Tuesday, January 31, 2023

The 92nd Street Y Throws John Guare A Star-Studded 85th Birthday Bash by Harry Haun

The author of such landmarks as "Six Degrees of Separation" and "The House of Blue Leaves" recalls his long career, which started with two plays written at age 11.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:43PM
Monday, March 21, 2022

Ben Stiller Tapped to Star in Ivo van Hove and Simon Stephens' The Shining on Stage by Lindsey Sullivan

Ivo van Hove and Simon Stephens' previously announced stage adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic The Shining is in the works for a West End debut in January 2023, and Deadline repo…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PM
Thursday, March 3, 2022

Tony and Academy Award-Winning Designer Tony Walton Dies at 87 by Lindsey Sullivan

Tony Walton, the prolific Oscar and Tony Award-winning set and costume designer of Broadway shows, off-Broadway productions, film, television, ballet and opera, has died at the age of 87. Th…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PM
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Broadway From A to Z: C by JK

Today, we continue our new series that is strictly to the letter. Broadway From A to Z, will look at the people, shows and history of The Great Bright Way! Obviously, with each entry, we'l…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:06AM
Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Standing @ Zero: Company's Tally Sessions by JK

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S BROADWAY HEAT POLL FEATURING COMPANY! HERERegional and off-Broadway audiences have seen this guy in a wide variety of leading roles, from Captain Von Trap…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 12:54PM
Friday, December 13, 2019

Danny Aiello, Oscar-Nominated Screen Star & Award-Winning Stage Alum, Dies at 86 by Andy Lefkowitz

Danny Aiello, a veteran actor of major motion pictures who made several notable appearances on the New York stage, died on December 12 at a New Jersey medical facility where he was receiving…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:03PM
Thursday, September 26, 2019

Christine Baranski & Cynthia Nixon Will Play Sisters in Downton Abbey Mastermind's New HBO Drama The Gilded Age by Lindsey Sullivan

They have four Tony Awards and three Emmy Awards between the two of them, and now they will be playing sisters! According to TVLine, stage-and-screen greats Christine Baranski and Cynthia Ni…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:12PM
Sunday, May 19, 2019

Funny & Tragic Pursuit Of Fame In The House Of Blue Leaves by Bill Hirschman

The House of Blue Leaves gets as funny and touching a production from Palm Beach Dramaworks as anyone can ask for. Its virtues include superb direction, a flawless creative team and a wall-t…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:18AM
Tuesday, May 14, 2019

An Absurdist Take On Celebrity Worship At PB Dramaworks by Bill Hirschman

Palm Beach Dramaworks is reviving the funny, poignant The House of Blue Leaves about a Queens family whose life is turned inside out when the Pope visits NYC in 1965. Ordinary people spurred…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:42AM
Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Nantucket Sleigh Ride **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward March 26, 2019: John Guare takes us on a wild romp through personal ups and downs, toxic pop culture, murder mystery tropes, literary and cinema allusions in his off-ki…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:31PM
Friday, March 1, 2019

Tony Nominee Katherine Helmond, Emmy-Nominated Star of Soap & Who's the Boss?, Dies at 89 by Andy Lefkowitz

Katherine Helmond, the fiery comedic actress whose start on Broadway led to a slew of memorable small-screen roles, died on February 23 at home in Los Angeles. The cause of death, according …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PM
Thursday, January 31, 2019

Thomas Sadoski to Join Daveed Diggs in White Noise at the Public Theater by Andy Lefkowitz

Tony nominee Thomas Sadoski is the final cast member announced to debut White Noise, a new play by Pulitzer winner Suzan-Lori Parks, making its world premiere at the Public Theater. Dir…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:32PM
Thursday, October 11, 2018

John Larroquette To Star In New John Guare Play At Lincoln Center Off Broadway by Greg Evans

John Larroquette will star in Nantucket Sleigh Ride, a new play by John Guare directed by Jerry Zaks and heading to Lincoln Center Theater’s Off Broadway Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater in …

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:31PM
Monday, July 23, 2018

Theatre Review: ‘House of Blue Leaves’ at Silver Spring Stage by Elle Marie Sullivan

Artie Shaughnessy wants to write music for the movies. Bunny Flingus wants to see the pope. Ronnie Shaughnessy wants to be noticed. Bananas Shaughnessy wants to feel loved. These four wants …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:43PM
Monday, July 16, 2018

Review: ‘The House of Blue Leaves’ at Silver Spring Stage by Guest Author

By Beatrice Loayza First staged in 1971, The House of Blue Leaves is a descendant of the kitchen sink dramas and average joe tragedies that marked the American and British theater scenes in …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:39AM
Sunday, June 10, 2018

