James Wilson News

Tricycle Theatre Young Company's SWITCH Returns

by Marianka Swain — June 7, 2016

The Tricycle Theatre has announced the return of the Tricycle's 19-25-year-old Young Company's SWITCH for a further four performances in June.

Lewis Griffiths, Katie Hartland and Carlie Milner Lead New DIRTY DANCING Tour

by Marianka Swain — April 18, 2016

Casting has been announced for a new UK and Ireland touring production of DIRTY DANCING.

Media Theatre Closes 2015-16 Season with 1776, Beginning Tonight

by BWW News Desk — April 13, 2016

To close the 2015-16 season, The Media Theatre has a musical to lead Philadelphia into the time frame of the upcoming 2016 Democratic Convention which will be hosted by the City of Brotherly Love.

Hip Hop Musical iLLA! Coming to Atlanta

by Tyler Peterson — April 11, 2016

A hip hop musical dreamed up in NYC, celebrated by Broadway trade publication Playbill, and destined for top markets will be making its way through Atlanta, GA for 5 performances on June 10 to 12, and CCCEPA is thrilled to play host.

South Bend Civic Theatre to Present 1776

by Tyler Peterson — March 31, 2016

In this year of the presidential election and the bicentennial celebration of the Hoosier state, the South Bend Civic Theatre is presenting 1776 in the Wilson Theatre.

Title:Point to Present !?:New Works

by Tyler Peterson — March 22, 2016

!?:New Works -- the spiritual successor to The Exponential Festival -- is a month long festival of New York's best experimental artists and theatre companies presenting brand new work.

Media Theatre Announces 1776 As 2015-2016 Season Closer

by Louisa Brady — March 20, 2016

To close the 2015-16 season, The Media Theatre has a musical to lead Philadelphia into the time frame of the upcoming 2016 Democratic Convention which will be hosted by the City of Brotherly Love.

BWW Review: Ocean State Theatre Tells a Timely Story of Politics and History with 1776

by Robert Barossi — February 29, 2016

Some events in history cry out to be made into a movie or a book or a stage play.

1776 Plays Now Through March 13 at Ocean State Theatre

by BWW News Desk — February 26, 2016

Ocean State Theatre Company (OSTC), currently celebrating its fourth season in its state-of-the-art theatre in Warwick is proud to present the Tony Award-winning musical, about the birth of American Independence, 1776.

Photo Flash: THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER Celebrates Opening at Mercury Theater

by BWW News Desk — December 8, 2015

THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER sails for its fifth year at Mercury Theater Chicago, running now through December 27, 2015.

McLean Community Players to Stage Tony-Winning Musical 1776

by Tyler Peterson — December 7, 2015

?The McLean Community Players' production of the musical 1776, based on the events surrounding the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence, opens Friday, Feb.

BWW Review: Mercury's CHRISTMAS SCHOONER is Readily, Wonderfully Shipshape

by Patrick O'Brien — December 3, 2015

Like its blessed branch, take it and pass it on.

Photo Flash Exclusive: First Look at Ellie Nunn in New Musical DESPERATE MEASURES

by Roy Tan — November 27, 2015

A brand new musical based on Shakespeare's Measure For Measure.

Mercury Theater Chicago's THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER Begins Tonight

by Tyler Peterson — November 25, 2015

Mercury Theater Chicago, 3745 N.

World Premiere of DESPERATE MEASURES Set for Jermyn Street Theatre

by Tyler Peterson — October 12, 2015

Desperate Measures, a freewheeling new musical based on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, is set in London in the 'swinging sixties' against a backdrop of starchy middle class morality and hypocrisy in a country on the verge of Beatlemania and the sexual and social permissiveness that we know today

Anti-Bullying Film THE MARTIAL ARTS KID to Open in Select Theaters Today

by BWW News Desk — September 18, 2015

An anti-bullying film, The Martial Arts Kid will open only in theatres on September 18th in New York and Los Angeles, which will then quickly be followed by other top markets including Chicago, Texas, Florida and Washington, DC.

Anti-Bullying Film THE MARTIAL ARTS KID to Open in Select Theaters 9/18

by Caryn Robbins — August 24, 2015

An anti-bullying film, The Martial Arts Kid will open only in theatres on September 18th in New York and Los Angeles, which will then quickly be followed by other top markets including Chicago, Texas, Florida and Washington, DC.

Photo Coverage: Neil Berg's ROCK 'N' ROLL DECADES Plays Queens Theatre In The Park

by Genevieve Rafter Keddy — July 12, 2015

Neil Berg is on tour with his ROCK 'N' ROLL DECADES, in which five Broadway stars sing many of the hit songs they've sung on Broadway, featuring: Danny Zolli (Jesus Christ Super Star) Lawrence Clayton (World Rock Symphony Orchestra, DREAMGIRLS), Jeremy Kushnier (RENT, Footloose), Rita Harvey (Phanto

West End's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, with Robert Sean Leonard, Opens Tonight

by BWW News Desk — June 24, 2015

Following a sell-out UK and Ireland tour and two hugely successful runs at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, To Kill a Mockingbird returns to London from tonight 24 June until 25 July 2015 at the Barbican.

Photo Flash: First Look at 1776, Opening Tonight at Cortland Rep

by BWW News Desk — June 17, 2015

For the second production in their 44th annual season of professional summer theatre, Cortland Repertory Theatre presents the revolutionary musical '1776', by Peter Stone, with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards.