Edward J. Greene, Multiple Award-Winning Sound Engineer Passes Away
by A.A. Cristi - August 11, 2017 Ed Greene died peacefully in Los Angeles on August 9th, with his family by his side. He was 82 years old. Ed is survived by his wife of 30 years, Lynne Cruise, and his children, Grant, Sam, Lynda and Larry in Los Angeles, and his brother David in Toronto. ...
BWW Blog: Christopher Castanho's 2016 - A Year In Review
by Christopher Castanho - December 31, 2016 I'm often a very positive person, being able to see the silver lining of every situation, and do not like to admit or submit to hardships in my life. But to be completely honest, 2016 has been a difficult year. As life can be tumultuous sometimes, it can also be magnificent. Alas, here we are, at th...
BWW Interview: Shea Arender and THE LAS VEGAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
by Marina Kennedy - March 07, 2017 The Las Vegas Symphony Orchestra is returning to the stage following a 13-year public absence with a new owner, Shea Arender, who will join the Orchestra this Spring with a performance entitled 'The King Symphonic - The Music of Elvis Presley.'...
BWW Review: John Kander Musicalizes Another Dark and Dangerous Subject In KID VICTORY
by Michael Dale - February 24, 2017 Though the brilliant musicals that composer John Kander created with his late lyricist partner Fred Ebb frequently tackled dark and violent issues (CABARET, CHICAGO, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN and THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS among them), they did so with a shiny, often cynical veneer of show-biz. Snazzy melo...
City Stage New West Presents SHAW SHORTS!
by BWW News Desk - December 16, 2016 City Stage New West presents an evening of Shaw Shorts!, with How He Lied to Her Husband by George Bernard Shaw, and Love Letters to Mrs. Patrick Campbell, edited and arranged from historical correspondence between Shaw and Campbell by Renee Bucciarelli....
BWW Review: SUMMER AND SMOKE, Almeida Theatre
by Gary Naylor - March 08, 2018 Bold re-imagining of an early Tennessee Williams play that gives its themes a universality in a uniquely theatrical experience....
BWW Review: 6th Annual Ten-Tucky Festival of Shorts
by Keith Waits - September 19, 2016 Ten-minute play festivals are often populated by material that cannot be strictly classified as plays. But the academic distinction between sketch and fully formed play may reasonably give way to a simpler, more binary metric: it either works or it doesn't. Some of the finest writing in this sixth y...
Tim Minchin to Receive Qantas Australians in Film's Orry-Kelly Award
by Caryn Robbins - September 27, 2017 The multi-talented Tim Minchin will be honored with the Qantas Orry-Kelly Award which celebrates an Australian who has contributed to the national identity of Australia with their body of work and has created opportunities and inspiration for other Australians internationally....
Recipients Of The Inaugural MGCfutures Bursaries Announced
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2016 Artistic Director of MGC, Michael Grandage today announces the recipients of the inaugural MGCfutures Bursaries awarded across a range of theatrical disciplines including directing, writing, producing, millinery, set and lighting design and performance artistry....
Download THE THREE CHRISTMASES OF WILLIAM SPENCER for Free for the Holidays
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2016 How about a Christmas present? For a limited time (today until December 18th), the holiday classic The Three Christmases of William Spencer is available free on your Kindle!...
Spring into a Season of Fun and Laughter at St Helens Theatre Royal
by BWW News Desk - February 08, 2017 ???????Fancy a good laugh? Then get yourself down to St Helens Theatre Royal which has fantastic selection of comedy shows guaranteed to give your chuckle muscles a good work out this spring and beyond!...
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad to Play the Fox Theatre This February
by BWW News Desk - December 09, 2016 Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad's sixth studio album MAKE IT BETTER was released September 16, 2016 on Rootfire Cooperative. They will be performing with Na'an Stop at the Fox Theatre on February 15th, 2017....
BWW Review: Ballet Meets '70s Disco Pop
by Robert Encila - December 05, 2016 It's no fluke that Ballet Philippines' 47th season is titled 'Wings.' In its latest display of creativity, the company dazzles with a unique production and exhibits the intrepid capacity for flight away from convention....
