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(Variety) — No more excuses. With the Republican convention, September blues, Jewish holidays, daylight-saving time and the 2004 presidential election behind it, Broadway couldn't help but…
Cabaret singer Bobby Short, the tuxedoed embodiment of New York style and sophistication and a fixture at his piano in the Carlyle Hotel for more than 35 years, died Monday, a spokeswoman sa…
Ossie Davis, the imposing, unshakable actor who championed racial justice on stage, on screen and in real life, often in tandem with his wife, Ruby Dee, has died. He was 87.
Road grosses jumped a huge 36.6% to $14,978,801 during Week 31 (Dec. 27-Jan. 2) as six shows returned to the boards after a Christmas hiatus.
"He always knew his lines — and yours too," said choked-up co-star Sam Waterston, who joined 300 people for the hourlong service at Riverside Memorial Chapel on Manhattan's West Side.
London's sequence of theatrical gong-giving for 2004 began Dec. 15, with the 50th annual Evening Standard Theater Awards, whose winners were a mixture of the tried (veteran scribe Alan Benne…
(Variety) Road grosses bounced up 18.1% to $15,936,162 during Week 28 (Dec. 6-12).
With the recent proliferation of political plays showing no sign of stopping, it seems appropriate that there are new stages in the center of national politics getting ready to receive them.
The pay cable network has given a 10-episode order to an envelope-pushing comedy series about a housewife-turned-pot dealer starring Mary-Louise Parker.
Review by Marilyn Stasio, Variety
Road grosses fell 7.5% to $12,167,023 during Week 27 (Nov. 29-Dec. 5) despite one extra show on the boards, as 12 of 19 returning shows saw grosses decrease.
According to the critical consensus of Gotham's theater reviewers, the greatest talent of the musical theater is 1) Stephen Sondheim, 2) Mel Brooks, 3) Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, 4) Abba.
If you guessed Sondheim, you are wrong, according to critical consensus.
With the likes of August Wilson struggling for Broadway's affection and countless scripts languishing in staged-reading hell, the American play is in trouble.
Scribes David Rambo and Judi Ann Mason are among judges for First Stage Theater's one-act play contest, with the winner to be chosen Saturday.
Director Brian Bedford (who also plays Sir Peter Teazle) has assembled a group of peerless farceurs who understand and milk every laugh from the material.
