Review #2: Chocolate City Burlesque’s Third Annual ‘Black Friday’ by Ramona Harper

There ain’t nothin’ wrong with a little bump and grind and Chocolate City’s Burlesque & Cabaret (CCBC) had a whole lotta shakin’ going on. G strings and pasties and a skin show w…

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 11/26/2016

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 11262016.

Gilmore Girls Recap: Stars Hollow, The Musical by Maris Kreizman

It was hard enough when Emily Kondoized her life and Rory On the Roaded herself. Now Lorelai has to go all Wild on the Pacific Crest Trail? She isn't even addicted to heroin! I wish we could…

Photo Flash: SWEET CHARITY Limbers Up, WHITE CHRISTMAS Gets Frisky, and More Saturday Intermission Pics! by BroadwayWorld

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for what has become one of the theatre community's most beloved traditions- BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' roundup Today's edition featu…

“The Beauty Queen of Leenane” at the Taper by Pauline Adamek

The Beauty Queen of Leenane launched British-born (of Irish descent) playwright Martin McDonagh onto the theater scene in 1996. His first play is a black comedy

Power Restored to Blacked-Out London Theatres by Andrew Gans

Among the closures were Aladdin and Les Misérables.

A brilliant Moby Dick from Lookingglass Theatre, now at Arena Stage (review) by Tim Treanor

This may be the best thing you’ll see in theater all year, so hold on — to your hat, to your significant other, to your life. We are borne to the land; it is on land that we beca…

INTO THE INK by Bernard Carragher

Nathan Lane leads a talented ensemble in a frantic 1927 newsroom.

BLENDED FAMILIES by Sandy MacDonald

William Finn’s 1992 portrait of an unconventional clan proves its staying power.

Easy Listener: Barbara Carroll, Jay Leonhart, Barb Jungr, John McDaniel, Gabrielle Stravelli, Michael Kanan, Cheyenne Jackson Make Great Music on New by David Finkle

When it comes to gift giving, is there anything better than music? Not much. So for anyone looking around for music to delight

Easy Listener: Barbara Carroll, Jay Leonhart, Barb Jungr, John McDaniel, Gabrielle Stravelli, Michael Kanan, Cheyenne Jackson Make Great Music on New by David Finkle

When it comes to gift giving, is there anything better than music? Not much. So for anyone looking around for music to delight

From DEAR EVAN HANSEN to INTO THE WOODS... Sing Along with the Talented Cast of PITCH PERFECT! by Caryn Robbins

DEAR EVAN HANSEN's Ben Platt isnot the only musical theater star to be featured in THE PITCH PERFECT franchise. Below, BWW takes a look at the musical careers of other talented cast members …

Dangereuse: “That Burnett Woman: The Magical ‘Secret Garden’ at the Shakespeare Theatre Company” by Sophia Howes

The Shakespeare Theatre’s production of The Secret Garden is like a dream in which miraculous things happen, old grudges are swept away, and children rediscover childhood. The book, a reve…

Design Meeting: My Old Man (and Other Stories) by [email protected] (adewunmi)

By Jess Barbagallo, Chris Giarmo. Jess Barbagallo and Chris Giarmo discuss design questions for Jess’s play My Old Man (and Other Stories) and the recently increased interest in trans arti…

Livestreaming Contemporary Opera NYC: Talks with Artists and Producers at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, New York City—Mon, Nov 28 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presents Contemporary Opera NYC: Talks with Artists and Producers livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produce…

CD Review: The Dave Liebman Group Stretches Out — Expansions Live by Michael Ullman

Dave Liebman’s band, like its adventurous leader, is more than willing to take a deep dive.

