Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Ivo Van Hove’s revival of “A View from the Bridge” and Jonathan Kent’s staging of “Gypsy,” starring Imelda Staunton, have picked up Critics Circle Theater Awards in London j…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMMonday, January 26, 2015
The return of co-creator and original star John Cameron Mitchell to “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” helped the Broadway musical post solid sales last week, a late-January frame whe…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:41PMWednesday, January 21, 2015
“Whorl Inside a Loop,” the latest stage show by Dick Scanlan and Broadway fave Sherie Rene Scott, will round out the 2014-15 season at Second Stage Theater, the New York nonp…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:30PMFriday, January 16, 2015
Tony Danza shows off some mean tap skills in “Hpneymoon in Vegas,” the Broadway musical that opened Jan. 15. What, you’re surprised Danza can tap? Don’t be. He’…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:29AMThursday, January 15, 2015
Broadway played a starring role in the 2015 Academy Awards nominations — just as two nominees are playing starring roles on Broadway. Both Bradley Cooper, nominated for best actor for …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:17PMWednesday, January 14, 2015
Ruth Wilson is having a helluva week. First she wins a Golden Globe, and then two days later, on Jan. 13, she opens her first Broadway show, “Constellations,” with costar Jake Gy…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:19AMThursday, January 8, 2015
Broadway vets Christian Borle and Brian d’Arcy James will lead the cast of upcoming musical “Something Rotten!,” starring in the show after the two appeared in NBC’s …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PMTuesday, January 6, 2015
Broadway musical "The Last Ship" will close later this month despite a last-ditch effort to drum up sales with an acting stint for Sting, the show's composer.
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:31AMThursday, December 18, 2014
When Disney and director Rob Marshall needed a screenwriter for the movie-musical “Into the Woods,” they went straight to the source: James Lapine, the book writer of the Stephen Sondhei…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMWednesday, December 17, 2014
Didn’t get a chance to catch Audra McDonald’s Tony-winning (and history-making) performance as Billie Holiday in Broadway’s “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Gri…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:42PMTuesday, December 16, 2014
“One Day,” a retooled version of cult 1999 teen musical “Inappropriate,” will play New York in a new multimedia production from Big Block Entertainment — which …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:50AMTuesday, December 9, 2014
Broadway favorite Laura Benanti (“Nashville,” “The Good Wife”) has signed on to star in “New York Spring Spectacular,” the new show at Radio City Music Ha…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:23PMMonday, December 8, 2014
There's a lot of history in the current Broadway production of "The Elephant Man," which opened on Dec. 7 with Bradley Cooper in the title role.First, there's the history of the play, which …
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:32AMThere’s a lot of history in the current Broadway production of “The Elephant Man,” which opened on Dec. 7 with Bradley Cooper in the title role. First, there’s the hi…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:44AMRita Wilson has signed on to the cast of "Fish in the Dark," the new Broadway play written by and starring Larry David.
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 04:51AMFriday, December 5, 2014
Liza spoiled it for everyone with her thrilling perf as Sally Bowles, the flamboyant party girl in “Cabaret.” Although her pitiful musical talents are the least of the service…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:10PMWednesday, December 3, 2014
With the extended run of hit Broadway comedy “It’s Only a Play” necessitating the exit of some of its stars, producers have tapped theater-world favorite Katie Finneran and…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:47PMThursday, November 20, 2014
Annawadi, the vast slum concealed behind Mumbai Intl. Airport, was author Katherine Boo’s home for three years. It’s doubtful that she’d recognize the place in its onstage incarna…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:20PMMonday, November 17, 2014
At its 2014 Winter Gala, long-running show incubator New York Stage and Film celebrated one of Broadway’s most high-profile press agents, Rick Miramontez, with Spidey and tales told ou…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:11PMBroadway loves Hugh Jackman — and not just the box office. The whole theater industry swoons for the guy, who is, by all accounts, a dreamboat to work with. “I was waiting to see…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:59AMMonday, November 10, 2014
Matthew Morrison, the Broadway alum who’s currently wrapping up his final season on “Glee,” will take over the lead role in “Finding Neverland,” the Harvey Weinstein-produced music…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMThursday, November 6, 2014
The New Group kicks off its 20th anniversary season with a winner: a powerful revival of David Rabe’s harrowing 1971 black comedy, “Sticks and Bones.” Masterfully helmed b…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMThe limited run of mega-selling Broadway production “It’s Only a Play” just got a little less limited: The comedy will move to the Jacobs Theater — right next door t…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:16PMThe upcoming Broadway revival of musical “Fiddler on the Roof” has landed its Tevye, with five-time Tony nominee Danny Burstein set to play the lead in one of musical theater&#…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:30PM“Made in Dagenham” goes from zero to sixty in no time at all, motored mostly by laughs and tubthumping tunes. Sadly, the musical runs out of gas halfway through, thanks to a top-…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:27PMWednesday, November 5, 2014
Tony winner Faith Prince will star in the musical version of “First Wives Club” in Chicago this spring alongside Christine Sherrill and Carmen Cusack, with the trio playing parts…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:45AMTuesday, November 4, 2014
With the Broadway revival of “Pippin” joining the handful of shows throwing in the towel on or around Jan. 4 — including musicals “Cinderella,” “OnceR…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:30PMWhen "The Trip to Bountiful" wrapped up its 48-performance run at the Ahmanson Theater Nov. 2, it cemented its place as one of the top-selling non-musical productions ever at the L.A. theate…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:56AMHugh Jackman made it rain at the Broadway box office last week, as the initial performances of his topliner "The River" yielded the kind of numbers that'd be encouraging for a sizeable music…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:42AMWhen “The Trip to Bountiful” wrapped up its 48-performance run at the Ahmanson Theater Nov. 2, it cemented its place as one of the top-selling non-musical productions ever at th…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMMonday, November 3, 2014
Sarah Ruhl’s new play, “The Oldest Boy,” is extremely imaginative and hypnotically beautiful, but the plot is a puzzler. An American woman, the wife of a Tibetan man, is…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM 
