Monday, May 20, 2013
The Essentials, Part II[We pestered our contributors to offer one essential theatre book and explain why it is essential. Here are two more essays.]A Life by Elia Kazanby Caitlin Murphy…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 07:21AMWednesday, April 10, 2013
If there was a theatrical equivalent to baseball’s All-Star team, Jessica Hecht would be the starting shortstop. Her range encompasses comedy (Harvey, TV’s Friends), drama (Juliu…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:51PMFriday, April 5, 2013
Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Rafe Spall will star in a new Broadway production of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, opening on November 3. Directed by ten-time Tony winner Mike Nichols, the …
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:05AMDaniel Craig (A Steady Rain), Academy and Olivier Award winner Rachel Weisz (A Streetcar Named Desire), and Olivier Award nominee Rafe Spall (Constellations) will star in an upcoming Broadwa…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:14AMTuesday, April 2, 2013
Terry Teachout reflects on the latest TCG list of Top Ten Plays Produced in American nonprofit theatres:
it's easy to forget that the latter-day dominance of the small-cast
play is a fair…
Linked From The Playgoer at 11:55AMMonday, April 1, 2013
This spring, ALEC BALDWIN Emmy Award winner 30 Rock, Oscar nominee The Cooler, Tony nominee A Streetcar Named Desire is joined by BEN FOSTER Emmy and SAG Award winner, The Messenger, 310 to …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:39PMSaturday, March 30, 2013
Playwright Tennessee Williams’ iconic play ignites on the Lyric Opera stage. Composer André Previn uses sultry melodies with hints of New Orleans jazz to provide a powerful opus for the f…
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 10:44PMFriday, March 29, 2013
RECOMMENDED One of the great difficulties in bringing an iconic contemporary play to the opera house is securing permission from the playwright, without which, an opera is not possible. In t…
Linked From Newcity Stage at 07:40PMThursday, March 21, 2013
Andre Previn’s work, about to have its Chicago premiere, has no greater champion than the world-renowned soprano for whom it was written. Renee Fleming declares it the best opera of the la…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 09:45PMTuesday, March 19, 2013
Happy Birthday, Glenn Close Close made her professional theater and Broadway debut in Love for Love. Other early stage credits include The Crucifer of Blood and The Singular Life of Albert N…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMMonday, March 18, 2013
Emmy winner and Tony and Oscar nominee Alec Baldwin (“30 Rock,” A Streetcar Named Desire, The Cooler) stars alongside up-and-coming Hollywood star and Emmy nominee Ben Foster (3:10 to Yu…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:12PMFriday, March 15, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Andre Previn's opera version of "A Streetcar Named Desire" finally made it to New York — 15 years after its world premiere.
Linked From Boston Globe at 05:11PMYALE REPERTORY THEATRE James Bundy, Artistic Director Victoria Nolan, Managing Director, dedicated to the production of new plays and bold interpretations of classics that make immediate con…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMWednesday, March 13, 2013
Oscar and two-time Tony nominee Amy Ryan is the latest funny celeb to join Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu's Broadway-themed comedy Birdman, according to Deadline.com. Ryan will share the sc…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:06PMTuesday, March 12, 2013
Theater producer Alia Jones-Harvey is the only woman of color currently a lead producer on Broadway. Her company Front Row productions began with the revival of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 03:01PMTuesday, March 5, 2013
Watch out, Matthew Broderick! Emmy winner Sarah Jessica Parker may be headed back to the stage. Parker and her husband's Nice Work co-star Blythe Danner are in talks to star in an off-Br…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:36PMOlivier and Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener, A Streetcar Named Desire) is set to make her Broadway debut. "I am going to do a play on Broadway," the actress told Br…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:40PMRumors have been swirling that Oscar winner Rachel Weisz could make her Broadway debut alongside her Bond star husband Daniel Craig in a Broadway production of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:32AMSomething wicked this way comes…to Jamaica! Broadway alums Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Blair Underwood and Harry Lennix will join screen star Evan Ross in a new, Caribbean-set …
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:32AMSunday, March 3, 2013
Virginia Opera’s third installment in their 2013 American series, A Streetcar Named Desire, an opera in three acts premiered at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts on Friday, M…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:50AMSunday, February 24, 2013
By Byrne Harrison
Photo by Josh Andrus
One of the highlights of the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival (and there were many) was getting to hear the exceptionally talented Alison Fras…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 05:23PMMonday, February 18, 2013
The flood of spring shows on Broadway is about to begin! And I've got contest for tickets to what will surely be a "HOT TICKET"! Check out all the details below, then enter to wi…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 12:40AMWednesday, February 13, 2013
Even more Broadway stars are moving to Grover's Corners! Tony winners Blythe Danner and B.D. Wong will share the role of Stage Manager in the Actors Fund's one-night-only staged bene…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:25PMTuesday, January 29, 2013
The Chichester Festival Theatre production of Noel Coward’s 1930 comedy Private Lives will transfer to the West End, starring Toby Stephens, Anna Chancellor and Anna-Louise Plowman. Di…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:14AMTuesday, January 15, 2013
Podcast with LIAM BENZVI from Michael Roberts on Vimeo. Actor LIAM BENZVI discusses his role as Gabe in the Goodman Theatre’s World Premiere production of TEDDY FERRARA by playwright C…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 03:17PMFriday, January 11, 2013
Louisa Krause, Matthew Maher, Alex Hanna, and Aaron Clifton Moten will head to the movies in Annie Baker’s new off-Broadway play The Flick. Directed by Sam Gold, the production will be…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:58PMFriday, January 4, 2013
In 2012, Show Showdown published 146 total posts. These twenty were the most read--or at least the most-clicked-on. I have tried to find a theme, but with no luck. Broadway, Off-Broadway, Of…
Linked From Show Showdown at 08:22PMWednesday, January 2, 2013
When it comes to intense characters who aren’t afraid to do verbal battle with the guys (or gals) on stage, Elizabeth Marvel is every director’s dream. Marvel offers a magic mix …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:30PMTuesday, December 18, 2012
Tony and Emmy winner Blythe Danner begins her run as Millicent Winter in Nice Work If You Can Get It on December 18. Danner succeeds Academy Award winner Estelle Parsons, who originated the …
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:07PMTuesday, December 4, 2012
Arguably one of the most iconic of the Tennessee Williams canon of plays is A Streetcar Named Desire, a play rich with character, emotion, and some of the most recycled quotes in literatur…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 10:00PMWednesday, November 21, 2012
When Actors’ Equity decided to publish a history of its first 100 years, the union turned to an artist perfectly suited to capturing the great stars of the past century: Broadway.com&r…
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