Livestreaming Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater, NYC—@WatchMeWorkSLP, use hashtag #howlround—Mon, Nov 28 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. Suzan-Lori Parks livestreams Watch Me Work from the Public Theater in New York City on Monday, November 28 at 2pm PS T (Vancouver) / 4pm CS T (Austin) / 5pm ES T (Toronto) /…

British Photographer and Filmmaker David Hamilton Found Dead Amid Rape Scandal by Seth Kelley

David Hamilton, the British photographer known for taking sensual pictures of young women who directed films including “Bilitis,” was found dead in his Paris home on Friday, ju…

A Taste of Things To Come by Sandi Durell

        by Linda Amiel Burns     A Taste of Things To Come, an original musical based on four women’s lives in the 1950’s & 60’s, sparkles at the York Theatre for a limit…

Backstage with Richard Ridge: Lonny Price Opens Up About the Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened by BroadwayWorld TV

One of the truly legendary musicals in the history of Broadway,Merrily We Roll Alongopenedto enormous fanfare in 1981, and closed after sixteen performances. For the first time,Best Worst Th…

In Transit by Doug Marino

We have a new incarnation of a show I saw off-Broadway in 2010 at 59E59 Theater.  It really does take time to stew, to mature, and frankly to get the funds to mount an attack on Br…

Review: ‘Chocolate City Burlesque’s Third Annual Black Friday by William Powell

Chocolate City Burlesque and Cabaret (CCBC) is a troupe that excels at putting on the most sensational burlesque shows it can on D.C. stages. The troupe did just that in their third annual …

Review: The Sewing Group at curtainup.com-London by Lizzie Loveridge

EV Crowe's new drama stitches us into an unexpected tapestry . . .

Review: Terms of Endearment at curtainup.com/ by Charles Wright

Molly Ringwald as the flamboyant widow Aurora Greenway is the chief attraction in Dan Gordon's stage adaptation of the movie that won the 1984 Best Picture Oscar

THE CHILDREN – Royal Court Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Drama about generational tension and nuclear disaster is rather metaphor-heavy and lacks energy.

Easy Listener: Barbara Carroll, Jay Leonhart, Barb Jungr, John McDaniel, Gabrielle Stravelli, Michael Kanan, Cheyenne Jackson Make Great Music on New by David Finkle

Alfie Boe and Michael Ball Score Gold Together by Editorial Staff

By Editorial Staff Two of the world’s greatest voices in the world Alfie Boe and Michael Ball have reached Gold status in only 15 days with their new album Together. Debuting in the UK…

Review: ‘Once’ at National Theatre by Chuck Leonard

From the moment one enters the National Theatre, it becomes clear that Once is not your typical Broadway fare. Rather than seeing closed drapes and hearing piped-in pre-show music, the first…

A Life **** by Barry

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Review: Cinderella at the Theater of Potatoes (The Hypocrites) by Catey Sullivan

Sometimes loud, sometimes garish, and never especially subtle, The Hypocrites' world premiere Cinderella at the Theater of the Potatoes is a confection of an operetta. Throughout, it makes j…

U.S. Box Office Hits $10 Billion Earlier Than Ever Before by Halle Kiefer

According to Variety, the National Association of Theater Owners reports that the U.S. box office has already topped $10 billion for the year, the earliest it ever has reached that benchmark…

Fences directed by Denzel Washington: Second Trailer by New York Theater

Denzel Washington’s movie adaptation of “Fences,” August Wilson’s 1987 play, will be in movie theaters nationwide on December 25, 2016. Below is a first movie trailer from Paramount …

PHANTOM to Celebrate 12,000 Performances on Broadway! 11/28 by BroadwayWorld

Producers Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Group announced today that the longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, directed by Harold…

Podcast Pick of the Week: Enjoy a musical post-Thanksgiving car ride

We present two journalist-musical picks. It's a very small niche.        

"My Name is Gideon: I'm Probably Going to Die, Eventually" is as Cutesy as Its Title by Broadway & Me

There's no question that Gideon Irving is a really talented guy. He's been blessed with an ingratiating stage presence, a plangent singing voice and an irrepressible love of music in the Pau…

Disaster! – A 70’s Disaster Movie Musical by Caroline Hanks-Farmer

DISASTER!, the Broadway musical comedy spoof of star-studded 1970s jeopardy movies like The Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake and Airport, premiered in London for two glittering gala concert ch…

Review: The NSO Pops: ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’: Film with Live Music at The Kennedy Center by Mark Ludder

The most significant difference between entering your neighborhood cinema to catch the latest PG film offering and traversing the Hall of Nations to enter the Grand Foyer at The Kennedy Cent…

‘Moby Dick’: A Co-Production with the Alliance Theatre and Southcoast Repertory at Arena Stage by Jane Franklin

A complex rigging of interlocking cables, ropes and steel clamps is harnessed by a skeletal steel structure. The structure is at once minimal and abstract, intricate and unambiguous, to sugg…

Danielle Brooks Joins Reading of James Baldwin's THE AMEN CORNER 11/28 by BroadwayWorld

Danielle Brooks, Tony Award nominee from The Color Purple and co-star of the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, will perform in a one-night only reading of James Baldwin's The Amen Corn…

Exclusive Photo Coverage: ALADDIN Cast Get In the Holiday Spirit for Carols For A Cure by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

The holiday season is not complete without the perfect music to accompany it. Broadway's Carols for a Cure is the latest compilation album that embodies the spirit of the season like nothing…

Billy Joel built Bruce Springsteen’s motorcycle that broke down by Nicole Bitette

Bruce Springsteen was far from racing in the street thanks to a faulty bike built by Billy Joel.

Watch New Trailer for Denzel Washington’s Fences Film by Robert Viagas

The movie version of August Wilson’s Pulitzer winner opens Christmas Day.

The growth of Just Fab under the leadership of Don Ressler by Rino16

Building a fashion line is not one of the easiest investments. Even with the best laid out plans, you have to leave a bit of the process to the faith that the people you are making the brand…

David Ryall obituary by Michael Coveney

Character actor with a distinguished stage, TV and film career that included a Harry Potter cameoDavid Ryall, who has died aged 79, was one of the most distinguished character actors at the …

New York Review: OTHELLO: THE REMIX by Toby Zinman

THE UNMARRIED – Camden People’s Theatre by Laura Kressly

Luna is a proper East London geezer. Busy with one-night stands, spitting rhymes and doing shots, she’s also a mum in a long term relationship on the prowl for fleeting moments that remind…

Films of Fields #12: Fools for Luck by Trav S.D.

We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fest e…

Remembering Florence Henderson by Ken Levine

Like everybody, I was so sad to hear that Florence Henderson passed away Thursday.  She was 82.   I didn't really know her personally.  We met briefly one time at Dodger …

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Compre agora os melhores smartphones na lojas americanas celulares. Capa Transparente Personalizada Exclusiva Sony Xperia Z3 D6603 D6643 D6653 D6616 – Tp109 Lojas Americanas Celulares …

Eyewitness: Beijing, China by Thomas Peter/reuters

Photographs from the Eyewitness series Continue reading...

CATCH ME – Above the Arts Theatre by Ian Foster

For Catch Me is a musical based around male suicide, the mental health struggles that lead people to such an act and the repercussions it has on those left behind.

BWW's On This Day - November 26, 2016

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 26 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

SOHO CINDERS – Union Theatre by Jonathan Baz

Shifting London's Old Compton Street south of the river, the run up to Xmas sees the Union present Stiles & Drewe's newish Soho Cinders, their Cinderella for the 21st Century, as a fest…

Features: My Top 5 Showtunes: Joe Aaron Reid

The actor tells us the musical numbers he couldn't live without

Mike Pence, make Kerry James Marshall your next NYC show by Joe Dziemianowicz

There’s nothing like the thrill of discovering a “new” artist.

Nice Fish starring Mark Rylance – review at the Harold Pinter Theatre – ‘exhilaratingly odd’ by Mark Shenton

Back on the London stage for the first time since his Oscar win for Bridge of Spies and a starring role in

Broadway Theatre, Letchworth, to open in February 2017 by Matthew Hemley

A new 400-seat theatre in Hertfordshire will open early next year, run as part of a six-strong female arts team that its

NEWS: Robert Lindsay as Scrooge leads stellar Christmas Carol concert by Press Releases

The London Musical Theatre Orchestra (LMTO) announces star casting for its much-anticipated concert presentation of Alan Menken and Lynn Ahrens' A Christmas Carol, with Robert Lindsay as Scr…

Two musical Christmas Carols: Robert Lindsay plays Scrooge opposite Carrie Hope Fletcher

Play versions of A CHRISTMAS CAROL are a festive staple. This year, London theatregoers also have two opportunities to see Alan Menken and Lynn Ahrens' Broadway musical version of Charles Di…

Jack Whitehall: standing up for Cameron's Britain by Brian Logan

In Whitehall's routines, poshness is a depoliticised quirk, like being tall. You can only laugh at his jokes if you think disadvantage isn't worth getting upset about• Jack Whitehall inter…

St. Louis has big role in Florence Henderson's final movie by Ashley Lisenby St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A St. Louis production company directed her last on screen role.

Best bets: Stile Antico at Cathedral Concerts by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The fine English choir will sing a Christmas program

Ballet Theatre of Md. gives Baltimore its first professional ballet company residency since 1993 by Mary Carole McCauley

Don't let the toe shoes fool you. They might look like nothing but pearl-colored satin and glossy ribbons, but those kicks are made to take a pounding.When the Ballet Theatre of Maryland's d…

Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? by Arts Review

From one of the most critically acclaimed playwrights of the 20th Century, theatron group is proud to present the first production of Edward Albee’s masterpiece Who’s Afraid Of Virginia…

Interviews: Lucas Steele: From TheaterMania's Call Center to The Great Comet on Broadway

A decade ago, Steele worked at our office. Then Broadway came a-calling.

Theater News: Here's Broadway's 2016 Christmas Week Schedule

Which show will you unwrap this holiday?

Special Reports: Roundabout Underground: Making a Cut-Throat Industry Work for Young Playwrights

How two of Broadway's star writers, Stephen Karam and Joshua Harmon, kicked off their careers deep below Times Square.

Circus 1903 by Arts Review

In a world premiere event, the producers of the biggest selling magic show in the world (The Illusionists) have teamed up with the award winning puppeteers of War Horse to present a thrillin…

Gilmore Girls’ Regular and Stage Vet Sally Struthers Knew Sutton Foster Would Be a Star

While on the set of Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, actor Sally Struthers revealed that she knew Sutton Foster would be a huge star ever since working on Grease together.

Playbill Vault's Today In Theatre History: November 26 by David Gewirtzman

Todrick Hall Competes in “Lola’s Drag Race” on The Tyler Mount Vlog by Ruthie Fierberg

The Kinky Boots actor joins the YouTube star on the couch and sings from the hit Broadway musical.

What’s Hot in London: November 19-25 by Mark Shenton

Amber Riley stops Dreamgirls in London, Alfie Boe will star in Carousel, Imelda Staunton says Gypsy will come to Broadway, and more.

How Laura Osnes Created a Show From Every Broadway “No” by Michael Gioia

The Tony nominee turned lemons into lemonade with the help of a binder in her closet called “Learned for Auditions.”

Gilmore Girls’ Regular and Stage Vet Sally Struthers Knew Sutton Foster Would Be a Star by Ruthie Fierberg

While on the set of Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, actor Sally Struthers revealed that she knew Sutton Foster would be a huge star.

William Finn and James Lapine on the Creation of Falsettos by Adam Hetrick

How the cast album of In Trousers inspired the collaboration that birthed Falsettos.