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FIDDLER and KING AND I Designer Michael Yeargan Among 2016 TDF/Irene Sharaff Honorees Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2016


Legendary scenic and costume designer, MICHAEL YEARGAN (currently represented on Broadway with Fiddler on the Roof and The King and I), and costume designer SUSAN TSU are among the 2016 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards recipients. The awards will be presented at a ceremony tonight, May 20, at 6:30pm, at the Edison Ballroom (240 West 47th Street).

FIDDLER and KING AND I Designer Michael Yeargan Among 2016 TDF/Irene Sharaff Honorees
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2016


Legendary scenic and costume designer, MICHAEL YEARGAN (currently represented on Broadway with Fiddler on the Roof and The King and I), and costume designer SUSAN TSU are among the 2016 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards recipients. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Friday, May 20, at 6:30pm, at the Edison Ballroom (240 West 47th Street).

Kickstarter Campaign Launched for THE FOUR PILLARS OF BUSINESS SUCCESS
by Christina Mancuso - May 9, 2016


CHICAGO, May 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Stable Bitcoin alternative DNotescontinued the company's celebration ofSmall Business Weektoday by once again recognizing the many contributions made by America's entrepreneurs and small business leaders. The week of entrepreneurial recognition has been an annual tradition since the first presidential proclamation back in 1963.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, KINKY BOOTS & More Set for 2016-17 Broadway In Jacksonville Season
by Tyler Peterson - Apr 13, 2016


The FSCJ Artist Series, sponsored by Chase, is thrilled to announce the 2016-17 Broadway in Jacksonville season, filled with award-winning blockbusters and family favorites. Next season's lineup will feature Broadway in Jacksonville debuts of DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID , 2013 Tony Award-winners KINKY BOOTS and RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA, along with audience favorite JERSEY BOYS.

BWW Exclusive: Read the First Chapter of Tony-Winning Producer Jack Viertel's Book THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL
by Matt Tamanini - Apr 19, 2016


In THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL, Jack Viertel takes about musicals, puts them back together, sings their praises, marvels at their unflagging inventiveness, and occasionally despairs over their more embarrassing shortcomings. In the process, he invites us to fall in love with the art form all over again by showing us how musicals happen, what makes them work, how they captivate audiences, and how one landmark show leads to the next-by design or by accident, by emulation or by rebellion from OKLAHOMA! to HAMILTON and onward.

Michael Yeargan and Susan Tsu Among 2016 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards Recipients
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 31, 2016


Legendary scenic and costume designer, MICHAEL YEARGAN (currently represented on Broadway with Fiddler on the Roof and The King and I), and costume designer SUSAN TSU are among the 2016 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards recipients. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Friday, May 20, at 6:30pm, at the Edison Ballroom (240 West 47th Street).  Ms. Tsu was selected to receive the 2016 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award for costume design and Mr. Yeargan will receive the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatrical Design. The awards are presented through Theatre Development Fund's Costume Collection.

BWW Interview: Bryce McDonald Comes Home to Cumberland County Playhouse
by Jeffrey Ellis - Mar 25, 2016


Should you ask Bryce McDonald to point out the year of his life in which it was changed - irrevocably, but most certainly, for the better - chances are he would have difficulty in pinning down the most significant time in his life. He might select 1984, the year he first attended a show at Cumberland County Playhouse (it was Annie), or 1996 when he first stepped onto the CCP stage as a young man (in Oliver!) or it might be 1999, when he first began to train as a stage manager at the iconic Crossville theater (again, it was Annie) that has become 'home' for countless theater artists over the years.

Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra Releases 'All My Yesterdays: The Debut 1966 Recordings at the Village Vanguard'
by Caryn Robbins - Feb 23, 2016


Resonance Records is proud to announce the release of Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra - All My Yesterdays: The Debut 1966 Recordings at the Village Vanguard.

