Friday, October 12, 2012
The only thing bigger than the new musical Giant is the state that inspired it: Texas! The Public Theater’s new love story, based on the novel by Edna Ferber, is a sweeping chronicle o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:39PMCyrano de Bergerac is no stranger to the Broadway stage, but the charismatic wordsmith received a warm welcome from a whole host of VIP guests on opening night at the American Airlines Theat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:24PMNine-year-old Ralphie Parker and his wacky family made the 1983 film A Christmas Story a true holiday classic. Expect the new Parker family to do the same when the musical adaptation of the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PMTheresa Rebeck’s new comedy Dead Accounts may be loaded with mystery and money, but at the heart of the show is a small-town Midwestern family led by Lorna (Katie Holmes) and Jack (Nor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:52PMThe 37th Olivier Awards will take place on April 28, 2013 at London’s Royal Opera House. Nominations for the awards, which honor the best in West End theater, will be announced on Marc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:22AMThursday, October 11, 2012
Cyrano de Bergerac has been tickling audiences for decades, and the new revival starring Douglas Hodge hopes to do the same at the American Airlines Theatre. Did Word of Mouth pane…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:34PMIt seems Jake Gyllenhaal is having a fantastic time on stage! If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet has announced a two-week extension at off-Broadway's Laura Pels Theatre. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:00PMChip Zien and Noah Robbins will star in the Public Theater's world premiere of The Twenty-Seventh Man, a new play by Nathan Englander. Directed by Barry Edelstein, the off-Broadway show …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:04PMSpider-Man, Turn Off the Dark star Reeve Carney took a trip from one high-flying high school to another, swinging by the St. James Theatre (not literally, of course) for backstage visit afte…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:45PMWatch out Hugh Jackman! Russel Crowe is ready to hunt you down and it looks like he means business. In a new poster for the Les Miserables movie, due in theaters Christmas Day, Crowe is look…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PMOscar winner Estelle Parsons and Tony winner Stephen Spinella will star in The Velocity of Autumn, a new play by Eric Coble and directed by Molly Smith. The production will open at a yet to …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:45AMAt the heart of Cyrano de Bergerac, there’s a… nose? English actor Douglas Hodge plays the titular poet with a flair for the romantic in Roundabout Theater Company’s Broad…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:19AMWednesday, October 10, 2012
Spider-Man, Turn off the Dark alternate Matthew James Thomas will lead the cast of the American Repertory Theater’s revival of Pippin when it bows on December 5 at the Loeb Drama Cente…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:13PMMonologist Mike Daisey, whose incendiary play The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs stirred up controversy earlier this year, will return to the Public Theater for a new monthly series of …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:30PMBroadway.com is the home for everything Broadway, but theater fans know that amazing productions are happening all around the country. In our new feature, Broadway.com offers you a weekly ro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:13PMThe rock opera Tommy is heading back to the West End stage for a one-night-only concert performance. The show will play the Prince Edward Theatre (currently home to Jersey Boys) on November …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMSharp-tongued political comedian Lewis Black always has a lot to say when you give him a microphone—and his Broadway show is no exception. Black’s solo show Lewis Black: Running …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:21PMIn Roundabout Underground’s Bad Jews, Tracee Chimo plays a Daphna Feygenbaum, a self-professed ‘real Jew’ (she has an Israeli boyfriend, obviously). When she spars with her…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:05PMThough Beyonce has long been attached to headline a Clint Eastwood-helmed remake of A Star Is Born, the Grammy winner has now left the project.
“I was looking forward to the pr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:40PMIn the Oscar-winning 1976 sports drama Rocky, Sylvester Stallone’s underdog boxer says he wants to fight “because I can’t sing or dance.” Throw that out the window, S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:01PMChristine Daae is now a space tourist. Sarah Brightman, renowned global singer and the original star of The Phantom of the Opera, has purchased a seat on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:23AMChristine Daae is now a space tourist. Sarah Brightman, renowned global singer and the original star of The Phantom of the Opera, has purchased a seat on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:23AMTuesday, October 9, 2012
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar is currently touring the U.K. in an arena extravaganza—and moviegoers outside of Britain will be able to catch the biblica…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:52PMGossip mags have had plenty to say about Katie Holmes over the last few months, but this fall the actress is focusing her creative energies on the stage as she readies to join Tony winner No…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:09PMFresh off scoring a Tony for Other Desert Cities, Judith Light is ready to cause drama among another affluent family. The Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner is heading to Southfork as…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:41PMFresh off scoring a Tony for Other Desert Cities, Judith Light is ready to cause drama among another affluent family. The Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner is heading to Southfork as…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:41PMYes, you read that title correctly: 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche is a cult-hit comedy that begins its limited run at the SoHo Playhouse on October 13. Coming directly to off-Broadway after a s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:05PMThe Culture Project’s 10th anniversary production of the The Exonerated will feature a lengthy list of celebrated stage stars in its rotating cast including Martin Short, Marg Hel…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:10PMSunday, October 7, 2012
Hollywood’s most famous primate is roaring onto the Australian stage! The new stage musical King Kong has announced its leading cast, as well as the musicians who will contribute to th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:45AMFriday, October 5, 2012
Public Theater alum Meryl Streep has just made one heck of a dent in her checkbook. The three-time Oscar winner (and 17-time nominee!) donated $1 million to The Public Theater, which will su…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:05PMAlthough the musical version of The Bodyguard was in the works long before Whitney Houston’s death in February, the singer’s tragic departure was almost enough for the show&rsquo…
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