BWW Review: SOCIAL SECURITY at Oyster Mill Playhouse
by Allison Rambler
- Jun 5, 2017
Every so often, a show comes along that manages to surprise even the most unlikely of theatre-goers. Shows that seem geared towards a certain audience sometimes prove themselves able to entertain a vast array of tastes, more than they may have expected. This is the case of SOCIAL SECURITY at Oyster Mill Playhouse, a play aimed to tickle the funny bones of an older crowd that still succeeds in getting a laugh from all ages.
Review Roundup: HGJTC and Dancap Productions to Present THE JAZZ SINGER
by Alan Henry
- Jun 2, 2017
The Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company and Dancap Productions present THE JAZZ SINGER, a new musical adaption of Samson Raphaelson's classic story of a son's struggle between his passion for a Broadway career, and his father's plans to have him follow in his footsteps as a cantor. The production will run May 23 - June 18, 2017 at Greenwin Theatre, Toronto Centre for the Arts.
OUT OF THE BOX to Showcase Abstract Artists at Creative Gateways Gallery
by BWW News Desk
- May 30, 2017
In June Creative Gateways Gallery in West Sedona celebrates the power of creativity with Out of the Box. This exhibit focuses on the abstract work of artists Michael Colpitts, Terry Israelson, Pilisa Rainbow Lady and Marika Israelson. The public is invited to meet these and other local artists at the opening reception for Out of the Box on Friday June 2nd from 5-8pm.
Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our Broadway World 5/26 - DIRTY DANCING, LES MIS, WICKED, and More!
by BWW Special Coverage
- May 26, 2017
BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature DIRTY DANCING, LES MISERABLES, WICKED and More!
CSULB Theatre Arts Interrogates Gender Roles in Modern Adaptation of a Classic
by A.A. Cristi
- Apr 5, 2017
Ingmar Bergman's Nora, adapted and translated by Frederick J. Marker opens April 14 at California State University Long Beach Theatre Arts in the Studio Theatre. This lean and stripped down adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House sheds light on a world where independence is outrageous and feminism is scandalous.
Mannes School To Celebrate Centennial At Carnegie Hall, 4/25
by Molly Tracy
- Mar 30, 2017
Mannes School of Music will celebrate its centennial with a concert at Carnegie Hall honoring the school's rich history and its vision for the future. The concert will feature live performances by esteemed alumni, past and present faculty, and students.
Jerry Seinfeld Bringing Ted L. Nancy's LETTERS FROM A NUT to the Geffen Playhouse
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 23, 2017
Letters from a Nut by Ted L. Nancy, a brand-new show based on the bestselling book series of prank letters and their responses from Ted L. Nancy (aka Barry Marder), will debut in June at the Geffen Playhouse as part of the theater's Spotlight Entertainment Series. The show is produced by Jerry Seinfeld, and written by Nancy, who will star alongside Beth Kennedy and Sam Kwasman. Pierre Balloon will direct.
BWW Review: Brave, Bold, and Beautiful SPRING AWAKENING at Lyric Music Theater
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
- Mar 20, 2017
South Portland's Lyric Music Theater is taking a bold and daring step in presenting the 2006 musical adaptation of Frank Wedekind's 1891 provocative play, Spring Awakening. The wrenching musical drama explores with a piercing honesty the lives of teenagers and their adult authority figures locked in a lethal struggle as the young men and women search for freedom of expression, sexual liberation and fulfillment, and the embrace of their true identities in a dark, corseted world of repression and convention.
The issues raised by Frank Wedekind's play remain as potent and relevant today as they did in the late 19th century, and the Steven Sater book and lyrics and Duncan Sheik music remain true to the essence of the piece. Wedekind's world - the world of Freud and nascent psychology - is a bleak place where adults abuse their children psychologically and physically, where creativity is stifled, and love - as a total expression of body and soul - is forbidden. In this dark universe, the young villagers long in secret and search for a path through the pain.
SPCO's Liquid Music to Present Sarah Kirkland Snider's UNREMEMBERED
by BWW
News Desk
- Mar 11, 2017
Sarah Kirkland Snider's Unremembered, "one of the most significant and harrowing releases of [2015]" (Thought Catalog), explores the fragility and nuance of memories and emotions in an hour-long, 13-part song cycle inspired by poems and illustrations by Nathaniel Bellows.
Tmesis Theatre Announces the Return of Physical Fest
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 10, 2017
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BWW Review: Dustin Tucker Scores a Tour de Force in Portland Stage's BUYER & CELLAR
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
- Mar 5, 2017
Portland Stage's current production, Jonathan Tolins' one-man, bitter-sweet comedy, Buyer & Cellar, offers Maine audiences a chance to revel not only in the protean talents of Dustin Tucker, who gives a compelling, engaging, irresistible ninety-minute virtuosic performance, but also in Tolins' agile sense of situation and ear for subtle character interaction. That all the characters (some five) are played by Tucker with the uncanny ability to make each unique is no small part of the charm and appeal of this production.
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