Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 12/8/2018

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 1282018.

Reba McEntire and Bruce Springsteen highlight the week in entertainment by Usa Today, Usa Today

What's on tap this week? Reba McEntire hosts ABC's "CMA Country Christmas" and Bruce's "Springsteen on Broadway" hits Netflix and record stores.      …

Author Jon Krakauer sues over adaptation of “Into the Wild” by The Associated Press

Author Jon Krakauer has filed suit over a musical adaptation of his 1996 book "Into the Wild."

Review: The Second City’s ‘Love, Factually’ at the Kennedy Center by Amy Kotkin

The Second City lights up the Kennedy Center’s holiday season again this year with their new production, Love, Factually. Featuring a top-rate cast directed by Frank Caeti, The Second City…

Report: ‘2018 DC Queer Theatre Festival’ at The DC Arts Center by Guest Author

Now in its sixth year, The DC Center’s DC Queer Theatre Festival delivers on its promise to unleash and celebrate underrepresented voices and diversity. After evaluating over thirty submis…

Review: ‘Season of Light: A Winter Fairytale’ at Silver Spring Stage by William Powell

The simplest tales can oftentimes bring the most enjoyment. Steph DeFerie’s Season of Light: A Winter Fairytale tells the mythical tale of a young girl, Magda, and a band of actors searchi…

Tell Me More | Episode 19: Francis Jue on ‘Wild Goose Dreams’ and Developing a Character by Matt Tamanini

Listen to the episode here: On this episode of BroadwayRadio’s “Tell Me More,” Matt Tamanini speaks with Francis Jue, who is currently starring in “Wild Goose Dreams&…

The Jive Aces – A Flat-Out, No-Holds-Barred Good Time by Sandi Durell

    by Alix Cohen   There’s nothing like a stage of middle-aged, yellow-suited musicians to give one pause. Erupting into 1935’s “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Writ…

Charmed, Oh, Hello’s George and Gill Are Campaigning to Be Oscar Hosts, I’m Sure by Devon Ivie

With Kevin Hart in and out in a record amount of time, just about every website with “pop culture” in its mission statement is speculating who should host next year’s Oscars ceremony. …

Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness Added to Star-Studded Celebrity Autobiography on Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

More and more stars are signing on for the Broadway premiere of Celebrity Autobiography. The latest addition is Queer Eye standout Jonathan Van Ness, who has been announced to appear in the …

The Cher Show ***, American Son **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward  December 8, 2018:  “Have you heard our writers? This dress is the best material in the show.” That’s a typical gag from The Cher Show, the new jukebox musical c…

Review: ‘She The People’ at the Second City at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by Beatrice Loayza

It’s common knowledge that the female cast members of Saturday Night Live like Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones practically run the high-profile comedy sketch show. The myth that women canno…

Review: Network, Chayefksy’s prophesy of ‘fake news’ gets a strong performance from Bryan Cranston by Jonathan Mandell

Nobody can do a nervous breakdown like Bryan Cranston. As Howard Beale, long-time network news anchor gone mad, he sits in front of the camera, unable to speak, his face a dramatic repertoir…

Infotainment and the Sounds of Network News by Julie Musbach

Network is one of the most critically lauded films in cinema history. Now it's heading to the Broadway. Network is a scathing commentary on the world of news, the desperate clawing for ratin…

Review: Transpose: The Future, The Pit at the Barbican by Dovydas Laurinaitis

Opening with a series of videos from individuals reflecting on our current societal placement in Trans discourse, Transpose: The Future immediately sets the tone of its exploration. It is on…

Theatre Review: ‘Season of Light: A Winter Fairytale’ at Silver Spring Stage by Susan Brall

“Season of Light: A Winter Fairytale” by Steph DeFerie is playing for two weekends at Silver Spring Stage.  The play is produced by Maura Suilebhan and directed by Katie Rey Bog…

Classical CD Reviews: Bavouzet plays Mozart, Lintu conducts Lutoslawski, and Morlot’s Berlioz Requiem by Jonathan Blumhofer

Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet delivers some fine Mozart; conductor Hannu Lintu brings rhythmic energy and textural transparency to the music of Witold Lutoslawski; Ludovic Morlot and the Seat…

Northern Ireland's Troubled Past Surfaces In Family Drama 'The Ferryman' by Jeff Lunden

In the latest Broadway play by Jez Butterworth, the body of a man who was violently "disappeared" 10 years ago has been found in a bog. It augurs bad things for the dead man's family.

