Monday, August 13, 2018
After nearly a decade on the job, he is preparing to step down as artistic director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre. It’s a time to reflect on his accomplishments.
Linked From The Kansas City StarSaturday, August 11, 2018
Random Farms, and tens of thousands of other theater companies, schools, churches, broadcasters, and myriad other interests across the country, need to buy new wireless microphones. The majo…
Linked From www.wired.comA superstar telemarketer at Goodman Theatre wants to get you on the line. She’s pretty sure she can do it.
Linked From www.chicagobusiness.comThursday, August 9, 2018
Les Moonves, the embattled head of CBS, once told me: “The Tony Awards are part of this network’s heritage. The telecast is a money-loser for CBS, but there are certain things that are m…
Linked From The New York PostInvestors in 'Bull Durham' were allegedly caught stealing as the show bolted for Broadway.
Linked From ForbesTony Award nominee Amy Morton is confirmed to direct an all-female cast in the new Broadway production of GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS.
Linked From BroadwayWorld"Tootsie," the musical adaptation of the hit 1982 Dustin Hoffman comedy, will begin previews March 29, 2019, at the Marquis Theatre, with an opening date of Tuesday, April 23.
Linked From pagesix.comOver 28 years, the arts administrator helped spearhead the refurbishment of a once-seedy district and kept several classic theaters in use.
Linked From The New York Times SubscriptionWednesday, August 8, 2018
BroadwayWorld is saddened to report the passing of John Glines, a Tony winning producer and playwright.
Linked From BroadwayWorldTuesday, August 7, 2018
The talent-filled revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel, starring Jessie Mueller and Joshua Henry, will conclude its run at the Imperial Theatre on September 16. The new stagin…
Linked From Broadway.comEncores! Off-Center's acclaimed summer staging of Jason Robert Brown's popular song cycle Songs for a New World will receive an original cast recording from Ghostlight Records. Kate …
Linked From Broadway.comSunday, August 5, 2018
The movie that heralded the jukebox musical has been reinvented as a jukebox musical on its very own terms at the Emerson Colonial Theater in Boston.
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AP has reported that Rosie O'Donnell will lead cast members from some of Broadway's biggest musicals in a protest outside the White House on Monday.
Linked From BroadwayWorldThursday, August 2, 2018
Moolah-la: They’re sure spending a lot of money on “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.” The stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s vertigo-inducing movie musical is budgeted at $30 million — a…
Linked From The New York PostWednesday, August 1, 2018
A collection of links from BroadwayStars
Linked From BroadwayStarsThe monologuist is back at Woolly Mammoth Theatre for “The Story of the Gun.”
Linked From Washington PostINTERVIEW: The last five weeks have been busy for Jason Robert Brown, the 48-year-old composer, lyricist, arranger, orchestrator and performer. There was an acclaimed Encores! run of his 199…
Linked From Broadway JournalOver 4,000 high schools participated in the 80th annual survey, conducted by the Educational Theatre Association.
Linked From PlaybillCharlotte Moore, co-founded of Irish Repertory Theatre, and Melissa Errico discuss their production of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, and their experiences working together as “two st…
Linked From The IntervalAugust turns out to be a month for musicals, with science fiction, a Hollywood rom-com and dueling garage bands on the agenda.
Linked From The New York Times SubscriptionTheatremakers and critics are being forced to chart challenging cultural waters, alert to new sensitivities that their work and words may provoke.
Linked From The Stage RegistrationTuesday, July 31, 2018
Scenes from an annual “vent” gathering in Kentucky, where puppets rule and their masters crave respect for an unappreciated art form.
Linked From The New York Times SubscriptionYou might recall Christine Ebersole was once on “Saturday Night Live” (same cast as Eddie Murphy and Tim Kazurinsky). You might now know that she got the gig after smoking the right join…
Linked From Chicago Tribune SubscriptionMonday, July 30, 2018
The company's board of directors is lining up outside counsel to investigate claims in The New Yorker.
