Review Roundup: Critics Weigh-In On Steven Spielberg's READY PLAYER ONE
by Macon Prickett - March 12, 2018 From filmmaker Steven Spielberg comes the Science fiction action adventure 'Ready Player One,' based on Ernest Cline's bestseller of the same name, which has become a worldwide phenomenon....
BWW Review: Come to the CABARET at Obsidian Theater
by Brett Cullum - April 13, 2018 It's not a reinvention, but a celebration of the classical musical that delivers familiar songs and themes. It is well worth coming to this CABARET where indeed… life is beautiful....
Jennifer Westfeldt And Victoria Justice Join QUEEN AMERICA On Facebook Watch
by Julie Musbach - July 19, 2018 Jennifer Westfeldt ('Younger,' 'Friends with Kids') and Victoria Justice ('Victorious,' 'Eye Candy') have been tapped for the freshman season of the forthcoming scripted series 'Queen America' on Facebook Watch, Facebook's new video platform. Westfeldt's status is as a recurring guest star with Just...
BWW Review: CHICAGO at Rochester Broadway Theatre Leauge
by Colin Fleming-Stumpf - February 06, 2019 If you see steam rising out of the top of the Auditorium Theatre over the next few days, or if East Main Street feels just a little bit hotter than usual, it's because Chicago, Broadway's longest running American musical--and certainly its sultriest-- is in town. And while you may come for the fishn...
BWW Review: HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS Musical Comedy Satirizes the Brotherhood of Backstabbing Men in the 1960s Corporate World
by Shari Barrett - August 13, 2018 Climbing the corporate ladder has always been easy for some and difficult for others. This somewhat-dated story, given how the 'Me Too' movement has changed the male-female office environment these days, follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook called 'How To Succeed In Bu...
BWW Review: LITTLE WOMEN at The Firehouse Theatre Inspires Dallas
by Jo-Jo Steine - April 30, 2018 LITTLE WOMEN at The Firehouse Theatre in Farmers Branch is a nuanced and timely production. Watch the actresses shine under the guidance of a female directing team!...
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with LOVE QUEST at Ivoryton Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - April 13, 2018 A renowned scientist once theorized that finding "intelligent life" on other planets in the universe would be like shooting a particular blackbird in a room full of blackbirds, with the lights out. Ironically, the same probability applies for finding a "normal man (or woman)" on an online dating ser...
VIDEO: ODESZA Release HIGHER GROUND (Feat. Naomi Wild) Music Video
by Macon Prickett - March 30, 2018 ODESZA (Harrison Mills, Clayton Knight) has today released their visual accompaniment to 'Higher Ground (feat. Naomi Wild)', a vibrant journey following three separate women linked through technology, music, and mystery....
BWW Interview: Brittany Bellizeare and KING HEDLEY II by August Wilson at TRT
by Marina Kennedy - November 07, 2018 Two River Theater (TRT) continues their 20182019 season with August Wilson's King Hedley II, directed by Obie Award winner, Brandon J. Dirden. It will be performed on the Red Bank stage from November 10 to December 16. Broadwayworld.com had the pleasure of interviewing Brittany Bellizeare who plays...
BWW Review: MADAMA BUTTERFLY at Santa Fe Opera
by Maria Nockin - July 01, 2018 On June 30, 2018, Santa Fe Opera continued the season begun the night before with a revival of the 1904 Brescia Version of Giacomo Puccini's tragic MADAMA BUTTERFLY. The late Lee Blakeley put together the original 2010 production with simple visual lines and a bold structure. Eight years later, Matt...
Quetzal With Mariachi Flor De Toloache Come to The Soraya, 5/5
by A.A. Cristi - April 23, 2018 The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) presents a one-of-a-kind double bill. East L.A.'s Grammy Award-winning Quetzal will join forces with the all-female Mariachi Flor de Toloache from New York City for an evening of breaking musical barriers, connecting America...
TREVIS BRENDMOE Releases Single 'Pretty Girls'
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 18, 2019 Emerging artist, TREVIS BRENDMOE, has released his new single “Pretty Girls,” following the exclusive premiere with HipHopDX. Originally from Norway, the 20 year old singer moved to Los Angeles, CA to pursue a music career and the track marks the first release from his upcoming debut album....