Colorful Miami Motel Stories: MiMo Is Trip Through Time by Bill Hirschman

How do you get a younger demographic to go see a play? Well, if it isn't Hamilton, it is difficult, sometimes impossible, to get those, let's say, under the age of 40-somethings to a live th…

Network with Bryan Cranston: Review, Pics by New York Theater

Nobody can do a nervous breakdown like Bryan Cranston. As Howard Beale, long-time network news anchor gone mad, he sits in front of the camera, unable to speak, his face a dramatic repertoir…

CAROUSEL Receives 2019 GRAMMY® Award Nomination for Best Musical Theater Album

"June?is?bustin’ out all over!"?Rodgers & Hammerstein's CAROUSEL?receives 2019 GRAMMY® Award Nomination for Best Musical Theater Album

“The Cher Show” at the Neil Simon Theatre by Admin

Cher is an entertainer who has certainly had her ups and downs. Unlike many teenagers she was consumed with ambition to be a film star which was motivated by a single visit to Grauman’s Ch…

BWW TV: A Night to Remember? THE PROM Cast Recalls Their Experience at the Prom! by BroadwayWorld TV

Eight times a week at the Longacre Theatre, the cast of The Prom takes a nostalgic journey back to days of high school past when they dance their way through prom night. Below, watch as the …

Album Review: Bernstein’s Wonderful Town – London Symphony Orchestra by Edward Seckerson

It’s the earnestness that doesn’t ring true in Simon Rattle and LSO’s recording of Bernstein’s Wonderful Town, the way in which that which should come naturally simply sounds overwor…

Candice Bergen by NPR

Candice Bergen, actor, joins us along with panelists Paula Poundstone, Faith Salie, and Peter Grosz.

The Observer's best Christmas shows of 2018 by Compiled By Tasha Kleeman

From veteran dames to festive circus arts (and wicked queen Dawn French) the Observer’s critics pick your top ticketsJill Murphy’s stories have sold more than 5m copies worldwide and bee…

BWW Invite: RSVP Now to Watch a Live Q&A With Darren Criss on Monday! by BroadwayWorld

SAG-AFTRA Foundation and BroadwayWorld have partnered for a filmed Conversations QampA series. On Monday, December 10200pm join us at theRobin WilliamsCenter 247 West 54th Street for a Caree…

Jonathan Van Ness Will Join CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY on December 17 by BroadwayWorld

Celebrity Autobiography, the award-winning hit comedy show in which celebrities act out other celebrities' jaw-dropping memoirs verbatim, comes to Broadway's Marquis Theatre 210 West 46th St…

Sam Elliott Dishes on the Initial ‘A Star Is Born’ Table Read With Lady Gaga by Margeaux Sippell

During his Variety Actors on Actors conversation with Glenn Close, Sam Elliott dished on the first table read of “A Star Is Born” with Lady Gaga. “I’ve loved her fro…

Film Review: “Shoplifters” — Family Life in the Lower Depths by Neil Giordano

Shoplifters is a masterpiece about the underclass that effortlessly explores emotional complexity amid moral contradictions.

Baked Goods and Battements: Choreographer Lorin Latarro by Matthew Wexler

The Broadway Blog chats with choreographer Lorin Latarro, who recent work can be seen in The Met's new production of "La Traviata" and the forthcoming revival of "Merrily We Roll Along."

Let's Sit Down with Andy Karl and His Broadway Alter Egos for the Last Supper by Caitlin Moynihan

To say that three-time Tony nominee Andy Karl has had a successful career thus far would be an understatement. Currently playing Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman, Karl has 11 Broadway credits to…

‘There’s something not quite right’: TRUE WEST – West End ★★★ by Anne Cox

Sibling rivalry and dysfunctional families are at the heart of Sam Shepard’s True West, a black comedy that has emerged from an initial drubbing Stateside with a revival in the West End.

The week in theatre: True West; Hole; Fiddler on the Roof – review by Susannah Clapp

Vaudeville; Royal Court; Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonKit Harington and Johnny Flynn slug it out as Sam Shepard’s feuding brothers, women rabble-rouse at the Royal Court, and Trevor Nun…

Idina Menzel Rings in the Holiday Season at Apple's Annual Concert by BroadwayWorld

Apple hosted its annual Beer Bash employee gathering in California this week, to celebrate the start of the holiday season, according to Mac Rumors.

Exclusive Photo Coverage: Ariana DeBose and the Cast of SUMMER Disco Into the Holidays for Carols For A Cure! by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Below, check out exclusive photos of Ariana DeBose and the cast of Summer as they record their track, 'Disco Winter Wonderland.'

