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Friday, November 9, 2012

Broadway's Peter Pan meets 2 iconic Peters by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK—Plenty of VIPs have come backstage to cheer the cast of "Peter and the Starcatcher." The prequel to "Peter Pan" has attracted the likes of Tyra Banks, Clive Owen, Anna Wintour…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:40AM
Thursday, November 8, 2012

Songwriter Diane Warren's music optioned for stage by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK—The big hooks and soaring melodies of Grammy-winning songwriter Diane Warren are heading to Broadway.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:26PM
Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Behind the Rockettes, a tough choreographer by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK—On a recent afternoon at Radio City Music Hall, a group of Rockettes were being examined with critical eyes.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:03AM

Behind the Rockettes, a tough choreographer by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- On a recent afternoon at Radio City Music Hall, a group of Rockettes were being examined with critical eyes....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:02AM
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Broadway takes a big hit from Superstorm Sandy by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK—Superstorm Sandy, which darkened Broadway for four days, predictably ravaged the box offices around Times Square, with shows losing more than $8.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:58PM

Broadway takes a big hit from Superstorm Sandy by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Superstorm Sandy, which darkened Broadway while smashing into the eastern U.S. last week, predictably ravaged the box offices around Times Square, with shows losing more…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:22PM

Broadway takes a big hit from Superstorm Sandy by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK—Superstorm Sandy, which darkened Broadway while smashing into New York City last week, predictably ravaged the box offices around Times Square, with shows losing more than $6 …

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:04PM
Thursday, November 1, 2012

Broadway lights go up in post-Sandy NYC by Mark Kennedy and Jake Coyle Associated Press Writers

NEW YORK—The lights went up again on Broadway Wednesday for the first time since Hurricane Sandy hit New York, as entertainers headed back to work in a city still wracked by power-outa…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:40AM
Monday, October 29, 2012

An Aussie in New York: Anthony Warlow in 'Annie' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- At a restaurant one recent night, Anthony Warlow posed a rather strange question to some fans....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:30AM
Sunday, October 28, 2012

Broadway takes few chances with superstorm coming by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Broadway took the threat of the mammoth storm seriously, with theater owners canceling all Sunday evening and Monday shows long before a drop of rain fell in Times Squar…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:44PM

Broadway takes few chances with superstorm coming by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Broadway is taking the threat of the mammoth storm seriously, with many theater owners canceling Sunday evening shows long before a drop of rain fell in Times Square....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:25PM
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Broadway's Spider-Man offers advice this Halloween by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Look who's giving safety advice: None other than Broadway's one-time injury-happy Spider-Man....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:42PM

Jessica Chastain and Judith Ivey bond backstage by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK—Jessica Chastain has been called many things. Time magazine declared her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:56AM

Jessica Chastain and Judith Ivey bond backstage by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Jessica Chastain has been called many things. Time magazine declared her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. Vanity Fair said she is among the Best Dres…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:55AM
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Producing team win rights to stage 'Rear Window' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- A producing team has won the theatrical stage rights to "Rear Window," the noir tale that Alfred Hitchcock made into a classic film....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:02AM
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

'King Lear' for kids? 1 company isn't scared by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK—"King Lear" may be Shakespeare's greatest work, but, let's face it, it's also grindingly grim.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:37PM

'King Lear' for kids? 1 company isn't scared by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- "King Lear" may be Shakespeare's greatest work, but, let's face it, it's also grindingly grim....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:37PM
Monday, October 22, 2012

TKTS discount booth in Times Square expands items by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The iconic booth that sells tickets for Broadway and off-Broadway shows in the heart of Times Square is expanding its offerings....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:21PM

Barry Manilow to play Broadway in January by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK—Looks like Barry Manilow is making it again—on Broadway. The Grammy Award-winning singer of such songs as "Mandy," "I Write the Songs" and "Looks Like We Made It," w…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:11PM

Barry Manilow to play Broadway in January by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Looks like Barry Manilow is making it again - on Broadway....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:03PM
Friday, October 19, 2012

Kathie Lee Gifford preaches about an evangelist by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK—At the end of a long day, Kathie Lee Gifford offers a visitor a cup of coffee. Not wine, coffee.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:27AM
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Sierra Boggess helps celebrate 'Phantom' birthday by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Sierra Boggess is going somewhere eerily familiar - "The Phantom of the Opera."...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:32PM

'True Blood' actor Chris Bauer to return to stage by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- "True Blood" star Chris Bauer is going to be sinking his teeth in a new play....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:01PM

Ellen Burstyn to star in Broadway 'Picnic' revival by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK—It will be cold, but Ellen Burstyn and Elizabeth Marvel are still planning a picnic on Broadway this winter.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:06PM

Ellen Burstyn to star in Broadway 'Picnic' revival by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- It will be cold, but Ellen Burstyn and Elizabeth Marvel are still planning a picnic on Broadway this winter....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:01PM
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

'Clybourne Park' writer upset about blackface by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK—The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of "Clybourne Park" says he recently withdrew permission for a Berlin theater company to produce the play after learning that one of the …

SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:27PM

'Clybourne Park' writer upset about blackface by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of "Clybourne Park" says he recently withdrew permission for a Berlin theater company to produce the play after learning that one o…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:27PM

'Forbidden Broadway' extends its run until April by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK—The latest edition of the theater spoof "Forbidden Broadway" will be making folks laugh deep into spring.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:18PM

Playwright Jon Kern looks at terrorism, and laughs by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- How does a young playwright from New York who volunteered at ground zero in the days after 9/11 deal with the topic of Muslim terrorism? If you're Jon Kern, you ridicule…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:36AM
Friday, October 12, 2012

Playwright Tracy Letts reveals his Midwestern side by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Tracy Letts is so polite that he warns you right away that he makes a terrible subject of a story....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:52AM
Thursday, October 11, 2012

Tom Hanks to make his Broadway debut next year by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK—Tom Hanks will play a gutsy New York City newspaper columnist when he makes his debut on Broadway in the spring.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:06PM

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