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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Theater News: Lisa O'Hare, Eddie Korbich and Don Stephenson Join Jefferson Mays in Broadway's A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder by David Gordon

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming Broadway premiere of the new musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, starring Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays in eight principal rol…

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Video Flash: EXCLUSIVE! Watch Tony Nominee Jenna Russell Preview Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along, Coming to US Cinemas on October 23 by David Gordon

Earlier this year, Maria Friedman's production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along set London's West End ablaze. The acclaimed revival, which originated at the Menie…

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Friday, August 30, 2013

Interviews: Ann Morrison Makes a Hat With Sondheim and Bernstein at 54 Below by David Gordon

In 1982, Ann Morrison won a Theatre World Award for her performance as the cynical Mary Flynn in the now-legendary original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AM
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Theater News: No Time at All: Andrea Martin Will Depart Broadway's Pippin in September by David Gordon

Andrea Martin, who won 2013 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her high-flying performance as Berthe in the current Broadway revival of Pippin, will depart that production…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:56PM

Theater News: De'Adre Aziza, NaTasha Yvette Williams Join Mary Bridget Davies in Broadway's A Night With Janis Joplin by David Gordon

Tony Award nominee De'Adre Aziza (Passing Strange) and NaTasha Yvette Williams (The Color Purple) are among the actors who will join the previously announced Mary Bridget Davies in the upcom…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:26PM

Theater News: Michael Stahl-David and Zoe Levin Join Blythe Danner and Sarah Jessica Parker in The Commons of Pensacola by David Gordon

Zoe Levin (The Way Way Back), Ali Marsh (In Plain Sight), Michael Stahl-David (Cloverfield), and Nilaja Sun (No Child…) will join the previously announced Emmy Award winners Blythe Danner …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:59PM

Photo Flash: The Sunnys Will Come Out Tomorrow: Annie's Broadway White House Welcomes President Obama's New Puppy by David Gordon

Earlier this month, President Barack Obama and his family welcomed a new puppy to the White House, a one-year-old Portuguese Water Dog named Sunny. What could be a better celebration of the …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:54PM

Theater News: Broadway Veterans Janine Divita and Brian Charles Rooney Set for Broadway Ballyhoo! on August 28 by David Gordon

Janine Divita (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), Brian Charles Rooney (The Threepenny Opera), David Ippolito (Possibility Junkie), nightclub star Milla Ilieva, and rising star Ally Bonino will ta…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:42AM
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Film News: Shrek the Musical, Starring Brian d'Arcy James and Sutton Foster, Coming to DVD on October 15 by David Gordon

Rejoice, Shrek the Musical fans! The Broadway production of your favorite ogre-filled tuner is coming to Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD. Featuring the original company led by Brian d'Arcy Jam…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:22PM
Monday, August 26, 2013

Theater News: Rocky Will Hit Broadway Starting February 11 by David Gordon

Rocky, the new musical inspired by the classic film of the same name, will knock out Broadway beginning February 11 at the Winter Garden Theatre. The production's official opening night is s…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:23PM

Theater News: Mark Blum, Kathryn Grody Lead Donald Margulies' The Model Apartment at Primary Stages by David Gordon

Mark Blum (The Assembled Parties), Diane Davis (Golden Boy), Kathryn Grody (The Marriage of Bette and Boo), and Hubert Point-Du Jour (The Brother/Sister Plays) will star in the upcoming Prim…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:34PM

Theater News: Original Les Misérables' Frances Ruffelle Returns to New York With Beneath the Dress at 54 Below by David Gordon

Frances Ruffelle, who won a Tony Award for her performances as Eponine in the original Broadway production of Les Misérables, will return to New York City and nightclub 54 Below in Septembe…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:52PM

Theater News: Danny Burstein and Victoria Clark Join Mary-Louise Parker in Broadway's The Snow Geese by David Gordon

Tony Award winner Victoria Clark (Cinderella) and Drama Desk Award winner Danny Burstein (Golden Boy) will join the previously announced Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) in the upcoming Manhattan …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:59PM

Photo Flash: Orlando Bloom and Romeo and Juliet Stars Meet the Fans After First Broadway Preview by David Gordon

Foot traffic nearly shutdown West 46th Street as Orlando Bloom, Condola Rashad, and the cast of Broadway's Romeo and Juliet greeted fans at the Richard Rodgers Theatre stage door following t…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:51AM
Thursday, August 22, 2013

Photo Flash: The Callaway Sisters, John Tartaglia, and Ahrens & Flaherty Preview Upcoming 54 Below Concerts by David Gordon

Upcoming 54 Below performers John Tartaglia, Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway, and the Tony Award-winning writing team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty previewed their concerts on Wednesday, …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:38PM

Interviews: Ashley Brown Puts on Her Sunday Clothes This Summer With Dolly by David Gordon

