Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Tom Hanks is a natural. Although he hasn’t trod the boards in years, the affable movie star takes to the stage like a fish to water in “Lucky Guy,” Nora Ephron’s affe…
Linked From variety.com at 06:08AMMonday, March 4, 2013
In storybook terms, Broadway’s overstuffed “Cinderella” isn’t exactly a happily ever after. But there are reasons to embrace this new take on the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musi…
Linked From New York Daily News at 07:04AMNEW YORK (AP) -- What's this happening in Cinderella's magical kingdom? Is that a challenge to absolute monarchy we hear amid the romance and dancing? My goodness, it is: There's a deman…
Linked From Associated Press at 07:04AMReview: "Cinderella" on Broadway: Empowering, Enchanting, and Entertaining.
Linked From Call Me Adam at 07:04AMThe 1957 made-for-TV musical arrives on Broadway.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
Linked From New York Magazine at 05:08AMHow do you come up with a new show that also feels comfortably familiar? On Broadway, the current answer is “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” — an actual premiere by the titans re…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:58AMSunday, March 3, 2013
“Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” wants to be reassuringly old-fashioned and refreshingly irreverent, sentimental and snarky, sincere and ironic, all at once.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:40PM[Warning: The following review includes SPOILERS and one unapologetic use of an f-bomb.] Tim Hendrickson, United States Army veteran, father to an adorable little girl, and fan of the battl…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:12PMNEW YORK (AP) — What's this happening in Cinderella's magical kingdom? Is that a challenge to absolute monarchy we hear amid the romance and dancing? My goodness, it is: There's a demand f…
Linked From Boston Globe at 10:09PMWarning to the little girls in (almost) all of us. The "Cinderella" enjoying its Broadway premiere starring a terrific Laura Osnes is not your Disney bibbidi-bobbidi "Cinderella." Nor, despi…
Linked From Newsday Subscription at 09:11PMWill you have a lovely night at the of Rodgers
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:11PMThe provenance of "Cinderella" is long ago and far away — she's been around at least since the 17th century in written form, and some date her all the way to classical antiquity.
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 09:03PMOriginally commissioned as a 1957 television musical starring Julie Andrews, the classic fairy tale has been retooled for Broadway as a family crowd-pleaser.read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMIn the first-ever Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” there is a big clock in the ballroom that speeds from 8 to midnight as Cinderella dances with Prince Ch…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 08:31PMThere are moments of theatrical magic strewn throughout Douglas Carter Beane’s new adaptation of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s 1957 TV musical “Cinderella.&rdq…
Linked From Backstage at 08:05PM“Impossible things are happening every day” sing two women deep in the first act of Cinderella, which just opened at the Broadway — and they have no idea how correct they are....
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 06:12PMPeter Filichia, and Michael Portantiere talk about Cinderella, Passion, Glass Menagerie, Talley’s Folly, Carousel, The Old Boy, The Revisionist, and Donnybrook. Please take the…
Linked From BroadwayRadio at 06:00PMWednesday, April 25, 2012
Not even timeless Gershwin songs can help lift the lackluster new musical comedy 'Nice Work if You Can Get It,' starring an oddly uninspiring Matthew Broderick.NEW YORK — Anyone out th…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:04AMTuesday, April 24, 2012
Everything you need to know about Nice Work If You Can Get It, the musical that just opened at the Imperial, may be gleaned from, of all things, its show curtain.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 10:03PMSunday, April 22, 2012
The crafters of fully realized and successful artistic works in any medium have one very simple and inarguable reason for neglecting no detail in their pursuit of truth: because everything m…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 08:14PMWednesday, April 11, 2012
Two basketball Hall of Famers get warm but dramatically insubstantial treatment in Eric Simonson's account of their decade at the top.
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 09:23PMIn the middle of Magic/Bird, the smooth and warm new play about a friendship that blooms from the deep roots of rivalry, playwright Eric Simonson writes a deft pivoting scene. Two young guys…
Linked From Philly.com at 09:23PMFriday, January 13, 2012
George Gershwin’s creation bears little resemblance to this production by Suzan-Lori Parks and Diedre L. Murray
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 06:29PMGeorge Gershwin’s creation bears little resemblance to the production concocted by Suzan-Lori Parks and Diedre L. Murray, writes Martin Bernheimer
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 04:01PMA new version of the musical classic "Porgy and Bess" has made its Broadway debut.
Linked From NY1 at 03:15PMThe Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess has returned to Broadway in a new production that puts the romance of the story center stage. Broadway.com Word of Mouth panelists Marlene, Peter and Kim he…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:03PMThe Gershwins' classic folk opera returns in a radical new version.
Linked From Time Out New York at 11:40AMThe Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS opened tonight, Thursday, January 12th, 2012 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre starring Audra McDonald as Bess, Norm Lewis as Porgy and David Alan Grier as Sportin…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:59AMAudra McDonald and Norm Lewis lead a superb cast in Diane Paulus' effective musicalized version of the beloved opera.
Linked From TheaterMania at 08:24AMHave critics got plenty of "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess"?
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