The Met Museum Presents CUBISM: THE LEONARD A. LAUDER COLLECTION, 10/20-2/16
by BWW News Desk - August 07, 2014 Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be the most important exhibition of the essential Cubists-Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963), Juan Gris (Spanish, 1887-1927), Fernand Léger (French, 1881-1955), and Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)-in more than 30 year...
BWW CD Reviews: South African BLOOD BROTHERS a Fascinating Listening Experience for Musical Theatre Fans
by David Fick - April 07, 2014 The cast album of BLOOD BROTHERS offers an interesting listening experience to fans of the show and musical theatre enthusiasts - and the fact that it exists at all is to be commended and valued....
Photo Coverage: The Theatre Museum Awards for Excellence Presented to Fathom Entertainment and BroadwayWorld.com
by Walter McBride - May 30, 2014 On Monday evening, BroadwayWorld.com was proud to watch its CEO and Founder, Robert Diamond, receive the 2014 Theatre Museum Award for Excellence in Arts Education. That same evening, Fathom Entertainment received an award for Excellence in Theatre History Preservation, which was presented to their ...
IN THE MOOD Comes to Omaha, April 20
by BWW News Desk - November 10, 2014 To the delight of Hepcats, Lindy Hoppers and lovers of Swing Jazz, the brassy, all-singing, all- dancing, all-American 1940s musical revue, In The Mood is coming to Omaha in celebration of 20+ years of touring....
Marathon Event Screenings of All Three of Peter Jackson's HOBBIT Films Set for 12/15
by Caryn Robbins - November 13, 2014 As the Studio has done in the past with such epic film series as “Harry Potter” and “The Dark Knight,” Warner Bros. Pictures, in conjunction with New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), is once again treating über-fans to a movie marathon...
Ian Bartholomew, Anna Carteret Among Cast of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE World Premiere Production
by Caryn Robbins - April 23, 2014 Disney and Sonia Friedman Productions are delighted to announce casting for the forthcoming stage production of Shakespeare in Love. The announcement coincides with the 450th anniversary of William Shakespeare's birth....
Made in New York Jazz Competition Partners with Kawai for Second Year
by Tyler Peterson - July 31, 2014 The Made in New York Jazz Competition is excited to once again announce a partnership with Kawai America for the second year running. To the victors go the spoils, and those spoils will come in the form of prizes from a world-class musical instrument manufacturer. In addition to covering the airfare...
The Canadian Opera Company Expands Training Program with Launch of COC Orchestra Academy
by BWW News Desk - January 07, 2014 The Canadian Opera Company expands its training program for young opera professionals this January with the launch of the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Academy. Developed in collaboration with the Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto's Faculty of Mus...
Philadelphia Museum of Art to Unveil Gehry Expansion, Today
by BWW News Desk - July 01, 2014 On July 1, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will unveil the comprehensive plan that Frank Gehry has created for the renovation and expansion of its home on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The exhibition Making a Classic Modern: Frank Gehry's Master Plan for the Philadelphia Museum of Art will offer a f...
Science Channel to Premiere New Season of STRIP THE CITY Tonight
by Caryn Robbins - January 29, 2014 Beneath the crowded sidewalks and bustling streets, every city holds a secret. This January, Science Channel peels back the layers of eight major cities to unveil the hidden technology that protect us from the onslaught of nature's most terrifying threats....
Germany at the Time of Cabaret
by Roundabout Theatre Company - July 18, 2014 Cabaret is set in 1930s Berlin, just around the time the Nazi Party began rising to power in Germany. The Emcee, Sally Bowles and a raucous ensemble take the stage at the Kit Kat Klub nightly to tantalize the crowd, and to leave their troubles outside. But as life in pre-WWII Germany grows more and ...
'The Passions of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux' on View at the Met, Thru 5/26
by Christina Mancuso - March 11, 2014 The Passions of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, a major retrospective that explores the life and work of the exceptionally gifted, deeply tormented sculptor who defined the heady atmosphere of the Second Empire in France (1852–1871), is on view at the Metropolitan Museum from March 10 through May 26. The fi...
