Man and Boy by Mondschein

"Man and Boy" presented by Roundabout Theatre Company at the American Airlines Theatre, September 10,  2011 Back to reviving classic American theatre, the Roundabout has scored F…

Ballet’s Mr. Big bids adieu by Stefanie Cohen

He’s famous for lifting ballerinas high in the air -- and for landing a sex columnist. Charles Askegard, who married Candace Bushnell in 2002, spun his last pirouette with the New York Cit…

NYMF 2011 Review #3: Madame X by Gil

MADAME X PROGRAM Melodarama! Music! And Murder! A hysterical take of the Douglas Sirk films of the  1950s--complete with the altruistic, self-sacrificing mother. YOU But wh…

Frankly, Langella’s co-star can’t keep up by Elisabeth Vincentelli

No wonder Frank Langella makes off with the Roundabout’s new revival of “Man and Boy”: He’s playing a crook, after all. As Gregor Antonescu -- a silver-haired, silver-tongued specul…

Review: Ain’t Misbehavin’ at Curtainup by Simon Saltzman

an exuberant and appealing production at the Crossroads Theater

Review: Man and Boy at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

A timely but flawed Rattigan play, given the grand manner treatment by Frank Langella

Fuse Classical Review: Sean Newhouse Conducts the BSO by Arts Fuse Editor

Despite some interpretive shortcomings, Sean Newhouse, the orchestra’s 30-year-old assistant conductor has solid technique, and a major orchestra whose players, management, and audience be…

My Week With Marilyn: Film Review by David Rooney

Simon Curtis' biographical drama co-stars Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Judi Dench and Dominic Cooper.

Man and Boy: Theater Review by David Rooney

When commemorating a major playwright, it’s never a great idea to choose one of his less memorable works.

Theater review: 'Red Noses' at the Ivy Substation

Stripping the Ivy Substation of scenery, Serrand has effective assets in Rosalida Medina's quirky costumes, Jacqueline Reid's spare lighting and certainly the large, accomplished cast.Stripp…

The No. 1 Reason To See: Man and Boy by Jesse North

Sometimes, all the power and money in the world cannot protect you from the consequences of your decisions. It’s a moral presented in Terence Rattigan’s Man and Boy that comes off kind o…

Man and Boy

Legit Reviews: Frank Langella was born to play fabulous monsters like Richard Nixon, Count Dracula, and now, Gregor Antonescu, the international financier beset by ruinous scandal in Terence…

Theater Review | 'Man and Boy': ‘Man and Boy,’ With Frank Langella - Review by Ben Brantley

The main raison d’être of the Broadway revival of Terence Rattigan’s “Man and Boy” is the occasion it gives Frank Langella to explore the pathology of power.

Review: Man and Boy by David Finkle

Frank Langella gives an astonishing performance as a corrupt financier in the Roundabout's fine production of Terrence Rattigan's highly effective 1963 melodrama.

Review: The Bus by Dan Bacalzo

James Lantz's quietly affecting play centers on a pair of gay teenagers in a small middle-American town.

Feature: They Remember It Well by Zachary Stewart

TheaterMania reviews new books on the lives of Jane Fonda, John Lithgow, and Justin Vivian Bond.

MAN AND BOY - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Matthew Murray

"There's a genuine tragic patina to all this, even if you spend a solid two and a quarter hours watching the fall and don't see much of the pride that goes before it, and that's always compe…

People You Should Know . . . Jack Canfora by Zack

Jack Canfora’splays have been read and performed throughout the United States and Englandsince 2001. His first full length play, PlaceSetting, was read in Los Angeles in September, 2005 an…

STAGE TUBE: New Footage from Broadway-Bound PORGY AND BESS by BroadwayWorld TV

It was announced last week that the Broadway-bound production of THE GERSHWINS' PORGY AND BESS, which played a record-breaking, sold out engagement at the American Repertory Theater, will pl…

