Thursday, January 13, 2011
Ellen Stewart, who nurtured several generations of writers, and directors from around the world at the off-off-Broadway theater La MaMa E.T.C., died on January 13 at Beth Israel Hospital aft…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PMSpringtime on Broadway got a jump start January 13, when the starry starting lineup of That Championship Season stepped out to meet the Broadway press. The Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning dr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:44PMIn an interview with Florida Weekly, Patti LuPone said she plans to appear in the New York Philharmonic’s forthcoming concert production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company. As previou…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:39PMThe Tony Award-winning musical Memphis will be captured live in performance for what’s being dubbed “high definition exhibition in digital cinemas nationwide.” The filming …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:44PMOn the day of the play’s first preview, Manhattan Theatre Club has announced a one-week extension of its New York premiere of The Whipping Man. Matthew Lopez’s play will have its…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:22PMThe rocking atmosphere at the St. James Theatre feels even more like a wild concert these days as Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong joins the cast of American Idiot for a limited enga…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:11PMWednesday, January 12, 2011
Plenty of celebs have been eager to catch the highly talked about Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark, so TV and radio host Glenn Beck decided to find out what all the buzz is about for himself. A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:18PMWinter is in full force in New York City, but the first major blizzard of the season didn't keep the crew over at The Addams Family away from their backstage digs at Broadway's Lunt-…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:21PMAs the revered Mother Superior in the wildly outrageous nun comedy The Divine Sister, Charles Busch exits his dressing room at the start of each performance looking quite different from when…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:21PMOriginal Broadway stars James Gandolfini, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeff Daniels and Hope Davis will reunite to bring God of Carnage to Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre. The production will run Ap…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:51PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Christopher Plummer has signed on to narrate a one-night-only concert of Sir William Walton’s Oscar-nominated score of Henry V with the New York Philharmonic…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:49PMA stage adaptation of the popular Disney musical Aladdin is on tap for a world premiere production at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, according to the Seattle Times. The show will be mou…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:34PMWicked composer Stephen Schwartz will team up with Slumdog Millionaire composer A.R. Rahman for Monkeys of Bollywood, a forthcoming animated feature film musical from DreamWorks Animation, a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:10AMTuesday, January 11, 2011
The dysfunctional family drama is a hallmark of American theater, and the latest exploration of this familiar theme, off-Broadway offering Blood From a Stone, is coming out swinging. The deb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:26PMLooks like Detroit will join cities like Memphis and Chicago with its own namesake Broadway show. Lisa D'Amour's new play Detroit is heading to Broadway this fall, after a fall 2010 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:40PMStephen Campbell Moore will take on the roles of Karl and Steve in the upcoming West End transfer of Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park. Moore is replacing previously announced cast member Jas…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:44PMPlaywrights Horizons has announced a one-week extension of its world premiere production of Adam Bock’s A Small Fire, through January 30. The play began performances on December 16 and…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:04PMCarina Gillespie will make her West End debut as Sandy opposite Matthew Goodgame as Danny in the London revival of Grease. Gillespie is due to join the production on January 24, and Goodgame…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:41AMThe Broadway ad agency Serino Coyne has announced a merger with Art Meets Commerce, a provider of digital services to the theatrical community. Both companies are subsidiaries of the adverti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:09AMMonday, January 10, 2011
The number of shows continues to contract during Broadway’s hibernation season, but the remaining hits showed plenty of strength in spite of the threat of weekend winter snow. The top …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:39PMKate Flannery and the gals of Love, Loss and What I Wore felt an extra dose of audience appreciation for their fashionable tales on January 9 when The Office star’s close pals, hilario…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:28PMCreative team members have been announced Once, a new stage musical adaptation of the 2007 film of the same name. After a pre-Broadway workshop presentation , scheduled to take place in late…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMAdditional casting has been announced for the forthcoming Broadway revival of John Guare’s The House of Blue Leaves. David Cromer’s production, starring previously announced cast…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:34PMJanuary 9 was an emotional night for the cast of Broadway’s In The Heights, as the lights went down on the bodegas and fire escapes of their Broadway barrio for the final time. Several…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:15PMCasting has been announced for the forthcoming Encores! production of Lost in the Stars, which will be presented at New York City Center February 3-6. The show, featuring music by Kurt Weill…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PMGreen Day lead singer and American Idiot co-author Billie Joe Armstrong revealed he's open to the idea of penning an original musical with the help of Idiot director Michael Mayer, accor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:50PMBroadway’s rip-roaring ‘80s metal musical Rock of Ages, which played its final performance at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on January 9, will re-open at the Helen Hayes Theatre on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMCharles Busch and his fellow nutty nuns welcomed another famous face to the Soho Playhouse when Tony Award winner Alan Cumming paid a visit to The Divine Sister on January 8. After the curta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMLooks like Dracula has taken its last bite out of the Big Apple: The off-Broadway revival of the classic vampire tale played its final performance on January 9 at the Little Shubert Theatre.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:44PMThe final Broadway performance of In The Heights was an emotional one for the show's cast, and the man who brought Heights to life wanted to send them out out in style. After the curtain…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:41PMColman Domingo is headed back to the Broadway company of Chicago as slick-talking lawyer Billy Flynn. The actor will begin performances on January 10 at the Ambassador Theatre and remain wit…
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