WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL at Ivoryton Playhouse
by Lauren Yarger - Oct 24, 2022
CT Chapter LPTW Presents Panel on 'Rebuilding Theater with Greater Relevance' and Presents Ivoryton Playhouse with 'Seal of Approval' for Promoting Theater Women at WOmen Playwrights Fest Oct. 29
BWW Feature: An Interview with Velma and Roxie from the Stratford Festival Production of CHICAGO
by Lauren Gienow - Oct 11, 2022
After a fully cancelled 2020 season and an out-door-under-a-tent 2021 season, the main stages at the Stratford Festival have finally seen some action this year. Over at the Festival Theatre, the Donna Feore choreographed and directed production of CHICAGO is a huge hit! Two major reasons for this are the phenomenal performances by the two leads. BWW had the opportunity to chat with Roxie and Velma themselves - Chelsea Preston and Jennifer Rider-Shaw, to find out what it has been like to finally do the show they had been waiting two years to mount.
Cotuit Center for the Arts Announces Upcoming Season
by Stephi Wild - Sep 30, 2022
While final preparations are underway for its 2022 season finale production of The Sound of Music, Cotuit Center for the Arts has announced a new season of programming and fundraising with a focus on celebrating, dreaming, planning, imagining, and creating art in all theater, music, exhibition, education, outreach and collaboration offerings.
Ace Young To Lead World Premiere of VATICAN FALLS at The Tank This Fall
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 28, 2022
Vatican Falls, the controversial play written by Frank J. Avella that closely examines the Catholic sex abuse scandal while telling real survivor stories and exploring the fictional journey of one particular survivor will make its world premiere this Fall in a limited engagement run Off-Broadway.
Leslie Uggams and Ted Chapin to be Honored at the 30th Annual Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 12, 2022
The York Theatre Company will honor Tony Award-winning musical theater icon Leslie Uggams (Hallelujah, Baby!, Anything Goes, Thoroughly Modern Millie) with the 2022 Oscar Hammerstein Award for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theater and Ted Chapin with The York Theatre Company Founders’ Award at the 30th Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala.
Lena Hall to Play Audrey in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Beginning in September
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 27, 2022
Tony Award-winning actress Lena Hall (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Kinky Boots, “Snowpiercer”) will take on the role of Audrey in the three-time Best Musical Revival Award-winning production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS this fall, beginning Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at the Westside Theatre.
Joe Iconis, New Musicals, Lorna Luft, Andy Mientus And More Announced at Feinstein's/54 Below
by Grace Cutler - Jul 9, 2022
Next week, 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.
Theatre Tuscaloosa Presents MAMMA MIA! Beginning This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jul 5, 2022
Theatre Tuscaloosa is presenting the mega-musical, Mamma Mia!, July 15-24, 2022, in the Bean-Brown Theatre on the Martin Campus of Shelton State Community College (9500 Old Greensboro Road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405).