BWW Review: Chance Theater Deploys OC/LA Premiere of DOGFIGHT
by Michael L. Quintos - Feb 22, 2016


America has had a long tragic history of sending brave young people off to foreign lands to fight in life-endangering wars, only to see those who have survived come home forever changed. This idea lingers over the new engaging musical DOGFIGHT, now having its Los Angeles/Orange County-area premiere at the Chance Theater in Anaheim through March 6. Adapted from the 1991 Warner Bros. film of the same name and featuring music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and a book by Peter Duchan, this 2013 Lucille Lortel Award-winning off-Broadway musical shows how even the most confident, self-assured people can still be severely affected not only physically but also emotionally by the harsh realities of explosive, in-the-trenches combat.

GALECA Name Top Ten LBGTQA Films 'Every Non-LGBTQA Person Should See'
by Tyler Peterson - Nov 25, 2015


Just in time for the holidays, as they say . . . the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (galeca.org) today announced its membership's picks for their second “GALECA Ten Best” list: The 10 Best LBGTQA Films GALECA Every Non-LGBTQA Person Should See!

Tony Winner Sara Ramirez Producing New Film Starring Matt McGorry & Darby Stanchfield
by Tyler Peterson - Sep 23, 2015


jes films (lead by producers Jodi Schoenbrun Carter and Evie Whiting) and 1022m announced today that Sara Ramirez, the Tony Award-winning star of 'Grey's Anatomy,' has joined the producing team of the new feature film Loserville.

BWW Reviews: PICNIC Intriguing Look at the Power of Social Expectations
by Frank Benge - Aug 10, 2015


PICNIC by William Inge is a 1963 play that explores the themes of loneliness, desperation, beauty and youth. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critic's Circle Award for Best Play. In this play, Inge focuses on what happens when characters are pitted against cultural and social expectations.

CRITICS' CHOICE: Get Some Southern Hospitality
by Jeffrey Ellis - Jun 12, 2015


We pride ourselves on our bounteous Southern hospitality here in Nashville, so who's gonna explain this: On Thursday, as thousands of country music fans gathered downtown for CMA Fest and thousands more fans of every musical genre you can think of were headed southward for the Bonnaroo Music Festival - just another summer in Tennessee, mind you - a truck spilled its load all over Interstate 65-S, adding to the hot, humid atmosphere with a whole mess of fish parts. Yep, you heard it right: smelly, disgusting fish parts baking on the hot asphalt under the blazing sun.

BWW Reviews: VANITIES, the Musical at Theatre Lab, Gimmie a T for Tumultuous!
by Bryan-Keyth Wilson - Apr 13, 2015


Pompoms, popularity, sorority life and a mid-life crisis are just the tip of the iceberg in VANITIES, the musical. VANITIES, a play by Jack Heifner, opened Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in New York in 1976. The cast included Kathy Bates as Joanne, Jane Galloway as Kathy and Susan Merson as Mary. In 1981, the play was taped and televised on HBO starring Annette O'Toole, Meredith Baxter Birney and Shelley Hack. Needless to say, this script is powerful. The musical was adapted by Jack Heifner with music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum. When a popular play is transformed into a musical, I am doubtful, but this musical had its moments.

Ten Star Award Winners to be Honored at SCERA's Annual Gala, Today
by BWW News Desk - Feb 28, 2015


Those who have made significant contributions to the arts in a variety of categories will be recognized for their achievements in enriching the communities and citizens of Utah at the 10th Annual Star Awards held Today, February 28, 2015 at the SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem.

Ten Star Award Winners to be Honored at SCERA's Annual Gala, 2/28
by Tyler Peterson - Feb 20, 2015


Those who have made significant contributions to the arts in a variety of categories will be recognized for their achievements in enriching the communities and citizens of Utah at the 10th Annual Star Awards held Saturday, February 28, 2015 at the SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem.

The Vanguard to Open with ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE
by Carol Kassie - Feb 20, 2015


Artists and Patrons of the Arts in Fort Lauderdale and throughout South Florida have a good reason to be excited! This March a new performing arts space will open its doors in the South Andrews corridor of downtown Fort Lauderdale. The venue, The Vanguard, is located at 1501 S. Andrews Avenue in what was formerly a church when the building was first erected in 1939.

