Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Long time stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan is making a splash with his dramatic Broadway debut in That Championship Season, sharing the stage with the likes of Kiefer Sutherland, Chris Noth, J…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:09PMBroadway vets Gavin Lee (Mary Poppins), Laurence Fishburne (Thurgood), Marc Kudisch (Sycamore Trees) and Jill Paice (Chess) are among the nominees for the 27th annual Helen Hayes Awards, hon…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PMNicola Stephenson and Patrick Robinson will join the London production of War Horse on March 9 at the New London Theatre. Stephenson has been cast as Albert’s mother, Rose Narracott, a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:47AMTony Award winner Janet McTeer will co-star in the Fox TV pilot Weekends at Bellevue, according to Deadline.com. McTeer has been cast as the head of psychiatry at Bellevue Hospital in a prop…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:17AMMonday, February 28, 2011
John Leguizamo is back on Broadway with a brand new solo show, and with a title like Ghetto Klown, you can bet the comic is ready to deliver plenty of laughs. This time around Leguizamo invi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:53PMBroadway's Palace Theatre is about to be filled with the infectious beat of classic disco tunes thanks to the new musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert. The cast (including stars Tony Sh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:44PMIt's 1973, and in Jason Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play That Championship Season, four former high school basketball players (Kiefer Sutherland, Chris Noth, Jason Patric and Jim…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:19PMHolidays usually boost Broadway’s box offices, and Presidents’ Week 2011 was no exception: Family audiences helped push shows such as Wicked, Spider-Man and The Lion King to near…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:58PMTheater-savvy viewers tuning in to the 2011 Academy Awards expected co-host Anne Hathaway to sing at some point in the telecast. After all, she's a musical theater vet herself (of Carniv…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:30PMOff-Broadway company MCC Theater has announced that associate artistic director Will Cantler has been promoted to artistic director. He will assume the role alongside continuing artistic dir…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:47PMConfirming earlier rumors, playwright Douglas Carter Beane is officially joining the creative team of the Broadway production of Sister Act. His additions to the book of the original London …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:46PMDays before this year's Oscar telecast, co-host and Best Actor nominee James Franco tweeted a sneak peek at the show's opening number, which featured him and Anne Hathaway recreating…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:40PMTony winner Frank Wood, Tony nominees Michael McGrath and Terry Beaver and Broadway vet Patricia Hodges will join previously announced stars Jim Belushi, Nina Arianda and Robert Sean Leonard…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:38PMTwelve-year-old Josh Baker is the newest addition to the West End cast of Billy Elliot, becoming the 25th boy to play the title role in the Olivier Award-winning musical in London. He will a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:15PMBroadway veteran and Glee star Matthew Morrison is hard at work putting finishing touches on his debut solo album, and the first single is ready for fans to swoon over. On February 28, Morri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:08PMIt’s official! After months of rumors surrounding his involvement, Tom Cruise has inked a deal to rage as over-the-top metal super star Stacee Jaxx in the upcoming film adaptation of B…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:57PMThe 2011 Oscar telecast is getting mixed reviews, but one bit was a hit with everyone who saw it: a montage of Auto-Tune “musical” scenes from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:51PMIt was a special night over at the St. James Theatre on February 27 as a trio of American Idiot stars bid farewell to the rocking show. Not only did the night mark the final performance of G…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:25PMSebastian Arcelus, Jill Paice and Rob McClure are among the complete cast of Where’s Charley?, the final New York City Center Encores! production of the 2010-2011 season. They join pre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMRuby Wax - Losing It will play an additional five week run at London's Menier Chocolate Factory this spring. The show, which is currently running through March 19, will return on May 17 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:17PMBefore the Oscar trophies were handed out at the 2011 ceremony, Broadway.com asked which of the 10 films nominated for Best Picture you'd most like to see adapted for the stage. The vote…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:13PMTony nominee David Garrison completes the cast of the upcoming world premiere comedy By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, joining the previously announced Sanaa Lathan, Stephanie J. Block, Kar…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08PMFriday, February 25, 2011
Four-time Emmy Award nominee Jeffrey Tambor has left the Broadway production of La Cage aux Folles. He joined the musical on Tuesday, February 15 in the role of Georges alongside Harvey Fier…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:30PMFour-time Emmy Award nominee Jeffrey Tambor has left the Broadway production of La Cage aux Folles. He joined the musical on Tuesday, February 15 in the role of Georges alongside Harvey Fier…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:30PMA luxurious ocean liner setting, criminals in disguise, impossible romance, even more impossible tap numbers and Cole Porter’s de-lovely score are just a few of the things that make mu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:49PMCasting has been announced for the off-Broadway production of Go Back to Where You Are, written by and starring David Greenspan. Directed by Leigh Silverman, the production will begin previe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:22PMWhen playing a fabulous drag queen, no actor can live without an equally fabulous dressing room filled with all those fake lashes, makeup and gigantic wigs. For his latest video blog, Prisci…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:32PMFresh off scoring an Oscar nomination for The King's Speech, director Tom Hooper may be interested in adapting the Tony-winning musical Les Miserables for the big screen, according to th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:44PMTickets are now on sale for the Broadway premiere of Larry Kramer’s 1985 play The Normal Heart, which begins its 12-week engagement on April 19 and officially opens on April 27 at…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:23PMFormer La Cage aux Folles star Kelsey Grammer will marry his fiancee, 29-year-old Kayte Walsh, on stage at the Longacre Theatre on February 25, three days after his 56th birthday. The aftern…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:57AMThe previously announced off-Broadway revival of Rent will begin performances on July 14 at New World Stages. The new production, helmed by Rent's original director Michael Greif, will o…
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