NJPAC Presents Valentine's Day All-Star Comedy
by Stephi Wild - February 03, 2023 New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and SJ Presents has announced the hysterical line-up for the Valentine’s Day All-Star Comedy Show....
Steven Dayvid McKellar Shares New 'Stop Running' EP
by Michael Major - August 16, 2022 Los Angeles singer/songwriter Steven Dayvid McKellar about his new EP Stop Running (released via Sonic Ritual). A continuation of his former introspective EP One and Zero, and an advance of Steven's upcoming full-length album NAMA, planned for release this Fall. Stop Running furthers his own interna...
Competition TV Series OPENING NIGHT AMERICA Will Develop Four New Musicals
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 23, 2021 Viewers see first-hand, the fascinating creative process that is the development of an original musical production — from inspiring challenges to creative conflicts and uplifting moments — as portions of each of the four musicals are rehearsed and unveiled for television audiences each week....
PIMCOMEDY The Musical Debuts BASQUIAT
by Stephi Wild - March 07, 2022 PimComedy the Musical presents: Basquiat. An art show installation featuring the interpretation of Basquiat. An Off Broadway show . Playing at the Actors Temple Theater, 8 pm on Saturday March 12. Performed by Pimcomedy ....
VIDEO: Linda Eder Vlogs Her Experience Opening MPAC's Season
by Stephi Wild - September 19, 2021 Linda Eder shared her full experience opening the season at MPAC in Morristown, NJ, from rehearsals in Manhattan to the actual show. Eder took fans along via a vlog, in the car, in the rehearsal room, and on the stage....
Jazzmine Sullivan, Jhene Aiko And Queen Naija Set To Perform At Boardwalk Hall In Atlantic City This June
by A.A. Cristi - April 04, 2023 North to Shore Music Festival, in association with S.J. Presents and Black Promoters Collective have announced a triple factor—See JAZMINE SULLIVAN, JHENE AIKO, and QUEEN NAIJA as they take over Atlantic City with show stopping performances at BOARDWALK HALL on Sunday, June 10th at 8 PM. ...
City Theatre Announces Winners of the 2022 Young Playwrights Contest
by Stephi Wild - August 05, 2022 City Theatre has announced the winners of the 2022 Young Playwrights Contest. For the past 23 years, City Theatre has held a regional playwrighting contest for students in grades 7-12. The winners will have their plays professionally produced by City Theatre, as well as published in the Young Playwr...
Full Lineup Announced for Junction 2 at Tobacco Dock
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 13, 2021 Saturday 28th August 2021 kicks off with multi-disciplinary artist and Aphex Twin protege, Afrodeutsche, who will be spreading her vast roots and influences across Tobacco Dock....
VIDEO: Linda Eder Vlogs Her Experience Opening MPAC's Season
by Stephi Wild - September 19, 2021 Linda Eder shared her full experience opening the season at MPAC in Morristown, NJ, from rehearsals in Manhattan to the actual show. Eder took fans along via a vlog, in the car, in the rehearsal room, and on the stage....
Bergen County Closes on $5.6 Million Dollar Bond Sale to Help Finance BergenPAC in Englewood
by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2022 The Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) and Bergen County Executive James Tedesco announced the closure of a $5.6 million sale of revenue bonds, a significant funding source for bergenPAC's $15 million Invest in the Arts Capital Campaign....
Review Roundup: HADESTOWN Tour Kicks Off; What Are The Critics Saying?
by Stephi Wild - October 25, 2021 Hadestown, the 2019 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, officially opened its North American Tour on October 15, at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Kicking off at the Peace Center in Greenville, SC, the tour will visit over 30 cities in its first year. Check out a...
BWW Review: THE COMEDY ABOUT A BANK ROBBERY at TURKU CITY THEATRE
by Rosanna Liuski - October 29, 2021 My journey to this work started by Turku City theatre's Teosavaus, a preview panel with the director Snoopi Siren and two of the actors, old-timer Taneli Mäkelä and newcomer Elias Keränen, interviewed by the head of art department Mikko Kouki. It was a good set of people in terms of hearing about th...
Ali Stroker, Jack Antonoff, Dionne Warwick, Darlene Love and More to Take Part in BergenPAC'S OUR HOME, YOUR HOME
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 15, 2021 Bergen Performing Arts Center Annual Gala and premiere fundraising event is more critical this year than ever. It is nearly a year since their stage went dark due to the pandemic. This one special night of unique performances is a mission to Save Our Stage and to Save Our School!...
