Charles Durning (1923–2012).February 28, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler An update of a column written and published in 2018. Born on this date more than a hundred years ago, Charles Durni…

A FIRST-HAND REPORT ON NEW YORK THEATRE . . . FROM A HALF-CENTURY AGO Alan Bates in the title role of Simon Gray’s “Butley,” which played the old and venerable Morosco Theatre (1972).December 10, 2025…

Mira Sorvino has an Oscar on her shelf for Mighty Aphrodite and a cult following thanks to Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion. She’s starred in thrillers like Mimic and transformed into Marilyn Mon…

Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera in “The Rink” (1984). Photo by Martha Swope.November 20, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. In 1984, Liza Minnelli co-starred with Chita Rivera through a roc…

Opening in 1913 with the play, The Great Adventure, The Booth Theatre  was named for American actor Edwin Booth, not the other one. Interestingly enough, a revival of Our American Cousin did play there, but t…

All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: “That Championship Season”1973 Pulitzer winner �…

As an inveterate theatergoer since the age of twelve, I’ve chronicled in these columns and elsewhere about the days when I saw shows on a weekly basis in the late 60s and early 70s. I’ve also made it known …

Tony-nominated actor Paul Sorvino, known for screen roles in Goodfellas and Law & Order, has died at the age of 83. According to The New York Times, he died at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida on Ju…

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Tony-nominee Paul Sorvino has passed away at the age of 83. Sorvino was seen on stage in That Championship Season, Bajour, Mating Dance, Skyscraper, An American Million…

Basketball, bigotry, and unfulfilled promise collide in Jason Miller’s look at five denizens of Scranton, Pennsylvania. The winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama,… The post That Championship Season b…

With everything still pretty much on hold theater-wise, we thought the new year might be a great time to do a content overhaul here on JKTS. When things get going (hopefully soon!), we will, of course, readjust…

Bernard Gersten, the longstanding executive producer of Lincoln Center Theater, has died at the age of 97. Gersten led the illustrious institution from its re-establishment in 1985 to his retirement in 2013. He…

Growth and evolution occur across an arc, but when you’re living through the middle of it, sometimes it’s difficult to realize we’ve reached a new level. On top of one of the most memorable seasons in Sou…

Name: Lou LiberatoreHometown: Leonia, NJEducation: Fordham University (Lincoln Center), William EsperSelect Credits: Broadway: As Is, Burn This (TONY Award Nomination), Off Bway: Orpheus Descending, Sight Unsee…

Actor Richard A. Dysart, who earned a Drama Desk Award for his performance as the gruff, self-deluding coach in the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1972 drama That Championship Season, died April 5 at age 86.

All through rehearsals and early previews, Larry David tried to keep people in the dark about his new play, “Fish in the Dark”, which opens on Broadway this Thursday (March 5). A seemingly private and prick…

Brett Neveu's "Red Bud" stakes its claim in the oft-plowed landscape of midlife males at a reunion — think Jason Miller's "That Championship Season" with a decidedly rougher patina. Brant Russell's taut Signa…

A guy sometimes just needs his theater fix, you know? I can't get to Broadway every weekend or even every month.  When it's been awhile, even the cast recording of Pippin just won't cut it.  Neit…

Classic Stage Company has announced its 2014-2015 season. It will include Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Allegro, Peter Sarsgaard starring in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Chris Noth headlining Christopher …

You've probably read about the new rule adopted by the Tony Awards Administration Committee regarding the number of nominees in the four major categories.  Simply, it states that if nine or more eligible s…

Today, we're featuring Jason Patric circa 1986. In 2005, Patric appeared on Broadway as 'Brick' in a revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, opposite starred Ashley Judd, Ned Beatty and Margo Mart…

The hardknock life of Americans battered down by lean financial times gets the musical treatment in the new show Hands on a Hardbody. Composed by Trey Anastasio (of Phish phame) and Amanda Green with a book by …

Broadway theaters will dim their lights this week to pay tribute to the passing of two theater greats. Theater marquees will go dark for one minute at 8 PM on December 27 in honor of late actor Charles Durning.…

Tony winner Charles Durning died at the age of 89 on December 24 of natural causes in Manhattan, according to the Los Angeles Times. Born on February 28, 1923 in Highland Falls, New York, Durning made his Br…

On Saturday, May 12, stage and screen star Chris Noth, last seen on Broadway in THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON, visited the Foxwoods Theatre to check out SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK. Check out photos of Noth and fam…

Quite possibly the most star-studded success story ever to grace the Broadway stage.  Gore Vidal's The Best Man has been resurrected once again in an election year where it seems that, as the play testifie…

