Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Many academics argue the portrait of Alexander Hamilton, the star of U.S. $10 bills, is a counterfeit. Now they’re escalating their fight against the musical.
Linked From Toronto Star at 12:00AMMonday, February 4, 2019
Ever since the historical musical "Hamilton" began its march to near-universal infatuation, one group has noticeably withheld its applause — historians. Many academics argue the portrait o…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:24PMWednesday, January 23, 2019
Six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald is heading back to Broadway to be a waitress — but not in “Waitress.”
Linked From Washington Post at 05:42PMMonday, January 7, 2019
The labor union representing theatrical performers is demanding that its members no longer participate in any developmental stage work with commercial producers
Linked From Washington Post at 02:24PMWednesday, January 2, 2019
Broadway producers had plenty of reasons to pop the bubbly as 2018 wound down, with many shows recorded their most profitable weeks despite some eye-popping ticket prices
Linked From Washington Post at 06:42PMThursday, September 13, 2018
Actress and soprano Marin Mazzie, a three-time Tony Award nominee known for powerhouse Broadway performances in "Ragtime," ''Passion" and "Kiss Me, Kate," has died following a three-year bat…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:42PMSunday, August 26, 2018
When master playwright Neil Simon accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2006, he was visibly nervous. But his gentle humor was evident.
Linked From Denver Post at 10:06PMPlaywright Neil Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits such as “The Odd Couple,” ‘’Barefoot in the Park” and his “Brighton Beach” trilogy dominated Broadway for deca…
Linked From Washington Post at 12:42PMWednesday, July 18, 2018
Gary Beach, a Broadway and TV veteran whose portrayal of a truly terrible theater director in Mel Brooks’ monster hit “The Producers” won him a Tony Award in 2001, has died, according …
Linked From Washington Post at 06:36PMPut away your wallet — you won't have to pay hundreds of dollars to see Bruce Springsteen's Broadway show. Netflix announced Wednesday that it will broadcast The Boss' one-man show on Dec.…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:35PMMonday, May 7, 2018
The cast of the Carole King musical on Broadway is getting a super addition.
Linked From Washington Post at 11:18AMTuesday, May 1, 2018
Mean Girls is an adaptation of Tina Fey’s much-beloved 2004 high school comedy movie and SpongeBob SquarePants is the goofy undersea adaptation from the cartoon.
Linked From Toronto Star at 09:55AMMonday, April 16, 2018
If you want to get Tracy Letts in your movie, you’d better proofread the script.
Linked From Washington Post at 09:12AMWednesday, March 28, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) -- Most Easter Sundays, you can find John Legend at home, helping cook a big dinner for family and friends. Except this Easter. He'll be a little busy - being J…
Linked From Associated Press at 10:35AMSaturday, March 24, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) -- His nose was round and bright red, his face as white as a sheet. His mouth was surrounded by an exaggerated smear of red makeup and his arched eyebrows hung ridiculou…
Linked From Associated Press at 09:15AMWednesday, March 21, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sammy Williams, who won a Tony Award in the original Broadway production of "A Chorus Line," has died. He was 69....
Linked From Associated Press at 06:38PMMonday, March 5, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) -- Andrew Lloyd Webber's 70th birthday is coming up and it turns out there is something the composer really wants on his special day. More work....
Linked From Associated Press at 12:09PMThursday, March 1, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) -- Harvey Schmidt, the composer of "The Fantasticks," which made its debut when Dwight D. Eisenhower was still president and became the longest running…
Linked From Associated Press at 02:01PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The composer of "The Fantasticks," the longest running musical in history, has died. Harvey Schmidt was 88....
Linked From Associated Press at 01:24PMTuesday, February 27, 2018
In the James Bond films, sex with a globe-trotting spy seems to be fun, fun, fun. A martini, a tuxedo, a witty line or two and then it's off to a luxurious bed with two tanned, musc…
Linked From Associated Press at 04:56PMThursday, February 22, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) -- If you want to get Tracy Letts in your movie - and that might be a good idea since he has two up for best picture at the Oscars - you'd better proofread the …
Linked From Associated Press at 09:46AMWednesday, February 14, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) -- Actress Katharine McPhee has already played someone who stars in a Broadway show. Now she's really going to do it herself....
Linked From Associated Press at 10:27AMTuesday, February 13, 2018
One of the first images in the film "Nostalgia" is of an heirloom necklace dangling on the neck of a diner waitress. One of the last images is of a massive puffy cloud, eve…
Linked From Associated Press at 12:19PMMonday, February 12, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) -- Betty Buckley, the Tony Award-winning actress who belted out "Memories" in "Cats" on Broadway and starred in "Eight Is En…
Linked From Associated Press at 10:00AMFriday, February 2, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) -- Tony Award-nominated actor Louis Zorich, who played a grumpy Greek diner owner in "The Muppets Take Manhattan" and the father of Paul Reiser&apo…
Linked From Associated Press at 12:18PMFriday, January 19, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Producers Guild of America has ratified guidelines for combating sexual harassment in the entertainment industry, requesting that every film and TV production off…
Linked From Associated Press at 01:04PMFriday, January 12, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) -- Doreen Tracey, a former child star who played one of the original cute-as-a-button Mouseketeers on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s, has died, a…
Linked From Associated Press at 12:20PMTuesday, January 2, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) -- The year on Broadway came to a very sparkly end for theater producers as many shows recorded their most profitable weeks ever despite theater-goers facing bitter cold…
Linked From Associated Press at 05:33PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The year on Broadway has come to a very sparkly end for theater producers as many shows recorded their most profitable weeks ever despite theater-goers facing bitter …
Linked From Associated Press at 05:03PMThursday, December 21, 2017
NEW YORK (AP) -- Marcelo Gomes, a high-profile principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre, has resigned amid an investigation into an allegation of sexual misconduct eight years …
Linked From Associated Press at 02:48PMMonday, November 27, 2017
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Boss isn't leaving Broadway any time soon - he's extended his stay again, this time until summer....
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