I hate midterms, but I love musicals. I've been having a rough time this week with all the work and little time to enjoy things. Midterms bring me so much anxiety and it sometimes becomes debilitating. I wasn't enjoying my cast recordings, I wasn't seeing any new things, and most importantly I was not motivated to study.... (more...)
McDaniel College Theatre presents the Tony Award-winning musical 'Spring Awakening' directed by Theatre Arts department chair Elizabeth van den Berg, with Alison Shaffer serving as musical director and choreography by Julie Herber.... (more...)
The University of SC Department of Theatre and Dance will present Platonov, the rarely-performed first play by influential playwright Anton Chekhov, at Longstreet Theatre, November 9-17.... (more...)
Yale Repertory Theatre presents the U.S. premiere of THE PRISONER with text and stage direction by Peter Brook and Marie-Helene Estienne, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street), November 2-17, 2018. Opening Night is Thursday, November 8.... (more...)
Decorated designer Clint Ramos, currently represented on Broadway by Once On This Island, has just joined the staff at Fordham University heading up their Design and Production track. ... (more...)
The University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music celebrates the 50th anniversary of its Musical Theatre program with a cherished musical comedy from Broadway's golden age, Guys and Dolls. Named one of Cincinnati CityBeat's 'most eagerly anticipated fall productions' and listed in Cincinnati's Magazine's '10 can't-miss performances,' Guys and Dolls opens at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19 and continues through Oct. 27, 2018 in CCM's Corbett Auditorium.... (more...)
Northern Kentucky University's School of the Arts continues its 2018-2019 Theatre + Dance season with MARISOL, which runs Oct. 23-28 in NKU's Stauss Theatre. Please be advised that MARISOL contains mature language and subject matter.... (more...)
As a Student Blogger, you will have the chance to share your experience and personal perspective as a student of the theatrical arts. You must be studying the theatrical arts, but you do NOT need to be a performer. All applicants should have excellent writing skills and an enthusiasm for sharing their educational experience with BroadwayWorld.com - the largest theater site on the net!... (more...)
Cal State Fullerton's Fall musical is the warm-hearted family play "Children of Eden" featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, (creator of the Tony-Award winning "Wicked," "Pippin" and "Godspell") with a book by John Caird. The production is directed by professional director and actor Rufus Bonds, Jr. with musical direction by David Lamoureaux and choreography by William F. Lett, running October 26-November 11 in the Little Theatre on campus. "Children of Eden" is a musical telling of the... (more...)
Lynn University's College of Arts and Sciences today revealed the student cast of the first performance by its new Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in drama program. The B.F.A. in drama is the most prestigious undergraduate degree available for theater students. Lynn's program offers students concentrated theatrical training that prepares them to work professionally in theater, movies and musicals. The program's first production is next week.... (more...)
University Theatre is pleased to present the Central Valley premiere of 'Just Like Us' by Karen Zacarias, based on the novel by Helen Thorpe. The production is directed by Dr. Gina Sandi-Diaz and runs October 26 - November 3, 2018 in the Dennis & Cheryl Woods Theatre in the Speech Arts building on the campus of Fresno State.... (more...)
GU Theater & Performance Studies Program presents World Premiere of a new English translation of gripping, timely 'Our Class' by Tadeusz Slobodzianek, directed by Prof. Derek Goldman
In residence at Georgetown, DC-based playwright Norman Allen developed this adaptation of the play, based on true events in Poland... (more...)
The University of Colorado Boulder's Eklund Opera Program will present Leonard Bernstein's iconic "West Side Story" in Macky Auditorium Oct. 26-28 as part of the CU Bernstein at 100 celebration.... (more...)
The Pepperdine University Fine Arts Division Theatre and Music Departments present the musical Curtains at 7:30 p.m. November 9-10 and November 15-17, with a matinee on Sunday, November 11 at 2 p.m., at the Malibu campus' Smothers Theatre.... (more...)
Two outrageous one-act plays will take the stage at the UofSC Lab Theatre October 14-17, as the Department of Theatre and Dance presents Double Durang: An Evening of One-Acts by Christopher Durang.... (more...)
Theatre UCF's production of Hot Mikado brings a unique design concept to the show and to the company: Japanese anime. Based on The Mikado, a comedic 1880s operetta which follows young lovers living in a fictional Japanese town where acts as small as flirting are a capital crime, Hot Mikado sets the original story and lyrics to a jazz-infused score with big, flashy dance numbers. A self-professed lover of 'all things Japanese,' director Earl D. Weaver brings Theatre UCF's upcoming production into... (more...)