Fundraising Campaign To Save Josefina Lopez's CASA 0101 Theater Has Reached About A Third Of Its Financial Goal
by Stephi Wild - February 22, 2018 Josefina Lopez, Founding Artistic Director of CASA 0101 Theater in Boyle Heights, CA announced today that CASA 0101 Theater has reached about a third of its current Fundraising Campaign to keep the theater's doors open. "We're about a third of the way there. To date, we have secured 102 financial ...
Tim Minchin to Receive Qantas Australians in Film's Orry-Kelly Award
by Caryn Robbins - September 27, 2017 The multi-talented Tim Minchin will be honored with the Qantas Orry-Kelly Award which celebrates an Australian who has contributed to the national identity of Australia with their body of work and has created opportunities and inspiration for other Australians internationally....
BWW Interview: Jack Shalloo On THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL AND OTHER HAPPIER TALES
by Marianka Swain - November 17, 2016 Singer and actor Jack Shalloo's theatre credits include Madness musical Our House, Departure Lounge and Hamlet the Musical, and he released an album, London Soul, in 2011. He's currently appearing in The Little Matchgirl and Other Happier Tales at Shakespeare's Globe, which begins previews on 24 Nov...
BWW Review: THE WOMAN IN WHITE, Charing Cross Theatre
by Gary Naylor - December 05, 2017 The Woman In White has its flaws, but Thom Southerland's production of Andrew Lloyd-Webber's 2004 show delivers plenty to fans of musical theatre....
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad to Play the Fox Theatre This February
by BWW News Desk - December 09, 2016 Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad's sixth studio album MAKE IT BETTER was released September 16, 2016 on Rootfire Cooperative. They will be performing with Na'an Stop at the Fox Theatre on February 15th, 2017....
BWW Review: RAISING MARTHA, Park Theatre
by Gary Naylor - January 18, 2017 Gary Naylor sees a wonderfully funny farce blessed with strong performances and a script that packs a punch along with the punchlines....
BWW Blog: Christopher Castanho's 2016 - A Year In Review
by Christopher Castanho - December 31, 2016 I'm often a very positive person, being able to see the silver lining of every situation, and do not like to admit or submit to hardships in my life. But to be completely honest, 2016 has been a difficult year. As life can be tumultuous sometimes, it can also be magnificent. Alas, here we are, at th...
BWW Review: Warm, Witty, and Wise OUR TOWN at Portland Players
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - February 04, 2018 It is eighty years since Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Our Town first tread the boards of the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ. The work was groundbreaking in its day for the way in which Wilder eschewed theatrical conventions and sought to create a new kind of play within a play...
BWW Review: In the Heart of the Beast's MAKE BELIEVE NEIGHBORHOOD Pays Homage to the Beloved Mister Rogers, as Well as the Heroes of Its Own Neighborhood
by Jill Schafer - February 13, 2018 I, like millions of children in America and across the world, grew up watching MISTER ROGERS NEIGHBORHOOD, which aired on PBS from 1968 through 2001. But I don't think I realized at the time what an exceptionally good and kind human Fred Rogers was, a strong advocate for children's education and dev...
South Street Seaport Museum to Host 50th Anniversary Celebration
by A.A. Cristi - August 23, 2017 The South Street Seaport Museum announces the 50th Anniversary Celebration, a dockside celebration and benefit at Pier 16 featuring cocktails and dinner, on Tuesday, September 19, 2017. ...
BWW Review: SUMMER AND SMOKE, Almeida Theatre
by Gary Naylor - March 08, 2018 Bold re-imagining of an early Tennessee Williams play that gives its themes a universality in a uniquely theatrical experience....
Art School Announces Next Events in Series on How To Improve and Protect Arts Education
by Stephi Wild - January 25, 2018 Art School, the new company being set up to support the arts industry and education sector to work together to improve and protect arts education, has announced its next events in its year long series bringing together leaders in the arts industry and education sector to share work, advice and recom... |