MADNESS

BWW Review: Reagle's CHICAGO is Splendiforous!

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston celebrates its 45th anniversary season with Fosse-style high kicks, hip thrusts, and splayed hands in Director/Choreographer Gerry McIntyre's delightful producti... (more...)

Point Park's Conservatory Theatre Co. Announces 2013-14 Season: OKLAHOMA!, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON & More!

Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company will produce five works, including a special, student-devised production, a rock musical and a famous Irish play, in the 2013-2014 season. The seas... (more...)

ARMYNEL, Starring Survivor's Danielle DiLorenzo, Coming to DVD 7/16

Armynel, starring Danielle DiLorenzo (2010 Survivor contestant) will be released on DVD July 16th, 2013. (more...)

BWW Reviews: La Mirada Stages Intense Revival of Pulitzer Prize-Winning NEXT TO NORMAL

Heartbreaking. Gutsy. Intensely riveting. These are some of the words I jotted down in the dark---while simultaneously wiping tears streaming down my face---during the Southern California Regional Pre... (more...)

Photo Flash: First Look at Long Beach Opera's MACBETH

An overwhelming lust for power, a manipulative wife, and witches' prophecies spur a Scottish general onto a tragic path of betrayal, murder and madness. Long Beach Opera (LBO) closes its 2013 season w... (more...)

Masked Director's COME OUT AND PLAY Set for DVD & Blu-ray Release Tomorrow

Based on Juan José Plans' novel, “El Juego De Los Ninos,” COME OUT AND PLAY is Makinov's directorial debut. The elusive director, who wears a mask on set and refuses to reveal his first and last name... (more...)

Film Legend Barbara Stanwyck & More Coming to TCM CLASSIC FILMS COLLECTIONS, 10/15

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) are adding four new collections to their TCM Greatest Classic Films line, which spotlights some of Hollywood's most legendary act... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Prog Metal Version of FRANKENSTEIN Debuts at Landless Theatre

Even if there are some missteps, I give Landless Theatre Company applause for the ambition alone and daring to do something a bit different. (more...)

Soprano Lisa Delan Featured on THE HOURS BEGIN TO SING

A new CD, The Hours Begin to Sing, with songs by American composers performed by soprano Lisa Delan, has just been released on the PentaTone Classics label (PTC 5186 459). (more...)

LIZA LIVE! and THE HOMEMAKER to Play Toronto Fringe, July 2013

After taking the Next Stage Festival by storm this past January, Jennifer Walls and Laura Anne Harris team up once at for the Toronto Fringe at the Annex Theatre. Two charismatic and enigmatic perform... (more...)

Firehouse Theatre to Present New Andy Warhol-Centric Musical POP!, 7/11-8/10

Firehouse Theatre begins its summer with a bang as we travel back to the counterculture of the '60s for POP!, a new musical with book and lyrics by Maggie-Kate Coleman and music by Anna K. Jacobs. Dir... (more...)

Full Lineup for 2013 Midtown International Theatre Festival Announced

The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF)'s fourteenth season will include a slate of full-length plays and musicals, as well as Short Subjects. The Festival will run from July 15 to August 4,... (more...)

AUDIO: Lin-Manuel Miranda Reveals First Song He Ever Wrote - 'The Garbage Pail Kids Are In Town'!

Lin-Manuel Miranda has just released on SoundCloud the first recorded song he ever wrote, which he found on the back of a Fisher Price Cassette. The song is called 'The Garbage Pail Kids Are In Town',... (more...)

JAPAN CUTS Film Festival Announces 2013 Lineup; Opens 7/11

The JAPAN CUTS: The New York Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema returns for its seventh season, with 10 days of screenings and over 20 titles. JAPAN CUTS 2013 presents the roughest, sharpest, an... (more...)

Peter Cambor and More Join Commonwealth Shakespeare's TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA; Full Cast Announced!

One of Greater Boston's most beloved traditions, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's 'Free Shakespeare On The Common' celebrates its 18th season with the comedy The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Inspired by... (more...)

MGM Grand's Hakkasan Nightclub to Present Non-Stop Electronic Music, 6/19-23

Hakkasan Las Vegas at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino will welcome top electronic music stars when they take over the nightlife mecca with a five-day, action-packed lineup Wednesday, June 19 through Sunday, ... (more...)

Thomas Jane & Midtown International Theatre Festival to Present SUCKERFISH, 7/17

On a city street corner, between madness and sanity, all that stands in the way of Hank and freedom is a certifiable homeless man, and a pay phone that can't hear out. The victim of a hit and run, cit... (more...)

First Folio Theatre to Stage World Premiere of CYMBELINE, 6/19-7/21

First Folio Theatre (Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St. & Rt. 83), will present the rollicking World Premiere of SHAKESPEARE'S CYMBELINE: A FOLK TALE WITH MUSIC, previewing June 19, opening Saturday, J... (more...)

Platinum Rock Band SKILLET Team With USA Today for Premiere of 'Not Gonna Die'

Two-time Grammy-nominated rock band SKILLET have teamed with USA Today for the premiere of 'Not Gonna Die,' the fourth track issued from their upcoming album, RISE (Atlantic/Word). (more...)

Texas Repertory Stage to Present NUNSENSE, 6/27

A hysterical musical romp takes the Texas Repertory Stage this summer. The Texas Rep Theatre Co., Houston's Uptown Classic Theatre, continues its tradition of Summer musicals with Dan Goggin's classi... (more...)

New Series FOOD COURT WARS Among Food Network July Highlights

Food Network heats up summer with new series Food Court Wars on Sunday, July 7th at 10pm as Tyler Florence searches for aspiring restaurateurs to compete for a food court restaurant in a local mall. (more...)

Several of BroadwayWorld's Wishlisted Shows for 2013-2014 Will Come to Central Texas

In late December, BroadwayWorld posted Wish Lists of Musicals and Plays that should be produced in Central Texas in the 2013-2014 season. Several months later, many theater companies have announced... (more...)

NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA Hits 40 Million Minutes Streamed Online

More than 40 million minutes of the Stanley Cup Playoffs have been live streamed on NBC Sports Live Extra -- the NBC Sports Group's live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets -- ... (more...)

Universal Announces Search for DESPICABLE ME 2's Missing Minions

Universal Pictures announced today that it has launched a search for missing Minions in support of Universal and Illumination Entertainment's upcoming 3D-CG comedy adventure, Despicable Me 2. (more...)

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Adds Second Performance at Oberon, 7/14

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, the glam rock cult classic with text by John Cameron Mitchell and music and lyrics by Stephen Trask will return to Boston on Sunday, July 14th at OBERON (2 Arrow St. Cambrid... (more...)