Elizabeth Reaser Steps Into Neil LaBute's 'The Money Shot' by David Rooney

The actress replaces previously announced star Heather Graham in the Off-Broadway play, appearing opposite Frederick Wellerread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 5:31pm on August 18, 2014☆⚑

Bill Condon to Make Broadway Directorial Debut With 'Side Show' by David Rooney

The Oscar-winning screenwriter will stage his reimagined production of the 1997 cult musical about a pair of conjoined twins on the vaudeville circuit of the 1920s and '30s.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:59pm on August 6, 2014☆⚑

Helen Mirren to Return to Broadway in 'The Audience' by David Rooney

The Oscar-winning actress will reprise her role of Queen Elizabeth II in Stephen Daldry's production of the history-spanning Peter Morgan play.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00pm on August 6, 2014☆⚑

Review: 'Calvary' is exquisitely nuanced by David Rooney

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- John Michael McDonagh's 2011 debut, "The Guard," provided the wonderful Brendan Gleeson with a vehicle for some of his best screen work, playing an Irish West Country…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 3:42pm on July 30, 2014☆⚑

Elaine Stritch: An Appreciation by David Rooney

THR's lead theater critic pays personal tribute to the legendary Broadway performer, whose exacting professional standards were as renowned as her tart tongue and eccentric style.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:09pm on July 17, 2014☆⚑

'Hedwig,' Starring Neil Patrick Harris, Joins the Broadway Profit Circle by David Rooney

Following stellar reviews and sell-out business, the Tony-winning revival of the cult musical by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask has recouped its $5 million investment.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:12pm on July 15, 2014☆⚑

'Rocky' Gets Knocked Out on Broadway by David Rooney

After struggling to attract audiences in sufficient numbers to sustain its high weekly running costs, the Sylvester Stallone-produced musical will close on Aug. 17.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 6:57pm on July 15, 2014☆⚑

Joely Richardson to Star in 'The Belle of Amherst' by David Rooney

The "Nip/Tuck" and "The Tudors" actress will headline a new Off-Broadway production in the fall of William Luce's one-woman play about the life of Emily Dickinson.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 2:30pm on July 15, 2014☆⚑

Tupac Show 'Holler If Ya Hear Me' Meets Swift Demise on Broadway by David Rooney

After opening to disastrous business and poor reviews June 19, the urban rap musical inspired by the lyrics and poetry of Tupac Shakur will close next Sunday.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 7:45pm on July 14, 2014☆⚑

Theater Review: 'Atomic,' a Musical About the Making of the Bomb by David Rooney

"Atomic," a new Off Broadway musical at Theater Row, centers on Leo Szilard, a physicist who helped create the first atomic bomb.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00pm on July 13, 2014☆⚑

'The Long Shrift': Theater Review by David Rooney

James Franco directs his "Child of God" star Scott Haze in Robert Boswell's drama about a young man wrongly convicted of rape, who re-encounters his accuser nine years later.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on July 13, 2014☆⚑

Bradley Cooper's Broadway Return in 'The Elephant Man' Delayed by David Rooney

Dates of the highly anticipated revival, which also stars Patricia Clarkson and Alessandro Nivola, have been pushed back a month due to scheduling conflicts.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:40pm on July 9, 2014☆⚑

'Black Orpheus' Descending on Broadway by David Rooney

Written by Lynn Nottage and directed by George C. Wolfe, the bossa nova-beat musical is based on the Oscar-winning 1959 screen retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth set during Carnival …

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 1:58pm on July 7, 2014☆⚑

Broadway Casting Director Barry Moss Dies at 74 by David Rooney

A veteran of film and television as well as theater, Moss worked on almost 90 Broadway shows, among them "Nine," "Torch Song Trilogy," "The Who's Tommy" and "Sophisticated Ladies," and helpe…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 6:47pm on July 4, 2014☆⚑

Ellen Burstyn to Star in 'The Cherry Orchard' by David Rooney

The Oscar, Tony and Emmy winning actress will head the cast in director John Gould Rubin's free staging for The Actors Studio of the Chekhov classic.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:19pm on July 3, 2014☆⚑

'The War of the Roses' Stakes Out Broadway Battleground by David Rooney

Warren Adler adapted his bestselling novel about a domestic death match, which became a hit 1989 screen comedy with Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 4:00pm on June 30, 2014☆⚑

Kelli O'Hara, Ken Watanabe to Star on Broadway in 'The King and I' by David Rooney

Lincoln Center Theater's eagerly anticipated revival of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic reteams Tony-winning director Bartlett Sher and his "South Pacific" leading lady.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 1:13pm on June 30, 2014☆⚑

Broadway-Bound 'First Wives Club' Musical Sets Chicago Tryout by David Rooney

TV veteran Linda Bloodworth-Thomason will adapt the book, with a score by Motown songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland that features original songs and classics.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:10pm on June 30, 2014☆⚑

America Ferrera Returns to the Stage in 'Lips Together, Teeth Apart' by David Rooney

Also starring in the Off Broadway revival of Terrence McNally's acerbic 1991 comedy are Michael Chernus, Tracee Chimo and Austin Lysy.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 5:30pm on June 26, 2014☆⚑

Lindsay Lohan to Make Stage Debut in David Mamet's 'Speed-the-Plow' by David Rooney

The London revival will see the actress and tabloid queen step into a role originally played on Broadway in 1988 by Madonna.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:50pm on June 26, 2014☆⚑

Jesse Eisenberg, Holly Hunter, Bill Pullman and Dianne Wiest Book NY Stage Roles by David Rooney

The actors will appear in 20th anniversary season productions for leading Off-Broadway company the New Group, with Cynthia Nixon set to make her directing debut.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:34pm on June 26, 2014☆⚑

Rose Byrne to Make Broadway Debut in 'You Can't Take It With You' by David Rooney

The Australian actress will star opposite James Earl Jones, Kristine Nielsen and Annaleigh Ashford in the fall revival of the classic 1936 comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:46pm on June 24, 2014☆⚑

Disney's 'Newsies' to End Hit Broadway Run by David Rooney

An unexpected success story originally planned for a limited engagement, the show will close Aug. 24 before commencing its national tour in October.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:00pm on June 22, 2014☆⚑

'Holler If Ya Hear Me': Theater Review by David Rooney

Tony-winning "A Raisin in the Sun" director Kenny Leon stages this Broadway musical inspired by the lyrics of Tupac Shakur, with a cast headed by Saul Williams and Christopher Jackson.read m…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 2:11pm on June 19, 2014☆⚑

'Honeymoon in Vegas' to Hit Broadway by David Rooney

Tony Danza heads the cast of Andrew Bergman and Jason Robert Brown's musical, based on the 1992 screen comedy about a gambler who gets in the way of a young couple's wedding plans.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 1:00pm on June 18, 2014☆⚑