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Stage and screen star Peter Scolari, a Broadway alum and Emmy winner, died on October 22 following a two-year battle with cancer, according to Deadline. He was 66.
Born in New York in 1955…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PMPeter Scolari's Broadway credits included The Wizard in Wicked, Wilbur Turnblad in Hairspray, Yogi in Bronx Bombers, and Michael Daly in Lucky Guy. He was also seen in Magic/Bird, Sly Fox, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:28PMSunday, June 13, 2021
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Longtime friends …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:36PMFriday, July 31, 2020
Congratulations! You've made it through another week, in good health we hope. Here's our weekly game to bring you some theater related fun and stress relief. Today we bring back a favorite -…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 02:03PMFriday, July 24, 2020
Growing up, playing games with family and friends was a beloved way to pass the time together. (Funny what isolation makes you miss!) One of our favorites was Trivial Pursuit. I always dread…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:36AMThursday, June 18, 2020
Celebrated actress Michelle Williams and Tony-winning Hamilton director Thomas Kail welcomed their first child together on June 17, according to Us Weekly. The couple, who worked together …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:32PMThursday, May 28, 2020
Mazel tov! Hamilton's Tony-winning director Thomas Kail will helm a new feature film of Fiddler On The Roof, according to Deadline. Dear Evan Hansen's Tony-winning scribe Steven Levenson w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:42PMTuesday, December 31, 2019
There’s a new Broadway baby on the way! Oscar and Tony nominee Michelle Williams is engaged to Thomas Kail, who is perhaps best known as the Tony-winning director of Hamilton, according t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:06PMFriday, August 2, 2019
The Vineyard Theatre has announced the highly anticipated New York premiere of Dana H., a new work by Tony-nominated playwright Lucas Hnath (A Doll's House, Part 2), slated to appear at the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMMonday, August 14, 2017
Patrick Vassel (Director) is a director, writer, and teacher from Akron, Ohio. Patrick is the Associate and Supervising Director of Hamilton - on Broadway, in Chicago, and the 1st National T…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:33PMMonday, May 22, 2017
Peter Scolari will lead the cast of the Muny's production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Pseudolus, Broadway.com has learned exclusively. Gary Griffin directs the S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:05PMMonday, September 19, 2016
It was such a thrill to chat with the Tony winning "Hamilton" director all about the magic of that show! We also go all the way back to the beginning and talk "In the Heights," "Lombardi," a…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMMonday, July 25, 2016
Stage and screen alum Deirdre O’Connell will star in the world premiere of Abe Koogler’s Fulfillment Center. The Manhattan Theatre Club off-Broadway production will begin perform…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:52PMFriday, November 13, 2015
BroadwayWorld has just learned that Kevin Daniels, best known for his award winning turn as Magic Johnson on Broadway in MAGICBIRD, has joined the cast of 24 HOURS PLAYS ON BROADWAY for Urba…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:34PMMonday, May 25, 2015
Director Zelda Fichandler returns to Arena Stage with Awake and Sing!
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMAna Gasteyer has carved out a post-"Saturday Night Live" career onstage - from Wicked to her latest role in The Threepenny Opera.
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SOURCE: Vulture at 05:58PMWednesday, June 25, 2014
Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
WTF's Living on Love, Starring Justin Long, Announces Full Cast and Creative
The full cast and creative team is now s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:50PMTuesday, May 20, 2014
Known as a Broadway producer (Spring Awakening, Magic/Bird) and for her many TV and film roles (including medical examiner Melinda Warner on NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"), T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:13PMTuesday, March 4, 2014
You've probably read about the new rule adopted by the Tony Awards Administration Committee regarding the number of nominees in the four major categories. Simply, it states that if nin…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:00AMThursday, February 20, 2014
It’s been a tough stretch for the New York Yankees. Last year, for the first time in five years, they didn’t make the playoffs, and now a Broadway play about the team has failed to go th…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:55PMWednesday, February 19, 2014
Baseball Drama Gets Hung Up in Double PlayBy Lauren YargerThe House That Ruth Built gets a theatrical exploration in playwright and Director Eric Simonson's Broadway play The Bronx Bombers.B…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 06:30PMSunday, February 9, 2014
Peter Scolari, Tracy Shayne By: David ShewardAfter covering football with Lombardi and basketball in Magic/Bird, playwright-director Eric Simonson steps up to the pla…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:49PMFriday, February 7, 2014
By: Sandi Durell Writer Eric Simonson has a thing for sports, having written 2010′s “Lombardi,” about football, and in 2012 “Magic/Bird” about bask…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:17AMThursday, February 6, 2014
After “Lombardi” in 2011 and “Magic/Bird” in 2012, writer Eric Simonson comes back to Broadway with another sports-related drama, this time with the drama more close to home than eve…
SOURCE: BroadwayAudience.com at 06:32PMMonday, January 27, 2014
For the last four decades, Peter Scolari has been a steady presence on the small screen as the instantly likable star of Newhart, Bosom Buddies, Goodtime Girls and tons more, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:47PMWednesday, January 8, 2014
The new show, which chronicles greats like Yogi Berra, Babe Ruth and Reggie Jackson, is courting the non-theatergoing male with a push from the team and Major League Baseball.
This story fir…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AMWednesday, December 18, 2013
Buy yourself some peanuts and Cracker Jack! After an off-Broadway run at Primary Stages, Bronx Bombers is coming to Broadway, and on December 18, Peter Scolari and the cast of the Great…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:40PMWednesday, October 30, 2013
60 Seconds with TAKING CARE OF BABY Playwright Dennis Kelly
American premiere play by Dennis Kelly
Directed by Erica Schmidt
with Francois Battiste, Reed Birney, Kristen Bush, Amelia Campb…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:42PMFriday, October 25, 2013
The New York Yankees may have missed the playoffs this year, but they’re headed to Broadway in Bronx Bombers. The third in Eric Simonson’s sports trilogy (after Lombardi and Magi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:47AMMonday, October 21, 2013
Bronx Bombers is coming to the major leagues this winter: Broadway. The new play, written and directed by Eric Simonson (the scribe behind the sports dramas Lombardi and Magic/Bird…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:01AMWednesday, October 9, 2013
Casting is now complete for the American premiere of Tony winner Dennis Kelly's Taking Care of Baby. Manhattan Theatre Club's off-Broadway production, starring Margaret Colin and Ree…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:10PM