Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Announces its 56th Season
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2018
The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, America's longest running festival of new orchestral music, celebrates its 56th season and the second season of its esteemed Music Director and Conductor, Cristian M?celaru, July 29 - August 12, 2018. This year's festival takes audiences around the globe with a series of new works by composers from the US, UK, Canada, Macedonia, Romania, China, Korea, and Sweden.
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2018
The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, America's longest running festival of new orchestral music, celebrates its 56th season and the second season of its esteemed Music Director and Conductor, Cristian M?celaru, July 29 - August 12, 2018. This year's festival takes audiences around the globe with a series of new works by composers from the US, UK, Canada, Macedonia, Romania, China, Korea, and Sweden.
Monterey Jazz Festival Announces 2018 Next Generation Jazz Festival Results
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2018
Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce the results of the annual Next Generation Jazz Festival.
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2018
Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce the results of the annual Next Generation Jazz Festival.
Bebe Neuwirth Brings STORIES WITH PIANO to Walnut Creek's Lesher Center for the Arts
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2018
Two-time Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning actress Bebe Neuwirth brings Stories with Piano to Walnut Creek's Lesher Center for the Arts (1601 Civic Dr., Walnut Creek) on Wednesday, May 30 at 7 p.m. for one performance only. Presented by Feinstein's Presents, Feinstein's at the Nikko's series showcasing world-class performers at larger venues throughout the Bay Area, this intimate cabaret-style evening will weave together songs and stories from throughout Bebe's celebrated career.
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2018
Two-time Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning actress Bebe Neuwirth brings Stories with Piano to Walnut Creek's Lesher Center for the Arts (1601 Civic Dr., Walnut Creek) on Wednesday, May 30 at 7 p.m. for one performance only. Presented by Feinstein's Presents, Feinstein's at the Nikko's series showcasing world-class performers at larger venues throughout the Bay Area, this intimate cabaret-style evening will weave together songs and stories from throughout Bebe's celebrated career.
Brilliant Scientists Come To Life In World Premiere of TWO MINDS
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2018
The Marsh, acclaimed as a premier venue for solo shows and new works, welcomes a collaboration between lauded playwright Lynne Kaufman and award-winning director Robert Kelley with Two Minds. Returning to The Marsh after her hit run of Acid Test: The Many Incarnations of Ram Dass, Kaufman's new drama re-envisions the relationship between two men who changed the way people think. Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky's groundbreaking research on how people make decisions won the brilliant Israeli psychologists a Nobel Prize and a McArthur Genius Award. The pair was intellectually so aligned they could finish each other's sentences, but emotionally their differences tore them apart. Two Minds weaves together the story of their unique partnership as well as their troubled friendship.
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2018
The Marsh, acclaimed as a premier venue for solo shows and new works, welcomes a collaboration between lauded playwright Lynne Kaufman and award-winning director Robert Kelley with Two Minds. Returning to The Marsh after her hit run of Acid Test: The Many Incarnations of Ram Dass, Kaufman's new drama re-envisions the relationship between two men who changed the way people think. Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky's groundbreaking research on how people make decisions won the brilliant Israeli psychologists a Nobel Prize and a McArthur Genius Award. The pair was intellectually so aligned they could finish each other's sentences, but emotionally their differences tore them apart. Two Minds weaves together the story of their unique partnership as well as their troubled friendship.
Lea Salonga, Joshua Bell, Michael Fabiano and More Headline the 2018 Festival Napa Valley! 7/20-29
by Christina Mancuso - March 12, 2018
Festival Napa Valley announces the lineup for the 2018 summer season, featuring a host of world premieres, debuts and exclusive engagements set in iconic Napa Valley settings. The 2018 season, July 20-29, is dedicated to the first responders who saved lives, homes and properties in the recent Wine Country wildfires.
by Christina Mancuso - March 12, 2018
Festival Napa Valley announces the lineup for the 2018 summer season, featuring a host of world premieres, debuts and exclusive engagements set in iconic Napa Valley settings. The 2018 season, July 20-29, is dedicated to the first responders who saved lives, homes and properties in the recent Wine Country wildfires.
Napa Valley Museum Yountville Has Reopened For Scheduled Exhibitions & Events
by BWW News Desk - March 12, 2018
The Napa Valley Museum Yountville, located on the grounds of the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, after a brief closure on March 9, 2018, is now open to the public on its regular schedule of Wednesdays through Sundays from 11 to 4 pm.
by BWW News Desk - March 12, 2018
The Napa Valley Museum Yountville, located on the grounds of the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, after a brief closure on March 9, 2018, is now open to the public on its regular schedule of Wednesdays through Sundays from 11 to 4 pm.
Custom Made Theatre Presents HOODED, OR BEING BLACK FOR DUMMIES
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2018
Opening March 11th! Tearrance Chisholm's Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies (BAPF 2015) at Custom Made Theatre - a producing partnership with PF!
