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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Critic, Director and Playwright Charles Marowitz Dies at 80 by Robert Simonson

Charles Marowitz, a playwright, director and critic with a reputation for avant garde approaches in production, and outspokenness in his writing and manner, died in Agoura Hills May 2 from c…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:51PM
Friday, May 2, 2014

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, April 25-May 2: Tony Nominations Kick Off Awards Season by Robert Simonson

Tonys, Tonys, Tonys.That was the story this week, and the only story.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PM

Calculated, But Not Capricious: How the Number of Tony Play/Musical Nods Are Decided by Robert Simonson

Playbill.com looks at the rules, and resulting math, behind the Tony Award nominations.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AM
Thursday, May 1, 2014

Nicholas Martin, Prolific Director and Artistic Director, Dies at 75 by Robert Simonson

Nicholas Martin, a director who brought his crisp, smart, bright style to critical works by Mark Hampton, Becky Mode and, in particular, Christopher Durang, and was artistic director of two …

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47AM

Nicholas Martin, Prolific Director and Artistic Director, Dies at 76 by Robert Simonson

Nicholas Martin, a director who brought his crisp, smart, bright style to critical works by Mark Hampton, Becky Mode and, in particular, Christopher Durang, and was artistic director of two …

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AM
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Broadway Box-Office Analysis, April 21-27: Of Mice and Men Breaks Box-Office Record and Hedwig and Cabaret Play to Full Houses by Robert Simonson

Playbill's newest weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM
Saturday, April 26, 2014

The Flick Win Puts Playwrights Horizons in Pulitzer Pantheon by Robert Simonson

The Pulitzer Prize in Drama was recently awarded to Annie Baker's The Flick, which premiered at Playwrights Horizons. Artistic director Tim Sanford spoke with Playbill.com about the priz…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Returning to the Kit Kat Klub: For Set Designer Robert Brill, Cabaret Has an Encore by Robert Simonson

Scenic designer Robert Brill chats with Playbill.com about re-mounting the set design for the revival of Cabaret.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, April 25, 2014

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, April 19-25: Another Opening... Or Six by Robert Simonson

It's spring on Broadway, and producers are deploying their usual gambit to kill off all critics once and for all by forcing them to attend and review an endless line of show openings. It…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM
Thursday, April 24, 2014

From Hedwig to Lady Day to Violet... A Revival or Not a Revival: The Eternal Tony Question by Robert Simonson

Playbill.com offers a look at the history of the rules determining which plays are considered revivals for the Tony Awards. 

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PM
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Broadway Box-Office Analysis, April 14-20: If/Then, Lady Day and More Boast Almost-Full Audiences by Robert Simonson

Playbill's newest weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PM
Saturday, April 19, 2014

From Playwrights Horizons to Broadway: A History of the Musical Violet by Robert Simonson

Playbill.com offers a look at the history of the musical Violet, which opens on Broadway April 20.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, April 18, 2014

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, April 12-18: Three New Broadway Openings and The Flick Takes the Pulitzer by Robert Simonson

The snowstorm on Tuesday night might have been freakish for New York, but the fact that three Broadway shows opened this week was not. It's that pre-Tony time of year when the Street bea…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM
Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Broadway Box-Office Analysis, April 7-13: Lady Day and Cripple of Inishmaan Play to Packed Houses by Robert Simonson

Playbill's newest weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM
Friday, April 11, 2014

Phyllis Frelich, Deaf Star of Children of a Lesser God, Dies by Robert Simonson

Phyllis Frelich, the deaf actress who won a Tony Award for her performance as the female lead in the play Children of a Lesser God and who co-founded the National Theatre of the Deaf, died A…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PM

Who Will Win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2014? by Robert Simonson

The juries for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama have delighted in confounding expectations the past couple years. The last two winners were the unexpected Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar in 2013 and Wa…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:46PM

Who Will Win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2014? by Robert Simonson

The juries for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama have delighted in confounding expectations the past couple years. The last two winners were the unexpected Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar in 2013 and Wa…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PM

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, April 5-11: Woody Allen's Broadway Musical Debut and Will Eno's Main Stem Bow by Robert Simonson

The big opening of the week was Bullets Over Broadway, the stage adaptation of Woody Allen's popular 1994 film comedy of the same name, directed by Susan Stroman.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PM

From "Goodbye to Berlin" to I Am a Camera, A History of Cabaret's Journey to the Stage by Robert Simonson

John Kander and Joe Masteroff discuss the history of Cabaret and the process of collaborating with Harold Prince while adapting the novel and play into a musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Broadway Box-Office Analysis, March 31-April 6: The Velocity of Autumn and Casa Valentina Bring Two More Plays to the Boards by Robert Simonson

Playbill's newest weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PM
Monday, April 7, 2014

Lawrence Hamilton, Broadway Actor, Dies at 59 by Robert Simonson

Lawrence Hamilton, who appeared in several significant Broadway musicals over the past three decades, died April 3, 2014, at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City due to complications followi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:19PM

Mickey Rooney, Tireless Star of Film and Stage, Dies at 93 by Robert Simonson

Mickey Rooney, the diminutive, one-time Hollywood box-office champ whose career turned out to last nearly as long as his life, died April 6 at the age of 93.

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:50AM

New iPad App Streamlines Casting Process by Robert Simonson

Jeffry Denman, creator of the new casting app CastPRO, chats with Playbill.com about the inspiration and launch of the new tech-savvy way to cast a show. 

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, April 4, 2014

Marc Platt, Stage and Film Dancer, Dies at 100 by Robert Simonson

Marc Platt, who provided fancy footwork in many musicals and films, most notably in the original 1943 Broadway production of Oklahoma!, died March 29 in San Rafael, CA. He was 100.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PM

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, March 29-April 4: If/Then Opens and Raisin Receives Glowing Reviews by Robert Simonson

John Travolta's favorite tongue-twister, Idina Menzel, made her long-in-coming return to Broadway this week, when If/Then, the new musical by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Next t…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PM
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Broadway Box-Office Analysis, March 24-30: New Shows Pack the Great White Way by Robert Simonson

Playbill's newest weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:15PM
Saturday, March 29, 2014

F. Murray Abraham's Golden Age: The Threepenny Opera Actor's Late-in-Life Renaissance by Robert Simonson

Academy Award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham, currently performing in The Threepenny Opera at Atlantic Theater Company, chats with Playbill.com about his lengthy career and recent resurgen…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, March 28, 2014

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, March 22-28: Back to the Barricades and Off to Neverland by Robert Simonson

Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's musical Les Misérables enjoyed its third Broadway opening in 30 years this week, as a reimagined revival featuring fresh scen…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Broadway Box-Office Analysis, March 17-23: Of Mice and Men and Raisin Prove Box-Office Draws by Robert Simonson

Playbill's newest weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:01PM
Monday, March 24, 2014

James Rebhorn, Character Actor of Film and Stage, Dies by Robert Simonson

James Rebhorn, a character actor who was busy on both stage and screen, died March 21. He had been battling melanoma for many years. He was 65. 

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AM

All that Chat

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Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
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