4 Days ’til Godspell: A pre-previews sales snapshot. by Ken

The cast and crew are off today, as everyone gears up for the week ahead. The theater is closed up as well, although the house is getting a paint job on a few things per our request (when yo…

Stage notes: Eclipse gives over season to O’Neill

Eclipse Theatre, the Chicago company that devotes each season to exploring the work of a single playwright, has selected Eugene O’Neill as the focus of its 2012 series. The company will pr…

Review: Snapshots (Northlight Theatre) by Scotty Zacher

Schwartz' soaring music resonantly heals a couple on the precipice of divorce. But, taken out of the context of their sources, not all the songs carry their original weight. Still, "Snaps…

More Isherwoodiana by Isaac Butler

Clearly something in that Isherwood column struck a nerve with a lot of people other than me. Now in addition to a pseudonymous letter writer, we have a Tumblr dedicated to the idea of Isher…

Shirley MacLaine to Receive AFI Lifetime Achievement Award by Brian Scott Lipton

Shirley MacLaine will receive the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award on June 7 in Los Angeles, according to Variety. The ceremony will later be broadcast on TVLand. M…

Shirley MacLaine to Receive AFI Life Achievement Award by Brian Scott Lipton

Shirley MacLaine will receive the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award on June 7 in Los Angeles, according to Variety. The ceremony will later be broadcast on TVLand. MacLa…

Joyce Chittick, Jesse Swimm, et al. Set for October 17 At This Performance by Brian Scott Lipton

Performers have been announced for Musicals Tonight's next installment of At This Performance, which will be held at 7pm on Monday, October 17 at The Lion Theatre, Stephen DeAngeli…

Melbourne Festival review: Assembly by Alison Croggon

One of the strongest aspects of this year's Melbourne Festival program is the local performance. I can remember a time when the under-developed local shows too often made an embarrassing con…

Shirley Jones To Talk About Her Career

In an “Actor’s Studio"-style presentation, actress-singer Shirley Jones will be in conversation Sunday, Oct. 16 at 3 p.m. at the Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts at S…

by The Fool Machine Collective

Chalk & Saltwater: The Ladder project FREE Potluck Thursday this week is sponsored by The Chicago Reader and Blue Moon BEER. Don't miss your opportunity to drink beer for free and see o…

NYC diary: ‘Follies’ on Broadway by Bob Bullen

Terri White (center) leads the cast of “Follies” in “Who’s That Woman?” (Photo credit: Joan Marcus) From the moment you enter the cavernous Marquis Theatre, the…

Out Now! Confessions of a Reluctant Writer by Tony Taccone by HowlRound

Sometime during the throes of mid-life I started feeling the need to scare myself into doing something different. Not to simply feel something new, but to feel something deeper. A handful of…

Langella riveting in cheesy 'Man and Boy'

More than three decades ago, Frank Langella began toying with us -- in a most serious way -- about the unnerving seductiveness of evil. Long before today's celebrity vampires, Langella heate…

Review: Rodgers & Hart, A Celebration (Light Opera Works) by Scotty Zacher

A powerful team in their multi-decade collaboration, Rodgers and Hart combined light melody with words often gritty and grave. Thankfully, their songs live on and productions such as Rodgers…

The Threepenny Opera by The Tyro Theatre Critic

There are some shows that just beg to be seen. The Berliner Ensemble performing "The Threepenny Opera" under the direction of Robert Wilson is one of those shows. Not an easy night out by an…

Desh, Sadler's Wells, London

In Desh, his impressive new work, Akram Khan is a solo dancer on a busy stage. He evokes and reacts to multiple characters, dashes through dangerous traffic or gets lost in a forest.

The Veil, National Theatre: Lyttelton, London

In The Weir, Conor McPherson's most famous play, the regulars in a bleak Sligo pub compete with each other in telling spooky yarns to impress a young woman new to the locality.

Theater review: 'Red Noses' at the Ivy Substation by David Nichols

David C. Nichols reviews Peter Barnes' "Red Noses," presented by the Actors' Gang at the Ivy Substation.

