Thursday, October 11, 2012
The world premiere of Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning playwright Richard Greenberg’s new play, Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s, will begin performances at a Shubert th…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:42AMWednesday, October 10, 2012
Halloween is quickly approaching. If you’re still looking for the perfect costume check out this video from Andrew Keenan-Bolger and the Broadway cast of Newsies. Go behind the scenes…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:30PMBroadway for Obama founders (and Broadway siblings) Celia Keenan-Bolger (Peter and the Starcatcher) and Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Newsies) have announced a one-night-only event for Obama s…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:36AMThe Lifetime Original Movie “Steel Magnolias,” a television adaptation of the iconic play and 1989 film, reached new heights for the network, averaging 6.5 million Total Viewers in its w…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:20AMTuesday, October 9, 2012
Many productions saw a spike in ticket sales over the three-day weekend. After four weeks at number one, The Book of Mormon slipped back down to the number three spot. The Lion King reclaime…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 04:15PMIn preparation for the November 9th opening date, Bullet Pictures has just released the official trailer for “Coming Up Roses.” Written and directed by Lisa Albright, the film stars Bern…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:34PMLess than a month before the 2012 presidential election, Running On Empty, Lewis Black’s politically charged solo comedy show begins its limited run at Richard Rodgers Theatre. The eight-p…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 02:27PMMonday, October 8, 2012
Broadway sweethearts, Audra McDonald and Will Swenson married over the weekend on October 6 at their home in Croton-on-Hudson, NY. The two got engaged this past New Year’s while on vacatio…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:31AMLCT3, Lincoln Center Theater’s programming initiative devoted to producing the work of new artists and developing new audiences has announced two new productions which will open in 20…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:07AMFriday, October 5, 2012
Grace begins with the end. The terrible conclusion to a series of events is where the play opens and you would think that this divulgement would spoil the drama. Wrong. The impressive band o…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:35AMWednesday, October 3, 2012
The Drama League announced Tuesday that it will honor five-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald at its 29th Musical Celebration of Broadway, on February 11, 2013. “Audra McDonald, i…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:17AMGrace, the new dark comedy written by award-winning writer Craig Wright (Mistakes Were Made, Recent Tragic Events, “Six Feet Under”) and directed by Dexter Bullard (Tracy Letts’ BU…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:06AMTuesday, October 2, 2012
Michael McKean (Gore Vidal’s The Best Man) and Brooke Shields (The Addam’s Family) will joing the rotating cast of the 10th anniversary production of the award-winning play, The …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:45AMThe Book of Mormon secures the top spot for the forth week in a row, grossing more than $1.6 million, with The Lion King and Wicked trailing, but not by much. Jersey Boys and Once inched the…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:26AMFriday, September 28, 2012
Critics aren’t overwhelmed by the brilliance of Manhattan Theatre Club’s revival of An Enemy of the People, but it seems a worthy production, especially with the current politi…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:01AMWednesday, September 26, 2012
Annie’s endearing oprhans are coming to TV! Channel THIRTEEN, the flagship PBS station in New York, will produce It’s the Hard-Knock Life: From Script to Stage. The film will follo…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:45PMThe Broadway superstar, Bernadette Peters, will be back on NBC’s musical tv series “Smash” as Ivy Lynn’s famous mother, when the show returns in January. Few details have been releas…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:12PMTuesday, September 25, 2012
Broadway grosses are down a bit for the week ending September 23. Big Broadway hit The Book of Mormon takes the lead again (for the third week in a row), grossing $1.6 million, with The Lion…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:12PMMonday, September 24, 2012
On September 23, the 65th Annual Tony Awards telecast (2011) was honored with its fourth Emmy Award for the year. Glenn Weiss accepted the award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Spec…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:54PMTony Award nominee Emily Skinner will star as the diva mouse named Adelaide in The Great American Mousical, to be directed by Julie Andrews. The new musical, based on Andrews’s children’…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 07:58AMFriday, September 21, 2012
The Emmy Awards are this Sunday and quite a few of the nominees know their way around the Broadway stage. Harvey star Jim Parsons, Tony Award winners Glenn Close, Christine Baranski and Deni…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:46PMThursday, September 20, 2012
“Les Miserables,” the adaptation of the hugely popular musical from Tom Hooper, director of the recent Academy Award winning film “The King’s Speech,” has taken a daring ap…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 02:55PMScarlett Johansson is headed back to Broadway. The starlet will play Maggie the Cat this winter in Tennessee Williams’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, opposite Benjamin Walker (Bloody, Bloody Andr…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:40AMThe forthcoming Broadway musical, A Christmas Story, will release a studio cast album ahead of its Broadway opening. The album will be released digitally through Masterworks Broadway on Sept…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 07:59AMWednesday, September 19, 2012
You’ll have to wait a week longer for the much anticipated Les Miserables film adaptation. Universal Pictures has pushed back the release date of the movie from December 14 to December…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:00PMThe June 2011 broadcast of the 65th Annual Tony Awards was honored on Saturday evening with three Primetime Emmy Awards at the Creative Arts Awards presentation. Outstanding Special Class Pr…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:00AMThe Original Broadway Cast Recording of Bring It On: The Musical, produced by Ghostlight Records and available on Back Lot Music, will be released for digital download on iTunes beginning Se…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:00AMMonday, September 17, 2012
There’s a bump at the box office for this week end. Broadway Blockbuster, The Book of Mormon, holds onto the top spot, again edging out The Lion King and Wicked to become the top grossing …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 05:29PMMurphy Guyer completes the cast of the upcoming Broadway revival of Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet. Guyer is set to play Detective Baylen. The star-studded p…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 04:21PMTony Award winner Audra McDonald will appear in “Elmo the Musical”, a new segment to be featured on Sesame Street. “Elmo the Musical” replaces the popular “Elmo’s World” which …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:56PMThursday, September 13, 2012
Dead Accounts has announced that two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes will be joined by Judy Greer, Josh Hamilton, and Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell on …
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