Saturday, May 4, 2024
Four-time Emmy Award winner & Academy Award nominee Laura Linney (My Name Is Lucy Barton, Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes) and Tony nominee Jessica Hecht (The Assembled Parties) returned …
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:06PMWednesday, April 3, 2024
Check out the trailer of Ann Talman's acclaimed cabaret show, ANN TALMAN: ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND THE SHADOW OF HER SMILE, coming to the Playhouse on April 21!
Talman portrayed Elizabeth Taylo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:02PMMonday, February 26, 2024
It’s been seven years since Cynthia Nixon has appeared on a New York stage (when she won a Tony for “The Little Foxes”), but that’s not what Jordan Seavey’s new play is about, desp…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:48PMActress, director and teacher Lynda Gravátt, best known for her extensive work off-Broadway, died on February 23. The cause of her death has not been publicized. She was 77.
Born in Harlem…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PMWednesday, September 20, 2023
Iguana Revival with Eclectic Cast
By: David Sheward
September 20, 2023: La Femme Theater Productions will present an Off-Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana, …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:03AMTuesday, June 27, 2023
“To Kill a Mockingbird”
For 65 years Richard Thomas has been a working actor, first making his Broadway debut when he was …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:53PMSaturday, June 10, 2023
June 10, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Between 41st and 66th streets there are forty-two legit Broadway theatres (this includes the Palace, currently under renovation an…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 12:59PMThursday, May 4, 2023
By David Auburn
Directed by Daniel Sullivan
With Laura Linney, Jessica Hecht
Four-time Emmy Award® winner & Academy Award® nominee Laura Linney (My Name Is Lucy Barton, Lillian Hell…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:02PMSummer, 1976
By David Auburn
Directed by Daniel Sullivan
With Laura Linney, Jessica Hecht
Four-time Emmy Award® winner & Academy Award® nominee Laura Linney (My Name Is Lucy Barton, Lilli…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:24AMTuesday, May 2, 2023
The opening night for #Summer1976Play was a joyous, star-studded affair! Take a peek inside the celebrations. 📸
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By David Auburn
Directed by Daniel Sullivan
With Laura Linney, J…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:42PMTuesday, April 25, 2023
By David Auburn
Directed by Daniel Sullivan
With Laura Linney, Jessica Hecht
Four-time Emmy Award® winner & Academy Award® nominee Laura Linney (My Name Is Lucy Barton, Lillian Hell…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:24PMFriday, April 21, 2023
Just announced! Summer, 1976 has now been extended through June 10. Don't miss Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht on Broadway together 🌞 Summer1976Play.com
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By David Auburn
Directed b…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:18PMThursday, April 6, 2023
Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht on the power of female friendship 💛 Video reposted from The Broadway Show and the full interview is available to watch at broadway.com! #Summer1976Play
By …
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:32AMJessica Hecht explores her character’s personality, the complexities of a two person play and why it’s extra special to be working with director Dan Sullivan again.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:32AMTuesday, April 4, 2023
SUMMER, 1976
By David Auburn
Directed by Daniel Sullivan
With Laura Linney, Jessica Hecht
ON BROADWAY at the SAMUEL J. FRIEDMAN THEATRE
Now in Previews.
Four-time Emmy Award® winner & Aca…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:42PMFriday, March 24, 2023
For the first time ever, Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht are sharing the stage. Don’t miss your chance to see these two stars together in Summer, 1976 on Broadway.
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SUMMER, 1976
B…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:32PMTuesday, March 21, 2023
Proof, The Columnist, Lost Lake and now, #Summer1976Play.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Auburn returns to MTC with his fourth new play, which stars Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht a…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:40PMMonday, March 20, 2023
SUMMER, 1976
By David Auburn
Directed by Daniel Sullivan
With Laura Linney, Jessica Hecht
ON BROADWAY at the SAMUEL J. FRIEDMAN THEATRE
Begins performances April 4, 2023.
