NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway producers had plenty of reasons to pop the bubbly as 2018 wound down, with many shows recording their most profitable weeks despite some eye-popping ticket prices. Eight shows last week earned more than $2 million for the week ending Dec. 30, led by “Hamilton,” ″The Lion King” and “Wicked,” according […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The movie theater was dead, they said. After ticket sales slumped in 2017 , due largely to the worst summer season in more than a decade, pundits far and wide predicted the hastening demise of moviegoing, an inevitable casualty to the rise of streaming. This year, the movies flipped the script. This weekend, as “Aquaman,” […]
FREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMA – This year mother and daughter duo, Kay Hardy and Sarah Kirkby, have gone back to their roots in the theatre; and along with Lynne Friano, have produced a classic British pantomime, now playing at the Regency Theatre in Freeport. ‘Cinderella with a Twist’ follows the somewhat funny story of Cinderella and […]
Ringplay Productions will debut the 10th Annual Shakespeare in Paradise (SiP) Theatre Festival October 10 -13 this year. The event was announced at a press conference Tuesday at the Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts. The season will celebrate signature Bahamian work with the world premiere of a Bahamian musical, ‘Der Real Ting’, Eddie Minnis’ […]
Bahamians will soon get to enjoy a state-of-the-art, mega entertainment center that will house not just an IMAX theatre, but an IMAX laser, 4DX, and XS3, along with a myriad of entertainment options and dining, all housed in a 100,000-square-foot facility. Members of the media who were treated to a private tour of Fusion Superplex […]
Groundbreaking for the James Julius Catalyn amphitheater was held on Sunday afternoon at the Dundas Center for the performing arts. The theatrical community, as well as supporters of the theatre, came out in full force for the ceremony which turned into a tribute. The audience was treated to a free performance by members of the original James […]
Bahamians are calling Bahamian author and director Kerel Pinder’s fourth play ‘Star’ a “good time” for everyone. Kenton Pinder, who is assistant director of the all-Bahamian cast play – and sister to the playwright – told Eyewitness News Online that inspiring people is what his sister sets out to do anytime she puts pen to paper. “She sets […]
