Tuesday, January 7, 2014
The critically lauded Tennessee Williams revival starring Cherry Jones and Zachary Quinto joins a small club of profitable plays from the fall season.NEW YORK – The current Broadway re…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:23PM[SHARE]Monday, January 6, 2014
Mike Nichols' staging of the 1978 Harold Pinter play, starring Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Rafe Spall, grossed a stellar $17.5 million in just 14 weeks.NEW YORK – Director Mike Nich…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:38PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 31, 2013
New York theater attracted its share of stars from film and television in the past year -- including Tom Hanks, Daniel Craig, Bette Midler and Billy Crystal -- but while many marquee names s…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:04PM[SHARE]Monday, December 30, 2013
The long-running hit was one of a handful of shows to set new house records during a stellar Christmas week, including "The Lion King," "Kinky Boots" and "The Book of Mormon."NEW YORK &ndash…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:29PM[SHARE]Monday, December 23, 2013
The star is bowing out of the developing Broadway musical, following writer Aaron Sorkin's exit earlier this year as the project's second high-profile defection.NEW YORK -- Broadway's mo…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Also starring Brian Dennehy, the acclaimed Goodman Theatre production of Eugene O'Neill's 1946 drama will be presented in 2015 by Brooklyn Academy of Music and Scott Rudin.NEW YORK -- Nathan…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:59PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 14, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: THR's theater critic rounds up his favorite stage experiences of the year, reserving a special place for Mark Rylance and company in a sublime "Twelfth Night."
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:07AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 12, 2013
Ciaran Hinds heads the ensemble as a down-and-out Dubliner fumbling for an emotional connection with a damaged woman in Conor McPherson's latest.The dangerous sparks emitted when a lonely, l…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 11, 2013
The four dramas about the political and personal lives of an American family in Rhinebeck, N.Y., have been critical hits both individually and in rep at the Public Theater.NEW YORK -- There&…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:33PM[SHARE]Ron Shelton has adapted his Oscar-nominated screenplay for the 1988 baseball movie that starred Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins.NEW YORK -- A musical based on the film that Spo…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:42PM[SHARE]Monday, December 9, 2013
The star of "The Nanny" brings her signature nasal honk to the title character's social-climbing stepmother, while Annie Potts will be taking up trapeze work in "Pippin."NEW YORK -- Cinderel…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:09PM[SHARE]The former "Gossip Girl" star will make her Broadway debut in the spring alongside James Franco and Chris O'Dowd in the revival of John Steinbeck's classic drama.NEW YORK -- In what is shapi…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:01AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 8, 2013
Santino Fontana ("Frozen") and a third actor still to be cast will also stand in for the legendary writer-director in James Lapine's Broadway adaptation of Hart's classic showbiz autobiograp…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:05PM[SHARE]Monday, December 2, 2013
The Tony-winning musical revival officially recouped its $8.5 million capitalization at the end of a busy Thanksgiving week during which a number of productions broke house records.NEW YORK …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:14PM[SHARE]Darren Criss, America Ferrera, Jeremy Jordan, Audra McDonald and Jarvis Cocker are among those performing Stephen Sondheim songs in James Lapine's lovingly crafted documentary.The most celeb…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Both actors will be making their Broadway debuts next spring in Tony-winner Anna D. Shapiro's production of the John Steinbeck classic.NEW YORK – James Franco and Chris O’Dowd wi…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, November 25, 2013
The "Bunheads" star will headline the 1997 musical by Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley, about a scarred young woman's dream of transformation.NEW YORK – Sutton Foster, a five-time lead…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:01AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 24, 2013
Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart put aside the differences of their "X-Men" nemeses to play companions in existential limbo in these works by Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett.NEW YORK &ndash…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 21, 2013
Hawke and Anne-Marie Duff play the usurper king and his consort in Shakespeare's Scottish play, which also features Brian d'Arcy James, John Glover and Daniel Sunjata.NEW YORK – &ldquo…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM[SHARE]Blythe Danner and Sarah Jessica Parker star as mother and daughter in Amanda Peet's play about the family of a Bernie Madoff-type investment scammer.NEW YORK – Amanda Peet makes a prom…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 19, 2013
The $75 million musical that made headlines with its costly delays and string of accidents will play its final performance at the Foxwoods Theatre in early January.NEW YORK – The most …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:07AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 17, 2013
Playing eight doomed aristocrats, Jefferson Mays steps into shoes worn by Alec Guinness in the screen classic "Kind Hearts and Coronets" in this new musical based on the same novel.While the…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 14, 2013
Composer William Finn and writer-director James Lapine's musical is based on Michael Arndt's Oscar-winning screenplay for the 2006 Fox Searchlight family road-trip comedy.Designer Beowulf Bo…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Returning to Broadway for a nine-week limited engagement, Billy Crystal's 2004 solo show looks poised to repeat its success, grossing north of $1.1 million in its first six previews.It can&r…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM[SHARE]The Tony-winning Broadway musical, adapted from the 1992 Christian Bale movie, will launch its North American tour in October 2014, officially opening in Philadelphia.NEW YORK -- Extra! Extr…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:00PM[SHARE]Opening in summer 2014, the play was adapted by Lee Hall ("Billy Elliot") from Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard's screenplay for the 1998 Oscar-winning Gwyneth Paltrow movie.NEW YORK -- Viola de…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:42AM[SHARE]Monday, November 11, 2013
The new deal, shepherded by Alan Horn, follows an aborted attempt several years ago to develop the property with composer Adam Guettel.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:27PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 10, 2013
Mark Rylance cements his place among the greatest living stage actors in this ridiculously entertaining double from Shakespeare's Globe, which hits Broadway after slaying London.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM[SHARE]One of the commercial high hopes of the fall season, the musical adaptation of the 2003 Tim Burton movie becomes the fifth show this season to end its run early.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:33PM[SHARE]Friday, November 8, 2013
The seven-time Grammy winner is working with Tom Kitt on a musical expanded from her multiplatinum 1995 album and dipping into the rest of her body of work.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:20PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 7, 2013
Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Patrick Wilson and Sierra Boggess will headline the one-night concert staging on April 3 of the classic 1950 Frank Loesser musical.read more
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