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Breaking: Danny Burstein & Victoria Clark Step Up to the Plate for Roundabout's DAMN YANKEES Benefit Concert!
by Nicole Rosky - Nov 3, 2017


Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director/CEO) has just announced that Danny Burstein Van Buren and Victoria Clark Meg Boyd have joined the Benefit Concert Reading of Damn Yankees, the Tony award-winning musical comedy by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop with music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The evening will bring these beloved stars of stage and screen back to the Broadway stage for one night only! Tony and Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg is also set to star as Applegate and Golden Globe winner Maggie Gyllenhaal will star as Lola.

Flat Rock Playhouse presents YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 8, 2017


The Flat Rock Playhouse and Studio 52 Family Series continues with the classic cartoon turned family musical, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.  Happiness is…this charming musical featuring the beloved Charles M. Schulz Peanuts gang. Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Sally, Schroeder…and yes Snoopy too!  A delight for the whole family.

Flat Rock Playhouse to Present YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN
by BWW News Desk - Sep 7, 2017


The Flat Rock Playhouse and Studio 52 Family Series continues with the classic cartoon turned family musical, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.  Happiness is…this charming musical featuring the beloved Charles M. Schulz Peanuts gang. Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Sally, Schroeder…and yes Snoopy too!  A delight for the whole family.

VIDEO: Shaq & John Cena, Michael Strahan & Jeff Gordon on Tonight's CARPOOL KARAOKE
by Caryn Robbins - Sep 5, 2017


Below, check out clips  from the next two episodes of CARPOOL KARAOKE: THE SERIES,  featuring Shaquille O'Neal & John Cena and Michael Strahan & Jeff Gordon. Both episodes premiere tonight, Tuesday, September 5 at 9PM ET / 6PM PT on Apple Music.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Presents LOTUS: Tap Stars Reunite to Celebrate the Art Form
by Rebecca Russo - Aug 29, 2017


For one night only, October 7, 2017, six award-winning tap artists, connected through their Broadway background in Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk, reunite to celebrate their art form in the newly renovated Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. Featuring D.C. natives Joseph Webb and Baakari Wilder along with Omar Edwards, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Derick K. Grant, and Jason Samuels Smith, this unique performance is choreographed to honor the roots of tap dance, their predecessors, and each other, all to live jazz music by the Lafayette Harris Jr. Quintet.

Flat Rock Playhouse to Present YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN
by BWW News Desk - Aug 28, 2017


The Flat Rock Playhouse and Studio 52 Family Series continues with the classic cartoon turned family musical, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.  Happiness is…this charming musical featuring the beloved Charles M. Schulz Peanuts gang. Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Sally, Schroeder…and yes Snoopy too!  A delight for the whole family.

Arcola Theatre Kicks Off 11th Annual GRIMEBORN Opera Festival
by BWW News Desk - Jul 25, 2017


The Arcola Theatre recently announced its new Summer/Autumn Season.

THEBES LAND, INSIGNIFICANCE, ANGEL and More Slated for Arcola Theatre's Summer/Autumn Season
by BWW News Desk - Jun 29, 2017


The Arcola Theatre has announced its new Summer/Autumn Season.

Jane Krakowski, Kelli O'Hara & More Will Perform at Roundabout Spring Gala
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 17, 2017


Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director/CEO) presents its annual 2017 Spring Gala 'Act II: Setting the Stage for Roundabout's Future' on Monday, February 27, 2017 in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria (301 Park Avenue, NYC). The evening will honor legendary four-time Tony-winning stage and film actor Frank Langella with The Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theatre and Leonard Tow, Founder & Chairman of The Tow Foundation, with the Ovation Award for Excellence in Philanthropy. Acclaimed actor Bryan Cranston will present the award to friend and colleague, Frank Langella. Roundabout Underground alum Jenny Rachel Weiner will present the award to Leonard Tow.

BWW Review: OTHER PEOPLE'S HAPPINESS at TheatreWorks
by Austin McLellan - Jan 10, 2017


Adam Seidel's new play OTHER PEOPLE'S HAPPINESS premiered this weekend at TheatreWorks, and runs through Jan 29. Under the direction of Leah Bray Nichols, this play won the 2015-16 NewWorks@TheWorks Playwriting Competition.

