Passim Establishes Songwriting Grant In Honor Of Outgoing Board Chair Jerry Potts
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 3, 2020
Passim, the Cambridge based music venue and non profit arts organization, announced the establishment of a new annual grant program aimed at helping finance professional recording projects. The Eastern Front Songwriter Grant was created in honor of Jerry Potts, who served as the Passim Board Chair for the past 12 years. The Board has elected musician Annie Bartlett to replace Jerry as the new Chair.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Announces SEGAL TALKS Week Three
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 10, 2020
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center has announced the third weekly line-up of its new global series, SEGAL TALKS. New York, US, and international theatre artists, curators, researchers and academics will talk daily for one hour with Segal Center's director, Frank Hentschker, about life and art in the Time of Corona.
130+ Musicals That You Can Stream Now!
by Team BWW - Apr 4, 2021
Visit our list of the best musicals & shows you can watch from home! We've got you covered with all the must-sees on streaming sites including Tony-award winners, favorite stars and top performances.
Whitney White, Kelli Sae and More Are Heading to Joe's Pub
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 26, 2020
Joe's Pub bids farewell to February and welcomes March with the third in a five-part concert series exploring Shakespeare's women, black female ambition, and music, Whitney White: Think, And Die; Joe's Pub Working Group 2020 member Salty Brine continues their dazzling exploration of pop music with Living Record Collection - THESE ARE THE CONTENTS OF MY HEAD: The Annie Lennox Show
IVANKA 2020, Salty Brine and More Head to Joe's Pub This Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 19, 2020
Joe's Pub ends this week on a more chill note with Gary Lucas; Justin Vivian Bond's new show inspired by a Marianne Faithfull song; charismatic performer Susan Werner; country stars Bobby Pinson and RaeLynn as part of the Bob DiPiero Songwriters Series; and swinging, electrifying music, featuring Bernard Purdie along with entertaining stories retold by David Haney. Next week, the volume cranks up with Ryan Raftery's latest hilarious satire IVANKA 2020; the annual celebration of the intersection art and mental health Love is EleMental; Joe's Pub Working Group 2020 member Salty Brine continues their dazzling exploration of pop music with Living Record Collection - THESE ARE THE CONTENTS OF MY HEAD: The Annie Lennox Show; the third in a five-part concert series exploring Shakespeare's women, black female ambition, and music, Whitney White: Think, And Die; the Joe's Pub performance of the tour of MICHA Música In Transit; a concert from multi-award-winning platinum-selling musician Sarah Harmer with opener Chris Pureka; the fascinating coming of age story of a young woman growing up in New York City with Kelli Sae: Disco, Dicks And Dykes!; and BlackIssuesISSUES, an event that is as much a serenade and celebration of Blackness as it is an indictment of a system and society that is so toxic, it renders Blackness a burden.
Jewish Women's Theatre And Pop-Up Playhouse To Present THE WENDY CHRONICLES
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 26, 2019
Three plays by Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein will be presented in two triple-header days of theatre readings when JWT, director Stan Zimmerman and an all-star cast salute the groundbreaking artist who made a career out of exploring the lives of intelligent, talented women.
Jefferson Performing Arts Center Presents ANNIE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 22, 2019
Jefferson Performing Arts Society presents the musical Annie at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center. With the book and score by Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse, and Martin Charnin, Annie features such memorable songs as 'It's the Hard Knock Life', Easy Street', 'I Don't Need Anything But You' and 'Tomorrow'.
American Premiere Of London's YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Opens At The Walnut September 11
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 5, 2019
Walnut Street Theatre opens its 211th season with Mel Brooks' hilarious musical comedy, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN THE MUSICAL. Directed by Charles Abbott and choreographed by Mary Jane Houdina, the electrifying production begins previews on September 3, opens September 11, and continues through October 20.
Walnut Street Theatre Opens Season With YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
by Julie Musbach - Aug 16, 2019
Walnut Street Theatre opens its 211th season with Mel Brooks' hilarious musical comedy, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN THE MUSICAL. Directed by Charles Abbott and choreographed by Mary Jane Houdina, the electrifying production begins previews on September 3, opens September 11, and continues through October 20.
