All stories by Ellis Nassour on BroadwayStars

Monday, August 20, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012

Hurry! Last Chance! They're About to Disappear; On PBS; Remembering Show Biz Icon Mae West by Ellis Nassour

Column on shows posting closing notices and new ones upcoming; Opera on PBS, Paul McCartnery; Remembering legendary Mae West on her birthday

SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 10:19AM
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012

Feature: SPECIAL REPORT: 10 Magical Summer Stock Memories by Ellis Nassour

Danny Burstein, Isabel Keating, Jan Maxwell, Patrick Page, Max von Essen and more stars fondly recalls their earliest days in professional theater.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Friday, June 29, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Laura Osnes Enters Café Society by Ellis Nassour

The Tony Award nominee discusses her new cabaret show at the Café Carlyle and her past and future Broadway experiences.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:16PM

Feature: INTERVIEW: Laura Osnes Enters Café Society by Ellis Nassour

The Tony Award nominee discusses her new cabaret show at the Café Carlyle and her past and future Broadway experiences.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:59AM
Friday, June 15, 2012

Debuting On Screens (Big and Small), DVD, and CD by Ellis Nassour

Latest releases to theatres, opera on PBS, DVD and CD releases

SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 01:33PM
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Broadway's Big Event: The Tony Awards are Sunday by Ellis Nassour

    Broadway will celebrate and honor Broadway's best this Sunday, live from the Beacon Theatre, at the 66th Annual Tony Awards hosted by Tony favorite, TVs six-time Emmy n…

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:01AM
Thursday, June 7, 2012

Broadway's Big Event: The Tony Awards Are This Sunday and You Can Be There In More Ways Than One by Ellis Nassour

Broadway will celebrate and honor Broadway’s best this Sunday, live from the Beacon Theatre, at the 66th Annual Tony Awards hosted by Tony favorite, six-time Emmy nominee and two-time winn…

SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 01:28PM
Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Feature: SPECIAL REPORT: Broadway's Busy Mothers by Ellis Nassour

Kerry Butler, Jan Maxwell, Lea Salonga and other stars write about the joys and challenges of being a working actress and a working mom.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Friday, March 30, 2012

Death of a Salesman and Notes from Elia Kazan; Last Chance: Encores' Pipe Dream; Berlin's American Musical Theater; Remembering a Great Tenor; Celebra by Ellis Nassour

Much has been written about the current revival of Arthur Miller'sTony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning classic Death of a Salesman. There have been raves and sniping. Many have written that…

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:00AM
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Death of a Salesman and Notes from Elia Kazan; Last Chance: Encores' Pipe Dream; Berlin's American Musical Theater; Remembering a Great Tenor; Celebra by Ellis Nassour

Much has been written about the current revival of Arthur Miller's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning classic Death of a Salesman. There have been raves and sniping. Many have wr…

SOURCE: stage.broadwaystars.com at 10:00PM
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Feature: BOOK REVIEW: Frank Langella's Dropped Names by Ellis Nassour

The Tony Award winner shares his recollections of more than 60 celebrities in this sharp-eyed memoir.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Friday, March 23, 2012

The Trials, Tribulations, and Triumph of Jesus Christ Superstar from Hit Single to Concept Album and Broadway Premiere by Ellis Nassour

To coincide with the opening on Broadway of the acclaimed Des McAnuff and Strattford Shakespeare Festival's revival production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Sup…

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:00AM
Thursday, March 22, 2012

The Trials, Tribulations, and Triumph of Jesus Christ Superstar from Hit Single to Concept Album and Broadway Premiere by Ellis Nassour

To coincide with the opening on Broadway of the acclaimed Des McAnuff and Stratford Shakespeare Festival's revival production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Supe…

SOURCE: stage.broadwaystars.com at 10:00PM
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Feature: The Pluck of the Irish by Ellis Nassour

Brian d'Arcy James, Dearbhla Molloy, Brian Murray, Jerry O'Connell, Denis O'Hare, and Ciaran O'Reilly discuss Irish heritage and Irish theater.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Thursday, March 8, 2012

Feature: Cherry Jones and BD Wong Stay Awake by Ellis Nassour

The Tony Award-winning actors discuss their new roles as psychiatrists on NBC's acclaimed drama series.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Saturday, February 25, 2012

The Oscars Are Coming! Wait! They're (Almost) Here; Brian D'Arcy James on SMASH; Some Phantom with Your Popcorn; Mark Your Calendar by Ellis Nassour

For many years now, the Oscars have really strived for national and international diversity. And if you wanted diversity at the movies in 2011, you got it. The noms speak loudly for that div…