Ashley Brown burst onto the Broadway scene in 2005, making her New York stage debut as Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. She followed that up with the high-flying title role in Mary Po…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:05PM

Theater News: Laura Benanti and Cheyenne Jackson Will Star With Shuler Hensley in Encores! Most Happy Fella by David Gordon

Tony Award winner Laura Benanti (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) and Drama Desk nominee Cheyenne Jackson (The Performers) will join the previously announced Shuler Hensley (Waitin…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:19AM

Photo Flash: Kristine Nielsen Receives Surprise Sardi's Caricature by David Gordon

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike star Kristine Nielsen was surprised with a caricature at the famed theater-district eatery Sardi's on Wednesday, August 21. The ceremony, hosted by her co…

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Theater News: Rebecca Luker to Temporarily Replace Victoria Clark in Broadway's Cinderella by David Gordon

Tony Award nominee Rebecca Luker (Death Takes a Holiday) will fly into the Broadway production of Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella beginning September 6 and take on the role of Marie, Cin…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:01AM
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Photo Flash: A Grand-Slam Meet-and-Greet for New York Yankees-Themed Play Bronx Bombers by David Gordon

The cast and creative team of Primary Stages' upcoming New York Yankees-inspired drama Bronx Bombers took a break from rehearsals to preview the new play, which runs September 17-October 19 …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:54AM

Final Bow: Final Bow: Shalita Grant and Kristine Nielsen Bid Adieu to Broadway's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by David Gordon

Every show ends sometime (unless you're Phantom), so before the cast takes their final bow, there are a few things we want to know. When Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and S…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AM
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Broadway Gives Back: An Inside Look at the Covenant House Broadway Sleep Out, With Claybourne Elder and Rachel Sussman by David Gordon

The first-ever Covenant House Broadway Sleep Out was held on Monday, August 19. Fifty-three Broadway stars took part in the event, sleeping on the streets outside the Covenant House Crisis S…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:46PM

Photo Flash: Meet Cherry Jones, Zachary Quinto, and the Cast of Broadway's The Glass Menagerie by David Gordon

The cast of American Repertory Theater's production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie met the press on August 20 to welcome the acclaimed revival to Broadway. Directed by John Tiffa…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:58AM

Photo Flash: Greeting Tony Danza, Rob McClure, and the Cast of Paper Mill Playhouse's Honeymoon in Vegas by David Gordon

Tony Danza (The Producers), Rob McClure (Chaplin), and Brynn O'Malley (Annie) lead the cast of the new Jason Robert Brown-Andrew Bergman musical, Honeymoon in Vegas, which will premiere at N…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:53AM
Monday, August 19, 2013

Photo Flash: Broadway's Matilda Gets Loud in the Recording Studio by David Gordon

The cast members of Broadway's Matilda spent their dark Monday laying down tracks for the musical's upcoming original-cast recording, set to be released this fall by Broadway Records and Yel…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:53PM

Theater News: Tyne Daly and Terrence McNally Will Reunite for 2014 Broadway Berth of Mothers and Sons by David Gordon

Tony and Emmy Award winner Tyne Daly will return to Broadway this spring to star in the New York stage premiere of Terrence McNally's Mothers and Sons, in a production directed by Sheryl Kal…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:17PM

Reviews: FringeNYC: I (Honestly) Love You; The Madogs of Diego; Rubble by David Gordon

I (Honestly) Love You by David Gordon I (Honestly) Love You, currently playing The Kraine Theatre, is an Australian play by Damon Lockwood about a couple with the strangest problem. Lloyd …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:46PM

Theater News: It's Been: Broadway Beatles Tribute Let It Be Will End Its Run September 1 by David Gordon

Let It Be, the new Broadway tribute to the music of The Beatles, will end its run at the St. James Theatre on Sunday, September 1. The production will have played nine previews and 46 perfor…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:01AM

Photo Flash: A Cupcake Toast for The Book of Mormon's 1,000th Performance by David Gordon

The Book of Mormon — Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez's Tony Award-winning musical about a pair of Mormon missionaries who get more than they bargain for when they're sent to AIDS…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:58AM
Friday, August 16, 2013

Photo Flash: Frozen-Yogurt Fanatics Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana Sample Tasti D-Lite's New Cinderella Flavor by David Gordon

Cinderella stars and frozen-yogurt lovers Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana reveled in their sugary addiction on Friday, August 16, when the pair sampled the new Tasti D-Lite flavor Glass Slip…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:06PM

Theater News: Actors' Equity Association Releases Statement on August 15 Injury at Broadway's Spider-Man by David Gordon

Actors' Equity Association has released a statement regarding the injury of performer Daniel Curry during the Thursday, August 15, performance of Broadway's Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark. Th…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:53PM

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