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Thursday, October 9, 2014

'It's Only a Play': Theater Review by David Rooney

Broadway buddies Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane head an all-star cast in Terrence McNally's irreverent backstage comedyread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM[SHARE]
Monday, October 6, 2014

Beloved Broadway Star Marian Seldes Dies at 86 by David Rooney

In addition to acting, the Tony winner was also a dedicated teacher, whose students included Kevin Kline, Laura Linney, Kevin Spacey and Robin Williamsread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:59PM[SHARE]
Sunday, October 5, 2014

'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time': Theater Review by David Rooney

The smash Brit hit that swept London's Olivier Awards arrives on Broadway in a dazzling production from the director of "War Horse"read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM[SHARE]
Thursday, October 2, 2014

'The Country House': Theater Review by David Rooney

Blythe Danner plays a veteran actress whose family gathers in the Berkshires in Donald Margulies' contemporary homage to Anton Chekhovread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

'Indian Ink': Theater Review by David Rooney

Rosemary Harris stars as an Englishwoman journeying back into the past of her late sister, played by Romola Garai, in Tom Stoppard's 1995 drama read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM[SHARE]
Monday, September 29, 2014

'Children of a Lesser God' Returning to Broadway by David Rooney

Tony winner Kenny Leon will stage the 1980 play revival, scheduled for the 2015-16 seasonread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:19PM[SHARE]
Sunday, September 28, 2014

'You Can't Take It With You': Theater Review by David Rooney

Rose Byrne makes her Broadway debut alongside James Earl Jones in the 1936 screwball comedy about a family of New York eccentricsread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM[SHARE]
Thursday, September 25, 2014

'Wolf Hall' Bound for Broadway by David Rooney

The Royal Shakespeare Company's smash stage adaptation of Hilary Mantel's historical saga will play the Winter Garden Theatreread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:35PM[SHARE]
Monday, September 22, 2014

'The Money Shot': Theater Review by David Rooney

Elizabeth Reaser and Fred Weller play Hollywood stars negotiating the terms of a hardcore sex scene in Neil LaBute's latestread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM[SHARE]

Disney's 'The Lion King' Becomes History's Top-Grossing Entertainment Title by David Rooney

The Julie Taymor-directed production has earned $6.2 billion in worldwide box office to dateread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:03AM[SHARE]
Thursday, September 18, 2014

'Love Letters': Theater Review by David Rooney

Brian Dennehy and Mia Farrow are up first in A.R. Gurney's intimate two-hander, with Carol Burnett, Alan Alda, Candice Bergen, Anjelica Huston and Martin Sheen to followread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Angela Lansbury Hits the Road in 'Blithe Spirit' by David Rooney

The actress won her fifth Tony Award for the classic Noel Coward comedyread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:18PM[SHARE]
Monday, September 15, 2014

Carole King Bio-Musical 'Beautiful' Becomes an Official Broadway Hit by David Rooney

Bucking the trend of a season in which one major show after another closed at a loss, the musical has recouped its $13 million capitalization in ten monthsread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:24AM[SHARE]
Monday, September 8, 2014

'A Midsummer Night's Dream': Toronto Review by David Rooney

Julie Taymor's lauded recent New York production of William Shakespeare's joyous comedy of love and enchantment is given deluxe filmed treatmentread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:25PM[SHARE]
Sunday, September 7, 2014

'The Last 5 Years': Toronto Review by David Rooney

Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan fall in and out of love in Richard LaGravanese's screen version of the stage musicalread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00PM[SHARE]

'Miss Julie': Toronto Review by David Rooney

Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton star in Liv Ullmann's film of the classic Strindberg drama, relocated to Irelandread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:24PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, September 3, 2014

'Cymbeline': Venice Review by David Rooney

Penn Badgley and upcoming 'Fifty Shades of Grey' star Dakota Johnson play Shakespeare's lovers torn apart by unfolding violence in this modern-day retellingread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:51AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

It's Official: Emma Stone Comes to the 'Cabaret' by David Rooney

The actress will make her Broadway debut as Sally Bowles, starring opposite Alan Cumming in the hit revival of the classic Kander & Ebb musicalread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Peter Dinklage and Taylor Schilling to Spend 'A Month in the Country' by David Rooney

The Emmy-nominated stars of 'Game of Thrones' and 'Orange is the New Black' will team in an Off-Broadway staging of the Ivan Turgenev playread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:22PM[SHARE]
Monday, August 18, 2014

Elizabeth Reaser Steps Into Neil LaBute's 'The Money Shot' by David Rooney

The actress replaces previously announced star Heather Graham in the Off-Broadway play, appearing opposite Frederick Wellerread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:31PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Bill Condon to Make Broadway Directorial Debut With 'Side Show' by David Rooney

The Oscar-winning screenwriter will stage his reimagined production of the 1997 cult musical about a pair of conjoined twins on the vaudeville circuit of the 1920s and '30s.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:59PM[SHARE]

Helen Mirren to Return to Broadway in 'The Audience' by David Rooney

The Oscar-winning actress will reprise her role of Queen Elizabeth II in Stephen Daldry's production of the history-spanning Peter Morgan play.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Review: 'Calvary' is exquisitely nuanced by David Rooney

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- John Michael McDonagh's 2011 debut, "The Guard," provided the wonderful Brendan Gleeson with a vehicle for some of his best screen work, playing an Irish West Country…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:42PM[SHARE]
Thursday, July 17, 2014

Elaine Stritch: An Appreciation by David Rooney

THR's lead theater critic pays personal tribute to the legendary Broadway performer, whose exacting professional standards were as renowned as her tart tongue and eccentric style.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:09PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

'Hedwig,' Starring Neil Patrick Harris, Joins the Broadway Profit Circle by David Rooney

Following stellar reviews and sell-out business, the Tony-winning revival of the cult musical by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask has recouped its $5 million investment.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:12PM[SHARE]

'Rocky' Gets Knocked Out on Broadway by David Rooney

After struggling to attract audiences in sufficient numbers to sustain its high weekly running costs, the Sylvester Stallone-produced musical will close on Aug. 17.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:57PM[SHARE]

Joely Richardson to Star in 'The Belle of Amherst' by David Rooney

The "Nip/Tuck" and "The Tudors" actress will headline a new Off-Broadway production in the fall of William Luce's one-woman play about the life of Emily Dickinson.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:30PM[SHARE]
Monday, July 14, 2014

Tupac Show 'Holler If Ya Hear Me' Meets Swift Demise on Broadway by David Rooney

After opening to disastrous business and poor reviews June 19, the urban rap musical inspired by the lyrics and poetry of Tupac Shakur will close next Sunday.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:45PM[SHARE]
Sunday, July 13, 2014

Theater Review: 'Atomic,' a Musical About the Making of the Bomb by David Rooney

"Atomic," a new Off Broadway musical at Theater Row, centers on Leo Szilard, a physicist who helped create the first atomic bomb.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PM[SHARE]

'The Long Shrift': Theater Review by David Rooney

James Franco directs his "Child of God" star Scott Haze in Robert Boswell's drama about a young man wrongly convicted of rape, who re-encounters his accuser nine years later.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Bradley Cooper's Broadway Return in 'The Elephant Man' Delayed by David Rooney

Dates of the highly anticipated revival, which also stars Patricia Clarkson and Alessandro Nivola, have been pushed back a month due to scheduling conflicts.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:40PM[SHARE]

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