Friday, February 27, 2015
It may have flamed out in New York, but the stage version of‘Rocky’ should be a knockout here in his hometown.
Linked From Philly.comWell, with one of the most frigid February on records, we certainly answered Joanne’s question in COMPANY in no uncertain terms. On Broadway, everybody this month indeed wore a hat.
Linked From KritzerlandThursday, February 26, 2015
This year’s Oscars ceremony was, by all accounts, a letdown. But I confess to enjoying Lady Gaga’s medley from “The Sound of Music,” and Julie Andrews gave the evening something...
Linked From The New York PostTuesday, February 24, 2015
Let the “Hamilton” backlash begin! Everybody on Broadway was snickering Tuesday at the self-importance of crew behind “Hamilton,” the hip-hop musical about Alexander Hamilton at the …
Linked From The New York PostThey say a billion people watched the Academy Awards. And I was one of them. By contrast, our little engine that could of an awards show, the Tony Awards, gets an audience of 7 million. Ju…
Linked From The Producer's PerspectiveAt a press conference this afternoon, Public Theater head Oskar Eustis, along with Miranda and the production cast and crew, surprised everyone who had been expecting news of a spring transf…
Linked From Time OutSunday, February 22, 2015
Winners of the 87th Academy Awards were revealed on Feb. 22 during the kudocast hosted by Neil Patrick Harris that aired live from the Dolby Theatre on ABC.
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Linked From Gold DerbyThe train never left the station Saturday night at the American Airlines Theatre — and the passengers were steamed.
Linked From New York Daily NewsPeter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Bill Russell about the release of the Side Show CD. Reviews include Hamilton @ The Public Theater, The Lion, Titus Andron…
Linked From BroadwayRadioThe rigour and determination of the ballerina is rewarded annually by the Critics Circle National Dance Awards, which since its inception in 1999 has recognised the greatest names in contemp…
Linked From theculturetrip.comSaturday, February 21, 2015
I caught up with McClure and found out what it's like working with Tony Danza, his dream role and the cinematic way he proposed to his wife.
Linked From Huffington PostFriday, February 20, 2015
It’s pistols at dawn in Weehawken for the producers, investors and the creative team behind “Hamilton,” the rap musical about Alexander Hamilton everyone’s buzzing about down at …
Linked From The New York PostThe only thing is that what I couldn’t have imagined is that there wouldn’t be a single Broadway opening during the entire month of February.
Linked From KritzerlandThursday, February 19, 2015
Preparing to open in “On the Twentieth Century” on Broadway, Ms. Chenoweth reflects on transformation, beauty pageants and a role that everybody seemed to believe she was meant to play.
Linked From The New York Times SubscriptionThe hottest Broadway musical of the season isn’t on Broadway—yet. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton opened on Tuesday at the Public Theater to rave reviews, setting off a tick…
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Monday, February 16, 2015
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has written a trilogy of provocative and fantastical explorations of race. His latest, based on a 1859 melodrama, pokes fun at conventions while raising difficult ques…
Linked From National Public RadioSunday, February 15, 2015
Peter Filichia, James Marino, Michael Portantiere and Matt Tamanini talk with Kurt Deutsch about producing The Last Five Years movie and Sh-K-Boom Records. ———̵…
Linked From BroadwayRadioFriday, February 13, 2015
No, I can’t go for a drink. I’ve got a temp job to get to in the morning.
Linked From BuzzFeedHelen Hayes, the first lady of the American stage, has been accused of dirty dealing.
Linked From New York Daily NewsMy hat is off to Peter Alfano, Mel Atkey, AnyaToes, Susan Berlin, Tristan Blakely, Brigadude, Annie Breslin, Jon Allen Conrad, Ilene Nancy Cooper, Lorraine Ford DeMan, Andrew Duxbury, Christ…
Linked From KritzerlandThursday, February 12, 2015
The only show anyone’s talking about these days is “Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop musical that opens Tuesday at the Public. Has he trimmed the running time? (Not enough.) W…
Linked From The New York PostMonday, February 9, 2015
Matt Tamanini and James Marino talk about the Newsies tour and round up Broadway performers on TV. Peter Filichia and Michael Portantiere review Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Pa…
Linked From BroadwayRadioEven before winning his record label's third Grammy Award on Sunday night, Kurt Deutsch was planning on having a big week. The film version of The Last Five Years that he spearheaded is …
Linked From Broadway.comTimes are great for the Broadway industry today, and I want to keep it that way. And if you ask me how we do that? I believe that a focus on diversifying our workplace, our audience and our …
Linked From Huffington PostSunday, February 8, 2015
Richard LaGravenese has earned a reputation as elite screen adapter and the go-to guy when a script’s in trouble (although even his input, along with the Coen brothers, couldn’t help “…
Linked From Boston Globe SubscriptionThe 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards are being held today, 'GRAMMY Sunday,' at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles . The show is being broadcast live on CBS from 8 to 1130 p.m. ETPT. BWW will be upda…
Linked From BroadwayWorldFriday, February 6, 2015
Every New Year’s Day, I wish that the 1980 musical HAPPY NEW YEAR had received an original cast album. What would be a happier way to start the New Year than to hear 14 Cole Porter songs?
