the piece explores just how incredibly strange and upside down loving can be.
The festive season isn't complete without a visit to Cork's favourite traditional Panto at the Everyman. This year, the magical tale of Red Riding Hood, will bring the theatre alive from Saturday 10th December.
Here we are: settled in, fridge filled, local library visited and our children have books for days… Wonder twin power activate! Shape of a question mark! Form of a trickster!
Orlando Shakes' STUART LITTLE delights young audiences and keeps the grown ups entertained too. This play is filled with colorful adventure, limitless optimism, and easy laughs that is exactly the pick-me-up needed this time of year. While most of the performances are sold-out to school audiences, there are still a few shows left for the general public to catch. If you have young ones this is definitely too much fun to miss.
You may think you know Rudyard Kipling's THE JUNGLE BOOK, but you may not have seen it through the eyes of playwright Greg Banks who takes the well-known story written in 1894 and brings it into now. Is the story new? Not really. Are there any big surprises? Not so much. Then what makes it new? I believe that it's the refreshing simplicity.
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