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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Broadway Performances to Resume Wednesday After Hurricane Sandy Suspension by David Rooney

While a handful of shows including Disney's "The Lion King" and "Mary Poppins" will skip one more performance, the majority of Broadway productions will be back on the boards after the three…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:11PM[SHARE]

Theater Review: 'The Medium,' With Jeffery T. Roberson by David Rooney

Jeffery T. Roberson, better known as his alter ego, Varla Jean Merman, plays a con-artist mystic in a noir-flavored production of "The Medium," an opera by Gian Carlo Menotti.

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Broadway Braces for Hurricane Sandy by David Rooney

All Sunday and Monday evening performances have been canceled, including such hit shows as "Evita," "The Lion King," "Newsies," "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:22PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Nathan Lane Returns to Broadway in 'The Nance' by David Rooney

Currently a season regular on "The Good Wife," the two-time Tony Award winner will star in Douglas Carter Beane's new play as an effeminate burlesque performer in 1930s New York.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:13PM[SHARE]

Hitchcock Classic 'Rear Window' To Be Adapted for Broadway Stage by David Rooney

Producers Charlie Lyons, Jay Russell and Tim Guinee have acquired rights to Cornell Woolrich's 1942 noir short story and are in talks with top theater directors and playwrights on the projec…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:17AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

'Book of Mormon' Smashes House Record at L.A.'s Pantages Theatre by David Rooney

The Tony-winning musical grossed more than $2.2 million in the week ending Oct. 21, setting a new high for an eight-performance stint at the West Coast playhouse.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:44PM[SHARE]
Monday, October 22, 2012

Barry Manilow to Croon on Broadway by David Rooney

The Brooklyn-born singer will return to his hometown to play a 17-date engagement, with premium ticket prices topping those for "The Book of Mormon."read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:40PM[SHARE]
Friday, October 19, 2012

Sarah Paulson and Danny Burstein to Team in 'Talley's Folly' Off Broadway by David Rooney

The "American Horror Story" series regular and the Tony-nominated star of last season's "Follies" revival on Broadway will play unlikely lovers in Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize winner.read…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:01AM[SHARE]
Thursday, October 18, 2012

'True Blood' Regular Chris Bauer Heads Off Broadway in 'What Rhymes With America' by David Rooney

Taking a break from playing Sheriff Andy Bellefleur on the HBO series, Bauer heads the cast of Melissa James Gibson's new play for the Atlantic Theater Company.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:30PM[SHARE]

Maggie Grace and Sebastian Stan to Star in 'Picnic' on Broadway by David Rooney

The ensemble cast for William Inge's Pulitzer Prize winning 1953 play also includes Ellen Burstyn, Reed Birney, Elizabeth Marvel and Mare Winningham.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:21PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Samuel D. Hunter Climbs the Ladder With 'The Whale' by David Rooney

"The Whale," Samuel D. Hunter's new play about a severely obese seeker, is opening at Playwrights Horizons, a step up for him to a stage that carries more weight with thespians.

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Theater Review: Brian Friel's 'Freedom of the City,' at Irish Repertory Theater by David Rooney

"The Freedom of the City," a 1973 play by Brian Friel now at Irish Rep, is a fictional account of a shooting of three peaceful Irish protesters by British soldiers, inspired by "Bloody Sunda…

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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Theater Review (Video) by David Rooney

Amy Morton also stars in Edward Albee's classic drama, which comes to Broadway from Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:32PM[SHARE]
Thursday, October 11, 2012

Cyrano de Bergerac: Theater Review by David Rooney

Tony-winner Douglas Hodge dons the prominent schnoz of Edmond Rostand's tragicomic hero in this Broadway revival, alongside "Harry Potter" alumna Clémence Poésy, and Patrick Page, fresh fr…

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

Tom Hanks to Make Broadway Debut in Nora Ephron's 'Lucky Guy' by David Rooney

Directed by George C. Wolfe, the biodrama focuses on the life of the colorful Pulitzer Prize-winning New York tabloid columnist Mike McAlary.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:24PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

'Game of Thrones' Star Emilia Clarke Orders 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' on Broadway by David Rooney

In Richard Greenberg's new stage version of the Truman Capote novella, the actress will play Holly Golightly, the role immortalized by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:20PM[SHARE]
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Grace: Theater Review by David Rooney

Ed Asner makes a rare Broadway appearance, alongside Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon and Kate Arrington, in Craig Wright's play about the minefield of unquestioning belief.read more

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

Theater Review: 'Marry Me a Little,' Sondheim Songs, at Clurman Theater by David Rooney

In "Marry Me a Little" songs from, or cut from, Stephen Sondheim productions are turned into a (sort of) new musical.

