French Cirque, Swan Song Blues, and International Opera Mark Artpark's Spectacular 50th Season
by Stephi Wild - May 11, 2023
Artpark, Western New York's premier summer destination for live performance, music, and interactive art, has announced its 50th season lineup packed with spectacle, drama, indigenous and global influences. Situated just outside Niagara Falls, New York—a half-hour drive from Buffalo, an hour and a half from Rochester, and under two hours from Toronto—Artpark's 50th season promises something for everyone throughout the region.
Broadway Buying Guide: May 8, 2023
by Team BWW - May 8, 2023
Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, May 8, 2023.
Charleston Gaillard Center Reveals Largest Performance Lineup To Date
by Stephi Wild - May 2, 2023
The Charleston Gaillard Center announced its largest season ever for the 2023–2024 programming year with more than 40 shows spanning dance, music, theater, comedy, arts festivals, and family programming from leading local, national, and international artists and organizations.
Summer Movies At Sarasota Opera House To Begin May 12, 2023
by A.A. Cristi - May 1, 2023
Sarasota Opera has announced the lineup for the 2023 Summer Classic Movies at the Opera House. The Classic Movies at the Opera House series featuring many beloved movies will open on Friday, May 12th at 7:30 pm with 2001: A Space Odyssey. Throughout the summer and into the fall, featured movies will include films ranging from the 1930's to the 1990's. Tickets will be $12 and will go on sale starting on Wednesday, May 3. Additional movie titles are detailed below.
Review: A CHORUS LINE At The Phoenix Theatre Company
by Herbert Paine - Apr 10, 2023
The Phoenix Theatre Company's production of A CHORUS LINE, directed by Jeff Whiting runs through May 14th: It's 'not just a handsome production; to date it’s the standout of the current season.'
Review Roundup: VANITIES at York Theatre Company
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 31, 2023
The York Theatre Company is presenting Vanities-The Musical, with book by Jack Heifner, music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum, music direction by Deborah Abramson, and choreography by Shannon Lewis. The show is directed by Will Pomerantz. Check out reviews!
Duke Ellington Love You Madly + A Concert of Sacred Music At Grace Cathedral Reissued on DVD
by Michael Major - Mar 2, 2023
These two Emmy-nominated programs, out of print the past few years, from producer Ralph J. Gleason feature: a 1965 documentary that explores the life and legacy of Ellington, perhaps the greatest single American composer, and the September 1965 commissioned premiere Ellington’s Concert of Sacred Music at San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral.
Scorpions 'Colours Of Rock' to Be Released on Vinyl
by Michael Major - Mar 2, 2023
Alongside versions of Fly To The Rainbow, In Trance, Virgin Killer and Humanity (Hour 1), remastered for the first time ever, are further handpicked treasures including Savage Amusement, World Wide Live, Love at First Sting, Blackout, Animal Magnetism, Lovedrive, Tokyo Tapes and Taken By Force.
A Hotsy Totsy Burlesque Tribute To Dungeons And Dragons Comes to The Slipper Room Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Feb 21, 2023
WOTC LLC (the owner of the Dungeons and Dragons brand) has reached out to Cherry Pitz and the Girls from the Home for Wayward Girls and Fallen Women to help them with a viral marketing campaign on a new edition they have labeled 6X, it is so advanced and lifelike that the characters actually show up where you are playing. And where handsome Brad has his qualms about this, Cherry only has one question, can we get them on stage to do burlesque acts!
Agatha Christie's THE MOUSETRAP Returns To Brisbane This May
by Stephi Wild - Feb 7, 2023
Following a sell-out season last November, the 70th Anniversary Australian tour of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap will return to Brisbane for a short season from 26 May at the Playhouse, QPAC. The national tour of the world's longest-running play has played to capacity audiences since it opened in Sydney last October.
THE JOURNEY TO VENICE Comes to the Finborough Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 2, 2023
The UK premiere of the award-winning The Journey to Venice opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season on Tuesday, 28 February 2023 (Press Nights: Thursday, 2 March 2023 and Friday, 3 March 2023 at 7.30pm).
Agatha Christie's THE MOUSETRAP Comes To Perth and Canberra
by Stephi Wild - Dec 12, 2022
The 70th Anniversary production of Agatha Christie's world-famous mystery The Mousetrap will play in Perth at His Majesty's Theatre from 8 April 2023, and at the Canberra Theatre Centre from 11 May for strictly limited seasons.
Review: THE WIZ at The 5th Avenue Theatre
by Jay Irwin - Nov 28, 2022
L. Frank Baum’s classic fantasy “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is the gift that just keeps on giving. From its 1901 origins to the 1939 iconic film to any number of sequels, movies, and even a Broadway musical or two, we always seem to want to hear more and more about the magical land of Oz. And no small part of those tales is the fabulous William F. Brown and Charlie Smalls, Tony Award winning musical, “The Wiz” from 1974. And now the 5th Avenue Theatre has brought this green gem to vivid life with their current delightful production.