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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Bridesmaids' Chris O'Dowd 'Likely' to Star Opposite James Franco in Of Mice and Men on Broadway by Ryan Gilbert

After appearing as the affable Rhodes in the 2011 hit film Bridesmaids, actor Chris O'Dowd's star has been on the rise, and now it looks like the actor will make his Broadway debut o…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:27PM

Wish Granted! Get a Magical Video Sneak Peek at the Broadway-Bound Musical Aladdin, Starring Adam Jacobs by Ryan Gilbert

A wish-granting Genie! Magic carpet rides! A wicked and powerful Sultan! It's about to be a whole new world when the Broadway-bound musical Aladdin flies into the Toronto's Ed Mirvis…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:17PM

The Performers' Cheyenne Jackson & Alicia Silverstone Reunited in Darren Star's Lifetime Pilot HR by Ryan Gilbert

It looks like two of our favorite sexy Performers are going to be performing together again! Cheyenne Jackson is joining Alicia Silverstone's pilot for Lifetime, HR. Sex and th…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:40PM

What the What?! Tina Fey and Leslie Kritzer Complete the Starry Cast of Benefit Reading of Craig Lucas’ Reckless by Ryan Gilbert

You can go right ahead and just add this to your must-see list ASAP: Emmy winner Tina Fey and Broadway fave Leslie Kritzer are set to join the one-night-only benefit reading of Craig Lucas&r…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:43PM

It's a Fair & Fanciful Opening Night for CSC's Romeo & Juliet, Starring Elizabeth Olsen & Julian Cihi by Ryan Gilbert

Classic Stage Company's surrealistic version of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet opened on October 16, starring Elizabeth Olsen and Julian Cihi as the titular star-cross…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:27PM

Tony Winner Ellen Burstyn & Blake Lively Will Star in Fantasy Film The Age of Adaline by Ryan Gilbert

Tony, Oscar and Emmy winner Ellen Burstyn and Gossip Girl star Blake Lively have signed on to star in Lee Toland Krieger's fantasy romance feature The Age of Adaline. According to Deadli…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:19AM
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater's One Night... Delays First Preview Performance; Rutina Wesley Joins Cast by Ryan Gilbert

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater has announced that its upcoming production of Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Fuller's One Night... will begin previews three weeks later than initially sch…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:56PM

Sutton Foster, Christopher Sieber & the Stars of Shrek Let Their Freak Flags Fly at the Musical's DVD Release Party by Ryan Gilbert

So, this is how a dream comes true! The stars of the 2008 Broadway musical Shrek came together on October 15 at The Hudson Bond in NYC to celebrate the release of the gut-busting tuner on Bl…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:21PM

Romeo and Juliet's Justin Guarini Is Obessesed With Breaking Bad, Bill Cosby & Brave New World by Ryan Gilbert

Theater stars know what’s hot in entertainment, fashion and pop culture, and Broadway.com loves to tap in to the after-hours obsessions of our favorite stage actors. This week, we are …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:58AM

Romeo and Juliet's Justin Guarini Is Obsessed With Breaking Bad, Bill Cosby & Brave New World by Ryan Gilbert

Theater stars know what’s hot in entertainment, fashion and pop culture, and Broadway.com loves to tap in to the after-hours obsessions of our favorite stage actors. This week, we are …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:58AM

But, Soft! Romeo & Juliet, Starring Elizabeth Olsen & Julian Cihi, Opens at Classic Stage Company by Ryan Gilbert

William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, starring Elizabeth Olsen and Julian Cihi as the titular star-crossed lovers, opens at off-Broadway’s Classic Stage Company on October 16…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Watch Kinky Boots' Lena Hall Shock Sports Fans with All Four (Yes, Four!) Verses of the National Anthem by Ryan Gilbert

Whomever said sports and musicals fans couldn't come together in harmony obviously didn't count on Kinky Boots cast member and The Deafening frontwoman Lena Hall! Sports Illustrated …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:50PM

Tony Nominees Ellen Greene & Robert La Fosse Bring the Glitz, Glamour & Drag to Uptown/Downtown by Ryan Gilbert

Tony nominees Ellen Greene (The Threepenny Opera) and Robert La Fosse (Jerome Robbins' Broadway) were just two of the talents to strut their stuff at the Abrons Arts Center's Uptown/…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:24PM

New Musical Fun Home, Starring Judy Kuhn & Michael Cerveris, Extends at Off-Broadway's Public Theatre by Ryan Gilbert

Haven't taken a peek inside Public Theatre's Fun Home yet? That's OK, because now you have two more weeks to take a tour. The world premiere of four-time Tony nominee Jeanine Tes…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:37PM

New Musical Fun Home, Starring Judy Kuhn & Michael Cerveris, Extends at Off-Broadway's Public Theater by Ryan Gilbert

Haven't taken a peek inside the Public Theater's Fun Home yet? That's OK, because now you have two more weeks to take a tour. The world premiere of four-time Tony nominee Jeanine…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:37PM

