BWW Interview: Director Bob Turton on Bringing CAN'T PAY? DON'T PAY! Back to The Actors' Gang After Two Years
by Shari Barrett
- Mar 12, 2022
After two years of most people living in at least semi-isolation, with many unemployed through no fault of their own, the Actors' Gang is returning to the stage with a re-mounting of Can't Pay? Don't Pay! written by Nobel Laureate Dario Fo and Franca Rame on March 19, 2022, with previews beginning March 12, exactly two years from the day the theater was shuttered and had to suspend this hilarious production. Fo's high-energy, satirical farce is again directed by Bob Turton, and I decided to speak with him about the journey he has taken with the production, especially what it's been like waiting for two years to bring the play back to its original location.
Big Burns Supper Celebrates Being Biggest Online Burns Night In The World
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jan 26, 2022
Audiences from across globe came together via the power of YouTube to enjoy the full spectrum of what Burns Night means to a whole host and variety of communities. Countries represented included Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Canada, America, South Africa, Hong Kong, Cyprus, Russia and even Step Isle.
THE GLAD GAME Comes to Hampstead Theatre Next Month
by Stephi Wild
- Jan 11, 2022
Pippa Frith and Nottingham Playhouse present The Glad Game at Hampstead Theatre next month. Diagnosed with an incurable cancer at the age of 26, Phoebe Frances Brown tells her story of finding gladness in the saddest of times.
BAM President Emerita Karen Brooks Hopkins to Publish Memoir
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Nov 23, 2021
Karen Brooks Hopkins’ memoir BAM. . . and Then It Hit Me (powerHouse Books and Audible, January 2022) is an exhilarating romp through the evolution of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the renowned cultural institution, and an inside look at how it grew to exert considerable influence on theater, opera, dance, and film worldwide.
Helen Mirren to Be Honored with the 2021 SAG Life Achievement Award
by Michael Major
- Nov 18, 2021
Helen Mirren has been named the 57th recipient of SAG-AFTRA's highest tribute: the SAG Life Achievement Award. Mirren appeared as Queen Elizabeth II on Broadway in The Audience, a play by Peter Morgan, directed by Stephen Daldry,winning the 2015 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Guest Blog: Sacha Wares On Two New Immersive Digital Productions
by Guest Author
- Oct 13, 2021
Over my 20-year career as a director for theatre, the world we live in and how we communicate has changed beyond recognition. When I first began directing, only a tiny handful of people I knew had mobile phones; now we live a vast proportion of our lives in the digital world and our phones function as a ‘place’ we inhabit, communicate and connect within.
Wallis Artistic Director Paul Crewes To Step Down, Transition To Artistic Advisor
by A.A. Cristi
- Sep 22, 2021
Pioneering arts leader Paul Crewes, who has served since 2015 as the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts' first Artistic Director, steps down from his position at the end of this year and transitions to a new role as Artistic Advisor for the balance of The Wallis' 2021-2022 Season, it was announced by Michael Nemeroff, Chairman of the Board.
BWW Review: This CARMEN's Ready for Her Close-up on Film in Atlanta
by Richard Sasanow
- Sep 20, 2021
For one of the most popular operas in the traditional repertoire--ABC in the opera world means AIDA, BOHEME and CARMEN--the work by Bizet has had to have more lives than the proverbial cat to get there. The version, now called THE THREEPENNY CARMEN, by the Atlanta Opera’s General and Artistic Director and frequent stage director Tomer Zvulun--now available as a film with subtitles, from Zvulun and filmmaker Felipe Barral. It is current proof that opera doesn’t have to stand still like a statue in an art museum to show that it is alive and well and, this time around, living in Texas.
1927's ROOTS Makes London Premiere
by Stephi Wild
- Sep 17, 2021
Making its London premiere after its UK debut at the Edinburgh International Festival 2019, Roots is a medley of folktales brought to life with 1927's signature fusion of handcrafted animation and storytelling
Comedic Singing Duo Will Premiere New Cabaret at WP Playhouse in October
by Stephi Wild
- Sep 17, 2021
Audiences will laugh twice as hard as funny songmen Brance Cornelius and Alex Mansoori jump onto The Winter Park Playhouse stage in their new cabaret - A Little Off The Top - October 20 and 21, 2021 as part of the theatre's popular Spotlight Cabaret Series. Playhouse Musical Director Christopher Leavy will accompany on piano.
BWW Review: Doña Rosita la soltera at Gala Hispanic Theatre
by Mary Lincer
- Sep 13, 2021
Led by the masterful Mabel del Pozo in the title role and Luz Nicolás as her aunt, GALA Hispanic Theatre has mounted a nuanced and visually rich production of Federico García Lorca's 1935 play, Doña Rosita la soltera, adapted by Nando López.
BWW Previews: NOW PLAYING THIRD BASE FOR THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS…BOND, JAMES BOND at Midnight Company At The Chapel
by James Lindhorst
- Jul 7, 2021
The Midnight Company will present the premiere of the full version of NOW PLAYING THIRD BASE FOR THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS…BOND, JAMES BOND, opening July 8, and running through July 25 at The Chapel, 6238 Alexander Drive, 63105. There will be performances Thursdays through Saturdays at 8pm, with a matinee on Sunday, July 25, at 2pm. Tickets are $20, will be on sale at MetroTix.com.
The Show Must Go Online Announce MONTH OF MARLOWE
by Stephi Wild
- Jun 9, 2021
Drawing inspiration from classic surreal, expressionist films by Ingmar Bergman and Jean Cocteau, Edward II will be live on Wednesday 9 June at 7pm BST, and available on catch-up thereafter. The Show Must Go Online's Month of Marlowe comes after the collective performed the entirety of William Shakespeare's First Folio in weekly livestreamed readings over 36 consecutive weeks last year.
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