The Keegan Theatre has announced the live world premiere of Lisa Stephen Friday's one-woman rock musical TRANS AM, featuring the music of cult-favorite NYC glam rock band Lisa Jackson & Girl Friday and directed by Broadway's Fred Berman.
A lucky BWW editor recalls when interviewing two of the stars of the new WEST SIDE STORY film and small world connections with MSP theatre.
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company announces The Bridge Virtual Dance Institute of boundary breaking dance experiences free one-hour company Class on Zoom open to all dancers at an intermediate to advanced level December 6-9, 2021.
In 2020, Todd Buonopane (Broadway’s Cinderella, Chicago, Grease & Spelling Bee) taught us how to survive a quarantine by singing lady songs in his bathtub. Bathtub Theatre became an internet sensation. Well, Todd is out of the tub and onstage at Green Room 42! Singing songs and medleys of the grand dames of the Broadway stage, Todd is out to prove that he is truly ALL WASHED UP.
President of the Broadway Advocacy Coalition and Tony Award recipient Britton Smith released his latest single today, recorded with The Sting, 'Holdin On'.
Jamal Howard, director and choreographer of the company's show for the holiday season, 8-TRACK, has announced his cast and creative team for this sung-through musical built around hit songs from the 1970s.
Caroline Innerbichler (Anna) in FROZEN returns home to Minneapolis to play her first Broadway tour on a new-to-her stage but her local resume proceeds her and fans fill the seats for this actor and the beloved musical's first staging locally. She shares her experience getting this role and her time waiting for theatre to return, and reveals her very Minnesotan self in 6 Questions.
The national tour of Frozen is back on the road! Find out what the critics thought of the stops so far...
The North American Tour of SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical will return to the road with technical rehearsals in York, PA at the Pullo Center, followed by an official tour opening night in Pittsburgh, PA at the Benedum Center on November 16, 2021 (November 16-21, 2021). The tour will then visit more than 40 cities for the 2021-22 touring season.
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts today announced the hiring of Christopher Harrington as its new president and CEO, effective Nov. 1.
Following an 18-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Israeli theatre and film star Yehezkel Lazarov, will lead the show’s triumphant return as Tevye in the Fiddler on the Roof North American Tour. Full casting and upcoming tour dates have also been announced.
The return of Chanticleer for a second collaborative performance at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis; and the Cantus Anniversary Gala in June 2022 at the Ordway in St. Paul, belatedly celebrating the ensemble's 25th Anniversary delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Arts Partnership—the four highly acclaimed organizations that perform regularly at the the Ordway venue, including Minnesota Opera, the Ordway, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Schubert Club—will prioritize health and safety in its reopening plans, following the latest public safety guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The season will conclude in the summer of 2022 with a 50th Anniversary production of Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak’s musical GODSPELL, directed by the company’s newly appointed Managing and Casting Director Christopher Pazdernik and choreographed by Jeff award-winner Jenna Schoppe (She/Her).
FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, will present TODD BUONOPANE in “ALL WASHED UP” on August 26th at 9:45pm. In 2020, Todd Buonopane (Broadway’s Cinderella, Chicago, Grease & Spelling Bee) taught us how to survive a quarantine by singing lady songs in his bathtub. Well, Todd is out of the tub and onstage at 54 Below!
The producers of the new musical AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, announced today that the world premiere will take place in Las Vegas at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts on October 26-31, 2021 followed by a multi-season tour that will visit more than 50 cities in the 2021-2022 season.
Wharton Center has experienced significant growth under Mike Brand's leadership, expanding from an annual operating budget of $5 million in 2003 to $16 million in 2019. Brand's guidance has continued through the pandemic, with the 21-22 season signaling Wharton Center's return to the stage with a lineup of programming, including Leslie Odom, Jr., Itzhak Perlman, and the return of Hamilton.
Kim Loo Gets a Redo is an original piece that takes history and shifts the paradigm to the AAPI perspective. Lisa Helmi Johanson and Kimberly Immanuel take the audience through their personal reflections on the intertwining of the lesser-known history of the Kim Loo Sisters and the erasure of AAPI women both past and present.
The Muny announced today the 12 extraordinary dancers and singers for its third show of its 103rd Season, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, August 12-18. Joining the previously announced Kendra Kassebaum (Milly Bradon) and Edward Watts (Adam Pontipee) are Raymond Baynard (Caleb), Colby Dezelick (Frank), and more.
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts today announced the re-launch of its beloved flagship series, Broadway @ the Ordway. Broadway @ the Ordway 2021-2022 includes four popular musicals: 'Fiddler on the Roof,' 'Summer: The Donna Summer Musical,' 'An Officer and a Gentleman' and 'Waitress.'
