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Monday, May 25, 2015

Photo Coverage: 'DRIVING MISS DAISY' Meets the Press! by Walter McBride

Yesterday, September 29, the cast and creative team of Broadway's Driving Miss Daisy met the press Tickets are now available at the John Golden Theater 252 West 45th Street and can also be p…

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Photo Coverage: FELA! Receives Equity's ACCA Award by Walter McBride

On Tuesday, September 28, FELA received Actors' Equity Association's Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs ACCA fourth annual ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. The award, the only i…

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Photo Coverage: Friars Club Honors Jerry Lewis with Lifetime Achievement Award by Walter McBride

Yesterday, September 29, The Friar's Club honored legendary comedian and humanitarian Jerry Lewis with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Quentin Tarantino was on hand to present Lewis with his h…

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Photo Coverage: Remembering Tony Curtis by Walter McBride

Film star and stage vet Tony Curtis passed away last night, September 29, at 925pm after suffering cardiac arrest at his Henderson, Nevada home. Curtis had been ill for much of the year, suf…

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'Six Degrees of Marvin Hamlisch' Act Two by Walter McBride

Six Degrees of Marvin Hamlisch - An All Star Celebration was presented yesterday, October 4th at Symphony Space. Produced by Murphy Cross, Paul Kreppel and Bonnie Kole, the starry evening wi…

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'Six Degrees of Marvin Hamlisch' Act One by Walter McBride

Six Degrees of Marvin Hamlisch - An All Star Celebration was presented yesterday, October 4th at Symphony Space. Produced by Murphy Cross, Paul Kreppel and Bonnie Kole, the starry evening wi…

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Photo Coverage: UP ON THE MARQUEE: RAIN by Walter McBride

RAIN - A Tribute to The Beatles On Broadway has been extended by popular demand and will now run through Sunday, January 9 at the Neil Simon Theatre 250 West 52nd Street. Previews begin Tues…

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Photo Coverage: UP ON THE MARQUEE: Colin Quinn LONG STORY SHORT by Walter McBride

Former Saturday Night Live and Comedy Central star Colin Quinn will move his one-man show Colin Quinn Long Story Short, directed by Jerry Seinfeld, to Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre for an 1…

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Photo Coverage: PEE-WEE Takes Times Square! by Walter McBride

Pee-wee Herman has just moved to New York City to prepare for his big Broadway debut in THE PEE-WEE HERMAN SHOW and yesterday spent the day acquainting himself with all that New York has to …

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Photo Coverage: Seinfeld, Quinn & Cooper Talk LONG STORY SHORT by Walter McBride

Today, CNN's Anderson Cooper moderated a discussion with Jerry Seinfeld and Colin Quinn in talks over A Colin Quinn Long Story Short - the one-man theatrical show moving to Broadway after a …

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Photo Coverage: LA BETE Opening Night After Party by Walter McBride

The first major revival of David Hirson's Olivier Award-winning comedy LA BTE starring Tony and Olivier Award winner Mark Rylance, Tony and Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce, and BAFTA Awa…

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Photo Coverage: GYPSY ROBE Ceremony for BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON by Walter McBride

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON opened on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre 242 W. 45th Street on Wednesday, October 13, 2010. A long-standing opening night tradition on the Great White…

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Photos: Remembering Tom Bosley by Walter McBride

Happy Days star Tom Bosley has passed away in his home in Palm Springs. He was 83 years old.

