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The Green Room 42 Announces January Line-Up
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 7, 2022


he Green Room 42 has announced their January line-up for in-person performances in addition to launching reWINEd, a new streaming series where you can rewatch some favorite recent shows paired with at-home drink recommendations from each artist. 

BWW Exclusive: Dawn Derow Releases Music Video From Album MY SHIP: SONGS FROM 1941
by Stephen Mosher - Jan 4, 2022


Dawn Derow's hit cabaret show has been laid down in the recording studio, and the first music video has been released in a Broadway World exclusive.

Belmont Theatre Offers Laughs For The New Year with ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 20, 2021


Start off the new year with laughter as The Belmont Theatre brings you Arsenic and Old Lace, a comedy in the Grumbacher Studio January 7-9 & 13-16.

Wake Up With BWW 12/20: ALADDIN, MOULIN ROUGE!, and MORNING SUN Cancel Performances, and More
by - Dec 20, 2021


Today's top stories include more cancelled performances this weekend, including Aladdin, Moulin Rouge!, and Morning Sun. Learn more here. Plus, watch Andrew Barth Feldman and Seth Rudetsky rehearse for their streaming concert, and more!

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Announces 2022 Season
by Stephi Wild - Dec 15, 2021


Programmed by long-standing Artistic & Music Director, Brett Weymark OAM, this richly diverse season traverses choral classics by Mozart, Bach, Haydn and Handel; the glorious colours of Puccini; living repertoire by Pēteris Vasks and Eric Whitacre; and six newly commissioned short works from local Sydney composers Jessica Wells, Aija Draguns, Tomas Parrish-Cheynoweth, Aiden Rosa, Maria Lopes, and Melbourne’s Stuart Greenbaum.

Noël Coward's BLITHE SPIRIT Comes To The Walnut
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 14, 2021


Walnut Street Theatre continues its 213th season with Noël Coward's fiendishly funny comedy, BLITHE SPIRIT. Directed by Walnut Producing Artistic Director Bernard Havard, the production begins previews on January 11, opens January 19, and continues through February 13 on the Walnut's Mainstage.

Dawn Derow Brings CD Release Celebration Show to the Green Room 42
by Stephi Wild - Dec 13, 2021


On December 10, ZOHO Music, a latin, jazz, and rock indie CD label, is releasing the studio recorded CD version of My Ship: Songs From 1941, which Dawn Derow will celebrate with a One-Night-Only return of the award-winning show at New York's Green Room 42 on January 15, 2022 at 7 pm.

BWW Exclusive: A History of ANNIE on Broadway and Beyond
by Jeffrey Kare - Dec 2, 2021


Tonight, NBC will air its sixth live musical production. Following in the footsteps of The Sound of Music, Peter Pan, The Wiz, Hairspray, and Jesus Christ Superstar, the peacock network will be presenting Annie. Based on Harold Gray's comic strip titled Little Orphan Annie, this musical tells the story of a little orphan with equal measures of pluck and positivity who charms everyone's hearts, despite a next-to-nothing start in New York City in the year 1933.

Little Theatre of Manchester Announces 2022 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 29, 2021


Little Theatre of Manchester, headquartered in Connecticut's oldest operating theatre, announced today the five productions that will comprise its 2022 calendar, the company's 62nd season.

BWW Review: A PICASSO at Out Of Pocket Productions
by Colin Fleming-Stumpf - Nov 9, 2021


Out of Pocket Productions is joining other Rochester theatres in opening their doors for in-person performances once again after the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to go dark for 18 months. For OOPP's first foray back into live theatre they've chosen 'A Picasso', a modest two-person play by Jeffrey Hatcher dealing with the importance and timelessness of art.

Wake Up With BWW 10/21: FLYING OVER SUNSET Clips, Ari'el Stachel Departs THE VISITOR, and More!
by Stephi Wild - Oct 21, 2021


Today's top stories: Get a first look at Flying Over Sunset in a montage of clips, and more!

Venues, Dates, and the Cast and Creative Team Announced for the GLOBE FOR ALL TOUR
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 14, 2021


The Old Globe recently announced the in-person return of the Globe for All Tour, our free Shakespeare tour that reaches locations throughout San Diego County—now in its seventh year of making theatre matter to more people!

