February 2020 Lineup Announced At Birdland Jazz Club And Birdland Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 16, 2020
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are pleased to present the schedule for the month of February! At Birdland Jazz Club, catch the iconic Lionel Hampton Big Band Featuring Jason Marsalis, current GRAMMY nominee Catherine Russell, the Birdland debut of AGUAS Trio with Omar Sosa, Yilian Cañizares and Gustavo Ovalles, and iconic vocalist Jane Monheit. Internationally recognized trumpeter Rachel Therrien, the Seth Weaver Big Band, and The Voice contestant Melinda Rose Rodriguez will also be performing upstairs.
Steven Brinberg (Simply Barbra) Presents Hello Gorgeous At The Temple Emanu-el
by Stephi Wild - Dec 23, 2019
Award-winning singer and actor Steven Brinberg (Simply Barbra) to perform a show especially created for the elegant Streicker Center within The Temple Emanu-El (1 East 65th Street a?" off 5th Avenue) NYC on Tuesday, March 17th at 7:00 pm. With musical director Christopher Denny backing several other musicians, the show promises the best of SIMPLY BARBRA which has traveled the world since 1993. A special surprise guest star from Broadway will join 'Barbra' for a duet. This is the musical show - a?oeThe Entertainera?? in the a?oeHello Gorgeousa?? (Barbra Streisand) Celebration and Exhibit salute. Tickets are only $25 general admission or $75 reserved section and post reception with the artist.
BWW Review: PASSING STRANGE at City-Theater Co
by Greer Firestone - Dec 23, 2019
Founded in 1993 - and now under the artistic and musical leadership of Kerry Kristine and Joe Trainor a?" City-Theatre says close to its roots to take risks and eschew redundancy in staging PASSING STRANGE at Opera Delaware's Black Box on the Riverfront.
Giant Pictures Acquires CABARET MAXIME, Starring Michael Imperioli
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Dec 13, 2019
Giant Pictures has acquired the US rights for Bruno de Almeida's new movie, Cabaret Maxime, starring Michael Imperioli. It will open theatrically at the Metrograph in NYC on February 21st, ahead of a national, multi-platform rollout on March 3rd.
BWW Feature: The Twelve CD's Of Christmas
by Stephen Mosher - Dec 3, 2019
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. That's a sentiment that has been expressed for many years, sometimes merely through the utterance of the sentence, but usually through the singing of the popular song written by Meredith Wilson in 1951. While many attribute the song to the 1963 Broadway musical Here's Love, it was actually written simply as a Christmas song and singers have been crooning the tune ever since.
SBMT Presents Romantic Musical Comedy SHE LOVES ME
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 2, 2019
South Bay Musical Theatre (SBMT) is pleased the announce the full cast and creative team for the Company's first 2020 production, the charming musical comedy SHE LOVES ME. Described by The New York Times as a?oea bonbon of a musicala?? and a a?oetasty tale of love lost and found at the workplace,a?? the original Broadway production of SHE LOVES ME was nominated for five 1964 Tony Awards; the show has since enjoyed two successful Broadway revivals, in 1993 (Winner, Tony Award a?oeBest Revival of a Musicala??) and 2016. SHE LOVES ME features a book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. It is based on the play Parfumerie by Miklós László (which has also served as the basis for the films The Shop Around the Corner, In the Good Old Summertime and You've Got Mail).
New Cabaret Series Comes To Don't Tell Mama
by Stephi Wild - Oct 26, 2019
Williams & Bartholick Theatricals announce their cabaret series 'Artists for Awareness' is returning this month. Featuring some of New York City's finest performers, Artists for Awareness is a budding concert series that is dedicated to raising funds for charitable causes. October's focus is the Breast Cancer Research Foundation in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Through the catalogs of favorite singers and scores of beloved musicals, we strive to bring attention to important causes through the power of music.
Williams & Bartholick Theatricals' Cabaret Series Is Returning to Don't Tell Mama
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 26, 2019
Williams & Bartholick Theatricals have announced that their cabaret series 'Artists for Awareness' is returning this month. Featuring some of New York City's finest performers, Artists for Awareness is a budding concert series presented by Williams and Bartholick Theatricals that is dedicated to raising funds for charitable causes. October's focus is the Breast Cancer Research Foundation in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Through the catalogs of favorite singers and scores of beloved musicals, we strive to bring attention to important causes through the power of music.
San Francisco Playhouse Presents the Bay Area Premiere of Broadway Smash Hit GROUNDHOG DAY THE MUSICAL
by Rebecca Russo - Oct 16, 2019
San Francisco Playhouse announced casting for the Bay Area premiere of Groundhog Day the Musical, the hit Broadway comedy adapted from the timeless Bill Murray film. Danny Rubin, co-writer of the 1993 film, wrote the book, with music and lyrics supplied by Tony-winner Tim Minchin (Matilda). Susi Damilano will direct the Playhouse production, with music direction by Dave Dobrusky and choreography by Nicole Helfer.
