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Thursday, January 30, 2020

Laura Linney keeps finding new ways to play one of her greatest roles by David Canfield

Lucy Barton is a woman of many lives. A writer reeling from a traumatic childhood, she emerged in Elizabeth Strout’s Booker Prize-nominated 2016 novel My Name Is Lucy Barton. In 2018, Rona…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 08:30AM
Friday, January 3, 2020

First look: Jesse Williams, Patrick J. Adams suit up for Take Me Out Broadway revival by David Canfield

Jesse Williams is a man in uniform. The Grey’s Anatomy star is set to make his Broadway debut in a revival of the Tony-winning play Take Me Out, which follows a professional baseball play…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 10:00AM
Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Katrina Lenk brings Company to new life in first look at Broadway revival by David Canfield

Katrina Lenk is officially part of the Company. The actress, fresh off of her Tony Award-winning breakout turn in The Band’s Visit, will next star on Broadway opposite Patti LuPone in th…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 12:00PM
Thursday, September 26, 2019

Exclusive: Mike Birbiglia is turning The New One into a hilarious new book by David Canfield

Mike Birbiglia’s The New One is staying fresh. The beloved comedian and best-selling author will publish a memoir about his experiences in fatherhood in 2020, based on his acclaimed stag…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 11:00AM
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Nathan Lane comedy Gary to shutter early on Broadway by David Canfield

And our first Broadway cancellation in the post-Tonys haze has arrived. Taylor Mac’s wild new comedy Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus will shutter this Sunday, nearly two months before …

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 11:56AM
Friday, May 10, 2019

Thanks to the world of audio, New York theater is being revolutionized by David Canfield

When it was reported in late April that Rona Munro’s play My Name Is Lucy Barton was headed to Broadway, the story carried an obvious selling point: Four-time Tony nominee Laura Linney was…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 10:30AM
Monday, April 29, 2019

Laura Linney returning to Broadway in My Name Is Lucy Barton by David Canfield

For her next Broadway run, Laura Linney is going solo. The four-time Tony Award nominee will return to the Great White Way early next year for the American premiere of My Name Is Lucy Barto…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 02:46PM
Monday, April 22, 2019

Breakout queer Broadway musical The Prom to get YA novel adaptation by David Canfield

The Prom party just keeps on rolling. EW can exclusively announce that a YA novel based on this Broadway season’s hit new musical is in the works and set to publish this fall. The queer-t…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 11:05AM
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Jeremy Pope is Broadway's MVP this season, and that's an amazing thing by David Canfield

It’s been a remarkable year so far for Jeremy Pope. The 26-year-old actor made his resounding Broadway debut to kick off 2019 with the Jan. 8 opening of Choir Boy, written by Oscar winner…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 03:35PM
Thursday, April 11, 2019

Laurie Metcalf talks playing Hillary Clinton on stage: 'I feel a responsibility' by David Canfield

In Lucas Hnath’s play Hillary and Clinton, audience members are challenged to see an iconic political pair anew. The script calls for actors to not do impersonations; the prologue warns th…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 03:17PM
Monday, April 8, 2019

Hannah Gadsby returning to the New York stage this summer with Douglas by David Canfield

Hannah Gadsby is returning to the New York stage. The comic behind the stand-up phenomenon Nanette, which achieved international acclaim after premiering as a Netflix special, is set to retu…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 03:30PM
Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Stories behind The Lion King, Sweeney Todd, and more iconic Broadway posters | EW.com by David Canfield

Frank “Fraver” Verlizzo, the legendary designer behind many of Broadway’s most iconic posters, has put together a book looking back at his remarkable career: Fraver by Design: 5 Decade…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 05:41PM
Saturday, August 26, 2017

Memphis Theater to Stop Annual Summer Screenings of Gone With the Wind Due to the Film’s ‘Insensitive’ Content by David Canfield

Breaking from a 34-year-old tradition, the historic Orpheum Theatre in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, announced Friday that it will not show Gone With the Wind in its future summer movie serie…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:52PM
Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Lead a Joyous Ham4Ham Revival in Los Angeles by David Canfield

A far cry from the chilly, cloudy New York City evenings where Ham4Ham originated, a mob of screaming fans crowded outside the Pantages Theater on this sunny Los Angeles afternoon, eagerly a…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:21PM
Saturday, August 5, 2017

Marred by Controversy, Detroit Is Off to a Sluggish Start at the Box Office by David Canfield

Detroit, Kathryn Bigelow’s incendiary revisiting of the 1967 Detroit riots, is struggling to attract a commercial audience. The film debuted in select theaters to modest numbers and acclai…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:53PM

NBC Chairman Bob Greenblatt’s Revival Ideas Keep Getting Rejected by Aaron Sorkin, Tina Fey, and Others by David Canfield

It seems that bringing Will & Grace back is encouraging NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt to dream big. As part of NBC’s participation in the Television Critics Association sum…

SOURCE: Vulture at 08:01PM
Saturday, July 29, 2017

Dr. Luke Has Subpoenaed Lady Gaga for Testimony in Defamation Case Against Kesha by David Canfield

Kesha may be in the midst of a thrilling creative comeback, but her legal battle with her former producer and alleged abuser Dr. Luke continues on. On Saturday, Dr. Luke officially subpoenae…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:32PM
Saturday, July 15, 2017

You Can Now Watch Emily Blunt Actually Move as Mary Poppins in This New ‘Motion Poster’ by David Canfield

Emily Blunt is Mary Poppins in the upcoming sequel, #MaryPoppinsReturns. The brand new film opens in theatres December 2018. #D23Expo pic.twitter.com/egxozrpRbr— Walt Disney Studios (@Disn…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:45PM
Sunday, July 9, 2017

Watch Playwright Ins Choi Perform “Mine Eyes Are Lean,” a Poem About Being an Asian Actor, for Hawaii Five-O Stars Daniel Dae Kim and Grac by David Canfield

News of Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park’s unceremonious exits from Hawaii Five-O reached the Signature Theatre Company in New York on Saturday night, when Ins Choi — the playwright and sta…

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:44PM
Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Edward Albee’s Final Wish Was for His Unfinished Work to Be Completely Destroyed by David Canfield

What do Franz Kafka, Adam Yauch, and Edward Albee have in common? For one thing, the trio now officially shares the adamant wish that any unfinished work be destroyed after their death. The …

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:06AM
Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Lovers Are Lamenting the Demise of the Wonka Bar by David Canfield

A spacious venue branded “Wonka Chocolate Factory” in big gold letters is currently nestled in the heart of New York’s theater district, but as Monday’s New York Times report tells i…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:46AM
Monday, July 3, 2017

Apparently Bitter About American Idol Jumping Ship, Fox Is Developing a Rival Musical-Competition Show for Mid-Season by David Canfield

Fox is staking its claim in the ever-intensifying game of TV-musical-competition chairs. Variety is reporting that the network has put a new series from Israeli producer Armoza Formats into …

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:31PM
Saturday, June 24, 2017

Audiences Are Vomiting, Screaming, and Fainting at Broadway’s 1984, but the Directors Aren’t Losing Sleep Over It by David Canfield

Even before 1984’s official Broadway opening on Thursday night, audiences on the Great White Way were — at times quite literally — struggling to stomach the production’s combination …

SOURCE: Vulture at 07:17PM

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