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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Mary-Louise Parker returning to Broadway this fall by Mark Kennedy

Mary-Louise Parker is returning to Broadway this fall in the quirky, romantic play "Heisenberg." Manhattan Theatre Club said Tuesday it will transfer Simon Stephens' lovely drama to its Samu…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:40AM
Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Helen Mirren, Audra McDonald to appear in Roundabout film by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- A-list stars like Helen Mirren, Audra McDonald, Neil Patrick Harris and Jake Gyllenhaal will help honor the Roundabout Theatre Company in a short film to air on NBC i…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:58PM

A look inside Broadway's most exciting musical numbers by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Even in a show with plenty of magic, a special sort of it happens right after intermission at "Aladdin" on Broadway....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:58PM

Talk show host James Corden will host the Tony Awards by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- James Corden will be staying up late for real to host the Tony Awards....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:58PM
Monday, February 1, 2016

Review: Fox shows it can do musicals with ambitious 'Grease' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The chills were indeed multiplyin' during the "Grease: Live" telecast on Sunday, a show that survived early rain, some tricky costume chang…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:36AM
Friday, January 29, 2016

Live 'Grease' show will have some familiar faces from film by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Eagle-eyed viewers of "Grease: Live" might see some familiar faces during the broadcast - two stars of the 1978 film have cameos....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:47PM
Thursday, January 28, 2016

Sandy Duncan, an ex-Peter Pan, to join Pan show on Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- One of the best Peter Pans ever is returning home to Broadway - and to a musical about Peter Pan....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:52PM
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Cate Blanchett to make Broadway debut in Chekhov play by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Cate Blanchett will make her Broadway debut next winter in Anton Chekhov's first - and long-forgotten - play....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:08PM
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

The art of the farce with Jeremy Shamos of 'Noises Off' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- In one of the best entrances on Broadway this season, Jeremy Shamos appears onstage and slams a door behind him....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:44AM

Broadway hit 'Hamilton' to launch tour in California by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The mega-hit Broadway show "Hamilton" will hit the road, with stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles planned for 2017....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:44AM

Daveed Diggs joins benefit to fight pulmonary fibrosis by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- "Hamilton" star Daveed Diggs will join Tony Award-winners Judy Kaye, Cady Huffman, Annaleigh Ashford and Randy Graff in a benefit to fight the lung-…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:57AM
Monday, January 25, 2016

'Cabaret' US tour stars an actress who says 'it's a dream' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The national tour of the thrilling musical "Cabaret" is about to launch and it's led by a young woman who knows it intimately. After all, s…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:45AM
Saturday, January 23, 2016

All Broadway shows on Saturday shutter as snow builds by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- All Broadway shows - both matinees and evening performances - were canceled Saturday after New York state officials declared a weather emergency....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:46PM
Friday, January 22, 2016

George Takei's 'Allegiance' plots a life away from Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Theatergoers' allegiance to "Allegiance" on Broadway may not have been strong, but its creators vow to get their musical seen elsewhere....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:33PM
Thursday, January 21, 2016

Broadway's spring offers Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jessica Lange by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- When the weather warms up on Broadway, the stars will come out. Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jessica Lange and Audra McDonald are some of the celebrities slated for the stag…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:59PM

Meow! Musical 'Cats' to return to Broadway this summer by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- "Cats," once Broadway's longest-running show, will not be a "Memory" for long - the musical is coming back to New York....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:59PM
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

'The King and I' taps a 'Lost' and 'Hawaii Five-0' star by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Broadway's next king has been awfully busy chasing bad guys on the streets of Honolulu....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:50PM
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Bette Midler to return to Broadway in 'Hello, Dolly!' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- It's a match made in musical theater heaven - Bette Midler will star in a Broadway revival of "Hello, Dolly!"...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:30PM
Sunday, January 17, 2016

'An American in Paris' star Leslie Caron visits Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Leslie Caron carries a souvenir of making the classic 1951 film "An American in Paris" with her every day....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:21PM
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Review: 'Noises Off' remains a high-energy comedic romp by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The dictionary's definition of the word "farce" really should just be a poster of "Noises Off."...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:52PM

Ruby Dee documentary offers her pearls of wisdom by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The late Ruby Dee was many things - an artist, an activist and a pioneer of stage and screen. But she was also something equally important - a grandmother....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:35PM

Tony Award-winning classical actor Brian Bedford dies at 80 by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Tony Award-winning classical actor Brian Bedford, whose stage work included roles by Shakespeare and Chekhov, a long relationship with the Stratford Shakespeare Festi…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:35PM
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Performance of David Bowie musical in NYC becomes a memorial by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- A performance of David Bowie's trippy, melancholy musical "Lazarus" turned into a memorial for the Thin White Duke on Tuesday night as fans…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:41PM
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Maurice Hines on life and why he doesn't tap in the morning by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- When Maurice Hines tells a story about Sammy, he means Sammy Davis Jr. When he mentions Ella, that's Ella Fitzgerald. He grew up among the legends of show bu…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:20PM

Nick Cordero to star in 'Waitress' on Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Nick Cordero has been picked to star opposite Tony Award-winner Jessie Mueller in "Waitress" on Broadway....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:20PM
Friday, January 8, 2016

Like your theater teacher? Send them to the Tony Awards by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Submissions are now open to salute your favorite theater teacher by sending him or her to the Tony Awards to get an award....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:26PM
Thursday, January 7, 2016

Tony Yazbeck to take over from Matthew Morrison on Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Tony Yazbeck will step into the heroic shoes of former "Glee" star Matthew Morrison in Broadway's "Finding Neverland."...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:21PM

Stage play being made of Al Pacino movie 'Dog Day Afternoon' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis is turning the 1975 bank robber movie "Dog Day Afternoon" into a stage play....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:20PM

Who's ready to see a play set in a hotel _ at a hotel? by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- A play that imagines what it might have been like had Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, Joe DiMaggio and Sen. Joe McCarthy met in a hotel room in 1953 will make its Ne…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:35AM
Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Hotel-room play Insignificance to be staged in real New York hotel room by Mark Kennedy

Insignificance, which imagines a meeting between Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, Joe DiMaggio and Joe McCarthy, will premiere in February.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:31PM
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Tonya Pinkins quits NYC play, saying her role 'neutered' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Bertolt Brecht's epic play "Mother Courage and Her Children" may be about the horrors of war, but a new off-Broadway production is revealin…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:58PM

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