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BWW Blog: USITT and the Tech Olympics

BWW Blog: USITT and the Tech Olympics

by Student Blogger: Adam Parrocha — April 2, 2019

Where else can you find fog machines, winches, moving lights, outrageous fabrics and theatre lovers? Studio 54 in its heyday? No need to go back in time - all that and more were on display at the United States Institute of Theatre Technology's annual conference.

BWW Review: South Coast Repertory Stages World Premiere of SHREW!

BWW Review: South Coast Repertory Stages World Premiere of SHREW!

by Michael Quintos — April 12, 2018

How do you "fix" the misogyny of Shakespeare's now antiquated THE TAMING OF THE SHREW? For playwright Amy Freed, it means injecting it with a noticeable dose of equality empowerment, and then shifting its characters' traits and motivations as if written from a female's perspective.

BWW Review: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Stage Adaptation Romances at South Coast Repertory

BWW Review: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Stage Adaptation Romances at South Coast Repertory

by Michael Quintos — February 1, 2018

Witty, enchanting, and joyously self-referential, the original film version of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE fantasizes a story involving a young, virile William Shakespeare in his prime, who quells a bout of writer's block by secretly romancing an engaged lady named Viola---which apparently becomes the inspi

Humor, Romance Abound in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE at South Coast Repertory

Humor, Romance Abound in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE at South Coast Repertory

by BWW News Desk — January 13, 2018

Romance, mistaken identities, ruthless scheming and backstage theatrics served up with a generous dash of comedy are at the heart of Shakespeare in Love, adapted by Lee Hall from the Oscar-winning film written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, with music by Paddy Cunneen.

Humor, Romance Abound in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE at South Coast Repertory

Humor, Romance Abound in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE at South Coast Repertory

by A.A. Cristi — December 12, 2017

Romance, mistaken identities, ruthless scheming and backstage theatrics served up with a generous dash of comedy are at the heart of Shakespeare in Love, adapted by Lee Hall from the Oscar-winning film written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, with music by Paddy Cunneen.

BWW Review: South Coast Repertory Raises Hopeful, Exquisite New Production of ONCE

BWW Review: South Coast Repertory Raises Hopeful, Exquisite New Production of ONCE

by Michael Quintos — September 21, 2017

Though the Tony Award-winning musical adaptation of writer/director John Carney's well-liked indie film ONCE is a musical that this reviewer has liked quite a bit from past productions, it took seeing South Coast Repertory's brand new regional production---now on stage in Costa Mesa through Septembe

Alexander Street Supports Performing Arts Design

Alexander Street Supports Performing Arts Design

by BWW News Desk — June 22, 2017

Alexander Street, a ProQuest company, is enabling researchers to go behind the scenes of the world's greatest theatre, dance, and opera performances through Performance Design Archive Online, the only international multimedia collection to cover all aspects of theatre production design.

BWW Review: Outstanding ALL THE WAY Stirs at South Coast Repertory

BWW Review: Outstanding ALL THE WAY Stirs at South Coast Repertory

by Michael L. Quintos — September 19, 2016

Right at the start of Robert Schenkkan's mesmerizing Tony Award-winning play ALL THE WAY---now playing in an outstanding new production at Orange County's South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa through October 2---actor Hugo Armstrong is introduced in what would become one of the most powerful, fiery a

BWW Review: South Coast Repertory Paints Bold Strokes with RED

BWW Review: South Coast Repertory Paints Bold Strokes with RED

by Michael L. Quintos — February 9, 2016

Now on stage in an exquisite new regional production at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa through February 21, 2016, John Logan's riveting Tony Award-winning two-character play RED imagines a specific time period in the life of world-renowned abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko (played with


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