Tony Nominee Bertie Carvel Tapped for Danny Boyle's Scotland Yard-Set TV Dramedy Babylon by Ryan Gilbert

Now that we think about it: Miss Trunchbull would have made one heck of a crime solver! Tony nominee Bertie Carvel has joined the cast of the U.K.'s upcoming Channel 4 series Babylon. Ac…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:13PM

Betsy Wolfe, Adam Kantor & Jason Robert Brown Celebrate The Last Five Years CD Release by Ryan Gilbert

Going through The Last Five Years withdrawal? We totally understand. Luckily, the stars and composer of the recent hit Second Stage Theatre revival celebrated the release of the show’s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:39PM

Weekend Poll Top Three: Fans Think Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka to Bring Their Love to Broadway by Ryan Gilbert

As real-life married couple Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz take on the roles of onstage spouses Robert and Emma in director Mike Nichols' Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's adultery …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:15AM

Weekend Poll Top Three: Fans Want Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka to Bring Their Love to Broadway by Ryan Gilbert

As real-life married couple Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz take on the roles of onstage spouses Robert and Emma in director Mike Nichols' Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's adultery …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:15AM
Monday, October 14, 2013

Ready for a Disco Inferno? Disaster!, Starring Mary Testa, Begins Performances Off-Broadway by Ryan Gilbert

What happens when you marry disco and destruction? Find out in Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick's Disaster! A 1970’s Disaster Movie…Musical, which begins performances at off-…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Friday, October 11, 2013

Weekend Poll: Which Real-Life Celebrity Couple Would You Like to See Perform Together on Broadway? by Ryan Gilbert

The already record-breaking Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's adultery drama Betrayal is receiving an extra dose of authenticity as real-life married couple Daniel Craig and Rachel Wei…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:28AM

Ready for Sex Talk with a German Accent? Becoming Dr. Ruth, Starring Debra Jo Rupp, Begins Off-Broadway by Ryan Gilbert

We're positive you'll get a rise (wink wink nudge nudge) out of this one: Mark St. Germain's comedy Becoming Dr. Ruth, starring Debra Jo Rupp (That '70s Show) as real-life se…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Mary-Louise Parker on How She Almost Quit Acting, Being Lured Back Onstage by The Snow Geese & More! by Ryan Gilbert

Tony and Emmy winner Mary-Louise Parker told News Corp Australia this past July that she was considering quitting acting because websites and bloggers had become too "mean-spi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:55PM

Matilda Star Craig Bierko to Take a 12-Week 'Leave of Absence' from the Show Due to Shoulder Injury by Ryan Gilbert

Craig Bierko, who began performances September 17 as the evil Miss Trunchbull in Broadway's Matilda, has taken a leave of absence from the production following an aggravated shoulder inj…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:23PM

Trunchbull Out! Craig Bierko Takes Leave from Broadway's Matilda by Ryan Gilbert

Craig Bierko, who began performances September 17 as the evil Miss Trunchbull in Broadway's Matilda, has taken a leave of absence from the production following an "aggravated should…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:23PM

Rocky Director Alex Timbers to Helm Universal's Comical Romeo & Juliet Adaptation Rosaline by Ryan Gilbert

Alex Timbers is going to make Romeo & Juliet really, really funny! Nope, we're not kidding. The two-time Tony-nominated director, whose musical production of Rocky will enter the Bro…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PM

James Rebhorn, Phyllis Somerville & the Cast of Too Much, Too Much, Too Many Meet the Press by Ryan Gilbert

Stage favorites Phyllis Somerville and James Rebhorn are headed off-Broadway in Roundabout Underground's world premiere production of Meghan Kennedy’s Too Much, Too Much, Too Many.…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:19PM

Grammy Winner Sting on His Last Ship's Broadway Voyage: 'I Want to Surprise an Audience' by Ryan Gilbert

Sting is getting ready to bring his musical The Last Ship to Broadway in the fall of 2014, and in a recent interview with the Associated Press, the British rocker says he's ver…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:53PM

Mark Ruffalo, Tracie Thoms & Ellen Greene Feel the Romance at Romeo and Juliet by Ryan Gilbert

David Leveaux's contemporary revival of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet continues to attract famous fans eager to see Orlando Bloom make his Broadway debut opposite two-time T…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:34AM

Greg Pierce & John Kander's The Landing, Starring David Hyde Pierce & Julia Murney, Extends Before Opening by Ryan Gilbert

Vineyard Theatre has announced a two-week extension for Greg Pierce and John Kander's new musical The Landing, starring Tony and Emmy winner David Hyde Pierce and Julia Murney, in advanc…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:10AM
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Casting Complete for MTC's Taking Care of Baby, Starring Margaret Colin & Reed Birney by Ryan Gilbert

Casting is now complete for the American premiere of Tony winner Dennis Kelly's Taking Care of Baby. Manhattan Theatre Club's off-Broadway production, starring Margaret Colin and Ree…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:10PM

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