Following a summer spent as an intern with Studio Tenn (and appearing in the company's production of Frankenstein), Regan Holmberg finds herself in the midst of her junior year at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro and already is hard at work on her first show of the semester. In fact, she predicts fall semester 2018 is going to be as jam-packed as her summer was as Elmer Rice's The Adding Machine opens in MTSU's Dorethe Tucker Theatre tonight.... (more...)
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents Emmy-winning and Oscar and Drama Desk Award-nominated filmmaker, playwright and activist Josh Fox (Gasland) in a filmed live solo performance of his new theater work, The Truth Has Changed, ahead of the U.S. midterm elections on Saturday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. at Royce Hall.... (more...)
Molloy College and its Writer-in-Residence, Barbara Novack, will be hosting a poetry event featuring Gerry LaFemina on Sunday, October 14, 2018, at 3:00 p.m. in the Reception Room, Kellenberg Hall, on Molloy College's Rockville Centre campus. This event is free and open to the public. An open reading will follow the featured presentation.... (more...)
For Brooke Bethel, now enrolled at Nashville's David Lipscomb University, the road to becoming an actor - or, more to the point, majoring in theatre in college - has taken a circuitous route since her childhood in northwestern Idaho.... (more...)
Cal State Fullerton's 2018-2019 theatre season opens with the powerful "Bee-luther-hatchee" by Thomas Gibbons. The production is directed by guest professional director Saundra McClain and runs October 5-28, 2018 in the Hallberg Theatre on campus. The play follows Shelita Burns, an African-American editor, who publishes "Bee-luther-hatchee," the award-winning biography of a reclusive 72-year-old black woman named Libby Price. Having never met, Shelita decides to deliver a copy to Libby. The mee... (more...)
NYU Steinhardt's Program in Vocal Performance will present the musical Guys and Dolls from September 20-24, 2018. The show features music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, and is based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon. Annika Boras directs and Cynthia Cahill is the associate director. ... (more...)
Take Belmont University musical theatre major Liam Searcy, for example: He close Frankenstein, along with his cast and crewmates at Studio Tenn a scant two weeks ago and coming up this Friday night, he is among the talented ensemble of actors who will open The Civil War at Nashville's Street Theatre Company.My name is Liam Searcy and I am a Musical Theatre Major at Belmont University. Searcy is just one of the many students who learned early the necessity of staying on top of their academic load... (more...)
The University of SC Department of Theatre and Dance will present Shakespeare in Love, the popular stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning film, October 5-13 at Drayton Hall Theatre.... (more...)
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BWW Blog: Midterms and Musicals
Students Perform In The Tony Award-Winning Rock Musical SPRING AWAKENING At McDaniel College
UofSC Theatre Stages Chekhov's Rarely-Performed PLATONOV
Yale Repertory Premieres THE PRISONER
FTC Theater Co Stages DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Tony-Winning Designer Clint Ramos to Lead Fordham's Design and Production Major
CCM Musical Theatre Presents Broadway Classic GUYS AND DOLLS
Expect The Weird And Unusual With MARISOL At NKU
BroadwayWorld Seeks College Student Bloggers
CSUF Announces Fall Musical CHILDREN OF EDEN
Lynn University's BFA Program Reveals Student Cast In THE MUSIC OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Fresno State University Theatre Brings Lives Of Dreamers Center Stage In JUST LIKE US
New English Translation Of OUT CLASS to Play Georgetown University's Davis Performing Arts Center
Eklund Opera Presents Timeless and Timely WEST SIDE STORY
BWW REVIEW: SIDE SHOW Opens Theatre Season at Oklahoma City University's Wanda L. Bass School of Music
CURTAINS Takes the Stage At The Center For The Arts
UofSC Lab Theatre Celebrates Biting Humor of Christopher Durang One-Act Plays
HOT MIKADO Updates Classic Operetta With Jazz And Anime-Inspired Design
Collegiate Theatrics: Middle Tennessee State University's REGAN HOLMBERG
CAP UCLA Presents Josh Fox's THE TRUTH HAS CHANGED Oct. 27
Collegiate Theatrics: Lipscomb University's BROOKE BETHEL
Powerful, Provocative Drama Offers Fierce Season Opener For Cal State Fullerton
NYU Steinhardt To Stage GUYS AND DOLLS
Collegiate Theatrics: Belmont University's LIAM SEARCY
Photo Flash: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Comes To UofSC Theatre