Thursday, August 28, 2014
Director Darren Aronofsky (“Noah,” “Black Swan”) will take home the 2014 Honorary Maverick Award, the annual kudo handed out every year by the Woodstock Film Festival…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:58AMTuesday, August 26, 2014
"Mad Men" actor Vincent Kartheiser will play legendary Hollywood writer-director Billy Wilder in "Billy and Ray," the Off Broadway play directed by Garry Marshall.
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 06:04PM“Mad Men” actor Vincent Kartheiser will play legendary Hollywood writer-director Billy Wilder in “Billy and Ray,” the Off Broadway play directed by Garry Marshall. Ka…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:17PMWith Scotland voting next month on whether to claim independence from the rest of the United Kingdom, polls suggest that the unionist No voters hold the majority. But to judge from this year…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00PMThe 2014 New York Film Festival will present a special screening of “This Is Spinal Tap” in celebration of the film’s 30th anniversary, with writer-star Christopher Guest o…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:32PMMonday, August 25, 2014
Be so kind as to hand me the straight razor. “And I And Silence,” a new, politically potent historical drama from Naomi Wallace, deals with the casually racist and purposely crue…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMTwo shows closed, one began previews and one got a new star as Broadway shifted some pieces around last week in advance of the fall season. Andrew Rannells (“Girls,” “The B…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:20PMT.R. Knight will star in the world premiere of “Pocatello,” the new play by Samuel D. Hunter getting its world premiere at Off Broadway’s Playwrights Horizons. “Grey&…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMFriday, August 22, 2014
Broadway's "Motown" is taking a breather.Producers of the musical have made the unusual decision to close the tuner in New York -- but only temporarily, planning to bring the show back to th…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:07PMThursday, August 21, 2014
Broadway’s “Motown” is taking a breather. Producers of the musical have made the unusual decision to close the tuner in New York — but only temporarily, planning to b…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:24PMWednesday, August 20, 2014
There’s no direct flight from New York to Ashland, Ore. But more and more people in the entertainment industry have decided to make the trek all the way there — thanks to “All the …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:30PMEmma Stone has finalized plans to make her Broadway debut in "Cabaret," stepping into the show when Michelle Williams exits in November.The deal -- reached following earlier reports of negot…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:19PMEmma Stone has finalized plans to make her Broadway debut in “Cabaret,” stepping into the show when Michelle Williams exits in November. The deal — reached following earl…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMMonday, August 18, 2014
As the slow summer attrition of the Broadway slate continues, the musical adaptation of “Rocky” hit the mat with a final box office bump — but only a relatively modest one,…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:32PMThe Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan musical “On Your Feet!” has locked in its Broadway timeline, with a Chicago tryout in the summer of 2015 planned ahead of a November opening…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:50AMSunday, August 17, 2014
We’ve all been there — at another couple’s house in the country when too many bottles of wine are consumed over dinner and a sexually charged quarrel breaks out to ruin the…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30PMThursday, August 14, 2014
The new play that J.M. Barrie is struggling to write — which would eventually become “Peter Pan” — in the Broadway-bound tuner “Finding Neverland” doesn’t come alive un…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:35PMWednesday, August 13, 2014
Not to contradict that “Avenue Q” tune, but the Internet isn’t just for porn anymore. Now it’s for Broadway investing too. Maxolev Prods., the Broadway production shi…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:22PM“Finding Neverland,” the movie-to-musical adaptation produced by Harvey Weinstein, has penciled in a Broadway schedule, with the production aiming to begin performances in New Y…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00PMTuesday, August 12, 2014
Richard Chamberlain has signed on to the New Group's upcoming revival of David Rabe's "Sticks and Stones," the Vietnam-era tale already set to star Holly Hunter and Bill Pullman.He'll play t…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 04:48PMRichard Chamberlain has signed on to the New Group’s upcoming revival of David Rabe’s “Sticks and Stones,” the Vietnam-era tale already set to star Holly Hunter and…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:18PMMonday, August 11, 2014
Disney Theatrical Prods. is having something of a magic moment on Broadway this summer: As the long-lead closing announcement of “Newsies” has yielded a spike of last-minute sale…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:12PMIf it’s true there was much at stake for the early kings of Scotland as they tried to establish order in turbulent times, it is equally true that everything is riding on playwright Ron…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:26PMSaturday, August 9, 2014
As showpieces go, they don’t get much showier than Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert in the Sydney Theater Company production of Jean Genet’s “The Maids,” the theat…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:16PMThursday, August 7, 2014
The 1978 musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" will get its first Broadway revival next year in a new staging directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford (pictured above).Few details h…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 05:58PMThe 1978 musical “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” will get its first Broadway revival next year in a new staging directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford (pictured above). Few deta…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:46PMLast season’s Off Broadway hit “Fun Home” has found its home on Broadway, where the well-received musical will open at Circle in the Square in April. With music by Jeanine Tesori (“V…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:23PMLarry David will make his Broadway debut this winter in "Fish in the Dark," a new play that he also wrote.Produced by Scott Rudin, the play is a comedy about a clan dealing with a death in t…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 11:42AMLarry David will make his Broadway debut this winter in “Fish in the Dark,” a new play that he also wrote. Produced by Scott Rudin, the play is a comedy about a clan dealing with…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:53AMWednesday, August 6, 2014
Daniel (Geoffrey Streatfeild) is tormented by the possibility that Reg, his late partner, may not have been truthful: “I think he was having an affair.” That’s not the half of it. As s…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:08PMThe freaks will invade Broadway this fall, with the high-profile regional revival of cult 1997 musical “Side Show,” directed by Bill Condon, booking the St. James Theater for a …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PM 