Linked From The Hollywood ReporterPretty Woman played seven previews to nearly SRO audiences and Mean Girls set another house record, but the Go-Go’s musical Head Over Heels just couldn’t find its footing as it o…
Linked From DeadlineThe Tony-winning actor reflects on his love of the stage and tackling yet another Shakespeare play.
Linked From PlaybillThe registration will be held August 4.
Linked From PlaybillThe Theater Development Fund is making changes to its Lincoln Center TKTS booth as a trial run for its other locations. Beginning Aug. 1, the discount ticket booth at the Lincoln Center will…
Linked From broadway.newsThe morning show goes backstage with director Tina Landau and stars Drew Gehling and Mamie Paris at the show now playing at D.C.'s Arena Stage.
Linked From PlaybillThe Great Performances series will also feature documentaries about John Leguizamo’s Latin History for Morons and Tony winner Harold Prince.
Linked From PlaybillFour theatre leaders give 'vision statements' in response to the question: How does the role of artistic director need to change in the 21st century?
Linked From American TheatreSaturday, July 28, 2018
The death of Jeff Loeffelholz, a longtime standby actor in “Chicago,” has rattled the cast and brought attention to workplace behavior on Broadway.
Linked From The New York Times SubscriptionIt’s a legend that even now, 20 years after Jerome Robbins’ death, threatens to define him: While berating his actors, he stepped farther and farther back on stage until he toppled into …
Linked From The New York PostFriday, July 27, 2018
The musical’s section is heartening tribute to American theater
Linked From Washington PostLate Thursday evening, following the publication of the New York Times theatre review of Head Over Heels, members of the Broadway community took to social media to express outrage over a rev…
Linked From BroadwayWorldJack Thorne penned the eight-part series based on the fantasy novels.
Linked From PlaybillJennifer Caldwell was called upon during a production of Knights of the Rose
Linked From WhatsOnStageHere is a list of all the Head Over Heels articles on BroadwayStars.
Linked From BroadwayStarsA rising star in musical theater, Shaina Taub is a fiercely political singer-songwriter who is writing the lyrics for her first Broadway show, with Elton John.
Linked From The New York Times SubscriptionThursday, July 26, 2018
Broadway producer Gwyneth Paltrow skipped Thursday night’s opening of her show, “Head Over Heels,” the Go-Go’s musical, at the Hudson Theatre. Word is she stayed in Montauk, making w…
Linked From The New York PostThe San Francisco new-play incubator has a new leader.
Linked From American TheatreWednesday, July 25, 2018
Matt Lenz directs the limited engagement beginning August 8 at the Maine venue.
Linked From PlaybillCher, Reba McEntire, and more will also be celebrated at the 41st annual ceremony.
Linked From PlaybillTony Award-winning director Michael Grandage will produce and direct Jack and Lem, a feature film chronicling the thirty-year friendship between John F. Kennedy and Kirk Lemoyne “Le…
Linked From DeadlineThe production opened July 25, 1975, at the Shubert Theatre.
Linked From PlaybillTuesday, July 24, 2018
A week after Netflix announced it will film Bruce Springsteen’s hotter-than-hot one-man Broadway show for streaming in December, a similar – but big-screen – plan reportedl…
Linked From Deadline‘Head Over Heels,’ a new Broadway show featuring music by the 1980s all-female band, has posted weak ticket sales in previews
Linked From The Wall Street JournalThe live broadcast is scheduled for May 19, 2019.
Linked From PlaybillSix-time Tony winner Audra McDonald will host the tribute to the late composer.
Linked From PlaybillMonday, July 23, 2018
Broadway’s Pretty Woman: The Musical showed other summer newcomers how it’s done. Though it performed only two previews during the season’s Week 8, the show with the big ti…
Linked From DeadlineThis week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth shares stories from Judy Kuhn’s time in King and I, Paul Castree’s crazy audition for Tommy Tune, and more.
Linked From PlaybillBetween Broadway seasons in New York City, the theatre world is not nearly as quiet as you might imagine. The summer months have become increasingly packed with theatre festivals. We talked …
Linked From The IntervalSunday, July 22, 2018
These shows didn’t last long, but they still left as winners on Broadway’s biggest night.
