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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
Monday, December 28, 2015

Vineyard Theatre to honor Kathleen Chalfant and Sam Rudy by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Vineyard Theatre will next year honor both a Tony Award-nominee who has graced its stage and a man who gets the word out about the powerhouse off-Broadway company…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:35PM

Chita Rivera injured in fall, postpones concert series by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fans of Chita Rivera will have to wait a little longer to see her perform at Cafe Carlyle in 2016. The actress and singer postponed her show after being injured in a …

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:35PM
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Joffrey Ballet's 'Nutcracker' wins Goldstar award. by Mark Kennedy

The Joffrey Ballet's long-running version of "The Nutcracker" has won the Goldstar National Nutcracker Award. Ticket discounter Goldstar said Tuesday that the Chicago-based show beat out mor…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:50PM

The Joffrey Ballet's 'The Nutcracker' wins Goldstar prize by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Joffrey Ballet's long-running version of "The Nutcracker" has once again won the Goldstar National Nutcracker Award, the third and last…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:41PM

Theater fans gear up for first ever fan fest BroadwayCon by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- If you're in midtown Manhattan late next month and see women in green makeup or folks strutting around in colonial outfits, fear not. They're attend…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:41PM

'Hamilton' on Broadway generates 1M tweets this year by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Another milestone has fallen thanks to the Broadway musical "Hamilton" - this time on Twitter....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:15AM
Monday, December 21, 2015

Tony-winning actress and TV soap star Patricia Elliott dies by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Patricia Elliott, who won a Tony Award on her Broadway debut, went on to star opposite David Bowie in "The Elephant Man" and spent 23 years aboard t…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:56PM

Review: 'Fiddler on the Roof' revival vibrant and heartfelt by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Tevye who first emerges in the latest revival of "Fiddler on the Roof" is wearing a modern winter jacket and reads the opening lines tentatively…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:43AM
Saturday, December 19, 2015

Margaritaville madness: Jimmy Buffett musical in the works by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Parrottheads, rejoice - there's a Jimmy Buffett musical in the works....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:23PM
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Lucy Prebble's 'The Effect' to land at Barrow Street Theatre by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- British playwright Lucy Prebble's "The Effect," about the relationship between science and love, will make its North American debut this sp…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:52PM

Broadway's 41st theater will be the Hudson Theatre by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Broadway will soon have a new place to play - its 41st theater....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:52PM

Among the ranks of glamorous Rockettes? Some non-Americans by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- There's nothing more American than the high-kicking Rockettes, right? Don't their classic moves and dazzling smiles each Christmas just scream USA? …

SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:40PM
Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Edith Piaf celebrated on 100th anniversary of her birth by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Edith Piaf would have turned 100 this month and never has she been more vital....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:08PM
Monday, December 14, 2015

Josh Groban to make Broadway debut next year in a musical by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Pop star Josh Groban will be making his Broadway debut next year in a musical inspired by an unlikely writer - Leo Tolstoy....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:59PM

The AP picks its top theater of 2015 by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- This year's best-in-theater lists are going to be anticlimactic. There's one listing that will surely be at the top of every critic's round…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:00PM
Sunday, December 13, 2015

Poignant 'Fun Home' earns back its investment on Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- "Fun Home," the 2015 best musical Tony Award winner set in a funeral home, is now, appropriately, in the black....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:27PM
Saturday, December 12, 2015

Musical 'Elf' returns to New York led by Eric Petersen by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Christmas musical based on Will Ferrell's movie "Elf" has returned to New York for the holidays, led by a stage and TV veteran whose ol…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:36PM
Friday, December 11, 2015

Review: Cynthia Erivo amazing in 'The Color Purple' revival by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- To those who question why a revival of "The Color Purple" is back on Broadway after its predecessor closed there only in 2008, the answer is two wor…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:18AM
Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Mark Strong on life without props at 'View From the Bridge' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Mark Strong is making his Broadway debut this fall playing anti-hero Eddie Carbone in a revolutionary revival of Arthur Miller's "A View From the Br…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:35PM
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

'Glee' star Matthew Morrison to leave Broadway show by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Matthew Morrison is giving himself the hook on Broadway....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:58PM

Broadway hit 'Hamilton' to launch company in Chicago by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The mega-hit Broadway show "Hamilton" is on the move - a production will open in Chicago next September....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:58PM
Monday, December 7, 2015

Bill T. Jones to be honored by Human Rights Campaign by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Tony Award-winning choreographer and mentor Bill T. Jones will be honored by the Human Rights Campaign with its Visibility Award, which recognizes those who shine a l…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:17PM
Sunday, December 6, 2015

Review: 'School of Rock' a crowd-pleasing, upbeat musical by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Hard rock's two fingered hand gesture is back on Broadway, thanks to an English lord....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:42PM
Friday, December 4, 2015

Review: 'The Wiz Live!' has real heart and playfulness by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The third time's the charm for NBC....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:44PM

Alex Brightman is ready to rock on Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- How do you land a plum Broadway role? If you're Alex Brightman, you follow your own advice....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:14AM

Review: Al Pacino rascally in Mamet's flat 'China Doll' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- There's no understudy for Al Pacino in David Mamet's new Broadway play "China Doll" - and nor could there be....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:14AM
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

How to make a tin man? Ask the wizards of 'The Wiz Live!' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Peek behind the curtain at "The Wiz Live!" and you'll find there is indeed a wizard - or three....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:25PM
Monday, November 30, 2015

Musical 'Daddy Long Legs' to be broadcast for free worldwide by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- On Dec. 10, you can settle down on the couch and catch the regular Thursday fare on TV - "The Big Bang Theory," ''The Mentalist&am…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:26PM
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Drama 'The Humans' by Stephen Karam will leap to Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- A highly regarded play about a fractious family's Thanksgiving get-together has something to really be thankful for this holiday season - it's going…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:51PM

No Thanksgiving parade for the Estefans _ they're too busy by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Songs from the new musical celebrating Gloria and Emilio Estefan will have the honor of kicking off the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, but the couple will b…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:51PM

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