Photos: First Look at Westport Country Playhouse's Production of STRAIGHT WHITE MEN
by Marissa Tomeo - May 28, 2022
Westport Country Playhouse is staging the comic satire, “Straight White Men,” by Young Jean Lee, from now through June 5, directed by Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director. The show’s 2018 Broadway run made Lee the first Asian American female playwright to have a work produced there.
Photos: Stage Adaption of Hayao Miyazaki's SPIRITED AWAY Closes in Tokyo
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 30, 2022
SPIRITED AWAY was brought to life at the Imperial Theater in Tokyo, bringing in a full house of attendees. This timeless masterpiece was recreated by the director of Les Misérables, John Caird, who brought iconic scenes to the stage with amazing performances with 32 performers and over 50 puppets designed by Toby Olié.
Photo Flash: Chicago-Area Premiere Of ALMOST HEAVEN: JOHN DENVER'S AMERICA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 18, 2020
The Chicagoland premiere of Almost Heaven: John Denver's America opened Sunday night February 16 to an enthusiastic crowd. Theatre at the Center Artistic Director Linda Fortunato cast Shannon McEldowney, Steven Romero Schaeffer, Andrew Mueller, Sara Geist and Tommy Malouf in the musical revue Almost Heaven: John Denver's America to kick off its 30th Anniversary Season. The cast was joined on stage by musicians William Underwood, Malcolm Ruhl and Alison Tatum. Fortunato is the director and William Underwood is the music director. The now Jeff Recommended production continues through March 22.
Photo Flash: Orlando Shakes Presents EVITA
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 27, 2019
Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF's season-opener, Evita, featuring music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics and book by Tim Rice, runs from September 4 - October 6, 2019. Tickets (starting at $35) are available now by phone (407) 447-1700 ext. 1, online at orlandoshakes.org, or in person at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center (812 East Rollins Street).
Photo Flash: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE At Broadway Music Circus
by Nate Ronning - Jul 10, 2019
The third show in the 2019 season is the Broadway At Music Circus premiere of the award-winning musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone is now on stage, starring writeractorcomedian Bruce Vilanch and featuring a cast of Broadway veterans. The show runs Tuesday, July 9 through Sunday, July 14 at the Wells Fargo Pavilion in Sacramento. Check out photos of the cast in action!
Photo Flash: First Look At Kelsey Grammer In MAN OF LA MANCHA
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 30, 2019
See newly released photos of first West End production of the multi-Tony award-winning Broadway musical Man of La Mancha in 50 years!
Photo Flash: THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP Opens At Orlando Shakes
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 10, 2018
Vampire attacks, werewolf sightings, and the resurrection of an Egyptian princess make for an exciting start to married life for Lady Enid, Lord Edgar's second wife. Set in mystical Gothic England, audiences will die laughing at this melodramatic farce - a quick-change marathon in which two actors play all the roles.
Photo Flash: Orlando Shakes Presents IN THE HEIGHTS!
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 22, 2018
Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF's production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights runs from September 5 - October 7, 2018. Tickets (starting at $30) are available now by phone (407) 447-1700 ext. 1, online at orlandoshakes.org, or in person at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center (812 East Rollins Street).
Photo Flash: The Theatre Group at SBCC Presents GREASE
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 25, 2018
The Theatre Group at SBCC will start the season July 11-28, 2018 in the Garvin Theatre with the musical, GREASE. Book, lyrics and music by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.
Photo Flash: Milwaukee Rep presents Holiday Favorite A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 1, 2017
A Christmas Carol cast features Milwaukee Rep favorite Jonathan Wainwright (Of Mice of Men, A Christmas Carol), reprising his role as Scrooge, portraying one of Dicken's most recognizable characters.
