BWW Feature: Local Playwright Puts a Creative Spin on Walden
by Jeremy Bustin
- Jun 2, 2021
Andrew Gall has always been a writer – and a multitalented actor, director, playwright and designer for 30-plus years. But in his new home of Richmond, Virginia, the formerly North Carolina-based theatre veteran’s newest project is a return to source material he couldn’t fully appreciate until this point in his career – and he shines it through a societal and political prism that’s never been more relevant as it is today.
Taylor DeNapoli to Release Last #VideoOfTheMonth of 2020
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Dec 16, 2020
Taylor DeNapoli is a NYC performing artist and choreographer. Pre-Corona she made a mission for 2020; to create ONE video each month and release it on the 17th (her lucky number)! These videos feature Broadway performers, aspiring Broadway performers and artists of NYC.
BWW Review: Local Classic Repertory's DEADLIFT is Full of Humor and Heart
by Adrienne Proctor
- Oct 1, 2020
DEADLIFT is a hilarious, heart-wrenching solo play. Written and performed by storyteller Aviva Pressman, DEADLIFT features the artist in her childhood home. As she gives a virtual tour, she tells childhood stories and recounts her experiences dealing with the caretaking of her dying father. Pressman also creates unique works of art in each scene.
BWW Interview: Michael Max Kohl of PERHAPS THE WORLD ENDS HERE at Local Classic Repertory
by Adrienne Proctor
- Sep 26, 2020
PERHAPS THE WORLD ENDS HERE is a genre bending sci-fi videogaming indigenous new work from Local Classic Repertory. Michael Max Kohl composed the original score, which blends 90s video game sounds with live theatre and a new streaming platform to create the unique experience of this online show. His exclusive interview with Broadway World is here.
BWW Feature: Humor and Heavy Lifting with Original Work DEADLIFT
by Adrienne Proctor
- Sep 16, 2020
Local Classic Repertory's new original work, DEADLIFT, features writer and creator Aviva Pressman in her own home, telling the stories of her life. In this multimedia theatre experience, audiences can watch Pressman produce a unique work of art while she shares the stories of her childhood home, including the care-taking and death of her father.
Review Roundup: FLY at La Jolla Playhouse - What Did The Critics Think?
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Mar 10, 2020
La Jolla Playhouse's Fly is currently playing through March 29 in the Mandell Weiss Theatre! The cast features Storm Lever (Playhouse/Broadway productions of SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical) as 'Wendy' and Lincoln Clauss (Bat Out of Hell) as 'Peter Pan.' They are joined by Eric Anderson as 'Hook,' Victor E. Chan as 'Boris,' Audrey Cymone as 'Slightly/Jane,' Jeremy Davis as 'Noodler,' Nick Eibler as 'Nibs,' Collin Jeffery at 'Curly,' Nehal Joshi as 'Smee,' Liisi LaFontaine as 'Crocodile,' Isabelle McCalla as 'Tink,' Sean Pope as 'Twins,' David Price as 'Skylights,' Daniel Quadrino as 'Toodles,' Daniel Stewart Sherman as 'Max,' along with ensemble members Hettie Barnhill, Dayna Jarae Dantzler, Victoria Fiore, Shonica Gooden, Amara Granderson, Masumi Iwai, Emily Grace Kersey, Kamille Upshaw and Naomi C. Walley; and Lillith Freund, Jimmy Larkin, Jake Millgard and Alexia Sky as Swings.
Eric Anderson, Jeremy Davis & More Join FLY at La Jolla Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jan 9, 2020
La Jolla Playhouse has announced the complete cast and creative team for its upcoming musical Fly, based on the J.M. Barrie novel Peter and Wendy, with book by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph (Playhouse's Guards at the Taj, Broadway's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo); music by Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award winner Bill Sherman (music director for Sesame Street; orchestrator for In the Heights); lyrics by Obie Award winner Kirsten Childs (The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin) and Rajiv Joseph, direction by multiple Tony Award-winning producer Jeffrey Seller (Hamilton, Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights), and co-choreographed by three-time Tony Award winner Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton, Bandstand) and Stephanie Klemons (In the Heights). Fly will run February 18 - March 29 in the Mandell Weiss Theatre.
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