Jacqui Cross Is Mahalia Jackson in FOR THE LOVE OF MAHALIA from RKJB Entertainment in February 2017
by Frank Benge
- Dec 15, 2016
FOR THE LOVE OF MAHALIA tells the story of white writer Julie Ann Mathews who traveled in 1965 from Alabama to Illinois to get a rare interview with gospel legend Mahalia Jackson. This gospel spirited musical is filled with some of Mahalia Jackson's greatest hits like 'How I Got Over', 'Precious Lord Take My Hand', 'Didn't It Rain' and many more! FOR THE LOVE OF MAHALIA received a Broadway World nomination last season for best writing of an original work in its workshop production.
Robert Joy Stars in Seattle Rep's KING CHARLES III, Opening Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 16, 2016
Seattle Repertory Theatre presents the 2015 Oliver Award-winning Best New Play, King Charles III, Mike Bartlett's runaway smash hit, a contemporary and provocative comedy drama about Prince Charles' ascension to the throne upon the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth. It is a powerful piece about press intrusion, backroom politics, and the timeless magnetism of power.
Robert Joy Stars in KING CHARLES III, Starting Tonight at Seattle Rep
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 11, 2016
Seattle Repertory Theatre presents the 2015 Oliver Award-winning Best New Play, King Charles III, Mike Bartlett's runaway smash hit, a contemporary and provocative comedy drama about Prince Charles' ascension to the throne upon the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth. It is a powerful piece about press intrusion, backroom politics, and the timeless magnetism of power.
Robert Joy to Star in Seattle Rep's KING CHARLES III; Cast Announced!
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 31, 2016
Seattle Repertory Theatre today announced complete casting for the 2015 Oliver Award-winning Best New Play, King Charles III, Mike Bartlett's runaway smash hit, a contemporary and provocative comedy drama about Prince Charles' ascension to the throne upon the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth. It is a powerful piece about press intrusion, backroom politics, and the timeless magnetism of power.
Robert Erickson Shares FLUKE FAMILY KING
by Christina Mancuso
- Oct 31, 2016
Robert Erickson's 'Fluke Family King: Book Three in the Saga of Maynerd Dumsted' (published by iUniverse) is the third installment in the misadventures of Sir Maynerd Fluke Dumsted, knight and Royal National Hero. Although ordered by King Kruke to tour the four lands of Gnaught in an effort to unify the feuding kingdoms, Dumsted's mind is on finding his one love, Fata Morgana, who has vanished from Gnaught.
Spectrum Theatre Company Presents Once On This Island by Lynn Ahrens
by BWW
News Desk
- Oct 20, 2016
Spectrum Theatre Company is pleased to bring you ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, playing OCTOBER 20TH - 30th on stage at The Boyd Vance Theater at the George Washington Carver Museum.
Once on This Island is a one-act musical with a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. Based on the 1985 novel My Love, My Love; or, The Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy, it is set in the French Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The show includes elements of the Romeo and Juliet story and elements of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Little Mermaid. It concerns a peasant girl on a tropical island, who uses the power of love to bring together people of different social classes. The original Broadway production ran from 1990 to 1991, and the West End production opened in 1994, where it won the 1995 Olivier Award for Best New Musical.
Spectrum Theatre Company Presents Once On This Island by Lynn Ahrens
by Liz Cearns
- Sep 19, 2016
Spectrum Theatre Company is pleased to bring you ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, playing OCTOBER 20TH - 30th on stage at The Boyd Vance Theater at the George Washington Carver Museum.
Once on This Island is a one-act musical with a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. Based on the 1985 novel My Love, My Love; or, The Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy, it is set in the French Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The show includes elements of the Romeo and Juliet story and elements of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Little Mermaid. It concerns a peasant girl on a tropical island, who uses the power of love to bring together people of different social classes. The original Broadway production ran from 1990 to 1991, and the West End production opened in 1994, where it won the 1995 Olivier Award for Best New Musical.
BWW Review: JACKIE BURROUGHS IS DEAD is Intricately Abstract
by Jason Carlos
- Apr 8, 2016
Toronto's longest running contemporary dance series, DanceWorks presents the world premiere of JACKIE BURROUGHS IS DEAD & WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?, a mysteriously intricate choreographed piece combining stunning dance with ambient sound to create a complex sensory experience. Performed by Danielle Baskerville, Luke Garwood and Robert Kingsbury, this abstract piece choreographed by DA Hoskins and produced by Baskerville looks at larger than life themes as the dancers explore energy exchange through fluidity and motion.
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