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 11:21AM
Friday, February 24, 2012

The Oscars Are Coming! Wait! They're (Almost) Here; Brian D'Arcy James on SMASH; Some Phantom with Your Popcorn; Mark Your Calendar by Ellis Nassour

For many years now, the Oscars have really strived for national and international diversity. And if you wanted diversity at the movies in 2011, you got it in spaces. The noms speak loudly fo…

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:00AM
Thursday, February 23, 2012

The Oscars Are Coming! Wait! They're (Almost) Here; Brian d'Arcy James on SMASH; Some Phantom with Your Popcorn; Mark Your Calendar by Ellis Nassour

For many years now, the Oscars have really strived for national and international diversity. And if you wanted diversity at the movies in 2011, you got it. The noms speak loudly for that div…

SOURCE: stage.broadwaystars.com at 10:00PM
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Best of Cast Party II; Post Mardi Gras in New Orleans; National WWII Museum; Fred and Adele; On DVD; Last Chance; Cinema for Smithsonian; Remembering by Ellis Nassour

Debonair funny man and host of Birdland's long-running and late-running Monday night series Cast Party [in it's ninth year], returns on Thursday @ 8 P.M. to Town Hall, once again side by sid…

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:24AM

Best of Cast Party II; Post Mardi Gras in New Orleans; National WWII Museum; Fred and Adele; On DVD; Last Chance; Cinema for Smithsonian; Remembering by Ellis Nassour

Debonair funny man and host of Birdland's long-running and late-running Monday night series Cast Party [in it's ninth year], returns on Thursday @ 8 P.M. to Town Hall, once again side by sid…

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:00AM
Monday, February 20, 2012

Best of Cast Party II; Post Mardi Gras in New Orleans; National WWII Museum; Fred and Adele; On DVD: Downton Abbey and Real High School Musicals; Last by Ellis Nassour

Debonair funny man and host of Birdland's long-running and late-running Monday night series Cast Party [in it's ninth year], returns on Thursday @ 8 P.M. to Town Hall, once again side by sid…

SOURCE: stage.broadwaystars.com at 10:00PM
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

SMASH: Will It Be a Smash?; Bway Week Ending, Off Bway Week Beginning; Encores!/Broadway by the Year Openers; Stars Salute Chenoweth by Ellis Nassour

Move over Glee, there's something due any day, Monday, February 6, in fact. Who knows? Could be a hit. You'll right away, as soon as it shows. But will it be cannonballin' down through the s…

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:00AM
Monday, January 30, 2012

SMASH: Will It Be a Smash?; Bway Week Ending, Off Bway Week Beginning; Encores!/Broadway by the Year Openers; Stars Salute Chenoweth; Brunch with the by Ellis Nassour

Move over Glee, there's something due any day, Monday, February 6, in fact. Who knows? Could be a hit. You'll right away, as soon as it shows. But will it be cannonballin' down through the s…

SOURCE: stage.broadwaystars.com at 10:00PM
Friday, January 27, 2012

Jim Dale on the Road to Mecca; Audiences Loves You Porgy (and Bess); Monday, January 30th - Oh, What a (Busy) Night!; More Opera from the Met Archives by Ellis Nassour

Athol Fugard's The Road to Mecca stars Tony winner Rosemary Harris, Carla Gugino  Tony and DD winner Jim Dale. It takes a while for the sparks to fly in this revival, actually makin…

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:00AM
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Feature: War Horse Settles the Score by Ellis Nassour

Composer Adrian Sutton discusses the new CD of music from the Tony Award-winning play.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Friday, December 23, 2011

Holiday Spirit at the Met; Set Your Tivo/Mark Your Calendar; Rivera/Film at MoMA; Maye, Feinstein and O'Hara and Andrews Ring in New Year; Coming Soon by Ellis Nassour

The Metropolitan Museum's Christmas tree and Neapolitan Baroque crèche are long-established yuletide traditions [more than 40 years]. The 20-foot blue spruce decorated with lights …

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:00AM
Monday, December 19, 2011

TCM Remembers; Bonnie & Clyde; the Liberty Rises from Ruin; Gypsy of the Year; Judith Light; Who Gives a Hoot?; Soon on DVD; At the Met Museum; Ho by Ellis Nassour

Turner Classic Movies is airing and end-of-year feature, TCM Remembers, which pays tribute to those in film who passed this year. It's done to a haunting tune, "Before You Go"&…

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 10:45PM
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Feature: Don Black Is Back on Broadway by Ellis Nassour

The multi-award lyricist discusses working on the new musical Bonnie & Clyde.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM

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