Broadway Games: One Word Musicals by JK

Broadway Games: One Word Musicals        What's in a name? A lot, when it's doing the heavy lifting of being the title of a big Broadway (or off-Broadway) show! DIRECTIONS: Match …

Friday 5: 5 Best Musicals That Need Their First Revival by JK

 5 Best Musicals That Need Their First Revival Believe it or not, this edition of F5 was actually brought about by the announcement of yet another revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, which fee…

‘The Great Lillian Hall’ Review: Jessica Lange Is Incandescent As Legendary Stage Actress Facing Dementia by Pete Hammond

I am a sucker for movies about Broadway and those who spend their lives in the theatre. Of course the crown jewel of the genre is the Oscar winning All About Eve, but there are so many other…

Review: Merrily We Roll Along by JK

Review of the Wednesday, March 27, 2024 matinee performance at the Hudson Theatre in New York City. Starring Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez, with Krystal Joy Brown, Kati…

Deadly Stages by Darryl Reilly

An uproarious 1950’s show business spoof with plentiful “All About Eve” references that is performed by a dynamic cast; a Broadway diva is a man in drag. The post Deadly Stages appea…

Hear a Track From All About Eve and Sunset Boulevard-Inspired Diva: Live From Hell! London Studio Album by Logan Culwell-Block

Luke Bayer stars in the solo musical from Alexander Sage Oyen and Nora Brigid Monahan.

Poll: Best Broadway Show From a Movie? by New York Theater

Hollywood may be on strike, but movies are ever-present on New York stages. True, it wasn’t until 1970 that a Broadway show based on a movie won the Tony for best musical — fittingly, th…

Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James Will Lead World Premiere of LYONESSE at the Harold Pinter Theatre.

Kristin Scott Thomas (Electra, Darkest Hour) and Lily James (All About Eve, Pam & Tommy) will star in the world premiere of Lyonesse, a searingly funny and passionate new play by …

REVIEW: Once Upon a One More Time by JK

Review of the evening preview performance on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the Marquis Theatre in New York City. Starring Briga Heelan, Justin Guarini, Jennifer Simard, Adam Godley, Brook Dillma…

Hollywood Movies Adapted for Broadway: Which Was Better? by New York Theater

The first Broadway musical made out of a movie was probably the 1942 film “My Sister Eileen” with Rosalind Russell, which became the 1953 Broadway musical ‘Wonderful Town.” Other vin…

#27 – Steve Silverman: “Go Home and Write, Steve” by Automatic Episode Import

Critically acclaimed, award-winning writer/director/producer Steve Silverman’s work has been called ‘Sly’ by the Los Angeles Times, which is his all-time favorite single-word review. T…

The real mystery in See How They Run is its mishandling of The Mousetrap by Michael Billington

The whodunnit starring Saoirse Ronan is a fun spoof but tinkers with history and never captures the unique way Agatha Christie’s play fascinated audiences in the 50s The smell of greasepai…

Diva: Live from Hell! review – killer humour and murderous teen rivalry by Arifa Akbar

Turbine theatre, LondonLuke Bayer single-handedly plays a classroom of feuding high school drama students in this unmissable take on All About Eve A musical with a classroom full of feuding …

T is for Tallulah Bankhead by New York Theater

Everybody seemed to have a colorful anecdote  about Tallulah Bankhead. She was said to have inspired the characters of Margo Channing in the film “All About Eve,” Blanche DuBois in Ten…

LOT OF LIVIN’ TO DO by Ron Fassler

Charles Strouse and Lee Adams’ “The Telephone Hour” from “Bye, Bye Birdie” (1960).Composer Charles Strouse was born on this date ninety-four years ago. His more than thirty stage …

THE 1944 TONY AWARDS by Ron Fassler

Vintage Tony Award, prior to its eventual pedestal.Okay, there was never any such thing as a 1944 Tonys. But the awards junkie in me had this thought and decided, for the fun of it, to attem…

Conversation with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bebe Neuwirth and Laura Benanti  ‘All About Eve’ by Sandi Durell

FREE ADMISSION with online ticket Sunday March 6 at noon (Doors Open 11 a.m.)  – Fasten your seatbelts! MOVIES AT THE UNITED PALACE returns in grand fashion with the Oscar-winning 1950 c…

Opening Night: John Cassavetes' unromantic ode to theatre is stunning by Chris Wiegand

Gena Rowlands plays an actor frustrated with her character in a backstage drama that kicks off our series on the ways cinema depicts theatre One of many tantalising theatre shows cancelled l…

Call Answered: Jessica Sherr: "Bette Davis Ain't For Sissies" streams at OnTheStage.com by Adam Rothenberg

I have always been fascinated by legendary Bette Davis. Ever since I saw F/X’s Feud: Bette and Joan, I became even more captivated by her. Everything about Jessica Sherr’s Bette Davis Ai…

Five great films about theater (to help you survive staying home) by Sophia Howes

Karen Richards (Celeste Holm) the playwright’s wife: A part in a play. You’d do all that for a part in a play? Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) conniving actress: I’d do much more for a pa…

Falling in Love Again With ‘All About Eve’ by Ben Brantley

The magical kingdom of Broadway is shuttered, but our critic returned to it — or rather a version of it that opened his eyes, Bette Davis wide, to New York theater.

MUSICAL OF THE MONTH: Applause by JK

New year, new feature! Starting this month, we will feature a Broadway Show of the Month, with weekly installments covering such things as the plot, its origins, the show's stats, cast, crea…

Stageworthy: The Best of Stage 2019

Saw a little less shows than last year, and added a few concerts that I've included in the final tally. So 2019 I saw 153 different shows but 173 times (basically I did 20 repeats this year …

All About ALL ABOUT EVE in London by Broadway Select

Emory would not be pleased. As Michael tells us in THE BOYS IN THE BAND, his friend Emory can “recite...Continue Reading The post All About ALL ABOUT EVE in London appeared first on Broadw…

This Week on Broadway for May 12, 2019: Lear and Gary by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere review King Lear, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, The Ferryman, 42nd Street on BroadwayHD, Cirque du Soliel, and Florida State Unive…

‘Network’ Director Ivo Van Hove On Old Movies, New Dances, David Bowie And What ‘All About Eve’ & ‘West Side Story’ Say Today – Tony by Greg Evans

Network, All About Eve, West Side Story – a really good day’s Netflix queue as well as the latest entries on the resume of Belgian-born theater director Ivo van Hove. Tony-nominated for …

“All About Eve”: Review by Howard Fishman by Blouin Artinfo

Gillian Anderson’s haunted, drawn face is the mesmerizing center of Ivo van Hove’s staging of “All About Eve,” a production currently blazing in London’s West End (at the Noel Cowa…

ALL ABOUT EVE Album to Be Released April 12 by BroadwayWorld

On April 12 Invada Records in conjunction with Lakeshore Records will release All About Eve-Original Soundtrack, composed by double Mercury Music Prize-winner PJ Harvey. The 12-track album c…

Who won at the Olivier Awards 2019? Winners in Full

The winners of this year's Laurence Oliver Awards were announced at the Royal Albert Hall yesterday evening in a ceremony hosted by Jason Manford. Big-name celebrities in attendance included…

All About Eve on Red Carpet Live - Olivier Awards 2019 with Mastercard by Official London Theatre

ALL ABOUT EVE Will Be Broadcast Live in Cinemas in One Week by BroadwayWorld

One week before the NT Live broadcast of All About Eve, Sonia Friedman Productions and Fox Stage Productions have today announced that the Olivier Award-nominated production has broken box o…