Linked From KritzerlandThursday, February 5, 2015
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has reintroduced legislation to extend certain federal tax incentives to Broadway and live theater productions. The Support Theaters in America Growth and Expan…
Linked From VarietyPeter Filichia and James Marino talk with Michael Urie. Michael Portantiere joins into review Into the Woods at the Roundabout Theatre Company and a new Trivia Challenge! —…
Linked From BroadwayRadioHugh Jackman bids farewell to Broadway on Sunday, wrapping up his understated turn in Jez Butterworth’s mysterious play “The River” at Circle-in-the-Square. But fret not, theater owner…
Linked From The New York PostTuesday, February 3, 2015
“Hamilton,” the much-buzzed-about rap musical from Lin-Manuel Miranda (“In the Heights”), allegedly has extended its run at the Public Theater until April 5. I say “alleged…
Linked From The New York PostSunday, February 1, 2015
She nailed it Watch Broadway SUPERSTAR Idina Menzel sing the National Anthem to kick off today's Super Bowl for a global audience of over 100 million viewers
Linked From BroadwayWorldTo help Idina Menzel on February 1st, we've analysed some of the more memorable performances of The Star Spangled Banner from the last 25 years.
Linked From popbitch.comFriday, January 30, 2015
Super Bowl XLIX is right around the corner, and you've been invited to a party, but your facing a dilemma: You're only educated in theatre! In our below list, Playbill.com explains f…
Linked From Playbill89-year-old actress, who appears in Toronto in Blithe Spirit starting Feb. 11, says she won’t stop acting ‘before the absolute end.’
Linked From Toronto StarThe Broadway beat is getting to be like one of my favorite movies, “Sweet Smell of Success.” It’s all about press agents. Rick Miramontez resigned from “Finding Neverland” last wee…
Linked From The New York PostThursday, January 29, 2015
Call it the first important sibling musical.
For the 1924 hit LADY, BE GOOD! had brothers George and Ira Gershwin collaborate on their first full score. Although the two had written a son…
Linked From KritzerlandWednesday, January 28, 2015
He reached the heights of stage and screen, was married for 24 years and proudly raised two children. But for decades, Joel Grey kept one aspect of himself decidedly out of the spotlight.
Linked From PeopleTuesday, January 27, 2015
Here’s an enticing premise: 10 famous actors who worked together years ago reunite and, one by one, are bumped off. Is it an Agatha Christie mystery? An Anthony Shaffer (“Sleuth”).…
Linked From The New York PostA successful Broadway company manager, general manager and producer for more than 20 years, Peter Neufeld passed away peacefully this morning, January 27, 2015, at The Actors Fund's Lillian …
Linked From BroadwayWorldMost Broadway shows planned to go on with regularly scheduled performances Jan. 27, after the blizzard that darkened theaters the previous night turned out to be less severe in New York City…
Linked From VarietyOscarcast producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have tapped “Frozen” tunesmiths Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez to write an original number for host Neil Patrick Harris on…
Linked From VarietyMonday, January 26, 2015
Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Gerrard Lobo and Morgan DeTogne. Reviews include Honeymoon in Vegas, Peter’s take on Constellations and Nevermore as we…
Linked From BroadwayRadioBroadway will go dark Monday night, with all regularly scheduled performances cancelled due to the incoming blizzard. It’s rare for all of Broadway to go dark — in recent years it&…
Linked From VarietySunday, January 25, 2015
Rick Miramontez, the publicist for “Finding Neverland,” has left after a spat with the show’s producer, Harvey Weinstein.
Linked From The New York Times SubscriptionLadies and gentlemen, New York TV great Joe Franklin has signed off. Franklin, 88, took ill a few days ago and was treated briefly at Lenox Hill Hospital before he...
Linked From The New York PostSaturday, January 24, 2015
It's common to see a play or musical when visiting New York, but what about when you're in other cities? All over the country, regional theaters host classic productions, new revivals, Ameri…
Linked From www.fodors.comFriday, January 23, 2015
Damian Bazadona identifies three major trends in live theater, film and TV that will affect the consumer in a positive way in 2015.
Linked From Huffington PostIt’s a rare rupture in the image-conscious world of Broadway and another bump in the road for a highly anticipated musical.
Linked From The New York Times SubscriptionDo you know Herb Gardner’s 1974 play THIEVES? Although it wasn’t a moneymaking hit, it did run a respectable nine months and spawned a 1977 film. It concerned one Sally Cramer, now sudde…
Linked From KritzerlandThursday, January 22, 2015
“Constellations,” with Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson, is such a big hit, the powers that be at Manhattan Theatre Club are kicking themselves because they didn’t book it into a...
