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Betty Buckley, Sandra Bernhard & More Announced for Joe's Pub Spring Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 24, 2022


Joe’s Pub is celebrating female performers for Women’s History Month with Sandra Bernhard, Bridget Everett, Julie Klausner, Priya Darshini, Kathryn Allison, Eleri Ward, Betty Buckley, Brooklyn Raga Massive Rāginī Festival (formerly known as the Women’s Raga Massive Festival), Ayodele Casel, Desaparecidas featuring Daphne Rubin Vega, and more.

Sunday Morning Michael Dale: In Comes Platonic Heterosexual Company
by Michael Dale - Feb 20, 2022


Notes on Company, The 2022 FRIGID Festival and A Class Act.

Way Off Broadway Will Say HELLO, DOLLY! This Spring
by Stephi Wild - Feb 16, 2022


It has been a long time coming, but this spring The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre will welcome the musical Hello, Dolly! to its stage. 

BWW Review: PROGRAM 2 at San Francisco Ballet Surprises and Delights
by Jim Munson - Feb 7, 2022


San Francisco Ballet's remarkable new Program 2 features 3 terrifically enjoyable works, including a new dance by William Forsythe set to the music of James Blake, and Jerome Robbins' rapturously romantic classic 'In the Night.' It runs through February 13th at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco.

ANASTASIA, WAITRESS, and More Announced for FSCJ Artist 55th Anniversary Season
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 4, 2022


FSCJ Artist Series has announced upcoming events for its 55th Anniversary Season.

Jacob's Pillow Announces 2022 Dance Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 2, 2022


Jacob’s Pillow has announced the full season lineup for Festival 2022, featuring world premieres, new commissions, 90th Anniversary Season celebrations, Pillow-exclusive engagements, and work developed at the Pillow Lab. 

Final Casting Announced For KHT50: BARSTOOLS TO BROADWAY
by Stephi Wild - Feb 2, 2022


Final details have been announced for KHT50: Barstools to Broadway from the King's Head Theatre the celebration taking place from 14 – 19 February, marking the successes of the world-renowned pub theatre's first 50 years with a series of readings of plays that started their lives there, with cast and creative teams with links to the playwrights and original shows.

ANNIE Will Embark on a New National Tour Beginning This Fall
by Stephi Wild - Feb 2, 2022


Get the scoop on the new tour of the iconic Tony Award-winning production, directed by Jenn Thompson, who at the age of 10 stepped into the role of “Pepper” in the Original Broadway production.  See the latest tour schedule and how to get tickets.

BWW Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Turns 50 at Clowes Memorial Hall
by The Marriage Matinee - Jan 21, 2022


The 1970's rock opera JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR celebrated its 50th anniversary this year and the anniversary tour is currently at Clowes Memorial Hall in Indianapolis. This iconic musical has always been one of our favorites, and we've have lost count of how many times we've seen it. This touring production exceeded every one of our very high expectations. While it remained true to the original version, some contemporary tweaks brought it to a new level of greatness.

Further Details Announced For KHT:50 BARSTOOLS TO BROADWAY
by Stephi Wild - Jan 21, 2022


Further details have been announced for KHT50 Barstools to Broadway from The Kings Head Theatre the celebration taking place from 14 – 19 February, marking the successes of the world-renowned pub theatre's first 50 years with a series of readings of plays that started their lives there, with cast and creative teams with links to the playwrights and original shows.

MOMENTS A Musical Celebration of Stephen Sondheim Announced at Trinity Street Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 20, 2022


City Theatre Austin presents a special one-weekend performance event honoring Stephen Sondheim - the giant, the genius, who revolutionized musical theatre as its most influential writer and composer.

K-Pop Group ENHYPEN Release Repackaged 'Dimension: Answer' Album
by Stephi Wild - Jan 17, 2022


Your new K-pop destination ENHYPEN have welcomed the new year with their 1st Studio Repackage Album DIMENSION : ANSWER, three months after delivering a breath of fresh air with 1st Studio Album DIMENSION : DILEMMA released in October, 2021.

Tenor Saxophonist Javon Jackson Joins Forces with Nikki Giovanni on New Album
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 14, 2022


Why would one of poetry’s most revered voices want to curate a jazz saxophonist’s album of gospel hymns and spirituals? “These songs are so important,” says Nikki Giovanni, one of Oprah Winfrey’s 25 “Living Legends” and a Maya Angelou Lifetime Achievement Award winner for 2017.