Roger Daltrey wows "h-h-his generation" at the Peabody

The audience that filled the Peabody Opera House on Saturday night for Roger Daltrey's concert was made up mainly of people who first heard The Who's "Tommy" on vinyl. But when the unmistaka…

Broadway Review: Man and Boy by Leah Kauffman

Review: The Bus at curtainup.com by Elizabeth Ahlfors

Simplicity does not mean simple. This play's small-town simplicity packs a wallop that is worth your time, whatever your beliefs

TheatreScene: October 3 - 9 by JK

Raft of the Medusa by Joe Pintauro, Premier of Revised Edition, directed by Francisco Solorzano, Barefoot Theatre Company at the Cherry Lane Studio Th by Yvonne Korshak

Raft of the Medusa is powerful, intensely human, and totally real -- you are there. Like Gericault’s great shipwreck painting of the 19th Century based on an actual event, The Raft of the …

Just One Week Left to Catch the 'Must-See' ARIAS WITH A TWIST!

Edward Bond's Saved: 'We didn't set out to shock' by Maddy Costa

With its swearing and its baby-stoning, Saved shocked Britain in 1965. Will the play do so again? Maddy Costa talks to the original cast – and asks Edward Bond why he finally allowed a rev…

JMI Show - Bryan and Felicia by Memphis The Musical

JMI Show - Bryan and Felicia James Monre Iglehart interviews Bryan Fenkart and Felicia Boswell before they head out on the National Tour of Memphis! From: MemphisTheMusical Views: 22 0…

I've Never Been So Happy

Legit Reviews: Rude Mechs executes a postmodern deconstruction on the tuner form in "I've Never Been So Happy."

JMI Show Nancy Opel - Part Three by Memphis The Musical

JMI Show Nancy Opel - Part Three The final installment of the James Monre Iglehart interview with Memphis cast member nancy Opel! From: MemphisTheMusical Views: 3 0 ratings Time: 08:34…

I Interview Playwrights Part 390: Daniel Alexander Jones by Adam

Daniel Alexander Jones Hometown: Springfield, Massachusetts. McKnight Neighborhood in the 1970s. Current Town: New York City. Manhattan. Inwood. Q:  What are you working on no…

Theater Review | 'Cheerful Insanity': ‘Cheerful Insanity,’ Here Arts Center - Review by Andy Webster

“Cheerful Insanity” is a repertory production of two confessional plays, “Callous Cad” by Tom X. Chao and “Penetrating the Space” by Kim Katzberg.

JMI Show Nancy Opel - Part Two by Memphis The Musical

JMI Show Nancy Opel - Part Two The second installment of the James Monre Iglehart interview with Memphis cast member nancy Opel! From: MemphisTheMusical Views: 6 0 ratings Time: 08:58 …

NYC diary: Betty Buckley’s ‘Ah Men! The Boys of Broadway’ at Feinstein’s by Bob Bullen

Betty Buckley’s new cabaret act is now playing at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency through Oct 29. Betty Buckley loves men. And in a pair of glittery silver heels balanced by her ele…

#NEWPLAY NEWS: @pwfoundation's Rough Reading Series kicks off Oct 17 by Arena Stage

The Playwrights Foundation's Rough Readings are series of developmental readings that give playwrights the opportunity to hear first drafts of new work, fine-tune nearly finished plays appro…

The Changing Off-Broadway Landscape

JMI Show - Nancy Opel by Memphis The Musical

JMI Show - Nancy Opel Check out the first part of the James Monre Iglehart interview with Memphis cast member Nancy Opel! From: MemphisTheMusical Views: 6 0 ratings Time: 05:11 More in…

Theater Shelf: New Book Deconstructs West Side Story by Bill Hirschman

West Coast author Misha Berson got it right when she observes that West Side Story’s place in world-wide popular culture exceeds that of a mere musical.

