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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Off Broadway’s Second Stage Replaces ‘American Psycho’ with ‘Between Riverside and Crazy’ by Gordon Cox

Second Stage Theater, the Off Broadway company that found itself with a hole in its season when its scheduled production of musical “American Psycho” was yanked by commercial pro…

SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PM

Broadway to Honor Elaine Stritch with Starry Tribute by Gordon Cox

Broadway will turn out to honor the late Elaine Stritch with a starry performance next month that will include theater-industry royalty including Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone and Hal Prin…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Off Broadway Review: ‘Found’ by Gordon Cox

Although there isn’t a kitten or a puppy in sight, “Found” is so cute, it’s almost too cute.  Helmer Lee Overtree has been extremely clever in staging this quirky m…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:18PM
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Broadway Box Office: Columbus Day Drives Street-Wide Spike by Gordon Cox

Columbus Day brought a surge of long-weekend tourism business to Broadway last week, with the holiday spurring major gains all along the Street at shows including newly anointed critical dar…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:14PM
Monday, October 13, 2014

Off Broadway Review: The Debate Society’s ‘Jacuzzi’ by Gordon Cox

The stage at Off Broadway’s Ars Nova is so long and narrow, there’s hardly room to swing a cat.  So it might seem absurd to install a fully functioning hot tub as the centerpiec…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM
Friday, October 10, 2014

Nathan Lane Wrestles Open Nighters to the Ground in ‘It’s Only a Play’ by Gordon Cox

The Oct. 9 opening of starry comedy “It’s Only a Play” brought a little old-fashioned glamor back to Broadway: The event was black tie, just like in the golden age, and all…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:12AM
Thursday, October 9, 2014

Broadway Review: ‘It’s Only a Play’ by Gordon Cox

Nobody does mean-nasty-vicious like Terrence McNally, bless his black heart. The pitiless playwright has exhumed “It’s Only a Play,” his 1986 love-hate letter to those big babies who w…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Broadway Musical ‘Once’ to Close in January by Gordon Cox

Amid the continuing global expansion of stage musical “Once,” the Broadway production that launched the Tony-winning legit title will shutter in January, ending its run after abo…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:30PM
Monday, October 6, 2014

Marian Seldes, Broadway Favorite, Dies at 86 by Gordon Cox

Marian Seldes, the actress and recent winner of the Tonys’ lifetime achievement award, died at her home Oct. 6 following a long illness. The actress’ brother, Timothy Seldes, announced t…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:55PM

Broadway’s ‘Curious Incident’ Opening: Nobody Thought It Was a Good Idea by Gordon Cox

The National Theater’s stage adaptation of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” opened on Broadway to rave reviews Oct. 5, after a well-received London debut that led to…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:10AM

Broadway's 'Curious Incident' opening: nobody thought it was a good idea by Gordon Cox

The National Theater's stage adaptation of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" opened on Broadway to rave reviews Oct. 5, after a well-received London debut that led to a Wes…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 12:10AM
Sunday, October 5, 2014

Broadway Review: ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ by Gordon Cox

Believe the buzz. The National Theater Production of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” is spectacular, like Cirque du Soleil with brains. Scribe Simon Stephens …

SOURCE: Variety at 11:39PM
Friday, October 3, 2014

Theater Review: ‘Speed-the-Plow’ Starring Lindsay Lohan by Gordon Cox

Nobody ever chose to go to the theater to watch an actor be adequate. Sadly, “adequate” sums up Lindsay Lohan’s London stage debut in David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow.” The bad news…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:54PM
Thursday, October 2, 2014

Broadway Review: ‘The Country House’ with Blythe Danner by Gordon Cox

Donald Margulies gets a big, sloppy kiss from leading lady Blythe Danner, who is effortlessly lovely and irresistibly charismatic as the queenly head of a fractious theatrical family in his …

