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Monday, October 26, 2015

Broadway on demand? New streaming service aims to bring stage to screens by Gordon Cox

Two stage producers hope to usher Broadway fare into the digital streaming era with BroadwayHD, a new subscription and on-demand service that launches today. The service kicks off with a lib…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:12AM

Broadway on demand? New streaming service aims to bring stage to screens by Gordon Cox

Two stage producers hope to usher Broadway fare into the digital streaming era with BroadwayHD, a new subscription and on-demand service that launches today.

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:49AM

Broadway on Demand? New Streaming Service Aims to Bring Stage to Screens by Gordon Cox

Two stage producers hope to usher Broadway fare into the digital streaming era with BroadwayHD, a new subscription and on-demand service that launches today. The service kicks off with a l…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:29AM
Friday, October 23, 2015

‘Harry Potter’ Stage Play Will Be Two-Part Sequel About Harry’s Son by Gordon Cox

“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the Harry Potter play due to open in the West End in the summer of 2016, will be a two-part epic set 19 years after J.K. Rowling’s seve…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:51AM

Broadway Review: ‘Dames at Sea’ by Gordon Cox

How cruel, to make comparisons with a legendary star! How unkind! How unfair! Well, tough luck, because here it comes: the new leading lady of “Dames at Sea” is no Bernadette Pet…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:53AM
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Chicago Theater Stirs Up a ‘Cyclone’ of Promising New Work by Gordon Cox

Every year Chicago theater heats up as the weather begins to cool, but this autumn has quickly turned especially hot with high quality work, most all of it original.  The likes of David Rab…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:59PM

Off Broadway Review: ‘Ripcord’ by David Lindsay-Abaire by Gordon Cox

The Manhattan Theater Club presumably commissioned “Ripcord” from playwright David Lindsay-Abaire to give their faithful subscription audience a subject dear to their own hearts.…

SOURCE: Variety at 08:11AM
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Steve Martin, Edie Brickell Musical ‘Bright Star’ Sets Broadway Dates, Cast by Gordon Cox

“Bright Star,” the bluegrass musical by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, has locked in its Broadway details, setting a March opening with a cast headed by Carmen Cusack, who origi…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:25PM

Lupine Nyong’o Will Star on Broadway in Play ‘Eclipsed,’ Written by ‘Walking Dead’ Star by Gordon Cox

Lupita Nyong’o will take her passion project “Eclipsed” all the way to Broadway, with the play — written by Danai Gurira, the playwright who is also a star of “…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:21PM
Monday, October 19, 2015

Broadway Box Office: Plays Get A Little Love by Gordon Cox

In a Broadway box office frame when many musicals saw shrinkage following a long-weekend holiday, plays stood out as the shows gaining momentum, with productions including “King Charle…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:28PM

Animated ‘Witch’s Night Out’ to Become Stage Musical by Gordon Cox

Jim Dooley, a composer and songwriter who works regularly in TV, has acquired the musical theater rights to “Witch’s Night Out,” a 1978 animated special that starred the v…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:28PM

Daniel Craig to Star in Off Broadway ‘Othello’ with David Oyelowo by Gordon Cox

Daniel Craig will go from Bond to Iago next fall when he stars opposite David Oyelowo in an Off Broadway production of “Othello,” to be directed by Tony winner Sam Gold. Craig, w…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:27PM
Friday, October 16, 2015

Matthew Broderick on Embracing ‘the Dog Thing’ in Broadway Play ‘Sylvia’ by Gordon Cox

Matthew Broderick is becoming as much a fixture on Broadway as the TKTS booth. After nine months in starry smash “It’s Only a Play” last season, he’s back this fall in dog comedy “…

SOURCE: Variety at 08:13PM
Thursday, October 15, 2015

Clive Owen Opens Broadway’s ‘Old Times’ with Ambiguity and Lots of Cigarettes by Gordon Cox

It can safely be said that the Roundabout Theater Company’s Broadway revival of Harold Pinter’s “Old Times,” starring Clive Owen, Eve Best and Kelly Reilly, opened Oc…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:26AM

Broadway Review: ‘Old Times’ Starring Clive Owen by Gordon Cox

The Roundabout Theater Company’s Broadway revival of “Old Times” can’t possibly miss.  Harold Pinter’s three-handed battle for sexual dominance, first performed on Bro…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:26AM

