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SOMETHING ROTTEN! Comes to Van Wezel Photo SOMETHING ROTTEN! Comes to Van Wezel
by Stephi Wild - December 04, 2018

With its heart on its ruffled sleeve and sequins in its soul, the Sarasota premiere of the completely original new musical, Something Rotten!, opens at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Monday, January 7 at 7:30 p.m. and continues with a second performance on Tuesday, January 8 at 7:30 p.m. Tick...


Ani Di Franco Announces April 2020 Tour Photo Ani Di Franco Announces April 2020 Tour
by Stephi Wild - November 24, 2019

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco will return to Australia in April 2020 for the first time in ten years, for a national tour which will include performances at Bluesfest. This tour will take her to Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Byron Bay and tickets are on sale now....


BWW Interview: Jaime Lozano of SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT at The Green Room 42 Photo BWW Interview: Jaime Lozano of SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT at The Green Room 42
by Stephen Mosher - November 19, 2019

Gifted and prolific Mexican musical prodigy Jaime Lozano has an encore performance of his concert SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT at The Green Room 42, featuring an all Latin cast of some of the best of Broadway. Here's an interview with the man LMM calls the future of musical theater....


SOMETHING ROTTEN! Comes To San Jose's Center For The Performing Arts Photo SOMETHING ROTTEN! Comes To San Jose's Center For The Performing Arts
by A.A. Cristi - November 27, 2018

Broadway San Jose, a Nederlander Presentation, is pleased to announce that the completely original new musical Something Rotten!, originally directed and choreographed on Broadway by Tony Award-winner Casey Nicholaw (Mean Girls, The Book of Mormon, Aladdin), with music and lyrics by Grammy Award-win...


Morrison Center Welcomes SOMETHING ROTTEN! Photo Morrison Center Welcomes SOMETHING ROTTEN!
by Julie Musbach - December 11, 2018

The completely original new musical Something Rotten!, originally directed and choreographed on Broadway by Tony Award-winner Casey Nicholaw (Mean Girls, The Book of Mormon, Aladdin), with music and lyrics by Grammy Award-winner and Tony Award nominee Wayne Kirkpatrick and Golden Globe Award and Ton...


Drew Parker Releases Much Anticipated EP While You're Gone Photo Drew Parker Releases Much Anticipated EP While You're Gone
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 21, 2020

Drew Parker, the newest SiriusXM “Highway Find,” released his much anticipated EP While You’re Gone today....


BWW Review: BANDSTAND at Washington Pavilion Photo BWW Review: BANDSTAND at Washington Pavilion
by Kaija Bonde - November 12, 2019

The national tour of Bandstand arrived in Sioux Falls on Monday, November 11 and transported the audience at the Washington Pavilion back to post World War II in 1945. With music by Richard Oberlacker, and the book and score by Robert Taylor and Overlacker, this Tony Award winning Broadway musical c...


Rockwood Music Hall to Mark 15th Anniversary With Month Long Celebration in February Photo Rockwood Music Hall to Mark 15th Anniversary With Month Long Celebration in February
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 08, 2020

Rockwood Music Hall announced their 15-Year Anniversary Celebration, set to kick off on February 1, 2020. This milestone will be a month-long celebration of the venue's history and growth since opening its doors in January 2005 and becoming a mainstay of Manhattan's live music scene. Rockwood Music ...


Metropolitan Playhouse Will Present Zero Boy as Johnny Z Photo Metropolitan Playhouse Will Present Zero Boy as Johnny Z
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 12, 2020

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents Zero Boy in the persona of Johnny Z, loveable gangster, hosting this week's sonic storytelling and improvisational repartee:...


SOMETHING ROTTEN! Now Available For Licensing From Music Theatre International Photo SOMETHING ROTTEN! Now Available For Licensing From Music Theatre International
by A.A. Cristi - January 30, 2020

Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International has announced the Broadway hit and Tony winning musical comedy SOMETHING ROTTEN! is now available for licensing worldwide....


SOMETHING ROTTEN! Comes to Thrasher-Horne Center Photo SOMETHING ROTTEN! Comes to Thrasher-Horne Center
by A.A. Cristi - December 11, 2018

The completely new musical Something Rotten!, originally directed and choreographed on Broadway by Tony Award-winner Casey Nicholaw (Mean Girls, The Book of Mormon, Aladdin), with music and lyrics by Grammy Award-winner and Tony Award nominee Wayne Kirkpatrick and Golden Globe Award and Tony Award n...


Cygnet Theatre Opens Season with ROCK OF AGES Photo Cygnet Theatre Opens Season with ROCK OF AGES
by Julie Musbach - June 10, 2019

Season 17 kicks off with the crowd-pleasing, Tony-nominated jukebox musical Rock of Ages. Directed by Sean Murray, this exhilarating rock and roll experience runs July 2 through August 25, 2019. Opening Night for media is Saturday, July 6 at 8:00PM....


JAIME LOZANO & THE FAMILIA: SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT to Feature Liner Notes From Lin-Man Photo JAIME LOZANO & THE FAMILIA: SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT to Feature Liner Notes From Lin-Manuel Miranda and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 10, 2020

Broadway Records announced today the release of 'Jaime Lozano & The Familia: Songs by an Immigrant'. Heralded the 'next big thing' on Broadway by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lozano's new album will feature an eclectic collaboration of musical theatre, jazz, Mexican folklore, Tex-Mex, and Latin musicians and...


