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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Richard Chamberlain joins Off Broadway's starry 'Sticks and Bones' by Gordon Cox

Richard Chamberlain has signed on to the New Group's upcoming revival of David Rabe's "Sticks and Stones," the Vietnam-era tale already set to star Holly Hunter and Bill Pullman.He'll play t…

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Richard Chamberlain Joins Off Broadway's Starry 'Sticks and Bones' by Gordon Cox

Richard Chamberlain has signed on to the New Group’s upcoming revival of David Rabe’s “Sticks and Stones,” the Vietnam-era tale already set to star Holly Hunter…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:18PM[SHARE]
Monday, August 11, 2014

Broadway Box Office: 'Aladdin' Makes Magic for Disney by Gordon Cox

Disney Theatrical Prods. is having something of a magic moment on Broadway this summer: As the long-lead closing announcement of “Newsies” has yielded a spike of last-minute sale…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:12PM[SHARE]

Edinburgh Theater Review: 'The James Plays' by Gordon Cox

If it’s true there was much at stake for the early kings of Scotland as they tried to establish order in turbulent times, it is equally true that everything is riding on playwright Ron…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:26PM[SHARE]
Saturday, August 9, 2014

New York Theater Review: 'The Maids' Starring Cate Blanchett, Isabelle Huppert by Gordon Cox

As showpieces go, they don’t get much showier than Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert in the Sydney Theater Company production of Jean Genet’s “The Maids,” the theat…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:16PM[SHARE]
Thursday, August 7, 2014

'Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' Heads Back to Broadway by Gordon Cox

The 1978 musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" will get its first Broadway revival next year in a new staging directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford (pictured above).Few details h…

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'Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' Heads Back to Broadway by Gordon Cox

The 1978 musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" will get its first Broadway revival next year in a new staging directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford (pictured above). Few details …

SOURCE: Variety at 04:46PM[SHARE]

'Fun Home' Locks in Broadway Run Following Off Broadway Success by Gordon Cox

Last season's Off Broadway hit "Fun Home" has found its home on Broadway, where the well-received musical will open at Circle in the Square in April. With music by Jeanine Tesori ("Violet") …

SOURCE: Variety at 03:23PM[SHARE]

Larry David to write and star in new Broadway play by Gordon Cox

Larry David will make his Broadway debut this winter in "Fish in the Dark," a new play that he also wrote.Produced by Scott Rudin, the play is a comedy about a clan dealing with a death in t…

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Larry David to Write and Star in New Broadway Play by Gordon Cox

Larry David will make his Broadway debut this winter in “Fish in the Dark,” a new play that he also wrote. Produced by Scott Rudin, the play is a comedy about a clan dealing with…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:53AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

London Theater Review: 'My Night With Reg' by Gordon Cox

Daniel (Geoffrey Streatfeild) is tormented by the possibility that Reg, his late partner, may not have been truthful: "I think he was having an affair." That's not the half of it. As stealth…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:08PM[SHARE]

Traveling 'Side Show,' Directed by Bill Condon, Arrives on Broadway by Gordon Cox

The freaks will invade Broadway this fall, with the high-profile regional revival of cult 1997 musical “Side Show,” directed by Bill Condon, booking the St. James Theater for …

SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PM[SHARE]

Off Broadway review: John Lithgow, Annette Bening in 'King Lear' by Gordon Cox

John Lithgow has a great gift for playing comedy high ("Dirty Rotten Scoundrels") and low ("3rd Rock from the Sun"). So who would think he'd give us such a piteous Lear?

SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:10AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Off Broadway Review: John Lithgow, Annette Bening in 'King Lear' by Gordon Cox

John Lithgow has a great gift for playing comedy high (“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”) and low (“3rd Rock from the Sun”). So who would think he’d give us such a pite…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:30PM[SHARE]

Broadway box office: 'Newsies' circulation rises in final weeks by Gordon Cox

Disney's Broadway staging of "Newsies" seems to be reaping the rewards of its rabid fanbase, with its imminent Aug. 24 closing adding sales momentum to weekly box office figures that had beg…

SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 07:13AM[SHARE]
Monday, August 4, 2014

Broadway Box Office: 'Newsies' Circulation Rises in Final Weeks by Gordon Cox

Disney’s Broadway staging of “Newsies” seems to be reaping the rewards of its rabid fanbase, with its imminent Aug. 24 closing adding sales momentum to weekly box office fi…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:36PM[SHARE]

