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Hope and Home Anchor Pangdemonium's 2018 Season
by Yuliani Supandji - November 22, 2017
Pangdemonium presents an exciting lineup centred around the theme of HOPE & HOME. The Season opens with the thought-provoking drama THE FATHER is followed by the encore performance of DRAGONFLIES, a piece commissioned by the Singapore Festival of Arts (SIFA) in 2017. Closing the season on a high is critically acclaimed, multiple Tony Award winning play, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER.
Monique Wilson as Helen Bechdel, “To not give up who she was”
by Yuliani Supandji - October 03, 2017
During her busy preparation for Pangdemonium's Fun Home, Monique Wilson (playing Helen Bechdel) manages to talk with us about her acting career, Helen Bechdel and her current / future projects.
BWW Review: OZASIA FESTIVAL 2017: HOTEL at Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre
by Barry Lenny - October 02, 2017
All of the performers had their chance to shine, and shine they did
Hossan Leong & Nathalie Ribette of FOREVER YOUNG by SingTheatre
by Mathilda Chua - September 21, 2017
SingTheatre presents a hilarious jukebox musical Forever Young that will knock you off your chair!
THE ADDAMS FAMILY to Haunt the MES Theatre This Fall
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2017
This November, THE ADDAMS FAMILY is bringing their entire clan, whether living, dead or undecided, to the MES Theatre at Mediacorp beginning 16 November 3 December 2017.
WEST SIDE STORY Dances Into Marina Bay Sands
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2017
A boy. A girl. Two rival gangs. One fatal love affair. Described as 'Broadway's Greatest Dance Musical' by The Times, UK, the international award-winning production of WEST SIDE STORY is now electrifying Singapore audiences at the MasterCard Theatres, Marina Bay Sands for a strictly limited season beginning 13 September until the 30th.
BWW Previews: Tony Award Winning Musical FUN HOME to be Performed for the First Time in Singapore by Pangdemonium!
by Yuliani Supandji - September 13, 2017
To round off their 2017 Season, Pangdemonium will stage the Singapore Premiere of the groundbreaking musical FUN HOME, the musical based on Alison Bechdel's best-selling graphic memoir.
BWW Previews: The Finger Players Introducing Their New Productions for 2017 Season
by Yuliani Supandji - September 13, 2017
The Finger Players, one of Singapore's leading theatre companies known for their visually emotionally charged productions and signature style of puppetery, has introduced two productions for 2017 season. 1) POOP! 2) THE SPIRITS PLAY
Crazy Horse to Tour FOREVER CRAZY in Singapore
by BWW News Desk - September 10, 2017
Celebrating 65 years of Parisian Glamour and inspired by the endless theme of femininity and sophistication, Singapore audiences will experience the tantalizing Parisian cultural phenomenon of Crazy Horse Paris for the first time ever when Forever Crazy high kicks into Singapore from October 11 to 22.
Singapore South Asian Film Festival to Kick Off Its First Edition Next Month
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2017
The Singapore South Asian International Film Festival (Sg.SAIFF) 2017 festival will be held from September 1st-10th, across various prominent venues in the city.
BWW Previews: WEST SIDE STORY at MasterCard Theatres
by BWW News Desk - July 20, 2017
West Side Story will come to the MasterCard Theatres at the Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore this fall. 
Ebi Shankara of TROPICANA at Capitol Theatre
by Mathilda Chua - June 26, 2017
Ebi Shankara is an actor, host and all around Arts advocate based in Singapore. Ebi holds both a diploma in Theatre and a First Class BA (Hons) in theatre arts from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), the latter was which obtained in NAFA's partnership with East-15 Acting School at the University of Essex. Besides being a familiar face on local television, along with his numerous hosting gigs, Ebi is also the artistic director of the Ravindran Drama Group Company, a local Theatre company that specializes in creating unique and dynamic Indian Theatre. He recently closed a successful run of Tropicana, a musical about nightlife in 1960s Singapore.
BWW Previews: THE O.P.E.N. 2017
by Shannen Tan - June 15, 2017
While much hype and limelight surrounds the premier national festival of SIFA, the programming of The O.P.E.N. hides in the shadow of its bigger counterpart. In spite of this, The O.P.E.N. has continually offered a slew of engaging programmes each year. Check out this year's top 3 editorial picks!
Video: The Cast of Singapore SISTER ACT Chats with BroadwayWorld!
by Rocky Christopher Fajardo - May 24, 2017
May 22, 2017, Singapore - SISTER ACT's Curtis Jackson (Brandon Godfrey), Will T. Travis (Eddie), and South Korea's Sophie Kim (Sister Mary Roberts) sat down with BroadwayWorld.com Singapore's Landy Eng for an exclusive video interview last week to talk about landing once-in-a-lifetime roles on the smash musical, learning West African Dances during college, and how SISTER ACT's on-going giddy romance with Asian audiences helps fire up their performances at the MasterCard Theatres.