Bob Saget Joins Broadway’s ‘Hand to God’ by Gordon Cox

Bob Saget has signed on to join the cast of Broadway play “Hand to God,” stepping for the Tony-nominated comedy’s final months before the show ends it runs in January. Sage…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:26AM

Broadway Box Office: Keira Knightley Debuts as Sales Gain Steam by Gordon Cox

With two new plays joining the Broadway fray — including Keira Knightley making her Broadway debut in “Therese Raquin” — overall sales ticked upward following a week …

SOURCE: Variety at 11:26AM

Broadway Box Office: Thumped by the Pope, the U.N. and the End of 2-for-1 Tickets by Gordon Cox

A perfect storm of factors, from the pope to the United Nations to the end of Broadway week, combined to hold back Broadway box office, pushing down both sales and attendance. The vast major…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:26AM

John Krasinski to Star Off Broadway in New Play ‘Dry Powder’ by Gordon Cox

John Krasinski will make his stage debut at the Public Theater this spring in “Dry Powder,” a new play to be staged by “Hamilton” director Thomas Kail. Krasinski wi…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:26AM

Things Get Physical at the Opening of Broadway’s ‘Fool for Love’ by Gordon Cox

Things got physical at the Oct. 8 opening night of Manhattan Theater Club’s revival of Sam Shepard’s 1983 play “Fool for Love.” Shepard’s assault-and-battery story about tormented …

SOURCE: Variety at 11:26AM

Off Broadway Review: Robert O’Hara’s Cruelly Funny ‘Barbecue’ by Gordon Cox

Robert O’Hara’s cruelly funny new play, “Barbecue,” shrewdly turns the formula for the American domestic comedy on its head, forcing uneasy thoughts about the facile …

SOURCE: Variety at 11:26AM

Jeff Daniels, Michelle Williams to Star in Broadway ‘Blackbird’ by Gordon Cox

Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams will star in a Broadway staging of “Blackbird,” the David Harrower play to be directed by Joe Mantello (“Wicked”). Scott Rudin, the…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:26AM

Broadway Review: ‘Fool for Love’ with Sam Rockwell by Gordon Cox

Love hurts — quite literally, in the Manhattan Theater Club’s highly physicalized revival of Sam Shepard’s 1983 play “Fool for Love.” The production originated l…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:26AM

Broadway’s Araca Group to Expand into Film, TV and Digital by Gordon Cox

The Araca Group, the Broadway producer and merchandising firm, has launched a new division, Araca Media & Entertainment, to develop and manage Broadway-inspired entertainment properties …

SOURCE: Variety at 11:26AM

Broadway Review: ‘The Gin Game’ with Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones by Gordon Cox

It’s true what they say about bona fide stars like Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones — they could indeed hold us spellbound simply by reading the New York telephone book.  Not t…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:26AM

‘CSI’ Creator Anthony Zuiker to Write ‘Soul Train’ Musical for Broadway by Gordon Cox

The brewing Broadway musical version of “Soul Train” has found its conductor, and it’s Anthony Zuiker, the creator of the “CSI” franchise. TV procedural maven Z…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:26AM

Off Broadway Review: Lupita Nyong’o in ‘Eclipsed,’ From ‘Walking Dead’s’ Danai Gurira by Gordon Cox

Playwright Danai Gurira — also the actress best known as Michonne on “The Walking Dead” — delivers politics with a passion in “Eclipsed,” a searing drama …

SOURCE: Variety at 11:26AM

Broadway Box Office: Boffo Bow for Estefan Musical ‘On Your Feet!’ by Gordon Cox

Looks like the rhythm has already gotcha, Broadway — at least to judge from the first week of sales at “On Your Feet!,” the bio-musical about Gloria Estefan and Emilio Es…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:26AM

Broadway’s Mobile Ticketer TodayTix Expands to West Coast by Gordon Cox

Mobile ticketing app TodayTix is moving west, with the company expanding into the San Francisco Bay area after setting up home bases in New York and in London. With San Francisco launching n…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:26AM

Broadway Director John Doyle to Lead Off Broadway’s Classic Stage Company by Gordon Cox

John Doyle, the Broadway director who’s staging the upcoming revival of “The Color Purple” and who won a Tony Award for his production of “Sweeney Todd,” has be…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:26AM

Chicago Theater Review: ‘The Tempest,’ with Magic by Teller by Gordon Cox

Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s spectacle-oriented production of “The Tempest,” seen in prior versions at American Repertory Theater and a couple of other regionals, achieves what many s…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:52AM

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