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Friday, December 4, 2015

Dance star Michael Flatley will hit the road a last time by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Flatley's ailing legs will apparently be healthy enough for one last American tour.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:21AM
Monday, October 26, 2015

Ex-NFL star Eddie George to slip into 'Chicago' on Broadway by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Former NFL star and Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George will make his Broadway debut in the musical "Chicago," tackling the role of fast-talking lawyer Billy Flynn.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:02PM
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Lupita Nyong'o to take play 'Eclipsed' to Broadway by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong'o will make the leap to Broadway this winter, bringing the harrowing play "Eclipsed" to the Great White Way.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:40PM
Monday, August 31, 2015

John Legend, David Bowie to write for 'SpongeBob Musical' by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — There's a "SpongeBob" musical in the works but the music is no kiddie stuff. Nickelodeon said Monday it will produce the world premiere of "The SpongeBob Musical" …

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:50PM
Saturday, July 11, 2015

Roger Rees, Tony winner and Robin Colcord on 'Cheers,' dies by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Rees, the lanky Tony Award-winning Welsh-born actor and director who made his mark onstage as Nicholas Nickleby and later played English multi-millionaire Robin C…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:14PM
Sunday, June 7, 2015

Tony Awards promise to be crammed with celebs and songs by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — For theater fans, all eyes on Sunday night will not be on Broadway but on nearby Radio City Music Hall.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:34PM
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

'American in Paris,' 'Fun Home' get a leading 12 Tony noms by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — The musicals "An American in Paris" and "Fun Home" each received a leading 12 Tony Award nominations on Tuesday, showing two very different sides of this Broadway seaso…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:35PM
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Marvel heroes and villains fight it out—live by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Marvel Entertainment, which muscled into pop culture with comic books, TV cartoons and movies, is gambling on attracting new fans as it tackles 3-D — but forget t…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:49AM
Sunday, June 8, 2014

Audra McDonald makes Tony Award history with win by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Audra McDonald has become the Tony Awards' most decorated actress. The singer and actress on Sunday won her sixth Tony for portraying Billie Holiday in "Lady Day a…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:34PM
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

'Paul Robeson' playwright Phillip Hayes Dean dies by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Phillip Hayes Dean, a playwright, director and theater actor who wrote the one-man play "Paul Robeson" starring James Earl Jones on Broadway in 1978, died Monday in Los…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:56PM
Friday, December 20, 2013

One-stop mobile app offers Broadway ticket ease by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—There are plenty of ways to get tickets to Broadway shows: You can wait in line at Times Square's TKTS booth or hunt online at Ticketmaster.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:07AM
Monday, December 2, 2013

Broadway's 'Pippin' recoups $8.5M investment by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—The current revival of "Pippin" has proved magical at the box office and now comes proof: The show has recouped its $8.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:40PM
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

'Spider-Man' show to close on Broadway; Vegas next by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—Producers are turning the lights off forever on the Spider-Man musical on Broadway early next year, the final chapter in the story of most expensive theatrical show ever that …

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:24AM
Monday, November 11, 2013

'The Princess Bride' being adapted for the stage by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—It's not completely inconceivable—"The Princess Bride" is coming to the stage. Disney Theatrical Productions said Monday it is planning to adapt the novel and screen…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:17PM
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Review: Mark Rylance shines in 2 Shakespeare parts by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—Mark Rylance will have you pealing with laughter as he plays a repressed noblewoman in William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:02PM
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

'Matilda' and 'Betrayal' enjoy good Broadway week by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—Two Broadway shows with very different audiences broke box office records last week—the kid-friendly "Matilda the Musical" and the very adult revival of Harold Pinter's …

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:33PM
Thursday, October 3, 2013

Musical 'Kinky Boots' finds itself in the black by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—There's nothing kinky about the bottom line at "Kinky Boots." Producers of the Tony Award-winning musical said Thursday it has recouped its $13.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:36PM
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Trudie Styler on her new play and being Mrs. Sting by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—Trudie Styler would love it if you came to her new play. Just don't tell her when. "I never like to know who's in the house when I'm performing," she says, laughing.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:33AM
Thursday, September 19, 2013

Sting's musical 'The Last Ship' will sail to B'way by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—Singer-songwriter Sting's new musical "The Last Ship" will sail onto a Broadway stage after a stop in Chicago.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:39AM
Thursday, September 12, 2013

Singer k.d. lang joins Broadway's 'After Midnight' by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—Grammy Award-winning singer k.d. lang has sung everything from country songs to folk and torch songs.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:15PM

'The Fantasticks' reaches mind-boggling milestone by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—The opening night of the musical "The Fantasticks" wasn't so fantastic. The reviews were decidedly mixed, with the New York Herald Tribune critic only liking Act 2.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:24AM
Friday, September 6, 2013

Mike Nichols returns to adultery in 'Betrayal' by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—It's only 3 p.m. but master director Mike Nichols warns that he's been through a lot already.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:48AM
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Sting's wife Trudie Styler to star off-Broadway by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—Actress and producer Trudie Styler, the better half of pop singer Sting, will star this fall in a new off-Broadway adaptation of Anton Checkov's "The Seagull.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:06PM

New Broadway season has something for everyone by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—There's Denzel Washington and Billy Crystal, plenty of Shakespeare and a nice dash of Harold Pinter.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:30AM
Friday, August 16, 2013

Spider-Man show to go on despite new actor injury by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—The Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" will be performed as scheduled Friday night, a day after an actor playing the comic book hero was badly injured during the…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:52PM

'Pippin' couple juggle parenthood, B'dway careers by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—It's good to report that the marriage between Terrence Mann and Charlotte d'Amboise is strong as ever, despite the fact that he throws knives at her eight times a week.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:59AM
Monday, August 12, 2013

New Carole King musical will star Jessie Mueller by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—Jessie Mueller has nabbed a beautiful Broadway role—she'll be playing celebrated songwriter Carole King in a new musical about the woman who wrote such hits as "It's Too…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:59PM
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Deborah Rush to star in Ethan Coen's new play by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—Tony Award-nominated actress Deborah Rush will star in the world premiere of Ethan Coen's first full-length stage play at the Atlantic Theater Company.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:30PM

Broadway's 'Spider-Man' musical seeks a new hero by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—The hit Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" is losing its longtime superhero but producers are holding open casting calls for anyone who wants to don the red and …

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:18PM
Monday, July 29, 2013

Pioneering 'Avenue Q' celebrates 10th anniversary by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—Theater producer Robyn Goodman walked into the popular Broadway restaurant Angus McIndoe in mid-2003 and bumped into Nathan Lane, sipping wine.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:32AM
Thursday, July 18, 2013

Fantasia eyes Broadway in Duke Ellington show by Mark Kennedy Ap Drama Writer

NEW YORK—Grammy Award-winner Fantasia Barrino will star in the Broadway-bound "After Midnight," a musical revue celebrating Duke Ellington's years at the famous Cotton Club nightclub i…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:03PM

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