Thursday, October 10, 2024

Love Streams by Melissa Anderson

. . . and love stops, and sustains, and continues in fits and starts, in John Cassavetes’s 1984 comedy-drama starring the director-actor and Gena Rowlands. John Cassavetes as Robert Harm…

SOURCE: 4columns at 08:00PM
Monday, September 30, 2024

The Truman Capote Centennial by Trav S.D.

Born 100 years today, Truman Streckfus Persons (1924-1984), better known to most as Truman Capote. Mid 20th century fiction is far from my main jam, but writers of that era did leave footpri…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:36AM
Saturday, September 28, 2024

Rolling Stone declares ‘Purple Rain’ the greatest soundtrack album of all time by Tribune News Service

MINNEAPOLIS — The list-loving Rolling Stone cultural arbiters love them some “Purple Rain,” declaring that the 1984 Prince project is the greatest movie soundtrack album ever. In a lis…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Thursday, September 26, 2024

1984 review – Keith Allen’s sadistic superior emanates controlled rage by Arifa Akbar

Theatre Royal BathAllen gives a capable performance in an arresting production that gives a chilling sense of state control – but the central romance fails to fizz Seventy-five years after…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AM

A Shot at Shug Fisher by Trav S.D.

Counterintuitive but true: if you were to cross Shug Fisher (George Clinton Fisher, 1907-1984) with Fuzzy Knight, the result would not be Suge Knight. Fisher was a rustic character actor, co…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:12AM
Thursday, September 12, 2024

Matt Steinbrenner Bridges the Past and Future Fusing Nostalgia & Spectacle for The 2024 VMAs by Michael Eddy

The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) celebrated its 40th anniversary on September 11, 2024, at the UBS Arena in New York. First held in 1984, the VMAs have left a profound cultural legacy …

SOURCE: PLSN at 11:40AM
Monday, September 9, 2024

Michael McKean Joins ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Broadway Revival With ‘Better Call Saul’ Costar Bob Odenkirk by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Michael McKean will join the previously announced Bob Odenkirk, Kieran Culkin and Bill Burr in the upcoming Broadway revival of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross. McKean will pl…

SOURCE: Deadline at 12:31PM
Monday, September 2, 2024

September on the London Stage: David Oyelowo Does Shakespeare, Ramin Karimloo Sings Elvis Costello and Marlow & Moss Are Back by Matt Wolf

Summer is saying its goodbyes, and with that comes the seasonal promise of exciting theater for the fall. That’s nowhere more true than in London, which offers a dizzying array of shows in…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AM
Tuesday, August 20, 2024

With Chicago, Alyssa Milano Becomes the Broadway Baby of Who's the Boss?'s Family of Stage Stars by Hayley Levitt

On September 16, Alyssa Milano makes her Broadway debut as Chicago’s unrepentant murderess Roxie Hart. It’s a career milestone for the actress who is still one of the most recognizable f…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PM

John Gallagher Jr., Stark Sands and More Will Get Swept Away on Broadway; Show Completes Casting by Darryn King

Swept Away, the new seafaring musical scored by the Avett Brothers, has completed casting for its upcoming Broadway production. Performances will begin at the Longacre Theatre on October 29 …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AM
Friday, August 16, 2024

Theatre Royal Bath’s Adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 Announces Cast and Tour Dates by Belaid S

The highly anticipated new adaptation of George Orwell’s dystopian classic 1984 is set to hit the stage next month, with

SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 08:14PM
Wednesday, August 14, 2024

A Bucketful of Bricktop by Trav S.D.

Born of an August 14, the great Jazz Age figure known as Bricktop (Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith, 1894-1984). Bricktop was a queer woman of color. Two colors, not just bl…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:03AM
Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Whoopi Goldberg to Play Miss Hannigan in Annie at Madison Square Garden by Darryn King

EGOT winner Whoopi Goldberg will play Miss Hannigan in New York over the holidays as part of the national tour of Annie. The tour of the musical about the big-hearted, red-headed orphan will…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:43AM
Monday, July 29, 2024

‘It’s the talent pipeline’: inside the National Theatre’s hit-making hothouse by David Jays

Where does the National send up-and-coming playwrights to have their ideas honed, pulled apart, rebuilt – and turned into dramatic dynamite? Our writer is granted rare access to the hallow…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24AM
Saturday, July 13, 2024

Goodspeed's Norma Terris Theatre Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary by Frank Rizzo

A scene from “13” at the Norma Terris Theatre. Tucked away in the cozy Connecticut town of Chester, sits the Terris Theatr…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:13AM
Tuesday, July 2, 2024

A Statue to Stephen Stucker by Trav S.D.

