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Tony Danza, Chita Rivera, and More to Play 54 Below Next Week
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 25, 2022


Next week, 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. A recipient of the 2022 Tony Awards® Honor for Excellence in the Theatre, 54 Below celebrates Broadway musicals and writers of the past and present, promoting an ongoing engagement with their work.

Jackalope Theatre Company Announces Season 15
by Stephi Wild - Sep 23, 2022


Jackalope Theatre Company has announced their return to in-person performances with their 2022/2023 season featuring the Among the Dead by Hansol Jung, directed by Jackalope Artistic Director Kaiser Ahmed*, and the world premiere of Pretty Shahid written by company member Omer Abbas Salem*, and directed by Sophiyaa Nayar.

28 Theater Books for Your Fall 2022 Reading (and Listening) List
by Team BWW - Oct 8, 2022


We're falling into fall with a great Broadway read! This season, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 25 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's fall reading list.

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Announces Lineup for 31st Edition
by Michael Major - Sep 20, 2022


Screenings will kick off with the Opening Night presentation of Mark Fletcher’s Patrick and the Whale, followed by the Centerpiece Selections of Ben Klein and Violet Columbus’ The Exiles and Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes, with Kathlyn Horan’s The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile screening on Closing Night.

JAGGED LITTLE PILL, 1776 And More Announced for Starlight 2023 AdventHealth Broadway Series
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 14, 2022


Starlight Theatre has announced its 2023 AdventHealth Broadway Series, which invites audiences to witness pivotal moments in time through seven iconic, straight-from-Broadway shows.

Philadelphia Artists' Collective and My Black Best Friend to Present WINE IN THE WILDERNESS at Poth Brewery
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 10, 2022


Philadelphia Artists’ Collective (PAC) will launch their 12th season with a production of Wine in the Wilderness by Alice Childress, performed at Poth Brewery. Presented in collaboration with TheBlackBestFriend as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, the show will run for a limited engagement from September 22 through October 9, 2022. 

Theatre NOVA Announces Revised 2022-2023 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 9, 2022


Theatre NOVA, Ann Arbor's resident nonprofit professional theatre, is thrilled to announce its 2022-23 Season of Michigan and World Premieres. Proud to produce the hottest new plays at affordable prices, Theatre NOVA offers a subscription program as the best way to see quality programs at a discounted price. Subscribers can save up to 25% off single ticket prices and guarantee their seats for all our plays through August 2023.

Lisa Ramirez, Jami Brandli, Penelope Lowder & More to be Featured in L.A. Writer's Workshop Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 24, 2022


Los Angeles audiences will have the opportunity to experience new theatre thanks to Center Theatre Group’s L.A. Writers’ Workshop Festival which will take place over the course of two weekends, September 9-11 and September 16-18, 2022 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

Opening Show for @sohoplace Will be New Vic's Production of MARVELLOUS
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Aug 19, 2022


Nica Burns just announced that the opening production of @sohoplace will be the New Vic’s much acclaimed production Marvellous, directed by Theresa Heskins.

Emily Johnson / Catalyst Brings BEING FUTURE BEING to BroadStage Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Aug 17, 2022


 Emily Johnson/Catalyst's new evening-length performance, Being Future Being, integrates movement, images, story, and sound in a kinetically rich social architecture that centers Indigenous thrivance.   

DON'T KID ME BENEFIT Announced At Comedy Works Landmark, August 31
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 15, 2022


Colorado Women's Bar Association presents Don't “Kid” Me: Comedy, Discussion & Drinks in a Post Roe World at Comedy Works South at the Landmark, August 31.

Theatre NOVA Announces 2022-2023 Season Beginning in September 2022
by Stephi Wild - Aug 15, 2022


Theatre NOVA, Ann Arbor's resident nonprofit professional theatre, has announced its 2022-23 Season of Michigan and World Premieres. Theatre NOVA offers a subscription program as the best way to see quality programs at a discounted price.

Binge Free Festival Kicks Off This October
by Stephi Wild - Aug 15, 2022


Santa Monica Playhouse has been a cultural treasure in the seaside community for 62 years. Now, the Playhouse is giving love back with its Seventh Annual Binge Free Festival, three weeks of free performances, workshops, and music in Santa Monica's ONLY fringe festival. The BFF's primary focus is on Santa Monica and Los Angeles-based artists, but there will be exciting international artists on view as well.

Wendell Pierce, Sharon D Clarke, André De Shields & More to be Featured in 92NY's Fall Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 11, 2022


The 92NY Unterberg Poetry Center’s 84th season will feature a wide range of acclaimed novelists, playwrights and poets, who will visit to read from and discuss highly-anticipated new books – and pay tribute to other great writers. 

