Friday, March 11, 2011
Talking points: New play about Chris Farley, The Fatman Cometh, has Broadway/off-Broadway potential Who is the best man in That Championship Season Julie Taymor is out of Spider-Man. Why we …
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 01:43AMWednesday, March 9, 2011
Comedians have been making their way to Broadway recently, with Robin Williams in Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo and Dane Cook in Fat Pig this season. Even Saturday Night Live alumni like W…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 01:35PMMonday, March 7, 2011
Small-town discontent is at the heart of That Championship Season, but in this revival, there are no small names to be found in the cast. Kiefer Sutherland, Chris Noth, Jason Patric, and Jim…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 05:06PMFriday, March 4, 2011
Talking points: The one-two punch of interviewing Tony Kushner and Michael Greif for Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide Michael Greif spills details on this summer’s off-Broadway rev…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:06AMThursday, March 3, 2011
Tony Kushner, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Angels In America, can’t seem to get enough of director Michael Greif. Or is it vice versa? The two paired for the revival of Ang…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 01:40PMFriday, February 25, 2011
Talking points: The five shows coming to Broadway this spring that we’re most excited about: Priscilla: Queen of the Desert Arcadia How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying T…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:18AMThursday, February 24, 2011
Kathryn Stockett does not want her best-selling novel The Help to be adapted for Broadway. She shot down the notion during a post-show talkback at Driving Miss Daisy Wednesday night, citing …
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 02:01AMFriday, February 18, 2011
Talking points: I’m obsessed with Jennifer Sanchez’s comedy at the latest At This Performance concert Broadway.com editor in chief Paul Wontorek and how he built the number-one t…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 04:23AMWednesday, February 16, 2011
Broadway.com editor in chief Paul Wontorek sits in a comfy white chair in the middle of the website’s video production room in its Times Square offices. Amid professional lighting and expe…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 03:12AMMonday, February 14, 2011
The latest installment of the At This Performance concert series brought big laughs Sunday night. The concert that gives Broadway understudies and standbys the spotlight saw performers choos…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 02:36AMFriday, February 11, 2011
Talking points: Phantom understudy Jeremy Stolle co-hosts this special 50th episode of SRTV! Finding the positives of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark Idina Menzel in concert at Lincoln Center …
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 01:56AMTo celebrate Stage Rush’s 2nd birthday and the 50th episode of Stage Rush TV, we are giving away two pairs of tickets to see How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying starring Danie…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 01:15AMThursday, February 10, 2011
Daily Bugle News Flash! Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark is not the best musical ever written. However, the venomous reviews and general bad press seem to be overshadowing the aspects that dire…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 02:20AMSunday, February 6, 2011
It was an evening that would make any performer green. Tony winner Idina Menzel, famed for her emerald-skinned turn as Elphaba in Wicked, made her New York Philharmonic debut Saturday night …
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:06AMFriday, February 4, 2011
Talking points: For Facebook Fan Day, Chicago fills the house for free Melissa Etheridge joins American Idiot cast for one week only Broadway grosses What do you think, Rushers? Were you at …
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 05:26PMFriday, January 28, 2011
Talking points: John Leguizamo readies his fifth solo show, Ghetto Klown, for Broadway Word Association with John Leguizamo Memphis filmed for theatrical release—good for box office? Broad…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:03AMTuesday, January 25, 2011
John Leguizamo just can’t stop talking about himself. The outrageous actor is returning to Broadway in February in his fifth one-man show. Yet unlike his outings in Spic-O-Rama and Sex…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:04AMFriday, January 21, 2011
Talking points: Avenue Q cast on finding their puppets’ movements Broadway Mad Libs with Avenue Q‘s Kate Monster and Anika Larsen Broadway grosses What do you think, Rushers? Is …
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 02:23AMFriday, January 14, 2011
Talking points: The great career stories of Patti LuPone: A Memoir The best soundbites from the audiobook of Patti LuPone’s memoir Saying goodbye to Next to Normal Broadway grosses Wha…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:03AMFriday, January 7, 2011
Talking points: Kicking off 2011 with a changed Broadway landscape Broadway Mad Libs with Hunter Ryan Herdlicka of A Little Night Music Broadway grosses What do you think, Rushers? Of the sh…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 01:15AMMonday, January 3, 2011
Hunter Ryan Herdlicka is preparing for the closing of A Little Night Music—for real this time. Last June, the cast of the acclaimed production was given a second life when Bernadette Peter…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:01AMFriday, December 17, 2010
Editor’s note: Stage Rush will be on vacation over the holidays; coverage will resume on January 3. Talking points: Seeing The Fantasticks for the first time Broadway Mad Libs with Mat…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:00AMWednesday, December 15, 2010
The Fantasticks is giving Matt Leisy his voice, literally and figuratively. After playing the Mute (yes, a non-speaking role) for a year and understudying the young lover Matt, Leisy was pro…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:23AMFriday, December 10, 2010
The Scottsboro Boys may be in its final week on Broadway due to disappointing ticket sales, but theatergoers packed the Lyceum Theatre for Thursday night’s performance. Following a sold-ou…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 02:53AMTalking points: Pitmen Painters‘ Christopher Connel on his favorite New York spots Broadway grosses What do you think, Rushers? Can you see Connel playing Dad in Billy Elliot the Music…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 01:26AMMonday, December 6, 2010
In Lee Hall’s drama The Pitmen Painters, Christopher Connel plays the key member of a group of British miners who gain the art world’s attention with their paintings. Although Connel’s…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:04AMSaturday, December 4, 2010
The holiday season truly has begun, because one of my favorite Broadway events has announced its return. The ASTEP New York City Christmas concert will play its third annual show at Joe̵…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 11:42AMFriday, December 3, 2010
Talking points: Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark plays its first, much talked about, preview Stage Rush favorites The Scottsboro Boys and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson post closing notices Ameri…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:01AMThursday, December 2, 2010
The holiday shopping season has begun, and Stage Rush is here to make it easier for you to find that perfect gift! We are giving away a pair of tickets to see Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles …
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 04:54PMFriday, November 26, 2010
Talking points: Happy Thanksgiving, Rushers! Mary Poppins dance captain Suzanne Hylenski on what it’s like to tap dance upside down Elling’s shocking closing notice Broadway grosses What…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 01:06AMTuesday, November 23, 2010
While the company members of the Opera Populaire over at Phantom of the Opera and ballerinas of Billy Elliot have been dancing masterfully for years, performers in long run shows need help m…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:00AM 