BWW Review: CABARET at Sherman Playhouse - A Kit Kat Klub raw and seedy as it should be.
by Dan Dwyer - Sep 23, 2019
If what you know about 'Cabaret' is informed by the classic 1972 movie which made Liza Minnelli a superstar, you owe yourself to see the Tony-winning musical stage version like the one at community-based Sherman Playhouse. Director Bradford Blake, inspired by London's Donmar Warehouse 1993 revival which made it to Studio54 in 1998, creates a solid, engaging production that is both faithful to the cautionary theme of the original Broadway production and authentic to the raw and seedy world of the decadent Kit Kat Klub, Berlin 1931.
BWW Review: CABARET at Olney Theatre Center Keeps Us Gasping
by Jack L. B. Gohn - Sep 3, 2019
Keeping us gasping is what Cabaret in all of its incarnations has always been about. Gasping at the opulence, gasping at the decadence, gasping at the heedlessness and the horror. It is intentionally strong stuff, and if it delivers, then it succeeds. And by that yardstick, this version, whatever it may or may not owe to its predecessors, is a smashing success.
Photo Flash: First Look At Castle Craig Players' GYPSY
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 16, 2019
It's the story of the quintessential stage mother, her dreams for herself and her daughters, and the daughter who dared live her own dream. a?oeGYPSY: A Musical Fablea?? will close out the Castle Craig Players 26th Anniversary Season, running July 26a?"August 10 at their intimate cabaret venue in Meriden.
Castle Craig Players Present GYPSY Featuring Bob Mackie Costumes
by Julie Musbach - Jun 21, 2019
It's the story of the quintessential stage mother, her dreams for herself and her daughters, and the daughter who dared live her own dream. 'GYPSY: A Musical Fable' will close out the Castle Craig Players 26th Anniversary Season, running July 26-August 10 at their intimate cabaret venue in Meriden.
Corkscrew Theater Festival Launches Workshop Series CORKSCREW DOWNSTAIRS
by Julie Musbach - Jun 20, 2019
Corkscrew Theater Festival, which runs July 10-August 3, inaugurates its Corkscrew Downstairs series of workshop productions this summer in the lower level theater at the Paradise Factory (64 East 4th Street, Manhattan). The four projects all take classic texts as a starting point, including A Doll's House, Twelfth Night, the poetry of Walt Whitman, and Leslie Feinberg's 1993 novel Stone Butch Blues. The Downstairs series shares one team of designers -Dan Daly (sets), Christina Tang (lights), and Cinthia Chen (props)-and one flexible repertory set, deepening the festival's focus on exploring collaboration in different forms.
Sierra Stages Presents CABARET
by Stephi Wild - Jun 16, 2019
This summer, Sierra Stages brings the legendary musical "Cabaret" to Nevada City with an all-local Nevada County production playing from July 11 through August 3 at the historic Nevada Theatre. With a book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, this musical masterpiece marks the 11th annual summer musical presented by Sierra Stages. "Cabaret" is based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood.
Photo Flash: Inside Abingdon Theatre Company's BROADWAY ON THE BOWERY
by Stephi Wild - Apr 3, 2019
Abingdon Theatre Company recently presented Broadway on the Bowery, a curated series of downtown cabaret, directed by Abingdon Theatre Company Artistic Director Chad Austin, to be held monthly at the intimate entertainment venue Duane Park (308 Bowery - between Bleecker & Houston Streets). The inaugural event was held on Tuesday, March 26th at 7:00pm.
Alan Cumming Brings LEGAL IMMIGRANT to Musco Center
by Julie Musbach - Mar 13, 2019
Musco Center presents actor, writer, singer, style icon, activist, and all-around Renaissance man Alan Cumming in Legal Immigrant on Wednesday, April 17 at 7:30 pm. The show is a cabaret of powerful songs and stories, anecdotes and social commentary written with the hope to change negative rhetoric around immigration. Cumming uses his own journey to obtaining American citizenship in 2008 to remind audiences that America is a country shaped by its rich diversity.
Guthrie Theater Announces 2019-2020 Season - CABARET, SWEAT, and More!
by Stephi Wild - Mar 5, 2019
The Guthrie Theater (Joseph Haj, artistic director) today announced the nine productions of its 2019 2020 subscription season: Tennessee Williams' classic family drama The Glass Menagerie; Shakespeare's rollicking comedy Twelfth Night; an adaptation of Emma based on the Jane Austen novel; and Kander and Ebb's musical Cabaret will grace the Guthrie's signature Wurtele Thrust Stage while the McGuire Proscenium Stage's lineup will include Robert Harling's female-driven comedy Steel Magnolias; the regional premiere of Noura, Heather Raffo's complex tale of identity; Anne Bogart's acclaimed production of Euripides' The Bacchae; Karen Zacar as' comedic telenovela Destiny of Desire; and Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning Sweat.
Abingdon Theatre Company Announces BROADWAY ON THE BOWERY Cabaret Series
by Stephi Wild - Feb 21, 2019
Abingdon Theatre Company announces the presentation of Broadway on the Bowery, a curated series of downtown cabaret, directed by Artistic Director Chad Austin, to be held monthly at the intimate entertainment venue Duane Park (308 Bowery - between Bleecker & Houston Streets). The inaugural event will be held on Tuesday, March 26th at 7:00pm. Tickets, which include the show and a three-course meal, are priced at $250 (tax deductible donation of $175) and $200 (tax deductible donation of $125) and may be purchased online at www.ovationtix.com. Casting for the evening will be announced soon.