Come join us at The Community Playhouse (1881 N. Oracle Rd) and travel back in time to the golden age of radio theater! Witness the fashion of the 1930's, 40's and 50's! Listen to elaborate sound making contraptions! Close your eyes and enjoy the spectacle of sound and voice!
Today Wilton's announce their summer 2018 season, a true showcase of its music hall roots with Weimar cabaret performers, sultry chanteuses and time-travelling magicians all treading the historic boards, and true icons like the first Afro-Briton to vote in a UK general election and fame hungry gender-queer music hall stars telling their stories to entertain and inform audiences.
Good morning BroadwayWorld! Today's top stories: the 8th Annual Clive Barnes Awards will be presented tonight at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, and more!
What would you do if you knew you were being watched... watched by someone you were not even aware was there? Adapted from the classic story by H.G. Wells and brought to life at The Vaults, Waterloo, Old Lamp Entertainment presents the world premiere of 'The Crystal Egg Live'; A multisensory, multidisciplinary theatrical experience set in 19th Century London. Check out photos from the show below!
New Jersey Repertory Company (NJ Rep) opens its 2018 season of new plays with the world premiere of 'The Calling' written by Joel Stone, directed by Evan Bergman and starring Ames Adamson and Jared Michael Delaney. Broadwayworld.com had the pleasure of interviewing Joel Stone about his career and the upcoming show at NJ Rep.
What would you do if you knew you were being watched watched by someone you were not even aware was there? Adapted from the classic story by H.G. Wells and brought to life at The Vaults, Waterloo, Old Lamp Entertainment presents the world premiere of 'The Crystal Egg Live'; A multisensory, multidisciplinary theatrical experience set in 19th Century London.
Step back in time in your best 1930s finery and immerse yourself in high class Hollywood. You'll feel as though you've been transported to another time as you mingle with the likes of Orson Welles, Jimmy Stewart, Carey Grant, Jean Harlow, and other Hollywood actors from the 1920s and 30s. You never know just who you are going to run into!
Published in 1895 by Heinemann UK, H. G. Wells' beloved tale of time travel launched his reputation as the father of science fiction and coined the now popular concept of a time machine. Originally written as a serial frame narrative, the Time Traveller begins his story of adventures 800,000 years into the future with the simple words, I've had a most amazing time
I once had the honour of interviewing the legendary Tommy Steele at the New Wimbledon Theatre. It was the venue where Half A Sixpence was first performed, and the show - which acted as a star vehicle for the talented young performer - became a classic piece of British musical theatre.
First presented at Chichester's Festival Theatre, last summer's hit 'HALF A SIXPENCE' will play its final performance in London today 2 September, having extended its limited season twice.
Experience Theatre Project Presents A Live Staged Reading of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds. An Immersive 1930s Hollywood-Style Gala. Mingle With Famous Dead Actors of the 1930s! Pre-Show Magic by historical conjurer Danny Schreiber!
If you heard today on CNN that Martians were invading a small town in New Jersey, would you believe it? Seventy-eight years ago, Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre theatrical group made such a broadcast on CBS radio on Halloween Eve 1938. Welles took H.G. Wells' epic novel "The War of The Worlds" and made the story feel like a real news broadcast. The hoax created panic and fear in many towns around the nation as millions believed that Martians had invaded America.
If you heard today on CNN that Martians were invading a small town in New Jersey, would you believe it? Seventy-eight years ago, Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre theatrical group made such a broadcast on CBS radio on Halloween Eve 1938. Welles took H.G. Wells' epic novel "The War of The Worlds" and made the story feel like a real news broadcast. The hoax created panic and fear in many towns around the nation as millions believed that Martians had invaded America.
Stage Door Records are pleased to announce the previously unreleased studio demo recordings of David Heneker's musical HALF A SIXPENCE will be released on September 29th, 2017.
Moose Hall Theatre Company / Inwood Shakespeare Festival has been a vital, groundbreaking theatrical force in Northernmost Manhattan for 17 years. Through popular demand, the group is reviving one of their most exciting, acclaimed productions. Dracula! is a haunting and tantalizing exploration into the sources of deep disbelief, desperate faith, whimsical fantasy and genuine fear. Go behind the scenes in the video below!
Moose Hall Theatre Company / Inwood Shakespeare Festival has been a vital, groundbreaking theatrical force in Northernmost Manhattan for 17 years. Through popular demand we are reviving one of their most exciting, acclaimed productions Dracula!
Long before the Delorean or the TARDIS ever graced our screens, the story of The Time Machine fascinated the public with the idea of travelling in the fourth dimension. This new musical based on the H.G. Wells masterpiece is not a straight adaptation of the novel, adding in a neat framing device. Set at Radio Woking in the 1950s, this production features Carrie (Lindsay Sharman), a station producer in the finest cut-glass BBC English mould, and George (Laurence Owen), the writer and performer of a radio musical version of the sci-fi classic.
Moorestown Theater Company's production of ROALD DAHL'S WILLY WONKA JR. brims with charm and imagination and is fun for children of all ages.
The premiere of the new musical, The Time Machine, with book by David Mauk and Brenda Mandabach, music and lyrics by David Mauk, is an Official Selection of the 2017 New York Musical Festival, directed by Justin Baldridge with choreography by Jim Cooney and music direction by Kristen Lee Rosenfeld. The Time Machine opened on July 11, 2017 and will play a total of 6 performances at The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row (410 W 42nd Street). BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Live at Zedel, Soho's unique live entertainment concept at The Crazy Coqs, announces their September programme ahead of the Autumn/Winter season launch later this summer.
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