223 stories by "Rialto Chatter"
CARRIE is back, according to an Equity casting notice that was just released a few moments ago. A 29-Hour reading is scheduled for February. Exact dates will be determined based on actor's…
According to Rosie Radio, in a recent interview with Avenue Q and Imaginocean's John Targaglia, Rosie O'Donnell may be filming her new talk show, which will premiere on Oprah's OWN, from Off…
Deadline.com reports today that Precious mastermind Lee Daniels has his eye on a screen adaptation of Kander amp Ebb's SCOTTSBORO BOYS, playing out its final performances at the Lyceum Theat…
As BroadwayWorld previously speculated, Brendan Fraser, who's film career includes The Mummy, G.I. Joe, Encino Man, Journey to the Center of the Earth and other films will make his Broadway…
The producers of the critically acclaimed AMERICAN IDIOT announced today that Green Day frontman and the musicals composer co-author Billie Joe Armstrong will make his Broadway debut as St.…
First reported by BroadwayWorld.com back in December, the Hollywood Bowl has now officially confirmed that they have chosen their summer musical... Drum roll please... HAIRSPRAY The Hollywoo…
According to UK Daily Mail, Brittish film actor Matthew James Thomas is rumored to be the alternate Peter ParkerSpider-Man for the upcoming Broadway production of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dar…
According to a report by Variety, Broadway veterans Norbert Leo Butz and Aaron Tviet might be reprising their roles in the upcoming Broadway production of CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. The duo played…
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Billy Crudup will be returning to Broadway in Arcadia, a show in which he made his Broadway debut back in 1995. The show is set to launch in February.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced back in August that Bernadette Peters will star as Sally Durant Plummer in the Kennedy Center production of Follies in the Eisenh…
Multiple online reports are now stating that the NEWSIES readings went very well this week and that next up for the Disney show will be a full production at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn,…
In today's New York Post, Michael Riedel is reporting that RENT is headed back to New York, this time to open off-Broadway in a new production at New World Stages. The production will open i…
An above-average amount of rehearsals are still scheduled for SPIDER-MAN Turn Off the Dark as under 30 days remain until the show's currently scheduling opening night of February 7, 2011. We…
According to an article in the NY Times, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Suzan-Lori Parks is collaborating with Diedre Murray, to create a new musical version of Porgy and Bess. The show …
Already delayed because of safey issues regarding the many flying stunts in the show, SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK will get anoher visit from safety inspectors on Wednesday, according to the…
The Wall Street Journal reports today that THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS may return to Broadway in the Spring for a repeat run just before the Tony Awards. According to the report, once THE SCOTTSBOR…
BroadwayWorld.com checked with the Driving Miss Daisy team to find out how Vanessa Redgrave who has been out of the show is feeling and have been told that Vanessa has the flu and hopes to r…
Last night, October 18, the Joel Grey-directed, 25th anniversary staged reading of Larry Kramer's ground-breaking play, The Normal Heart, earned a heartfelt standing ovation at the Walter Ke…
Variety reported back in July that that the biographical musical about composer Florence Greenberg by Million Dollar Quartet producer and book writer Floyd Mutrux is being prepped for a 2011…
Lincoln Center Theater production of Jon Robin Baitz' OTHER DESERT CITIES, directed by Joe Mantello, opened on January 13 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. The cast features Stockard Channin…
BwayGirlNYC has spotted a tweet from choreographer and Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin referencing an upcoming Broadway Pussycat Dolls musical Antin's tweet reads Just got my tix for 'Wes…
Monday night, the New York Times is reporting that discussions and negotiations are underway for director and co-bookwriter Julie Taymor to either 'work with a newly expanded creative team t…
According to the NY Times, there is a chance that the Colin Firth film, 'The King's Speech' might make an appearance on a Broadway or West End stage, depending on how well the movie does thi…
BroadwayWorld.com has learned from a Broadway insider that in talks to join the film alongside Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts are none other than Jack Nicholson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nata…
Back in May, the New York Post reported that pop-star Justin Timberlake had been expressing interest in starring in a film version of the Tony-winning musical, MEMPHIS. Now, with Zac Efron h…
