Sunday, April 14, 2024
Noël Coward; @sohoplace; Dorfman; LondonIan McKellen reigns supreme in Robert Icke’s Henry IV mashup; Tyrell Williams’s coming-of-age football drama is bang on target; and the Brontë s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMMonday, April 8, 2024
The 1976 establishment of the Society of West End Theatre Awards (renamed the Laurence Olivier Awards in 1984) signaled the introduction of the British entertainment industry’s own acting …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:00AMWednesday, March 27, 2024
The complete cast is set for the London return of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express. The musical about sentient trains begins performances at the specially designed Starlight Audito…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:41PMMonday, March 25, 2024
Cabaret Review by Marilyn Lester . . . . Remember that 1984 hit film whose eponymous song had the call-and-response refrain: “Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!” Well, for aspiring cabaret…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:46AMSunday, March 24, 2024
Cast, DoncasterElvi Piper’s fine revival of Boff Whalley’s 2014 musical comedy about three sisters on a pit village frontline in 1984 is full of humour, drama and lived experience
Boff W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AMWednesday, March 20, 2024
Staunton reunites with Follies director Dominic Cooke to bring ‘old musical to a new audience’ at the Palladium in July
After a four-year delay caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Imelda St…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMTuesday, March 12, 2024
Forty years on from the battle to save Britain’s pits, a revival of Boff Whalley’s drama We’re Not Going Back honours women’s contribution
Ten years ago, Boff Whalley created a play …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMSunday, March 3, 2024
Birmingham Hippodrome; Sadler’s Wells, LondonCarlos Acosta’s BRB revels in an expansive revival of Peter Wright’s 80s classic, while the Greek choreographer’s sensational-looking Ink…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMSunday, February 25, 2024
Cabaret Review by Marilyn Lester . . . . No matter the vehicle, actor-singer-producer André De Shields can be depended upon for ultra-high energy entertainment coupled with intelligence, re…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:55PMThursday, February 22, 2024
Harsh and...interesting things were said about The Rink on Broadway when it opened in 1984. Were they fair? Check out the full breakdown to judge for yourself!
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:21PMTuesday, February 20, 2024
The 1984 revue, written by and originally starring Tony winner De Shields, celebrates music by the Black American diaspora.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24AMFriday, February 9, 2024
On February 9, 1984, The Rink opened at the Martin Beck Theatre (now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre), where it ran for 29 previews and 204 regular performances.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMTuesday, February 6, 2024
Broadway's theaters will dim their marquee lights on February 17 to honor the memory of two-time Tony Award-winning actress Chita Rivera. Rivera died on January 30 at the age of 91. The ligh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PMPurple Rain, the new musical based on Prince’s 1984 film, will have its pre-Broadway world premiere in Prince's hometown of Minneapolis, MN in spring 2025. The show will run at Hennepin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PMFriday, February 2, 2024
He’s acted with Anthony Hopkins and Laurence Oliver, had two No1 singles and fooled the nation in a spoof documentary. Ask him anything, but keep it respectful
There’s a lot more to Neil…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMWednesday, January 31, 2024
Chita Rivera (1933–2024). Photo by Gregg Delman for The New York Times from “The Visit” (2015).January 31, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Chita Rivera first start…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 01:34PMWednesday, January 17, 2024
Primavera con una esquina rota (Springtime in a broken mirror) has acquired a legendary status. First produced by Teatro Ictus in 1984, this adaptation of Mario Benedetti’s eponymous 1982 …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:49PMTuesday, January 16, 2024
Forgotten play by the author of Tom & Viv is realistic, but lacks dramatic focus
British Theatre abounds in forgotten writers. And in ones whose early work is too rarely revived. One su…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 02:48PMArcola, LondonTimely revival of Michael Hastings’ unsettling 1956 play that examines the legacy of war on immigrants in postwar London
It’s just over a decade since the second world war …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMTuesday, January 9, 2024
A stage musical based on the 1984 Prince film Purple Rain currently is being developed, Playbill.com reports. Videos by American Songwriter. The ...
SOURCE: Google at 10:54PMAndrew Garfield and Cynthia Erivo will lead Audible’s audio adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:41PMThe audio adaptation will also feature an original score by Muse’s Matthew Bellamy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:24PMPrince's hit 1984 movie, “Purple Rain,” the tale of a musician dealing with difficulties at home, musical rivalry and a burgeoning romance, is headed for Broadway.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 01:01PMBased on the 1984 award-winning film and Prince soundtrack “Purple Rain” expect a new Broadway musical helmed by director Lileana Blain-Cruz and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Appropriate) writ…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:20AMAndrew Garfield and Cynthia Erivo will lead Audible’s audio adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984. The Amazing Spider-Man and Wicked stars will play Winston and Julia, respectively, along…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00AMMonday, January 8, 2024
The hit 1984 film is set to become a stage show with a book from Pulitzer prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Prince’s hit film Purple Rain is set to become a Broadway musical.
The 1984 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:46AMBranden Jacobs-Jenkins will adapt the book from the legendary 1984 film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:32AMPurple Rain, Prince’s 1984 musical film, is being adapted for the stage with production details to be announced in the coming months. Based on the original screenplay by William Blinn and …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:18AMPurple Rain, Prince’s smash 1984 music-packed film, is being developed for the stage by a Broadway producer, with a book by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and dire…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00AMTuesday, January 2, 2024
Dancer, choreographer and actor Maurice Hines died of natural causes at the Actors Fund Home, an assisted living facility in Englewood, New Jersey, on December 29, 2023, according to Variety…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:02PMSunday, December 31, 2023
Maurice Hines, who started tap dancing at the age of five, starred alongside his late brother Gregory Hines in the 1984 Francis Ford Coppola movie The Cotton Club.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:48AMTuesday, November 28, 2023
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Michael Gene Sullivan Fleshes Out Orwell’s “Big Brother” by Erin Weitzman and Barry David Horwitz George Orwell’s notorious sci-fi novel 1984 has haunted the modern world since 1949.…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:49PMFriday, November 17, 2023
At Aurora Theatre, Michael Gene Sullivan’s harrowing stage adaption of George Orwell’s novel prickles the skin, pinches nerves and lodges in the viscera.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:23PMFriday, November 10, 2023
Mandy Patinkin recently popped by to watch Bernadette Peters in Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends at the Gielgud Theatre. Mandy and Bernadette created the roles of George and Dot in Stephe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24AMWednesday, November 8, 2023
With the epic success of the current Broadway revival of Merrily We Roll Along, I've been thinking about other big Broadway Flops that could possibly turn around with the right team behind i…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:54AMTuesday, October 31, 2023
It was the mid-1990s and Mandela had just become South Africa’s new president in its first free election. Maurice Podbrey was inspired to return to his homeland after a 27-year career in M…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:44PMIt was the mid-1990s and Mandela had just become South Africa’s new president in its first free election. Maurice Podbrey was inspired to return to his homeland after a 27-year career in M…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:39PMThe immersive experience makes us both victims of, and perpetrators in, an all too familiar perversion of truth
The day after I saw the show, as went about the mundanities of domestic life,…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:25AMMonday, October 9, 2023
The 1984 revue, which was written by and starred Tony winner De Shields, celebrates music by the Black American diaspora.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:19PM