Yannick Nézet-Séguin Announced as New Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera
by Marianka Swain - June 02, 2016 The Metropolitan Opera announced that the acclaimed conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguinwill be the company's new Music Director. The position has previously been held by only two artists in the company's storied 133-year history-James Levine, who after 40 years in the position stepped down at the end of ...
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...
OLIVIER AWARDS 2016: Gary Naylor's Views
by Gary Naylor - March 31, 2016 Gary Naylor has an issue with the Olivier Awards. See what our chief London reviewer has to say about it......
BWW Review: Carly Mensch's NOW CIRCA THEN at the Silver Meteor Gallery
by Peter Nason - August 12, 2016 The talents of Nick Hoop and Marlene Peralta are showcased in this comedy-drama....
Hudson Village Theatre to Present THE LADIES FOURSOME, 6/22-7/10
by Tyler Peterson - May 25, 2016 HVT (Hudson Village Theatre) presents The Ladies Foursome, from Canada's well-loved and prolific playwright, Norm Foster. An instant hit when it debuted at the Upper Canada Village Playhouse in July of 2014, this 'hijinks on the links' comedy, running from June 22 to July 10, is directed by Scapegoa...
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.'...
The Actors Fund Taps DKC/O&M as New Reps
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2016 The Actors Fund has announced that, effective immediately, DKC/O&M will oversee public relations for the nonprofit organization....
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: ORLANDO from Looking for Lillith Theatre - An Unexpected Transformation
by Keith Waits - February 29, 2016 BWW Review: Orlando-An Unexpected Trandsformation...
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Announced as New Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera
by Marianka Swain - June 02, 2016 The Metropolitan Opera announced that the acclaimed conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguinwill be the company's new Music Director. The position has previously been held by only two artists in the company's storied 133-year history-James Levine, who after 40 years in the position stepped down at the end of ...
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...
BWW Article: LOOKING FOR LILITH in NYC
by Keith Waits - September 06, 2016 Looking for Lilith Takes Alice in Black & White from Louisville to NYC...
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....
American Repertory Ballet's Executive Director Vanessa Logan to Join Texas Ballet Theater
by BWW News Desk - July 21, 2016 American Repertory Ballet and Princeton Ballet School announced today that Vanessa Logan will resign, effective July 29, 2016, as Executive Director. Logan will join Texas Ballet Theater, based in Fort Worth and Dallas, as their new Executive Director....
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...
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 Reviews: KING LEAR, Royal and Derngate, April 5
by Verity Wilde - April 06, 2016 Michael Pennington takes on KING LEAR at Northampton's Royal and Derngate, ahead of a UK tour. Verity Wilde was there for BroadwayWorld.com...
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: 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....
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Announced as New Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera
by Marianka Swain - June 02, 2016 The Metropolitan Opera announced that the acclaimed conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguinwill be the company's new Music Director. The position has previously been held by only two artists in the company's storied 133-year history-James Levine, who after 40 years in the position stepped down at the end of ... |