VIDEO: OKLAHOMA!'s Ali Stroker Sees Her Engraved Tony Award For The First Time
by Linnae Medeiros - Jul 19, 2019
Oh what a beautiful day because Oklahoma!'s Ado Annie, Ali Stroker, just officially received her 2019 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical now that the medallion has been given its custom engraving with the star's name. Take a peek at Ali's first moments with her Tony!
Broadway Kids to Take the Stage at 54 Below
by Julie Musbach - Jul 11, 2019
FEINSTEIN'S54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Growing Up Broadway in Now and Then: Current AND Former Broadway Kids Take the Stage!on Saturday, July 20th at 9:30 PM.
Meet the Current Cast of ALADDIN on Broadway!
by Stephi Wild - Jun 23, 2019
For the last five years, the New Amsterdam Theatre has been all about magic lamps, carpet rides, princes, thieves and genies! That's because Disney's Aladdin, which opened in 2014, has played well over 2000 performances there.
Irving Berlin Cabaret 'Doin' What Comes Naturally' Comes to Houston
by Stephi Wild - May 13, 2019
PAUL HOPE is bringing the Great American Songbook back to the HOUSTON ARTS SCENE with DOIN' WHAT COMES NATURALLY: IRVING BERLIN IN THE '40s at OVATIONS NIGHT CLUB, located at 2536 Times Blvd Houston, TX 77005, on MAY 31st - JUNE 2nd. Performances will be Friday and Saturday at 8pm (2000), Sunday at 4pm (1600).
NC Theatre Announces Cast For ANNIE
by Stephi Wild - May 9, 2019
North Carolina Theatre, the region's premiere nonprofit professional theatre, is proud to announce casting for its season-ending production of Annie, playing July 23-28 at Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh.
BWW Review: ANNIE JUMP AND THE LIBRARY OF HEAVEN at Rorschach Theatre
by Jack Read - Apr 24, 2019
You'll know the second you hear the title if Reina Hardy's Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven is your kind of play. It's the sort of title that immediately imbues cosmic levels of joy and wonder, fills you with light, and promises a journey not to be missed. You'll be delighted to know that Rorschach Theatre's production, a Rolling World Premiere from National New Play Network, delivers on that promise in an adventure that takes you to the very edge of existence and back. Though wide in scope, Hardy's script is a vessel for director Medha Marsten, along with her dynamic cast and crew, to tell an intimate story about the potential that lies in all of us.
UK Garage Masters Kachina Share Upcoming EP Title-Track, 'Eyes Of March'
by Kaitlin Milligan - Nov 14, 2018
UK-based producer-duo Kachina have announced that they will be releasing their brand new EP, titled 'Eyes Of March', on the 13th December, via Affectionate Grooves and NexGen Music, and have just shared the title track from this much-anticipated upcoming release, out 15th November. Originally a trio, Kachina tragically lost one of their members, Zurcon, to cancer earlier this year, but continue to honour him and his musical contribution, including his role in the creation of their forthcoming 'Eyes Of March' EP. Kachina have already received extensive support from reputable tastemakers DJ Mag, Resident Advisor, COMPLEX and AFROPUNK as well as radio play from BBC Radio 1's Annie Nightingale, Monki and Toddla T, BBC Radio Leicester, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, Rinse FM's Marcus Nasty and Reprezent Radio's Benteki. Racking up over 20 million streams on Spotify alone, the group have been involved in many prestigious projects and events, including sharing stages with acclaimed artists such as Crookers and The Bloody Beetroots and working on collaborations with Synkro, Nero, Bar9 and Distance.
Pinch 'N' Ouch will present Kenneth Lonergan's THIS IS OUR YOUTH
by Rebecca Russo - Nov 1, 2018
Atlanta's Pinch 'N' Ouch Theatre is having one of its busiest seasons. Most recently presenting Edward Albee's harrowing masterpiece WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, only weeks prior to Sam Shepard's Obie Award winning play FOOL FOR LOVE, the electrifying contemporary theatre company has just announced their latest production of Kenneth Lonergan's THIS IS OUR YOUTH, a compassionate living snapshot of the moment between adolescence and adulthood. YOUTH will be directed by the company's Producing Artistic Director Grant McGowen, and will feature Derek Evans, Thien Vuong, and Annie Jacob. It will perform in late November thru December at Pinch 'N' Ouch Theatre, now located in Kirkwood of Atlanta, GA.