BWW Interview: Don't Miss This! Photographer Jim R. Moore Chronicles A Decade of Eccentric Performing Arts
by Gil Kaan - Jan 10, 2022


A former street performer in New York City, Jim R. Moore turned his love of the eccentric performing arts into a photographic collection in his Don’t Miss This! A Decade of Eccentric Performing Arts due out February 1, 2022.  Got to chat with Jim on his photographic expertise and experience shooting his fellow eccentric performing artists.

BWW Interview: Learning How to Love Him - Interview with Jenna Rubaii from JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
by The Marriage Matinee - Jan 9, 2022


JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is coming soon to Indianapolis, and we had the good fortune to talk to Jenna Rubaii, who plays Mary Magdalene in the latest Broadway touring production. She offered us keen insights into what makes this production different and gave us a glimpse behind the curtain to learn more about how the magic we see is created by the cast.

ENHYPEN K-Pop Group Reveals 'Dimension: Answer' Album Preview
by Stephi Wild - Jan 6, 2022


The video reflects the previously revealed “NO” and “YET” concepts showing the visual talents within a wide meadow as well as a miniature world, while providing a preview of the album’s B-side tracks “Polaroid Love,” “Outro : Day 2,” and lead single “Blessed-Cursed.” The 3 songs are new additions to ENHYPEN’s first 11-track repackage album. 

ENHYPEN K-Pop Group Reveals 'Dimension: Answer' Album Preview
by Michael Major - Jan 5, 2022


The video reflects the previously revealed “NO” and “YET” concepts showing the visual talents within a wide meadow as well as a miniature world, while providing a preview of the album’s B-side tracks “Polaroid Love,” “Outro : Day 2,” and lead single “Blessed-Cursed.” The 3 songs are new additions to ENHYPEN’s first 11-track repackage album. 

Sondheim Songs Weave Tale Of Love In ICT's MARRY ME A LITTLE
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 4, 2022


International City Theatre pays tribute to the late, great Stephen Sondheim, kicking off its 37th season with Marry Me A Little. A must-see for Sondheim aficionados, this bittersweet musical two-hander, which weaves 17 of Sondheim's lesser-known songs into a tale of love and loneliness, was first conceived and developed by Craig Lucas and Norman René.

RENT, ANASTASIA, DEAR EVAN HANSEN and More Announced at Times-Union Center in 2022
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 3, 2022


FSCJ Artist Series will welcome a fabulous lineup of entertainment from Broadway and beyond to this Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts in 2022!

JACK Announces 2022 Winter-Spring Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 23, 2021


Brooklyn performance and civic space JACK has formed an explosive line up for their 2022 winter-spring season – with an online offering by choreographer Jasmine Hearn, in-person dance works by Niall Noel Jones and Rakia Seaborn, and a one-of-a-kind concert performance by Anaïs Maviel.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse Release New Album 'Barn'
by Michael Major - Dec 10, 2021


Crazy Horse features Ralph Molina on drums, Billy Talbot on electric bass and multi-instrumentalist Nils Lofgren. Lofgren, a founding member of the Horse, played on After The Gold Rush (1970), Tonight’s The Night (1975), and Trans (1982), and Colorado (2019), the last album to feature Neil and the Horse together.

Review Roundup: Stephen Sondheim's COMPANY Opens On Broadway- See What the Critics Are Saying!
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 9, 2021


The revival of Company, starring Tony winner Katrina Lenk and two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone, opened on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre tonight, December 9. Read the reviews below!

Social Roundup: 31 Most Meaningful Sondheim Lyrics
by Taylor Brethauer-Hamling - Dec 3, 2021


The theater community around the world is mourning the loss of legend Stephen Sondheim after his passing on November 26, 2021. We asked our readers which Sondheim lyric meant the most to them and why. Read their answers here.

BWW Exclusive: 'Everybody Rise!' - In Honor of STEPHEN SONDHEIM - The 91 GREATEST SONDHEIM SONGS (One For Each Year That He Lived)
by Peter Nason - Nov 27, 2021


The most important figure in musical theatre history is gone; let's celebrate his life by listening to his incredible works. Reviewer Peter Nason gets you started by listing his choices for the 91 greatest Sondheim songs.

BWW Interview: Troubies' Rick Batalla's Being Himself & Always Having Fun While SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO MOTOWN
by Gil Kaan - Nov 19, 2021


The Troubies’ Holidaze show SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO MOTOWN will open at the Garry Marshall Theatre November 23, 2021. Troubies’ artistic director Matt Walker directs the talented cast of veteran Troubies with some Noubies. A hilarious mainstay of many a Troubie production Rick Batalla took some time from his daily antics to fill me in on some behind-the-scenes of his history with the Troubadour Theater Company.

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