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

'Hands on a Hardbody' to Touch Down on Broadway by David Rooney

Adapted from the 1997 documentary about an endurance-test competition run by a Texas car dealership, the new musical stars Keith Carradine and features tunes by Phish frontman Trey Anastasio…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:53PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Anne Hathaway Comes to the 'Cabaret' for New York's Public Theater by David Rooney

Having played Viola to critical acclaim in the Public's 2009 production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," the star of "Les Miserables" will showcase her singing chops in a celebration concer…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:30PM[SHARE]
Monday, September 24, 2012

Holland Taylor to Play Former Texas Governor Ann Richards on Broadway by David Rooney

An Emmy winner for "The Practice" and a series regular on "Two and a Half Men," Taylor wrote and stars in the solo vehicle about the colorful political figure.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:33PM[SHARE]
Friday, September 21, 2012

Jesse Eisenberg, Vanessa Redgrave to Star Off-Broadway in Eisenberg's 'The Revisionist' by David Rooney

The play follows "Asuncion" as the second work by the Oscar-nominated "Social Network" star to be produced by New York's Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:10AM[SHARE]
Thursday, September 20, 2012

If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet: Theater Review by David Rooney

Jake Gyllenhaal in the cast will attract attention, but Nick Payne's play about the inherent messiness of human relationships is marred by distracting directorial choices.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:45PM[SHARE]

Scarlett Johansson and Benjamin Walker to Star on Broadway in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' by David Rooney

Rob Ashford will direct the Tennessee Williams revival, which also stars Ciaran Hinds and Debra Monk.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00PM[SHARE]
Sunday, August 12, 2012

Closing Ceremony of the London Olympics: Review by David Rooney

With a lineup that featured The Who, Annie Lennox, The Spice Girls, Madness, The Pet Shop Boys, George Michael, Liam Gallagher and Fatboy Slim, the London Olympics signoff ceremony was a Bri…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:15PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Marvin Hamlisch's Legacy Lives On in 'A Chorus Line' by David Rooney

The pinnacle of the composer's work across film, theater, television and recorded music is inarguably the milestone 1975 backstage musical about auditioning Broadway dancers.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:44AM[SHARE]
Sunday, July 29, 2012

Theater Review: 'New Girl in Town,' at Irish Repertory Theater by David Rooney

The 1957 musical "New Girl in Town," an adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie," is revived at Irish Repertory Theater.

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Saturday, July 28, 2012

Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics: Review by David Rooney

Kenneth Branagh, J.K. Rowling, Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean, David Beckham, Paul McCartney, Daniel Craig and Queen Elizabeth II were among the eclectic featured cast of director Danny Boyle's …

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:22PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Theater Community Strikes Back at 'Three's Company' Legal Dispute by David Rooney

While "3C" playwright David Adjmi backed down to pressure from legal reps of the vintage 1970s sitcom, a prominent group of playwrights, directors, theater company chiefs and actors is defen…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:03PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Theater Review: 'Feast' by Andrew Ondrejcak at Incubator Arts Project by David Rooney

Andrew Ondrejcak's "Feast" is a modern take on the fall of Babylon, with contemporary urban speak and twisty wordplay.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:21PM[SHARE]

Broadway-Bound 'Motown' Musical Launches Nationwide Search for Young Michael Jackson by David Rooney

Berry Gordy is using YouTube to find a performer to play the multiple roles of the pre-teen Jackson, Stevie Wonder and the music mogul himself.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:49PM[SHARE]

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