Review: (Montreal) L'École des femmes by The Charlebois Post

Guy Nadon and Sophie Desmarais (photo credit: Yves Renaud)The Unique M. Molière TNM celebrates its 60th by going back to the sourceby Rachel ZuroffLe Théatre du Nouveau Monde is curre…

Your Street Theatre Doesn't Need Our Endorsement, Say Actors' Unions

Other labor groups fall in to support Occupy Wall Street, but the protest movement may go without official performer group endorsements. (Who will provide entertainment at the encampments?).…

CHART TOPPERS: Most-Read Playbill.com Stories, Week of Sept. 25–Oct. 1 by Michael C. Gioia

Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Sept. 25–Oct. 1, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com Is New Disney Musical Newsies Headed to Broadway? Ghost The Mus…

Letter: Alexander Grant obituary

Michael Crabb writes: Although Alexander Grant (obituary, 5 October) secured permission for the National Ballet of Canada to dance John Cranko's Onegin, it was given its company premiere in …

Arts | New Jersey: ‘Light Up the Sky’ at the Lackland Center in Hackettstown by Michael Sommers

Stars of the Broadway of yesteryear are wickedly caricatured in “Light Up the Sky” at the Lackland Center in Hackettstown.

Arts | Connecticut: In ‘Molly Sweeney,’ Three Characters Blind to One Another - Review by Anita Gates

In the Irish Repertory Theater production of “Molly Sweeney,” the cast of three is focused on surgery that could help a blind woman see.

Man and Boy, American Airlines Theatre, New York

In this staging of Terence Ratigan's play about a Romanian financier and his estranged son, Frank Langella digs deep into play's father-son relationship

Victoria Station/One for the Road, Young Vic, London

In Harold Pinter's double bill a taxi driver is left unhinged and confused while a repressive regime has a subtle political message

Sweeney Todd, Chichester Festival Theatre, West Sussex

Featuring Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, the production is dark, but it is the kind of darkness that mesmerises and entices us into the shadows

And just in case you haven't seen this one either . . . by Thomas Garvey

Laurel y Hardy bailan a Santana!  This routine has been set to a lot of pop songs, but this is the classic.The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.

Amor en el Jardin (Love in the Garden) - review by Alfred Hickling

Northern Stage, NewcastleFederico Garcia Lorca described his dramatic fable Amor de Don Perlimplin con Belisa en su Jardin (The Love of Don Perlimplin with Belisa in the Garden) as "an eroti…

Juno and the Paycock - review by Lyn Gardner

Abbey, DublinJuno at the Abbey should be quite something. It was at the old Abbey that the second play in Sean O'Casey's Dublin trilogy premiered in 1924. It was a contemporary play respondi…

#NEWPLAY ASKS: What's the Artist of the Future? by Arena Stage

Katie Lock answers the question! If you want to add your video to be on the blog 1. Go to youtube.com/​my_webcam 2. Record Your Response 3. Add #Newplay to the title and share on twitter!

For Devo fans . . . by Thomas Garvey

 . . . this very silly post needs no explanation.  (Admit it, you laughed.)The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.

Fuse Theater Review: A Rousing Night of Burlesque at The Wrathskellar by Bill Marx

Given the power, glory, and fun the Boston Babydolls supply with their burlesque routines -- pasties and nipple tassels whirl with furious aplomb -- the lack of spooky payoff in "The Wrathsk…

To sell tickets, theaters get creative

If you walked your pooch past Act II Playhouse in Ambler last month, you and your dog could have gotten a little deal.

This Week on Broadway for October 9, 2011: Sometimes When We Touch by James Marino

Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook Broadway Musical MVPs, 1960-2010: The Most Valuable Players of the Past 50 Seasons, is n…

Playwriting Residency in Kentucky Prison Accepting Applications by NYTE Small Press

This item from Lanie Zipoy AMZ Creative, LLC announced it is accepting submissions for the 2012 Voices Inside Playwriting Residency at Northpoint Training Center, a male population medium se…

Cirque du Soleil loves L.A. but does a balancing act with Hollywood by Reed Johnson

Cirque du Soleil loves Los Angeles, and vice versa, but the Montreal company has been cautious in its dealings with Hollywood.

