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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Temptations and Four Tops to Hit Broadway by David Rooney

The Motown supergroups will play a special one-week double-bill engagement at the Palace Theatre in Times Square this holiday seasonread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:00PM

Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn to Star in 'Blackbird' by David Rooney

Australian theater director Benedict Andrews will make his screen debut on the adaptation of David Harrower's acclaimed play, scheduled to shoot in the U.K. next summerread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:32PM
Monday, November 3, 2014

'The Oldest Boy': Theater Review by David Rooney

An American mother learns that her three-year-old son may be the reincarnation of a Tibetan high lama in Sarah Ruhl's new playread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM

'Pippin' to Take Final Broadway Bow by David Rooney

The Tony-winning musical revival will close Jan. 4 at the Music Box Theatre after a run of just under two yearsread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:10PM
Friday, October 31, 2014

James McAvoy Heads Back to London Stage in 'The Ruling Class' by David Rooney

The actor follows his acclaimed work in 'Macbeth' with a return to the same theater in a role made famous by Peter O'Toole in the 1972 screen versionread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:38PM
Thursday, October 30, 2014

'The Real Thing': Theater Review by David Rooney

Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal make their Broadway debuts in this revival of Tom Stoppard's 1982 exploration of love, marriage and infidelityread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

David Hyde Pierce to Make Broadway Directing Debut on 'It Shoulda Been You' by David Rooney

Tyne Daly and Harriet Harris will star as warring mothers in the new musical comedy about wedding-day insanityread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:32PM
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

'Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)': Theater Review by David Rooney

Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Suzan-Lori Parks revisits the American Civil War in this stunning Homeric trilogy, which begins a sprawling nine-part historical cycleread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Sunday, October 26, 2014

'The Last Ship': Theater Review by David Rooney

Sting returns to his childhood home in its dying days as a shipbuilding port in this allegorical musical about hope and redemptionread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Thursday, October 23, 2014

'Disgraced': Theater Review by David Rooney

Islamophobia rears its head in Ayad Akhtar's provocative 2013 Pulitzer Prize winner, which comes to Broadway with a cast that includes Gretchen Mol and Josh Radnorread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM

Craig Zadan and Neil Meron Pact With Broadway’s Shubert Organization by David Rooney

The producing team behind Oscar winner "Chicago" and NBC's "The Sound of Music Live!" have signed a three-year development deal with the theater powerhouseread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:45PM

Keira Knightley to Make Broadway Debut in 'Therese Raquin' by David Rooney

The new stage adaptation of Emile Zola’s classic 1867 novel will open Roundabout Theatre Company’s 50th anniversary season next fallread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:30AM
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Harvey Weinstein Gets the Rockettes Kicking by David Rooney

The Weinstein Co. chief and a team of New York theater creatives will overhaul the Radio City Music Hall "Spring Spectacular" after this year's aborted launchread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:13PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Tatiana Maslany to Make New York Stage Debut in 'The Way We Get By' by David Rooney

The "Orphan Black" star will appear opposite Thomas Sadoski in the world premiere of Neil LaBute's two-hander about love and lustread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:00PM
Monday, October 20, 2014

Indie Hit 'The Visitor' to Get Broadway Musical Makeover by David Rooney

Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, the team behind Pulitzer Prize winner "Next to Normal," will adapt writer-director Tom McCarthy's 2007 film, which starred Richard Jenkinsread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:05PM
Thursday, October 16, 2014

'On the Town': Theater Review by David Rooney

The 1944 hit that put Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Betty Comden and Adolph Green on the Broadway map gets a spirited revival courtesy of director John Rando and a fine castread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM

Al Pacino Heads Back to Broadway in David Mamet's 'China Doll' by David Rooney

The playwright describes his new work, written for the Oscar-, Tony- and Emmy-winning actor, as "better than oral sex"read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:56PM

Disney's Top Theater Exec on 'Frozen' Musical Plans: "I'm Talking to Directors" by David Rooney

Thomas Schumacher, president and producer at Disney Theatrical Group, opens up about the huge expectations involved in adapting the hit film, the massive success of 'Lion King,' and what wen…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:00PM

Stars Line Up for Elaine Stritch Tribute by David Rooney

Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, Betty Buckley and Hal Prince will be among those celebrating the Broadway legendread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:00PM
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Critic's Notebook: Why the Film 'Once' Became a Hit Broadway Musical But 'Rocky' Did Not by David Rooney

Still, upcoming productions of 'Honeymoon in Vegas,' 'Finding Neverland,' 'An American in Paris,' 'Doctor Zhivago' and 'Gigi' suggest the movie-to-musical trend is alive and kickingread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:30PM
Friday, October 10, 2014

How to Cast Conjoined Twins on Broadway by David Rooney

Oscar winner and 'Dreamgirls' director Bill Condon makes a risky Broadway directing debut with a revamp of a 1997 cult musical — a critical darling that lasted only three months in its ori…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:16PM
Thursday, October 9, 2014

'It's Only a Play': Theater Review by David Rooney

Broadway buddies Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane head an all-star cast in Terrence McNally's irreverent backstage comedyread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Monday, October 6, 2014

Beloved Broadway Star Marian Seldes Dies at 86 by David Rooney

In addition to acting, the Tony winner was also a dedicated teacher, whose students included Kevin Kline, Laura Linney, Kevin Spacey and Robin Williamsread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:59PM
Sunday, October 5, 2014

'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time': Theater Review by David Rooney

The smash Brit hit that swept London's Olivier Awards arrives on Broadway in a dazzling production from the director of "War Horse"read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Thursday, October 2, 2014

'The Country House': Theater Review by David Rooney

Blythe Danner plays a veteran actress whose family gathers in the Berkshires in Donald Margulies' contemporary homage to Anton Chekhovread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

'Indian Ink': Theater Review by David Rooney

Rosemary Harris stars as an Englishwoman journeying back into the past of her late sister, played by Romola Garai, in Tom Stoppard's 1995 drama read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Monday, September 29, 2014

'Children of a Lesser God' Returning to Broadway by David Rooney

Tony winner Kenny Leon will stage the 1980 play revival, scheduled for the 2015-16 seasonread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:19PM
Sunday, September 28, 2014

'You Can't Take It With You': Theater Review by David Rooney

Rose Byrne makes her Broadway debut alongside James Earl Jones in the 1936 screwball comedy about a family of New York eccentricsread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Thursday, September 25, 2014

'Wolf Hall' Bound for Broadway by David Rooney

The Royal Shakespeare Company's smash stage adaptation of Hilary Mantel's historical saga will play the Winter Garden Theatreread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:35PM
Monday, September 22, 2014

'The Money Shot': Theater Review by David Rooney

Elizabeth Reaser and Fred Weller play Hollywood stars negotiating the terms of a hardcore sex scene in Neil LaBute's latestread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM

Disney's 'The Lion King' Becomes History's Top-Grossing Entertainment Title by David Rooney

The Julie Taymor-directed production has earned $6.2 billion in worldwide box office to dateread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:03AM

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