Four-time Emmy Aw…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:45PMTuesday, February 28, 2023
Like Halley’s comet sailing across the deep dark sky, a wonder to behold, Ann Talman sails across the stage and into our hearts in “Ann Talman: Elizabeth Taylor and The Shadow of Her Smi…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 03:25PMTuesday, January 17, 2023
Frederick Weller is set to join the off-Broadway staging of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Big Daddy. Directed by Joe Rosario, the show returns to the Theatre at St. Clement’…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:05PMTuesday, September 20, 2022
The finished score by Lehrman is 50% music he created based on themes by Blitzstein: pieces of his unproduced 1932 opera "The Condemned" (an earlier work about Sacco and Vanzetti), a march, …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:46PMWednesday, September 14, 2022
By: Paulanne Simmons
September 13, 2022: Ann Talman first met Elizabeth Taylor when she played Taylor’s daughter in the 1981 Broadway revival of Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes. Th…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 07:21AMTuesday, August 30, 2022
Oscar and Tony nominee Laura Linney is returning to Broadway. She will star in the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Auburn's Summer, 1976, directed by Tony winner …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:37PMManhattan Theatre Club will present the world premiere of Summer, 1976 written by Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn (Proof, The Columnist), starring Tony Award® & Academy Award® nomin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMSunday, March 27, 2022
The first national tour of Aaron Sorkin’s stage adaptation of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird launches March 27 at Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, New York.
Emmy winner Richa…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:12AMTuesday, February 8, 2022
By: David Sheward
February 8, 2022: Transposing classic plays into modern eras has been an accepted theatrical technique for quite a while now. Moving these timeless works into a contempo…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:19AMTuesday, December 28, 2021
Long have I been a fan of Charles Dingle’s turn in William Wyler’s 1941 screen adaptation of Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes opposite Bette Davis, one of his first, biggest, and fla…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:12PMTuesday, June 8, 2021
This Week in Broadway History:
June 8 - 14
🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭
June 10, 1982: Transferring from off-Broadway, Torch Song Trilogy opened at The Little Theatre (renamed The Hele…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:12AMTuesday, April 27, 2021
This Week in Broadway History:
April 27 - May 3
🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭
April 27, 1986: Hey, big spender! The Bob Fosse directed revival of Sweet Charity starring Debbie Allen opened at…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:32AMTuesday, February 9, 2021
This Week in
Broadway History:
February 9 - 15
🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭
Chita Rivera (center) in The Rink
February 9, 1984: Chita Rivera and Liza Minnelli open in The Rink at the Mart…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:06AMMonday, January 4, 2021
Mint Theater Company (Jonathan Bank, Producing Artistic Director)will kick off its Silver Lining Streaming Series today January 4th with the on-demand streaming of the HD recording of D…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:49PMThursday, May 14, 2020
Jason SchaferHometown: Sacramento, CaliforniaCurrent Town: Brooklyn!Q: Tell me about Bleeding Love?A: Bleeding Love is a post-apocalyptic musical. It started as an assignment that I gave…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:54AMThursday, May 7, 2020
The revival of Lillian Hellman’s drama opened at the Martin Beck Theatre May 7, 1981.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, May 4, 2020
Buffman produced everyone, including Elizabeth Taylor in The Little Foxes (it was a hit) and Muhammed Ali in Buck White (it was a memorable flop). But he “was even busier in Florida than o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AMFriday, May 1, 2020
In his long career, he persuaded Elizabeth Taylor to make her Broadway debut in “The Little Foxes” and produced a memorable flop starring Muhammad Ali.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:32PMMonday, April 20, 2020
The Manhattan Theatre Club revival opened April 19, 2017.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AMSaturday, February 15, 2020
The play, which premiered on Broadway in 1939, has recieved four subsequent revivals.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00AMWednesday, February 5, 2020
Just like our choice for Mr. Broadway this month, our Ms. Broadway is probably better known by the world at large for her TV and film work in such shows as Frasier, Sully, and every iteratio…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:03AMTuesday, January 28, 2020
Laura Linney is never one to avoid a challenge. When she last appeared at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre she was alternating in the roles of “Regina” and “Birdie…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:22PMTuesday, January 21, 2020
I was going to do a "best-of" for 2019 plus a "looking forward" for 2020, when I realized that their focus would be much the same: the treasure that is non-Broadway theatre.I'm not denying t…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 11:42PM 
