Wednesday, May 4, 2011
'The Book of Mormon" is much more than the hit of the season.
It's the hit Broadway's been looking for -- the hit Broadway's been desperate for -- since "Jer sey Boys" shook up the town i…
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Let's torture some produc ers today!
A few of them are on the ledge, fretting that, in a crowded season, their shows will be snubbed Tuesday when the Tony nominations are announced.
Ad…
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Nothing's more predict able than the Tony telecast.
The host is usually some sitcom star -- Sean Hayes, Neil Patrick Harris -- who opens the show with a second-rate Hugh Jackman song-and-…
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Broadway's such a gossipy little world, it's hard to keep a lid on a good old backstage fracas.
But when that fracas involves a star and his female dresser -- well, don't even bother. The…
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FrankLangella, who was unforgettable as Richard Nixon a few years ago in "Frost/Nixon," will return to Broadway next season in "Man and Boy," Terence Rattigan's long-forgotten but all-too-to…
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The poor -- and I do mean poor -- Public Theater is facing some tough times.
The theater that once produced "A Chorus Line" has gotten a reputation around Broadway for failing to meet fin…
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As I predicted last week, Stephen Adly Guirgis' "The Motherf**ker With the Hat" is turning out to be the sleeper hit of the season.
Oh, sure, a few naysayers may have whispered in my ear …
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I had breakfast recently with Nick Hytner, head of Great Britain's National Theatre. He's in town checking up on the National's production of "War Horse," which opens Thursday at Lincoln Cen…
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By all rights, the new Broadway play "The Motherf**ker With the Hat" should be a feather in a cap.
Chris Rock heads up a strong cast including the excellent Bobby Cannavale and the sexy An…
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The news that a major star is coming to Broadway rarely causes a stir these days.
Right now you can see a bunch of them -- Daniel Radcliffe ("How To Succeed in Business Without Really Try…
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The Tony Awards are three months away, but controversy -- and attendant hissy fits -- is already brewing.
The problem stems from the awards show's new location: the Beacon Theatre at Broa…
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As Hollywood rivalries go, the one between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford was about as vicious as it gets.
The sharp-taloned stars appeared together famously in 1962's "What Ever Happened …
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Oscar-winning screenwriter Neil Jordan certainly dodged a cannonball when he backed out of "Spider-Man: Iceberg Dead Ahead."
Jordan, whose movies include "The Crying Game," was the first…
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Bono is now captain of the Titanic.
After keeping a low pro file for months while director Julie Taymor was steering "Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark" into the iceberg, Bono is spearheading…
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After keeping a low pro file for months while director Julie Taymor was steering "Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark" into the iceberg, Bono is spearheading…
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The Lion Queen is being dethroned.
As I reported last week, the producers of "Spider-Man: We Are Lost in the Dark" are indeed throwing Julie Taymor under a bus.
The new director is lik…
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It may be small consola tion, but Jeffrey Tam bor should know he wasn't the first TV actor to come a cropper as Georges, the dapper nightclub owner in "La Cage aux Folles." (Tambor quit the …
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The cast and crew of "Spider-Man: Please Go Away" are await ing an announce ment that the March 15 opening will likely be scrapped for a date in June -- though the year has yet to be determi…
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There's trouble in St. Tropez.
The delightful Tony-winning re vival of "La Cage aux Folles" has two new romantic leads -- Harvey Fierstein, as Albin, the high-strung drag queen, and Jeffr…
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As we head toward March, Broadway's beginning to perk up.
The Duke Studios on West 42nd Street are a hive of activity, with half a dozen shows in various states of rehearsal.
Walk arou…
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Producers of the beleaguered $65 million musical, "Spider-Man:Turn Off the Dark," appear to be losing faith in their director Julie Taymor, creator of the "Lion King," and are looking to hir…
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Linda Lavin knows how to make an en trance.
As Silda, a sharp- tongued, recovering alcoholic in Jon Robin Baitz's hit play "Other Desert Cities" at Lincoln Center, she doesn't appear unti…
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On the strength of terrific reviews last week for her per formance in "The Children's Hour" in London, the lovely Keira Knightley is likely to be the leading box-office draw on Broadway in t…
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The elephant gun I trained on "Spider- Man: Turn Off the Dark" seems a little excessive for today's target -- Frank Wildhorn's "Wonderland."
A popgun should do.
The musical, which begi…
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I rest my case.
“Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” is no longer an out-of-control curiosity in which somebody might get killed.
Now, buried under an avalanche of mostly negative reviews, it…
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Which comes first -- the music or the lyrics?
That question is always asked of songwriters, and their standard answer is that it's impossible to say because songwriting is such a collabor…
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Mormons! Catholic Leaguers! Freedom Partiers!
The time has come to get out the signs and rev up the protesters.
"The Book of Mormon" starts previews at the Eugene O'Neill on Feb. 24, a…
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With the success of "Glee," Broadway mu sicals are a hot subject for television.
HBO tried to produce a series called "The Miraculous Year," about a brilliant but nasty composer modeled o…
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I'm sick of "Spider-Man."
So let's talk about something that's supposed to be good -- "Matilda," a new musical that opened last month in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Bill Shakespeare's hometown. …
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After Hugh Jack man, Broadway's go- to leading man is Harry Connick Jr.
He gave a winning performance a few years ago in the revival of "The Pajama Game," and last summer played a sold-ou…
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On Jan. 31, the New York Drama Critics Circle has one last chance to check its slide into irrelevancy when it comes to "Spider-Man, We're Postponing Again."
The critics meet that day, and…
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