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Sunday, December 2, 2012

Theater Review | ‘Chris March’s The Butt-Cracker Suite!’: ‘Chris March’s The Butt-Cracker Suite!’ at Here by David Rooney

“Chris March’s The Butt-Cracker Suite!” is a campy reinvention of Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker,” which Mr. March calls a “trailer park ballet.”

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Friday, November 30, 2012

Neil LaBute to Direct 'Reasons to Be Happy' Off Broadway by David Rooney

Debuting in May, the world premiere is a companion piece to the playwright's Tony-nominated 2008 drama, "Reasons to Be Pretty."read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:23PM
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Dead Accounts: Theater Review by David Rooney

Katie Holmes tackles her first leading role on Broadway, alongside Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz in this Ohio-set comedy from "Smash" creator Theresa Rebeck.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Amber Tamblyn to Light 'Firecracker' on Broadway by David Rooney

Soon to be seen onscreen in Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained," the actress will make her Broadway debut in the 1984 Beth Henley play.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:15PM
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Theater Review: ‘Forever Dusty’ at New World Stages by David Rooney

Kirsten Holly Smith channels Dusty Springfield in “Forever Dusty,” a biographical musical about the British pop-soul singer.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:57PM
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Theater Review: ‘The Outgoing Tide,’ Bruce Graham’s Drama at 59E59 Theaters by David Rooney

“The Outgoing Tide,” starring Michael Learned and Peter Strauss, focuses on the difficult journey of decline and death.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PM
Monday, November 19, 2012

A Christmas Story, The Musical: Theater Review by David Rooney

Smartly retooled for the stage from the 1983 MGM holiday movie (a perennially popular December cable staple), this nostalgic tale set in 1940 follows a bespectacled Indiana kid's quest to ge…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Sunday, November 18, 2012

Theater Review: ‘Radiance,’ by Labyrinth, at Bank Street Theater by David Rooney

Cusi Cram’s “Radiance” suggests a story rich in compelling conflict. But that story is resistant to being told in theatrical form.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:07PM
Thursday, November 15, 2012

New York Yankees and Major League Baseball Batting For Broadway by David Rooney

The untitled project from producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo follows two previous sports-themed plays, "Lombardi" and "Magic/Bird."read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:52PM
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

The Performers: Theater Review by David Rooney

Cheyenne Jackson, Ari Graynor, Alicia Silverstone and Henry Winkler star in David West Read's Broadway comedy, which unfolds around the Adult Film Awards in Las Vegas.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Theater Review by David Rooney

Winner of five Tony Awards in 1986, Rupert Holmes' interactive musical elaboration on Charles Dickens' unfinished final novel returns in this Roundabout Theater Company production featuring …

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Monday, November 12, 2012

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike: Theater Review by David Rooney

David Hyde Pierce and Sigourney Weaver star in the world premiere of Christopher Durang's Chekhov-inspired comedy. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Friday, November 9, 2012

Holly Hunter to Star Off Broadway in 'The Vandal' by David Rooney

The Oscar-winning actress will join Zach Grenier and Noah Robbins in the new work by actor-turned-playwright Hamish Linklater.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:37PM
Thursday, November 8, 2012

Checkers: Theater Review by David Rooney

Anthony LaPaglia and Kathryn Erbe star as Richard and Pat Nixon in screenwriter Douglas McGrath's play, which revisits the then-VP candidate's famous 1952 speech that forever changed the rol…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00PM

Annie: Theater Review by David Rooney

Somewhere between Kathleen Turner clubbing an "Annie" fan to death in "Serial Mom" and Jay-Z sampling "It's the Hard Knock Life," this crowdpleasing family-friendly 1977 musical became a bel…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00PM

Oscar-Nominated Songwriter Diane Warren to Get Broadway Musical Treatment by David Rooney

Broadway producer Dede Harris has optioned the song catalogue of the six-time Academy Award nominee to develop a new musical.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:44PM