BWW TV: THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON on Broadway! http://broadwayworld.com/article/BWW_TV_THAT_CHAMPIONSHIP_SEASON_on_Broadway_20110225 for more information. THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON, which opened for a limited en…

NOW IN PREVIEWS ON BROADWAY:Godspell: Previews: October 13; Opens November 7 Venus in Fur: Previews: October 13; Opens November 8 Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway: Previews: October 25; Opens November 10 Seminar:…

QUESTION #3 IN THE LYSISTRATA JONES CONTEST IS AT THE END OF THIS BLOGThe Broadway Box Office Top Ten for the Week of October 24 - 30: (28 productions)1.  The Book of Mormon (Musical) Eugene O'Neill T…

For those of you desperately missing basketball during the NBA lockout, an antidote to your hoop pangs is on the way: A musical comedy about basketball will open for previews on Broadway on Nov. 12. It's calle…

Tony nominee David Garrison is set to take on the role of iconic cannibal Hannibal Lecter opposite previously announced star Jenn Harris in Silence! The Musical. After a successful run at off-Broadway's The…

Well, we made it to the New Year. The worst any of our tombstones will state as our death date is 2011. Will it be the year that Perfect Crime finally dies, too? On Jan. 5, it hits its 9,700th performance, whic…

Nominees have been announced for the Casting Society of America's 27th Annual Artios Awards. The awards, which honor outstanding achievement in casting for film, TV and theater, will be held at two simultan…

Tomorrow marks two weeks since the Tony Awards, and the usual purging of theatres has begun as shows that are Tony-less limp off into history.  That is not to say that the picture is all bleak - the Tony w…

Despite the Memorial Day holiday weekend, many shows saw a slight dip in ticket sales for the week ending May 30. A few tourist-friendly shows such as Spider-Man, Anything Goes and Mary Poppins did see their nu…

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The strictly limited engagement of THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON will play its final performance on Sunday, May 29th at 300PM. THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON stars Brian Cox as Coach, Jim Gaffigan as George Sikowski, Chri…

The strictly limited engagement of THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON will play its final performance on Sunday, May 29th at 3:00PM. THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON stars Brian Cox as “Coach,” Jim Gaffigan as “George Siko…

The poor Tony nominators are damned if they do and damned if they don’t.  As even the most casual theater fan knows, the Tony nominations were announced yesterday morning (click here to see the complete …

I wonder if the Tony nominating committee got Hunter Foster's memo and decided to not nominate any stars this year. Also, shows from the fall were not completely overlooked, with The Scottsboro Boys getting a s…

This weekend, WABC-TV aired a half-hour special on the best of the new Broadway season, including ANYTHING GOES, ARCADIA, THE BOOK OF MORMON, GHETTO KLOWN, THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARN…

This weekend, WABC-TV will air a half-hour special on the best of the new Broadway season, including ANYTHING GOES, ARCADIA, THE BOOK OF MORMON, GHETTO KLOWN, THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING E…

Easter weekend may have passed, but Broadway is still celebrating the holiday as a slew of Broadway's biggest stars came out to support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS at the 25th annual Easter Bonnet com…

Easter weekend may have passed, but Broadway is still celebrating the holiday as a slew of Broadway's biggest stars came out to support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS at the 25th annual Easter Bonnet com…

THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON's Brian Cox is set to star in 'Passing Harold Blumenthal.' The independent film will feature a screenplay and direction by Seth Fisher. Filming will begin in June.

THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON'S Brian Cox amp Kiefer Sutherland will appear on NY1's On Stage this weekend, beginning Saturday, April 16th on channel 1. It will air multiple times over the weekend on Saturday at 930…

Stage and screen actor Chris Noth sat down with the ladies of “The View” April 12 to talk about That Championship Season, which opened on Broadway March 6. Noth chats about the themes of the play …

Chris Noth, star of TV’s The Good Wife and, of course, Sex and the City, came bearing gifts when he stopped in to visit with the ladies of The View on April 12. Noth, who is currently starring in the Broa…

THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON's Chris Noth appeared on ABC's The View this morning, April 12. THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON stars Brian Cox, Jim Gaffigan, Chris Noth, Jason Patric and Kiefer Sutherland. Jason Miller's To…

THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON’s Chris Noth will appear live on ABC’s “The View” tomorrow Tuesday, April 12th between 11-12:00PM.