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM

London Theater Review: Kristin Scott Thomas in ‘Electra’ by Gordon Cox

“You will die from all this grieving.” Oh no she won’t. Playing the title role of Sophocles’ “Electra,” a mesmerizing Kristin Scott Thomas is paradoxically alive with grief. Bein…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:13PM
Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Ruth Wilson Joins Jake Gyllenhaal in Broadway’s ‘Constellations’ by Gordon Cox

Ruth Wilson, the British actress (“Luther”) who is one of the stars of upcoming Showtime series “The Affair,” will appear opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in “Constella…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Chicago Theater Review: ‘The World of Extreme Happiness’ by Gordon Cox

The title of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s fascinating, flawed play about massive social change in China, “The World of Extreme Happiness,” is almost beyond ironic.  Nobody in this work, pr…

SOURCE: Variety at 02:55PM

Random House Nabs New Biography of Stephen Sondheim Written By Variety Critic by Gordon Cox

Random House has acquired a new biography of musical theater legend Stephen Sondheim, to be written by Variety‘s London theater critic David Benedict. Benedict will wrap up his eight-y…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM
Monday, September 29, 2014

Broadway Box Office: London Hit ‘Curious Incident’ Picks Up Steam by Gordon Cox

London hit “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” has begun to gain momentum at the Broadway box office, which makes for a promising sign ahead of the show’s o…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:54PM

Two Shows Set Sights on the 2015-16 Broadway Season by Gordon Cox

Two productions, a new revival of “Children of a Lesser God” and a Thai-inflected musical called “Waterfall,” have begun to steer themselves toward Broadway, with bot…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:22PM

Broadway Musicals Make Bigscreen Push into China by Gordon Cox

Broadway Worldwide, the company with ambitious plans to capture and distribute Broadway titles in surround sound and HD, has pacted with Chinese firm Sun New Light Culture Development Limite…

SOURCE: Variety at 02:25PM

‘Finding Neverland’ Musical Finds Its Broadway Theater by Gordon Cox

The Harvey Weinstein-produced musical “Finding Neverland” has found its Broadway home, nabbing the Lunt-Fontanne Theater for an April opening. The tuner, which got an unusual showcase o…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM

San Diego Theater Review: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s ‘Bright Star’ by Gordon Cox

Yep, that’s the real Steve Martin collaborating with roots-music queen Edie Brickell on the Old Globe premiere “Bright Star,” but not the wild and crazy guy with an arrow through his h…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:00AM
Sunday, September 28, 2014

Broadway Review: ‘You Can’t Take It With You’ with Rose Byrne, James Earl Jones by Gordon Cox

“You Can’t Take It With You” declares itself in a stage direction: “This is a house where you do as you like, and no questions asked.” That license to live the …

SOURCE: Variety at 11:30PM
Friday, September 26, 2014

Now Times Square billboards don't just advertise Broadway, they produce it by Gordon Cox

Clear Channel Spectacolor, a division of outdoor advertising company Clear Channel Outdoor, has ponied up to produce one of the Broadway shows its signs will advertise, coming aboard the fal…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 03:34PM
Thursday, September 25, 2014

Royal Shakespeare Company Hit ‘Wolf Hall’ Moves to Broadway with Original Stars by Gordon Cox

“Wolf Hall: Parts 1 & 2,” the rebranded two-part theater event that originated at the Royal Shakespeare Company as “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies,R…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:37PM
Monday, September 22, 2014

Broadway Box Office: ‘Lady Day’ Breaks a Record as the Fall Season Accelerates by Gordon Cox

“Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” may not post the highest numbers on the Broadway charts, but the play-with-music is making big money in a small theater: The show…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:50PM

Broadway’s ‘The Lion King’ Becomes Top Grossing Title of All Time by Gordon Cox

Disney’s “The Lion King” has claimed a new crown: Top box office title in any medium. The Associated Press did the math and discovered the 17-year-old stage musical, which on Broadway…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:07AM

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