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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Special Report: New Music! Norm Lewis, Lea Salonga, Patina Miller, Manoel Felciano Sing Broadway's Ragtime in One-Night-Only Concert Event by David Gordon

An orchestra of 36 players. A choir of over 100-singers strong. The best talent Broadway has to offer. And a generation-defining musical by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Fla

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:11PM

Theater News: Legendary Musical Les Miserables to Return to Broadway by David Gordon

A new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's legendary musical Les Miserables will come to Broadway in March 2014, producer Cameron Mackintosh has announced. "To my cons…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:59PM
Saturday, February 16, 2013

Theater News: Hail Britannia! Live Streaming and Winner Updates From the Whatsonstage.com Awards by David Gordon

The best of the Great Brit theater scene hits the West End this weekend with the arrival of the 6th annual Whatsonstage.com Awards. Held at the Palace Theatre, the awards ceremony and live p…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:34PM

Theater News: Melanie C, Rupert Everett, Idina Menzel, Michael Ball, and Imelda Staunton Win Big at West End's WhatsOnStage.com Awards by David Gordon

The best of the Great Brit theater scene hit the West End this weekend with the arrival of the annual Whatsonstage.com Awards. Held at the Palace Theatre, the awards ceremony and live perfor…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:34PM
Friday, February 15, 2013

Review: Let My People Come by David Gordon

At the Underground Theatre, a room within a bar just south of Columbia University, director/producer John Forslund has staged a revival of a musical you've probably never heard of. Written b…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:11PM

Theater News: Battle for Broadway's Tony Awards: Al Pacino and Dan Stevens are ‘Featured' Actors? by David Gordon

Who gets to tell Al Pacino that he's been deemed an "Actor in a Featured Role" for his work in the recent Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross? Pacino was placed in that category by the …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:22AM
Thursday, February 14, 2013

Theater News: Barry Manilow Honored with Sardi's Caricature, Now Officially a Broadway Star by David Gordon

It's not the Copa, but it'll do. Grammy Award winner and pop icon Barry Manilow, currently headlining at the St. James Theatre in the concert event Manilow on Broadway, was honored on Thurs…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:29PM

Theater News: Tony Nominee Kerry Butler and Kelly AuCoin to Lead Off-Broadway World Premiere of Adoption and Parenting Drama The Call by David Gordon

Tony Award nominee Kerry Butler (Gore Vidal's The Best Man) and Kelly AuCoin (Happy Now?) will lead the cast of the upcoming Playwrights Horizons and Primary Stages co-production of Tanya Ba…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:48PM

Video Flash: Norbert Leo Butz and Kate Baldwin Give an Uber-Romantic Sneak Peek into the Upcoming Broadway Musical Big Fish by David Gordon

The official YouTube site for the Chicago and Broadway-bound musical Big Fish has given us this lovely Valentine's Day present: "Time Stops," a love song from the show, as sung by two-time T…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:34PM

Special Report: Meow Mixer: Audition Day With the Aspiring Feline Stars at Broadway's Breakfast at Tiffany's Cat Call by David Gordon

There are people who want to be famous, without a specific talent they want to be famous for. People who chose fame over every other life goal, including "happiness." And then there are the …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:42PM

Interview: Eight Questions With Smash Songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman by David Gordon

Tony Award-winning Hairspray and Catch Me If You Can scribes Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman are a busy pair of songwriters. Not only are they in the midst of filming the sophomore season of …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:15PM
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Theater News: Theater is Raining Cats and Dogs…Really by David Gordon

Sunny and Casey, the beautiful canines in the current Broadway revival of Annie, have some competition. Theater, on Broadway and abroad, is going to the dogs. And cats. Literally. From cat a…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:14PM

Photo Flash: Tyne Daly, Jenn Harris, Matthew Saldivar Celebrate Off-Broadway Opening of Primary Stages' All in the Timing by David Gordon

Primary Stages' 20th anniversary revival of David Ives' All in the Timing opened off-Broadway on Tuesday, February 12. Following the performance, the cast, creative team, and gue

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:54AM
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Theater News: Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Hamish Linklater to Star in Shakespeare in the Park's The Comedy of Errors by David Gordon

Shakespeare in the Park favorites Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) and Hamish Linklater (Seminar) will once again take the stage of Central Park's Delacorte Theatre this summer when they…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:42PM

Photo Flash: Something Wicked This Way Comes! Alan Cumming Helps With Installation of Broadway's Macbeth Marquee by David Gordon

Tony Award winner Alan Cumming (Cabaret), who returns to Broadway this April in a groundbreaking one-man production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, took part in the installation of the show's marq…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:27PM

Obituaries: Kevin Gray, a Veteran of Broadway's Phantom of the Opera, Dead at 55 by David Gordon

Broadway veteran Kevin Gray, one of only a handful of actors to portray both Raoul and the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, has died of a heart attack at the age of…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:50AM
Monday, February 11, 2013

