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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Zosia Mamet, Julia Garner Cast In 'Big Time Adolescence' " First NYC Black List Reading by Jeremy Gerard

The Black List development project took to Twitter and other social media this morning to announce that Zosia Mamet, Alex Wolff, Julia Garner and Michael Gaston have joined the cast of its f…

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From The Ridiculous To The Sublime: 'Amazing Grace' Follows 'Honeymoon In Vegas' On Broadway by Jeremy Gerard

With producers lined up three deep for any available Broadway house, no show closing leaves a theater empty for long. The departure of Honeymoon In Vegas from the Nederlander Theatre opens t…

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Kelsey Grammer Hooks The Crowd In 'Peter Pan' Prequel 'Finding Neverland': Broadway Review by Jeremy Gerard

Finding Neverland flies. Occasionally it even soars. The miracle is that the darned thing not only got off the ground, but that this musical prequel to the Peter Pan story arrives on Broa…

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Nat Geo Sets First Comedy Series, From 'Silicon Valley' Folks; Paul Giamatti Really Digs Science " Upfronts by Jeremy Gerard

Possibly former actor Paul Giamatti is one of six guest directors of National Geographic Channel’s new series Breakthrough, which NGC is producing in partnership with General Electric …

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Cush Jumbo Lands Recurring 'Good Wife' Role Following Stellar New York Season by Jeremy Gerard

EXCLUSIVE: It’s an extraordinary time for Cush Jumbo, the London-based actress who starred on Broadway earlier this season with Hugh Jackman in Jez Butterworth’s spooky curios…

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

David Hyde Pierce Makes Broadway Directing Debut With 'It Shoulda Been You': Review by Jeremy Gerard

Every Broadway season produces a punching bag or two (Moose Murders, closed on opening night and became a synonym for flop; A Tale Of Two Cities, which ought to have closed on opening night …

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'Gigi' & The Gershwins Plant Post-War Paris On Broadway: Video Review by Jeremy Gerard

Broadway this week welcomed a pair of lavishly produced revivals of 1950s musicals that were processed by MGM’s Arthur Freed unit into hugely popular movie musicals, both directed by V…

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WME | IMG Acquires Oz Music-Booking Powerhouse Artist Voice by Jeremy Gerard

CEO Brett Murrihy founded Artist Voice in 2010 with Matt Gudinski as part of Michael Gudinski's Mushroom Group to  book local and international music acts for tours and performances…

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Jake Gyllenhaal, Chuck Cooper & Taran Killam Join Summer Concert Of 'Little Shop Of Horrors' by Jeremy Gerard

The Nightcrawler star will play the nerdy, lovestruck florist Seymour in this summer’s three-performance concert revival of Little Shop Of Horrors, the musical adaption of the 1960 Rog…

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Monday, April 13, 2015

Nina Arianda Cast In Stephen Frears' 'Florence Foster Jenkins' With Meryl Streep by Jeremy Gerard

EXCLUSIVE: The actress, who won a Tony Award for her leading role in Venus in Fur, will join the cast of Stephen Frears' Florence Foster Jenkins opposite Meryl Streep and H…

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Broadway Box Office Up $118.5M Over 2014; Helen Mirren Recoups In 8 Weeks by Jeremy Gerard

“Money, Money, Money” goes the Abba ditty that will certainly become Mamma Mia‘s swan song as it begins its long goodbye leading up to shuttering on Labor Day. It’s a…

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Gloria & Emilio Estefan Bio-Tuner 'On Your Feet' Sets Cast, Launches Media Campaign by Jeremy Gerard

Ana Villafañe, a Cuban-American singer, dancer and actress from Miami, will play Gloria Estefan in On Your Feet! opposite Josh Segarra as the superstar’s husband, producer Emilio…

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Olivier-Winning 'King Charles III' Sets Fall Broadway Bow by Jeremy Gerard

Hard on the heels of the Broadway import of Wolf Hall from the Royal Shakespeare Company, and The Audience, with Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth, more Royal Crown is pouring this way. Produc…

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Sunday, April 12, 2015

'An American in Paris' Joins 'Gigi' In Broadway's '50s Revival: Review by Jeremy Gerard

In the weird time warp that Broadway sometimes can be, this season offers Betty Comden and Adolph Green owning 42nd Street with concurrent revivals of On The Town and On The Twentieth Centur…

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Billy Crystal Sneaks In Scene-Stealing Bit On 'SNL's 'Weekend Update' by Jeremy Gerard

He even came very close to saying “You look mahvel…” but stopped just short of completing his iconic Fernando Lamas catchphrase, during a “Weekend Update” segme…

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Kate McKinnon Rehearses Hillary Clinton's "I'm Running For President" Announcement: 'Saturday Night Live' by Jeremy Gerard

