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Anyone can make fun of religion, but two L.A. stage productions are taking a different tack. They satirize local controversial beliefs by ironically celebrating them.
Brian Stokes Mitchell sang "The Impossible Dream" from "Man of La Mancha," and Rui Shi, a young woman who studies piano at Juilliard, performed a piece Reeve himself used to play — Mendels…
As every "American Idol" addict knows, judge Simon Cowell thinks "Broadway" is a dirty word.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- What is the sound of an android flying? That's the question that met sound designer Hillary Charnas when she started work on Rolin Jones' "The Intelligent Design of Jenny…
Anthony Mackie is in final talks to headline "For Reele" by Stephen Belber.
The Great White Way and the Great White North will have to wait a little longer to get together.
Review by David Rooney, Variety
Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White is pairing with Maurice Hines to create a tuner loaded with EWF material as well as new music.
There's no substitute for a big, new Broadway musical. October box office continues to be off $2 million from its performance in 2002 and 2003. One-person shows may fill the theaters, but th…
Road grosses dropped 11.6% to $10,380,231 during Week 20 (Oct. 11-17).
LONDON -- What's happened to Henry Goodman?
After thousands of productions elsewhere in the world, Reginald Rose's 1954 teleplay-turned-legit drama "Twelve Angry Men" finally makes its Broadway debut.
EAST HADDAM, Conn. -- Jerry Herman, here for Goodspeed Musicals' revamped version of his "Mack and Mabel," gives an update on the long-gestating TV musical production of "Mame."
Feature on Mario Cantone, Jackie Hoffman and Sarah Jones.
Review by David Rooney, Variety
What's missing is some kind of narrative shape to elevate the hilarious sprawl of material from superior standup into the kind of full-blooded theatrical experience that can justify Broadway prices and a running time of more than two hours.
Review by Joel Hirschhorn, Variety
Although many tunes showcased in this Broadway-aimed production don't achieve maximum impact -- due to frustratingly abrupt cutoffs -- and the Marshall Brickman/Rick Elice book sometimes sets aside gritty realism for corny humor, "Jersey Boys" is consistently enjoyable, a fleshed-out biopic.
Review by Robert C. Page III, Variety
The less a patron knows about the book or Alcott, the more this musicalized version's charm will work.
The night before Richard Dreyfuss was to make headlines in London for ankling West End musical "The Producers," the Oscar winner attended an elegant Democrats Abroad soiree and said he was t…
"It's always very sad," Stroman said, "but ultimately, we have to deliver a show to that audience on Friday night." And Dreyfuss, she said, "had been complaining about aches and pains; his b…
The private use of cell phone blockers is illegal in the United States and most Western countries.
But the tide is turning.