The Band's Visit Director David Cromer Wins First Tony Award by Andy Lefkowitz

Hats off to David Cromer, who just netted his first Tony Award! Cromer won in the Best Director of a Musical category for his work on The Band’s Visit. The other nominees in the catego…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:24PM
Monday, March 26, 2018

Stockard Channing to Star in New York Premiere of Alexi Kaye Campbell's Apologia by Andy Lefkowitz

Tony and Emmy Award winner Stockard Channing will return to the New York stage this fall in the off-Broadway premiere of Apologia, a new work by Drama League-nominated playwright Alexi Kaye …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:00AM
Monday, February 5, 2018

Obituaries: Tony Winner, Steppenwolf Vet, and Frasier Star John Mahoney Dies at 77

Mahoney received his Tony for his performance in The House of Blue Leaves.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00PM

John Mahoney, Tony Winner & Frasier Star, Dies at 77 by Andy Lefkowitz

John Mahoney, the beloved star of stage and screen who earned a 1986 Tony Award and saw small-screen success as retired cop Martin Crane on TV's Frasier, died on February 4 in Chicago, a…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:37PM
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

John Guare at a career summit by Cogency

The Lydie Breeze Trilogy is the pinnacle in the career of playwright John Guare, best known for The House of Blue Leaves and Six Degrees of Separation. Film director Louis Malle said that Gu…

SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 04:39PM
Friday, January 26, 2018

An Interview with John Guare: Previewing the ‘Lydie Breeze Trilogy’ at Philadelphia’s EgoPo Classic Theater by Deb Miller

With an illustrious career spanning the past five decades, John Guare has been the recipient of Tony, Obie, and Olivier Awards, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an Oscar nomi…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:05AM
Wednesday, October 4, 2017

John Guare Will Be Honored at The Workshop Theater's 'unGala' by BroadwayWorld

Playwright John Guare, author of 'The House of Blue Leaves,' 'Six Degrees of Separation,' 'The Landscape of the Body' and more, will be honored at The Workshop Theater's fourth unGala on Oct…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PM
Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Alison Pill Will Join Laurie Metcalf & Glenda Jackson in Three Tall Women at Broadway's Golden Theatre by Andy Lefkowitz

Tony nominee Alison Pill completes the trio of actors at the center of the Broadway premiere of Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Three Tall Women, which will play the Golden …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AM
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Review: ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ at the Barrymore Theatre by Richard Seff

John Guare’s masterpiece from 1990 solidly launched his career, earning a run of 155 performances off-Broadway which extended to a run at the Beaumont Theatre on Broadway of 485 additi…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:47PM
Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Review: The House of Blue Leaves/Raven Theatre by Kevin Greene

RECOMMENDED Raven Theatre’s production of “The House of Blue Leaves,” written by John Guare and directed by JoAnn Montemurro, begins almost unnoticed. The live audience chatters ov…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PM
Thursday, May 5, 2016

'House of Blue Leaves' cast loses touch with absurdity of its comedy by Nina Metz

"You're a nobody and you suffer like a nobody," a character is bluntly informed in "The House of Blue Leaves," John Guare's breakout play, first seen in 1966, which stuffs all sorts of ugly,…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:10AM
Thursday, April 28, 2016

Review: The House of Blue Leaves (Raven Theatre) by Scotty Zacher

With Raven Theatre's 'House of Blue Leaves' by John Guare, director JoAnn Montemurro’s shows her deftness and keen insight into staging Guare's pathetic characters. The show's superb cast,…

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:34PM
Monday, February 29, 2016

I Interview Playwrights Part 817: Matt Herzfeld by Adam Szymkowicz

Matt HerzfeldHometown: Shaker Heights, Ohio (we put the “swing” in swing state)Current Town: Brooklyn, New YorkQ:  Tell me about The Improbable Fall, Rise, & Fall of John Law.A:…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:53AM
Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Cast announced for The House of Blue Leaves, opening April 26 by Michael J. Roberts

JoAnn Montemurro, co-Artistic Director of Raven Theatre, has announced casting for the company’s upcoming production of The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare. The play will run on the com…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:30PM
Saturday, February 13, 2016

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 2/13/16- Stockard Channing by Stage Tube

Happy Birthday Stockard Channing In 1971, she made her Broadway debut in Two Gentlemen of Verona - The Musical, working with playwright John Guare. She also appeared on Broadway in 1973 in a…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AM
Friday, February 5, 2016

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 2/5/16- John Guare by Stage Tube

Happy Birthday, John Guare He is best known as the author of The House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation, and Landscape of the Body. Guare has also been involved with musical theatr…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards