Monday, May 23, 2016
When “She Loves Me” originally bowed in the spring of 1963, the musical received bouquets from critics and shrugs from the general public. The show, about bickering shop clerks by day an…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:17AMTuesday, May 17, 2016
David Rockwell, one of the world’s leading architects, feels most at home in the theater. Chalk that up to his mother, Joanne, who was a vaudeville dancer and choreographer who estab…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:31AMFriday, May 13, 2016
There is a galvanic moment in the new Broadway musical "Shuffle Along" when Audra McDonald, playing actress Lottie Gee, is trying to goose a new song, "I'm Just Wild About Harry," with a pro…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:32AMFriday, July 3, 2015
Darko Tresnjak arrived in this country from the former Yugoslavia at age 10, during the many 1976 bicentennial celebrations. He and his mother, Maria, saw the festivities and fireworks first…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:48PMWednesday, June 10, 2015
Ever since the TV series "Smash" spawned a narrow but rabid fan base before going off the air in 2013, the question has lingered: Would "Bombshell," the fictional Marilyn Monroe musical that…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:10PMFriday, June 5, 2015
Micah Stock in Terrence McNally's "It's Only A Play"
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:38PMFriday, January 2, 2015
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
The story behind the rise of playwright Rick Elice is as distinct as his Broadway hit 'Peter and the Starcatcher,' set to open in L.A.NEW YORK — Playwright Rick Elice calls the memorab…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMSaturday, October 5, 2013
With 'Big Fish,' John August joins a cadre of writers who have tried to set their films to music. It isn't easy, as '9 to 5' and 'Ghost' found.NEW YORK — Recently, writer John August w…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:00PMFriday, September 6, 2013
With an invite to 'go crazy' from Hollywood Bowl officials, the comedic trio is ready to do just that over weekend.NEW YORK — There's something about Blue Man Group's gig at the Hollyw…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMSunday, August 11, 2013
Actor Michael Urie comically multitasks in Jonathan Tolins' one-person play, with Barbra Streisand his main attraction.NEW YORK — Michael Urie sits in a West Village restaurant making …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMSunday, April 7, 2013
She wrote the songs for the musical about a shoe factory owner who meets a drag queen. The pop star explains how she's a drag queen too.NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper, garlanded in enough jew…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMFriday, March 29, 2013
Working with Nora Ephron on her last play was a humbling and inspiring experience, the director says. 'Lucky Guy,' with Tom Hanks, opens Monday.— George C. Wolfe is flummoxed.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMMonday, March 4, 2013
The costar of 'Two and a Half Men' is bringing her one-woman show about the late Texas governor to Broadway. It's a quest that began when the feisty Richards died in 2006. NEW YORK — H…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:38PMSaturday, January 12, 2013
Sam Gold directs William Inge's Pulitzer-winning 'Picnic' in a New York production that could restore the reputation of the late playwright.NEW YORK — Sixty years ago next month, playw…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00AMWednesday, September 5, 2012
It’s no secret that Broadway casts a weathered eye on its upstarts. Grand tradition, after all, doesn’t blink for youth. But as more risk-taking productions like "Bloody Bloody Andrew Ja…
SOURCE: artinfo.com at 01:37PMFriday, August 24, 2012
The Tony-winning musical struck a chord in New York, but all eyes are on whether it will have the same effect nationally to become a true cultural wonder.NEW YORK — In "The Book of Mor…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:50PMThursday, July 19, 2012
Too bad that the Lambs Theatre on West 44th Street no longer exists: It would have been the perfect midtown venue for “SILENCE! The Musical,” an unauthorized parody of the horror classi…
SOURCE: blogs.artinfo.com at 10:42AMSunday, June 3, 2012
The actor, nominated for a Tony for 'Death of a Salesman' and starring in 'The Amazing Spider-Man,' talks acting, fame and ego — with a sense of humor.NEW YORK — Seeing as he gre…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00AMSunday, March 11, 2012
Even after five decades as a Broadway and film director, he admits to being terrified taking on the latest revival of 'Death of a Salesman.'Mike Nichols is running scared.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:00AMSunday, February 19, 2012
The director of John Osborne's domestic drama, isn't afraid to let the fury -- and more -- fly.The director of John Osborne's domestic drama, isn't afraid to let the fury -- and more -- fly.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00AMWednesday, February 8, 2012
The new NBC series about the creation of a musical makes extensive use of the theatrical community.The new NBC series about the creation of a musical makes extensive use of the theatrical co…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00AMMonday, May 9, 2011
Florence Greenberg took a playground discovery and turned it into one of the music industry's greatest success stories — a tale told in Broadway's Baby It's You!
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM 
