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Friday, July 29, 2011

Brooke Shields Livens up Broadway as a Sexy Ghoul by Mark Kennedy

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
Thursday, July 28, 2011

Children's Musicals Find a Happy Home in New York by Mark Kennedy

Transforming popular children's' books into musicals — as opposed to making them up from scratch — has some advantages, namely in immediate brand recognition.

SOURCE: Backstage at 11:52AM
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

A Shirelle joins 'Baby, It's You!' by Mark Kennedy

Early in her career, Shirley Alston Reeves got a piece of advice no singer wants to hear.

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:00PM
Monday, July 18, 2011

A Shirelle Joins 'Baby, It's You!' by Mark Kennedy

Early in her career, Shirley Alston Reeves got a piece of advice no singer wants to hear. The advice: Don't go out there thinking you've got some fabulous voice.

SOURCE: Backstage at 06:49AM
Friday, July 15, 2011

UK Theater Company Finds Success in Jaded New York by Mark Kennedy

Barrett and Doyle help run the British theater company Punchdrunk, which specializes in putting on immersive, genre-bending shows with high-impact modern dance moves that let audiences roa…

SOURCE: Backstage at 10:59AM
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Broadway to mark NY gay marriage law with nuptials by Mark Kennedy

Some of the first gay marriages in New York will literally be a theatrical event.

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:30PM

Broadway to mark NY gay marriage law with nuptials by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Some of the first gay marriages in New York will literally be a theatrical event....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:21PM
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Ex-'Scrubs' Zach Braff Tries His Hand at a Play by Mark Kennedy

His dark, 90-minute off-Broadway comedy, about four strangers in a beach house in the dead of winter, represents Braff's first piece of writing that's 100 percent original since he wrote a…

SOURCE: Backstage at 10:17AM

Ex-'Scrubs' Zach Braff tries his hand at a play - Yahoo! News by MARK KENNEDY

Zach Braff is standing in the green room of Second Stage Theatre and staring at the walls. They're covered in posters from the company's previous productions, each one framed and signed by …

SOURCE: news.yahoo.com at 07:58AM
Saturday, July 9, 2011

Dancing lambs and killer humor in off-Broadway musical 'Silence!' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK - What kind of deranged people watch “The Silence of the Lambs’’ and think: That would make a killer musical?

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:30PM
Thursday, July 7, 2011

Musical Parody of 'The Silence of the Lambs' Ready by MARK KENNEDY

What kind of deranged people watch "The Silence of the Lambs" and think: That would make a killer musical? These people: Jon and Al Kaplan, a pair of brothers from New York with a droll sens…

SOURCE: ABC News at 08:19PM

Musical Parody of 'The Silence of the Lambs' Ready by Mark Kennedy

What kind of deranged people watch "The Silence of the Lambs" and think: That would make a killer musical?These people: Jon and Al Kaplan, a pair of brothers from New York with a droll sens…

SOURCE: Backstage at 12:30PM
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Tyne Daly Teaches Sierra Boggess a 'Master Class' by Mark Kennedy

Daly and Boggess play a chilly teacher and her overawed student in a revival of Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning "Master Class."

SOURCE: Backstage at 10:11AM
Saturday, July 2, 2011

English Theater Company Travels with its Theater by Mark Kennedy

The Royal Shakespeare Company has to be considered a very gracious houseguest. Not only has this English troupe arrived in New York to show off five of its productions with its own actors an…

SOURCE: Backstage at 05:00AM
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Minn., NY teens win high school theater awards by Mark Kennedy

A teenager from Minnesota and one from New York won top honors at the National High School Musical Theater Awards on Monday night, sweeping to glory at the "Glee"-type competition by masteri…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:50AM
Monday, June 27, 2011

Minn., NY teens win high school theater awards by Mark Kennedy

Teenagers from Minnesota and upstate New York have won the top honors at the National High School Musical Theater Awards.

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:30PM

Minn., NY teens win high school theater awards by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Teenagers from Minnesota and upstate New York have won the top honors at the National High School Musical Theater Awards....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:28PM

Alicia Keys helping produce a Broadway play by Mark Kennedy

Alicia Keys is following Jay-Z and Will Smith into the world of Broadway producers. Keys, whose hits include "Fallin'" and "A Woman's Worth," will help produce Lydia R. Diamond's play "Stick…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:30PM

Alicia Keys Helping Produce a Broadway Play by Mark Kennedy

Alicia Keys is following Jay-Z and Will Smith into the world of Broadway producers. Keys, whose hits include "Fallin'" and "A Woman's Worth," will help produce the play "Stick Fly."

SOURCE: Backstage at 05:01AM
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Daniel Radcliffe musical shaken by backstage death by Mark Kennedy

The musical "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" will go on as scheduled Thursday night, a day after the cast and crew were shaken by a death backstage that scrubbed a performa…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:51AM

Will New Yorkers Flip Over Cirque du Soleil Show? by Mark Kennedy

So mammoth is the stage for "Zarkana," the latest Cirque du soleil show that opens later this month, that it threatens to swallow up a $50 million production of 11 acts and 75 performers.

SOURCE: Backstage at 11:26AM

Daniel Radcliffe musical shaken by backstage death by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The musical "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" will go on as scheduled Thursday night, a day after the cast and crew were shaken by a death backstage tha…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:25AM
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Angela Bassett set to return to Broadway this fall by Mark Kennedy

Angela Bassett has signed on to star opposite Samuel L. Jackson in the Broadway production of the play "The Mountaintop."

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:21PM
Thursday, June 16, 2011

What Might be Next for the 'Spider-Man' Musical? by Mark Kennedy

Producers of the once trouble-plagued musical made good on their promise to right the $70-plus million ship, opening the reboot on time and happily watching the once-feuding creative team …

SOURCE: Backstage at 10:56AM
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Broadway's 'Spider-Man' to open, with Taymor there by Mark Kennedy

"Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" opens Tuesday. Where have we heard that before? But this time -- the sixth scheduled opening, for those keeping score -- producers mean business. The $70 mill…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:51PM
Monday, June 13, 2011

Mark Rylance Wins Tony, Leaves Everyone Confused by Mark Kennedy

The British-born actor won the leading actor Tony on Sunday for playing Johnny "Rooster" Byron in Jez Butterworth's "Jerusalem."

SOURCE: Backstage at 11:34AM
Sunday, June 12, 2011

'The Book of Mormon' wins best musical Tony Award by Mark Kennedy

"The Book of Mormon" has won the Tony Award for best musical. A critical and box-office darling, the show was the favorite to take home the night's biggest crown thanks to a story and song t…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:10PM

'The Book of Mormon' wins best musical Tony Award by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- "The Book of Mormon" has won the Tony Award for best musical....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:01PM

Norbert Leo Butz wins best actor in a musical Tony by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Norbert Leo Butz has won the Tony Award for best actor in a musical....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:54PM

Mark Rylance wins Tony as best actor in a play by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Mark Rylance has won the Tony Award for best actor in a play....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:52PM

Sutton Foster wins best actress in a musical Tony by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Sutton Foster has won the Tony Award for best actress in a musical....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:39PM

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