Linked From PlaybillSaturday, July 21, 2018
The actor reveals new insight into the backstory she’s created and her favorite Dolly moment.
Linked From PlaybillThe production opened July 21, 1976, at the Broadway Theatre.
Linked From PlaybillThursday, July 12, 2018
The Belgian avant-garde theater-maker will collaborate with modern dance choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker on the first major American revival to depart radically from the original Je…
Linked From The Hollywood ReporterSunday, May 20, 2018
After failing to hit it big as a Hollywood actress, Ms. Morison became a star of the musical stage in “Kiss Me, Kate” and “The King and I.”
Linked From The New York Times SubscriptionMonday, April 16, 2018
The disagreement over the characterization of Atticus Finch expands to a second lawsuit between the producers and the Lee estate.
Linked From The New York Times SubscriptionThe Kennedy Center said customers would be charged the amount cited during the transaction, not the higher amount.
Linked From Washington PostMonday, April 2, 2018
John Legend, Sara Bareilles, 'Hamilton' veteran Brandon Victor Dixon and Alice Cooper headline NBC's Easter Sunday special, performing the 1971 rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
Linked From The Hollywood ReporterSunday, March 25, 2018
Which might sound weird to say, if you haven’t seen him onstage.
Linked From www.vox.comThursday, March 22, 2018
These 10 sexy chorus gals will set hearts pumping in this spring’s Broadway musicals
Linked From Time OutThese 10 sexy chorus guys will set hearts pumping in this spring’s Broadway musicals
Linked From Time OutWednesday, March 21, 2018
The Parrotheads were after me.
Parrotheads are fans of the singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and I am the co-chief theater critic for The New York Times. Normally our flight paths would not…
Linked From The New York Times SubscriptionTheater and football may have something in common. The League of Professional Theatre Women, an advocacy group for women in theater, is taking a note from the National Football League and as…
Linked From broadway.newsBruce Springsteen will extend his “Springsteen on Broadway” one-man show until December 15, he announced today. Eighty-one additional shows will go on sale for performances July 10 thro…
Linked From VarietyTuesday, March 20, 2018
photographed by ANNIE LEIBOVITZ On a wintry morning, I find myself in an airplane hangar–size soundstage in Astoria, Queens. It’s one of the few spaces in New York City vast enough to ac…
Linked From VogueAs any faithful Smash fan/foe knows, Katharine McPhee is currently poised to assume the lead role in Waitress this April. Did their former star’s rise to actual Broadway inspire the creato…
Linked From New York MagazineA real moment of dread came early in the rehearsals for “Cambodian Rock Band.” In Lauren Yee’s new play, a musician trapped in a country ripped apart by revolution and genocide announc…
Linked From Los Angeles TimesFive credentialed writers have bucked the trend of arts journalism cutbacks to create a new review website.
Linked From American TheatreIn theatre, issues of appearance affect women both on and off-stage, and on both sides of the curtain. We spoke to Tala Ashe, Laura Benanti, Sierra Boggess, Halley Feiffer, Anne Kauffman, N…
Linked From The IntervalMonday, March 19, 2018
Lyricist Nell Benjamin on adapting Tina Fey’s 2004 teen classic without losing the movie’s biting humor—or its heart.
Linked From Vanity FairSeth Shelden, starring in “Disgraced” at Cape Fear Regional Theatre, is part of a group awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Linked From www.fayobserver.comFriday, March 9, 2018
It took plenty of innovation and renovation. Interview with Thomas Schumacher About Frozen the Broadway Musical - Bringing Disney's Frozen to Broadway
Linked From www.townandcountrymag.comSunday, March 4, 2018
Hamilton mastermind Lin-Manuel Miranda isn't even nominated for a 2017 Tony Award, and he's already blowing us all away. The first official teaser trailer for Mary Poppins Returns ai…
Linked From Broadway.comSaturday, March 3, 2018
David Ogden Stiers, best known for his role as the arrogant surgeon Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on “MASH,” died Saturday. He was 75. His agent, Mitchell K. Stubbs, tweet…
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