BWW Feature: THE ADVENTURE OF LIFE Celebrates Artist's Journey Through Unlikely Pregnancy
by Robert Encila-Celdran - January 21, 2022 It sounds simple enough, but not according to Veronika Duerr, whose journey to a viable pregnancy became a life lesson unto itself. In fact, she was so changed by the 'miraculous' experience that it spawned yet another gift: an original, one-woman theatrical performance documenting the challenges an...
MISS BELLY DANCE ASIA Comes to Malaysia Next Month
by Stephi Wild - March 06, 2023 Miss Belly Dance Asia is an annual Belly Dance Competition based in Kuala Lumpur. An event to gather all the Belly Dancers from all over Asia but mainly from Malaysia from all ages as young as 5 to over 60 of age to showcase their belly Dancing talent, skills and their progress over the years. ...
Album Review: THE MUSIC MAN (THE 2022 BROADWAY CAST RECORDING) Is A New Kind Of MUSIC MAN For A New Generation… Kind Of
by Bobby Patrick - October 06, 2022 The additional track of the cut barbershop quartet song, IT’S YOU is a real bonus and so is the extra extended cut of Jackman and Shuler Hensley’s clowning fun on THE SADDER BUT WISER GIRL FOR ME....
BWW Interview: Mentalist MICHAEL GUTENPLAN On Creating Magic & Wonder
by Gil Kaan - April 06, 2021 Laguna Playhouse will present for one-night-only master magician/mentalist/psychic MICHAEL GUTENPLAN live Zooming April 24, 2021. A fixture at the Magic Castle and venues and arenas all over the world, Michael has wowed people of all ages and backgrounds in his 20+-year career....
THE MAGIC FLUTE is Now Playing at Theater St. Gallen
by Stephi Wild - January 30, 2023 Day versus night, white versus black, men versus women, civilization versus nature - The Magic Fluteseems pervaded by a clear order of values. However, the fact that the most-performed opera is much more complex and sometimes more enigmatic than it first appears has led to very different interpretat...
THE JUNKIE MIRACLES Comes to The Gaiety Next Month
by Stephi Wild - August 11, 2022 Showcasing part of the Gaiety's Culture Collective programme, The Junkie Miracles is a rehearsed reading of a new play by Des Dillon, based on harrowing experiences of recovery. These intertwined and heart-breaking stories have four addicts tumbling into the abyss and only four miracles can save the...
Joyhauser Return To Terminal M With 3-Track 'Crawler' EP
by Michael Major - July 22, 2022 With countless hit records to their name, the illustrious duo now make their welcomed return to their staple techno home, Terminal M, to deliver their brand new 3-tracker, the “Crawler” EP. Out now across all streaming platforms, the peak-time worthy opus marks another seminal addition to their back...
Dutch National Opera Announces 2022-2023 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 29, 2022 Dutch National Opera has announced its 2022/2023 season, with La Liberté? as its central theme. It promises to be a jam-packed season with no fewer than 15 productions, 4 world premieres, 2 European premieres, 6 new productions, 4 family operas as well as a new edition of the Opera Forward Festival....
Competition TV Series OPENING NIGHT AMERICA Will Develop Four New Musicals
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 23, 2021 Viewers see first-hand, the fascinating creative process that is the development of an original musical production — from inspiring challenges to creative conflicts and uplifting moments — as portions of each of the four musicals are rehearsed and unveiled for television audiences each week....
Review: BEETLEJUICE Brings Big Demon Energy to the Benedum Center
by Greg Kerestan - February 24, 2023 Go see Beetlejuice. Go see Beetlejuice. Go see Beetlejuice. Okay, storytime! I have a personal connection to the Beetlejuice musical on two levels. First, when I was a senior in high school and a freshman in college, I followed Stephen Sondheim's advice on learning how to write by adapting an existi...
THE CHRIS TUCKER COMEDY TOUR Comes To NJPAC This April
by A.A. Cristi - February 14, 2023 International award-winning actor, producer, and comedian Chris Tucker is hitting the big stage in Newark at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Thursday, April 20, at 8 pm. ...
THE MAGIC FLUTE is Now Playing at Theater St. Gallen
by Stephi Wild - January 30, 2023 Day versus night, white versus black, men versus women, civilization versus nature - The Magic Fluteseems pervaded by a clear order of values. However, the fact that the most-performed opera is much more complex and sometimes more enigmatic than it first appears has led to very different interpretat... |