Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Here Lies Love Announces Fourth and Final Extension; Closing Set for July 28 by Marc Snetiker

David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s critically acclaimed musical Here Lies Love has announced an additional four weeks of performances at the Public Theater. This is the fourth and final ext…

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Theater News: Leslie Kritzer, Lauren Molina, Rory O'Malley Lead Nobody Loves You Off-Broadway by David Gordon

Heath Calvert (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), Bryan Fenkart (Memphis), Roe Hartrampf (The Bad Guys), Autumn Hurlbert (Legally Blonde), Leslie Kritzer (The Memory Show), Lauren Molina (The Sk…

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Sunday, May 12, 2013

The SMASH Reality Index: Season 2 Episode 15 by Linda

Back by popular demand, Dave (@NineDaves) and I have teamed up to bring you our take on what’s keepin’ it real and what’s faking it each week on SMASH. Follow the 'caps here or on…

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Fatboy Slim and David Byrne’s Musical Here Lies Love to Release Cast Recording by Marc Snetiker

David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s new musical Here Lies Love, which has extended three times at the Public Theater, has announced plans for a cast recording of the genre-hopping show. The …

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Fatboy Slim and David Byrne’s Musical Here Lies Love to Release Cast Recording via the Public Theater by Marc Snetiker

David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s new musical Here Lies Love, which has extended three times at the Public Theater, has announced plans for a cast recording of the genre-hopping show. The …

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Benjamin Walker in Talks to Star in Upcoming Film In the Heart of the Sea by Ryan Gilbert

Broadway veteran Benjamin Walker may star in director Ron Howard's upcoming big screen adaptation of Nathaniel Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea, according to Deadline.com. Produce…

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

People You Should Know . . . Joe Jung by Zack Calhoon

JOE JUNG-As Artistic Director of Project: Theater, Joe Jung has staged the world premiere of Michael Hilliard’s The Florentine, J.B. by Archibald MacLeish, The Secretariesby the Five Lesbi…

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Monday, May 6, 2013

Vanya's Kristine Nielsen on Her 'Remarkable' Love Story and Tailor-Made, Tony-Nominated Starring Role by Josh Ferri

After two decades in the theater, Kristine Nielsen finds herself a first time Tony nominee for her hilarious and touching performance as spinster sister Sonia in Vanya and Sonia and Masha an…

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Theater Review: Here Lies Love by Lauren Yarger

Ruthie Ann Miles (center) and the cast of Here Lies Love. Photo : Joan Marcus Add Stages, Subtract the Seats and This Innovative Pop Operetta Equals a Whole New Way to Do Theate…

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Hear Lindsay Mendez Preview a Song from the New Shakespeare in the Park Musical Love's Labour's Lost by Broadway.com

This year's Shakespeare in the Park season will feature a new musical adaptation of the Bard's classic Love's Labour's Lost, penned by Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson …

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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Rocky Set for Broadway Bout! New Musical to Begin Performances in February 2014 by Beth Stevens

It’s official: As previously speculated, Rocky, the musical version of Sylvester Stallone’s blockbuster boxing movie, is coming to Broadway in 2014. The new musical will beg…

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Friday, April 26, 2013

The Old Globe Announces 2013-14 Season - Shakespeare, a World Premiere, CA Premiere and More! by BroadwayWorld

Old Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein's inaugural season kicks off with The Last Goodbye, a new musical that marries Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and the electrifying songs of the le…

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Charlie Rosen’s Broadway Big Band at 54 Below in Approximately One Million Photos by Lucky and The Mick

Oh, Charlie Rosen. You know him. Late of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and One Man, Two Guvnors, Charlie has perfected the art of being a member of an onstage Broadway band. In his latest ven…

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Jeff Buckley Musical, THE LAST GOODBYE, to Play Old Globe This October by BroadwayWorld

The Old Globe will open its 2013-14 Season with The Last Goodbye, a new musical that marries Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and the incendiary songs of the legendary singer-songwriter Jeff B…

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Giant Original Cast Recording Wrangles Up a May Release Date by Marc Snetiker

The original cast recording from the epic Texan musical Giant, which made its New York premiere at the Public Theater last fall, will gallop online and into stores on May 21. Boasting mus…