I’m in major need of a laugh today (if you follow the news and have a half a brain I imagine you are too) so I am grateful that today is the birthday of Stephen Stucker (1947-1984). Stucke…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:18AM
Sunday, June 30, 2024

Starlight Express review – Lloyd Webber’s bizarre juggernaut is bigger, camper and more OTT than ever by Arifa Akbar

Troubadour Wembley Park theatre, LondonUpdated with references to net zero, the 1984 musical is back on track in all its outlandish glory What bald-faced audacity led Andrew Lloyd Webber to …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48PM

’Starlight Express’ Review: Wobbly Revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Roller-Skating Musical Never Hits Stride by Brent Lang

Is it a musical? Is it a roller derby? Is it a game-show? When the roller-skating phenomenon that is “Starlight Express” opened in London in 1984 it was all of those and more, as evidenc…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:30PM

Capitalism, optimism and diversity: how 80s musical Starlight Express changed my life by Johny Pitts

From watching his father star in Lloyd Webber’s mega-hit in futuristic 1980s Japan, to taking his own family to its reboot in London this year, writer Johny Pitts recounts how Starlight Ex…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM
Friday, June 21, 2024

Broadway-Bound Purple Rain Sets Dates for 2025 Minneapolis World Premiere by Belaid S

‘Purple Rain,’ the highly anticipated Broadway-bound musical inspired by Prince’s iconic 1984 film, has announced its Minneapolis world premiere dates

SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 01:35AM
Thursday, June 20, 2024

‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ review: The most fun you’ll have at the theater this summer by Johnny Oleksinski

The hottest show in town is… “Cats”? Nobody's said that since around 1984.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:18PM

Broadway-Bound Purple Rain Sets Dates for 2025 Minneapolis World Premiere by Hayley Levitt

Purple Rain, the Broadway-bound musical based on Prince's 1984 film, has announced additional creative team members as well as dates for its Minneapolis world premiere. Performances are now…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PM
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Play It Again: West Side Story's "Something's Coming" by JK

Play It Again: West Side Story's "Somewhere" For this new series, Jeff has invited me to choose some classic Broadway show tunes and compare versions of these songs from several different c…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:48AM
Friday, June 14, 2024

Rap Icon Nas Joins Creative And Producing For BEAT STREET Stage Adaptation

GRAMMY Award-winning rap icon Nas announced that he has joined the creative team adapting the groundbreaking 1984 hip-hop film classic into a Broadway musical. Additional creative team membe…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24PM

Grammy-Winning Rapper Nas Joins Creative Team for Broadway Musical Adaptation of Beat Street by Broadway.com

Tonight, at a 40th anniversary screening of Beat Street at the Tribeca Film Festival, Grammy Award-winning rapper Nas announced that he has joined the creative team adapting the 1984 hip-hop…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18PM

Grammy Winner Nas Joins Creative Team of Broadway-Aimed Beat Street Musical by Andrew Gans

The musical is based on the 1984 film of the same name, one of the first to depict hip-hop culture.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42PM

Rapper Nas Bringing Hip-Hop Classic ‘Beat Street’ To Broadway by Greg Evans

Rap icon Nas is joining a creative team to bring a stage musical adaptation of the 1984 hip-hop film classic Beat Street to Broadway. Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, better known as Nas, made the …

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:30PM
Friday, May 31, 2024

People, Places & Things | 2024 West End Trailer by Official London Theatre

Denise Gough reprises her Olivier Award-winning role as Emma, a struggling actress whose life is spinning recklessly out of control. Gough’s performance is once again thrilling audiences i…

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:46AM
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

The play that changed my life: Complicité’s A Minute Too Late was a matter of life and death by Emily Woof

Our series on transformative theatrical discoveries continues with the moving 1984 show exploring our buttoned-up approach to mortality I had been brought up in Newcastle where the RSC used …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM
Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Highlights of MTC'S DAN CODY'S YACHT; Opens June 6 by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Dan Cody's Yacht is now in previews ahead of a Wednesday, June 6 opening night at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street). The cast of Dan …

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:12PM

Stephanie Mills, Original Dorothy in The Wiz, to Join Broadway's Hadestown as Hermes by Hayley Levitt

Stephanie Mills, best known for her performance as Dorothy in the original 1975 production of The Wiz, will return to Broadway as Hermes in the Tony-winning musical Hadestown. She replac…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 15, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
TBA: Titanic