Just One Week Left to Catch the 'Must-See' ARIAS WITH A TWIST! by Robert Diamond

It takes a lot to get me to below 42nd Street, but this weekend, the treck down to the Abrons Arts Center was worth it - and then some Our evening began with one of the best New York city me…

Hugh Jackman Makes Surprise Visit to SNL by BroadwayWorld

In an SNL sketch called The Best of Both Worlds with Hugh Jackman, the actor made a cameo - but he wasn't playing himself.

The Killing of Sister George – review by Michael Billington

Arts Theatre, LondonThe BBC faces cutbacks; audience ratings are examined with microscopic precision; the axing of a popular soap star provokes national headlines – in some respects Frank …

The Killing of Sister George, Arts Theatre by David Nice

The 1968 film at least has Beryl Reid, who could even have lit up the kind of third-tier Carry On affair Frank Marcus’s flat script often resembles, as well as documentary-value scenes of …

Video Feature: The Blue Flowers Bloom by Tristan Fuge and Andy Propst

Sebastian Arcelus, Marc Kudisch and company offer a preview of the highly anticipated new musical at Second Stage Theatre.

Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling Review by Aubry D'arminio

It usually takes a hard heart and a strong stomach to sit through a play written by Adam Rapp. He's as cynical as he is prolific, and as explicit as he is insightful. The yuck factor is alwa…

Daniel Evans toasts 40 years of Sheffield Theatres by TheatreVOICE

INTERVIEW: DANIEL EVANS The artistic director of Sheffield Theatres tells Heather Neill about his programme to celebrate the Crucible theatre's 40th anniversary, and discusses his current pr…

People You Should Know . . . Richard B. Watson by Zack

RICHARD B. WATSON-Originally fromWilmington, NC, Richard B. Watson currently makes his living as an actor in NewYork City.  Richard attended the University of North Carolina atGreensbor…

BWW TV: Frank Langella Opens Tonight in MAN AND BOY on Broadway! by BroadwayWorld TV

Roundabout Theatre Company is presenting three-time Tony Award winner Frank Langella as Gregor Antonescu in Terence Rattigan's drama Man and Boy, directed by Maria Aitken. Man and Boy began …

Stars of Vaudeville #368: Will (and Gladys) Ahern by Trav S. D.

Today is the birthday of Will Ahern (1896-1983). Inspired by Buffalo Bill’s Wild West troupe (where he literally learned the ropes), the Waterbury native Ahern made his professional de…

BWW's On This Day - October 9, 2011

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 9 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Man and Boy by David Sheward

This revival of a lesser-known Terence Rattigan melodrama about an international tycoon has an uneven balance sheet, but Frank Langella's performance is one of its stronger assets.

Sister Aimee Takes on Show Biz by Trav S. D.

Today is the birthday of Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944). She is #242 in my Stars of Vaudeville series, although you’ll find only one tiny (though racy) anecdote there. Sister Aimee…

The Muny Announces 2012 Season by Andy Propst

The Muny has announced the musicals that will comprise its 2012 season. Cast, creative team and dates will be announced in the near future. The season will include the stage version of Disn…

Jacques Tati by Trav S. D.

  Today is the birthday of the sublime Jacques Tati (1907-1982), the world’s premiere exponent of clown cinema in the post silent era. Of Russian and Dutch extraction (his full last n…

Oklahoma! in HD by Christopher

UNCSA’s acclaimed, All-School Production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! to air Wednesday, Oct. 12, on UNC-TV.

