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Friday, May 31, 2013

What’s Next on Broadway? by Lmichonski

The Tony Awards are just around the corner, marking the end of the current Broadway season, which means it’s already time to start thinking about next season. Several new shows have recent…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:56PM
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Meryl Streep, Cyndi Lauper Present Obie Awards by Lmichonski

Meryl Streep and Cyndi Lauper were among the presenters at the 58th annual Village Voice Obie Awards which were given out May 20 at Webster Hall. The ceremony, which honors excellence in Off…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 11:26AM
Monday, May 20, 2013

Ten Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Mamma Mia!’ by Lmichonski

My, my, how can we resist Mamma Mia!, the international musical sensation which has been captivating audiences around the world for 14 years. Employing the chart-topping catalogue of Swedish…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:25PM

‘Matilda’ and ‘Pippin’ Big Winners at the Drama Desks by Lmichonski

Matilda and Pippin were the big winners at the 58th annual Drama Desk Awards, held May 19 at Town Hall. Matilda took the most awards with five, including Outstanding Musical, Lyrics, Book of…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:19PM

‘Gentleman’s Guide’ Comes to Broadway by Lmichonski

A musical with an unlikely title, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, will be coming to Broadway this fall. Tony winner Jefferson Mays (I Am My Own Wife) stars in a tour de force perfo…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:22PM
Friday, May 17, 2013

‘Boots’ and ‘Vanya’ Top Winners at the Drama League by Lmichonski

Kinky Boots and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike were the big winners at the Drama League Awards, presented at a star-studded gala luncheon on May 17 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square.…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:46PM

‘Vanya and Sonia’ Extends on Broadway by Lmichonski

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Christopher Durang’s wild comedy satirizing elements of the plays of Anton Chekhov, will be making Broadway audiences laugh a bit longer. The original …

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:41PM
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Billy Crystal Returns to Broadway in ‘700 Sundays’ by Lmichonski

Everyone’s favorite Oscar host Billy Crystal will return to Broadway with his Tony-winning autobiographical solo show, 700 Sundays. Previews begin Nov. 5 at the Imperial Theatre in advance…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:54PM
Monday, May 13, 2013

‘Pippin’ Leads Outer Critics Awards with 7 Wins by Lmichonski

The hit revival of Pippin worked its magic on the voters of the Outer Critics Circle Awards, taking seven honors when the winners were announced May 13. The new production of the Stephen Sch…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:22PM
Thursday, May 9, 2013

Beatles Tribute ‘Let It Be’ Comes to Broadway by Lmichonski

The Beatles are hitting Broadway this summer. Well, a reasonable facsimile of the Fab Four anyway. Let It Be, the hit London production recreating the rise of the legendary pop group, is mov…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:30PM

‘Trip to Bountiful’ Extends Its Broadway Journey by Lmichonski

The hit revival of The Trip to Bountiful, Horton Foote’s tender drama of finding home, will be extending its trip on Broadway. Originally scheduled to play a limited, 14-week run through J…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:14PM

‘Orphans’ and ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ to Close by Lmichonski

Two big shows announced impending closings this week. Jekyll & Hyde will end its run Sunday, May 12, while Orphans shutters the following Sunday, May 19. While we extend our sympathies t…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:51PM
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

20 Questions with Spider-Man’s Reeve Carney by Lmichonski

Reeve Carney not only shoots webs as your favorite wall-crawling superhero in the hit Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, he’s also the front man of the up-and-coming rock band…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 06:14PM
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Box-Office Roundup: Golden Oldies Still Sell by Lmichonski

Jersey Boys‘ continued success selling 1960s tunes on the Great White Way may strike some as a parlor trick. But this week’s grosses, released by the Broadway League, belie that …

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:31PM

‘Kinky Boots’ Walks Away with 13 Tony Nominations by Lmichonski

Kinky Boots, the musical based on the 2005 film about a drag queen saving a failing English shoe factory, kicked the competition to the curb by taking the most Tony Award nominations with 13…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 11:44AM
Monday, April 29, 2013

