Edinburgh Theater Review: 'The Trial of Jane Fonda' Starring Anne Archer by Gordon Cox

Anyone with an eye on the Middle East this summer will recognize the importance of dialogue and mediation. That seems to have been something implicitly understood by Jane Fonda in 1988 when …

SOURCE: Variety at 3:00pm on August 4, 2014☆⚑

Summer Theater Review: 'The Visit' Starring Chita Rivera by Gordon Cox

There's a delicious moment in the reworked musical "The Visit" when Chita Rivera, playing Claire Zachanassian, the world's richest woman, speaks of her eventful, much-widowed life and her ne…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:26pm on August 4, 2014☆⚑

L.A. Theater Review: 'Hair' at the Hollywood Bowl by Gordon Cox

Placing 1968's "Hair" in the cavernous Hollywood Bowl poses a trap. A flamboyant celebration of Aquarius, even at this 50-year remove, couldn't be easier, but emotionality is diminished when…

SOURCE: Variety at 6:24pm on August 2, 2014☆⚑

Off Broadway Review: 'Between Riverside and Crazy' by Gordon Cox

Stephen Adly Guirgis is such a quintessentially New York playwright, it’s incredible how popular his plays are outside the city limits. You have to wonder what those out-of-towners wil…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00pm on July 31, 2014☆⚑

James Franco and the Actor He Can't Get Enough Of Talk Stage, Film and How to Play Crazy by Gordon Cox

When James Franco directs, he calls Scott Haze. The actor (named one of Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch last year) not only stars in Franco’s movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy nov…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:33pm on July 31, 2014☆⚑

Carol Burnett, Brian Dennehy, Mia Farrow to Read 'Love Letters' on Broadway by Gordon Cox

Mia Farrow, Brian Dennehy and Carol Burnett are among the actors lined up to star in the revolving-door cast of "Love Letters," the incoming Broadway revival of A.R. Gurney's 1988 play. Alan…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:30am on July 31, 2014☆⚑

'Sex with Strangers' is a reunion for Anna Gunn and friends by Gordon Cox

Ever notice how many Hollywood actors have a special affection for stage work? Either they're like Neil Patrick Harris or Daniel Radcliffe -- who got their starts on screen but like to chall…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 9:29am on July 31, 2014☆⚑

'Sex with Strangers' is a Reunion for Anna Gunn and Friends by Gordon Cox

Ever notice how many Hollywood actors have a special affection for stage work? Either they’re like Neil Patrick Harris or Daniel Radcliffe — who got their starts on screen but li…

SOURCE: Variety at 8:26am on July 31, 2014☆⚑

Off Broadway Review: 'Sex with Strangers' Starring Anna Gunn by Gordon Cox

“Sex With Strangers” sounds like fun.  Scribe Laura Eason certainly tries hard to make it so, with a cunning plot about a callow young author of bestselling dreck who seduces …

SOURCE: Variety at 12:30am on July 31, 2014☆⚑

Broadway Touring Productions Get a TV Spotlight on Lifetime Morning Show by Gordon Cox

Broadway Across America and Lifetime morning show “The Balancing Act” have teamed for a series of six TV segments that will highlight Broadway titles that are currently on the ro…

SOURCE: Variety at 4:00pm on July 30, 2014☆⚑

Historic Tony Win Propels Broadway's 'Lady Day' into Profit by Gordon Cox

Broadway play-with-music “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill,” powered by a lead performance that won Audra McDonald a historic sixth Tony win, has recouped its $2.6 …

SOURCE: Variety at 4:19pm on July 29, 2014☆⚑

London Theater Review: Gillian Anderson, Ben Foster in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' by Gordon Cox

Two trajectories determine Benedict Andrews' in-the-round production of "A Streetcar Named Desire": the tragic arc of Gillian Anderson's remarkably vivid Blanche, and that of the near-…

