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How does a 36-year-old actress play the mother of a 61-year-old actress?
Contains an item on Gordon Davidson and the Taper Forum.
As the Kennedy Center's indispensable, nearly four-month Sondheim Festival draws to a close, the contrast between his "A Little Night Music" and "Passion" is intriguing, enlightening and mor…
Suzan-Lori Parks' drama about two brothers named Lincoln and Booth had recouped its $1.5 million capitalization by the time it closed on Aug. 11.
Don't be surprised if Mel Brooks makes an appearance in "The Producers" when it plays the Pantages Theatre in L.A. starting in May.
NEW YORK (Variety) - The producers of "I'm Not Rappaport" have posted a provisional closing notice for the revival starring Judd Hirsch and Ben Vereen
Includes quotes from Linda Gray about "The Graduate."
And for the fan with the short attention span, how about the promise of a ticket refund if 100 musicals are not delivered in 90 minutes?
Gyles Brandreth and his troupe do just that at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with "Zipp," the ultimate bluffers' guide to musicals that takes a whistlestop tour through excerpts from the best and worst shows of the 20th century.
NEW YORK (Variety) - The 2003 race for the special event Tony just got interesting.
Forget the classic saga and the blockbuster "Lord of the Rings" movie -- welcome instead to the wonderful world of a small-town Tolkien admiration society.
With the renaissance of the Far Right in Europe, the timing could not be better for a chilling new portrayal of twisted Nazi genius Hermann Goering.
NEW YORK (Variety) - Not everyone in New York is ready for some football. The National Football League kickoff bash scheduled for Sept. 5 in Times Square could tackle Broadway theaters, some producers say.
According to one source, the football blowout is such an impending disaster for midtown theaters that the NFL has offered to buy $250,000 worth of tickets as compensation.
Hollywood history was being made again on the tradition-filled Stage B at KCET in Hollywood.
NEW YORK (Variety) - While Broadway braces for the cruel month of September, box office last week outpaced the heady days of early August 2000.
Elvis Presley's ex-wife Priscilla Presley and Los Angeles-based Immortal Entertainment Group on Wednesday unveiled plans to develop a musical stage show based on her legendary romance with the king of rock-and-roll.
