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Friday, October 31, 2014

Broadway's 'The Real Thing': It's Not the Easy One by Gordon Cox

The 1982 play “The Real Thing” has a reputation for being the accessible one in playwright Tom Stoppard’s brainy canon. But take it from the cast — including Ewan McG…

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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Broadway Review: 'The Real Thing' with Ewan McGregor by Gordon Cox

Roundabout rounded up name players for this revival of “The Real Thing,” Tom Stoppard’s meditation on the vagaries of love and the elusive nature of reality. Ewan McGregor …

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM[SHARE]

New Song for 'Newsies' As Musical Hits the Road by Gordon Cox

When the North American tour of Disney Theatrical Prods.’ stage musical “Newsies” opens in Philadelphia tonight, it’ll have something its Broadway audience didn’…

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Mobile Ticketing Gains Momentum as Goldstar Expands to Android by Gordon Cox

Digital ticketer and promoter Goldstar today launched an Android counterpart to its iOS app — but the headturning news lies in the company’s supporting facts and figures…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

West End Review: Kinks Musical 'Sunny Afternoon' by Gordon Cox

Charting the career of Ray Davies and the Kinks at their peak, "Sunny Afternoon" is a jukebox musical in the mold of Buddy Holly bio-tuner "Buddy." Trouble is, no one dies at the end. And th…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:18PM[SHARE]

David Hyde Pierce to Direct Broadway Musical Starring Tyne Daly by Gordon Cox

“It Shoulda Been You,” a new musical comedy directed by Tony winning actor (and “Frasier” alum) David Hyde Pierce, has lined up a Broadway run this spring with a cast…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:28PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Broadway's 'Side Show' Leads With Hollywood Lights, Not Freaky Shadows by Gordon Cox

Both “American Horror Story: Freak Show” and the Broadway musical “Side Show” take place in the same circus world of human marvels and oddities. But you’d never…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:30PM[SHARE]

'Honeymooners' Musical to Premiere Next Year by Gordon Cox

Ralph Cramden and Ed Norton will belt out the big notes when "The Honeymooners," the new musical based on the hit 1950s TV series, premieres at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn…

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Sting at Broadway's 'The Last Ship' opening: 'I was infected' by Gordon Cox

Broadway musical "The Last Ship" is full of Sting's music, but the opening night crowd got something most audiences don't: Sting himself singing it.

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 07:09AM[SHARE]

Broadway box office: Glenn Close tips 'A Delicate Balance' toward strong start by Gordon Cox

The Broadway revival of "A Delicate Balance" got off to a stellar start last week, as a cast that includes Glenn Close -- appearing in her first Main Stem gig in 20 years -- pushed the play …

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 06:43AM[SHARE]
Monday, October 27, 2014

Broadway Box Office: Glenn Close Tips 'A Delicate Balance' Toward Strong Start by Gordon Cox

The Broadway revival of “A Delicate Balance” got off to a stellar start last week, as a cast that includes Glenn Close — appearing in her first Main Stem gig in…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:04PM[SHARE]

Sting at Broadway's 'The Last Ship' Opening: 'I Was Infected' by Gordon Cox

Broadway musical “The Last Ship” is full of Sting’s music, but the opening night crowd got something most audiences don’t: Sting himself singing it. The musician took…

SOURCE: Variety at 08:17AM[SHARE]
Sunday, October 26, 2014

Broadway Review: Sting's 'The Last Ship' by Gordon Cox

Sting lives up to his nickname, “the King of Pain,” with “The Last Ship.” Melancholy tones of sorrow and regret saturate this highly personal and intensely felt music…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM[SHARE]
Friday, October 24, 2014

'Laughter' Was Present in Nathan Lane's Early Stage Career by Gordon Cox

Nathan Lane has done plenty of TV and film, but he's a Broadway baby. This season, he'll star in Eugene O'Neill classic "The Iceman Cometh," as well raucous comedy "It's Only a Play" (by fre…

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Broadway's 'Disgraced' Opens: Itch-Scratching and Mini Reunions by Gordon Cox

Playwright Ayad Akhtar has seen his Pulitzer Prize winning play “Disgraced” open in productions around the country and around the world. But the show’s opening on Broadway …

