Friday, October 7, 2011
At 74, Bill Cosby says he doesn't want to dawdle. "When you hit the 70 mark, some of your friends have been destroyed or are dead," the comedian and activist says by phone. "You keep going, …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:10PMTuesday, October 4, 2011
What's the buzz? A hit production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" in Canada is coming south to Broadway.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:01PMMonday, October 3, 2011
A treasure hunt devised by composer Stephen Sondheim prompted hundreds of people, including Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, to scamper through the dinosaur section of the America…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:40PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Clues devised by composer Stephen Sondheim prompted hundreds of people, including Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, to scamper through the American Museum of N…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:36PMNEW YORK (AP) -- "Billy Elliot the Musical" is planning its last dance on Broadway....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:27PM"Billy Elliot the Musical" is planning its last dance on Broadway. Producers announced Monday that the Tony Award-winning show will play its final performance on Jan. 8, ending a more than t…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:10PMFriday, September 30, 2011
Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" will celebrate its 25th anniversary this weekend with a lavish birthday party that will certainly involve someone swinging from a chandelie…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:45AMThursday, September 29, 2011
What do you get when you combine Stephen Sondheim and dinosaurs? No, not "Jurassic Park: The Musical."
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:25AMMonday, September 19, 2011
The annual Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction celebrates its 25th year on Sunday, offering items far from the typical knickknacks elsewhere.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:34AMTuesday, September 13, 2011
Dustin Lance Black will unveil his play "8," based on what happened at the Prop 8 trial, next week. A one-night-only staged reading on Broadway has already attracted an all-star cast.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:39AMFriday, September 9, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) -- Broadway plans to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks with a reprise of the song that performers sang in Times Square in the days after 9/11....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:09PMBroadway plans to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks with a reprise of the song that performers sang in Times Square in the days after 9/11.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:31AMPeters plays Sally Durant Plummer, a former Ziegfeld-style showgirl now wasting away in an unhappy marriage in the revival of Sondheim's 1971 musical "Follies." It's her sixth Sondheim mus…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:15AMWednesday, September 7, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) -- Producers looking for someone to replace Daniel Radcliffe on Broadway have landed their prize - a Jonas....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:57PMProducers looking for someone to replace Daniel Radcliffe on Broadway have landed their prize -- a Jonas.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:31PMThursday, September 1, 2011
When Harvey Fierstein was asked to make the film "Newsies" work on stage, he realized that something was missing from the original.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:41PMNEW YORK (AP) -- When Harvey Fierstein was asked to make the film "Newsies" work on stage, he realized that something was missing from the original....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:34PMWednesday, August 31, 2011
If Broadway last season was dominated by a glitzy Spider-Man, Broadway's new season seems to be shaping up more like his workaday alter ego Peter Parker.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:20AMTuesday, August 30, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) -- James Franco can't make time for Broadway....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:06PMAfter the approaching hurricane prompted producers to cancel matinee and evening performances on Saturday and Sunday, every show lost money because they were mostly limited to five or six …
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:46AMMonday, August 29, 2011
Broadway planned to reopen Monday after Tropical Storm Irene forced theaters to scrap a potentially lucrative late-summer weekend.
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:35AMFriday, August 26, 2011
The actors and crew will host a small backstage party at intermission during Friday evening's performance to mark the moment when it becomes the fourth longest-running show in Broadway his…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:37AMThe cast of "Chicago" plans to celebrate their show reaching a Broadway milestone a day early.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:40AMNEW YORK (AP) -- The cast of "Chicago" plans to celebrate their show reaching a Broadway milestone a day early....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:33AMThursday, August 18, 2011
The matinee performance on Aug. 27 will mark the musical's 6,138 show, meaning it vaults over the original version of "A Chorus Line" to become the fourth longest-running show in Broadway …
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:54AMWednesday, August 17, 2011
Families of autistic children have a new place to engage their sons and daughters -- Broadway.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:00AMFriday, August 5, 2011
This month, Chanler-Berat is fulfilling a childhood dream by joining a new off-Broadway revival of the show just three years after "Rent" tearfully closed up shop on Broadway.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:51AMThursday, August 4, 2011
Doing skateboard tricks on a theater stage is usually deeply frowned upon. But at the Union Square Theatre these days, they're not only encouraged — they're a big part of the show.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:41PMMonday, August 1, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) -- Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, who first teamed up together in the musical "Evita," are coming back to Broadway....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:45PMPatti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, who first teamed up together in the musical "Evita," are coming back to Broadway.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:50PMFriday, July 29, 2011
It seems like whatever gets thrown at Shields, she gamely returns. Few actresses seem as approachable, as sweet or as genuine.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:43AM 