‘Rocky’ Musical Set to Knock Out Broadway by Lmichonski

The musical version of Rocky is getting ready to go the distance on Broadway. The production will open at the Winter Garden Theatre in the spring of 2014. The current occupant, the smash hit…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:46PM

Spock to headline Broadway’s ‘Glass Menagerie’ by Lmichonski

Producers have announced a limited engagement on Broadway of the highly praised revival of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie that played American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Mass…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:05PM
Friday, April 26, 2013

Review Roundup: ‘Pippin’ by Lmichonski

The first Broadway revival of Pippin opened on April 25 at the Music Box Theater. Featuring a score by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson, the musical focuses on the titular char…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 11:43AM
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Review Roundup: ‘I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers’ by Lmichonski

I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers by John Logan (Tony winner for Red), opened April 24 at the Booth Theatre. The solo play stars Bette Midler as superagent Sue Mengers in an eveni…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:26PM

‘Nice Work If You Can Get It’ Closing Shop by Lmichonski

Producers of Broadway’s Nice Work if You Can Get It announced today that the Gershwin tuner, which opened a year ago today, would close this summer on June 15. The show sets well known sta…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:17PM
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Box Office Report: Broadway Stars Are Shining by Lmichonski

These days, the undisputed king of the Great White Way is the great Tom Hanks. According to figures released by the Broadway League, Tom’s Broadway debut in Lucky Guy grossed a hefty $1…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 06:12PM

A Day in the Life of a Broadway Set Designer by Lmichonski

One of the most dazzling aspects of the new Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella is the gorgeous set — the grand palace with its sweeping staircase, the qu…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:36PM

Review Roundup: ‘The Trip to Bountiful’ by Lmichonski

The revival of The Trip to Bountiful, Horton Foote’s play about the search for home starring Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Vanessa Williams, Condola Rashad, and Tom Wopat, opened April …

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:51PM
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Review Roundup: ‘The Testament of Mary’ by Lmichonski

The Testament of Mary, Colm Tóibín’s one-person play about the latter days of the mother of Jesus, opened April 22 at the Walter Kerr Theater. Based on Tóibín’s book, the play takes …

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:41PM
Monday, April 22, 2013

Secrets of a Broadway Set Designer by Lmichonski

Tony-winning set designer Derek McLane has had a busy season. He celebrated his 30th Broadway show with Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the adaptation of Truman Capote’s classic novella centerin…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 06:09PM

Review Roundup: ‘Macbeth’ by Lmichonski

Alan Cumming’s near-solo version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth opened April 21 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Originally produced by the National Theatre of Scotland and seen at last summer�…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 11:44AM
Friday, April 19, 2013

‘Mamma Mia’ to Move to the Broadhurst by Lmichonski

The megahit Mamma Mia! will be moving from the Winter Garden Theater to smaller Broadhurst, now the home of Lucky Guy starring Tom Hanks in a limited run. The transfer would clear the way fo…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:44PM

‘Lucky Guy’ Extends Through July 3 by Lmichonski

Tom Hanks will be lighting up Broadway a little longer. Lucky Guy, the smash-hit play in which the double Oscar winner stars as tabloid columnist Mike McAlary, will extend its limited engage…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:12PM

Review Roundup: ‘Orphans’ by Lmichonski

Orphans, Lyle Kessler’s three-character drama, opened on April 18 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Emmy winner Alec Baldwin stars as Harold, a gangster held for ransom by two orphan broth…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 11:41AM

Review Roundup: ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ by Lmichonski

Jekyll & Hyde, the revival of the 1997 musical based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic horror novel, opened on April 18 at the Marquis Theatre, starring Tony nominee and American Ido…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 11:31AM
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Review Roundup: ‘The Nance’ by Lmichonski

The Nance, the new play by Douglas Carter Beane (Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella), opened April 15 at the Lyceum Theatre. Set in 1937 New York, the Lincoln Center Theater production s…

SOURCE: NewYork.com at 11:30AM

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