BWW Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN! Bedazzles at the Fox Cities P.A.C. Photo BWW Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN! Bedazzles at the Fox Cities P.A.C.
by Meredith Kreisa - October 24, 2018

SOMETHING ROTTEN! opened at Appleton's Fox Cities Performing Arts Center on October 23 and will continue to play through October 28. SOMETHING ROTTEN! offers laughs, entertaining dance numbers, and enough musical theater references to delight any fan....


The Company OnStage To Present A Magical Evening of Selected Works By Ben Plopper Photo The Company OnStage To Present A Magical Evening of Selected Works By Ben Plopper
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 24, 2019

Company OnStage presents A Magical Evening of Magical Theater Magic: Selected Works of Ben Plopper, directed by Jonathan Moonen, and produced by special arrangement with Ben Plopper. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays November 7th - 16th 2019, 8:00 pm Sunday, October 20th 2019, 2:00 pm. ...


No Name Comedy Celebrates 25th Anniversary At Word Up Bookshop Photo No Name Comedy Celebrates 25th Anniversary At Word Up Bookshop
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2019

Eric Vetter, co-founder of the No Name Comedy/Variety Show ("NYC's Best Damn Comedy/Variety Show"), celebrates its 25-year anniversary with what else, a comedy/variety show: Today, February 26th, 7:00pm at Word Up Community Bookshop/Libreria Comunitaria in Washington Heights (corner of 163rd Street ...


BACK LEFT Brings Athletic Curiosity To Adelaide Fringe Photo BACK LEFT Brings Athletic Curiosity To Adelaide Fringe
by Stephi Wild - January 17, 2019

The Back Left Project presents the Australian Premiere of Back Left at the Adelaide Fringe, February 16 - March 3, 2019 at Live From Tandanya in the Tandanya Theatre....


Rachel Lorin Channels the Wild West in Fearless New Single 'Shoot A Man' Photo Rachel Lorin Channels the Wild West in Fearless New Single 'Shoot A Man'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 04, 2021

A vivid storyteller through song, Lorin has spent her entire life immersed in music. At 12 years old, she sang the national anthem at the U.S. Open and in 2012, she developed an avid fan following when she appeared on Oxygen’s reality show The Next Big Thing: New York....


BWW Previews: SOMETHING ROTTEN at The Playhouse Photo BWW Previews: SOMETHING ROTTEN at The Playhouse
by Greer Firestone - February 25, 2019

SOMETHING ROTTEN, a musical that national reviewers have exuberantly called 'the funniest show on Broadway", brings its national tour to The Playhouse March 7-10. If your stomach hurt over the antics in THE PRODUCERS, BOOK OF MORMON or SPAMALOT and the much-missed FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, well, gird your...


ZERO BOY'S COVID CABARET to Begin Streaming June 4 Photo ZERO BOY'S COVID CABARET to Begin Streaming June 4
by A.A. Cristi - June 01, 2020

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents Zero Boy in next installment of the sonic storyteller's improvised variety show: COVID Cabaret, with ZERO BOY, Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 8 PM, EST. Running Time: 30 minutes...


Blackfriars Theatre Presents THE UNDENIABLE SOUND OF RIGHT NOW Photo Blackfriars Theatre Presents THE UNDENIABLE SOUND OF RIGHT NOW
by Julie Musbach - April 16, 2019

It's Chicago in the early 90s and Hank's legendary rock 'n' roll bar is up against the destructive power of gentrification and the "next big thing." The Undeniable Sound of Right Now by Laura Eason runs at Blackfriars Theatre May 10 - 26. The theatre will transform itself into Hank's bar, replete wi...


VIDEO: Sydney James Harcourt and More From the Cast of POPSTAR Perform the Show's Fin Photo VIDEO: Sydney James Harcourt and More From the Cast of POPSTAR Perform the Show's Finale
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 27, 2020

Together in quarantine from their own homes, performers from the 2019 industry reading of popstar reunited to record and release a music video of the show's musical finale to help benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids....


Sydney's First Purpose-Built Improv Theatre To Open In Redfern Photo Sydney's First Purpose-Built Improv Theatre To Open In Redfern
by Stephi Wild - April 05, 2019

Improv Theatre Sydney (ITS) is building a brand-new home for improvisation in Redfern. It will feature Sydney's first dedicated improv theatre....


Raven Theatre Presents THE UNDENIABLE SOUND OF RIGHT NOW Photo Raven Theatre Presents THE UNDENIABLE SOUND OF RIGHT NOW
by A.A. Cristi - April 08, 2019

Raven Theatre is pleased to conclude its 2018-19 season with the Chicago premiere of Laura Eason's THE UNDENIABLE SOUND OF RIGHT NOW, a poignant and potent portrait of those who can change with the times and those who get left behind. Directed by BJ Jones, THE UNDENIABLE SOUND OF RIGHT NOW will play...


Something Hysterical! Something Spectacular! Something Sensational! SOMETHING ROTTEN Photo Something Hysterical! Something Spectacular! Something Sensational! SOMETHING ROTTEN At The McCallum
by David Green - March 19, 2019

The McCallum Theatre presents Something Rotten! for five performances, Friday, April 5, through Sunday, April 7. This hilarious musical comedy tells the story of brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom, two playwrights stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star Will Shakespeare. When a soothsayer fore...






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