Review: Good Person of Szechwan by David Gordon

Lear deBessonet's astounding production (for The Foundry Theatre) of Good Person of Szechwan, now running at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre, presents a captivating rendering of the 1943 soc…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:19PM

Photo Flash: Norm Lewis, Kerry Butler, Patina Miller at Ragtime Concert's First Day of Rehearsal by David Gordon

The cast and creative team of Manhattan Concert Productions' upcoming one-night-only concert of the musical Ragtime held their first day of rehearsal on Monday, February 11 at the National O…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:20PM
Saturday, February 9, 2013

Theater News: American Idol's Crystal Bowersox to Headline Broadway Revival of Always…Patsy Cline by David Gordon

Country singer Crystal Bowersox will be the latest American Idol runner up to hit the Great White Way when she stars in a revival of Ted Swindley's Always…Patsy Cline, according to The Hol…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:12AM
Friday, February 8, 2013

Theater News: Broadway's Pump Boys and Dinettes, Starring Bo Bice, Postponed Indefinitely by David Gordon

The forthcoming Broadway revival of the 1981 musical Pump Boys and Dinettes has been postponed indefinitely. The production, directed by Tony Award winner John Doyle (Sweeney Todd), was to h…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:48PM

Theater News: Claybourne Elder, Klea Blackhurst, Andrew Samonsky, and More Lead York Theatre Company's Musicals in Mufti Series by David Gordon

The York Theatre Company has announced principal casting for the remaining three musicals in its Winter 2013 Musicals in Mufti Series: Hollywood Pinafore, Happy Hunting, and Silk Stockings.…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:07PM

Special Report: Broadway Shows Go On – For Now – As Blizzard Nemo Heads Across the East Coast by David Gordon

A pair of colliding storms heading across the East Coast on February 8 and 9 won't disrupt performances of Broadway shows. Yet. "As of now, all Broadway shows will play as scheduled," The B…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:23PM

Theater News: Off-Broadway's Culture Project to Present Anna Khaja's Acclaimed Shaheed: The Dream and Death of Benazir Bhutto by David Gordon

Culture Project's Women Center Stage will present Anna Khaja's acclaimed one-woman show, Shaheed: The Dream and Death of Benazir Bhutto, beginning Friday, March 8, with an opening set for Mo…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:19AM

Photo Flash: Peter Dinklage, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ethan Hawke, Chloë Sevigny Meet Off-Broadway's Clive on Opening Night by David Gordon

The New Group's production of Jonathan Marc Sherman's new drama, Clive, held its opening night on Thursday, February 7 with a post-performance celebration at the We

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:13AM
Thursday, February 7, 2013

Photo Flash: Dancing in the Streets! The Cast of Broadway's Motown: The Musical Holds Open Rehearsal by David Gordon

The cast and creative team of Broadway's upcoming Motown: The Musical offered a sneak preview of the world premiere production on Thursday, February 7 at their rehearsal hall, The New 42nd S…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:22PM
Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Theater News: Broadway's Motown: The Musical Finds Its Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder by David Gordon

After a nationwide talent search, actors Raymond Luke Jr. and Jibreel Mawry have been tapped to share the roles of Young Berry Gordy, Michael Jackson, and Stevie Wonder in the upcoming world…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Photo Flash: 10 Celebrities Who Aren't Afraid of Virginia Woolf by David Gordon

January was a busy month for George and Martha. Not only did they have to entertain the overwhelmingly soused Nick and Honey, but they had surprise visits from a large assortment of stage an…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:28PM
Monday, February 4, 2013

Photo Bomb: Scarlett Johansson, Liza Minnelli, Sierra Boggess, Daniel Craig, and Creepy Barry Manilow Fans Photo Bomb Broadway in January by David Gordon

The stars were out on Broadway in January, with four major openings (The Other Place, Picnic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Manilow on Broadway), a recording session (off-Broadway's Giant), The…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:57PM

Theater News: It's a Hit: Broadway's The Heiress, Starring Academy Award Nominee Jessica Chastain, Will Recoup Investment by David Gordon

The current Broadway revival of Ruth and Augustus Goetz's The Heiress, starring 2013 Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) and Downtown Abbey heartthrob Dan Stevens, will…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:18PM

Photo Flash: Kate Baldwin, Erin Dilly, Sheldon Harnick, Danny Rutigliano Toast Encores!' Fiorello! at Closing Night Party by David Gordon

New York City Center Encores! opened its 20th anniversary season with a revival of Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Jerome Weidman, and George Abbott's classic musical, Fio

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:38AM
Friday, February 1, 2013

Theater News: Kathie Lee Gifford's Broadway Musical, Scandalous, Starring Carolee Carmello, Records Its Cast Album by David Gordon

The company of the recent Broadway musical Scandalous is in the recording studio today to lay down tracks for the show's forthcoming album. The star of Kathie Lee Gifford's now-departed musi…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:15PM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
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