BWW Review: MOTOWN THE MUSICAL Will Have You Dancing in Your Seat
by Angie Stanton
- Mar 2, 2016
Motown the Musical rocked into Overture Center in Madison on Tuesday night with an abundance of talent and energy delivering the memorable Hitsville, USA classics. This Berry Gordy biopic covers his life as a young boy striving for more, to a man borrowing money from his family to build a recording empire that changed history. The production culminates with the twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of Motown.
The Ordway to Welcome A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN Tour
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 1, 2016
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts will present the Midwest premiere of A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN to the St. Paul stage March 29-April 3 as part of a 34-city North American tour.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to Perform Engagement in SoCal, 4/6
by Matt Smith
- Feb 25, 2016
COSTA MESA, CA – Segerstrom Center for the Arts welcomes the return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in an exclusive Southern California engagement April 6 – 10, 2016. The program includes eight works never before seen at the Center, four Southern California premieres and new productions of Ailey classics. In addition to the three full repertory programs, on April 3 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Center and the Company will hold their second free community event – Revelations Celebration – on the Arts Plaza, and on April 6 at 7:30 p.m., Discover Ailey, a special hour-long Ailey mini performance with all seats at just one price.
FLY, Inspired by the Tuskegee Airmen, Coming to New Victory Theater This March
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 24, 2016
From training to combat, experience the anguish, fears and triumphs of a brotherhood who fought for freedom abroad -- and at home. FLY, directed by Ricardo Khan, co-founder and former artistic director of Crossroads Theatre Company, and choreographed by Hope Clarke (A Free Man of Color; Jelly's Last Jam; Caroline, or Change) and Omar Edwards (Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk), tells the heroic tale of the Tuskegee Airmen through the eyes of four courageous young men.
A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN Coming to Playhouse Square, 3/2
by Tyler Peterson
- Feb 17, 2016
?Like a comet that burns far too brightly to last, Janis Joplin exploded onto the music scene in 1967 and, almost overnight, became the queen of rock & roll. The unmistakable voice, filled with raw emotion and tinged with Southern Comfort, made her a must-see headliner from Monterey to Woodstock.
Rita Wilson Returning to Feinstein's at the Nikko in April
by Tyler Peterson
- Feb 10, 2016
After a sold-out engagement in 2013, musician, actress and producer Rita Wilson will return to Feinstein's at the Nikko for two performances only - Friday, April 1 (8 p.m.) and Saturday, April 2 (7 p.m.) - as part of a 20+ city sprint 2016 tour to promote her second studio album - self-titled 'Rita Wilson,' a collection of original songs that she co-wrote.
WAKE UP with BWW 2/9/2016 - DISASTER!, PRODIGAL SON, JOPLIN & More!
by Jessica Khan
- Feb 9, 2016
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: Take cover! DISASTER! wrecks havoc on Broadway starting tonight, PRODIGAL SON opens at MTC, Janis Joplin heads out on tour and more!
FSCJ Artist Series to Present MOTOWN, 4/19-24
by Tyler Peterson
- Feb 8, 2016
Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, MOTOWN THE MUSICAL is the true American dream story of Motown founder Berry Gordy's journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye and so many more. MOTOWN THE MUSICAL comes to Jacksonville's Times-Union Center April 19-24, 2016 for 6 performances only.
Christian Conn and More Lead THE METROMANIACS, Beginning Tonight at The Old Globe
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 4, 2016
The Old Globe presents the West Coast premiere of THE METROMANIACS by supremely clever playwright David Ives (All in the Timing, Time Flies). This uproarious new 'translaptation' of a classic French farce, Alexis Piron's La Metromanie, will be directed by one of America's most renowned stage directors, Michael Kahn, presented in association with Shakespeare Theatre Company.
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