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BWW Review: LA TRAVIATA at Lyric Opera Of Chicago
by Emily McClanathan on February 17, 2019 in Chicago As with most tales of doomed romance, Giuseppe Verdi's LA TRAVIATA highlights the contrasts between two social spheres and the difficulties faced by lovers who try to bridge this chasm. In this 1853 opera, based on a play by Alexandre Dumas, fils, the beautiful courtesan Violetta Valery (Albina Shagimuratova) tries to escape her past life among the hedonistic upper classes of Paris to settle down with her true love, Alfredo Germont (Giorgio Berrugi). After a brief period of bliss, the couple is driven apart by the strict bourgeois morality of Alfredo's family, in particular his father, who refuses to overlook Violetta's shameful past until she is on her deathbed. (more...) 
BWW Interview: Luca Marconi pubblica il suo nuovo cd FREELY ME
by ETTORE FARRATTINI on February 17, 2019 in Italy (more...) 
Aussie Couple Bring Edinburgh Hit Home For Melbourne International Comedy Festival
by BWW News Desk on February 17, 2019 in Australia - Melbourne When 12 people live under the same roof in a converted warehouse in North London, what could possibly go wrong? (more...) 
Cal Wilson Joins Standout Lineup For International Women's Day Event At QV
by BWW News Desk on February 17, 2019 in Australia - Melbourne On Friday 8 March, QV Melbourne will host an impressive two-hour line up of fiercely feminine comedy in QV Square, along with music and dance in celebration of International Women's Day. Kicking off at 6:30pm, the QV Melbourne event will be hosted by comedian and broadcaster Geraldine Hickey, with a razor-sharp program of entertainment including comedian Cal Wilson, gender transcendent diva Mama Alto, outrageously colourful dance duet Glitter & Snatch, female led musical comedy duo The Pick Upand an all-female hip hop dance crew. (more...) 
Full Cast Announced For Todd Mckenney And Rachael Beck Led BARNUM THE CIRCUS MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk on February 17, 2019 in Australia - Melbourne BARNUM, one of Broadway's most treasured musicals, returns to Australia in an all-new spectacular production. From visionary director Tyran Parke, this new production will play an exclusive engagement at Melbourne's most intimate professional musical theatre venue, the Comedy Theatre for a strictly limited time from April 27 2019. (more...) 
Teatro Paraguas Presents EL COQUI ESPECTACULAR
by BWW News Desk on February 17, 2019 in Albuquerque (more...) 
BWW Review: WEST SIDE STORY Comes Alive in Immersive Production at Theater West End in Sanford, FL
by Aaron Wallace on February 17, 2019 in Orlando At Theater West End, you've entered the world of WEST SIDE STORY before even taking your seat. Getting there requires walking across the blue-collar, gang-ridden streets of 1950s New York in the Upper West Side. There's graffiti on the floor beneath you and the walls all around. T-shirts hang out to dry on clotheslines over your head. There's a basketball goal on the cage-wire fence the band sits behind. You might even be seated next to a fire hydrant or a traffic cone. It takes a moment to remember that this same space was home to Madison County's bridges just a couple months ago... (more...) 
Josh Young and Emily Padgett Announce Birth of Baby Girl
by BWW News Desk on February 17, 2019 in Broadway Broadway couple Josh Young and Emily Padgett have announced the birth of their new baby girl. Adele May Young was born on February 3, 2019. (more...) 
VIDEO: Barbra Streisand Delivers the Keynote at the UCLA Anderson's Women's Leadership Summit
by Stage Tube on February 17, 2019 in Broadway UCLA Anderson's Women's Business Connection recently presented Barbra Streisand with the 2019 Velocity Award. The award recognizes Streisand's achievements in raising awareness of many of the most pressing issues of our day. (more...) 
DVR Alert: Ben Platt Will Perform 'Bad Habit' on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
by Stephanie Wild on February 17, 2019 in Broadway BroadwayWorld has learned that Platt will stop by 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' for the television debut performance of 'Bad Habit' on Thursday, February 21st. Be sure to tune in! (more...) 
Outre Theatre Presents NEXT FALL, An Utterly Contemporary Love Story
by BWW News Desk on February 17, 2019 in Miami The Outre Theatre Company and the City of Pompano Beach are pleased to announce Outre's next production, Gregory Naufft's award-winning play Next Fall. Winner of the 2010 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New American Play, Next Fall is a witty, provocative examination of what sustains us, and what it means to love unconditionally. March 8-March 31, 2019. Tickets from $19-$39 available at www.ccpompano.org or by calling (954) 545-7800. (more...) 
BWW Review: 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL, Savoy Theatre
by Marianka Swain on February 17, 2019 in UK / West End In a programme interview, Patricia Resnick - writer of both the original 1980 film and this 2008 musical adaptation - notes that Jane Fonda wanted to convey a political message about workplace sexism, but realised couching it in comedy would make it more palatable. Like composer Dolly Parton herself, who appears on video to top and tail the stage show, it's a considered combination of sugar and steel. (more...) 
