Monday, April 22, 2013
Spoiler alert: Here’s what’s going on with the tortured, institutionalized man depicted by Alan Cumming in the new Broadway production of "Macbeth."
SOURCE: Variety at 10:42AMSunday, April 21, 2013
The National Theater of Scotland’s production of “Macbeth,” starring Alan Cumming, opened on Broadway April 21. The following is Mark Fisher’s original review (June 1…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00PMThursday, April 18, 2013
After all the hoo-hah about the backstage battles that had Alec Baldwin climbing onto his high horse and Shia LaBeouf crawling off the field, you'd have expected this "Orphans" revival to be…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:49PMLongrunning Broadway tuner “Mamma Mia!” will shift from the Winter Garden Theater, its home of the last 12 years, to the Broadhurst Theater later this year. At 1,182 seats, the B…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00PMThe Broadway musical version of “Bullets Over Broadway” has targeted the St. James Theater, with the show locking the venue and the timeframe for an April 2014 bow. Production wi…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:30PMWhatever headaches Richard Greenberg might be having, what with this month’s closing of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” on Broadway and next month’s opening of “…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:30AMWednesday, April 17, 2013
WASHINGTON — The Kennedy Center will produce the world premiere of new tuner “Little Dancer,” with book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and score by Stephen Flaherty. Susan Stroman (“The…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMTuesday, April 16, 2013
In 1949, when “The Big Knife” was first done on Broadway, Clifford Odets’ disenchanted Hollywood matinee idol Charlie Castle must have seemed like a tragic hero, a gifted…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMThe Tribeca Film Festival will launch an annual award, named for the late writer-director Nora Ephron, to be given to a female writer or director. The Nora Ephron Prize, which comes with a $…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMA new play a Pulitzer winner and another by a fast-rising up-and-comer are among the brewing legit works tapped for development as part of the 2013 National Playwrights Conference at the Eug…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AMMonday, April 15, 2013
Lincoln Center Theater’s stunning production of Douglas Carter Beane’s “The Nance” is a textbook example of how to put on a classy show. It helps to have a bona fide …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMIt was a good news-bad news week on Broadway last week, with the upbeat headline centered on “Kinky Boots,” which for the first time joined fellow spring openers “Lucky Guy” and “C…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:35PMAyad Akhtar’s play “Disgraced,” which preemed at Chicago’s American Theater Company prior to an Off Broadway run at Lincoln Center Theater, has snagged the 2013 Pulit…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:34PMSunday, April 14, 2013
The Broadway faithful (at least, the part that covers the Baby Boomer demographic ranging from “mature” to “doddering”) will have its mantra ready when cooler heads p…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMFriday, April 12, 2013
With tourists pouring into Gotham, summer can be a great time to be on Broadway. Off Broadway? The jury’s still out. It’s the big, splashy musicals that pull in the majority of warm-weat…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:43PMThursday, April 11, 2013
The New York transfer of U.K. musical “Matilda” opened April 11 at Broadway’s Shubert Theater. The following is David Benedict’s review (Daily Variety, Dec. 13, 2010)…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMWednesday, April 10, 2013
“The Last Goodbye,” the tuner mash-up of “Romeo and Juliet” and the songs of Jeff Buckley, will open the 2013-14 season at San Diego’s Old Globe Theater. Produc…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:26PMMary-Louise Parker circles back to Broadway this fall, returning to Manhattan Theater Club for the Gotham nonprofit’s co-production of Sharr White’s “The Snow Geese.”…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMThe Lark Play Development Center has awarded the 2013-14 Playwrights of New York fellowship to Kimber Lee, who nabs one of the heftiest legit development awards out there, including a year o…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM“Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” — coming soon to an arena near you? The legal settlement reached April 10 between Julie Taymor and producers of Broadway tuner “Spider-Man” not onl…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:27PMTuesday, April 9, 2013
Veteran Broadway group ticket seller Scott Mallalieu has opened the doors at his new group sales firm, GreatWhiteWay.com. Mallalieu was the prexy of Group Sales Box Office, the Street’…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00PMWASHINGTON — Signature Theater’s sassy revival of “Dreamgirls” and Folger Theater’s wild western take on “The Taming of the Shrew” drew top laurels April 8 at the Helen Hayes …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:51AMMonday, April 8, 2013
“Hands on a Hardbody” is taking its hands off the vehicle and withdrawing from the competition, with the Broadway musical posting a closing notice for the end of the week. Most legiters …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00PMAs Tom Hanks topliner “Lucky Guy” continued to rake it in at the Broadway box office last week, star-driven plays led by Better Midler and Alec Baldwin joined the fray and Midler outing …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:43PMFriday, April 5, 2013
Producer Scott Rudin has lined up his latest star-heavy Broadway revival, tapping Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz to appear in a fall production of Harold Pinter’s “Betrayal”…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:24PMThursday, April 4, 2013
Never underestimate the power of a good-bad musical, which can make consenting adults yearn to be dancing queens and adolescent witches and, in the case of “Kinky Boots,” drag queens in …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMTheater stints for William Friedkin, William Petersen and Amy Brenneman are on tap for the 2013-14 season at the Geffen Playhouse. Friedkin will direct the L.A. nonprofit’s revival of Haro…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:37PMWhen NBC confirmed the news “The Tonight Show” changeover in 2014, Broadway ears perked up. For legit publicists, the cross-country move could be a boon: The opportunity to promote Main …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:54PMWednesday, April 3, 2013
It’s an Off Broadway awards show, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of stars lined up for it: The roster of actors to score nominations for the 2013 Lucille Lortel Awards inclu…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:40PMThe Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Music Theater Conference has lined up a trio of new tuner projects for development during the conference’s 2013 summer session, corralling …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMMonday, April 1, 2013
Tom Hanks is a natural. Although he hasn’t trod the boards in years, the affable movie star takes to the stage like a fish to water in “Lucky Guy,” Nora Ephron’s affe…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM 
