Jules Bass, One Half of Rankin/Bass TV Duo, Preps Stage Project by Gordon Cox

Writer-producer Jules Bass " one half of Rankin/Bass Prods., the duo behind iconic 1960s TV specials "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Frosty the Snowman" " is pulling together a n…

SOURCE: Variety at 4:00pm on October 22, 2013☆⚑

Broadway's 'Les Miserables' Casts Lead Quartet by Gordon Cox

Nikki M. James, a Tony winner for her perf in “The Book of Mormon,” will play fan-favorite character Eponine in the incoming Broadway revival of “Les Miserables,” par…

SOURCE: Variety at 3:00pm on October 22, 2013☆⚑

Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman Head Off Broadway by Gordon Cox

Married thesps Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman will topline an Off Broadway staging of “Annapurna,” the Sharr White play that rounds out the 2013-14 season from Gotham’s N…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:49pm on October 21, 2013☆⚑

Broadway Box Office: Manly Bow for All-Male Shakespeare by Gordon Cox

Broadway slowed down a bit, but not by much, in the week after the Columbus Day boost, with most shows posting individual declines but few logging major ones. Helping to keep the cume aloft …

SOURCE: Variety at 5:25pm on October 21, 2013☆⚑

Major League Baseball Blitzes Broadway with 'Bronx Bombers' by Gordon Cox

Can the Yankees hit a Broadway home run? Rialto producers are stepping up to bat with "Bronx Bombers," a new play about the Gotham baseball team that will move into Circle in the Square in J…

SOURCE: Variety at 3:01am on October 21, 2013☆⚑

Broadway Review: 'A Time to Kill' by Gordon Cox

Rupert Holmes’ stage adaptation of John Grisham’s first novel, “A Time to Kill,” comes at a sweet moment for the author, whose belated sequel to that 1989 book, ̶…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:30pm on October 20, 2013☆⚑

'Mean Girls,' 'Heathers,' 'Jawbreaker' Heading to New York Theater by Gordon Cox

A cutthroat clique of Hollywood high school tales is moving from the bigscreen to the stage, with "Heathers" in the midst of a short initial run in Los Angeles, "Jawbreaker" coming off a Got…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:15pm on October 18, 2013☆⚑

Broadway Review: 'The Winslow Boy' by Gordon Cox

Terence Rattigan's thought-provoking play gets a sterling Broadway revival from the Old Vic and Roundabout.

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00pm on October 17, 2013☆⚑

'American in Paris' Makes City of Lights a Broadway Tryout Town by Gordon Cox

Chicago, Seattle, L.A., San Francisco: They’re all on the list of go-to towns for pre-Broadway tryouts of new musicals. Now? Add Paris and Hamburg. The brewing musical version of ̶…

SOURCE: Variety at 6:31pm on October 17, 2013☆⚑

Meryl Streep to Receive O'Neill Center's Monte Cristo Award by Gordon Cox

Meryl Streep has been tapped to receive the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s annual Monte Cristo award, given each year to a legit creative singled out for distinguished contribut…

SOURCE: Variety at 7:00pm on October 16, 2013☆⚑

Toni Collette, Michael C. Hall Are 'Realistic Joneses' on Broadway by Gordon Cox

Add another star-driven play to Broadway’s 2013-14 slate, with Toni Collette, Michael C. Hall, Marisa Tomei and Tracy Letts tapped to star in a Rialto staging of Will Eno’s ̶…

SOURCE: Variety at 2:05pm on October 16, 2013☆⚑

Broadway Box Office: Quartet of Stellar Sellers Lead Columbus Day Boom by Gordon Cox

Autumn bounty came to Broadway last week, with major sales and attendance bumps logged at most shows on the boards and no fewer than four titles topping an impressive $1.8 million each. The …