See Musical Legends Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons at the Long Center Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Feb 17, 2015


It's just too good to be true! Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons are headed to the Long Center. Performing favorites including “Big Girls Don't Cry,” “Rag Doll,” “Grease,” “Dawn,” “Sherry,” and “December 1963 (Oh What a Night),” Frankie Valli is the hottest ticket in town

BWW Reviews: Stage Adaptation of DIRTY DANCING Makes O.C. Debut
by Michael L. Quintos - Feb 10, 2015


Of the multitude of recent film-to-stage adaptations that have risen from the video dust bin to breathe new life in a different guise, the stage version of DIRTY DANCING---whose first national tour is now gyrating inside Costa Mesa's Segerstrom Center for the Arts through February 15---is by far one of the oddest, most peculiar ones of the bunch. Though it's not difficult to believe that this ad-hoc concoction has actually been a hit both in Australia and in the UK (they have the original 1987 film's nostalgia-hungry fans to thank for that, no doubt), it's a bit alarming to think that such an awkward head-scratcher has continued life in its current, somewhat off-putting format: as a show paved with good intentions---but executed poorly. Cool projections, though!

See Musical Legends Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons at the Long Center, 2/17
by BWW News Desk - Jan 23, 2015


It's just too good to be true! Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons are headed to the Long Center. Performing favorites including “Big Girls Don't Cry,” “Rag Doll,” “Grease,” “Dawn,” “Sherry,” and “December 1963 (Oh What a Night),” Frankie Valli is the hottest ticket in town

Photo Flashback: A Fond Farewell - Remembering The Stars We Lost in 2014
by Walter McBride - Jan 1, 2015


Broadway fans had plenty of reasons to celebrate this year, with dozens of shows having opened since January, hundreds of actors having made their debuts, and many more having returned to the stage for critically acclaimed performances. Not all news was good though, as we also suffered a loss of an incredible amount of talent. Below, BroadwayWorld sends a fond farewell to those who passed away in 2014.

FLASH FRIDAY: A Mike Nichols Remembrance - Brilliance On Broadway, In Hollywood & Far Beyond
by Pat Cerasaro - Nov 21, 2014


In honor of his death, today we salute one of the most renowned and respected directors on Broadway, in Hollywood and far beyond, the one and only Mike Nichols.

Photo Flash: Kelsey Theatre's MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET Opens Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Nov 21, 2014


Welcome in the holiday season at Mercer County Community College's (MCCC) Kelsey Theatre as M & M Stage Productions presents the Christmas classic, 'Miracle on 34th Street.' Performance dates for this joyous family musical are Fridays, Nov. 21 and 28 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, Nov. 22 and 29 at 8 p.m.; and Sundays, Nov. 23 and 30 at 2 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is conveniently located on the college's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. A reception with the cast and crew follows the opening night performance tonight, Nov. 21. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast!

M & M Stage Productions to Present MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET at Kelsey Theatre, Begin. 11/21
by Tyler Peterson - Oct 29, 2014


Welcome in the holiday season at Mercer County Community College's (MCCC) Kelsey Theatre as M & M Stage Productions presents the Christmas classic, "Miracle on 34th Street." Performance dates for this joyous family musical are Fridays, Nov. 21 and 28 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, Nov. 22 and 29 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and Sundays, Nov. 23 and 30 at 2 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is conveniently located on the college's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. A reception with the cast and crew follows the opening night performance on Nov. 21. (Shows have been added on Saturday afternoons to accommodate family audiences.)

Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of Kelsey Theatre's MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
by BWW News Desk - Oct 27, 2014


Welcome in the holiday season at Mercer County Community College's (MCCC) Kelsey Theatre as M & M Stage Productions presents the Christmas classic, 'Miracle on 34th Street.' Performance dates for this joyous family musical are Fridays, Nov. 21 and 28 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, Nov. 22 and 29 at 8 p.m.; and Sundays, Nov. 23 and 30 at 2 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is conveniently located on the college's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. A reception with the cast and crew follows the opening night performance on Nov. 21. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast!

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