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Monday, April 7, 2014

U.K. Stage Giant Ambassador Theater Group Promotes New York Exec to London Post by Gordon Cox

Ambassador Theater Group, the U.K. legit company in the process of bolstering its position as an international player, continues to step up its expansion efforts with the promotion of David …

SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM

Broadway’s ‘Realistic Joneses’ Opens: The Case for More Than Mindless by Gordon Cox

Producers at the April 6 opening night party of starry Broadway play “The Realistic Joneses” had plenty of cause for celebration as the positive reviews started to roll in. But t…

SOURCE: Variety at 08:30AM
Sunday, April 6, 2014

Broadway Review: ‘The Realistic Joneses’ by Gordon Cox

It’s the words, stupid.  That’s what Will Eno keeps telling us in his hypnotically quirky plays.  What separates the men from the beasts?  The words.  What saves humanity fro…

SOURCE: Variety at 08:30PM
Friday, April 4, 2014

Denzel Washington Wants to Return to the Stage Every Three or Four Years by Gordon Cox

Denzel Washington is back on Broadway in “A Raisin in the Sun,” which opened at the Barrymore Theater April 3. But the project was in the works long before that. Washington and …

SOURCE: Variety at 08:33AM
Thursday, April 3, 2014

Broadway Review: ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ with Denzel Washington by Gordon Cox

Denzel Washington gives a triumphant performance in this heart-stopping revival of Lorraine Hansberry's classic.

SOURCE: Variety at 08:20PM
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Jimmy Fallon and ‘Tonight’ Say Wilkommen to Broadway’s ‘Cabaret’ by Gordon Cox

The Roundabout Theater Company’s Broadway revival of “Cabaret” will get a national TV spotlight later this month when “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” …

SOURCE: Variety at 12:12PM
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Rosie O'Donnell To Receive Special Honor at the 2014 Tony Awards by Gordon Cox

The organizers of the Tony Awards have tapped Rosie O'Donnell to receive the Isabelle Stevenson Award, handed out annually to a legiter who's made a significant contribution to humanitarian …

SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:22PM

‘Here Lies Love,’ ‘Great Comet’ Shatter Records in Lortel Nominations by Gordon Cox

Two immersive Off Broadway buzzmagnets, the David Byrne-Fatboy Slim disco tuner “Here Lies Love” and Tolstoy-and-vodka musical ”Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:01PM

Anna Gunn Shoots for Off Broadway in ‘Sex With Strangers’ by Gordon Cox

Anna Gunn is following her “Breaking Bad” co-star Bryan Cranston to the New York stage, where she’ll star this summer in Laura Eason’s “Sex with Strangers”…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:30PM

Jesse Tyler Ferguson To Host the Drama League Awards by Gordon Cox

Broadway alum and “Modern Family” star Jesse Tyler Ferguson will host the 2014 Drama League Awards, the annual legit kudos from Gotham’s 99-year-old theater development o…

SOURCE: Variety at 02:50PM

Rosie O’Donnell To Receive Special Honor at the 2014 Tony Awards by Gordon Cox

The organizers of the Tony Awards have tapped Rosie O’Donnell to receive the Isabelle Stevenson Award, handed out annually to a legiter who’s made a significant contribution to h…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:56PM

Daniel Waters Reveals Alternate Endings for ‘Heathers’ by Gordon Cox

Here are some of the ways the 1988 film “Heathers,” the blackest of high school comedies, could have ended: The school blows up. Or protagonist Veronica blows up. Or Veronica ask…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:27AM
Monday, March 31, 2014

Off Broadway Review: ‘Heathers’ the Musical by Gordon Cox

Like the cult movie to which it pays homage, “Heathers” the musical should score with all those teen misfits who fantasized about getting even with the popular kids who humiliate…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:21PM

Broadway Box Office: Neil Patrick Harris Looks Legendary in ‘Hedwig’ Launch by Gordon Cox

If it were possible to gauge a Broadway musical’s box office prospects from a single performance alone, then Neil Patrick Harris’ turn in “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” looks legendary.…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:13PM
Sunday, March 30, 2014

Idina Menzel at ‘If/Then’: Broadway ‘Just Feels Closest to Who I Am’ by Gordon Cox

Everyone has an if/then moment that leaves them wondering what might have happened if life went another way, and the opening night performance of parallel-lives Broadway musical “If/Then�…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:53PM