SOURCE: Variety at 08:59AM[SHARE]
Thursday, October 23, 2014

Broadway Review: 'Disgraced' by Gordon Cox

It always makes Broadway look good to have a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama on the boards. “Disgraced” won the 2013 prize for scribe Ayad Akhtar and fits the bill for an intellectu…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:57PM[SHARE]

Craig Zadan and Neil Meron Pact with Shubert Organization by Gordon Cox

Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have set a legit production and development pact with the Shubert Organization. Deal covers the pair’s work on original plays and musicals, as well as reviva…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:20PM[SHARE]

Keira Knightley to make Broadway debut in 'Therese Raquin' by Gordon Cox

Keira Knightley will make her Broadway debut in "Therese Raquin," toplining a fall 2015 production from the Roundabout Theater Company.Knightley will play the title character in Helen Edmund…

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Keira Knightley to Make Broadway Debut in 'Therese Raquin' by Gordon Cox

Keira Knightley will make her Broadway debut in "Therese Raquin," toplining a fall 2015 production from the Roundabout Theater Company. Knightley will play the title character in Helen Edmun…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:30AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Off Broadway Review: 'Fortress of Solitude' by Gordon Cox

The musical timeline of “The Fortress of Solitude” is mid-1960s to late 1980s. But the theme of this blood-pumping, heart-thumping show — the indestructible links that bind…

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Broadway's 'Hedwig' Producer to Give London Theater Festival a Lift by Gordon Cox

David Binder, the Broadway producer of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” has signed on as an artistic associate of LIFT, the 33-year-old London Intl. Festival of Theater. The producer…

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MSG Teams with Harvey Weinstein and Broadway Names for Revived 'Spring Spectacular' by Gordon Cox

MSG Entertainment has brought on board producer Harvey Weinstein and creatives Warren Carlyle, Diane Paulus and Randy Weiner to retool the company’s large-scale theatrical event …

SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Raunchy Puppet Comedy 'Hand to God' Trumpets Its Challenges On Road to Broadway by Gordon Cox

In case you weren’t sure the Broadway transfer of sock-puppet comedy “Hand to God” was a risky commercial endeavor, the production’s ad campaign will go ahead and con…

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Tatiana Maslany of 'Orphan Black' to Star Off Broadway in Neil LaBute Premiere by Gordon Cox

Tatiana Maslany, the critically adored star of BBC America series “Orphan Black,” will make her New York stage debut this spring in the world premiere of Neil LaBute’s R…

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Off Broadway Review: Hollywood Comedy 'Billy & Ray' Directed by Garry Marshall by Gordon Cox

What’s an unhappy, suicidal, clinically depressed sourpuss like Raymond Chandler doing in sunny Hollywood — and working with that famously difficult writer-director, Billy Wilder…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM[SHARE]
Monday, October 20, 2014

Off Broadway Review: 'Brownsville Song (B-Side for Tray)' by Gordon Cox

As play titles go, “brownsville song (b-side for tray)” won’t set off a stampede at the Lincoln Center Theater box office. That’s too bad, because Kimber Lee’s …

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Broadway Box Office: Street Dips, But 'Only a Play' and 'On the Town' Hit Highs by Gordon Cox

Broadway box office experienced a predictable decline last week after the boost it got the prior frame from the Columbus Day weekend — but the larger dips at the Main Stem’…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:42PM[SHARE]

Pre-Broadway Review: Musical 'Amazing Grace' in Chicago by Gordon Cox

It's been a while since a serious, period epic of redemption amid political turmoil formed the basis of a large-scale original musical, and for that reason alone this Broadway tryout in Chic…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:13PM[SHARE]
Friday, October 17, 2014

L.A. Theater Review: 'The Gospel According To Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord' by Gordon Cox

Three famous thinkers locked together in Hell is the jokey setup for Scott Carter's awkwardly-titled but sparkling "The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo To…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:15PM[SHARE]

Broadway's 'On the Town' Brings Out Patriots and 'So You Think You Can Dance' Judges by Gordon Cox

It was a patriotic night at the Oct. 16 opening of the Broadway revival of “On the Town.” One of the second act’s nightclub sequences included a fourth-wall-breaking singal…

SOURCE: Variety at 08:04AM[SHARE]

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