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2018
Opening March 11th! Tearrance Chisholm's Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies (BAPF 2015) at Custom Made Theatre - a producing partnership with PF!
San Francisco's Theater of Others to Stage ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2018
Theater of Others is producing their tenth show, William Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well, March 23-April 8 at the Kelly Cullen Community Auditorium in San Francisco. This rarely seen late masterpiece will receive a full production, set in the French Second Empire, with music of the Romantic period. Director Glenn Havlan will play it close to the archetypal folk tales that were Shakespeare's sources and inspirations.
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2018
Theater of Others is producing their tenth show, William Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well, March 23-April 8 at the Kelly Cullen Community Auditorium in San Francisco. This rarely seen late masterpiece will receive a full production, set in the French Second Empire, with music of the Romantic period. Director Glenn Havlan will play it close to the archetypal folk tales that were Shakespeare's sources and inspirations.
The Music of Philip Glass Engages Playwrights To Write Ten-Minute Musicals
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2018
On Monday evening, March 19, PlayGround concludes its 24th season of Monday Night PlayGround with a special "Musical Theatre Night," inspired by and featuring the music of Philip Glass. The playwrights have just four-and-a-half days to generate their original short musicals and plays with music set to Philip Glass' String Quartets Nos 2-5 (as recorded by San Francisco's own Kronos Quartet in the 1995 recording "Kronos Quartet performs Philip Glass"). The top six will be matched up with leading directors and actors and presented as script-in-hand staged readings at Berkeley Repertory Theatre on March 19 at 8pm. Los Angeles writers will have their work on the same topic presented at L.A.'s Zephyr Theatre on March 12. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://playground-sf.org/monday.
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2018
On Monday evening, March 19, PlayGround concludes its 24th season of Monday Night PlayGround with a special "Musical Theatre Night," inspired by and featuring the music of Philip Glass. The playwrights have just four-and-a-half days to generate their original short musicals and plays with music set to Philip Glass' String Quartets Nos 2-5 (as recorded by San Francisco's own Kronos Quartet in the 1995 recording "Kronos Quartet performs Philip Glass"). The top six will be matched up with leading directors and actors and presented as script-in-hand staged readings at Berkeley Repertory Theatre on March 19 at 8pm. Los Angeles writers will have their work on the same topic presented at L.A.'s Zephyr Theatre on March 12. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://playground-sf.org/monday.
Montalvo Transforms To Montmartre For Its Gala, 6/16
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2018
For one night only, the Montalvo Arts Center will transform into the iconic Moulin Rouge for its biennial gala, Moulin Montalvo: A Gala Night in Montmartre. The evening will include a variety of dazzling surprises as guests are invited to mingle with colorful artists and can-can dancers, savor sumptuous cuisine by Le Papillon paired with gorgeous French wines and champagne, and dance the night away in the historic Villa.
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2018
For one night only, the Montalvo Arts Center will transform into the iconic Moulin Rouge for its biennial gala, Moulin Montalvo: A Gala Night in Montmartre. The evening will include a variety of dazzling surprises as guests are invited to mingle with colorful artists and can-can dancers, savor sumptuous cuisine by Le Papillon paired with gorgeous French wines and champagne, and dance the night away in the historic Villa.
Z Space Welcomes New Managing Director Stephen Shafer Mazow
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2018
Z Space's Board of Directors and Executive Artistic Director Lisa Steindler are pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen Shafer Mazow as new Managing Director, effective February 20, 2018. Mazow brings over 20 years of experience working in program development and strategic initiatives at the intersection of art, science, and social justice.
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2018
Z Space's Board of Directors and Executive Artistic Director Lisa Steindler are pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen Shafer Mazow as new Managing Director, effective February 20, 2018. Mazow brings over 20 years of experience working in program development and strategic initiatives at the intersection of art, science, and social justice.
San Francisco Playhouse Announces 5-Year Commission Program
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2018
San Francisco Playhouse (Artistic Director Bill English; Producing Director Susi Damilano) expanded its commitment to developing new plays and nurturing the voices of active playwrights with the launch of a 5-Year Commission Program dedicated to the creation of 20 new plays over the next 5 years. This will elevate the Playhouse's acclaimed New Play Program, now approaching its 10th season.
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2018
San Francisco Playhouse (Artistic Director Bill English; Producing Director Susi Damilano) expanded its commitment to developing new plays and nurturing the voices of active playwrights with the launch of a 5-Year Commission Program dedicated to the creation of 20 new plays over the next 5 years. This will elevate the Playhouse's acclaimed New Play Program, now approaching its 10th season.