Andrew Samonsky by Adaumbelle

Rising performer Andrew Samonsky discusses starring in the Transport Groups "Queen of the Mist" by 5-time Tony Award Nominee Michael John LaChiusa, the Tony Award Winning Revival "South Paci…

Roundabout Welcomes Frank Langella Back to Broadway in MAN AND BOY, Opens 10/9 by BroadwayWorld

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced that three-time Tony Award winner Frank Langella will star as Gregor Antonescu in Terence Rattigan's drama Man and Boy on Broadway, directed by Maria…

Man and Boy, Starring Three-Time Tony Winner Frank Langella, Opens on Broadway by Broadway.com

The first-ever Broadway revival of Terence Rattigan’s Man and Boy opens on October 9, starring three-time Tony winner Frank Langella. Maria Aitken directs the Roundabout Theatre C…

Cirque du Soleil loves movies more than it loves Hollywood

Its new show 'Iris' is in Tinseltown and about film, but the company has long been cautious dealing with the industry. There are cultural differences.Cirque du Soleil says it loves the movie…

Stray Dog opens a big season with 'Tommy'

Opening its big, ambitious season with a big, ambitious production of the Who's "Tommy," Stray Dog Theatre sets itself a very high standard to live up to.

Ali Ryerson Releases New Jazz CD

She's Also Designing a Signature Flute   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageAli Ryerson credits the loving support from her tightly-…

The Abominable Showman, October 9, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

To be or not to beRufus Wainwright, Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story, Luc Plamondon’s Starmania and the bastardization of opera by “adapted” rock musicalsby Richard BurnettThe ver…

The Thread, October 9, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

The ThreadNew York Times critic Christopher Isherwood wrote an article this week in which he stated it might be time for him to stop reviewing the plays of a certain playwright. He made a go…

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A hilarious parody based on the Academy Award winning film.—Special Offer

STAGE TO SCREENS: Theatre Stars and Stories Flicker on the Big Screen in Fall 2011 by Christopher Wallenberg

Hugh Jackman, Meryl Streep, "War Horse," God of Carnage, playwrights John Logan and Beau Willimon, and a speculative tale about Shakespeare are in movie theatres this fall. Playbil…

Homophobia Takes Center Stage in James Lantz's The Bus, Opening Off-Broadway Oct. 9 by Adam Hetrick

The New York premiere of James Lantz's The Bus, a new drama about homophobia in small-town America, officially opens Off-Broadway Oct. 9 at 59E59 Theaters.

Mark St. Germain's Best of Enemies, a Popular Summer Title for Barrington Stage, Opens in Encore Run by Kenneth Jones

The Best of Enemies, a play about a racially contentious relationship — the tension of which helped make the title the most-attended mainstage play in the history of Barrington Stage C…

Man and Boy, With Frank Langella as Corrupt Magnate on the Brink, Opens on Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Three-time Tony Award winner Frank Langella stars as internationally-known financier Gregor Antonescu, whose empire is toppling, in Terence Rattigan's 1963 character study, Man and Boy, …

THE DVD SHELF: "Ben-Hur," "The Lion King," "Pulp Fiction," Plus "Glee" and "Modern Family" by Steven Suskin

Screening the 50th anniversary edition of the award-laden "Ben-Hur"; new Blu-ray remasterings of Disney's "The Lion King" and Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Ficti…

Off-Broadway Revival of Orson's Shadow Opens Oct. 9 by Andrew Gans

Mississippi Mud Productions presents the first New York City revival of Austin Pendleton's Orson's Shadow, which officially opens Oct. 9 following previews that began Oct. 6 at the T…

Choreographer Heidy Latsky's 'GIMP' to show disabled are able

In fall 2006, choreographer Heidi Latsky partnered with interdisciplinary artist Lisa Bufano, who had received a fellowship. Ms. Bufano, originally from Boston, had her feet and fingers ampu…

Best Seat in the House: At Benedum Center, a $450,000 project will replace all of the theater's 2,881 seats

Theatergoers often don't notice the comfort of their seats at Benedum Center, especially when they are transported by a Broadway musical, opera or theater production. But in the past five ye…