Photo Flash: Isabel Keating, Jeremy Shamos and More Bring Awareness to Food Inequality in NYC
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2015 On Monday, April 27th, Chef Marco Moreira transformed his top Zagat-rated restaurant, Tocqueville, on Union Square into an extraordinary showcase for star-studded, dinner theater that will raise awareness of food inequality and its implications for health in New York City. Scroll down for photos!...
THE FRIDAY SIX: Q&As with Your Favorite Broadway Stars- SCHOOL OF ROCK's Luca Padovan
by BWW Staff - March 10, 2016 Welcome to THE FRIDAY SIX: Q&As with your favorite Broadway stars. Want to know what hooked them to a career in the theater? Their dream roles? Their Broadway crushes? Read on! In this week's edition, we caught up with Luca Padovan, who stars as 'Billy' in School of Rock, playing at the Winter Ga...
FRIEND ART and ENGAGEMENTS Slated for Second Stage Uptown Series
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2016 Second Stage Theatre will present the world premiere of Sofia Alvarez's FRIEND ART, directed by Portia Krieger, and the New York premiere of Lucy Teitler's ENGAGEMENTS as part of the company's fourteenth annual SECOND STAGE THEATRE UPTOWN SERIES this summer....
BWW Interviews: ERIC L. WILLIAMS, A Life in the Theatre
by Jeffrey Ellis - November 24, 2014 Eric L. Williams is a native of Birmingham, Alabama, who calls himself "an eternal student of his craft": acting. Most recently, he was onstage in Lakewood Theatre's production of The Outsiders, but he's also performed in a wide variety of works including Oedipus Rex, Jitney, The Dance on Widow's Ro...
WAKE UP with BWW 7/24/14 - Kristin Chenoweth, FOOL FOR LOVE, LIGHTNING THIEF and More!
by Jessica Showers - July 24, 2014 Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: FOOL FOR LOVE opens at WTF, THE LIGHTNING THIEF strikes off-Broadway, and it's Kristin Chenoweth's birthday!...
Phylicia Rashad to Return to The Public in HEAD OF PASSES This Spring
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2015 BroadwayWorld is excited to report initial casting for The Public Theater's New York premiere of HEAD OF PASSES, written by Tarell Alvin McCraney and directed by Tina Landau. Phylicia Rashad returns to The Public to play 'Shelah' in this deeply moving new drama about family, acceptance, and the powe...
BWW Interviews: MAMMA MIA!'s Mark A. Harmon
by Heidi Scheuermann - January 13, 2015 I have very fond memories from weekends during high school driving by the lake in my hometown in my best friend's car rocking out whatever pop music was on the radio at the time (probably the Backstreet Boys or the Spice Girls or something like that). On occasion we would blast the RENT movie sound...
DETROIT '67 to Head to Harlem Following Run at The Public Theater, 3/23-4/14
by BWW News Desk - March 16, 2013 Following its run at The Public Theater, Detroit '67, the much buzzed-about play by two-time NAACP Image Award recipient, Dominique Morisseau, will open at the National Black Theatre on Saturday, March 23. Directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah, the powerful drama will run through Sunday, April 14, presented ...
Francois Battiste, Michael Crane, Ethan Phillips and Zach Shaffer Join MTC's TAKING CARE OF BABY; Full Cast Announced!
by BWW News Desk - October 09, 2013 Manhattan Theatre Club has announced full casting for the American premiere of Taking Care of Baby by Dennis Kelly and directed by Erica Schmidt. Joining previously announced cast members Reed Birney (Blasted, Our Leading Lady), Kristen Bush (Kin, The Common Pursuit), Tony nominee Amelia Campbell (A...
THE FRIDAY SIX: Q&As with Your Favorite Broadway Stars- THE HUMANS' Cassie Beck
by Nicole Rosky - August 19, 2016 In this week's edition, we caught up with Cassie Beck, who stars as 'Aimee Blake' in THE HUMANS, playing at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre....
The Kilroys Launch List of Industry-Recommended New Plays By Women
by Courtnie Mele - June 16, 2014 The Kilroys, an independent LA-based band of female playwrights and producers, have released THE LIST, the results of the first annual industry survey of excellent new plays by female-identified playwrights....
Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival Programming Announced
by Tyler Peterson - May 09, 2014 The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces the full complement of programming scheduled to be presented at the 55th annual Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. The 10-day celebration of the arts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is unlike any other in the na...
HEAD OF PASSES, Starring Phylicia Rashad, Extends Again at the Public
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2016 The Public Theater announced an additional one-week extension today for the New York premiere of Head of Passes, part of Oskar Eustis' 10th anniversary season....
Richard Topol Stars as Yogi Berra in Primary Stages' BRONX BOMBERS, Beg. Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2013 Primary Stages has announced that Richard Topol (Broadway's The Normal Heart, The Merchant of Venice) will assume the role of Yogi Berra in their World Premiere production of Bronx Bombers, written and directed by Tony Award nominee Eric Simonson (Broadway's Lombardi). Due to artistic differences, J...
THE FRIDAY SIX: Q&As with Your Favorite Broadway Stars- HADESTOWN's Chris Sullivan
by Nicole Rosky - May 20, 2016 In this week's edition, we caught up with Chris Sullivan, who stars as 'Hermes' in HADESTOWN, playing at New York Theatre Workshop....
THE FRIDAY SIX: Q&As with Your Favorite Broadway Stars- THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY's Michael X. Martin
by BWW Staff - March 21, 2014 In this week's edition, we caught up with Michael X. Martin, who is starring as 'Charlie' in The Bridges of Madison County- currently playing at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre....
Second Stage Uptown Opens Lucy Teitler's ENGAGEMENTS Tonight
by BWW News Desk - August 04, 2016 Second Stage Theatre 2016 Uptown Series' production of ENGAGEMENTS officially opens for an extended run tonight, August 4th....
FRIEND ART Launches Second Stage Uptown Series Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2016 Second Stage Theatre will present the world premiere of Sofia Alvarez's FRIEND ART, directed by Portia Krieger, and the New York premiere of Lucy Teitler's ENGAGEMENTS as part of the company's fourteenth annual SECOND STAGE THEATRE UPTOWN SERIES this summer....
The Kilroys Showcases Female and Trans Writers with 3rd Annual 'THE LIST'
by BWW News Desk - June 21, 2016 Continuing the fight to achieve gender parity in the American Theater, LA-based playwright/producer collective THE KILROYS has released its third annual list of industry-recommended new plays....
Robert Joy & More Round Out Cast of Public Theater's HEAD OF PASSES with Phylicia Rashad
by Tyler Peterson - February 03, 2016 The Public Theater announced complete casting today for the New York premiere of HEAD OF PASSES, written by Tarell Alvin McCraney and directed by Tina Landau. Part of Oskar Eustis' 10th anniversary season, HEAD OF PASSES begins previews on Tuesday, March 15 in the Newman Theater and runs through Sun...
Tracie Thoms & John Hawkes to Star in David Auburn's LOST LAKE at MTC; Performances Begin 10/21
by Tyler Peterson - June 05, 2014 Lynne Meadow and Barry Grove have announced casting for Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming world premiere of LOST LAKE, the new play by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn, directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan. The play will feature Oscar nominee John Hawkes (The Sessions, Winter's B...
BWW Exclusive Interview, Part 2: Thomas Hampson Is Passionate for Opera
by Erica Miner - October 16, 2014 Opera has been as large an identification with Thomas Hampson's persona as anything else....
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Kicks Off DOLLAR BANK THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL Today
by BWW News Desk - June 06, 2014 The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust presents engaging public art and vibrant gallery exhibitions as part of the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, today, June 6-15, 2014, throughout Point State Park, Gateway Center, and the Cultural District downtown. Several artworks explore themes of sustainability...
Patrick Power Releases 'The Package'
by Christina Mancuso - September 20, 2013 Patrick Power's new novel, 'The Package' (published by Trafford Publishing), tackles the issue of drugs and gang violence in Ireland in a story about a man who will go to any lengths to protect his family....
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' GLORIA Extends Off-Broadway Through July 18
by BWW News Desk - June 18, 2015 The Vineyard Theatre announced today that, due to demand, the world premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' newest play GLORIA will extend its limited engagement by two weeks and will now close on July 18.... |