VIDEO: EVERYBODY DANCE NOW! A Look Back at 'Magic to Do' From PIPPIN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 11, 2020 In this time of social distancing and remaining responsibly indoors, we are all looking for ways to brighten our days and get moving any way we can! In the spirit of celebrating theater and providing motivation to get up and get shakin', we're taking a look back and paying tribute to some of the gre...
Student Blog: The Color Purple, A Great Novel by Alice Walker, Soon to Be a Movie Musical
by Student Blogger: MC Chocolate - February 10, 2022 I think Alice Walker is a great writer and she has gone down in history for being one of the most impactful voices that has positioned herself in favor of rewriting the identity of black women in the American social framework....
Bonnie Milligan and Natalie Walker Return to Feinstein's/54 Below For Halloween Show
by Stephi Wild - September 17, 2019 Bonnie Milligan and Natalie Walker will return to Feinstein's/54 Below for a two-night Halloween engagement, 'Bonnie Milligan and Natalie Walker: The Graveyard Smash.'...
Tonys Talk: Benjamin Walker Talks Tackling a Classic in ALL MY SONS
by Backstage With Richard Ridge - June 04, 2019 He has already captivated Broadway audiences as Andrew Jackson and Patrick Bateman. This season, Benjamin Walker leaves his bloody onstage past behind him to tackle a classic Arthur Miller role. Walker has just earned a Tony nomination for the conflicted offspring of Annette Bening and Tracy Letts i...
Jesse Walker to Join SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH Cast for THE 90'S CON
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 11, 2022 New Jersey’s Jesse Walker, host of the online celebrity show “The Jesse Walker Show,” takes his show on the road to Hartford, Connecticut, where he will sit down with cast members from the hit TV series “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” for a retrospective reunion....
Judy Kaye to Host Project ALS Benefit Concert of NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT to Honor Rebecca Luker
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 17, 2021 Help Make a Difference! New Jersey’s Jesse Walker, host of the online celebrity show “The Jesse Walker Show,” in support of Project ALS, will join 2-time Tony Award winner Judy Kaye for a special benefit virtual performance of the Broadway musical Nice Work If You Can Get It to honor the love and me...
Photo Flash: First Rehearsal for Cherry Lane Theatre's ESAI'S TABLE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 11, 2020 New York's Cherry Lane Theatre has partnered with Vermont's JAG Productions to present the World Premiere of Nathan Yungerberg's Esai's Table, directed by Obie Award Winner Stevie Walker-Webb (Jordan Cooper's Ain't No Mo' at the Public) which will begin performances on March 19 before its opening ni...
BWW Review: The Seeing Place Brings Engaging Humanity to George Orwell's ANIMAL FARM
by Michael Dale - February 22, 2020 'Welcome to our meeting,' greet the actors to those entering the intimate Paradise Factory for The Seeing Place Theater's very engaging production of Brandon Walker's adaptation of George Orwell's allegorical classic, ANIMAL FARM....
INDEPENDENCE Begins This April At Sierra Madre Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - February 21, 2022 The Sierra Madre Playhouse will present INDEPENDENCE: The True Story of Dr. Mary Walker. A show about the woman who was a battlefield surgeon, a prisoner of war, an abolitionist, a suffragist, and the only female recipient of the Congessional Medal of honor....
National Symphony Orchestra to Presents BEETHOVEN & AMERICAN MASTERS Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 13, 2021 The NSO will present Beethoven & American Masters, a three-week festival featuring concerts that belatedly celebrate the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth. Led by Music Director Gianandrea Noseda, the concerts pair symphonies by Beethoven with works by 20th-century American composers...
Bonnie Milligan and Natalie Walker to Stream Concert Live from 54 Below on BroadwayWorld Events
by Taylor Brethauer-Hamling - September 09, 2021 Feinstein's/54 Below and BroadwayWorld Events announced today a new addition to the fall lineup of their streaming series: Bonnie Milligan and Natalie Walker. The dynamic duo's show, Celebrating Fifty Years of Friendship, will stream on BroadwayWorld Events on October 11 at 7pm ET. Tickets for the s...
BWW Review: The Seeing Place Brings Engaging Humanity to George Orwell's ANIMAL FARM
by Michael Dale - February 22, 2020 'Welcome to our meeting,' greet the actors to those entering the intimate Paradise Factory for The Seeing Place Theater's very engaging production of Brandon Walker's adaptation of George Orwell's allegorical classic, ANIMAL FARM....
Kelli O'Hara, Steven Pasquale, Jason Robert Brown and More Join THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY Reunion Panel
by Taylor Brethauer-Hamling - March 01, 2021 “The Jesse Walker Show” is celebrating the shows 20th season with a special event reuniting some of the cast and creative team from 2014 Broadway musical The Bridges of Madison County, including Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara, Steven Pasquale, Hunter Foster, Caitlin Kinnunen, Derek Klena, and creati...
BWW Review: A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER at Solvang Festival Theatre
by Anna Jensen - June 18, 2019 A friend remarked to British actor, Edmund Gwenn, on his deathbed 'This must be very hard,' to which Gwenn replied, 'It is. But not as hard as farce.' PCPA's production of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder met the challenge of the dangerously delicate timing demanded of a musical farce. Set in ...
Andrew Barth Feldman and Team Starkid Team Up for Third Installment of BROADWAY WHODUNIT?
by Taylor Brethauer-Hamling - October 01, 2020 Coming off the success off his viral hit Broadway Jackbox, former Evan Hansen, Andrew Barth Feldman has created a new interactive virtual mystery series, Broadway Whodunit....
Photo Flash: Troubadour Theater Company Presents A CHRISTMAS CAROLE KING
by A.A. Cristi - December 11, 2019 TROUBADOUR THEATER COMPANY continues its 25th Silver anniversary season (bringing Los Angeles audiences a quarter century of mayhem!), with their 18th annual holiday offering, A CHRISTMAS CAROLE KING, with musical direction by Derrick Finely choreography by Matt Walker, Suzanne Jolie Narbonne and Lu...
JAG Productions Launches Unprecedented Black Joy Project
by A.A. Cristi - September 17, 2020 At the start of September, JAG Productions, Writer/Director Stevie Walker-Webb, 11 actors, two documentarians, a producer, and a chef set out on a month-long retreat to explore the question, 'Can a play be created outside the power structures and without reference to whiteness, in a pure expression ...
Photo Flash: Get a First Look at Octavia Spencer in SELF MADE: INSPIRED BY THE LIFE OF MADAM C.J. WALKER
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 02, 2020 Academy Award® winner Octavia Spencer stars as Madam C.J. Walker, the trailblazing African American haircare entrepreneur who was America's first female self-made millionaire. Inspired by the book, On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker, written by Walker's great-great-granddaug...
Mildred's Umbrella Theater Presents FINE WINE, a Monologue Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 26, 2020 Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company is continuing their digital 2020-2021 season with FINE WINE, a series of classic monologues written for ingenue actresses, but instead performed by actresses in their late 40's and older, for a new perspective. The performance will be available for viewing Novembe...
Jillian Walker's SKiNFoLK: An American Show Comes to the Bushwick Starr
by Stephi Wild - January 21, 2020 The Bushwick Starr partners with National Black Theatre in presenting the world premiere of SKiNFoLK: An American Show, created by playwright and performer Jillian Walker (Blue Ink at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater, Sarah's Salt. developed at Roundabout Theater Company and MCC Theater), recent reci...
American Stage Announces Cast Update For THE PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS
by Stephi Wild - August 14, 2021 Don Walker, who last appeared in our 2017 production of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, will be taking over the role of Miles Lisowski....
BWW Review: Natalie Walker Celebrates Life, Artistic Expression, and Originality in MAD SCENES At 54 Below
by Stephen Mosher - July 19, 2021 The one-time sidekick of many other artists waited until she was good and ready to debut her solo cabaret, and it was well worth the wait....
Photo Flash: Bonnie MIlligan, Max von Essen and More with The Skivvies At Joe's Pub
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 31, 2020 Last night The Skivvies performed to a sold-out house at Joe's Pub. Featured guests included Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Bonnie Milligan, Natalie Walker, Roe Hartrampf, Max von Essen and More!...
Tim Walker's New Play BLOODY DIFFICULT WOMEN At Riverside Studios Extends Until April 2
by Stephi Wild - March 14, 2022 Wind of Change, in association with Cahoots Theatre Company, today announces an extension of the world première run of Tim Walker's Bloody Difficult Women. The production, which charts the events behind the court case Gina Miller brought against Theresa May in 2016 and what has ensued, will extend f...
VIDEO: Octavia Spencer Stars in Trailer for SELF MADE on Netflix
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 25, 2020 Academy Award® winner Octavia Spencer stars as Madam C.J. Walker, the trailblazing African American haircare entrepreneur who was America's first female self-made millionaire. Inspired by the book, On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker, written by Walker's great-great-granddaug... |