Sneak Peek: Norm Lewis Continues Christmas Residency at 54 Below by Sandi Durell

    It’s that time of year and the coolest of the cool, Broadway’s leading man Norm Lewis, returns for his fourth year to Feinstein’s/54 Below offering his brand …

Weekend Post by Ken Levine

Mike Nichol's & Elaine May were two improv performers in Chicago who really clicked. So much so that they became a comedy team.  And a sensation!  This was in the late '50…

Review: ‘A Wonder in my Soul’ at Baltimore Center Stage by Allie Press

“We fight like cats, but we love like dogs.” Marcus Gardley, the author of A Wonder in my Soul has just the right way of putting things. Baltimore Center Stage continues its standard of…

BWW's On This Day - December 8, 2018

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 8 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

‘Exploration of feminine rage performed by a diverse ensemble’: HOLE – Royal Court Theatre by Laura Kressly

Leaving the Royal Court after watching Ellie Kendrick’s new play Hole, I overhear another audience member describe feeling like she has just been “hit over the head with a sledgehammer�…

Northern Ireland's Troubled Past Surfaces In Family Drama 'The Ferryman' by Jeff Lunden

In the latest Broadway play by Jez Butterworth, the body of a man who was violently "disappeared" 10 years ago has been found in a bog. It augurs bad things for the dead man's family.

E.C. Segar: The Eye Behind Popeye by Trav S.D.

A thousand cheers today for E.C. Segar (Elzie Crisler Segar, 1894-1938), best remembered today for giving the world Popeye and the cast of characters who came with him. Segar grew up in smal…

Exit Lines: "The Waverly Gallery" by Robert Cashill

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On her way: @KaisaHammarlund will play the title role in #Violet’s UK premiere at @CharingCrossThr alongside @MHarveyMusic & Jay Marsh

Kaisa Hammarlund must have enjoyed performing the work of Jeanine Tesori because she stars in Violet, having only recently appeared in the American composer’s Fun Home at the Young Vic. Th…

On her way: Kaisa Hammarlund takes the title role in Violet’s UK premiere

Kaisa Hammarlund must have enjoyed performing the work of Jeanine Tesori because she stars in Violet, having only recently appeared in the American composer’s Fun Home at the Young Vic. Th…

Review: Return to Elm House, Battersea Arts Centre by Suzannah Ball

With the state of the world being very much up in arms with the inevitable and much-needed presence of the Me Too movement, Return to Elm House interweaves nineteenth century feminism with p…

Bryan Foy: Boy Wonder of Warner Brothers by Trav S.D.

A brief of celebration of Bryan Foy (1896-1977) — for a time one of the most important men in Hollywood, and now largely forgotten. Bryan was the oldest of the vaudeville act The Seven…

New post-show Q&A: Join Terri to consider a #MeToo Anomaly at the Old Red Lion by Terri Paddock

As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Sunday 13 January 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock joins Wild Child Productions at the Old Red Lion Theatre for the world premiere of…

Chicago Dance Review: HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO (Season 41 Winter Series at the Harris) by Lawrence Bommer

GROUP DYNAMICS SURGE AT HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO Four world premieres, especially crafted by in-house choreographers for the skills and needs of their company colleagues, display a tales…

On the Couch with Peter Combe by Arts Review

Who is Peter Combe?   Australia’s best known children’s singer/songwriter! I am married and a proud father of four. I also have 7 grandchildren. I enjoy swimming, running and tennis (I�…

The Wind in the Willows returns to Melbourne this Summer by Arts Review

Join Ratty, Mole, Badger, Otter, Portly and the ‘famous’ Mr Toad as they return to the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne this Summer, in Kenneth Grahame’s immortal story o…

Creating and Maintaining an Organized Props Area by Kerry Hishon

The backstage area can be chaotic enough without having to worry about all the props for the show. Help to reduce backstage stress by using these seven tips to help keep your props area neat…

Frida Kahlo, her photos by Arts Review

Drawn from the extensive archive of the Casa Azul (Blue House), renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s former home and now a museum dedicated to this much loved artist’s life and work, B…

Giving Back Requires Looking Back by Sandi Durell

    by Bernie Furshpan   I recently attended a memorial and funeral for a very dear friend, a gentleman, the likes that is rarely seen. He was truly an angel planted here and …

Uncle Vanya strikes a deliciously dyspeptic tone at the Hampstead Theatre, London

Terry Johnson has written a fine new Chekhov adaptation — but the staging is problematic

18 New York City Holiday-Themed Shows for the Whole Family by Cleo Aukland

Check out this guide for theatre the entire family will enjoy during the 2018 holiday season.

What Viewers Need to Know About the Cast of Fox’s Upcoming Rent: Live by Kerri Kearse

Who they are, what they’re known for, and who they’ll play in the anticipated live musical television event.

Going for woke pays off in The Wizard of Oz, Ross Petty’s latest panto by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic