677 stories by "Alexa Criscitiello"
Sno-Isle Libraries' 'Issues That Matter' programs are meant to encourage community conversations on high-profile topics. These events are free and open to the public. Funding is provided by …
Each holiday season, many folks find their thoughts wandering back to home. And whether home is a small, familiar house just around the corner, a small town somewhere across the country, or …
On December 22nd, at 330 pacific time, choreographer, Robert Tucker passed away. Mr. Tuckerwas not only an integral piece of the Broadway community, but a Tony Award nominee for Shenandoah. …
Ariana DeBose isbest known to audiences as an original company member of the Broadway mega-smash, 'Hamilton'.In a featured role that put her squarely at the heart of the show's crescendo, Ar…
After three smash years of live musicals which included visits to the lush hillsides of Austria, a technicolor adventure in Neverland, and a wildly wonderful visit to the land of Oz, NBC Cha…
In cases of most wildly popular media, there is the inevitable expectation of a popularity crescendo. A moment in time when the bubble finally bursts, the hoards cease their obsession and th…
Based on the original novelMadame Sousatzkawritten by Bernice Rubens,SOUSATZKAis set in London, England in 1982 and tells the story of a musical prodigy torn between two powerful women from …
Amidst heightened fears and and raised tensions of every sort following the presidential race of 2016, many people have begun searching for methods of greater engagement in our political pro…
Current Vice President-elect, Michael Pence, paid a visit to Broadway's revolutionary mega-hit, 'Hamilton' this evening and reports from inside the theater confirm a less than enthusiastic r…
With news of the election results now behind us, the nation has responded in myriad ways. From outrage to celebration, from tears to widespread catatonic shock. In what was perhaps the most …
Tony Award- winner and breakout star of Broadway'sThe Color Purple, Cynthia Erivo, willjoinViola Davis in a brand newheist thriller Widows.
At eleven years old, Daisy Eagan became and remains today the youngest actress ever to win the Tony Award for the Best Performance by A Featured Actress when she dazzled New York audiences a…
Tim Minchin will not be put in a box. Though the composer is best known for his Tony-nominated score for the stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's 'Matilda' as well as a series of hugely successf…
The Cherry Orchard is Anton Chekhov's masterpiece about a family on the edge of ruin-and a country on the brink of revolution. The story of Lyubov Ranevskaya and her family's return to their…
In 1785, a tale titled, 'The String of Pearls A Romance' appeared in a series of Victorian fictions known as 'penny dreadfuls.' A story as gory as they come, the tale was a ghoulish account …
Timed to the 50th Anniversary of the classic musical, musical theatre fans are gearing up for an off-Broadway production of Dorothy Fields and Cy Coleman's, 'Sweet Charity'.
The Cherry Orchard is Anton Chekhov's masterpiece about a family on the edge of ruin-and a country on the brink of revolution. The story of Lyubov Ranevskaya and her family's return to their…
There is a belief among those in the public eye that you can't say you've truly 'made it' until Saturday Night Live has spoofed you. As evidenced by the show's long and well-documented histo…
WhenFalsettosfirst premiered on Broadway in 1992, the show gained instant status as a game changer. WithWilliam Finn's brave new style of musical theatre composition and in placing the lives…
In 1935, on the set of the movie musical, Top Hat, composer Irving Berlin hummed a then unfamiliar tune to the film's star, Fred Astaire. He had envisioned the song as a centerpiece for a fu…
When Falsettos first premiered on Broadway in 1992, the show gained instant status as a game changer. With William Finn's brave new style of musical theatre composition and in placing the li…
It all starts very simple. A steady piano, a lilting flute. A young woman descending a staircase in the ballgown of every little girl's dreams, meeting her intended at the base. They beam at…
When Falsettos first premiered on Broadway in 1992, the show gained instant status as a game changer. With William Finn's brave new style of musical theatre composition and in placing the li…
Lesli Margherita is an Olivier Award winner for her West End debut as Inez in Zorro theMusical.Afterover1000 performances getting 'Loud' in Matilda the Musical as the villainousMrs. Wormwood…
This week the stars of Broadway's sweetest new musical, Waitress, sat down with BroadwayWorld correspondent Richard Ridge to talk about life inside the heavenly pie-scented atmosphere of the…