Thursday, June 1, 2023

Harvey Guillén Looks Back on Being an Understudy in WICKED in Japan

Harvey Guillén is looking back on his time as an undersudy in a Japanese production of Wicked. Guillén revealed one his first jobs was understudying the role of the Wizard in a production…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PM
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Photos: Get a Behind-the-Scenes Look at London's Newsies by Andrew Gans

The Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, and Harvey Fierstein musical continues at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AM
Friday, May 19, 2023

Marin Theatre Company, still without artistic director, unveils four shows for 2023-24 by Lily Janiak

Sara Porkalob, Lisa Peterson and Harvey Fierstein are part of the Mill Valley company’s next lineup.

SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AM
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Celebs Presenting NY Drama Critics’ Circle Awards by Sandi Durell

The New York Drama Critics’ Circle has announced that Carolee Carmello, Harvey Fierstein, Audra McDonald, Laurie Metcalf, and Brandon Uranowitz will be the presenters of its 2023 awards. T…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:52AM

Audra McDonald, Harvey Fierstein, Laurie Metcalf, More to Present NY Drama Critics' Circle Awards by Leah Putnam

Brandon Uranowitz and Carolee Carmello have also been announced to participate.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AM

Harvey Fierstein, Audra McDonald, and Laurie Metcalf Will Present New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards

The New York Drama Critics' Circle has announced that Carolee Carmello, Harvey Fierstein, Audra McDonald, Laurie Metcalf, and Brandon Uranowitz will be the presenters of its 2023 awards.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AM
Monday, May 1, 2023

Theatre Review: ‘Harvey’ at Everyman Theatre by Herb Merrick

Written by Mary Chase in 1944, “Harvey” won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the following year. The original Broadway production ran for over four years (1,775 performances) and was directe…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:09PM

With heart and hilarity, ‘Harvey’ is a crowd-pleaser at Everyman by Cybele Pomeroy

This is a show designed to provoke laughter — the performers have impeccable delivery, fascinating physicality, and brilliantly coordinated comic timing.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:38PM

Wendy the Good Little Witch by Trav S.D.

The First of May is a witching time and so we may be forgiven for attributing (probably nonexistent) significance to the fact that Wendy the Good Little Witch first saw light of day in the M…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:06PM
Thursday, April 27, 2023

A Thong for Europe review – hilariously subversive Eurovision celebration by Mark Fisher

Royal Court, LiverpoolAn inspired parody of coming-out dramas meets a deliciously daft plot involving Sonia in Jonathan Harvey’s comedy Who would have thought Jonathan Harvey would write a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AM
Monday, April 24, 2023

Broadway Center Stage: Monty Python’s Spamalot | May 12 - 21, 2023 by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/theater/2022-2023/spamalot/ Book and lyrics by Eric Idle Music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle A new musical lovingly ripped off from…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:12PM

R.I.P. Robert Patrick, Playwright by Chip Deffaa, Editor-At-Large

He was perhaps best-known for his play "Kennedy's Children"--produced successfully on Broadway and on the West End, and in many cities, internationally.  He also gave  us some 60 other pu…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:18AM

Matthew Saldivar Boards Kennedy Center's Spamalot by Logan Culwell-Block

The Bernhardt/Hamlet and Honeymoon in Vegas alum will play Patsy, stepping in for the previously announced Harvey Guillén.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AM

Matthew Saldivar Replaces Harvey Guillén in The Kennedy Center's SPAMALOT

Broadway's Matthew Saldivar (Honeymoon in Vegas, Broadway Center Stage: Guys and Dolls) will play the role of Patsy in the eagerly anticipated Broadway Center Stage production of the uproari…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:18AM
Wednesday, April 19, 2023

U.K. Premiere of Newsies Welcomes New Cast Members April 19 by Andrew Gans

The Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, and Harvey Fierstein musical plays the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12AM
Friday, April 7, 2023

Review: The Wife of Willesden at BAM Harvey by Loren Noveck

A raucous retelling of Chaucer that isn't quite at home in Brooklyn. Loren Noveck reviews. The post Review: The Wife of Willesden at BAM Harvey appeared first on Exeunt Magazine NYC.

SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 09:29PM
Thursday, April 6, 2023

THE WIFE OF WILLESDEN For Today — Review

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of The Wife of Willesden at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM's) Harvey Theatre in New York City.

SOURCE: Theatrely at 10:45PM

Harvey Guillén, Michael Urie Join Kennedy Center Spamalot by Logan Culwell-Block

They will share the stage with Alex Brightman, James Monroe Iglehart, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Rob McClure, and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AM

Harvey Guillén, Michael Urie, and More Join SPAMALOT at the Kennedy Center

Complete casting has been announced for the Broadway Center Stage production of Monty Python’s Spamalot, which plays the Eisenhower Theater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performin…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AM
Wednesday, April 5, 2023

U.K. Premiere of Newsies Will Welcome New Cast Members by Andrew Gans

The Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, and Harvey Fierstein musical plays the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PM
Friday, March 31, 2023

What About Plays Turned Into Musicals? by JK

What About Plays Turned Into Musicals?  So, we are all familiar with the seemingly endless pipeline of movies being turned into musicals. (There are currently four of these running on Br…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:36AM
Thursday, March 30, 2023

Intentional, Relational, Consensual: A New Framework for Performing Arts Contracts by Rachel Penny, Nico Elliot, Kim Senklip Harvey, Owais Lightwala, Nikki Shaffeeullah, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard

By Rachel Penny, Nico Elliot, Kim Senklip Harvey, Owais Lightwala, Nikki Shaffeeullah, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard. This dynamic summary of a panel co-curated by Rachel Penny and Nikki Shaffe…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:45PM
Thursday, March 23, 2023

Chita Rivera Announces Book Tour Events for Chita: A Memoir

Nathan Lane, Harvey Fierstein, and Laura Benanti will join the Broadway legend for conversations about her new memoir.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM
Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Full Company Confirmed for Zadie Smith's THE WIFE OF WILLESDEN at BAM

BAM has announced the full company for The Wife of Willesden, directed by Indhu Rubasingham at the BAM Harvey Theater. See the full cast, and how to purchase tickets!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PM
Friday, March 10, 2023

50 YEARS LATER: “SONDHEIM: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE” by Ron Fassler

Dual record set for “Sondheim: A Musical Tribute,” or as it’s commonly known, the “Scrabble Album” (1973).March 10, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler On March 11,…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 08:05AM
Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Goldie Hawn Opens Up About CHICAGO Movie Audition With Madonna

Before Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweger starred in the Oscar-winning 2003 film adaptation of Chicago, Goldie Hawn and Madonna had been developing a verison with disgraced producer…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PM
Tuesday, March 7, 2023

The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window - When Dreams Die by Judd Hollander

Reviewed by Judd Hollander There's a line in the 1939 film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" about lost causes being the only ones worth fighting for. This also proves to be the ultimate truth …

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 07:13PM
Monday, March 6, 2023

The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Unfortunately, the latest revival now at the BAM Harvey Theater cannot be counted as having reversed the play’s fortunes. It still seems vastly overwritten and verbose as it attempts to co…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:41PM
Thursday, March 2, 2023

Funny Girl Sets Closing Date by Ruthie Fierberg

Producers have announced that the current Broadway revival of Funny Girl will play its final performance on September 3 at the August Wilson Theatre. The production began previews on March 2…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:00AM
Monday, February 27, 2023

Review Roundup: Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan Star In THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN'S WINDOW at BAM

The Brooklyn Academy of Music presents the first major New York revival of Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, directed by Obie Award winner Anne Kauffman at the BAM H…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42PM

Photos: First Look at Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan in THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN'S WINDOW at BAM

The Brooklyn Academy of Music presents the first major New York revival of Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, directed by Obie Award winner Anne Kauffman at the BAM…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:15AM

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