Review: A Taste of Nostalgia and Community in Kaneko Mama and the Jolly Folks
by Rakaputra Paputungan - Mar 18, 2025
On February 22 and 23, the Japanese theater group Shindora returned to the stage with their latest musical, Kaneko Mama and the Jolly Folks at Teater Kecil, Taman Ismail Marzuki. This original musical is set in Japan at the end of the Showa era (late 1980s), bringing with it a unique retro charm and themes of family and community.
Interview: THE TRAGICALLY HIP on Their Legacy as Canada's Beloved Band
by Alyson Eng - Oct 21, 2024
Very few bands have made a mark on the Canadian music scene quite like The Tragically Hip. From their early roots in Kingston, Ontario to winning the hearts of millions across Canada, The Tragically Hip have become more than just a band, but rather a national treasure.
Danny DeVito Teases Possible Broadway Return Next Year
by Stephi Wild - Aug 26, 2022
Danny DeVito revealed that he may be headed back to Broadway sooner than we think. He revealed that he and his daughter Lucy are working on a play that could come to New York next year.
RSC Announces Updates to 2022 Season, Including Disabled Actor Arthur Hughes as Richard III
by Stephi Wild - Feb 8, 2022
In the week that the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new season opens in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Company today released further details of its 2022 activity including three new Shakespeare productions that speak directly to our world today, the launch of TikTok Tickets, plus details of how people can participate in 37 Plays: a nationwide search to write the stories of today co-created in partnership with the RSC’s network of 12 regional theatre partners, over 200 Associate Schools and freelance artists who together form the Royal Shakespeare Community.
Westport Country Playhouse to Stream Archival Shows MAN OF LA MANCHA and OF MICE AND MEN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 12, 2021
Westport Country Playhouse has selected two HD videos from its archives of performances captured live on stage for streaming on demand. The Playhouse’s 2018 production of “Man of La Mancha,” the Tony Award-winning musical following Don Quixote’s quest for “The Impossible Dream,” will stream on-demand from Monday, August 23-Sunday, September 5.
BWW Blog: Ivy Austin - A Woman of Many Voices and Many Hats
by Student Blogger: Drew Eldridge - Feb 19, 2021
There are few performers who can be declared a “triple threat” talent. Ivy Austin is undoubtedly one of them. Austin is a star of stage, radio, and the recording studio, and has been involved with smash hits including “Grease 2,”“A Prairie Home Companion,” and “Sesame Street” where she has recorded with The Muppets since the show’s inception!
Jefferson Performing Arts Society Announces Lineup for Spring 2021
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 5, 2021
Jefferson Performing Arts Society is proud to announce its 43rd season lineup, featuring two New Orleans area premieres. The spring season kicks off with a one-man show about the life of the great African-American bass-baritone, scholar, actor, and athlete Paul Robeson, followed by the psychological drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Mark Morris Dance Group Launches On-Demand Video Collections Of Early Works
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 29, 2020
In its continued effort to engage audiences through online programming while theaters remain closed, the Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) will stream full-length works by Mark Morris this summer. Dance On! Video Vault: Curated Collections from the Mark Morris Dance Group Archive is a
BWW Review: STEEL MAGNOLIAS Brings its Southern Charm to Vancouver!
by Alyson Eng - Mar 4, 2020
This weekend, I had the pleasure of attending STEEL MAGNOLIAS, which played at The Nest in Granville Island. Presented by Boone Dog Productions, this play really highlighted the strength and importance of relationships among women. Made up of an entirely female cast, it was empowering to see the female characters in the show build each other up during the good times and bad. STEEL MAGNOLIAS plays at The Nest until Sunday March 8th!
BWW Review: JULIE HALSTON - JUDGE JULIE PRESIDING At Birdland Is Guilty of Slaying Em In The Aisles!
by Bobby Patrick - Feb 5, 2020
She talks about the mundane and the explosive; from newspaper wedding features to style/life advice from the one and only Joan Crawford, combining them in her cauldron of comedy, so, one can never go wrong spending the cash to see Julie Halston on stage. Whether she is creating a character in a play or musical or if you are taking in a truly inspired (and inspiring) comedienne (I won't stop using that word) on the nightclub stage you are in for the most laughs; and for all of those laughs, we give JULIE HALSTON - JUDGE JULIE PRESIDING a hearty 5 out of 5 Rainbows.
BWW Review: SHIRLEY VALENTINE at Ojai Art Center Theater
by Cary Ginell - Jan 30, 2020
'Shirley Valentine' features Anna Kotula in a one-woman show about a middle-aged Liverpool housewife who seeks a change in her life, and does so in drastic fashion, leaving her husband and home to cavort on a beach in Greece. The result is a reaffirmation of life, one that empowers women and those lamenting the absence of passion in their lives - a timely and wonderful journey to help inaugurate the centennial of the passage of the 19th amendment.