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Monday, December 15, 2014

I Hope I Get It: Stories From the Audition Room With Cynthia Nixon by TheaterMania

I Hope I Get It: Stories From the Audition Room With Cynthia Nixon Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City, The Real Thing) is a beloved favorite of the stage and screen. But there was a time when …

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Friday, December 12, 2014

James Corden, Billy Magnussen, and More at the Into The Woods World Premiere by TheaterMania

At last night's world premiere of the movie musical Into The Woods, TheaterMania joined the film's stars on the red carpet at New York's Ziegfeld Theatre. For many attendees, even some of th…

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson Fall in Love With Broadway's Constellations by TheaterMania

Despite phrases like "quantum multiverse" and "Eames' Power of Ten," Constellations, a new play by Nick Payne that stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson in their Broadway debuts, is a simple…

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Bradley Cooper, James Lipton, Alyssa Milano, and More Talk The Elephant Man on Opening Night by TheaterMania

When Bradley Cooper was a student at the Actors Studio, his thesis project was a production of Bernard Pomerance's The Elephant Man, in which he played the leading role of John Merrick. Cut …

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Meet the Cast of The Illusionists on Broadway by TheaterMania

The Illusionists on Broadway is "the world's most spectacular magic show," says The Futurist, one of the production's seven unique performers. That could be because it "will rekindle your se…

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

I Hope I Get It: Stories From the Audition Room With Michael C. Hall by TheaterMania

Michael C. Hall, star of TV's Dexter and Broadway's Hedwig, is a multitalented performer. But apparently his skills don't extend to off-the-cuff scatting (but, seriously, whose do?). Composi…

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Lena Hall and More Join Us on the Red Carpet to Pick a Conjoined Twin by TheaterMania

"If given the choice, who would be your conjoined twin?" In the spirit of Broadway's Side Show (which features a pair of leading ladies playing conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton), we p…

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

The Cast of Elf at Paper Mill Playhouse Will Put You in the Christmas Spirit by TheaterMania

James Moye, Heidi Blickenstaff, and more talk about the surprising heart in this silly-fun musical. Elf, a new classic holiday musical based on the 2003 film starring Will Ferrell, will p…

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The Kitchen Concerts: The Illusionists by TheaterMania

Magicians Andrew Basso and Adam Trent thrill some lucky TheaterMania audience members with their sleight-of-hand skills.

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Little Dancer - In Between by TheaterMania

Tiler Peck, now playing ballerina Marie van Goethem in Ahrens and Flaherty's new musical Little Dancer, enthralls the famed "Little Dancer" sculptor Edgar Degas (played by Boyd Gaines) on a …

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Performance Highlights: The Band Wagon at Encores! by TheaterMania

The New York City Center Encores! special presentation stars Brian Stokes Mitchell, Laura Osnes, Tracey Ullman and Michael McKean.

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Tony Danza on Why Honeymoon in Vegas Is the "Perfect F**king Broadway Musical" by TheaterMania

Honeymoon in Vegas is the "perfect f**king Broadway musical," says Jason Robert Brown, the songwriter behind this new musical, which begins performances November 18 at the Nederlander Theatr…

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Rebecca Luker Sings "Looking Back at Myself" From Little Dancer by TheaterMania

New York City Ballet principal dancer Tiler Peck and three-time Tony nominee Rebecca Luker crossed paths before in Susan Stroman's 2000 Broadway revival of The Music Man. Now, they share the…

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Side Show Celebrates Its Opening Night and a Second Chance at Broadway by TheaterMania

Side Show, the Henry Krieger-Bill Russell musical about the lives and vaudeville careers of conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton, celebrated its Broadway return last night at the St. Jame…

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Hugh Jackman Celebrates His Broadway Return on Opening Night of The River by TheaterMania

Jez Butterworth's latest mind-bending play, The River, opened last night at Broadway's intimate Circle in the Square Theatre. The production stars Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman, joined in h…

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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Bradley Cooper Introduces Broadway to Joseph Merrick and The Elephant Man by TheaterMania

Bradley Cooper returns to Broadway later this week in a role that you wouldn't expect from the person named People Magazine's 2011 Sexiest Man Alive. Cooper is playing a fictionalized versio…