Las Vegas Comedian Don Barnhart Brings Laughs To Honolulu
by Stephi Wild - April 24, 2019 Sharkey's Comedy Club Welcomes Las Vegas Comedian Don Barnhart to 'High & Right Comedy Night' joining Bo Irvine and Friends....
Mini Mansions Announces U.S. Tour
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 13, 2019 Mini Mansions, the beloved Los Angeles band comprising members of Queens of the Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets, recently announced their forthcoming album Guy Walks Into A Bar...which will be released July 26, 2019 on Fiction Records. The band shared the single for “GummyBear”...
Photo Flash: The John W. Engeman Theater Presents NEWSIES
by A.A. Cristi - July 23, 2018 The John W. Engeman Theater presents Newsies. Performances began on Thursday, July 19 at 8:00pm and run through Sunday, September 2, 2018. Check out photos from the production below!...
BWW Review: LA GAZZETTA at The Ebell Club
by Maria Nockin - July 07, 2018 On Friday evening July 6, 2018, Pacific Opera Project (POP) presented Gioachino Rossini's little known opera LA GAZZETTA at the newly outfitted Ebell Club in Los Angeles. The area where patrons sat at tables was surrounded with a semi-circle of single seats. Every seat has been sold for the entire t...
Christian Coulson of HARRY POTTER Films To Play King Richard II at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
by Tori Hartshorn - March 22, 2018 Christian Coulson of HARRY POTTER To Play King Richard II at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival...
BWW Review: EUGENE ONEGIN at the Lobero Theatre
by Maria Nockin - March 02, 2019 On March 1, 2019, Opera Santa Barbara presented it's first Russian opera, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's EUGENE ONEGIN. The opera was premiered in Moscow in 1879 but was not played in the United States until 1920 when the Metropolitan Opera performed it in Italian....
Brownstone Poets Presents Poets from Sensations Magazine at Park Plaza Restaurant on Sat., 11/17
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Review Roundup: Critics Weigh In On The National Tour of CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
by Alan Henry - October 04, 2018 The chocolate factory is coming to a city near you! Full dates and cities have been announced for the upcoming North American tour of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The tour will launch at Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, NY, before bringing Wonka's world of pure imagination to previous...
BWW Feature: ESTER GOLDBERG'S TOTALLY OUTRAGEOUS BRUNCH at Sayer's Club Inside The SLS Las Vegas
by Debbie Hall - April 03, 2019 Ester Goldberg's Totally Outrageous Brunch with headliner Ester Goldberg delights audiences while filling their souls (and bellies) at the Sayer's Club inside the SLS Las Vegas Saturday and Sunday....
Geva's Presents Its Second World Premiere Of 2019 - Lila Rose Kaplan's THE MAGICIAN'S DAUGHTER
by Stephi Wild - January 08, 2019 Geva Theatre Center's 2018-2019 Fielding Studio Series continues with the world premiere of The Magician's Daughter, written by Lila Rose Kaplan and directed by Shelley Butler. This production marks the second world premiere of the season, following hot on the heels of the world premiere of Brent As...
BWW Review: CANDIDE at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
by Maria Nockin - January 29, 2018 On January 27, 2018, Los Angeles Opera presented the Bernstein work at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion with a cast that included Emmy-winning television star Kelsey Grammer. He is best remembered for his two-decade-long portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the situation comedies Cheers, Wing...
BWW Review: THE BOYS IN THE BAND at Barbershop Theatre is one party you will NOT forget!
by Payton McCarthy - September 28, 2018 Fifty years following the premiere of Mart Crowley's iconic pre-stonewall comedic drama about a group of gay men living in New York, The Boys in the Band offers an interesting perspective to modern audiences of the many issues which tend to plague a group of people who are seen as “different”, and h...
BWW Review: KINK HAÜS at La MaMa is a Rad, Dizzying Spectacle
by David Clarke - September 24, 2018 La MaMa is opening its 57th season with a crowd-pleasing bang by presenting Gunnar Montana's totally rad and dizzying performance art and dance spectacle KINK HAÜS. The piece is just the kind of ebullient combination of high brow ballet principles and techniques mixed with low brow hedonism all play... |