Blythe Danner Takes 'Nice Work' on Broadway by David Rooney

The veteran stage, screen and TV actress will play a 12-week stint in the Gershwin musical "Nice Work If You Can Get It," which stars Matthew Broderick.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:51PM
Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Jerry Seinfeld Adds Hurricane Sandy Benefit Show by David Rooney

The comedian and his opening act Colin Quinn will donate all income from three upcoming New York area standup performances to the superstorm relief effort.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:54PM
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Theater Review: Sean McNall in Charles Morey’s ‘Figaro,’ at Pearl Theater by David Rooney

Charles Morey’s spry adaptation of “The Marriage of Figaro” taps 21st-century parallels to Beaumarchais’s original skewering of the rich and powerful.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:35PM
Monday, November 5, 2012

America Ferrera to Headline Off Broadway's 'Bethany' by David Rooney

The "Ugly Betty" star will play a cash-strapped woman struggling to survive in the world premiere of Laura Marks' dark comedy, produced by Women's Project Theater.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:48PM
Thursday, November 1, 2012

The Heiress: Theater Review by David Rooney

David Strathairn, Dan Stevens and Judith Ivey also star in the Broadway revival of this 1947 play, adapted from the Henry James novel "Washington Square."read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Broadway Back on Full Schedule as 'Sandy Specials' Proliferate by David Rooney

Tough-ticket hits like "The Book of Mormon" are sold out as always, but many shows are offering special post-hurricane deals to lure patrons while NYC transport remains patchy.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:04PM
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Broadway Performances to Resume Wednesday After Hurricane Sandy Suspension by David Rooney

While a handful of shows including Disney's "The Lion King" and "Mary Poppins" will skip one more performance, the majority of Broadway productions will be back on the boards after the three…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:11PM

Theater Review: ‘The Medium,’ With Jeffery T. Roberson by David Rooney

Jeffery T. Roberson, better known as his alter ego, Varla Jean Merman, plays a con-artist mystic in a noir-flavored production of “The Medium,” an opera by Gian Carlo Menotti.

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Broadway Braces for Hurricane Sandy by David Rooney

All Sunday and Monday evening performances have been canceled, including such hit shows as "Evita," "The Lion King," "Newsies," "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:22PM
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Nathan Lane Returns to Broadway in 'The Nance' by David Rooney

Currently a season regular on "The Good Wife," the two-time Tony Award winner will star in Douglas Carter Beane's new play as an effeminate burlesque performer in 1930s New York.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:13PM

Hitchcock Classic 'Rear Window' To Be Adapted for Broadway Stage by David Rooney

Producers Charlie Lyons, Jay Russell and Tim Guinee have acquired rights to Cornell Woolrich's 1942 noir short story and are in talks with top theater directors and playwrights on the projec…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:17AM
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

'Book of Mormon' Smashes House Record at L.A.'s Pantages Theatre by David Rooney

The Tony-winning musical grossed more than $2.2 million in the week ending Oct. 21, setting a new high for an eight-performance stint at the West Coast playhouse.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:44PM
Monday, October 22, 2012

Barry Manilow to Croon on Broadway by David Rooney

The Brooklyn-born singer will return to his hometown to play a 17-date engagement, with premium ticket prices topping those for "The Book of Mormon."read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:40PM
Friday, October 19, 2012

Sarah Paulson and Danny Burstein to Team in 'Talley's Folly' Off Broadway by David Rooney

The "American Horror Story" series regular and the Tony-nominated star of last season's "Follies" revival on Broadway will play unlikely lovers in Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize winner.read…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:01AM
Thursday, October 18, 2012

'True Blood' Regular Chris Bauer Heads Off Broadway in 'What Rhymes With America' by David Rooney

Taking a break from playing Sheriff Andy Bellefleur on the HBO series, Bauer heads the cast of Melissa James Gibson's new play for the Atlantic Theater Company.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:30PM

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