Final Programme Released For Liverpool Theatre Festival 2021
by Stephi Wild
- Aug 13, 2021
Now added to the programme are shows Perfectly Frank, Twice Nightly and Swan Song, with cast announcements for 2Gorgeous4U, Everybody’s Talking About Musicals, Boing…Meow! The Musical, and Broken Biscuits. Tickets are on sale for all shows.
BWW Review: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, Her Majesty's Theatre
by William J Connolly
- Aug 12, 2021
They say there's no business like show business. Well, they should change that to there's no show quite like The Phantom of the Opera! The infamous story of the opera ghost and his on/off love affair with the soaring soprano lands as well today as it did back in 1986.
THE INTERROGATION Will Be Performed by Access All Areas Theatre Company
by Stephi Wild
- Aug 12, 2021
Starting at Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF) on Sunday 29 August and returning to London where it will be simultaneously running at Battersea Arts Centre and Rich Mix from Tuesday 28 September until the tour concludes on Sunday 3 October.
DreamWorks Theatricals and MTI Team Up for Emerging Writers Program
by Nicole Rosky
- Aug 11, 2021
DreamWorks Theatricals and Music Theatre International, in partnership with NBCUniversal’s Global Talent Development & Inclusion (GTDI) team, announce today the DreamWorks Theatricals/MTI Emerging Writers Program, a new partnership that will identify diverse teams of bookwriters, composers and lyricists with unique voices and points of view to develop musical adaptations of popular DreamWorks Animation titles intended for the Music Theatre International catalogue.
What We Know (So Far) About the TICK, TICK... BOOM! Movie
by Sarah Jae Leiber
- Aug 11, 2021
Read all about the late, great Jonathan Larson’s semi-autobiographical musical “Tick, Tick… Boom!” and how it's getting the movie musical treatment, helmed by “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda!
Cast Announced For THE DURATION at Omnibus Theatre This September
by Stephi Wild
- Aug 11, 2021
For the United States, the collective grief generated by 9/11 had a profound impact on the nation's psyche. The Duration follows the story of a mother and daughter, both liberal American academics, who experienced a huge loss. It considers different responses to grief, in particular how this mother is radically changed by her bereavement – she buys a gun and heads for the hills.
LOADBANG: PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS Out September 10 on New Focus
by A.A. Cristi
- Aug 10, 2021
The acclaimed ensemble loadbang, described by The New Yorker as “an eccentric quartet that has had to generate its entire repertoire from nothing,” further expands its sonic horizons on its latest album, Plays Well With Others, released Friday, September 10 on New Focus.
BWW Interview: Multi-Talented Roger Q. Mason – Ever Busy Creating Art With A Message
by Gil Kaan
- Aug 9, 2021
Center Theatre Group, in association with The Fire This Time Festival and Watts Village Theater Company, has been premiering playwright Roger Q. Mason’s THE DUAT online as part of their series NOT A MOMENT BUT A MOVEMENT. Taibi Magar directs THE DUAT with Gregg Daniel and percussionist David Leach. Had the chance to throw out a few queries to the always busy Roger.
BWW Review: SISTERS OF CHARITY, Lion & Unicorn Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina
- Aug 6, 2021
Ireland, 1922. A brand new facility to provide refuge and help to single expecting mothers and their babies opens in Cork, Bessborough Mother and Baby Home. Owned and operated by Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary, it was a horror house for many until its dismantling in 1999 - 22 years ago.
M.L. Stark Releases Dark Novel BURNING DESIRE
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Aug 5, 2021
Author M.L. Stark has announced the promotion of her dark novel, Burning Desire: The Psychopath and the Girl in Black Prada Shoes, Part I. A Dangerous Affair Between Sociopath Doctor and Patient Unfolds in 'Burning Desire' Series. This is a dark novel where the author portrays deadly dalliance between an unsuspecting lady and a predator.
WHITE WITCH Will Be Performed at the Bloomsbury Theatre in September
by Stephi Wild
- Aug 5, 2021
Written by pioneering Jamaican playwright Barry Reckford, the first Black Briton to have a play staged at the Royal Court, White Witch tells the historical story of a white woman who falls in love with a Black man, and of the terrible consequences of their forbidden affair. Set around Rose Hall, Jamaica against the backdrop of the 18th century slave trade, the play follows Annie Palmer, who has been married off to a plantation owner following her scandalous affair with a Black man.
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