Wednesday, October 19, 2011
A prequel to "Peter Pan" is flying to Broadway. Producers Nancy Nagel Gibbs and Greg Schaffert said Wednesday that "Peter and the Starcatcher," the first play commissioned by Disney , will b…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:20PM[SHARE]Friday, October 14, 2011
If hearing about The Broadway Dolls makes you think of another all-girl group of dolls -- the Pussycat Dolls -- that won't last long if you catch their show.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:24PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 13, 2011
Something very strange is happening in Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel. Playwright Katori Hall takes us into the room to reveal what it might have been like to be in the Memphis room in April…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:29PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Having an ex-boyfriend crash your wedding may not the best thing in the world, but it could be worse: He could also have dated your dead sister.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:34PM[SHARE]The playwright confesses that while her career is going great, her personal life is a bit of a mess. In the space of just three days, she's lost her transit card, her debit card and, just …
SOURCE: Backstage at 09:55AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Lavin took a strong part in Nicky Silver's new play "The Lyons," which opens off-Broadway this week at the Vineyard Theatre.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:36AM[SHARE]Friday, October 7, 2011
At 74, Bill Cosby says he doesn't want to dawdle. "When you hit the 70 mark, some of your friends have been destroyed or are dead," the comedian and activist says by phone. "You keep going, …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:10PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 4, 2011
What's the buzz? A hit production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" in Canada is coming south to Broadway.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:01PM[SHARE]Monday, October 3, 2011
A treasure hunt devised by composer Stephen Sondheim prompted hundreds of people, including Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, to scamper through the dinosaur section of the America…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:40PM[SHARE]NEW YORK (AP) -- Clues devised by composer Stephen Sondheim prompted hundreds of people, including Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, to scamper through the American Museum of N…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:36PM[SHARE]NEW YORK (AP) -- "Billy Elliot the Musical" is planning its last dance on Broadway....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:27PM[SHARE]"Billy Elliot the Musical" is planning its last dance on Broadway. Producers announced Monday that the Tony Award-winning show will play its final performance on Jan. 8, ending a more than t…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:10PM[SHARE]Friday, September 30, 2011
Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" will celebrate its 25th anniversary this weekend with a lavish birthday party that will certainly involve someone swinging from a chandelie…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 29, 2011
What do you get when you combine Stephen Sondheim and dinosaurs? No, not "Jurassic Park: The Musical."
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:25AM[SHARE]Monday, September 19, 2011
The annual Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction celebrates its 25th year on Sunday, offering items far from the typical knickknacks elsewhere.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:34AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Dustin Lance Black will unveil his play "8," based on what happened at the Prop 8 trial, next week. A one-night-only staged reading on Broadway has already attracted an all-star cast.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:39AM[SHARE]Friday, September 9, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) -- Broadway plans to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks with a reprise of the song that performers sang in Times Square in the days after 9/11....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:09PM[SHARE]Broadway plans to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks with a reprise of the song that performers sang in Times Square in the days after 9/11.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:31AM[SHARE]Peters plays Sally Durant Plummer, a former Ziegfeld-style showgirl now wasting away in an unhappy marriage in the revival of Sondheim's 1971 musical "Follies." It's her sixth Sondheim mus…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:15AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 7, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) -- Producers looking for someone to replace Daniel Radcliffe on Broadway have landed their prize - a Jonas....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:57PM[SHARE]Producers looking for someone to replace Daniel Radcliffe on Broadway have landed their prize -- a Jonas.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:31PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 1, 2011
When Harvey Fierstein was asked to make the film "Newsies" work on stage, he realized that something was missing from the original.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:41PM[SHARE]NEW YORK (AP) -- When Harvey Fierstein was asked to make the film "Newsies" work on stage, he realized that something was missing from the original....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:34PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 31, 2011
If Broadway last season was dominated by a glitzy Spider-Man, Broadway's new season seems to be shaping up more like his workaday alter ego Peter Parker.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:20AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 30, 2011
After the approaching hurricane prompted producers to cancel matinee and evening performances on Saturday and Sunday, every show lost money because they were mostly limited to five or six …
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:46AM[SHARE]Monday, August 29, 2011
Broadway planned to reopen Monday after Tropical Storm Irene forced theaters to scrap a potentially lucrative late-summer weekend.
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:35AM[SHARE]Friday, August 26, 2011
The actors and crew will host a small backstage party at intermission during Friday evening's performance to mark the moment when it becomes the fourth longest-running show in Broadway his…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:37AM[SHARE]The cast of "Chicago" plans to celebrate their show reaching a Broadway milestone a day early.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:40AM[SHARE]NEW YORK (AP) -- The cast of "Chicago" plans to celebrate their show reaching a Broadway milestone a day early....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:33AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 18, 2011
The matinee performance on Aug. 27 will mark the musical's 6,138 show, meaning it vaults over the original version of "A Chorus Line" to become the fourth longest-running show in Broadway …
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:54AM[SHARE] 
