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BWW Review: A DOLL'S HOUSE PART 2 at Mirvish
by Isabella Perrone - March 30, 2019 Mirvish and Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre's production of A DOLL'S HOUSE PART 2 does for theatre what is usually reserved for blockbusters and novels - it provides a sequel, many years down the road, to one of Henrik Ibsen's more controversial works (A Doll's House). Written more than a hundred year...
BWW Review: THE SPITFIRE GRILL from Showtunes Is Brimming with Heart
by Jay Irwin - May 05, 2019 Dear Readers, you may have never heard of the 1996 indie film "The Spitfire Grill". If so then it stands to reason you've never heard of the musical of the same name. Well, Showtunes Theatre Company is here to rectify one of those gaps in your knowledge as they've resurrected the not often done mu...
BWW Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Folketeateret - Beautifully Presented Show
by Christian Ranke - September 11, 2019 Scenekvelder have created a masterful production of 'The Sound of Music' first and foremost thanks to a skillful direction by Lars Jacobsen. He has taken a source material which despite the noticeable weakness of its quaintly old-fashioned book, comes across stronger and more modern than I have seen...
AMC Announces Cast For First Ever Primetime Animated Drama, PANTHEON
by A.A. Cristi - August 07, 2020 AMC announced today the cast for its upcoming series Pantheon, a first-ever animated primetime drama. ...
BWW Review: SIDEKICKED at Cape May Stage
by Michael T. Mooney - August 14, 2019 A moving and memorable portrait of America's favorite sidekick. Vivian Vance....
Rachel Brosnahan To Star In Quibi's New Horror Series 50 STATES OF FRIGHT
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 03, 2019 Quibi, Gunpowder & Sky's new horror brand, ALTER, that explores the human condition through warped perspectives, along with DIGA Studios and POD 3 announced today that Rachel Brosnahan, Travis Fimmel, Christina Ricci, Jacob Batalon, Ming-Na Wen, Taissa Farmiga, Asa Butterfield, John Marshall Jones a...
OPERA America Launches IDEA Opera Grants Program
by Julie Musbach - May 24, 2019 OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, is pleased to announce the official launch of its newest grant program: IDEA Opera Grants (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access)....
David Hirata Changes Controversial Show Title To A BOX WITHOUT A BOTTOM Following Community Reactions
by A.A. Cristi - November 22, 2019 Japanese American magician David Hirata has changed the name of his solo show at The Marsh Berkeley to A Box Without A Bottom - Soko-Nashi Bako. Despite having several conversations with family members, some of whom had lived through internment during WWII, as well as Japanese-American audience memb...
Star-Studded Cast Announced for Live Table Read of FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH Fundraiser
by Kelle Long - August 13, 2020 An all-star cast has assembled for a one-night-only fundraiser—Dane Cook Presents Feelin’ A-Live, a virtual live table read of Fast Times at Ridgemont High—on Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 9PM ET/6PM PT in support of two organizations....
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Announces Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. as the 2021 Stowe Prize Winner
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 12, 2021 The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center will honor Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. as the 2021 Stowe Prize winner. Glaude receives the award for Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, a book that uses the life of James Baldwin to create dialogue about racial inequality in the United ...
BWW Review: ROALD DAHL'S WILLY WONKA at Wheelock Family Theatre
by Andrew Child - November 02, 2019 Roald Dahl wrote books for the children of his time and it is a wonder that many of his creations have remained as popular and well-loved as they have decades after his death. Although James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Witches, and The Twits can all trace thematic influence back to Dahl's invo...
FINAL 48 Film Set for March Start
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 22, 2020 Looking to start a new breed of independent films, Writer/ Producers Lisa Sanow (Also Director) and Willi Sanow will helm the motion picture Final 48 filming in the Fayetteville, Georgia area in late March. They aim to buck the big budget Hollywood superhero movie craze with their ultra low budget s...
VIDEO: David Dean Bottrell Stops By the Latest TAWKIN' WITH THE ROSES
by A.A. Cristi - March 17, 2021 Tawkin' With the Roses, the weekly talk show hosted by veteran actress Bonnie Rose and cabaret star Stephen S. Miller (aka “Mama Rose”), welcomes actor David Dean Bottrell (“Boston Legal”) as the guest for their latest episode. ...