Montalvo Arts Center Presents the Premiere of A New Soundwork FOUR BRIDGES
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2018
Visitors to the 175 acre-grounds of Montalvo Arts Center will be able to enhance their experience of exploring the Center's lush forest trails with Four Bridges, a newly commissioned soundwork by acclaimed composer Howard Hersh. Using wireless and geolocation technology Hersh, a Lucas Artists Composer Fellow, has created a sonic journey celebrating the beauty, mystery, and magic of the forest, leading hikers through redwood canyons into oak-lined meadows.
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2018
Visitors to the 175 acre-grounds of Montalvo Arts Center will be able to enhance their experience of exploring the Center's lush forest trails with Four Bridges, a newly commissioned soundwork by acclaimed composer Howard Hersh. Using wireless and geolocation technology Hersh, a Lucas Artists Composer Fellow, has created a sonic journey celebrating the beauty, mystery, and magic of the forest, leading hikers through redwood canyons into oak-lined meadows.
A.C.T. To Present Suzan-Lori Parks's FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2018
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) will present Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) (April 25-May 20, 2018), Pulitzer Prize winner and MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient Suzan-Lori Parks's (Topdog/Underdog, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess) explosively powerful and lyrical new play inspired by the Odyssey and set amid the American Civil War.
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2018
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) will present Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) (April 25-May 20, 2018), Pulitzer Prize winner and MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient Suzan-Lori Parks's (Topdog/Underdog, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess) explosively powerful and lyrical new play inspired by the Odyssey and set amid the American Civil War.
San Francisco Playhouse Launches 5-Year Commission Program To Create 20 New Plays
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2018
San Francisco Playhouse (Artistic Director Bill English; Producing Director Susi Damilano) expanded its commitment to developing new plays and nurturing the voices of active playwrights with the launch of a 5-Year Commission Program dedicated to the creation of 20 new plays over the next 5 years. This will elevate the Playhouse's acclaimed New Play Program, now approaching its 10th season.
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2018
San Francisco Playhouse (Artistic Director Bill English; Producing Director Susi Damilano) expanded its commitment to developing new plays and nurturing the voices of active playwrights with the launch of a 5-Year Commission Program dedicated to the creation of 20 new plays over the next 5 years. This will elevate the Playhouse's acclaimed New Play Program, now approaching its 10th season.
From the Author of Beaches, Iris Rainer Dart's THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE is Set to Make its West Coast Premiere
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2018
The acclaimed Broadway musical The People in The Picture is heading west! Having garnered Tony winner Donna Murphy a best actress nomination, the show will begin its run at the famed 3 Below Theater in San Jose, CA, on April 12th. The musical was also nominated for Drama Desk and Outer Critics awards in 2011 for outstanding book and music.
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2018
The acclaimed Broadway musical The People in The Picture is heading west! Having garnered Tony winner Donna Murphy a best actress nomination, the show will begin its run at the famed 3 Below Theater in San Jose, CA, on April 12th. The musical was also nominated for Drama Desk and Outer Critics awards in 2011 for outstanding book and music.
INSIDE OUT AND BACK AGAIN, a Story Of a Young Vietnamese Refugee, Premieres at Bay Area Children's Theatre
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2018
'Today is T?t, the first day of the lunar calendar.' With these words, 10-year-old Ha begins her story of escaping war-ravaged Saigon with her mother and brothers and starting a new life as a refugee in Alabama.
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2018
'Today is T?t, the first day of the lunar calendar.' With these words, 10-year-old Ha begins her story of escaping war-ravaged Saigon with her mother and brothers and starting a new life as a refugee in Alabama.
SELL/BUY/DATE At The Geffen Playhouse Extends One Week
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2018
The Geffen Playhouse today announced that Sell/Buy/Date, Sarah Jones' critically acclaimed one-woman show, will extend for one week and run through Sunday, April 15. Written and performed by Jones and directed by Carolyn Cantor, Sell/Buy/Date opens tonight in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen Playhouse.
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2018
The Geffen Playhouse today announced that Sell/Buy/Date, Sarah Jones' critically acclaimed one-woman show, will extend for one week and run through Sunday, April 15. Written and performed by Jones and directed by Carolyn Cantor, Sell/Buy/Date opens tonight in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen Playhouse.
BATS Improv Presents KISS OF THE MINOR 7TH Saturday Nights In March
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2018
A Film Noir Musical. Temptation sings its siren song, and passion lurks in the smoky haze waiting to claim another hapless sap. Lust, murder and music are just an average Saturday night. Always completely improvised, and always "one night only".
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2018
A Film Noir Musical. Temptation sings its siren song, and passion lurks in the smoky haze waiting to claim another hapless sap. Lust, murder and music are just an average Saturday night. Always completely improvised, and always "one night only".
BATS Improv Presents LISTEN TO THE BAND Friday Nights In March
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2018
San Francisco is a hotbed of musical talent. This month BATS invites that talent to be front-and-center and surprise BATS improvisers with songs. BATS players will then turn them into completely improvised scenes.