Playhouse on the Square Presents World Premiere of OTHER PEOPLE'S HAPPINESS
by BWW News Desk - Jan 6, 2017


Playhouse on the Square presents the world premiere of Adam Seidel's beautiful new work, Other People's Happiness. On a weekend trip to the family cabin, Sara tells John that after 30 years of marriage, she is leaving him for a much younger man. Her decision leaves her entire family in chaos, causing the audience to ask the question, "When you give up your happiness for everyone else, what is your breaking point?" Other People's Happiness is a play about blind devotion, failed expectations, the redefining of family, and the enduring nature of love. Other People's Happiness is a winner of the 2015 NewWorks@TheWorks Playwriting competition. 

Playhouse on the Square Presents World Premiere of OTHER PEOPLE'S HAPPINESS
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 14, 2016


Playhouse on the Square presents the world premiere of Adam Seidel's beautiful new work, Other People's Happiness. On a weekend trip to the family cabin, Sara tells John that after 30 years of marriage, she is leaving him for a much younger man. Her decision leaves her entire family in chaos, causing the audience to ask the question, "When you give up your happiness for everyone else, what is your breaking point?" Other People's Happiness is a play about blind devotion, failed expectations, the redefining of family, and the enduring nature of love. Other People's Happiness is a winner of the 2015 NewWorks@TheWorks Playwriting competition. 

BWW Review: York Theatre Casts Broadway Kids In YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN
by Michael Dale - Jun 1, 2016


Charles M. Schulz's classic 'inner child' characters are played by children in the York's sunny and sweet production.

BWW Interview: Composer/Lyricist Paul Gordon and Bookwriter/Director John Caird on Making DADDY LONG LEGS Sing
by Michael Dale - Sep 25, 2015


'We will probably be the only adaptation to have stayed completely true to this lovely novel.'

Photo Coverage: With Cheers and Happy Tears - SPELLING BEE Reunion Concert Curtain Call!
by Walter McBride - Jul 7, 2015


With cheers, tears, and special surprises (we're looking at you Celia Keenan-Bolger!), nine original cast members of the hit Broadway musical, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE - Derrick Baskin, Deborah S. Craig, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Dan Fogler, Lisa Howard, Jose Llana, Jay Reiss, and Sarah Saltzberg (plus Jenni Barber) - reunited for a special one-night-only 10 Year Anniversary benefit concert last night, July 6.

VIDEO: Watch Trailer for New ITV Sci-fi Series THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!
by Caryn Robbins - Mar 13, 2015


ITV Studios and Pukeko Pictures' have revealed the trailer for their upcoming series reboot “Thunderbirds Are Go!”, coming to CITV Spring 2015. Get a first look below!

Helen Mirren Honored Tonight at Roundabout's 2015 Gala; Laura Benanti, Kristin Chenoweth & More to Perform
by BWW News Desk - Mar 2, 2015


Roundabout Theatre Company presents its annual 2015 Spring Gala 'There is Nothing Like a Dame' tonight, March 2, 2015 in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria (301 Park Avenue, NYC). The evening will be a celebration of Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe winner Helen Mirren, who will be presented with The Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theatre.

Helen Mirren to be Honored at Roundabout's 2015 Gala; Laura Benanti, Kristin Chenoweth & More to Perform
by Tyler Peterson - Feb 11, 2015


Roundabout Theatre Company presents its annual 2015 Spring Gala "There is Nothing Like a Dame" on Monday, March 2, 2015 in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria (301 Park Avenue, NYC). The evening will be a celebration of Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe winner Helen Mirren, who will be presented with The Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theatre.

BWW Reviews: JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, November 24 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Nov 25, 2014


The hit West End comedy is now on tour, starring James Lance (Teachers, The Book Group, I'm Alan Partridge) as charmingly incompetent aristocrat Bertie Wooster and John Gordon Sinclair (Gregory's Girl, The Producers, The Ladykillers - West End) as his unflappable and ever well-informed valet Jeeves.

Robert Webb, Jason Thorpe & Christopher Ryan to Join JEEVES AND WOOSTER UK Tour in 2015
by Tyler Peterson - Nov 18, 2014


Robert Webb re-joins the Olivier award-winning comedy Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense on tour from February - April 2015 following his West End run earlier this year. Jason Thorpe will play Jeeves and the role of Seppings will be played by Christopher Ryan from February - June 2015. The trio will be taking over from John Gordon Sinclair (Jeeves), James Lance (Bertie Wooster) and Robert Goodale (Seppings).

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