BWW Interview: Golda Rosheuvel Talks THE AMERICAN CLOCK
by Rona Kelly - Feb 15, 2019
Actress Golda Rosheuvel has always loved jazz and swing, sharing that 'Ella Fitzgerald is one of the reasons [she] started singing'. Giving us an insight into the music and magic of theatre, Golda also shares why The American Clock still ticks for every generation, even today.
Axis Company Announces 20th Anniversary Season
by Julie Musbach - Feb 13, 2019
Axis Company today announces its 20th Anniversary Season, which kicks off a bold new work: the world premiere of Strangers in the World, written and directed by Axis Artistic Director Randy Sharp (March 13-April 6). The company celebrates two decades of making raw, unblinking theater in its intimate West Village space with a lineup that exemplifies Axis's body of work-its artistry in exploring dark moments in America's past, and its mastery at staging moving first-person narratives.
King Kullen Shares Favorite Holiday Recipes
by Marina Kennedy - Dec 23, 2018
Christmas is right around the corner and it's time to prepare dinner menus, get a head start on holiday baking and finish decorating. King Kullen has everything needed to prepare favorite holiday meals and dishes and help get people into the holiday spirit.
Ocean Spray Rolls Out Colossal Can of Cran Just in Time for Thanksgiving
by Marina Kennedy - Nov 18, 2018
It wiggles, it jiggles and it's most certainly the SWEETEST icon of the Thanksgiving table. Today, Ocean Spray takes its tasty titan to the next level at 500 times its original size. Ocean Spray unveiled its saucy secret at the museum of all-out oddities, Ripley's Believe It or Not! in Times Square.
BWW Interview: James Clements and WWTNS? Examine the Life of Leni Riefenstahl in BEAUTY FREAK
by Julie Musbach - Nov 5, 2018
James Clements is an actor, writer, producer and director splitting his time between Scotland, London and New York. His New York based theatre company What Would the Neighbors Say? is currently workshopping a new play exploring the career of Leni Riefenstahl, a filmmaker who got her start working during the Nazi regime. Clements took a moment to chat with BroadwayWorld about the challenging project and the development process.
Casting Announced For JEANNIE at the Finborough Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Nov 2, 2018
A 1930s comedy for Christmas, Jeannie by rediscovered female playwright Aimee Stuart will open at the Finborough Theatre for a four-week limited season on Tuesday, 27 November 2018 (Press Nights: Thursday, 29 November and Friday, 30 November 2018 at 7.30pm).
King Kullen Shares Seasonal Recipes
by Marina Kennedy - Nov 1, 2018
'Tis the season to host parties. With Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up soon, it is time to start thinking about dishes to prepare for family parties and friend get-togethers. Beyond the tried-and-true recipes of the season, there are many opportunities to get creative and make the most of seasonal ingredients.
BWW Blog: When You're a Penn Singer *snap* *snap*
by Student Blogger: Ayaka Shimada - Oct 24, 2018
Hello, readers of BroadwayWorld! My name is Ayaka Shimada, and I am a communications and theater arts student at the University of Pennsylvania. I am a proud member of Penn's only musical theatre company, Penn Singers. I am so excited to present how theater nerds here at an Ivy League institution do what we love on top of our chaotic lives, during which we juggle academics, jobs, and extracurriculars.
The Farmington Players Present BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS
by BWW
News Desk - Sep 28, 2018
Get ready for a laugh-out-loud and heartwarming classic from the late great "King of Comedy" Neil Simon. The Farmington Players will open the season with Simon's coming-of-age tale, Brighton Beach Memoirs, the 18th Simon show to be performed at the Barn. It's the first in a trio of the playwright's semi-autobiographical stories about growing up in an impoverished Jewish family in 1930's Brooklyn.
BWW Review: If you AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' At Toby's, Why Not?
by Cybele Pomeroy - Sep 28, 2018
Are you looking for a rollicking good cabaret show and a hearty meal? Are you in the mood for a musical history lesson? How about both? Toby's in Columbia presents AIN'T MISBEHAVIN,' The Fats Waller Musical Show through November 4th, and you should sit right down and buy yourself a ticket.
Ocean Spray Harvested Hope by Picking Pink Cranberries for A Purpose on September 13th
by Marina Kennedy - Sep 18, 2018
ust like that, with a turn of the calendar, we're surrounded by the familiarity of fall. Cool nights give way to warm sweaters, and bursts of yellow, orange and red paint a recognizable landscape. This year, however, Ocean Spray turned over a new leaf by kicking off the 2018 cranberry harvest with a passion for pink - PINK CRANBERRIES, that is!
The Farmington Players Present BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS
by Stephi Wild - Sep 13, 2018
Get ready for a laugh-out-loud and heartwarming classic from the late great "King of Comedy" Neil Simon. The Farmington Players will open the season with Simon's coming-of-age tale, Brighton Beach Memoirs, the 18th Simon show to be performed at the Barn. It's the first in a trio of the playwright's semi-autobiographical stories about growing up in an impoverished Jewish family in 1930's Brooklyn.
CT Repertory Theatre Opens Season With THE GRAPES OF WRATH
by Stephi Wild - Sep 10, 2018
Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) opens its 2018-19 season with Frank Galati's award-winning adaptation of John Steinbeck's, "The Grapes of Wrath." Gary English will direct. Performances will be held in the Harriet S. Jorgenson Theatre from October 4th through October 14th, 2018. For tickets and information please visit crt.uconn.edu or call (860) 486-2113.
BWW Review: THE AUDIENCE (EL PUBLICO) at Austin Playhouse
by Rex Stanfield - Jul 30, 2018
EL PUBLICO is a play written around 1930 by poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca which was lost, all of which has never been found, and which remained unperformed until 50 years following the author's death in 1936. Austin playwright Elizabeth Doss has adapted it to the stage in English as THE AUDIENCE and incorporated into it the circumstances of Lorca's political assassination at the hands of Nationalist insurgents in the early days of the Spanish Civil War.
Padua Playwrights Presents MAYAKOVSKY AND STALIN
by BWW
News Desk - Jul 21, 2018
Two love stories. Two suicides. Padua Playwrights presents the world premiere of Mayakovsky and Stalin, written and directed by legendary poet/playwright Murray Mednick (The Gary Plays), opening at the Lounge Theatre on July 21.
BWW Interview: Choreographer Janet Roston Makes MOVES Everybody Wants To Dance To
by Gil Kaan - Jul 18, 2018
Uber busy, much in-demand choreographer Janet Roston will have three separate theatre productions running this month of July. Already opened - CABARET at Celebration Theatre and MUTT HOUSE at Kirk Douglas - Janet's latest choreographic piece GATSBY REDUX will be world premiering July 24, 2018 as part of THE MUSIC CENTER'S MOVES AFTER DARK. We had the opportunity to catch Janet in a rare, spare moment between her shows to see how her choreographic mind works.
BWW Review: GUYS AND DOLLS Takes you Back in Time at ACTA Theatre
by David Edward Perry - Jul 18, 2018
'Guys and Dolls' is based off of a string of short stories by writer Damon Runyon. His forte was tales of the seedy underbelly of the New York City crime scene of the 20's and 30's. The cast has a list of colorful characters that chew up scenes. Director Victoria Boyce brings to life the stylized and hilariously dated criminal underworld to life.
Photo Flash: The Stars Gather Under The Stars For the Great Jose Iturbi at The Hollywood Bowl
by Stephi Wild - Jul 17, 2018
On Thursday, July 12th, Hollywood maven and powerhouse, Donelle Dadigan, (Co-Founder of the Jose Iturbi Foundation/President & Founder of The Hollywood Museum, Chairman of The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce) invited a select group of VIPs for an evening of dinner and a concert at The Hollywood Bowl as the Los Angeles Philharmonic presented an evening of Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2 under the stars with Behzod Abduraimov on piano and conductor, Gustavo Dudamel.
Padua Playwrights Presents MAYAKOVSKY AND STALIN
by Julie Musbach - Jun 19, 2018
Two love stories. Two suicides. Padua Playwrights presents the world premiere of Mayakovsky and Stalin, written and directed by legendary poet/playwright Murray Mednick (The Gary Plays), opening at the Lounge Theatre on July 21.