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Big, broad and often busy performances re-create the horror of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
SOURCE: The Wrap at 09:04PMMonday, May 25, 2015
Americans are catching up to Brits when it comes to finding legit material on bestseller lists.
SOURCE: Variety at 05:58PMOriginal tuners rally as funds free up and investors aim higher
SOURCE: Variety at 05:58PMFriday, March 28, 2014
Playbill.com offers an exclusive excerpt from Robert Hofler's book "Sexplosion: From Andy Warhol to A Clockwork Orange, How a Generation of Pop Rebels Broke All the Taboos."
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMTuesday, June 18, 2013
If religious conservatives can say they hear the voice of God, then Jane Lynch felt free to actually be “the voice of God” at the TrevorLive gala June 17 at the Chelsea Piers in Gotham.
SOURCE: Variety at 11:04AMThursday, June 13, 2013
David Mamet’s trifle “November” suddenly looks like a political classic compared to Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn’s “Yes, Prime Minister.” Recycled and updated from a U.K.TV serie…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:21PMMonday, June 10, 2013
The Plaza Hotel turned into a hive of Tony Awards congregants June 9 following the Radio City Music Hall ceremony. As the black-tie crowd crowded the bars and food stations, everyone agreed …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:54AMThursday, June 6, 2013
This season’s Tony-nommed musicals took various routes to Broadway. Here’s how a few producers recall that often arduous trek to the bigtime.
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMWednesday, June 5, 2013
Though they starred in shows that ran for only single seasons, Rannells and Gad had interesting adventures in the smallscreen world.
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMMonday, June 3, 2013
The 1993 romantic comedy “Sleepless in Seattle” has been turned into a stage musical that can best be described as pointless in Pasadena.
SOURCE: Variety at 11:54AMFriday, May 31, 2013
John Caird is best known to Broadway and L.A. auds for his staging of “Nicholas Nickleby” and “Les Miserables,” but he also helms operas, such as “Tosca,” now on display at LA Op…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:23PMThursday, May 30, 2013
Susan Stroman’s staging of John Kander and Fred Ebb’s “The Scottsboro Boys” finally comes to L.A.’s Ahmanson Theater after stints on Broadway, San Diego and elsewhere. Although mos…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:17PMMonday, May 13, 2013
The producers of “Flashdance the Musical” have “postponed” their plans to bring the show to Broadway this summer. The new tuner, based on the Adrian Lyne-helmed pic, …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:14PMThursday, May 9, 2013
Helmer Phylicia Rashad delivers a splendid revival of August Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” at L.A.’s Mark Taper Forum. Thesps Keith David, Glynn Turman and John Dou…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:38PMMonday, May 6, 2013
Ninety minutes is the preferred running time for most new plays these days. But it’s just not enough for what Marco Ramirez attempts with “The Royale,” now being given its worl…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:26PMThursday, May 2, 2013
For Sigmund Freud, it was anatomy. For Neil LaBute, destiny has always been about looks. Good looks, especially in men, mean that you’re a privileged, caddish user. How appropriate then th…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:30PMMonday, April 29, 2013
If Hollywood pundits think the producers of the Academy Awards have a tough job putting on a good TV show, consider the plight of those in charge of the Tony telecast.
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMTuesday, April 23, 2013
Ulysses’ home in Sharr White’s “Annapurna” is a grungy trailer set in the mountains of Colorado. Thomas A. Walsh’s set is so effective you can almost smell the mold and gri…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:48PMThere’s a thrilling cat fight in Beau Willimon’s "The Parisian Woman," being given its world premiere at South Coast Rep. It's so good that it draws as much blood and potentially wounds …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:53PMBill Clinton almost stole the show from Barbra Streisand on April 22 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center tribute, where the actress-helmer received the Chaplin Award.
SOURCE: Variety at 12:48PMTuesday, April 16, 2013
Douglas Carter Beane wrote a play, “The Nance,” about burlesque that opened April 15 on Broadway. Did he realize that the only character who completely strips to get naked is the…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:50AMMonday, April 15, 2013
Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson were holding court there on Row L of the Lunt-Fontanne Theater as dozens of iPhones clicked away to record the moment.
SOURCE: Variety at 11:13AMFriday, April 12, 2013
The four little girls who alternate in the title role of the Broadway musical "Matilda" — including Sophia Gennusa, whose name was picked from a hat to perform on opening — had a 10:45…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:16PMThursday, April 11, 2013
On Broadway, Robert Duvall and Al Pacino played David Mamet’s two-bit hustler Teach in “American Buffalo,” and did so memorably. It is to Ron Eldard’s credit that he presents…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:55PMTuesday, April 9, 2013
If Thornton Wilder had dropped acid, he might have written "Smokefall," a new play by Noah Haidle being given its world premiere at South Coast Repertory.
SOURCE: Variety at 09:18AMSunday, April 7, 2013
They’ve been husband and wife for nearly 30 years, and now, thanks to “Assisted Living,” being given its world premiere at L.A.’s Odyssey Theater, Winnie Holzman and Paul Doo…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:37PMTuesday, April 2, 2013
Less than a week after giving his former Broadway co-star Alec Baldwin a standing ovation for his first preview perf in “Orphans,” Shia LaBeouf was at MoMA avoiding reporters at the prem…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:33AMMonday, March 25, 2013
Like the hard-core radical voyeurs in Jennifer Haley’s terrific sci-fi play "The Nether," you won’t want to leave the Hideaway.
SOURCE: Variety at 05:18PMSunday, March 24, 2013
Parents, beware. Taking your little girls to Rossini’s “Cinderella” (aka “La Cenerentola”) could turn them off to opera forever. I recall a bad production of “…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:30PMFriday, March 22, 2013
Does anyone come from a family that isn’t dysfunctional? That seemed to be the question at the March 21 preem of Arc’s “Family Weekend” at the Chelsea Clearview Cinem…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:10PMThursday, March 21, 2013
In Pasadena Playhouse’s current “One Night with Janis Joplin,” at least Mary Bridget Davies tries to replicate the late rocker when she was in her prime — and comes close. Tr…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:32PM 