WGN America to Debut THE DISAPPEARANCE
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 30, 2019 WGN America announced today that the captivating limited series “The Disappearance” will premiere on Tuesday, July 9th at 10/9c. The network also released the first full-length trailer from the psychological family drama. The six-part summer event starring Emmy® winner Peter Coyote (“The 4400,” “Law...
BWW Review: A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 at Round House Theatre
by Benjamin Tomchik - June 13, 2019 In a city where seemingly everyone is from somewhere else, A Doll's House Part 2 is about something all of us have had to do at some point or another, return home to face our past. Fueled by a powerhouse cast led by the dazzling Holly Twyford, Round House Theatre's production is a homecoming not to ...
VIDEO: Watch the First Preview for MESSIAH on Netflix
by Sarah Leiber - December 03, 2019 When CIA officer Eva Geller (Michelle Monaghan) uncovers information about a man (Mehdi Dehbi) gaining international attention through acts of public disruption, she begins an investigation into his origins. As he continues to cultivate followers who allege he's performing miracles, the global media...
MRT Receives National New Play Network Grant for Vichet Chum Play
by A.A. Cristi - February 18, 2021 The Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association will partner on the production, which will premiere in a later season. MRT presented a reading of excerpts from Kween, directed by Pironne Yousefzadeh, as part of its FIRST LOOK series last November. ...
NYC Premiere Of DAVID DEAN BOTTRELL MAKES LOVE: A ONE-MAN SHOW Comes to Dixon Place
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2019 David Dean Bottrell announced today that he is pleased to bring the newly revised 2019 version of his critically acclaimed One Man show to New York City this February. Partnering with Director Guy Stroman and Producer Akia Squitieri, the show will be presented at the storied Dixon Place Theatre....
Paul Feig, Sarah Barnett Join Keynote Summit Series Speaker Lineup For Banff World Media Festival
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 28, 2019 The Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) is proud to announce Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-nominated director, producer, screenwriter and activist Paul Feig (“Bridesmaids,” Freaks and Geeks, The Office), and Sarah Barnett, President, Entertainment Networks, for AMC Networks as keynotes withi...
BWW Review: A Pleasing TUCK EVERLASTING Charms at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
by Robert Sokol - December 20, 2018 In a production where the whole is certainly equal to the sum of its parts, Tuck Everlasting could emerge as a pleasing and long-lasting alternative to splashier or too familiar seasonal holiday fare....
50 STATES OF FRIGHT, Starring Rachel Brosnahan, Christina Ricci, & More, to Debut April 13 on Quibi
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 27, 2020 Quibi, Gunpowder & Sky's horror brand, ALTER, along with DIGA Studios and Executive Producer Sam Raimi will debut the first seven episodes of the horror anthology series, “50 States of Fright'' on April 13th....
BWW Interview: Award-Winning Composer Patric Caird Talks Netflix's THE ORDER and ED, EDD n EDDY
by Brooke Yunis - July 22, 2019 Award-winning Canadian composer Patric Caird has worked in film and television since the early 1990s, creating more than 400 scores for a variety of programming including animation, documentaries, comedy and drama that has been broadcasted world-wide. Caird currently scores Netflix's horror drama se...
AMC Greenlights Anthology Series NATIONAL ANTHEM
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 24, 2020 AMC announced today that it has greenlit National Anthem, an 8-episode anthology series created by writer/director Scott Z. Burns (The Report, Contagion) and executive produced by Oscar® and Emmy® Award-winner Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Rectify, Rain Man, The Natural, Bugsy). The...
New 'Los Angeles Anti-Racist Theater Standards' Seek To Create Lasting, Systemic Change
by A.A. Cristi - September 08, 2021 A diverse collective of L.A.-based theater artists dedicated to true equity has released “The Los Angeles Anti-Racist Theater Standards” as a way to create lasting, systemic change within L.A. theater institutions. The full set of standards, which were emailed to 130 local theater companies on Sept.... |