TONY AWARDS ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE MEETS FOR THIRD TIME DURING THE 2010-2011 SEASON TO CONSIDER ELIGIBILITY New York, New York (March 31, 2011) – The Tony Awards Administration Committee met today for…

Brought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, April 1, 2011 The Friday Broadway Ticker:  click on hyperlinked items for more information Spotted in the audience last night at THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON was John L…

The Broadway season is no longer a 12-month affair, or even a nine-month liaison. Aside from a smattering of shows that opened in the fall and winter, the overwhelming majority of Tony hopefuls have been cramme…

Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of March 21- 27, 2011, as reported by The Broadway League. MUSICALS Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,627,422 The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre), $1,577,631…

Legit News: Sutherland is featured, in Tony committee decision -- Frances McDormand and Brian Cox will each be eligible for leading acting Tony noms, according to the eligibility decisions made by the Tony Awar…

The news that a major star is coming to Broadway rarely causes a stir these days. Right now you can see a bunch of them -- Daniel Radcliffe ("How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"), Kiefer Suther…

It was the month that I ran into Dick Scanlan on Eighth Avenue and told him that I’d included him in my new book, Broadway Musicals: The Most Valuable Players, 1960-2010. Well, wouldn’t you name him…

On March 31, the Tony Awards Administration Committee met for a third time during the 2010-2011 theater season to consider the eligibility of three Broadway shows that opened this winter: Good People, That Cham…

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met on March 31 for the third time this season to decide the eligibility of Broadway productions for the American Theatre Wing's 2011 Tony Awards, presented by The Broad…

"The View" executive producer Bill Geddie chatted with That Championship Season’s Kiefer Sutherland and Jim Gaffigan about their own views of the Broadway play that opened March 6. Championship Se…

Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of March 14-20, 2011, as reported by The Broadway League. MUSICALS Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,670,779 The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre), $1,612,549 …

That Championship Season, just opened on Broadway, is showing serious signs of age, but Kiefer Sutherland is wonderful playing against type.

THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON’S Chris Noth & Jason Patric will appear live on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” tomorrow between 8:30-9:00AM on Channel 14.

Now that the country is in the grip of March madness, CBS Sunday Morning took an inside look at Broadway’s very own basketball boys, the cast of That Championship Season. Headliners Brian Cox, Kiefer Suth…

THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON was featured on “CBS Sunday Morning” yesterday. Click here to watch the cast talk about this revival and take a trip with Jason Patric to Scranton, PA to visit his hometown and talk…

The cast of THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON was featured on CBS Sunday Morning to talk about this revival and take a trip with Jason Patric to Scranton, PA to visit his hometown and talk about his father, playwright J…

The cast of the revival of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play That Championship Season recently spoke with “CBS Sunday Morning” about the play’s examination of former basketball al…

THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON will be featured on CBS Sunday Morning this Sunday, March 20th between 9-1030AM.

Jason Miller’s That Championship Season was first produced at the Public Theatre in May of 1972.   That production moved to Broadway and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for …

Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of March 7-13, 2011, as reported by The Broadway League. MUSICALS Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,545,232 The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre), $1,498,910 S…

THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON will be featured on CBS Sunday Morning this Sunday, March 20th between 9-1030AM.

THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON will be featured on “CBS Sunday Morning” this Sunday, March 20th between 9-10:30AM. Tune in to watch the cast talk about this revival and take a trip with Jason Patric to Scranton, …

NBC New York has teamed up with Broadway.com to create In the Wings, a new half-hour weekly television show focusing on the New York theater scene. In the Wings will premiere on Friday, March 18 at 9:30PM …

THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON'S Brian Cox amp Kiefer Sutherland will appear live on WNYC's The Leonard Lopate Show tomorrow between 1200-1230PM on Channel 93.9FM and AM 820.

THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON’S Brian Cox & Kiefer Sutherland will appear live on WNYC’s “The Leonard Lopate Show” tomorrow between 12:00-12:30PM on Channel 93.9FM and AM 820.

THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON has just announced their student rush policies for the production. Student rush tickets are available only at the box office, on the day of the performance, beginning when the box offic…

“EXCELLENT, ABSORBING & SEARING!” – Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press “A DREAM TEAM CAST.” - Scott Brown, New York Magazine THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON ANNOUNCES STUDENT RUSH TICKET POLICY Get That C…

THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON STUDENT RUSH ($29.00 per ticket) – Student rush tickets are available only at the box office, on the day of the performance, beginning when the box office opens for the day.  Purcha…

The rap on the current revival of That Championship Season, which opened at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre last week, is that the play is outdated.  Which seems a silly thing to say.  I mean how up-to-…

About the Author: Comedian, actor, writer and prolific tweeter Jim Gaffigan recently added another notch to his artistic belt when he made his stage debut in the current Broadway revival of Pulitzer Prize-winn…