Edinburgh Theater Review: 'The Trial of Jane Fonda' Starring Anne Archer by Gordon Cox

Anyone with an eye on the Middle East this summer will recognize the importance of dialogue and mediation. That seems to have been something implicitly understood by Jane Fonda in 1988 when …

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Summer Theater Review: 'The Visit' Starring Chita Rivera by Gordon Cox

There's a delicious moment in the reworked musical "The Visit" when Chita Rivera, playing Claire Zachanassian, the world's richest woman, speaks of her eventful, much-widowed life and her ne…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:26PM[SHARE]
Saturday, August 2, 2014

L.A. Theater Review: 'Hair' at the Hollywood Bowl by Gordon Cox

Placing 1968's "Hair" in the cavernous Hollywood Bowl poses a trap. A flamboyant celebration of Aquarius, even at this 50-year remove, couldn't be easier, but emotionality is diminished when…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:24PM[SHARE]
Thursday, July 31, 2014

Off Broadway Review: 'Between Riverside and Crazy' by Gordon Cox

Stephen Adly Guirgis is such a quintessentially New York playwright, it’s incredible how popular his plays are outside the city limits. You have to wonder what those out-of-towners wil…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM[SHARE]

James Franco and the Actor He Can't Get Enough Of Talk Stage, Film and How to Play Crazy by Gordon Cox

When James Franco directs, he calls Scott Haze. The actor (named one of Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch last year) not only stars in Franco’s movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy nov…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:33PM[SHARE]

Carol Burnett, Brian Dennehy, Mia Farrow to Read 'Love Letters' on Broadway by Gordon Cox

Mia Farrow, Brian Dennehy and Carol Burnett are among the actors lined up to star in the revolving-door cast of "Love Letters," the incoming Broadway revival of A.R. Gurney's 1988 play. Alan…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:30AM[SHARE]

'Sex with Strangers' is a reunion for Anna Gunn and friends by Gordon Cox

Ever notice how many Hollywood actors have a special affection for stage work? Either they're like Neil Patrick Harris or Daniel Radcliffe -- who got their starts on screen but like to chall…

SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 09:29AM[SHARE]

'Sex with Strangers' is a Reunion for Anna Gunn and Friends by Gordon Cox

Ever notice how many Hollywood actors have a special affection for stage work? Either they’re like Neil Patrick Harris or Daniel Radcliffe — who got their starts on screen but li…

SOURCE: Variety at 08:26AM[SHARE]

Off Broadway Review: 'Sex with Strangers' Starring Anna Gunn by Gordon Cox

“Sex With Strangers” sounds like fun.  Scribe Laura Eason certainly tries hard to make it so, with a cunning plot about a callow young author of bestselling dreck who seduces …

SOURCE: Variety at 12:30AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Broadway Touring Productions Get a TV Spotlight on Lifetime Morning Show by Gordon Cox

Broadway Across America and Lifetime morning show “The Balancing Act” have teamed for a series of six TV segments that will highlight Broadway titles that are currently on the ro…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:00PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Historic Tony Win Propels Broadway's 'Lady Day' into Profit by Gordon Cox

Broadway play-with-music “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill,” powered by a lead performance that won Audra McDonald a historic sixth Tony win, has recouped its $2.6 …

SOURCE: Variety at 04:19PM[SHARE]

London Theater Review: Gillian Anderson, Ben Foster in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' by Gordon Cox

Two trajectories determine Benedict Andrews' in-the-round production of "A Streetcar Named Desire": the tragic arc of Gillian Anderson's remarkably vivid Blanche, and that of the near-…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:07PM[SHARE]
Monday, July 28, 2014

Off Broadway Review: 'Mala Hierba' by Gordon Cox

Second Stage really knows how to show a girl a good time, the proof being its excellent track record of producing vital work by important women playwrights. Chalk up another win with “…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM[SHARE]

Broadway Box Office: 'Of Mice and Men' Breaks $1 Million in its Final Week by Gordon Cox

Midsummer tourism brought another big-money week to Broadway with 11 shows raking in more than $1 million apiece, including James Franco-Chris O’Dowd starrer “Of Mice and M…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:53PM[SHARE]
Sunday, July 27, 2014

Will 'Shakespeare in Love' brave Broadway? by Gordon Cox

Everybody loves the new West End adaptation of "Shakespeare in Love." Everybody, that is, except the New York Times.

SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 05:29PM[SHARE]

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