Photo Flash: Matthew Broderick, Marin Mazzie, William Ivey Long, and More Inducted Into Theater Hall of Fame
by Julie Musbach - Nov 18, 2017
The Theatre Hall of Fame recently welcomed its 2017 class of eight inductees including (in alphabetical order) Matthew Broderick, Oskar Eustis, Tina Howe, Arthur Kopit, Marin Mazzie, Daryl Roth and Ernie Schier.
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of Disney's NEWSIES THE MUSICAL at Maltz Jupiter Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Nov 14, 2017
What happens when the youth who sell newspapers at the turn of the century decide to strike? Find out at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, November 28 through December 17, as the South Florida regional premiere of the Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation Disney Newsies The Musical hits the stage. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the company in character!
Photo Flash: First Look at Andrea Burns in BORN YESTERDAY at Maltz Jupiter Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Nov 2, 2017
What would you do if the gorgeous blonde you discovered ended up being a lot smarter than you gave her credit for? That's the hilarious question at hand in the brazen American screwball comedy Born Yesterday, onstage now through November 12 at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast - featuring Andrea Burns - in action below!
Photo Flash: Angela Ingersoll Leads La Mirada Audiences to THE END OF THE RAINBOW
by Julie Musbach - Oct 28, 2017
LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & McCOY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT present the second show of its 2017-2018 season, and the 40th anniversary of the iconic theatre with
Photo Flash: First Look at the Cast of IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS at Sierra Rep
by BWW News Desk - Oct 18, 2017
Sierra Repertory Theatre is proud to present the eighth production in their 2017 Season. Irving Berlin's White Christmas, plays November 3 to December 17, 2017, at the historic Fallon House Theatre in Columbia State Park.
Photo Flash: ABT's MAN OF LA MANCHA Dreams Impossible Dreams
by Julie Musbach - Oct 13, 2017
Fight evil, right wrongs and restore chivalry! Man of La Mancha is the story of one man's quest to dream The Impossible Dream of a world where honor and salvation prevail. As Arizona's top producer of award-winning Broadway-style musical theatre, we're thrilled to bring to the ABT stage this legendary tale of right versus might.
Photo Flash: First Look at Quest's I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
by BWW News Desk - Oct 13, 2017
Quest Theatre Ensemble's current production of I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE, by Tony-winning wordsmith Joe DiPietro and composer and entertainer Jimmy Roberts is a charming and tender look inside our deepest, darkest, most secret thoughts - whether out on a date, making headway toward the altar, or juggling the challenges of marriage. The performance schedule is Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm through October 29, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Photo Coverage: Primary Stages Celebrates Opening Night of DISCORD
by Jennifer Broski - Oct 2, 2017
Primary Stages presents The New York Premiere of THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens AND COUNT Leo Tolstoy: DISCORD written by Scott Carter and directed by Kimberly Senior.
Photo Flash: Centenary Stage Company presents LEARNED LADIES
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 27, 2017
Centenary Stage Company announces cast for upcoming production of Freyda Thomas' hilarious contemporary re-imagining of Moliere's penultimate play The Learned Ladies. Presented in the Lackland Performing Arts Center the production will run from October 6 through October 22 in the over 500 seat state of the art Sitnik Theatre.
BWW Interview: Scott Hyder
by Jeanmarie Simpson - Sep 25, 2017
I have seen Scott this year in two different productions of Gypsy. He played the character Herbie in both of them. I'm inordinately fond of that show and have been a little in love with Herbie since I first saw the film sometime in the late '60s, with Karl Malden in the role. There have been many fine Herbies along the way, but none hit as many of the character's emotional and dramatic notes as did Scott in both productions, even surpassing Malden, in my view.
Photo Flash: BIG RIVER: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Opens at Theatre at the Center
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 18, 2017
Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn opened to a packed house at Theatre at the Center on Sunday night. Audience members leapt to their feet at the end of the performance of the now Jeff-Recommended production. Actors James Romney in the role of Huck and Jonathan Butler-Duplessis in the role of Jim lead the cast in the musical that continues through October 15.
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