GARCES Announces the Return of VOLVER With New Chefs in Residency Program Supporting Emerging and Minority Chefs
by Marina Kennedy - Sep 30, 2021


Garces announces the much-anticipated reopening of Volvér on Kimmel Cultural Campus just in time for the return of in-person performing arts. For Volvér's return, Chef Jose Garces' will debut a brand new Chefs in Residency Program that will spotlight the region's top rising stars and emerging chefs, with a focus on minority chefs that were affected by the pandemic.

The Old Globe Announces the Return of the GLOBE FOR ALL TOUR
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 23, 2021


The Old Globe is presenting the return of the Globe for All Tour, their free Shakespeare tour that reaches locations throughout San Diego County-now in its seventh year of making theatre matter to more people!

Photo Flash: THE BROADWAY CAST OF COMPANY BENEFIT CONCERT FOR “DARKNESS RISING” at Birdland Theater
by Stephen Mosher - Sep 21, 2021


A benefit for mental health organization Darkness RISING gave the folks at Birdland some great COMPANY.

BWW Review: BLITHE SPIRIT, Harold Pinter Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Sep 22, 2021


Richard Eyre’s production of Noël Coward’s 1941 Blithe Spirit was just settling into its West End home last year when lockdown struck. Now revived with most of its original cast, it settles into the Harold Pinter theatre for an eight-week run, featuring a stage-stealing appearance by Jennifer Saunders.

Live Theatre to Return to Cincinnati Playhouse With the World Premiere of THE WEST END
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 14, 2021


Beginning Oct. 9, THE WEST END, a world-premiere drama from Keith Josef Adkins, will transport audiences to a transformative chapter in the city’s history, thanks to support from the Rosenthal Family Foundation. The show runs through Nov. 7. Opening night is Oct. 14.

BWW Review: LITTLE WOMEN at Round Barn Theatre
by Tara Olivero - Sep 13, 2021


A sweet show for the whole family, LITTLE WOMEN runs at the Round Barn Theatre in Nappanee through October 23rd.

Binge Free Festival Starts October 10
by Marianka Swain - Sep 6, 2021


Santa Monica Playhouse has been a cultural treasure in the seaside community for 61 years. Now, the Playhouse is giving love back with its Sixth Annual Binge Free Festival (BFF), a full month of free performances, workshops, readings, music and poetry in Santa Monica's ONLY fringe festival.

BWW Review: BLITHE SPIRIT at Little Theatre, University Of Adelaide
by Barry Lenny - Aug 16, 2021


Director, Megan Dansie, has brought out all of Noël Coward’s famous wit.

Madeleine Mantock Joins West End Production of BLITHE SPIRIT as Elvira
by Stephi Wild - Aug 16, 2021


Jennifer Saunders, one of the UK's most popular comic actors, will revive her role as the preposterous clairvoyant Madame Arcati. She is joined by original cast members Geoffrey Streatfeild who will star as Charles Condomine, Lisa Dillon as Ruth Condomine, Simon Coates as Dr Bradman, Lucy Robinson as Mrs Bradman, and Rose Wardlaw as Edith.

BWW Review: YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN at Round Barn Theatre
by Tara Olivero - Aug 2, 2021


Be sure to catch the charming and clever YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN at the historic Round Barn Theatre in Nappanee.

Douglas Williams Wins ATCA's Osborn New Play Award For SHIP
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 21, 2021


Douglas Williams has won the American Theatre Critics Association's 2021 M. Elizabeth Osborn Award for his play “SHIP.” Given by ATCA in memory of critic, director, educator and new play advocate M. Elizabeth “Betty” Osborn (1941-1993), the prize recognizes the work of a playwright who has not yet received a major production, such as a Broadway or Off-Broadway engagement, or received any other major national awards.

BWW Review: COPENHAGEN, Rose Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jul 21, 2021


In 1941 two leading physicists secretly met in Nazi-occupied Denmark to discuss the race between Hitler and the allies to create the nuclear bomb. These men were Werner Heisenberg, a German working on Hitler's bomb programme, and his old mentor Niels Bohr, a half-Jewish Dane with links to the United States’ nuclear programme. First seen in 1998, Michael Frayn’s fascinating but ultimately frustrating play, Copenhagen, explores several possibilities of what may have happened between the men.

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY and More Announced for San Jose Stage Company 2021-2022 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 15, 2021


San Jose Stage Company has announced the titles for its upcoming 39th Season: RESILIENCE.

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