BWW Review: BUTTERFLIES, VAULT Festival
by Cindy Marcolina on February 17, 2019 in UK / West End Flat 4 Theatre make their debut as a company with Butterflies, a quite jarring account of the relationship between Generation Z and technology. (more...) 
BWW Review: DON QUIXOTE, Royal Opera House
by Vikki Jane Vile on February 17, 2019 in UK / West End Carlos Acosta's vibrant production of Don Quixote offers an all-thriller, no-filler evening complete with exuberant staging, grand and detailed sets fit for a West End musical, luxurious costuming, and a stellar cast in which there is not a single weak link. (more...) 
Photos: FROZEN Gets a Marquee Upgrade For 2019
by Walter McBride on February 17, 2019 in Broadway Frozen's Broadway marquee just got an upgrade for 2019! Check out photos of the new display, which features Caissie Levy as Elsa! (more...) 
Photo Flashback: Remembering Albert Finney
by Walter McBride on February 17, 2019 in Broadway As BroadwayWorld previously reported, British actor Albert Finney has passed away at age 82 after a short illness, according to the BBC. (more...) 
VIDEO: Dolly Parton Celebrates The London Opening of 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL!
by BWW News Desk on February 17, 2019 in Broadway It's time to pour yourself a cup of ambition! This evening, Dolly Parton's rollicking 9 to 5 the Musical opened in the West End. See curtain call photographs below of Dolly celebrating with the cast! (more...) 
BWW Review: PETER JÖBACK, HUMANOLOGY CONCERT at Stora Teatern, Gothenburg
by Annette Stolt on February 17, 2019 in Sweden (more...) 
Up On The Marquee: TOOTSIE is Heading For Broadway!
by Walter McBride on February 17, 2019 in Broadway Tootsie is on its way to Broadway bringing a colorful cast of characters to life on stage. Tootsie will open on Broadway on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at the Marquis Theatre (210 West 46th Street) in the heart of Times Square. Broadway preview performances will begin on Friday, March 29, 2019. (more...) 
BWW Review: OLSO at Mirvish Breathes Life into the Figures Behind the Oslo Accords
by Isabella Perrone on February 17, 2019 in Toronto The Studio 180 production of OSLO, presented as part of the off-Mirvish season, tells the heavily-dramatized story behind the Oslo Accords. Written by J.T. Rogers and directed here by Joel Greenberg, the play receives a minimalistic interpretation of the 1990s backroom negotiations between Palestine and Israel conceptualized and orchestrated by Norwegian academic Terje Rod-Larsen (Blair Williams). (more...) 
BWW Review: Greasepaint Youtheatre Presents URINETOWN
by Herbert Paine on February 17, 2019 in Phoenix Metro If you're looking for a good-natured satire on the excesses of capitalism, you're-in-luck with URINETOWN ~ the Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis musical that riffs on a draconian vision of a pay-to-pee society. If you're looking for a high-spirited rendition of the musical, look no further than the stage of Greasepaint Youtheatre where a stellar cast of young actors is delivering a wicked pissah (i.e., really great) performance, under the direction of Bob Sorrenson. (more...) 
THE LIGHTNING THIEF: THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL Blazes through the Kennedy Center
by Jennifer Perry on February 17, 2019 in Washington, DC Many of the audience members clearly knew the source material better than I did going in – if the entrance applause and excitement of the people around me was any indicator. However, I think it's safe to say we were all equally charmed by the end – even me, an admittedly jaded musical theater junkie. (more...) 
BWW Review: Seattle Musical Theatre's Awesome AIDA is Their Strongest Suit!
by Jay Irwin on February 17, 2019 in Seattle Before any theater company even considers attempting Elton John and Tim Rice's rock musical "Aida", they need to have, at the very least, four things in place. An awesome band to back up the amazing ensemble. A dashing Radames and a larger than life Amneris, both with fantastic pipes of their own, and of course a killer Aida who can handle the powerful, belt your face off in the back-row songs she has to sing throughout. Enter Seattle Musical Theatre who has had a rocky time of it as of late but has been struggling to make a comeback. And with their current production of "Aida" and I'm thrilled to report from that list; check, check, check, and CHECK!!! Now before we move on I must inform you that thanks to Snowmageddon 2019, Seattle Musical Theatre had to cancel their entire opening weekend of this production, and by the time this is up after me seeing it over the second weekend you'll only have one weekend left. Start making plans for seeing it during that weekend while you read the rest of this. (more...) 
BWW Review: DISNEY ON ICE at Arena Fyn
by Maria Bruun Fanoe on February 17, 2019 in Denmark Hvilken barnlig sjael har ikke lyst til at fole sig som en tegneserieprinsesse eller helt? Det taetteste man nar denne folelse, hvis man ikke skal tage turen i Disney World, ma vaere isskojteshowet "Disney On Ice", som i denne uge gaestede Danmark. En rullende pengemaskine, der begejstrer barnlige sjaele i alle aldre og flar foraeldrenes pengepung. (more...) |
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