SOURCE: Variety at 3:07pm on July 29, 2014☆⚑

Off Broadway Review: 'Mala Hierba' by Gordon Cox

Second Stage really knows how to show a girl a good time, the proof being its excellent track record of producing vital work by important women playwrights. Chalk up another win with “…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00pm on July 28, 2014☆⚑

Broadway Box Office: 'Of Mice and Men' Breaks $1 Million in its Final Week by Gordon Cox

Midsummer tourism brought another big-money week to Broadway with 11 shows raking in more than $1 million apiece, including James Franco-Chris O’Dowd starrer “Of Mice and M…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:53pm on July 28, 2014☆⚑

Will 'Shakespeare in Love' brave Broadway? by Gordon Cox

Everybody loves the new West End adaptation of "Shakespeare in Love." Everybody, that is, except the New York Times.

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 5:29pm on July 27, 2014☆⚑

Will 'Shakespeare in Love' Brave Broadway? by Gordon Cox

Everybody loves the new West End adaptation of “Shakespeare in Love.” Everybody, that is, except the New York Times. The July 23 opening of “Shakespeare in Love” in L…

SOURCE: Variety at 3:44pm on July 24, 2014☆⚑

Heather Graham to Star Off Broadway in Neil LaBute's Hollywood Comedy by Gordon Cox

Heather Graham will play a movie star in Neil LaBute’s Off Broadway play “The Money Shot,” the Hollywood comedy getting its world premiere this fall from MCC Theater. Te…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:12pm on July 24, 2014☆⚑

West End Review: Disney's 'Shakespeare in Love' by Gordon Cox

Can an adaptation be too faithful? Directed with verve by Declan Donnellan across, up and down Nick Ormerod's versatile Elizabethan theater set, the 28-strong cast of this grand screen-to-st…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:30pm on July 23, 2014☆⚑

Broadway's 'Of Mice and Men,' Starring James Franco, Will Play Movie Theaters by Gordon Cox

NT Live, the National Theater’s successful series of cinema broadcasts of theater performances, has tapped its first Broadway title with “Of Mice and Men,” the Broadw…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00pm on July 23, 2014☆⚑

'Bullets Over Broadway' musical shot down by disappointing sales by Gordon Cox

"Bullets Over Broadway," the musical based on Woody Allen's 1994 comedy, will call it quits in August after a disappointing five-month run.

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 4:38am on July 23, 2014☆⚑

'Bullets Over Broadway' Musical Shot Down By Disappointing Sales by Gordon Cox

“Bullets Over Broadway,” the musical based on Woody Allen’s 1994 comedy, will call it quits in August after a disappointing five-month run. With a book by Allen (based on t…

SOURCE: Variety at 8:34pm on July 22, 2014☆⚑

'Fun Home' Star Sails to 'Unsinkable Molly Brown' Revival by Gordon Cox

Beth Malone, one of the stars of last season’s Off Broadway hit “Fun Home,” will take on the title role in the Denver Center Theater Company’s upcoming revival of …

SOURCE: Variety at 1:15pm on July 22, 2014☆⚑

Elaine Stritch Remembered: Her Brittle Surface Masked a Fragile Heart by Gordon Cox

The billowy white blouse. The black stockings. The oversized sunglasses. The hat. And that famous croak of a voice. When people say there was no one like Elaine Stritch — and everyone …

SOURCE: Variety at 2:53pm on July 18, 2014☆⚑

Broadway KO's 'Rocky' musical by Gordon Cox

Underdog contender "Rocky" couldn't triumph over Broadway, where soft sales have led producers to post an Aug. 17 closing notice for the big-budget musical based on the Oscar-winning film.

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:19am on July 16, 2014☆⚑

Broadway KO's 'Rocky' Musical by Gordon Cox

Underdog contender “Rocky” couldn’t triumph over Broadway, where soft sales have led producers to post an Aug. 17 closing notice for the big-budget musical based on the …

SOURCE: Variety at 6:30pm on July 15, 2014☆⚑