Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Hugh Jackman liked his record-setting Broadway run so much this winter that he's handcuffing himself to a future musical about Harry Houdini.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:39AMThe Broadway League reported Tuesday that "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" took in a whopping $2,941,790 over nine performances last week, which is the highest single-week gross of any show…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:08AMHugh Jackman liked his record-setting Broadway run so much this winter that he’s handcuffing himself to a future musical about Harry Houdini.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:04AMTuesday, January 3, 2012
Look who's got a big smile behind his mask on Broadway -- none other than the once-mocked Spider-Man.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:49PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Look who's got a big smile behind his mask on Broadway - none other than the once-mocked Spider-Man....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:43PMThe hunky Australian actor's one-man Broadway concert show closed on Sunday afternoon at the Broadhurst Theatre after having earned $2,057,354 in its final week.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:08AMSunday, January 1, 2012
Hugh Jackman has left Broadway with a lot of broken hearts -- and records. The hunky Australian actor's one-man Broadway concert show closed on Sunday afternoon at the Broadhurst Theatre aft…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:19PMTuesday, December 20, 2011
The off-Broadway show, produced by Daryl Roth and written by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, and supplemented with their friends' stories, features a rotating cast of five actors, who perfor…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:24AMMonday, December 19, 2011
Crackerjack Jon Robin Baitz play is now on Broadway and "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" has (gasp!) turned into a respectable tenant, making its rent each month, not injuring people, keepi…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:00AMThursday, December 15, 2011
Plans are under way to create a musical based on Kate DiCamillo's book "Because of Winn-Dixie" with songs by Duncan Sheik and a real dog on stage.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:50PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Plans are under way to create a musical based on the book "Because of Winn-Dixie" with songs by Duncan Sheik and a real dog on stage....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:29PMAudiences at Wednesday's matinee performance of "War Horse" likely never noticed a very special actor who was making his Lincoln Center stage debut.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:33AMWednesday, December 14, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) -- Audiences at Wednesday's matinee of "War Horse" likely never noticed a very special actor quietly making his Lincoln Center stage debut....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:04PMMonday, December 12, 2011
The diagnosis is in for Harry Connick Jr.'s Broadway musical about a psychiatrist undergoing a psychic meltdown: It needs more time on the couch.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:19PMPatti Murin, Liz Mikel, Josh Segarra and Lindsay Nicole Chambers are starring in "Lysistrata Jones," a musical update of Aristophanes' play "Lysistrata" by Douglas Carter Beane.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:56AMFriday, December 9, 2011
Adam Pascal wanted to be in "Memphis" long before he ever saw "Memphis," which sounds a little crazy.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:54AMWednesday, December 7, 2011
Producers announced Tuesday that the show, which has been playing downtown at New York Theatre Workshop, will play Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre this spring. The musical ends its off-Broadway …
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:04AMTuesday, December 6, 2011
The musical based on the Academy Award-winning film "Once" is falling slowly onto Broadway. Producers announced Tuesday that the show, which has been playing downtown at New York Theatre Wor…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:19PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The musical based on the Academy Award-winning film "Once" is falling slowly onto Broadway....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:17PMFriday, December 2, 2011
Bonnie and Clyde became famous when they teamed up, so it's somewhat appropriate that the new Broadway musical based on their story has brought together two great couples, albeit with less a…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:29PMA new national survey shows that the way people pay for theater tickets has changed over the past few years, with subscription sales down but single-ticket purchases up.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:19PMDouglas Carter Beane may have two musicals simultaneously playing on Broadway but that isn't enough. "Neil Simon had four. Where are my other two?"
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:48AMThursday, December 1, 2011
The Big Apple can't seem to get enough of Mike Daisey's Apple-bashing. The Public Theater said Thursday that the monologist's new show about Cupertino, Calif.-based tech company Apple Inc. a…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:20PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Move over Adele, Kanye West and Bon Iver. One of the livelier contests at next year's Grammy Awards will pit Harry Potter, Cole Porter and a pair of Mormon missionaries.…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:51PMWednesday, November 30, 2011
Christine Antosca is something of a hero to the folks behind "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark." She has now seen it 46 times — and counting. "It draws me back every single week I see it,…
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:12AMTuesday, November 29, 2011
Cook, whose buttery soprano helped define show after show on Broadway, from "Candide" and "The Music Man" to various revivals of "Carousel," will be recognized for her contribution to Amer…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:21AMMonday, November 28, 2011
At least two Broadway shows are giving thanks this week for a record-breaking holiday at the box office.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 03:13PMAt least two Broadway shows are giving thanks this week for a record-breaking holiday at the box office.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:59PMThe 26-year-old actress is now starring in her fourth Broadway show, and originating a role for the first time, only four years after landing in New York by way of an unlikely vehicle: a r…
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:36AMSaturday, November 26, 2011
Stockard Channing has made a speedy -- some might say miraculous -- return to Broadway.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:09PMFriday, November 25, 2011
Stockard Channing plans to return to a Broadway stage Friday night for the first time since undergoing arthroscopic surgery on her right knee just five days ago.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:10PM 
