Thursday, April 5, 2012
As a portrait of a political power consort who became the main event, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's warhorse has its limits, but director Michael Grandage's production dazzles.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:09PMReprising the role that made her a star overnight in London, Argentine discovery Elena Roger is flanked by Ricky Martin and Michael Cerveris in Broadway's first revival of the Tony-winning 1…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMTuesday, April 3, 2012
David Rooney The basketball Hall of Famer will be on hand with cast members for a post-show talkback following a special April 13 matinee performance of the new play by Eric Simonson.read mo…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:22PMDavid Rooney The Oscar-nominated actress will play the Baker's Wife this summer in the Public Theater revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's 1986 musical fairy-tale mashup.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:20PMMonday, April 2, 2012
A gutsy performance trapped in a one-note play that gives us the broad outline of the tragic star but lacks the insight to penetrate her heart.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:18PMSunday, April 1, 2012
A deluxe cast breathes fresh life into this entertaining round of political marksmanship by a keen-eyed observer whose experience in the D.C. swamp informs every line.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:32PMThursday, March 29, 2012
After the commercial disappointments of “Tarzan” and “The Little Mermaid” on Broadway, Disney scores by keeping it simple, spirited and engagingly old-fashioned in this winning rethi…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:37PMSunday, March 25, 2012
A revival of “Lost in Yonkers” at the Beckett Theater is warmly satisfying, with a depth of character, humanity and personal investment.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:08PMThursday, March 22, 2012
The 1971 religious rock opera remains a psychologically lite relic of its time, but it gets propulsive treatment in this energized, vocally robust revival.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:39PMTuesday, March 20, 2012
The stage adaptation of the 1982 MGM film will premiere in San Francisco in the fall before bowing in New York in spring 2013 in a production directed and choreographed by Tony winner Kathle…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:59PMMonday, March 19, 2012
THR's theater critic looks at the questions raised by NPR's revelations concerning the veracity of Mike Daisey's monologue, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs."
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:22AMSunday, March 18, 2012
As much a song cycle as a musical, this bittersweet fairy tale has a spellbinding charm.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:27PMThursday, March 15, 2012
Mike Nichols' psychologically resonant production of this American classic is sure to rank high among the major theatrical events of the season.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:57PMThe Emmy-winning actor will play Chastain's emotionally distant father in the stage adaptation by Ruth and Augustus Goetz of the Henry James novel, "Washington Square."
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:11PMTuesday, March 13, 2012
The recent Oscar winner reprised the acclaimed role that earned him a Tony Award in 1997 last year in Canada in this bio-play, which was captured on film by director-adapter Érik Canuel.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:18PMWednesday, March 7, 2012
The former Disney Channel star will make her Broadway debut in the musical adaptation of the 1992 Touchstone comedy, stepping into the role originally played onscreen by producer Whoopi Gold…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:30PMTuesday, March 6, 2012
As a pair of self-centered Boston blue bloods, Kathleen Chalfant and John Cunningham are the heart of Tina Howe’s “Painting Churches,” a Keen Company revival now at the Clurman Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMMonday, March 5, 2012
A classic of the gross-out comedy genre, the 1978 John Landis feature, "National Lampoon's Animal House," will join the long list of movie hits being retooled as theatrical musicals.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:15PMSunday, March 4, 2012
“I ♥ Alice ♥ I,” at the Irish Arts Center, takes a look at the intricacies of the relationship of a lesbian couple over a 30-year period.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMThursday, March 1, 2012
An infamous Broadway flop becomes just another insipid teen-angst musical in this well-intentioned but misguided revision.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:30PMTuesday, February 28, 2012
"Bachelorette" writer-director Leslye Headland says her play about long-suffering executive assistants is not a tell-all, but the notoriously irascible personality of her former boss, Harvey…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:05PMThe two will star in stage comedy "Lonely, I'm Not," premiering Off Broadway as a Second Stage Theatre production.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:05PMSunday, February 26, 2012
In the age of the blogosphere, in which everyone’s a critic and in which informed, impartial analysis often takes a backseat to gleeful off-the-cuff savagery or unrestrained gush, the deat…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:12PMSaturday, February 25, 2012
Mr. Mann was a founder of the influential Circle in the Square Theater, and a driving force in the rise of Off Broadway theater in the 1950s.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:55AMThursday, February 23, 2012
The Oscar-winning 1994 crime caper will become the first of Woody Allen's films to get a screen-to-stage musical makeover.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:31PMWednesday, February 22, 2012
Lauper joins forces with writer Harvey Fierstein and director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell for a Chicago test run of their stage adaptation of the 2005 Miramax release.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:10PMFriday, January 27, 2012
Cynthia Nixon’s unsparing performance makes Margaret Edson’s celebrated play a powerfully moving experience.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:57AMTuesday, January 24, 2012
Playwright Leslye Headland makes her debut as writer-director with this screen adaptation of her 2010 Off Broadway hit, starring Kirsten Dunst
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:27PMThursday, January 19, 2012
Following successful tryout runs, Disney Theatrical Productions will add the two new shows to its Broadway roster this season.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:29PMWednesday, January 18, 2012
David Rooney The director and star of "American Beauty" team up for the Shakespeare play, the closing entry in the ambitious international classical theater undertaking, The Bridge Project.r…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMTuesday, January 17, 2012
David Rooney Rosemary Harris, Carla Gugino and Jim Dale star in the first Broadway production of Athol Fugard's 1984 play, which kicks off the South African dramatist's 80th birthday celebra…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM 
