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Monday, April 28, 2014

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
Friday, April 25, 2014

Rulings for some Tony Awards may change the race by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Four days before the Tony Awards, an administrative panel has made some decisions that will have a powerful effect on who walks away with trophies....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:50PM

A dialect coach evaluates 3 Broadway shows by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- That special sound you hear on Broadway these days could be a British accent....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:09AM
Thursday, April 24, 2014

Review: Revival of 'Cabaret' revival still shocks by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Barely sneaking in under the Tony Award nomination deadline this season is a dear old friend to Broadway, the decadent "Cabaret." The only appropriate salutation is: wil…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:32PM

James Earl Jones returning to Broadway this fall by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- James Earl Jones is coming back to Broadway in a play that's almost as old as he is....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:58PM
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Mel Brooks putting on a 1-man show in Los Angeles by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Mel Brooks has seemingly done it all in his illustrious show biz career. But there's one thing he's tackled only recently - a one-man show....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:15PM

Play 'An Act of God' eyes space on Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Someone pretty critic-proof is coming to Broadway: The Almighty....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:18PM
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Review: Neil Patrick Harris crushes it in 'Hedwig' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- It's obvious from the first moments of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" that star Neil Patrick Harris is doing something special. And it's not just trying on a new role....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:01PM

Musical based on 'Found' aims for Atlantic Theater by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Most theater musicals are based on prized, cherished things. Now comes one that uses the trash we toss away....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:52PM
Sunday, April 20, 2014

Review: B'way's 'Violet' shows beauty in its score by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Some musicals are big and brassy, calling out for attention with their razzle-dazzle and sassy sets. Others are more demure, letting their simple beauty shine. How appro…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:01PM
Thursday, April 17, 2014

Review: 'Act One' is a sweet ode to the theater by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- What's happening now at the Vivian Beaumont Theater was inevitable, really....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:02PM

Stephen Spinella on hair, bombs and his new play by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stephen Spinella's double life is about to get complicated, thanks to some new facial hair....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:31AM
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Review: Chris O'Dowd shines in 'Of Mice and Men' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- There are hordes of teenage girls waiting outside the Longacre Theatre each night hoping to squeal over uber-muffin James Franco. But true theater fans should be waiting…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:34PM

'Paul Robeson' playwright Phillip Hayes Dean dies by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Phillip Hayes Dean, a playwright, director and theater actor who wrote the play "Paul Robeson" that starred James Earl Jones on Broadway in 1978, has died in Los Angeles…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:57PM

Daniel Radcliffe on why New York audiences rock by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The one thing Daniel Radcliffe always has to adjust to whenever he's onstage in America is how happy Americans are to see Daniel Radcliffe onstage....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:47AM
Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Dance show 'Soul Train' may boogie onto Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The groundbreaking song-and-dance show "Soul Train" is chugging toward Broadway....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:39PM
Monday, April 14, 2014

Billy Porter on 'Kinky Boots' anniversary, new CD by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The first thing Billy Porter does when a visitor enters his dressing room is look down....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:24AM
Sunday, April 13, 2014

Review: Audra McDonald divinely channels Lady Day by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- One of the supreme honors this Broadway season is to go to Circle in the Square, close your eyes and hear a ghost....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:58PM
Friday, April 11, 2014

President Obama attends 'A Raisin in the Sun' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Tickets to watch Denzel Washington on Broadway in "A Raisin in the Sun" are hard to come by, but one man managed it - President Barack Obama....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:46PM

Review: A glorious 'Bullets Over Broadway' kills by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The new musical "Bullets Over Broadway" begins with a Mafia goon firing a machine gun into the theater curtain, spelling out the title of the show. He's also symbolicall…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:03AM
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Off-Broadway Janis Joplin musical delayed by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fans of "A Night With Janis Joplin" will just have to hold on, hold on....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:52PM

Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin to star on Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Cera and Kieran Culkin are slated to star together on Broadway in Kenneth Lonergan's play "This Is Our Youth," a comedy about the high times and aimless lives of…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:27AM
Monday, April 7, 2014

Tax proposal to help live theater brings out stars by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Live theater from Broadway to Los Angeles would get a huge financial boost under a change in the federal tax code that's being championed by such actors as Neil Patrick …

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:48PM

Theater's power couple: Diane Paulus, Randy Weiner by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- She's the darling of Broadway. He's the champion of cutting-edge theater in New York....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:44AM
Sunday, April 6, 2014

Review: 'The Realistic Joneses' is quirky, too odd by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- You know when people first meet and it can be instantly awkward? They talk over each other, make inane comments and sometimes completely miss the point? Well, that prett…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:07PM
Friday, April 4, 2014

Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten to star in touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar by Mark Kennedy

The 1970s rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar is being resurrected for a North American tour

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 10:21AM
Thursday, April 3, 2014

Review: Washington great in 'A Raisin in the Sun' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Talk leading up to opening night of the latest Broadway revival of "A Raisin in the Sun" hinted at flaws - it was coming back too soon, a lead actress had to be replaced…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:00PM

Producers add Thursday matinees on Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Catching a Wednesday matinee on Broadway is so last year. The hot thing now is Thursday afternoon shows....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:42AM
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Spanish 'The Vagina Monologues' goes off-Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Eve Ensler's groundbreaking play "The Vagina Monologues" is going back to an old home but with a new accent....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:31PM

Rosie O'Donnell to get honorary Tony Award by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Rosie O'Donnell is getting a Tony Award....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:26PM

New York offers tax breaks to theater producers by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York state lawmakers are giving a financial boost to the theater industry by offering tax incentives for investors who originate live productions in upstate New York…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:47PM

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