BWW Reviews: APPLESPIEL TAKING ON THE RECORDING INDUSTRY
by Brett Considine - September 08, 2014 Applespiel is a most incisive look at the recording industry and the light of the rock band. Slick writing and superbly imagined delivery make this show an intriguing story....
The Smithsonian American Art Museum Receives a $5.4 Million Gift from David M. Rubenstein to Renovate Its Renwick Gallery
by BWW News Desk - June 23, 2014 The Smithsonian American Art Museum announced today a $5.4 million gift from David M. Rubenstein for the renovation of its Renwick Gallery. The gift completes the private fundraising goal for the capital renovation project....
BWW Reviews: ROCKY HORROR SHOW at Spotlighters by Guest Critic Mark Squirek
by Daniel Collins - October 23, 2014 A humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the late 1940s through early 1970s, the Rocky Horror Show featuring 'that sweet transvestite' and his motley crew time warp into the Spotlighters Theater in downtown Baltimore....
Riccardo Muti and the CSO Announce Appointment of Wei-Ting Kuo and Danny Lai in Viola Section
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2014 Music Director Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra announce the appointments of Wei-Ting Kuo and Danny Lai as the newest members of the viola section, effective May 19, 2014....
BWW Reviews: Rabbit Run Introduces Audience to Unbridled Comic Hysteria in NOISES OFF
by Roy Berko - June 20, 2014 The Rabbit Run production of the farce, 'Noises Off,' was well directed, well acted, well technically presented and turned out to be a laugh riot! I saw this show in London was convulsed with laughter. The PP show had much the same effect on me. For anyone wanting a fun summer experience, the trip t...
Thomas Hart Benton's AMERICA TODAY On View Starting 9/30 at Met Museum
by Tyler Peterson - July 28, 2014 The exhibition Thomas Hart Benton's America Today Mural Rediscovered celebrates the gift of Thomas Hart Benton's epic mural America Today from AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in December 2012. Missouri native Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) painted the 10-panel ...
BWW Recap: Earth Becomes Overrun with Trees on This Week's DOCTOR WHO
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 25, 2014 On this week's episode of DOCTOR WHO, 'In the Forest of the Night,' London—and the world—is overrun with trees. Are they good trees or bad trees? Are they even trees at all or some alien creature that just look like trees? Keep reading to find out, but obviously, there are SPOILERS ahead, so beware!...
Alison D. Sowden Named New CFO of Art Institute of Chicago
by Tyler Peterson - February 20, 2014 The Art Institute of Chicago has announced the appointment of Alison D. Sowden as the organization's new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective April 28, 2014. In this capacity, Sowden will assume responsibility for overseeing strategic financial planning and management for ...
LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy to Be Screened with Live Symphony Orchestra at Lincoln Center, 4/8
by Christina Mancuso - September 03, 2014 ...
THE SONDHEIM REVIEW Presents - Ghosts of Sweeney Todd
by The Sondheim Review - October 29, 2014 BroadwayWorld.com continues its partnership with THE SONDHEIM REVIEW. Each month we'll be bringing you special, and exclusive archives from the quarterly magazine dedicated to the work of the musical theatre and Broadway's foremost composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim. Each issue contains news, i...
VIDEO: New VOICE Judges Gwen Stefani Pharrell Williams Perform 'Hollaback Girl' & More
by Caryn Robbins - May 06, 2014 New VOICE judges Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams stopped by last night's broadcast for a live performance of Stefani's hit single 'Hollaback Girl'....
The Zell Family Foundation Makes $17 Million Contribution to The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2014 The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, at its Board of Trustees meeting today, acknowledged the announcement by Helen and Sam Zell that the Zell Family Foundation has made a $17 million contribution to the CSOA's endowment and general operating funds. This gift provides for the naming, in perpe...
imitating the dog Presents Ernest Hemingway's A FAREWELL TO ARMS
by Courtnie Mele - June 16, 2014 Imitating the dog, one of the UK's most original and innovative performance theatre companies are set to bring their unique theatrical vision to the stage this autumn when they produce the first UK stage adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's seminal First World War novel A Farewell to Arms.... |