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Summer Movies At Sarasota Opera House To Begin Saturday, June 5
by A.A. Cristi - May 26, 2021


Sarasota Opera has announced the initial lineup for the 2021 summer movie series, which will open with “La Cage aux Folles” on Saturday, June 5.

IN THE HEIGHTS, HARRY POTTER & More Come to HBO Max This June
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 20, 2021


The Warner Bros. Pictures film fuses Lin-Manuel Miranda’s kinetic music and lyrics with director Jon M. Chu’s lively and authentic eye for storytelling that captures a world very much of its place, but universal in its experience.

43rd Annual BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! Festival Returns
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 17, 2021


The 2021 season of the free festival will kick off at 7:30pm on Saturday, July 31st (doors open at 6:00pm) with R&B singer/songwriter Ari Lennox as the headliner, Brooklyn-based rapper and poet KAMAUU and Jamaican-bred R&B artist Nesta as openers.

Artpark & Company Announces 2021 Season
by A.A. Cristi - May 14, 2021


Artpark & Company announces its 2021 season, which kicks off on May 15, 2021 with interactive tour Sonic Trails curated and co-produced by Sozo Creative and designed by the Holladay Brothers.

Summer 2021 Is Going To Be A DISASTER! At Way Off Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - May 11, 2021


For summer of 2021 The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre will present the most anticipated show of the 2020 Season!  

CARNEGIE HALL SELECTS Launches Friday With Free Streams of Filmed Classical Musical Performances
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 10, 2021


Beginning this Friday, May 14, Carnegie Hall will offer weekly free full-length concert streams featuring legendary classical musicians in inspirational performances from some of the finest concert halls around the world.

BARD SUMMERSCAPE Is Back with Adventurous Lineup of Live Performances in New York's Hudson Valley
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 29, 2021


Bard SummerScape returns to live performance with a wide-ranging and adventurous lineup this summer. Staged for limited in-person audiences, the 2021 season presents the 31st Bard Music Festival, “Nadia Boulanger and Her World,” which pays tribute to one of the most important female figures in classical music history.

Paul Kellogg, Glimmerglass Artistic Director Emeritus, Has Passed Away at 84
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 28, 2021


Paul Edward Kellogg came to Cooperstown, New York, in 1975 to write, but stayed to develop one of the premiere summer opera and music-theater festivals in the United States. He leaves as a beloved member of the greater Cooperstown community. Paul Kellogg died in Cooperstown at Bassett Hospital on April 28, 2021, of natural causes. He was 84.

Deertrees Theatre Announces 85th Summer Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 13, 2021


Historic Deertrees Theatre has announced its 85th anniversary summer season. The quintessential performing arts venue, providing performing arts entertainment to the Greater Maine region since 1936, presents an eclectic offering for the summer of 2021, featuring an open house, theatrical productions, comedy and several fundraisers. 

BWW Exclusive: THE 91 GREATEST STEPHEN SONDHEIM SONGS - In Honor of Mr. Sondheim's Birthday
by Peter Nason - Mar 18, 2021


BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the 91 greatest Sondheim songs from stage, screen and beyond. See if your favorites made the cut! What's at #1?

Broadway Treasure Stephen Sondheim Reveals He's Fully Vaccinated
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 9, 2021


Everybody's got the right... to be vaccinated. On last night's reunion of the original company of Assassins, beloved Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim, who turns 91 later this month, revealed that he is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. 

BWW Feature: A Year Gone … OKC Rep's Beloved Michael Jones Remembered and Celebrated
by Ronn Burton - Mar 1, 2021


Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre remembers and celebrates one of their founding members MICHAEL JONES, who passed away a year ago. An Emmy winner and recipient of the Oklahoma Governor’s Arts Award, Michael was a co-founder and Artistic Associate at OKC Rep. While Michael was a pillar of the OKC theatre community, he also worked all over the country. Michael touched the lives and hearts of so many he worked with. The OKC theatre community remembers Michael Jones.

From Evita to Tina: Broadway Characters Based on Real Women in History
by Stephi Wild - Mar 6, 2021


In honor of Women's History Month, we're taking a look at some iconic real-life women who have been portrayed on stage in musicals!

The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati Announces 102nd Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 25, 2021


After a much smaller, socially-distant season inside the company’s Showtime Stage on Red Bank Road, The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati is ready to roll out the red carpet and welcome patrons home to the Taft Theatre in Downtown Cincinnati starting this October 2021. 

SOMM TV Top 40 Wines-Interactive Wine Resource Released
by Marina Kennedy - Jan 12, 2021


A team of creative wine media professionals began this new year by looking forward to 2021, as well as reflecting upon the hundreds of wines from around the world that they covered in the past year on SOMM TV, the first video streaming platform and full podcast network in the wine, food, and travel space.

Virtual Theatre This Weekend: December 5-6- with Ana Gasteyer, Betsy Wolfe and More!
by Nicole Rosky - Dec 5, 2020


Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, December 5-6, 2020.

BWW Interview: THE ELIXIR OF LOVE at McCaw Hall
by Erica Miner - Nov 2, 2020


Available to season ticket holders from November 13–December 4, 2020 , Recorded on the McCaw Hall stage

New York City Ballet Will Not Perform Live During Winter and Spring of 2021; Announces Plans to Return for 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 23, 2020


New York City Ballet today announced that it will be unable to perform at the David H. Koch Theater during the winter and spring of 2021 due to continuing health concerns and mandatory New York State and New York City regulations prohibiting large-scale, live indoor gatherings which are required for both NYCB's rehearsals and performances.

Wake Up With BWW 10/16: Tony Nominations - JAGGED LITTLE PILL, MOULIN ROUGE, and More!
by Stephi Wild - Oct 16, 2020


Yesterday, the nominees for the 2020 Tony Awards were announced! Jagged Little Pill leads with 15 noms. Did your favorite get nominated? Check out the full list below, as well as reactions from some of the nominees! 

Des Moines Metro Opera Announces Repertory for 2021 Summer Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 15, 2020


Des Moines Metro Opera announced today the repertory for the organization's 2021 Summer Festival, which runs July 2 through July 25, 2021.

VIDEO: On This Day, October 16- Happy Birthday, Angela Lansbury!
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 16, 2020


Angela Lansbury has enjoyed a career without precedent. Her professional career spans more than half-a-century, during which she has flourished, first as a star of motion pictures, then as a four-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical star, and most recently as the star of 'Murder, She Wrote,' the longest running detective drama series in the history of television.

BWW Interview: At Home With Tovah Feldshuh
by Stephen Mosher - Oct 6, 2020


She acts, she sings, she dances, she writes, she exercises, she crusades, and she loves. In all things, she gives her all. Tovah Feldshuh eats life. Find out how and why, here.

Yale School of Drama Announces New and Promoted Faculty for 2020–21 Academic Year
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 30, 2020


Yale School of Drama, the only graduate-level professional conservatory in the English-speaking world to offer training in every theatrical discipline, announces newly promoted and newly appointed faculty members, effective for the 2020-21 academic year.

VIDEO: On This Day, September 15 - Henry Miller's Theater Renamed For Stephen Sondheim
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 15, 2020


The renaming of the theatre was dedicated to Stephen Sondheim, the greatest and best known artist in American musical theatre on his 80th birthday. 

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Presents SHAW! SHAW! SHAW!
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 10, 2020


Due to the resounding success of its Back Yard Stage debut this summer, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) will present a new, outdoor, live performance offering this fall.  Artistic Director, Bonnie J. Monte, has selected three one-act comedies by George Bernard Show to fashion a 90-minute production entitled Shaw! Shaw! Shaw! 

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