Monday, March 19, 2012
At his 86th birthday celebration in New York on Friday, comedian Jerry Lewis announced plans to bring his classic film “The Nutty Professor” to Broadway later this year, the Wall Street …
Linked From broadway.me at 03:03PMPlaywright Mike Daisey, the man behind the Off-Broadway one-man show “The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,” has come under widespread and well-publicized scrutiny recently because of cla…
Linked From broadway.me at 02:02PMThough Mike Tyson’s one-man Las Vegas show has yet to debut, already the former Heavyweight boxing champion is thinking about taking the performance to Broadway. The autobiographical show,…
Linked From broadway.me at 02:02PMWednesday, March 14, 2012
Billy Elliot opened at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta Tuesday night to a warm reception that only Southern’s could give. The musical adapted from the 2000 film by the same name features mu…
Linked From broadway.me at 02:22PMTuesday, March 6, 2012
“Tuck Everlasting,” the musical adaptation of Natalie Babbitt’s 1975 children’s book of the same name, is set to make its pre-Broadway world premiere in June of next year at Boston…
Linked From broadway.me at 04:39PMYesterday marked the 30th anniversary of the death of legendary comedic actor John Belushi, and it also was the day chosen to reveal details about an upcoming musical based on one of his bes…
Linked From broadway.me at 04:39PMMonday, March 5, 2012
Lawyers for former “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” director Julia Taymor have filed papers in federal court responding to a countersuit by the show’s current producers. The new papers …
Linked From broadway.me at 05:16PMJust last month, “Phantom of the Opera” played its 10,000th performance on Broadway, and this week its sequel will hit U.S. theaters. “Love Never Dies,” also composed by Andrew Lloyd…
Linked From broadway.me at 05:16PMFriday, March 2, 2012
The music of the late, great Tupac Shakur is coming to Broadway later this year. “Holler If Ya Hear Me” currently is casting, and selected actors will begin workshops in April, according…
Linked From broadway.me at 07:19PMJustin Long, the star of “He’s Just Not That Into You” and Apple television ads, will be making his Broadway debut when he joins “Seminar” later this year. He will take over the ro…
Linked From broadway.me at 07:19PMWednesday, February 29, 2012
Topher Grace, best known for his work in the Fox television series “That ‘70s Show,” will make his professional stage debut this spring in the comedy “Lonely, I’m Not,” which wil…
Linked From broadway.me at 05:28PMMonday, February 27, 2012
Tony nominee Josh Gad, best known for his role in “The Book of Mormon,” will star in the White House family comedy “1600 Penn.” The actor also will co-write and executive produce the…
Linked From broadway.me at 01:40PMFriday, February 24, 2012
Woody Allen will adapt his 1994 film “Bullets Over Broadway” for the stage, and the production likely will appear on Broadway in 2013. Allen co-wrote the original script with Douglas McG…
Linked From broadway.me at 02:35PM“Galileo,” a play by Bertolt Brecht that has rarely been seen in the United States, opened this week Off-Broadway at the Classic Stage Company and starred Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham …
Linked From broadway.me at 02:35PMThursday, February 23, 2012
“Kinky Boots,” the new Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, will get a tryout run in Chicago later this year, producers recently announced. Producers Daryl Roth and Ha…
Linked From broadway.me at 06:17PMWednesday, February 22, 2012
Producers announced yesterday that Off Broadway hit “The Lyons” will be transferring to Broadway in April, in time for eligibility for the 2012 Tony Awards. The play opened in the fall a…
Linked From broadway.me at 01:52PMThe Manhattan Theatre Club announced recently that Boyd Gaines and Margaret Colin will join John Lithgow in the cast of David Auburn’s “The Columnist.” The drama will begin performance…
Linked From broadway.me at 12:51PMFriday, February 17, 2012
“Project Runway: All Stars” collided with Broadway yesterday when contestants were challenged to design an outfit that will be included in a production of “Godspell” on Broadway. The…
Linked From broadway.me at 07:15PMJeff Goldblum will replace Alan Rickman on the hit Broadway play “Seminar” beginning in early April. Producers announced on February 14 that Rickman will leave his role of Leonard after …
Linked From broadway.me at 06:14PMWednesday, February 15, 2012
It appears that the late Whitney Houston’s upcoming final film, “Sparkle,” may be heading to Broadway. Forbes reports that producer Howard Rosenman was so impressed with the unedited p…
Linked From broadway.me at 01:34PMThe hit West End musical “Matilda” may be making the jump across the pond for a Spring 2013 Broadway opening, but a few details have to be ironed out before any official announcements ar…
Linked From broadway.me at 01:34PMTuesday, February 14, 2012
Saturday, February 11 marked the 10,000th Broadway performance of the mega-hit “Phantom of the Opera,” which is makes it the first Broadway show to do so. The longest-running show on Bro…
Linked From broadway.me at 01:16PMFriday, February 10, 2012
Producers have announced that “Stick Fly,” the Broadway play featuring music by singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, will end its run at Cort Theater at the end of this month. By the time of t…
Linked From broadway.me at 10:00PMRumors have been flying around the internet recently that “Glee” star Lea Michele will reprise the role of Wendla in the upcoming film adaptation of “Spring Awakening,” but the actor…
Linked From broadway.me at 10:00PMThursday, February 9, 2012
Former Gilmore Girl Alexis Bledel has signed on to appear in the premiere of Matt Charman’s “Regrets” when it opens at New York City Center Stage on March 27. Previews will begin March…
Linked From broadway.me at 10:41PMAfter just last week announcing that Sierra Boggess and Quincy Tyler Bernstine would be among the new cast members of “Love, Loss, and What I Wore” over the next two months, producers ha…
Linked From broadway.me at 09:40PMWednesday, February 8, 2012
We’re currently only three years away from the 2015 “future” depicted in the second installment of the “Back to the Future” trilogy, but it is possible we could see a musical versi…
Linked From broadway.me at 11:51AMTuesday, February 7, 2012
For the first time in its ongoing 11th month Broadway run, “The Book of Mormon” topped the box office last week. The show, which has been widely successful, had been kept out of the top …
Linked From broadway.me at 07:35PMTony Danza will star in the upcoming musical adaptation of “Honeymoon in Vegas.” After a run in Toronto later this year, the musical is expected to make its Broadway debut in the spring …
Linked From broadway.me at 06:34PMMonday, February 6, 2012
Sting’s first musical, “The Last Ship,” had a try out reading in Newcastle, England over the weekend, and the former frontman of The Police hopes to bring the play to Broadway and then…
Linked From broadway.me at 04:08PMSunday, February 5, 2012
Former “Brothers and Sisters” star Matthew Rhys is starring in the new Off-Broadway revival of “Look Back in Anger,” which opened February 2 at the Laura Pels Theatre. The Roundabout…
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