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Monday, November 3, 2014

Ballet Prodigy Tiler Peck Shows Off Her Musical Side in "Musicians and Dancers" From Little Dancer by TheaterMania

Ballet Prodigy Tiler Peck Shows Off Her Musical Side in "Musicians and Dancers" From Little Dancer Here's a little-known fact about celebrated New York City Ballet Principal D…

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Ewan McGregor, Cynthia Nixon and More Celebrate The Real Thing's Broadway Opening Night by TheaterMania

The second Broadway revival of Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing opened at Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre last night. The cast's celebrity friends and theatrical predeces…

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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Video Supercut: It's Not Halloween Until You've Done the "Time Warp" by TheaterMania

Video Supercut: It's Not Halloween Until You've Done the "Time Warp" If you've outgrown trick-or-treating, pretty much the only thing to look forward to every Hallowee…

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

New Musical Little Dancer Opening Number "C'est Le Ballet" by TheaterMania

New Musical Little Dancer Opening Number "C'est Le Ballet" Tony-winning songwriters Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty return to the stage with their new musical, Little Dancer,…

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Jeremy Jordan Will Break Your Heart With His Version of Sondheim's "Losing My Mind" by TheaterMania

Believe it or not, Jeremy Jordan had never heard Stephen Sondheim's song "Losing My Mind" before he performed it last year in the New York City Center presentation of the revue A Bed and a C…

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I Hope I Get It: Stories From the Audition Room With Ewan McGregor by TheaterMania

You'd think Star Wars star Ewan McGregor would know a thing or two about mind control. But Obi-Wan Kenobi's Jedi training fell short when it comes to Tom Stoppard (at least the first time). …

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Billy Joel and More Celebrate Opening Night of The Last Ship With Sting, Jimmy Nail, and Company by TheaterMania

Michael Esper, Aaron Lazar, and Rachel Tucker were effervescent at the Chelsea Piers after-party. Sting's new original Broadway musical The Last Ship opened last night at the Neil Simon T…

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Sting's Emotional Speech at the Opening Night of Broadway's The Last Ship by TheaterMania

Sting surprised the audience at the Neil Simon Theatre on October 27 when he took the stage following the opening-night performance of The Last Ship to give an unexpected thank-you speech. M…

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Hugh Jackman on How Nothing Is as It Seems in Broadway's The River by TheaterMania

When playwright Jez Butterworth found out that Hugh Jackman was interested in appearing in his new drama, The River, after a brief run at London's Royal Court, the dramatist and his team put…

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Josh Radnor, Gretchen Mol, and the Cast of Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced Celebrate Their Broadway Opening by TheaterMania

The show's writer and director joined their actors in discussing the joy of staging a new American play. At yesterday's Edison Ballroom after-party event, TheaterMania sat down with the w…

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

John Lennon Comes Back to Life Off-Broadway in Lennon: Through a Glass Onion by TheaterMania

John Lennon Comes Back to Life Off-Broadway in Lennon: Through a Glass Onion TheaterMania talks with John R. Waters, the star of the new concert presentation. John R. Waters became the toa…

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Monday, October 20, 2014

The World Premiere Cast of Little Dancer Previews the Brand New Score From the Rehearsal Room by TheaterMania

Boyd Gaines, Rebecca Luker, and Tiler Peck lead the cast of the historic new Ahrens & Flaherty musical, inspired by the tale of Edgar Degas and his balletic muse.

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It's Only a Review: Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, and More Remember Their Negative Reviews by TheaterMania

We quizzed the cast of Broadway's It's Only a Play on the worst things ever said about them in print. You only remember the bad reviews. Or so says the cast of Broadway's It's Only a Play…

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Bill Pullman and Richard Chamberlain Pick Up David Rabe's Sticks and Bones by TheaterMania

The drama gets revived for The New Group in a production also starring Holly Hunter. Ozzie and Harriet are back " not the television stars, the characters from David Rabe's seminal Vietna…

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Stars of Broadway's On the Town Celebrate Opening Night in Style by TheaterMania

Hear what the classic musical comedy's hot young cast had to say before they partied the night away. The new Broadway revival of On the Town celebrated its opening night with a patriotic …

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