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2018
San Francisco is a hotbed of musical talent. This month BATS invites that talent to be front-and-center and surprise BATS improvisers with songs. BATS players will then turn them into completely improvised scenes.
Stephen Sondheim's SATURDAY NIGHT Opens At 42nd Street Moon
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2018
San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon (Daren A.C. Carollo and Daniel Thomas, Co-Executive Directors), currently celebrating its 25th Anniversary in continuous operation, has announced the full cast and creative team for the penultimate production of the 2017-2018 season: The Bay Area premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Saturday Night. Based on the play Front Porch in Flatbush by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein, Saturday Night features a book by the Epstein brothers with music and lyrics by Sondheim. Saturday Night runs from March 28 - April 15, 2018 and will perform at the Gateway Theatre (formerly the Eureka Theatre). The press opening will take place on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. Tickets range from $25 - $76 and can be purchased through the Box Office at (415) 255-8207 or online at www.42ndstmoon.org. 42nd Street Moon's production of Saturday Night will be directed by Ryan Weible and choreographed by Allison Paraiso-Silicani, with Music Direction by Daniel Thomas.
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2018
San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon (Daren A.C. Carollo and Daniel Thomas, Co-Executive Directors), currently celebrating its 25th Anniversary in continuous operation, has announced the full cast and creative team for the penultimate production of the 2017-2018 season: The Bay Area premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Saturday Night. Based on the play Front Porch in Flatbush by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein, Saturday Night features a book by the Epstein brothers with music and lyrics by Sondheim. Saturday Night runs from March 28 - April 15, 2018 and will perform at the Gateway Theatre (formerly the Eureka Theatre). The press opening will take place on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. Tickets range from $25 - $76 and can be purchased through the Box Office at (415) 255-8207 or online at www.42ndstmoon.org. 42nd Street Moon's production of Saturday Night will be directed by Ryan Weible and choreographed by Allison Paraiso-Silicani, with Music Direction by Daniel Thomas.
YouTube Star and Jazz Trio Play Montalvo
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2018
Montalvo Arts Center continues its acclaimed Carriage House Concert Series with two musical sensations. May 17 will see a performance by one of New York's most exciting up-and-coming singer/songwriters Matt Beilis followed on May 22 with Pulitzer-Prize-winning artist Henry Threadgill, one of the premier composers, thinkers, and reedmen of this era, and his brand new powerhouse ensemble, the Threadgill-Iyer-Prieto Trio.
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2018
Montalvo Arts Center continues its acclaimed Carriage House Concert Series with two musical sensations. May 17 will see a performance by one of New York's most exciting up-and-coming singer/songwriters Matt Beilis followed on May 22 with Pulitzer-Prize-winning artist Henry Threadgill, one of the premier composers, thinkers, and reedmen of this era, and his brand new powerhouse ensemble, the Threadgill-Iyer-Prieto Trio.
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts and the Santa Rosa Symphony Announce the 2018-19 Symphony Pops Series
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2018
Today, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (LBC) and the Santa Rosa Symphony announced the lineup for the 2018-19 Symphony Pops Series, to be presented in the Ruth Finley Person Theater at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (50 Mark West Springs Road in Santa Rosa). Now in its 14th year, the Sunday afternoon concert series introduces audiences to the great depth and range of sounds of the Santa Rosa Symphony and acclaimed soloists, through the music of legendary Motown artists, dynamic divas, and tributes to pop sensations.
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2018
Today, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (LBC) and the Santa Rosa Symphony announced the lineup for the 2018-19 Symphony Pops Series, to be presented in the Ruth Finley Person Theater at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (50 Mark West Springs Road in Santa Rosa). Now in its 14th year, the Sunday afternoon concert series introduces audiences to the great depth and range of sounds of the Santa Rosa Symphony and acclaimed soloists, through the music of legendary Motown artists, dynamic divas, and tributes to pop sensations.
BWW Blog: How I Became a Director
by Student Blogger: Carmel Suchard - March 07, 2018
Hi! I'm Carmel and this is my first blog post here at BroadwayWorld. I'm really excited to have this opportunity to share some of my theatre experiences with the world.
by Student Blogger: Carmel Suchard - March 07, 2018
Hi! I'm Carmel and this is my first blog post here at BroadwayWorld. I'm really excited to have this opportunity to share some of my theatre experiences with the world.
Review Roundup: OFFICE HOUR at Berkeley Rep
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2018
The reviews are in for Berkeley Rep's OFFICE HOUR, written by Julia Cho, and directed by Lisa Peterson. OFFICE HOUR opened on February 22nd, and will run through March 25th.
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2018
The reviews are in for Berkeley Rep's OFFICE HOUR, written by Julia Cho, and directed by Lisa Peterson. OFFICE HOUR opened on February 22nd, and will run through March 25th.
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