Alonzo King Will Appear in Conversation with Steve Kerr at SFJAZZ Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Aug 5, 2022


Alonzo King LINES Ballet has announced Ballet & Basketball, a conversation with LINES Ballet Artistic Director & Co-Founder Alonzo King and Head Coach of the 2022 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors Steve Kerr. This one-of-a-kind conversation will take place on September 16, 2022 from 7:30-9:00pm at SFJAZZ in San Francisco.

VIDEO: King Princess Performs 'Let Us Die' on FALLON
by Michael Major - Aug 3, 2022


To celebrate the album’s release, King Princess performed at Lollapalooza last week following a special album release show at Chicago’s House of Blues the night before. Later this year, she will embark on The Hold On Baby Tour, a North American run of headline dates with stops at several historic venues. Watch the new video performance now!

Wiltshire Creative Announces Programming For Salisbury Arts Centre's Autumn/Winter Season
by Stephi Wild - Jul 27, 2022


With the Summer Open Exhibition currently taking place at the Salisbury Arts Centre until 3rd September, Wiltshire Creative has announced its autumn/winter line up. A fantastic programme of comedy, music, theatre, and performance art has been mapped out from 10th September until 14th January.

JIM CARUSO'S CAST PARTY with Billy Stritch, Bobby Conte, Ashley Pezzotti Duo & More to Perform at Birdland in August
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 25, 2022


Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this August with a full slate of nightly performances!  At Birdland Jazz Club, catch John Pizzarelli Trio, Sam Gravitte, Alexa Tarantino Quartet, Karen Mason, Artemis, John Yao Orchestra Plays Bird, Bobby Conte, and more.

Japan Society Announces 2022-23 Performing Arts Season Featuring Events in Opera, Theater, Dance & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 21, 2022


Japan Society has announced its upcoming season of live, in-person performances at the Society with programs spanning traditional to contemporary, across the disciplines of opera, theater, traditional noh, puppetry, dance and more, slated for Fall 2022 and Winter/Spring 2023.

The Prince Fellowship Announces 2022 Fellows
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 18, 2022


The Prince Fellowship, in association with Columbia University School of the Arts, announced that Jamila Ponton Bragg has been awarded The Prince Fellowship and Cynthia L. Dorsey has been awarded the Prince/TTLP Fellowship. 

Staged Virtual Concert of ALL SHOOK UP Hosted by Jesse Walker to Benefit Project ALS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 12, 2022


Jesse Walker, host of the online celebrity show “The Jesse Walker Show,” in support of Project ALS, will bring together New Jersey’s best for a special benefit virtual performance of the Broadway musical *All Shook Up inspired by the music of Elvis Presley with book by 2-time Tony Award winner, Joe DiPietro and directed by Jesse Walker.

BWW Review: CATF's THE HOUSE OF THE NEGRO INSANE is a Riveting, Mind-Blowing Experience
by Andrew White - Jul 11, 2022


Terence Anthony's offering at this year's Contemporary American Theater Festival, 'The House of the Negro Insane,' will sweep you up in a tornado of emotions and deliver a few gut-punches as well, with riveting characters whose challenges make our own problems look as trivial as that fly landing on your picnic blanket. A polished piece of playwriting, this piece-now finally launched, after the long COVID hiatus-should find its place on stages across the country.

A Human, an Idea, a Stage: Santa Fe Playhouse Debuts The Skeletal Series, a New New-Works Festival
by Grace Cutler - Jul 9, 2022


Santa Fe Playhouse’s new Skeletal Series is a three-week festival featuring solo shows by visiting theater artists from around the country. Three vastly different productions run Wednesday through Saturday evenings, with a Saturday matinee. 

King Princess Shares New Song 'Change the Locks'
by Michael Major - Jul 8, 2022


The new track follows previously shared album offerings “Too Bad” and “Cursed,” which arrived alongside a double video directed by Quinn Wilson, “For My Friends” and “Little Bother” featuring Fousheé. King Princess produced Hold On Baby alongside Mark Ronson, Ethan Gruska, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Dave Hamelin, Shawn Everett and more.

Opera NUOVA Presents Gian Carlo Menotti's THE CONSUL at Freemason's Hall
by Stephi Wild - Jun 30, 2022


The Consul tells a timely story about bureaucracy and immigration during turbulent times. Gian Carlo Menotti was himself an Italian immigrant to the United States, and wrote the opera as a response to refugees fleeing Europe after World War II.

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