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Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, Matthew Morrison and More to Perform at 54 Below in January
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 29, 2025


In January of 2026, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, Matthew Morrison and many more. 

How Common Are Foreign Language Plays on Broadway? A Look at Translation Trends
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Nov 23, 2025


While the large majority of plays that make it to Broadway were written in English, a small fraction of plays were originally penned in a different language and translated. 

South Florida Symphony Orchestra Announces Valentine's Day Program
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 21, 2025


South Florida Symphony Orchestra will present an adventurous Valentine's Day program featuring three orchestra premieres, headlined by the return of R. Strauss' Don Juan. Led by SFSO's award-winning music director Sebrina María Alfonso and featuring soprano Amy Shoremount-Obra, the concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, February 14, at the Tennessee Williams Theatre at The College of the Florida Keys.

South Florida Symphony Orchestra Announces Valentine's Day Weekend Concerts
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 17, 2025


Celebrate love in all its dramatic, poetic, erotic, scandalous and insatiable forms as South Florida Symphony Orchestra (SFSO) will present an adventurous Valentine’s Day weekend program featuring three orchestra premieres, headlined by the return of R. Strauss’ Don Juan.  

Review: HEXEN, AN ANCESTRAL WITCH PLAY at The El Portal Theatre
by Valerie-Jean Miller - Dec 18, 2024


Thru an intricately woven saga spanning many eras of time, the Star of HEXEN, An Ancestial Witch Play, Dreya Weber, an actress, singer, dancer, writer, lyricist, director and aerial artist, takes us on a magical, mystical series of events beginning many centuries ago with three of her ancestors she came to know as Hildegard (1580-1658), Hypatta (370-415 AD) and Cherry Rose Susanna (1889-1953). Her knowledge of these three was obtained through her mother’s research into their family’s mattrilinial lineage. As her strength, energy, skill, and lightness of being embody each character from her distant past, we come to know their ties to Dreya, through the many creative, explorative scenarios presented.

REVIEW: OIL Is A Time Travelling Tale Of The History Of Western Civilisation's Relationship With The Energy Source, Providing A Caution For The Future.
by Jade Kops - Nov 12, 2023


Ella Hickson’s OIL takes the audience on a journey through Britain's relationship with petroleum, providing a warning for the future as the environmental impact takes hold and resources dwindle.

Review: MISS MOLLY: A MARITAL DECEIT OF HONEST INTENTIONS at Amphibian Stage
by Sam Lisman - Aug 4, 2023


Miss Molly is wickedly clever satire that would do Oscar Wilde proud. Amphibian Stage has produced an excellent show, that while not for every audience, is too good to miss.

Little LTF Kicks Off Next Week at St Luke's Bombed Out Church
by Stephi Wild - Apr 25, 2022


Little LTF, an event to showcase and celebrate new writing and performing talent from across the North West, opens in Liverpool next week. 

Find Out Who Won at the 2022 GRAMMY Awards - All the Winners!
by Michael Major - Apr 21, 2022


The 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards featured a tribute to Stephen Sondheim, a win for Barlow and Bear's 'Unofficial Bridgerton Musical,' Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett for their 'Love For Sale' Cole Porter duets album, Olivia Rodrigo, and more. Check out the full list of winners now!

The Guthrie Theater Announces 2022-2023 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 23, 2022


The Guthrie Theater today announced 10 ambitious, full-scale productions to commemorate the theater’s 60-year legacy: Qui Nguyen’s love-and-war comedy Vietgone; the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks’ Sally & Tom, produced in collaboration with The Public Theater and more. See the full schedule and find out how to get tickets.

Scottish Ballet Works With Intimacy Coaches for THE SCANDAL at Mayerling
by Stephi Wild - Mar 4, 2022


Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s iconic ballet about a dysfunctional royal family, depicting shocking real events from 1889, was boldly created in 1978 and is now reimagined and redesigned by Scottish Ballet, in a sumptuous production that is at once both intimate and epic.

The Denver Art Museum To Premiere Exhibition Examining France's Stylistic Impact On Iconic American Painters
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 22, 2021


The Denver Art Museum announced the exhibition Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France, set to premiere at DAM Nov. 14, 2021. The exhibition will feature more than 100 paintings made between 1855 and 1913 in the first comprehensive examination of France's stylistic impact on American painting of the period.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Announces Spring 2021 Digital Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 2, 2021


The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has announced their Spring season of digital offerings from April 1 to July 1, which is dedicated to the late Gustave M. Hauser.  CMS presents 28 digital programs, with concerts premiering on Thursday evenings at 7:30 and educational and hybrid talk-and-performance programs premiering on Monday evenings.