Andrew Litton Appointed as Principal Guest Conductor of Singapore Symphony Orchestra
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2017
For almost forty years the Singapore Symphony Orchestra has been a sure source of good news about classical music. The world-class ensemble, hailed by the Guardian for its 'orchestral bravado', plays to packed houses at home under the baton of their Music Director Lan Shui, and has earned an enviable reputation overseas through its critically acclaimed tours and extensive discography.
Ivan Heng of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at W!LD RICE
by Cheeyang Ng - May 13, 2017
Here's an interview with Ivan Heng, who plays Albin/Zaza, the matriarch of the family and find out some of his thoughts with regards to the LGBT scene in Singapore, and how theatre can challenge the current conservative views that currently shape the country, and create an open dialogue about people that living amongst us.
BWW Review: Second Time's the Charm at LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
by Cheeyang Ng - May 08, 2017
Looking for a show to celebrate Mothers' Day? Look no further and run to La Cage Aux Folles now playing at Singapore's Victoria Theatre.
Three Phantoms Unmask the World of Musical Theatre
by BWW News Desk - April 19, 2017
For a strictly limited season from 12 - 13 May 2017, the MES Theatre at Mediacorp is to be haunted by a company of seven world-class West End singers, who, along with the homegrown pianist, Joel Nah, will present a thrilling evening of musical theatre in an outstanding show that has become the most exciting concert phenomenon to tour Europe and critiqued as 'simply phenomenal'.
BWW Feature: FRAGO at Checkpoint Theatre
by Mathilda Chua - April 18, 2017
What happens when you put a bunch of Singaporean men in the same room together and leave them to talk? One topic of conversation is bound to arise: National Service. A rite of passage for all Singaporean males, a completion of two years worth of military training upon completing their final year of education at 18. What happens after those two years are over though? Throughout the course of their lives, men are required to come back for reservist training to refresh their skills. Checkpoint Theatre tells the stories of these men.
BWW Feature: HAND TO GOD at KC Arts Centre
by Shannen Tan - April 11, 2017
Who knew a show about sock puppets could be an R18 show?  Apparently it can.  Written by Robert Askins, Hand to God has been described as 'Sesame Street' meeting 'The Exorcist'. It has opened on Off-Broadway, before making its way to Broadway and the West End and now right here in the KC Arts Centre in Singapore.
2ND TIME AROUND - BOYS IN THE BAND at MasterCard Theatres April 8
by Rocky Christopher Fajardo - April 10, 2017
MasterCard Theatres at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore - BOYS IN THE BAND's exclusive performance in Singapore is set to enthrall Singaporean audiences the second time around this coming Saturday April 8 2017, two years after a sold-out, well-applauded limited engagement in 2015
BWW Review: PETTY PEOPLE by NUS Theatre Studies 2017 at Yale-NUS Black Box
by Shannen Tan - April 10, 2017
If art were to mimic human nature, then the beautiful must exist alongside the grotesque. Directed by NUS Theatre Studies alumnus and Saga Seed Theatre's Associate Director Thong Pei Qin, the production examines human's inclinations for petty grievances via intertwined narratives, which centres on a very unusual premise: a dead dog's tail continues to incessantly wag.
Photo Flash: GISELLE Dances to Singapore
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2017
Base Entertainment, one of Southeast Asia's leading presenters of live entertainment, is bringing Giselle, the greatest romantic ballet performed by the oldest theatre in the world, San Carlo Theatre of Naples and Ballet Company from Italy to The Mastercard Theatres at Marina Bay Sands.
PHOTO FLASH: Top Cabaret Act BOYS IN THE BAND to Enthrall SG Audiences April 8
by Rocky Christopher Fajardo - April 04, 2017
MasterCard Theatres, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore - BOYS IN THE BAND's one-night-only, exclusive performance in Singapore is set to enthrall Singaporean audiences the second time around this coming Saturday April 8 2017, two years after a sold-out, well-applauded limited engagement in 2015.
BWW Feature: Melodious Musical Month of April in Singapore
by Shannen Tan - April 04, 2017
Singapore has been bitten by the musical theatre bug. Judging from the bumper crop of musical theatre productions in the local theatre calendar, fans of the form have much to be eager about. For those who are eager to catch on to the musical boom, do not fret. There is a lot to sing (and dance) about in the month of April in Singapore. 

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