Linked From The New York PostJames Marino, Michael Portantiere and Matt Tamanini talk about Constellations, The Phantom of the Opera on Tour, You Can’t Take It With You, The Book of Mormon Tour @ Dr. Phillips, Sh…
Linked From BroadwayRadioTuesday, January 20, 2015
As we know, Chita Rivera returns to Broadway this spring in “The Visit,” a new musical by John Kander, Fred Ebb and Terrence McNally. But there’s another diva in the...
Linked From The New York PostProducer Darren Bagert says there's boom or bust environment on Broadway — you're either a huge hit or you close quickly. Two of the fall's most highly anticipated musicals are closing thi…
Linked From National Public RadioMr. Danza sings a musical number — and does some tap dancing — from the new Broadway musical, with the show’s composer, Jason Robert Brown, on piano.
Linked From The New York Times SubscriptionJosh Radnor and Laura Benanti will star in a new Broadway revival of “She Loves Me,” the 1963 musical based on the same story that inspired the movies “The Shop Around the Corner” an…
Linked From VarietySaturday, January 17, 2015
Peter Filichia, James Marino, Michael Portantiere and Matt Tamanini talk with Tom Hewitt. Reviews include A Delicate Balance and TV shows Galavant, Glee and more. Peter previews a discussio…
Linked From BroadwayRadioFriday, January 16, 2015
While the musical is an inherently American art form, it hasn’t neglected other nationalities – as is proved by the 50 examples that make up this year’s Broadway University Mid-Term Ex…
Linked From KritzerlandThursday, January 15, 2015
If you are receiving this missive, you have purchased a ticket for The Ducks Have Flown, an immersive/experimental theatre experience inspired and maddeningly loosely based on both the novel…
Linked From McSweeney'sWith most of the entertainment industry abuzz over the Oscar nominations on Thursday, the Tony Awards Administration Committee issued a handful of eligibility decisions regarding the curre…
Linked From VarietyTuesday, January 13, 2015
Welp, internet. I’ve hit my limit. It’s finally happened. After five years running The Craptacular, and more years loving theater than I can accurately tally, I just cannot take …
Linked From The CraptacularStand down, Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick: You’re no longer the kings of Broadway, at least not this season. Your box-office crowns have been usurped by…Larry David. Lane and Bro…
Linked From The New York PostLast week, New York Post columnist Michael Riedel broke news about Jennifer Hudson’s impending Broadway debut in a revival of The Color Purple — a musical neither he nor other New Yo…
Linked From medium.comSunday, January 11, 2015
Stay tuned for the updated list of winners from the 72nd annual Golden Globes. The 2015 ceremony will be broadcast live on NBC. Full list of nominations: Best Motion Picture – Drama Boyh…
Linked From VarietyA new Tony Award will be given annually to a theater teacher who has made a “monumental impact” on the lives of students.
Linked From The New York Times SubscriptionSaturday, January 10, 2015
Ever since the film of Les Mis made £300m, producers have scoured the stage for more hits. Now theatreland is returning the compliment
Linked From www.thetimes.co.ukFriday, January 9, 2015
Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about The Merry Widow at The Metropolitan Opera, Michael’s review of Into The Woods movie, and Michael Padgett and Anthony Lo…
Linked From BroadwayRadioJennifer Hudson will give Broadway a boost of star power this fall when she makes her stage debut in “The Color Purple.” Oprah Winfrey, who produced the show in 2005,...
Linked From The New York PostWere you at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre on Monday night January 5? If you were, you saw my one-on-one discussion with Dame Diana Rigg. A good time was had by us, and, I daresay, those i…
Linked From KritzerlandThursday, January 8, 2015
Initial casting for the new musical has been revealed.
Linked From TheaterManiaThe literary archive of Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel has been acquired by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, making her the first female playwright includ…
Linked From PlaybillWednesday, January 7, 2015
Broadway producer Kevin McCollum and former “Glee” producer Michael Novick have optioned rights to Leila Sales’ young adult novel “This Song Will Save Your Life”…
Linked From VarietyTuesday, January 6, 2015
Chris Rock finally opened up about his “Top Five” producer Scott Rudin on Tuesday night — in typical Chris Rock fashion. In accepting the Spotlight Award at the National B…
Linked From VarietyNow that the joyous holiday season is behind us, let’s be mean. This Broadway season is shaping up to be a disaster for new musicals. The latest casualty is Sting’s...
Linked From The New York PostIn an industry dominated by type, Lena Hall is a new breed of actor: the everywoman. The 'everywoman' defies the old guard musical theatre archetypes of the ingenue, the femme fatale, the fa…
Linked From Broadway Style GuideMonday, January 5, 2015
Broadway box office topped itself last week, with the New Year’s frame setting a new record as the highest grossing and best attended week in the Street’s history. Sales came in …
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