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Video: Oskar Eustis, Michael Friedman on American theater: 'Worst of both worlds is happening' by John Moore

Video: Oskar Eustis, Michael Friedman on American theater: 'Worst of both worlds is happening' Public Theatre artistic director Oskar Eustis and Michael Friedman, producer and compo…

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

The Still Shrinking American Stage by Garrett Eisler

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…

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Inaugural St. Louis Theater Circle Awards by Andrea

Here they are folks, the nominees and award winners for the inaugural St. Louis Theater Circle Awards!  (Another organization in town owns the rights to the name "Louie's", so yeah.&nbs…

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Friday, March 15, 2013

Kristine Nielsen, Merwin Goldsmith & More Set for STAGE DOOR Benefit Reading, 3/18 by BroadwayWorld

The Acting Company will present a benefit staged reading of Stage Door by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman at 7 pm on Monday, March 18 at the Ailey Studios Joan Weill Center for Dance, 405 …

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Kathleen Chalfant, Kate Mulgrew & More to Star in Somewhere Fun at the Vineyard Theatre by Lindsay Champion

Kathleen Chalfant is going Somewhere Fun this spring! The Tony nominee will star in the previously announced world premiere of Jenny Schwartz’s new play. Directed by Anne Kauffman, Som…

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Monday, March 4, 2013

New Comic Book Musical The Fortress of Solitude to Play the Public Theater by Marc Snetiker

It may be a long way’s off, but the Public Theater is already constructing its 2014-15 season, which will include the brand new musical The Fortress of Solitude. With music and lyri…

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Mickey Meets the Bard? Alex Timbers to Direct Disney Musical Update of a Shakespeare Classic by Michael Mellini

Forget fairy-tales, Disney is digging into the classic works of Shakespeare for its next movie musical. The House of Mouse has hired Tony nominee Alex Timbers to direct an updated, musical t…

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Friday, February 22, 2013

People You Should Know . . . Colleen Werthmann by Zack Calhoon

COLLEEN WERTHMANN:  Eliza Clark's RECALL (Colt Coeur), Matthew Maguire's WAX WINGS, The Civilians' IN THE FOOTPRINT, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON (Public).  Other NY theater: MISS …

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Populism from Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson the Musical by Broadway Reviewed

TweetThis is the first guest post from my new writer Ryan who I am extremely excited to see getting into Broadway by finding out there are a ton of shows with Punk Music and things that he i…

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Darren Goldstein to Replace Christopher Evan Welch in MTC's The Madrid by Ryan Gilbert

Darren Goldstein will join the cast of Manhattan Theatre Club's production of The Madrid beginning February 28. Goldstein will play Danny, replacing Christopher Evan Welch, who will…

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Jesse Tyler Ferguson in The Comedy of Errors and a Musical Love’s Labour’s Lost Set for Shakespeare in the Park by Marc Snetiker

It’s the big announcement that some of you have been waiting for! The Public Theater has announced its 51st Shakespeare in the Park season, which will include William Shakespeare&rsquo…

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ArtsBeat: 'Comedy of Errors' and Musical 'Love's Labour's Lost' on Shakespeare in the Park's Bill by Dave Itzkoff

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Hamish Linklater will star in “The Comedy of Errors,” while a new musical of “Love’s Labour’s Lost” will reunite Michael Friedman and Alex Timbers, the t…

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Fantasy Casting! Five Musical Theater Roles We'd Love to See Benjamin Walker Play on Broadway by Josh Ferri

Benjamin Walker appeared in two Broadway plays before breaking out as sexy bad-boy Andrew Jackson in the edgy rock musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Walker has since returned to his dram…

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Monday, January 28, 2013

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Star Benjamin Walker on Co-Starring with the 'Fantastic' Scarlett Johansson, Acting in a Towel & More by Ryan Gilbert

After earning the nickname “Sexypants” as our seventh commander-in-chief in the outrageous rock musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Walker delivered a heroic perf…

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Photo Flash: First Look at Joe Sabatino, Sam Nagel and More in the Philadelphia Premiere of BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON by BroadwayWorld

Andrew Jackson was a rock and roll GOD. He rode his outsider bad-boy image and his populist movement into office with promises to reform and representing the 'other' America. What happened n…

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Sunday, January 20, 2013

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