On the eve of the former First Lady/N.Y. Senator/Secretary Of State’s expected announcement that, yes, she’s running for POTUS, SNL cold-opened with Kate McKinnon’s HRC at …

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Taraji P. Henson Brings 'Empire' State Of Mind To 'Saturday Night Live' by Jeremy Gerard

The popular co-star of Fox’s runaway hit series proved her formidable comedy (and singing) chops even when the material fell short — as it did more often than not — in her …

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Friday, April 10, 2015

Royal Shakespeare Company's Six-Hour 'Wolf Hall' Brings Binge Viewing To Broadway: Review by Jeremy Gerard

Here’s the thing: If you want to savor an adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s historical novels about boy-crazy King Henry VIII, you can go the leisurely route via public television, o…

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Thursday, April 9, 2015

'Mamma Mia!' Says "Buona Sera, Broadway", Shuttering After 14 Years by Jeremy Gerard

Beginning a long final bow on Broadway, producer Judy Craymer announced Thursday night that Mamma Mia! will close on September 5 at the Shubert-owned Plymouth Theatre. The Abba jukebox music…

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Oscar Winner John Legend Sings With Pop; Tyra Banks Will Host Daytime Emmys " Upfronts by Jeremy Gerard

John Legend, who just won an Academy Award as co-author of the Selma anthem “Glory,” will partner with CORE Media Group on the reality series Sing it On for the CBS/Lionsgate cab…

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Broadway's 'Hand To God' Raises Puppetry To A Blessed New Low: Review by Jeremy Gerard

There are many reasons to celebrate the arrival on Broadway of Hand To God. It wraps its seriousness in a veneer of XXX-rated irreverence. I don’t know which I want to do more: Sing Ha…

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Monday, April 6, 2015

Broadway Box Office Hops Up Over Easter Weekend by Jeremy Gerard

The Broadway box office rose significantly over the combo Easter and Passover weekend, with the week ending Sunday grossing $29.87 million compared to $27.96 million the week before. The ave…

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Julie Wilson Dies: Incomparable Voice Of Sondheim & Cole Porter Was 90 by Jeremy Gerard

Julie Wilson, a sultry, whiskey-voiced chanteuse who ruled the soigné cabaret rooms of Manhattan, from the top of the world at the St. Regis Hotel to the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel, di…

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Friday, April 3, 2015

'Skylight' Review: Carey Mulligan & Bill Nighy Sparkle In Broadway Revival by Jeremy Gerard

Bill Nighy returns to David Hare’s plays in this new revival of his 1996 work Skylight and, as I say in my video review above, it’s a very good thing. Nighy and co-star …

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Thursday, April 2, 2015

'Skylight' Review: Bill Nighy & Carey Mulligan Spark And Smolder In David Hare Revival by Jeremy Gerard

Bill Nighy made his Broadway debut almost a decade ago in David Hare’s The Vertical Hour. He returns in Skylight, an earlier but better Hare play from 1996, and it’s cause for…

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Ben Platt Joins Cast Of Ang Lee's 'Billy Flynn's Long Halftime Walk' by Jeremy Gerard

EXCLUSIVE: I hear the up-and-comer — recently of The Book Of Mormon on Broadway, the films Ricki And The Flash and the Pitch Perfect mini-franchise — has been cast in An…

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Random House Signs Oscar Winner Patricia Arquette For Memoir: Publishing by Jeremy Gerard

The actress, who just won an Oscar for her role as the mom ion Boyhood, will write about her unconventional family, being a single mother at age 20 and her experience as a woman in Hollyw…

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Exit Hugh Jackman, Enter Josephine Baker: Cush Jumbo's Changing Times by Jeremy Gerard

One of the many things I never knew until I saw Cush Jumbo’s show Josephine And I is that Josephine Baker sang Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A Changin'” at Carnegie…

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Citing 'Greatest American Hero' Case, Judge Rules 'Three's Company' Parody Doesn't Violate Copyright: Media by Jeremy Gerard

In a significant free-speech victory, Loretta A. Preska, Chief United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York, ruled Tuesday that 3C, a play that parodies the 1970s…

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'Honeymooon In Vegas' Rolls Snake-Eyes On Broadway, Will Close Sunday by Jeremy Gerard

The Jason Robert Brown and Andrew Bergman musical transferred to Broadway in November on the wings of great reviews and a leading performance by Tony Danza that drew praise for its Rat…

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Adaptive Studios Signs Viral Blogger-Dater To Book Deal by Jeremy Gerard

EXCLUSIVE: Adaptive Studios, which recently rebooted HBO's Project Greenlight with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, has signed an overall deal with actress-writer-blogger Amy Main to develop and …

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