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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick to reunite on B'way by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick will be back together again on Broadway in a revival of Terrence McNally's "It's Only a Play."...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:49PM

Lane, Broderick to reunite on Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick will be back together again on Broadway in a revival of Terrence McNally's "It's Only a Play."...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:22PM
Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Julia Stiles slated for off-Broadway NYC role by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Julia Stiles is returning to the New York stage in a quirky little comedy about a one-night-stand that has long-term implications....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:25PM

Chris O'Dowd puts his body on the line on Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Chris O'Dowd knows the value of hard work: Before he became a star in "Bridesmaids," the actor lugged bricks up and down ladders at construction sites in London....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:04AM
Monday, June 2, 2014

All-star touring Jesus Christ Superstar featuring Johnny Rotten, Michelle Williams cancelled days before launch by Mark Kennedy

A new arena version of Jesus Christ Superstar starring punk legend John "Johnny Rotten" Lydon and Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child has abruptly cancelled its 54-city tour just days befor…

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 11:31AM

New digital music store to cater to theater fans by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The digital age virtually wiped out specialty theater record stores where show-tune lovers could browse aisles bursting with cast albums and sheet music. Now some entrep…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:59AM

'All the Way,' 'Gentleman's Guide' win Drama Desk by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Drama Desk Awards have been handed out to Robert Schenkkan's "All the Way" for outstanding play and to "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder" for outstanding mus…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:37AM
Friday, May 30, 2014

Irish actress Sarah Greene plays a mean bully by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Sarah Greene's Broadway debut has not exactly been a demure, polite one....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:13AM
Thursday, May 29, 2014

Neil Patrick Harris and Sting to perform at Tonys by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Neil Patrick Harris, Sting, Idina Menzel, Alan Cumming and Sutton Foster - as well as the teaming up of Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and Fantasia - will perform at the T…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:31PM

LaTanya Richardson Jackson cheered at elegant tea by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- These days, an invitation to a tea party likely means lots of heated political talk. But at one held this week in Manhattan, the only thing brewing was Earl Grey and a l…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:38AM
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

'The Nance' set for movie screens and PBS by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- "The Nance" starring Nathan Lane has already been on Broadway. Now get ready for its appearance on movie screens and TV....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:50PM
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Bradley Cooper, Kevin Bacon to be at Tony Awards by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Broadway and Hollywood stars will help add some glamour to this year's Tony Awards, with appearances expected by Bradley Cooper, Kevin Bacon, Clint Eastwood, Maggie Gyll…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:29PM

A busy afternoon with Joshua Henry, Tony nominee by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- It's 11:30 a.m. on the west side of Manhattan and Joshua Henry is standing in a TV studio hallway, tucking his tie into his tan Army shirt....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:06AM
Friday, May 23, 2014

'NCIS' star Barrett Foa goes into 'Buyer & Cellar' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- While his "NCIS: Los Angeles" cast mates jet off for luxury holidays, Barrett Foa is going back to work....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:03AM
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Vassar College attracts stars for theater, dance by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The world premiere of Richard Greenberg's new play "The Babylon Line" has drawn an impressive who's who to Vassar College this summer....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:14PM

Moss Hart's kids happy to 'hear him again' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Moss Hart that emerges during the Broadway play "Act One" is a wordsmith, a theater addict and a connoisseur. For two people in the audience, he is another thing ent…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:49AM
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Annette Bening to star in Central Park 'King Lear' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Annette Bening, Jessica Collins and Jessica Hecht will play sisters opposite John Lithgow as their addled father this summer in "King Lear" in Central Park....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:31PM

Replacements named for Broadway's Cinderella by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Paige Faure will trade one Broadway show for another next month when she leaves "Bullets Over Broadway" and take over the role of Cinderella from pop star Carly Rae Jeps…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:33PM

New audiobook recasts 'Hamlet' as a thriller by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The hero of a new audiobook is introduced as he lies in bed, trying to sleep on a frigid day in 1601....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:11AM
Thursday, May 15, 2014

John Lithgow and Glenn Close to star on Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- John Lithgow is returning to the New York stage with gusto in 2014 - first with Shakespeare's "King Lear" in Central Park this summer and then in a Broadway revival of E…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:46PM
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

'Jeopardy!' creates a Broadway designer category by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Costume designer William Ivey Long has made outfits for more than 60 Broadway shows and won six Tony Awards, but he's about to get an honor never before offered - his ow…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:41PM
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Kristin Chenoweth coming back to Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- "Glee" and "Wicked" star Kristin Chenoweth is chugging back to Broadway in the stylish screwball musical "On the Twentieth Century."...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:05PM
Monday, May 12, 2014

Tyne Daly's Broadway team reunites after 25 years by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Twenty-five years ago while doing "Gypsy," Tyne Daly met a special group of people backstage....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:08AM
Thursday, May 8, 2014

Christopher Sieber wants to hear boos on Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- When you suddenly need a Broadway leading man, who can you call? What about if you have to have someone at a moment's notice to do demanding physical comedy?...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:02AM
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Musical theater workshop becomes a Broadway engine by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- In a room in a lower Manhattan skyscraper, a musical is being born, song by song....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:16AM
Monday, May 5, 2014

Modest bounce for Broadway shows after Tony nods by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Nothing's better than a few Tony Award nominations for a sagging box office, but this year's gains were modest....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:33PM
Sunday, May 4, 2014

Review: Theater spoof 'Forbidden Broadway' awesome by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The theater spoof revue "Forbidden Broadway" wasn't kidding when it titled its latest edition "Comes Out Swinging." Its jabs leave few Broadway stars unbloodied and even…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:32PM
Thursday, May 1, 2014

'The Bridges of Madison County' to close May 18 by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Broadway love affair with "The Bridges of Madison County" is ending quickly....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:55PM
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

'Velocity of Autumn' with Estelle Parsons to close by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The first casualty of the Tony Award nominations has fallen: The play "Velocity of Autumn" will close....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:01PM
Monday, April 28, 2014

Fox to broadcast live musical 'Grease' next year by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fox apparently isn't going to let NBC dominate the world of live TV musicals....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:01PM

Broadway sees gains for black audiences, actors by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Early one Sunday this month, 56 people boarded a bus in a suburb of Washington, D.C., to make the trip to Broadway to see a play....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:31AM

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