DAM To Premiere First Comprehensive Exhibition Examining France's Stylistic Impact On Iconic American Paintings
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 17, 2020


The Denver Art Museum (DAM) today announced the exhibition Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France, set to premiere at DAM November 14, 2021. The exhibition will feature more than 100 paintings made between 1855 and 1913 in the first comprehensive examination of France's stylistic impact on American painting of the period.

BWW Review: Kudos to the Wilde Theatre Company and Their Production of Frank Wildhorn's JEKYLL & HYDE: THE MUSICAL
by Peter Nason - Jul 17, 2019


A new professional theatre company is officially born in the Tampa Bay Area!

The Music Center Presents The Royal Ballet
by Sarah Hookey - May 21, 2019


After a 24-year absence from Los Angeles, Great Britain's most prestigious ballet company The Royal Ballet returns to The Music Center for two back-to-back-weekends this July at The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. From July 5-7, 2019, The Royal Ballet performs its masterpiece, Mayerling, a three-act work depicting scandal and murder in the 19th century Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The Music Center Showcases World-Renowned Dance Companies in A Bold, Dynamic New Dance Season
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 24, 2018


Southern California audiences will experience some of the most captivating and entertaining dance performances during The Music Center's upcoming dance season, with choreography that expresses deep emotions and movement that showcases the dimensions of both classical and contemporary dance.  Featuring a wide range of popular and groundbreaking dance companies, including The Music Center premiere of Company Wayne McGregor and the return of The Royal Ballet to The Music Center's stages after a 20-year absence, along with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, L.A.'s own Diavolo/Architecture in Motion and George Balanchine's The Nutcracker by Miami City Ballet, the upcoming Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center (Dance at The Music Center) season is the most fearless and dynamic to date.  Center Dance Arts is the founding supporter of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center.

Theater Alliance Produces DC Premiere of FLOOD CITY
by Julie Musbach - Apr 19, 2018


Theater Alliance closes Season 15 with the regional premiere of Gabrielle Reisman's Flood City, an absurdly dark comedy about the aftermath of tragedy. 

BWW Review: Houston Ballet Brings The Artistry And Drama Of Mayerling To The Hobby Center For The Performing Arts
by Gary Laird - Sep 26, 2017


Houston has had its share of drama in the last few short weeks, and the city's downtown theater venues are reeling from the blow.

BWW Review: The Houston Ballet's season opener MAYERLING Brings Drama to Life at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
by Gary Laird - Sep 24, 2017


The Houston Ballet's season opener MAYERLING Brings Drama to Life at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts.

BWW Review: Rogue Machine Presents U.S. Premiere of DAYTONA
by George Brietigam - Sep 18, 2017


As you age, every wrinkle and liver spot on your face tells a story, and there are some stories you would rather just forget.

The Chemical Brothers' Tom Rowlands to Compose Original Music for LIFE OF GALILEO
by BWW News Desk - Apr 26, 2017


BAFTA winner Joe Wright's production of Brecht's masterwork Life of Galileo will be accompanied by an original score composed by Tom Rowlands, founding member of the English electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers. Joe and Tom first collaborated on the 2011 feature film, Hanna. 

Top 10 Theatres in France - Théâtre du Châtelet, Vingtième Théâtre, L'Olympia and More!
by BWW Special Coverage - Feb 19, 2016


We go around our Broadway World to feature France as our newest International spotlight. Below, we round up the top 10 theatre companies in France. Check out the list below!

Northlight Theatre to Continue Season with YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
by Tyler Peterson - Oct 27, 2015


Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning play You Can't Take It With You, continuing Northlight's 41st Season. You Can't Take It With You, directed by Devon de Mayo, runs November 6 - December 13, 2015 at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd in Skokie.

Audra McDonald, George C. Wolfe and Savion Glover Team for New Musical 'SHUFFLE ALONG'; Coming to Broadway Next Spring!
by BWW News Desk - Mar 12, 2015


Next spring, Tony Award winners Audra McDonald, George C. Wolfe, and Savion Glover will team up to collaborate on SHUFFLE ALONG, Or, The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, a musical about the events that led to the creation of the groundbreaking Eubie Blake-Noble Sissle musical Shuffle Along. Starring Audra McDonald as the 1920's star Lottie Gee, directed by George C. Wolfe -- with a book written by Wolfe -- and choreographed by Savion Glover, the musical marks the first time that the writer/director and choreographer will have worked together since their 1996 hit Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk. Previews will begin Monday, March 14, 2016. Opening night is Thursday, April 21, 2016 at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street).

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