293 stories from Stage Rush
Talking points Interviewing Broadway poster designer, Frank “Fraver” Verlizzo Fraver’s Five Faves The joy of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying Broadway gross…
It would be difficult for Frank Verlizzo to not feel like a large portion of Times Square belonged to him. The massive, mustard-yellow artwork for The Lion King that stretches across the win…
Talking points: The Broadway openings of The Book of Mormon and John Leguizamo’s Ghetto Klown got me wondering… What offends you? Broadway grosses What do you think, Rushers? Do …
In his third Broadway engagement (we won’t count the revival of American Buffalo, which closed after eight performances in 2008), John Leguizamo returns to tell his life story in a one…
Talking points: Douglas Hodge opens cabaret act at Cafe Carlyle Stephanie J. Block fans"Douglas Hodge has some news for you American Idiot sets closing date; will have accomplished a year on…
Douglas Hodge has just finished his first Café Carlyle concert and all he wants is a beer. "Stella, a Pilsner"it doesn't matter," he says. After burning through 17 songs in an hour, a guy d…
Douglas Hodge can't get enough of New York. And why shouldn't he? Last April, the Brit made his Broadway debut as Albin in La Cage aux Folles and ran away with a Tony for the role two months…
Talking points: New play about Chris Farley, The Fatman Cometh, has Broadway/off-Broadway potential Who is the best man in That Championship Season Julie Taymor is out of Spider-Man. Why we …
Comedians have been making their way to Broadway recently, with Robin Williams in Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo and Dane Cook in Fat Pig this season. Even Saturday Night Live alumni like W…
Small-town discontent is at the heart of That Championship Season, but in this revival, there are no small names to be found in the cast. Kiefer Sutherland, Chris Noth, Jason Patric, and Jim…
Talking points: The one-two punch of interviewing Tony Kushner and Michael Greif for Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide Michael Greif spills details on this summer’s off-Broadway rev…
Tony Kushner, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Angels In America, can’t seem to get enough of director Michael Greif. Or is it vice versa? The two paired for the revival of Ang…
Talking points: The five shows coming to Broadway this spring that we’re most excited about: Priscilla: Queen of the Desert Arcadia How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying…
Kathryn Stockett does not want her best-selling novel The Help to be adapted for Broadway. She shot down the notion during a post-show talkback at Driving Miss Daisy Wednesday night, citing …
Talking points: I’m obsessed with Jennifer Sanchez’s comedy at the latest At This Performance concert Broadway.com editor in chief Paul Wontorek and how he built the number-one t…
Broadway.com editor in chief Paul Wontorek sits in a comfy white chair in the middle of the website's video production room in its Times Square offices. Amid professional lighting and expens…
The latest installment of the At This Performance concert series brought big laughs Sunday night. The concert that gives Broadway understudies and standbys the spotlight saw performers choos…
Talking points: Phantom understudy Jeremy Stolle co-hosts this special 50th episode of SRTV! Finding the positives of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark Idina Menzel in concert at Lincoln Center …
To celebrate Stage Rush's 2nd birthday and the 50th episode of Stage Rush TV, we are giving away two pairs of tickets to see How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying starring Daniel …
Daily Bugle News Flash! Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark is not the best musical ever written. However, the venomous reviews and general bad press seem to be overshadowing the aspects that dire…
It was an evening that would make any performer green. Tony winner Idina Menzel, famed for her emerald-skinned turn as Elphaba in Wicked, made her New York Philharmonic debut Saturday night …
Talking points: For Facebook Fan Day, Chicago fills the house for free Melissa Etheridge joins American Idiot cast for one week only Broadway grosses What do you think, Rushers? Were you at …
Talking points: John Leguizamo readies his fifth solo show, Ghetto Klown, for Broadway Word Association with John Leguizamo Memphis filmed for theatrical release"good for box office? Broadwa…
John Leguizamo just can’t stop talking about himself. The outrageous actor is returning to Broadway in February in his fifth one-man show. Yet unlike his outings in Spic-O-Rama and Sex…
Talking points: Avenue Q cast on finding their puppets’ movements Broadway Mad Libs with Avenue Q‘s Kate Monster and Anika Larsen Broadway grosses What do you think, Rushers? Is …
