Sunday, October 25, 2015
The fall is a special time for Broadway fans, with new plays and musicals opening left and right. However, it is also a special time of year for sports fans, with the baseball playoffs in fu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:26PMOn Monday, October 26, the Theater People podcast welcomes Tony winner Lena Hall. Hall, who won her Tony Award for her gender bending performance as Yitzhak in the 2014 Broadway production o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:26PMSaturday, October 24, 2015
Over the past few decades, many have bemoaned the rash of movies adapted for the Broadway stage, claiming that the theatre had lost its sense of creativity and enginuity. Some of these movie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMFriday, October 23, 2015
Very little can shock American TV viewers anymore. From gore to profanity to nudity, we've more or less seen it all since cable became a leader in high quality, ground-breaking programming. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55PMYou can take the writer out of the theatre, but you can't take the theatre out of the writer. For the past 20 years, Aaron Sorkin has been one of Hollywood's most successful scribes. From TH…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:08AMWednesday, October 21, 2015
On the second episode of BroadwayWorld's 'Some Like it Pop' podcast, Jennifer McHugh and I discuss some of our favorite shows of the newfall TV season shows have debuted THE LEFTOVERS, FARGO…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:32PMMonday, October 19, 2015
It's been a busy year for triple-threat Gabrielle Ruiz. After being a part of the closing cast of Broadway's IFTHEN, she then starred opposite Justin Guarini in Bucks County Playhouse's prod…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:13PMThursday, October 15, 2015
The first season of HBO's drama THE LEFTOVERS was one of the most divisive 10 episodes in recent television history. Supporters hailed it as a dark and intelligent allegory for surviving tra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:10PMTuesday, October 13, 2015
In 1989, Disney revitalized both animation and musical theatre for generations to come with their Academy Award-winning film THE LITTLE MERMAID. They followed up that success with BEAUTY AND…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:56PMMonday, October 12, 2015
Theatre fans have had a tenuous relationship with television musicals over the past few years. Whether it was the casual dismissal of GLEE after its strong first season, the hate-watching of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:09PMAs popular culture continues to be fractured with the advent of new forms of media and even more forms of delivery, it is good to know that there are still some institutions that you can con…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMSaturday, October 10, 2015
The majority of Americans know Sarah Hyland as Haley, the super-hot oldest daughter of Phil and Claire Dunphey on ABC's hit comedy MODERN FAMILY. But, we theatre fans remember her as young J…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:57PMThursday, October 8, 2015
Despite being one of the most respected performers on Broadway, Canaan also has a passion for bringing his experiences to young theatre lovers around the country. Having taught with Kid's Ni…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:21PMWednesday, October 7, 2015
It's approaching midnight. You walk down a narrow set of stairs into a dimly-lit, yet elegant space that is surprisingly more intimate than you imagined. The guys and dolls in the crowd are …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:29PMTuesday, October 6, 2015
While it didn't receive quite the fanfare that some of the other new shows have this season, Steven Spielberg and Edward Burns have quietly brought one of the most unique and satisfying dram…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:08PMMonday, October 5, 2015
Recently, the creators of BroadwayWorld's web series partner THE RESIDUALS were guests on the Comcastro podcast. THE RESIDUALS husband and wife team of Michael Paul Smith and Gillian Pensava…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:57PMSunday, October 4, 2015
The goal of art is to make the viewer feel. While many didn't appreciate what the first season of HBO's THE LEFTOVERS made them feel, no one can argue that it did, in fact, make them feel so…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42PMFriday, October 2, 2015
When you were a little kid, did you ever get separated from your parents in the mall or grocery store Can you remember how the all-consuming terror of being abandoned to fend for yourself be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMThursday, October 1, 2015
Podcasts are hard, yo After a week of tinkering, we were able to improve the sound quality of the podcast enough so that it no longer sounds like I am broadcasting from 'the bathroom of a ti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:46PMWednesday, September 30, 2015
If you are a baseball fan, you've got THE NATURAL, FIELD OF DREAMS, BULL DURHAM, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, THE SANDLOT, and dozens of other high quality films. If you are a football fan, you've…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:37PMTuesday, September 29, 2015
This morning, Tony-winning star of stage and screen Laura Benanti published an extremely personal op-ed in Huffington Post Women. In the piece, Benanti discusses the difficult situation surr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMMonday, September 28, 2015
Avant-Garde playwright Samuel Beckett once said, Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. That sentiment is alive and well in one of Atlanta's newest theatre g…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:46PMOn Monday, September 28, the Theater People podcast welcomes back Tony-winner Laura Benanti for part 2 of her interview. The first part of the interview launched earlier this month. In this …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMFriday, September 25, 2015
For some reason that I have yet to understand, there is apparently a considerable segment of the population that doesn't care for Anne Hathaway. I wouldn't consider myself a marked Hathaway …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMWednesday, September 23, 2015
When Disney's new live-action CINDERELLA came out in March, the reviews were reserved, but positive. Most critics praised the style, performances, and design of the film, while admitting tha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:16PMTuesday, September 22, 2015
I grew up watching the MUPPET BABIES, loving the whimsy of the odd, but relatable creatures although always frustrated that we couldn't see Nanny's face. Then, MUPPETS TONIGHT debuted during…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMMonday, September 21, 2015
Last night two-time Tony Award-winner Viola Davis made history as the first African-American to win an Emmy in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category. She was recognized for…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:23PMTony-winner Frances McDormand won the 2015 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her portrayal of the title character in OLIVE KITTERIDGE. The series won six awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06AMIn a classy, touching tribute, the Television Academy honoredthe artists that we lost in the past year with an 'In Memorium' segment that featured videos and pictures of television pioneers …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06AMSunday, September 20, 2015
Through out the past week, BroadwayWorld has been brinigng you coverage of the 67th Annual Emmy Awards with a decidedly theatre-specific focus, and tonight will be no different. At some poin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:40PMThe 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards telecast air live coast-to-coast on tonight, Sunday, September 20th 8 PM ET5 PM PT on FOX from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, and BroadwayWorld h…
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