9 stories by "Gordon Cox For Broadway Direct"
"It's so relevant. It's so needed. It's so now." When the Tony-winning director Kenny Leon describes his latest Broadway project, he sounds like he's talking about a brand-new play. But audi…
As the writer of darkly funny plays including The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Pillowman and the filmmaker behind black comedies such as Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Martin …
If you're making a musical comedy of Mrs. Doubtfire, the comedy half of the equation is guaranteed. The hilarious setup of the story " a man dresses up as a Scottish nanny so he can see more…
The playwright Neil Simon was one of Broadway's defining talents, a household name whose work was so popular that he once had four shows running on Broadway at the same time. It's been a dec…
At just 35 years old, the Australian director Simon Stone is one of the fastest-rising names in international theater, staging searing shows around the world to critical praise that has sing…
"What was tough was convincing Rose that we should go to the theatre every night and kill our two sons." These are words you don't expect to hear from most parents, but actor Bobby Cannavale…
When producers Stage Entertainment approached Tina Turner about turning her life story into a musical, they didn't want anyone to sugarcoat it. The global superstar, one of the top selling r…
When the producers and creative team of Tina " The Tina Turner Musical approached Adrienne Warren about taking on the role of Tina Turner, the actress had an instant knee-jerk reaction: She …
You oughta know the songs from Jagged Little Pill: After all, the seminal Alanis Morissette album is one of the top-selling records of all time. But a new Broadway musical adaptation will ma…