Broadway Review: ‘If/Then’ Starring Idina Menzel by Gordon Cox

In her belated return to Broadway after “Wicked,” powerhouse belter Idina Menzel is sorely misused in “If/Then.”  ”Next to Normal” writing team Brian Yor…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:00PM
Friday, March 21, 2014

Chris Pine and Lauren Ambrose to Star in Sam Shepard Play at Williamstown Theater Festival by Gordon Cox

Chris Pine and Lauren Ambrose will spend the summer doing a little play in the Berkshires, signing on to star in Sam Shepard’s 1983 play “Fool for Love” at the Williamstown…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:21PM

Disney's 'Aladdin' opens on Broadway: What, no camels? by Gordon Cox

For director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw, Broadway's go-to guy for musical comedy ("The Book of Mormon," "Elf," "The Drowsy Chaperone"), Broadway's "Aladdin" marked the first work with Disn…

SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 09:33AM

Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ Opens on Broadway: What, No Camels? by Gordon Cox

For director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw, Broadway’s go-to guy for musical comedy (“The Book of Mormon,” “Elf,” “The Drowsy Chaperone”), Broadway’s “Al…

SOURCE: Variety at 08:12AM
Thursday, March 20, 2014

Broadway Review: ‘Disney Aladdin’ by Gordon Cox

This super-costly extravaganza doesn't do justice to the movie, or to the spirit of the late Howard Ashman.

SOURCE: Variety at 09:29PM

New York Mayor’s Office Closes in on Film Czar Selection Amid Backchannel Lobbying by Gordon Cox

With no New York City film czar yet appointed some three months into Mayor Bill de Blasio’s  term, the local entertainment industry’s backchannel lobbying has grown increasingly…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PM

Ralph Fiennes, Tom Stoppard, David Hare Lead 2014-15 Slate at London’s National Theater by Gordon Cox

Ten world premieres, including new plays by Tom Stoppard and David Hare, and a stage stint for Ralph Fiennes spearhead the National Theater’s 2014-2015 season led by outgoing a.d. Nicholas…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:39AM
Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Sheryl Crow’s ‘Diner’ Musical Will Open for Business At Last by Gordon Cox

Sheryl Crow’s musical adaptation of “Diner” will finally have it world premiere at the Signature Theater in Arlington, Va., following a long period of development that saw a pre-Broadw…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:57PM

Off Broadway Review: ‘Tales from Red Vienna’ by Gordon Cox

Nina Arianda certainly knows how to make an entrance.  For her Tony Award-winning role in “Venus in Furs” — her last appearance on the New York boards — she blew ons…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM

New National Theater Trilogy and ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ On Edinburgh Festival’s 2014 Slate by Gordon Cox

A historical trilogy from two of Britain’s national theaters and a new stage adaptation of “All Quiet on the Western Front” are among the higher profile offerings on tap for the 2014 E…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:51PM
Monday, March 17, 2014

Broadway Box Office: Rookies Rock the Rialto by Gordon Cox

Newcomers poured new coin into the Broadway coffers last week as previewing titles “Les Miserables,” “A Raisin in the Sun” “If/Then” and “Bullets Over Broadway” helped push t…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:50PM
Friday, March 14, 2014

Sylvester Stallone at Broadway’s ‘Rocky’: ‘I Feel Like I’ve Gone 15 Rounds’ by Gordon Cox

What if David Fincher directed “Rocky”? It might look something like “Rocky” the musical. That was part of the concept, anyway, for Alex Timbers, the director of the spectacularly st…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:57AM
Thursday, March 13, 2014

Broadway Review: ‘Rocky’ the Musical by Gordon Cox

Whatever your expectations going into “Rocky,” you come out rocking the technology.  No mystery about where the $16.5 million capital investment went in this musical iteration o…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM

The Broadway Channel Expands Into Local New York Broadcasting by Gordon Cox

The Broadway Channel, a producer and distributor of legit-centric video content, has partnered with PIX11, the New York CW affiliate, to produce segments and primetime specials focusing on B…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:02PM

Cynthia Nixon Returns to Broadway, and to ‘The Real Thing’ by Gordon Cox

Cynthia Nixon has signed on to star opposite Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal in the Roundabout Theater Company’s Broadway revival of “The Real Thing,” the 1982 play in …

SOURCE: Variety at 05:29PM

L.A. Theater Review: Barry Manilow’s ‘Harmony’ by Gordon Cox

“Harmony” confirms Barry Manilow’s musical theater chops. The pop legend invests this biotuner of the Comedian Harmonists — a real-life German male sextet, pre-WWII toasts of two…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:47PM

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