Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Currently a season regular on "The Good Wife," the two-time Tony Award winner will star in Douglas Carter Beane's new play as an effeminate burlesque performer in 1930s New York.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:13PMProducers Charlie Lyons, Jay Russell and Tim Guinee have acquired rights to Cornell Woolrich's 1942 noir short story and are in talks with top theater directors and playwrights on the projec…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:17AMTuesday, October 23, 2012
The Tony-winning musical grossed more than $2.2 million in the week ending Oct. 21, setting a new high for an eight-performance stint at the West Coast playhouse.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:44PMMonday, October 22, 2012
The Brooklyn-born singer will return to his hometown to play a 17-date engagement, with premium ticket prices topping those for "The Book of Mormon."read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:40PMFriday, October 19, 2012
The "American Horror Story" series regular and the Tony-nominated star of last season's "Follies" revival on Broadway will play unlikely lovers in Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize winner.read…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:01AMThursday, October 18, 2012
Taking a break from playing Sheriff Andy Bellefleur on the HBO series, Bauer heads the cast of Melissa James Gibson's new play for the Atlantic Theater Company.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:30PMThe ensemble cast for William Inge's Pulitzer Prize winning 1953 play also includes Ellen Burstyn, Reed Birney, Elizabeth Marvel and Mare Winningham.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:21PMWednesday, October 17, 2012
“The Whale,” Samuel D. Hunter’s new play about a severely obese seeker, is opening at Playwrights Horizons, a step up for him to a stage that carries more weight with thespians.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:20PMTuesday, October 16, 2012
“The Freedom of the City,” a 1973 play by Brian Friel now at Irish Rep, is a fictional account of a shooting of three peaceful Irish protesters by British soldiers, inspired by “Bloody…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:01PMSunday, October 14, 2012
Amy Morton also stars in Edward Albee's classic drama, which comes to Broadway from Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:32PMThursday, October 11, 2012
Tony-winner Douglas Hodge dons the prominent schnoz of Edmond Rostand's tragicomic hero in this Broadway revival, alongside "Harry Potter" alumna Clémence Poésy, and Patrick Page, fresh fr…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMDirected by George C. Wolfe, the biodrama focuses on the life of the colorful Pulitzer Prize-winning New York tabloid columnist Mike McAlary.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:24PMWednesday, October 10, 2012
In Richard Greenberg's new stage version of the Truman Capote novella, the actress will play Holly Golightly, the role immortalized by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:20PMThursday, October 4, 2012
Ed Asner makes a rare Broadway appearance, alongside Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon and Kate Arrington, in Craig Wright's play about the minefield of unquestioning belief.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMIn “Marry Me a Little” songs from, or cut from, Stephen Sondheim productions are turned into a (sort of) new musical.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:43PMTuesday, October 2, 2012
Adapted from the 1997 documentary about an endurance-test competition run by a Texas car dealership, the new musical stars Keith Carradine and features tunes by Phish frontman Trey Anastasio…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:53PMWednesday, September 26, 2012
Having played Viola to critical acclaim in the Public's 2009 production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," the star of "Les Miserables" will showcase her singing chops in a celebration concer…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:30PMMonday, September 24, 2012
An Emmy winner for "The Practice" and a series regular on "Two and a Half Men," Taylor wrote and stars in the solo vehicle about the colorful political figure.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:33PMFriday, September 21, 2012
The play follows "Asuncion" as the second work by the Oscar-nominated "Social Network" star to be produced by New York's Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:10AMThursday, September 20, 2012
Jake Gyllenhaal in the cast will attract attention, but Nick Payne's play about the inherent messiness of human relationships is marred by distracting directorial choices.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:45PMRob Ashford will direct the Tennessee Williams revival, which also stars Ciaran Hinds and Debra Monk.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00PMSunday, August 12, 2012
With a lineup that featured The Who, Annie Lennox, The Spice Girls, Madness, The Pet Shop Boys, George Michael, Liam Gallagher and Fatboy Slim, the London Olympics signoff ceremony was a Bri…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:15PMWednesday, August 8, 2012
The pinnacle of the composer's work across film, theater, television and recorded music is inarguably the milestone 1975 backstage musical about auditioning Broadway dancers.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:44AMSunday, July 29, 2012
The 1957 musical “New Girl in Town,” an adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s “Anna Christie,” is revived at Irish Repertory Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:00PMSaturday, July 28, 2012
Kenneth Branagh, J.K. Rowling, Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean, David Beckham, Paul McCartney, Daniel Craig and Queen Elizabeth II were among the eclectic featured cast of director Danny Boyle's …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:22PMWednesday, July 18, 2012
While "3C" playwright David Adjmi backed down to pressure from legal reps of the vintage 1970s sitcom, a prominent group of playwrights, directors, theater company chiefs and actors is defen…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:03PMTuesday, July 17, 2012
Andrew Ondrejcak’s “Feast” is a modern take on the fall of Babylon, with contemporary urban speak and twisty wordplay.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:21PMBerry Gordy is using YouTube to find a performer to play the multiple roles of the pre-teen Jackson, Stevie Wonder and the music mogul himself.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:49PMMonday, July 16, 2012
The 1991 Warner Bros. feature directed by Nancy Savoca and starring River Phoenix and Lili Taylor has been adapted into a touching Off Broadway musical by up-and-coming composing team Benj P…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00PMWednesday, July 11, 2012
The actress will star opposite Finn Wittrock in David Cromer's production of the Tennessee Williams play at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, starting Sept. 15.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:31PMSunday, July 8, 2012
The veteran theater, opera and ballet designer was renowned for his witty and elegant work on period musicals, earning Tonys for "Kiss Me, Kate" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie."read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:23PM 