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Photo Coverage: Meet the Broadway Cast of ELLING! by Walter McBride

Today, the cast of ELLING, including Brendan Fraser Crash, Gods and Monsters, and critically hailed in the West End's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Denis O'Hare Take Me Out -Tony Award-winner, HBO'…

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Photo Coverage: 'Jersey Housewives' Promote GAY ITALIAN WEDDING in NYC by Walter McBride

After a sold out limited engagement last month, the stars of The Real Housewives of New Jersey returned to the Off-Broadway comedy My Big Gay Italian Wedding this week for four more performa…

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Photo Coverage: LOMBARDI Red Carpet Arrivals by Walter McBride

The new Broadway play LOMBARDI, starring Dan Lauria as the legendary Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi and Judith Light as his wife Marie, opened last night, October 21 at the Circl…

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Photo Coverage: LOMBARDI Opening Night Party by Walter McBride

The new Broadway play LOMBARDI, starring Dan Lauria as the legendary Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi and Judith Light as his wife Marie, opened last night Thursday October 21 at t…

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Photo Coverage: LOMBARDI Opening Night Curtain Call by Walter McBride

The new Broadway play LOMBARDI, starring Dan Lauria as the legendary Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi and Judith Light as his wife Marie, opened last night Thursday October 21 at t…

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Photo Coverage: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DRAG! by Walter McBride

The Time Out New York Lounge, in association with New World Stages and 21st Century Life held a competition for aspiring, accomplished and FABULOUS drag queens to compete in SO YOU THINK YOU…

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Photo Coverage: Halloween Preview: BLOOD MANOR by Walter McBride

BLOOD MANOR, NYC's Premier Haunted Attraction The Nightmare on 27th St., returns with a depraved appetite for gore and a twisted thirst for blood

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BWW Remembers: FIDDLER Scribe Joseph Stein by Walter McBride

As BroadwayWorld reported yesterday, legendary theater writer Joseph Stein passed away yesterday, October 24, 2010 at the age of 98 according to those who have recently worked with him. Stei…

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Photo Coverage: DRIVING MISS DAISY Opening Night Party by Walter McBride

Directed by David Esbjornson The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia, Driving Miss Daisy began performances on October 7, 2010, at the John Golden Theatre 252 West 45th Street, and officially opened Mond…

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Photo Coverage: MTC Opens SPIRIT CONTROL by Walter McBride

Manhattan Theatre Club's Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director Barry Grove, Executive Producer world premiere production of Beau Willimon's SPIRIT CONTROL opened yesterday, October 26 at New York …

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Photo Coverage: RAIN Opening Night Finale! by Walter McBride

RAIN - A Tribute to The Beatles On Broadway was extended by popular demand and will now run through Sunday, January 9 at the Neil Simon Theatre 250 West 52nd Street. Previews began Tuesday, …

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Photo Coverage: Lesley Gore Joins MDQ Onstage! by Walter McBride

Yesterday evening, Gore took the stage of the Nederlander Theatre to join the cast of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET in the special encore.

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Photo Coverage: 60th Anniversary Party for the Actors' Equity Gypsy Robe by Walter McBride

Actors Equity held a celebration for the 60th Anniversary of the Gypsy Robe on Monday night, October 25th at Sequoia on Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport where past gypsy robe winners came…

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Photo Coverage: 15th Annual Hulaween Benefit Gala by Walter McBride

Last night at the Waldorf-Astoria, Bette Midler hosted Hulaween 2010, her annual gala to benefit the New York Restoration Project. This year's event honored Senator John Kerry and featured a…

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Photo Coverage: BWW Remembers Jerry Bock by Walter McBride

BroadwayWorld.com has learned that FIDDLER ON THE ROOF composer Jerry Bock passed away last night, at the age of 81. This comes just one week after the passing of FIDDLER bookwriter Joseph S…

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Photo Coverage: THAT HOPEY CHANGEY THING Opens Off-Broadway by Walter McBride

The Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson opened the world premiere of THAT HOPEY CHANGEY THING, written and directed by Richard Nelson last ni…

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Photo Coverage: NOTHING LIKE A DAME - Part Two by Walter McBride

Nothing Like a Dame A Party for Comden and Green the annual all-star concert benefiting the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative took place on Monday, November 1, 2010 730 p.m. at The La…

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Photo Coverage: NOTHING LIKE A DAME - Part One by Walter McBride

Nothing Like a Dame A Party for Comden and Green the annual all-star concert benefiting the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative took place on Monday, November 1, 2010 730 p.m. at The La…

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