SOURCE: Variety at 6:01pm on October 15, 2013☆⚑

Rufus Norris to Lead London's National Theater by Gordon Cox

London’s National Theater, the prominent government-subsidized legit company responsible for numerous Broadway transfers and an increasingly prominent series of HD cinemacasts, has tap…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:33am on October 15, 2013☆⚑

'Kinky Boots' Producer Daryl Roth Taps Exec to Head Licensing Company by Gordon Cox

Daryl Roth, one of the lead producers of recent Tony champ "Kinky Boots," has tapped Erica Lynn Schwartz as the new director of Daryl Roth Productions' licensing arm, DR Theatrical Licensing…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00am on October 12, 2013☆⚑

Broadway Review: 'A Night With Janis Joplin' by Gordon Cox

As a musical biography, “A Night With Janis Joplin” is pretty much a bust. The book by Randy Johnson, who also helmed, skims lightly over the singer’s Texas childh…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00pm on October 10, 2013☆⚑

West End Review: 'The Light Princess' by Gordon Cox

The phrase that most fully captures the National Theater's long-awaited fairytale tuner "The Light Princess," the latest production from director Marianne Elliott ("War Horse"), is "ceaseles…

SOURCE: Variety at 6:14pm on October 10, 2013☆⚑

Joe Machota Named Head of CAA Theater Department by Gordon Cox

CAA has tapped agent Joe Machota as the new head of the agency’s theater department, replacing longtime topper George Lane, who’ll remain on board as an agent. Move reps somethin…

SOURCE: Variety at 1:53pm on October 10, 2013☆⚑

West End Review: 'The Commitments' by Gordon Cox

Bizarre but true: For all its raucous soul sound, "The Commitments" turns out to be a reinvention of old-fashioned Mickey-and-Judy musicals. But where they "put the show on right here," this…

SOURCE: Variety at 4:30pm on October 9, 2013☆⚑

Regional Legit Review: 'Beautiful " The Carole King Musical' by Gordon Cox

A decade of hits rivaling those in “Jersey Boys” and “Mamma Mia!” in terms of boomer nostalgia value is the estimable main selling point of “Beautiful " The …

SOURCE: Variety at 1:30pm on October 9, 2013☆⚑

Tony Awards Set 2014 Dates with Ceremony on June 8 by Gordon Cox

The 2014 Tony Awards season will follow the kudos’ usual annual timeline, setting a June 8 ceremony at Radio City Music Hall following an eligibility cut-off in late April. The Tony ce…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:41am on October 9, 2013☆⚑

Broadway Box Office: 'Betrayal' Booms with Daniel Craig by Gordon Cox

Powered by the Broadway return of Daniel Craig, the starry revival of “Betrayal” made a boffo B.O. bow last week, vaulting into the millionaires’ club with just seven pr…

SOURCE: Variety at 4:25pm on October 7, 2013☆⚑

Broadway's 'Big Fish': Norbert Leo Butz Texts 'YOLO,' Embarrasses His Kids by Gordon Cox

Broadway musical “Big Fish” is all about fathers and children and tall tales, so it was hard not to talk about all those things at the show’s opening night party at Roselan…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:00am on October 7, 2013☆⚑

From 'Breaking Bad' to Broadway: After TV, Stars Step to Stage by Gordon Cox

With Bryan Cranston following up “Breaking Bad” with a Broadway bow and Matt Smith moving from “Doctor Who” to the “American Psycho” musical in London, th…

SOURCE: Variety at 8:39am on October 7, 2013☆⚑

Broadway Review: 'Big Fish' by Gordon Cox

A show that speaks to anyone pining for a studiously heart-warming musical about the efforts of a dying man to justify a lifetime of lousy parenting to his alienated son.

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00pm on October 6, 2013☆⚑

Broadway's 'Kinky Boots' Races to Recoupment, Stilettos and All by Gordon Cox

Broadway musical “Kinky Boots” has become the first of the 2012-13 season’s tuner successes to recoup its capitalization costs, according to producers " and the show&…

SOURCE: Variety at 4:59pm on October 3, 2013☆⚑