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Brandy to slip behind bars in 'Chicago' on Broadway in April by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Grammy Award winner Brandy will make her Broadway debut next month as a woman behind bars in "Chicago."...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:39am on March 24, 2015

Musical 'Ever After' to premiere in Paper Mill Playhouse by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- New Jersey will have the world premiere of a musical based on the 1998 movie "Ever After."...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 4:34pm on March 20, 2015

Tony Award from 'Sound of Music' fetches $43,750 at auction

BOSTON (AP) -- A Tony Award from the original Broadway production of "The Sound of Music" has fetched a lot of do-re-mi at auction....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:53am on March 20, 2015

The music's over soon as 'Glee' ends its six-season run by Frazier Moore

NEW YORK (AP) -- Will it go out gleefully or with a down beat? "Glee" fans find out Friday night as this song-and-dance melodrama finishes its act....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:21am on March 20, 2015

Review: Liberation not so easy in stylish 'Heidi Chronicles' by Jennifer Farrar

NEW YORK (AP) -- It's possible that some aspects of women's liberation weren't really so liberating, after all, as Wendy Wasserstein dared to suggest in her 1989 Pulitzer Prize-winning p…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:11pm on March 19, 2015

Penn & Teller to return to Broadway this summer by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Penn & Teller are hoping they'll be able to make tickets disappear on Broadway this summer....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 3:03pm on March 19, 2015

Russell Simmons plans for a hip-hop musical 'The Scenario' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Music mogul Russell Simmons is producing a brand new stage musical that will celebrate three generations of hip-hop, from Run DMC to Kanye West....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 2:05pm on March 19, 2015

Checking in with the von Trapp kids from `Sound of Music' by Sandy Cohen

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Seven young actors became part of cinematic history when they were cast as the von Trapp children in Rogers & Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music" - and they also b…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 3:01pm on March 17, 2015

'The Sound of Music' film celebrates a golden anniversary by Mark Kennedy and Sandy Cohen

NEW YORK (AP) -- The hills are alive with the sound of a big, lucrative anniversary....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:52am on March 17, 2015

Move over, Julie. A look at some other Marias by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- While Julie Andrews is the actress most closely associated with the role of Maria in "The Sound of Music," she was not the first or last to play it....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:36am on March 17, 2015

George C. Wolfe on how a 94-year-old show sparked creativity by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- In 1921, a show limped onto Broadway with less-than-rosy prospects. The city was still recovering from the Depression. The show was debuting in the middle of summer and …

SOURCE: Associated Press at 8:37am on March 17, 2015

Cynthia Erivo to join Jennifer Hudson in 'The Color Purple' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Cynthia Erivo will join Jennifer Hudson on Broadway this fall when the musical "The Color Purple" returns....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 1:15pm on March 16, 2015

Theater: Chenoweth soars in manic 'On the Twentieth Century' by Jennifer Farrar

NEW YORK (AP) -- The effervescent revival of the 1978 musical comedy "On the Twentieth Century" that just steamed into the American Airlines Theatre marks a bewitching Broadway return fo…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 6:22pm on March 15, 2015

Actor Dan Lauria takes his mob comedy off-Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Dan Lauria is taking his madcap play about the mob from New Jersey across the river to New York....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:03am on March 13, 2015

Modernizing "Cinderella" with humanity by Lindsey Bahr

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Everyone knows the tale of Cinderella....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 1:04pm on March 10, 2015

Sarah Brightman working on song to perform from space

LONDON (AP) -- British singer Sarah Brightman is working with ex-husband Andrew Lloyd-Webber to create a song she will perform from space when she blasts off to the International Space S…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:03am on March 10, 2015

Review: New 'Cinderella' excels with old-fashioned charm by Jocelyn Noveck

In this age of revisionist, modernized Disney fairytales, where we've learned that some of our favorite characters really aren't what they seemed, the striking thing about the studio's sumpt…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 5:08pm on March 9, 2015

Nathaniel Parker returns to Broadway as king in 'Wolf Hall' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- When Nathaniel Parker first began work on "Wolf Hall," he spotted a crown in the rehearsal room and put it on. After all, he was playing Henry VII....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 9:00am on March 9, 2015

Review: Helen Mirren astonishing in splendid 'The Audience' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Every week, whenever possible, two of the most important people on the planet chat for about 20 minutes. It is a meeting held in complete secret....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:08pm on March 8, 2015

Director Stephen Daldry on dogs, 'Wicked' and 'Billy Elliot' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Director Stephen Daldry has two shows opening on Broadway this season and that means juggling two sets of casts - both human and doggie....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 9:05am on March 6, 2015

Review: Larry David's Broadway play is a tedious dead fish by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- If you're wondering if you'll like Larry David's Broadway debut, "Fish in the Dark," you need to ask another question: Do you like "Curb Your Enthusiasm"?...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:52pm on March 5, 2015

Cold War-era thriller premieres as opera by Mike Silverman

Take a little brainwashing, add a few political assassinations and stir in a villainess evil enough to rival Lady Macbeth. The enduring result is "The Manchurian Candidate," first as a novel…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 2:07pm on March 5, 2015

David Geffen donates $100 million to Lincoln Center

NEW YORK (AP) -- Entertainment industry executive David Geffen has donated $100 million to New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:39pm on March 4, 2015

Laura Benanti stars in a 'a love letter to New York City' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- People recognize Laura Benanti on the street these days. They just don't know why....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 9:13am on March 4, 2015

Apollo Theater to honor blues singer Billie Holiday

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Apollo Theater is planning events to commemorate the 100th birthday of blues singer Billie Holiday....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:19pm on March 3, 2015
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