Lena Hall to Play Audrey in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Beginning in September
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 27, 2022
Tony Award-winning actress Lena Hall (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Kinky Boots, “Snowpiercer”) will take on the role of Audrey in the three-time Best Musical Revival Award-winning production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS this fall, beginning Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at the Westside Theatre.
Photos/Video: First Look at SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY at American Stage
by Stephi Wild - Feb 3, 2022
Picture it. 1986. An all girls school in Ghana and there’s a new girl in town, an American, who challenges the reigning queen bee. There’s a prestigious pageant on the line, which could provide the opportunity to move up in the world to the lucky winner. This is a funny and touching story about the universal teenage struggle, and the need to feel like you belong.
Broadway Actors in THE GILDED AGE & How You Know Them
by Michael Major - Jan 30, 2022
Meet all of the Broadway actors in THE GILDED AGE! The new series features appearances by Audra McDonald, Denée Benton, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Kelli O'Hara, Carrie Coon, Claybourne Elder, Donna Murphy, Katie Finneran, Debra Monk, Taylor Richardson, Douglas Sills, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Patrick Page, Michael Cerveris, and more.
American Stage Announces Updates to 2021-2022 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 13, 2021
American Stage is updating their 2021-2022 Season, with two new Mainstage shows that capture and inspire the theme, “For the Love of Theatre.” Single tickets for this new season are now on sale as well as subscriptions!
BWW Review: BROADWAY BOUND at Beck Center For The Arts
by Roy Berko - Sep 12, 2021
A native New Yorker, Neil Simon is recognized as Broadway's King of Comedy. Following his very successful 1961 production of COME BLOW YOUR HORN, Simon's name on a script basically meant instant box office sell-outs during the era from 1960-1980, the Great White Way's era of comic plays.
The 2021 Festival Of Cinema NYC to Return As A Live In-Person Event
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 27, 2021
Bookending over 120 independent films from around the world with many premieres among them, will be the Opening Night selection of John Carlucci and Brandon Laganke's crowd favorite Drunk Bus, and the Closing Night screening of Erin Granat & Machete Bang Bang's acclaimed LGBTQ film, Moon Manor.
Arkansas Repertory Theatre Announces 2021/22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 20, 2021
Following this summer and fall’s “Rep Outdoors” Series, the Arkansas Repertory Theatre has announced a return to producing live theatrical, indoor performances in 2021/22.
CALL ME MADAM Will Be Performed Upstairs at the Gatehouse in September
by Stephi Wild - Aug 4, 2021
In this comedy about love and diplomacy, Sally Adams, the unconventional ‘queen of Washington society’, is appointed US ambassador to the tiny Grand Duchy of Lichtenburg. She’s intent on refusing to shore up that country’s finances with American money. That is, until she meets Cosmo Constantine, the Lichtenburg foreign minister, and finds his charms irresistible.
Student Blog: Zodiac Signs of Tony-Nominated Musicals
by Student Blogger: Madison Moore - Mar 22, 2021
The criteria are that these shows have been nominated for Best Musical from the 3rd Tony Awards (the ceremony that started the Best Musical category) in 1949 to the nominations of what will now be the 74th Tony Awards in 2021. I will be determining their signs based upon their Broadway premiere date. With those rules in mind, here we go!