BWW Exclusive: What You Oughta Know About JAGGED LITTLE PILL
by Jennifer Broski
- May 31, 2019
If you are of a certain age, Jagged Little Pill was a large part of the soundtrack of your teens and twenties. It was loud, raw, and felt like a glimpse inside the pages of a young woman's journal. Even if it wasn't an album that impacted you personally, you certainly understood the cultural significance of it.
BWW Previews: TONI STONE at Laura Pels Theatre
by Alan Portner
- May 22, 2019
Toni Stone was the first female to play professional baseball in a major American baseball league and she happened to be African American. Toni played for teams around the country including the fabled Negro League Baseball teams like the Kansas City Monarchs and the unlikely monikered Indianapolis Clowns. She is the subject of a new off-Broadway play by Lydia Diamond opening for previews beginning May 23 at Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre just off Times Square.
BWW Interview: Taylor Pearlstein of CRUEL INTENTIONS: THE 90S MUSICAL at VICTORIA
by Lianna Albrizio
- May 9, 2019
Twenty years after the provocatively delicate teen cult classic Cruel Intentions won the hearts of millennials before the turn of the 21st Century, a new cast of characters are bringing back all the evil plotting, exploitation, sexual immorality, prep school arrogance – and oh yes – all the '90s flair you can harken back to with “Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical.”
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal With Roundabout's TONI STONE
by A.A. Cristi
- May 6, 2019
Roundabout Theatre Company will soon present the world-premiere of Toni Stone, written by Lydia R. Diamond and directed by Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon. Toni Stone will be led by April Matthis, with Eric Berryman (Elzie), Harvy Blanks (Alberga), Phillip James Brannon (King Tut), Daniel J. Bryant(Spec), Jonathan Burke (Stretch), Toney Goins (Jimmy), Kenn E. Head (Millie), Ezra Knight (Woody).
Photo Flash: Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon Rehearse for FRANKIE & JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE
by Nicole Rosky
- Apr 24, 2019
The new Broadway production of Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, starring Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Audra McDonald and two-time Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon, directed by Obie Award winner Arin Arbus, will play the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street) on Broadway. Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune will begin previews on Saturday, May 4, 2019 and open officially on Thursday, May 30, 2019. The strictly limited 16-week engagement concludes on Sunday, August 25, 2019.
BWW Interview: Jeffrey Kringer Talks CRUEL INTENTIONS in Advance of DPAC Show
by Lauren Van Hemert
- Apr 22, 2019
'It's just been the most exciting whirlwind of a ride to get to do this,' says Jeffrey Kringer.
And it has been a whirlwind for Kringer who just graduated from Fredonia State University last May. Kringer is playing the role of anti-hero Sebastian Valmont in the musical CRUEL INTENTIONS. It's his first national tour, and he says it feels like the right fit at the right time.
Sutton Foster Adds Additional Performances at Cafe Carlyle
by Julie Musbach
- Apr 15, 2019
Two-time Tony-winning actress, singer and dancer Sutton Foster extends her Cafe Carlyle run, June 25-29. She'll also be performing June 11-22. At Cafe Carlyle, she'll perform Broadway favorites and original recordings, focusing on selections from her new album, Take Me to the World, and stories of how being a mother of a two-year-old has informed her work and changed her life.
Photo Flash: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hillary Clinton Visit THE CHER SHOW
by Stephi Wild
- Apr 5, 2019
On Wednesday, April 3rd Secretary Hillary Clinton attended the evening performance of The Cher Show. Lin-Manuel Miranda attended the show the following evening on Thursday, April 4th. Both went backstage after the show to meet the cast including stars Stephanie J. Block, Teal Wicks, Micaela Diamond and Jarrod Spector.
Review Roundup: What Did Critics Think of SHENANDOAH at Serenbe Playhouse with Rachel Potter and Taylor Hicks
by Alan Henry
- Apr 2, 2019
SHENANDOAH opened at Serenbe Playhouse in Atlanta on March 13 and is running through April 14, 2019. The story of one family's struggle living in the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War leaps to life in a hidden field in Serenbe, transporting you to the rolling hills of Virginia. A theatrical journey of heartbreak and ultimately hope in a fight for human rights will erupt out of an actual Civil War reenactment with over 100 soldiers, canons, horses and with an all-star cast of singermusicians in a fight for Freedom and Love!
SHENANDOAH's Rachel Potter Takes Over Instagram Today!
by Linnae Medeiros
- Mar 29, 2019
Get ready for an inside look at Serenbe Playhouse's new production, Shenandoah, with one of its stars, Rachel Potter as she takes over BroadwayWorld's Instagram Story today, March 29th! Make sure to tune in to go behind-the-scenes and see what it takes to put on this unique outdoor theatrical experience at a Civil War-era camp! You're not gonna want to miss this!
BWW Review: SHENANDOAH at Serenbe Playhouse
by Amy Zipperer
- Mar 21, 2019
It's sunset on a Sunday evening as I walk up a dusty pathway heading for the Horseman's Meadow at Serenbe Playhouse where a new production of Shenandoah, a musical adapted from the 1965 Jimmy Stewart film of the same name, plays through April 14. Brilliant orange and purple light blankets the open field to my left. To my right, a Civil War campsite moves into view. Canvas tents soak up the last of the sun, and shadows fall on the faces of soldiers as they rest. Here a few soldiers play poker. There a soldier holds a live chicken, dinner for the weary troops. Still farther on, a few tend to the tired horses. The camp is a spectacle that almost trumps nature's best spectacle, the dazzling sunset of an early spring. But even the grand spectacle of the campsite pales in comparison to the battle that unfolds only moments later on the empty meadow.
Terrence J. Smith and Cast
Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus
Men, some atop real horses, come from nowhere, and we are drenched in the chaotic sound of rapid artillery fire and the light of explosions - the remnants of shots fired from rifles and the fuses of cannons. We are spectators at some battle where many men will die and where few will be able to articulate what it has all been for. That's the Serenbe way of opening a Civil War play. It's the classic Clowdus go-big-or-go-home welcome, and this play needs all the help it can get to rise above its challenges, a heavy-handed script troubled by weakly drawn characters and a lackluster score. Though the challenges are significant, visionary director Brian Clowdus, along with his creative team and talented cast, including a tentative American Idol-winner Taylor Hicks in his first principal acting role and Broadway's vibrant Rachel Potter, prove that the challenges are not insurmountable as they turn out an effective and memorable staging.
Photo Flash: Inside WOMEN'S DAY ON BROADWAY
by Julie Musbach
- Mar 15, 2019
In celebration of International Women's Day, Disney on Broadway hosted the 2nd annual 'Women's Day on Broadway.' Following its launch in 2018, the event continues to aim to engage attendees of all genders and backgrounds in a day of open and honest dialogue about gender equality in the theatre industry and beyond.
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